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Three Things To Watch Before Investing In An Insurance IPO

The three key indicators that insurance investors should track

People sit in the lobby of the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals facility, operated by Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., in New Delhi. (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg)
People sit in the lobby of the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals facility, operated by Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., in New Delhi. (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg)

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance will launch its initial public offering on 19 September. The company will sell shares in a price band of Rs 330-334 per share. As some of the large Indian insurance companies start to list, what are some of the relevant metrics to track? From embedded value to solvency and persistency ratios are some of the basic indicators that investors should watch if they are investing in insurance companies.