易安保险重整最新进展：比亚迪36亿元收购款已就位******
本报记者 冷翠华
2月2日，记者从天眼查了解到，易安财产保险股份有限公司(以下简称“易安保险”)已收到比亚迪拟收购款36亿元。这意味着业界盛传已久的“比亚迪收购易安保险100%股权”事件有了新的进展。
易安保险于2016年2月份开业，是国内四家专业互联网保险公司之一。2020年7月份，易安保险因偿付能力不足等原因被银保监会接管。2022年7月份，银保监会原则上同意易安保险进入破产重整程序。
根据会计师事务所出具的审计报告，截至2022年3月末，易安保险资产总计3.35亿元，负债合计4.62亿元，股东(或所有者)权益合计为-1.27亿元，账面资产小于负债。尽管资不抵债，但作为四家互联网保险公司之一，其具有管理结构扁平、轻资产运营等优势；同时，其自身资产负债体量不大，有望通过有限投资改善偿付能力，具有重整价值和挽救可能。
根据《保险公司股权管理办法》(以下简称《办法》)，单一股东持股比例不得超过保险公司注册资本的三分之一，但收购保险公司的，其出资或持股比例上限不受限制。同时，参与保险公司风险处置的，也不受该《办法》关于股东资质、持股比例、入股资金等规定的限制。此次比亚迪拟收购易安保险100%股份。
一位不愿具名的业内人士对《证券日报》记者表示，比亚迪是收购易安保险并发挥业务协同作用的良好对象，前者是实力强大的新能源车企，且自身业务与保险高契合度。不过，目前易安保险的经营范围中并不包括车险业务，该人士表示，比亚迪入主之后，必然会向银保监会申请车险经营资格，且重点将围绕新能源汽车开展相关保险业务。
事实上，汽车厂家布局保险行业的案例并不少见。在车企布局保险公司方面，广汽集团控股众诚保险，一汽集团控股鑫安保险，2021年，吉利控股集团入股合众财险，持股比例33.33%，达到单一股东的持股上限。
在车企布局保险中介方面，公开信息显示，小鹏汽车保险代理成立于2018年；特斯拉保险经纪成立于2020年；2022年1月份和3月份，蔚来保险经纪、比亚迪保险经纪先后成立。
另一位业内人士对《证券日报》记者表示，新能源车险作为新能源车企与车主长期交互、激发日活、增加用户黏性的重要接口，必然是各大新型车企重点布局的板块。这也是众多新能源车企布局保险领域的重要原因，保险公司在车险领域的网点优势和经验优势也是新能源车企需要的，因此，车企入股保险公司或者收购保险公司的交易较多。
该人士表示，如果能实现真正的融合，发挥好车企和险企的业务协同作用，将产生强大的竞争力，相关险企可能实现跨越式发展。但也需要意识到，金融行业在监管规则、盈利模式、资金运用等方面都有很强的特殊性，与实体行业存在一定差异。一旦险企被收到一个品牌下，相关战略就需要进行较大调整，考核方式和展业模式都要保证有力又伸缩有度，才能真正实现融合发展。
某券商非银分析师对记者分析说，新能源车企进军车险业务有其独特优势，尤其是其掌握汽车风险以及车辆相关用户的数据，对车险产品开发、售后服务等都具有重要意义，比亚迪收购易安保险之后双方都有望实现更好发展。（证券日报）
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
