China Assurance Finance Group Limited provided group earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2013. The board of directors of the company announced that, based on the information currently available, the board expects the group to record an increase in net loss for the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to that for the year ended December 31, 2012, which was mainly attributable to, among other things, the substantial slowdown of performance guarantee services; and the impairment of account receivables.