HDFC Life on Friday reported a 15 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 315 crore for the third quarter ended December. The private sector insurer's profit stood at Rs 274 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing. Total income increased to Rs 19,693 crore in the latest December quarter from Rs 14,222 crore in October-December 2021. The company's solvency ratio too improved to 209 per cent from 190 per cent as on December 31, 2021. The regulatory requirement is 150 per cent. For the nine months period ended December, the life insurer posted a profit Rs 1,001 crore as against Rs 850 crore in the corresponding period a year ago.
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The Central governments decision to issue composite insurance licences (insurers who can sell both life and general insurance policies) may increase a potential for merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the sector, said a senior official of HDFC Life Insurance Company.
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Value of new business (VNB) of the insurer was up 10.3 per cent YoY to Rs 748 crore in Q2FY23 compared to Rs 678 crore in the year-ago period
Standalone profit-after-tax was 3.26 billion Indian rupees ($39.42 million) for the quarter ended Sept.30 compared with 2.74 billion rupees, the insurer said in a regulatory filing
A day after insurance regulator Irdai's final approval, HDFC Life Insurance on Friday announced completion of Exide Life merger. This marks the completion of the first-ever merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction in the Indian life insurance sector, HDFC Life said in a statement. HDFC Life had completed the acquisition of Exide Life in January 2022. The entire transaction from announcement of the deal in September 2021 followed by the acquisition in January 2022 and the eventual merger was completed in less than 14 months, it said. "Pursuant to the merger, customers across both entities will have access to a wider bouquet of products and service touch points. Employees and distributors will benefit from a larger, stronger organisation that has complementary business models, wider geographical presence and strong ethos," it said. This merger will accelerate the scale-up of HDFC Life's agency channel and enhance its geographical presence in tier II and tier III markets, it ...
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HDFC Life Insurance Company on Friday said its board has approved the issuance of over 3.5 crore equity shares to promoter company HDFC for Rs 2,000 crore on a preferential basis
Protection segment, overall, has witnessed decent growth, mainly because of strong traction in the credit life business, buoyed by disbursement from banks and NBFCs.
Though Q1 was disappointing, there are triggers that could lead to improvement in the performance of the two insurers
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VNB up 25% YoY to Rs 510 cr, annualised premium equivalent grew 22% to Rs 1,904 cr; Solvency ratio at 178%, slightly above the regulatory norm of 150%
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