Summer Series: China’s humanoid robots open a new frontier for P&C growth

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Summer Series: China’s humanoid robots open a new frontier for P&C growth

bine high Infrastructure, Industrials &

unit values, frequent human-machine interaction, and rising commercial Transport

deployment, creating a clear need for dedicated risk transfer. Physical damage, AC Karen Li, CFA

mechanical and electrical faults, operational errors, product defects, cyber- (852) 2800-8589

related incidents, and third-party bodily injury or property loss can all result in karen.yy.li@jpmorgan.com

meaningful repair, replacement, or liability costs. Generic commercial policies J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited/ J.P.

are unlikely to provide sufficient protection, particularly where algorithmic, Morgan Broking (Hong Kong) Limited

cyber, and human-machine collision risks are involved. Sunny Su

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• Structural pricing constraints. There is limited historical claims data, no sunny.su@jpmorgan.com

unified maintenance cost benchmark, and immature third-party after-sales J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited/ J.P.

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networks. Rapid hardware and software iterations further complicate actuarial

pricing, while fragmented component supply can raise repair costs and

lengthen claims settlement. Liability attribution is also difficult, as incidents

may involve manufacturers, operators, lessees and end-users, making

evidence collection and responsibility allocation materially more complex

than in traditional P&C.

• Application. Humanoid robots are in the early commercialization stage, but

we see insurance as a key value-added service in the long term, like auto

insurance, as the industry expands from enterprise to consumer markets. While

monetization is still being explored, US players are adopting home-cleaning

leasing (e.g.