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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunshine-insurance-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36464:1" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance (SUN HK)</a>, a Chinese life and P&amp;C insurance company, is pre-marketing a US$1.0 billion HKEx IPO, according to press reports.</li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunshine-insurance-group-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:85205" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case</a>, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.  </li>
<li>The key elements of the bear case rest on Sunshine Life’s VNB margin decline and agent channel pressure; Sunshine P&amp;C’s regulatory pressure on premiums and the group's declining investment yield.</li>
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Sunshine Insurance (SUN HK), a Chinese life and P&amp;C insurance company, is pre-marketing a US$1.0 billion HKEx IPO, according to press reports.
In Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.  
The key elements of the bear case rest on Sunshine Life’s VNB margin decline and agent channel pressure; Sunshine P&amp;C’s regulatory pressure on premiums and the group's declining investment yield.


Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bear Case

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Sumeet Singh

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We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

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<li>Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&amp;C insurance company, aims to raise up to US$1bn in its HK IPO.</li>
<li>SIG is an integrated insurance provider which offers both life and health (L&amp;H) and property and casualty (P&amp;C) insurance in China.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&amp;C insurance company, aims to raise up to US$1bn in its HK IPO.
SIG is an integrated insurance provider which offers both life and health (L&amp;H) and property and casualty (P&amp;C) insurance in China.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.


Sunshine Insurance Group Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Fastest in One Segment, Slowest in the Other

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunshine-insurance-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36464:1" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance (SUN HK)</a>, a Chinese life and P&amp;C insurance company, is pre-marketing a US$1.0 billion HKEx IPO, according to press reports.</li>
<li>In 2020, Sunshine P&amp;C ranked seventh and Sunshine Life ranked 12th as measured by original premiums income market share, according to the CBIRC and the Insurance Association of China.</li>
<li>The key elements of the bull case rest on Sunshine Life’s robust premium growth and high persistency ratio; Sunshine P&amp;C’s underwriting profits in 9M22 and its high group solvency ratio.</li>
</ul>



Sunshine Insurance (SUN HK), a Chinese life and P&amp;C insurance company, is pre-marketing a US$1.0 billion HKEx IPO, according to press reports.
In 2020, Sunshine P&amp;C ranked seventh and Sunshine Life ranked 12th as measured by original premiums income market share, according to the CBIRC and the Insurance Association of China.
The key elements of the bull case rest on Sunshine Life’s robust premium growth and high persistency ratio; Sunshine P&amp;C’s underwriting profits in 9M22 and its high group solvency ratio.


Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>China’s banking and insurance regulator <a href="https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-11-24/china-designates-first-seven-investments-for-personal-pension-system-101969974.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> this week the first batch of insurance products available for consumers to purchase under the country’s newly launched personal pension system.</li>
<li>The first seven insurance products are to be provided by four life insurers and two pension insurance companies.</li>
<li>Separately, the CBIRC issued final regulations to insurance companies that wish to sell retirement savings products.</li>
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China’s banking and insurance regulator announced this week the first batch of insurance products available for consumers to purchase under the country’s newly launched personal pension system.
The first seven insurance products are to be provided by four life insurers and two pension insurance companies.
Separately, the CBIRC issued final regulations to insurance companies that wish to sell retirement savings products.


China Personal Pension System: About Time

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Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bear Case

The key elements of the bear case rest on Sunshine Life’s VNB margin decline and agent channel pressure; Sunshine P&C’s regulatory pressure on...

Arun George

Sunshine Insurance Group Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Fastest in One Segment, Slowest in the Other

Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&C insurance company, aims to raise up to US$1bn in its HK IPO. In this note, we undertake a...

Sumeet Singh

Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case

The key elements of the bull case rest on Sunshine Life’s robust premium growth and high persistency ratio; Sunshine P&C’s underwriting profits in...

Arun George

China Personal Pension System: About Time

China’s banking and insurance regulator announced this week the first batch of insurance products available for consumers to purchase under the...

David Blennerhassett

CX Daily: Cosco Alters Course in the Face of Shipping Headwinds

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