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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 <em><strong><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></strong></em>, 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

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

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%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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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

<ul>
<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 talk about the updates from its latest filings.</li>
</ul>


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 talk about the updates from its latest filings.


Sunshine Insurance Group Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Mixed Bag

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 128.4% as of Nov 11th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -4.7ppt weeok on week, led by financials, materials, information technology and offset by real estate, communication services.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for BYD, Dongfang Electric, Pharmaron Beijing, CSC Financial.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 128.4% as of Nov 11th.
The average A-H premium changed by -4.7ppt weeok on week, led by financials, materials, information technology and offset by real estate, communication services.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for BYD, Dongfang Electric, Pharmaron Beijing, CSC Financial.


A-H Premium Weekly (Nov 11th): BYD, Dongfang Electric, Pharmaron Beijing, CSC Financial

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New China Life Insurance Company Ltd. provides life insurance services. The Company provides life insurance, accident insurance, health insurance products, and other related insurance products. New China Life Insurance offers services in China.

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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

Sunshine Insurance Group Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Mixed Bag

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 talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

A-H Premium Weekly (Nov 11th): BYD, Dongfang Electric, Pharmaron Beijing, CSC Financial

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for BYD, Dongfang Electric, Pharmaron Beijing, CSC Financial.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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