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Outlooks of six Chinese insurers pressured by sovereign risks

On the contrary, one insurer should experience a stable outlook.

Six Chinese insurers face a sour outlook after a negative reading was imposed on China's sovereign rating, considering the government ownership support integrated into their ratings. 

This reflects the potential decrease in the government's willingness and ability to support insurers during financial stress, particularly those with weaker standalone credit quality.

However, Fitch expects China Life's rating to be more resilient due to its stronger standalone credit quality and absence of government ownership uplift. Consequently, its ratings and Outlook have been affirmed.

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Specifically, for SINOSURE, the affirmation reflects its ties with China's Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Central Huijin Investment, indicating its crucial role in supporting China's export trading activities. 

China Life's affirmation is based on its strong solvency position and significant presence in the domestic life insurance sector, without any uplift to reflect explicit government support.

China Taiping Insurance and its subsidiaries benefit from a two-notch uplift due to their stake held by China's MoF and support to the group, whilst PICC Life Insurance Company Limited receives a three-notch uplift due to its ownership linkage with China's MoF.

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