HDFC Life Insurance

Volatile equity markets and lower deposit rates boosted demand for non-par guaranteed-return products in H1FY26, lifting their share across most listed life insurers except HDFC Life

HDFC Life sees 50% surge in retail term sales after GST cut; CEO Vibha Padalkar outlines margin recovery, product mix shift, and strategies to offset ITC impact

On the bourses, HDFC Life share price tumbled up to 4.61 per cent to hit an intraday low of ₹726.15 per share.

Net profit rises to Rs 447 crore; APE up 8.6% and VNB grows 7.6% even as GST exemption impacts margins and investment income

The insurer's net profit rose 3.3% year-on-year to 4.47 billion rupees for the quarter ended September 30

Q2FY26 company results: HDFC Asset Management Company, HDB Financial Services, Angel One, Tata Communications, and Delta Corp are also to release their July-September quarter earnings reports today

Private life insurers' individual annualised premium equivalent (APE) increased at a moderate 7.7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), whereas LIC's individual APE fell 31.8 per cent Y-o-Y

India's life insurance industry is set to deliver resilient growth, improve profitability, and strengthen cash flow visibility over the long term, Motilal Oswal said

While the market was anticipating a cut in GST rates for term and health policies, analysts at JM Financial said, the exemption on savings-oriented life products came as a positive surprise.

The confusion whether the likely 5 per cent GST rate on insurance premiums will make the policies cheaper or not has worried investors

Persistency is the proportion of life insurance business renewed from the business underwritten. The ratio is measured in terms of number of policies and premiums underwritten

The National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL) mobilised over Rs 1,201 crore from institutional investors on Tuesday, a day before its initial share-sale opening for public subscription. This anchor portion witnessed participation from domestic and foreign institutional investors, including Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Smallcap World Fund Inc, SBI Mutual Fund (MF), Fidelity Funds and Nippon India MF, according to a circular uploaded on the BSE's website. SBI Life Insurance Company and HDFC Life Insurance Company, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Ashoka WhiteOak India Opportunities Fund, ICICI Prudential MF and HDFC MF are also among the investors. Of these, LIC was the largest investor, picking up nearly 18 lakh shares, amounting to 11.99 per cent of the total anchor book, for Rs 144 crore. According to the circular, NSDL has allotted over 1.5 crore equity shares to 61 funds at Rs 800 apiece. This aggregates the transaction size to Rs 1,201.4 crore. The Rs 4,011-crore

HDFC Life aims for growth and tech transformation in FY26, with a focus on macroeconomic opportunities, despite geopolitical and trade challenges, says Keki Mistry

Vibha Padalkar discusses Q1 margins, policy trends, product mix and regulations

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company (ICICI Pru) reported a decline of 5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in new business annualised premium equivalent (APE) to ₹1,860 crore in Q1FY26

HDFC Life posted a 14.2 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) rise in net profit to ₹546 crore in Q1FY26, supported by a 19 per cent Y-o-Y jump in renewal premiums to ₹7,603 crore.

HDFC Life posts 14.2% YoY rise in Q1 net profit, driven by 19% growth in renewal premium and stable VNB margins; solvency ratio improves to 192%

Total premium income for the quarter stood at ₹14,875 crore, registering a 16.1 per cent rise from ₹12,811 crore in Q1 FY25

Q1 FY26 company results: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, HDB Financial Services, Bank of Maharashtra, Network 18 Media, set to release their earnings report for the April-June quarter

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