HDFC Securities: Life Insurance - A Comparative Annual Report Analysis

The return on average equity for private, listed life insurance companies continues to slide as new business strain has increased.

A person filling SBI Life Insurance form. (Source: BloombergQuint)

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We conducted a deep dive comparative analysis of the annual reports of the top three private life insurers.

Our analysis revealed that -of-in-force unwind conversion to profit after tax has deteriorated across companies with the worst hit being ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. (61.9% down 7,586 basis points since FY17).

HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd./SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. continued to report stable conversion trends at 94.7/74.9% for FY20.

With life insurers focusing on growing non-participating businesses, return on average equities (RoAE) continue to slide as the new business strain has increased.

HDFC Life/SBI Life reported non-linked RoAE of 9.1/10.6% (down 851/down 1,251 basis points since FY17) versus ICICI Prudential’s 21.3% i.e. down 5,581 basis points since FY17.

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