Sector Update
Update | Financials
| 8 October 2020
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India Life Insurance
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Private players’ individual WRP back in black; ~4% YoY growth
posted in Sep’20
LIC reports growth of ~5% YoY; market share increases to 44% in 1HFY21
After reporting six consecutive months of decline, private players’ individual weighted
received premium (WRP) rebounded at 3.6% YoY in Sep’20 (v/s -5.8% YoY in Aug’20).
The industry also posted growth of 4.1% YoY (v/s -2.3% YoY in Aug’20). The overall
industry, which has reported decline since the COVID-19 outbreak, has thus reverted
to the positive trajectory for the first time since Jan’20. Private players’ individual
WRP declined 11.4% YoY for 1HFY21; for the industry, it dropped 7.4% YoY.
Among the listed players, HDFC Life reported robust growth of 43% YoY, followed by
Max Life (16% YoY growth), while SBI Life posted 4% YoY decline. On the other hand,
IPRU Life, which declined 24% YoY, continued to witness pressure.
Mid-sized players reported healthy trends. Birla Sun Life / Tata AIA / Bajaj Allianz
reported growth of 36%/25%/16% YoY, while Kotak Life saw decline of 6% YoY.
LIC continues to report a positive trend with growth of 4.8% YoY in individual WRP
(v/s 2.1% YoY in Aug’20). In 1HFY21, LIC’s individual WRP declined 1.7% YoY.
Private players’ individual WRP market share expands to ~63% for Sep’20
(57% as of 1HFY21)
Private players’ individual WRP market share expanded ~840bp MoM to ~63% in
Sep’20 (v/s 54% in Aug’20) as private players posted an increase of ~4% YoY. In
1HFY21, SBI Life (11.7%) remained the largest private insurer in terms of individual
WRP, followed by HDFC Life (9.9%) and IPRU Life (6.6%). On an unweighted basis,
SBI Life was the largest private insurer with market share of 7.2%, followed by HDFC
Life (6.9%) and IPRU Life (3.6%).
Individual WRP and YoY growth (%)
Individual
WRP, INR m
Grand Total
Total Public
Sep’20
60,531
22,573
YoY
growth
4.1%
4.8%
Performances of key private players
The combined market share of listed players – SBI Life, ICICI Prudential Life, HDFC
Life, and Max Life – on an individual WRP basis stood at ~61.0% as of Sep’20 (v/s
Total Private
37,958
3.6%
62.9% in FY20). Tata AIA, Bajaj Allianz, and Birla Sun Life are getting firmly
SBI Life
8,381
-4.4%
positioned among the 5–7th largest private insurers on individual WRP. Among the
HDFC Life
6,113
43.2%
key listed players, on the basis of individual WRP:
ICICI Prudential
4,422
-23.9%
HDFC Life
reported growth of 43.2% YoY (+2.4% YoY in 1HFY21); total
Max Life
4,232
16.3%
Tata AIA
2,763
25.0%
unweighted premium grew ~55% YoY (+6.9% YoY in 1HFY21).
Bajaj Allianz
1,838
16.2%
SBI Life
reported decline of 4.4% YoY (-20.4% YoY in 1HFY21); total unweighted
Birla Sun Life
1,674
36.1%
premium grew 18% YoY (+15.2% YoY in 1HFY21).
Kotak Life
1,380
-5.7%
IPRU Life
reported decline of 23.9% YoY (-38.2% YoY in 1HFY21); total
PNB Met Life
1,201
11.0%
unweighted premium grew 29.6% YoY (-13.5% YoY in 1HFY21).
Canara HSBC OBC
899
-23.3%
Max Life
reported growth of 16.3% YoY (+4.0% YoY in 1HFY21); total
unweighted premium grew 21.3% YoY (+9.0% YoY in 1HFY21).
Source: Company, MOFSL
Research Analyst: Nitin Aggarwal
(Nitin.Aggarwal@MotilalOswal.com) |Himanshu
Taluja
(Himanshu.Taluja@motilaloswal.com)
Alpesh Mehta
(Alpesh.Mehta@MotilalOswal.com) |
Yash Agarwal
(Yash.Agarwal@motilaloswal.com)
Investors
8 October 2020
are advised to refer through important disclosures made at the last page of the Research Report.
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