Private insurer ICICI Prudential Life has said it is on course to meet its target of doubling the value of new business to Rs 2,560 crore this fiscal from FY19 levels. The optimism of the management to meet the target it had set for itself in the beginning of FY19, when the Value of its New Business (VNB) stood at Rs 1,328 crore, stems from the much more than anticipated VNB growth clocked in the first quarter at Rs 471 crore, which was 31.7 per cent higher than the year-ago period when it was only Rs 358 crore. VNB is a key profitability metric in the life insurance industry as life insurance is a long-term business unlike general insurance which is a year-long commitment. So, VNB means the future profit of a life policy written now. Higher the VNB margin the better will be the profitability of a company. This is calculated by dividing the VNB by annualised premium equivalent or regular premium plus 10 per cent of the single premium. Having already grown so much in the first quarte
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New business premium of the insurer grew 24.4 per cent to Rs 3,184 crore in the same period
The jump in net profit was reported on account of robust growth in new business
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance on Monday announced a record bonus of Rs 969 crore for policyholders in FY2022, 12 per cent higher than the preceding fiscal. This is the company's 16th consecutive annual bonus, and the highest ever to date, ICICI Prudential Life said in a release. All participating policies in force as of March 31, 2022, are eligible to receive this annual bonus, which will be added to the policyholders' benefits. Almost a million participating policyholders will benefit from this, taking them closer to achieving their long-term financial goals, the company said. The insurer said the range of innovative participating products offered by it gives its customers both comfort of capital guarantee and growth in the form of declared bonuses. It also provides financial security to the family by way of a life cover. The annual bonus of Rs 968.8 crore for FY2022 is the highest ever declared by the company since inception, N S Kannan, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI ...
In April, the industry earned NBP to the tune of Rs 17,939 crore, compared with Rs 9,739 crore in the year-ago period
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It had nearly trebled the net income in the March quarter on the back of robust margin growth from new sales
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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance on Saturday posted over two-fold jump in its net profit to Rs 185 crore for the January-March quarter on account of robust growth in new business. The company had posted a profit after tax of Rs 64 crore for January-March FY2021, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance said in a regulatory filing. For the full year 2021-22, the company's net profit declined to Rs 754 crore from Rs 960 crore for the year ended in March 2021, it said. Value of new business (VNB) for FY2022 was Rs 2,163 crore, a growth of 33.4 per cent over FY2021. This was led by a robust growth of 25 per cent in new business sum assured and 20 per cent in Annualised Premium Equivalent for the same period, the company said. VNB is used to measure profitability of the new business written in a period. It is present value of all future profits to shareholders at the time of writing of the new business contract. It is also referred to a new business profit (NBP). The company has a well-diversif
An increase in retention limit means the insurer increases the degree of risk it retains on its balance sheet
The insurer paid Rs 421 crore in commissions to its agents, up from Rs 386 crore a year ago, as it sold 20% more policies than in the year-ago period
The insurer says this demonstrates its commitment towards Environment, Social and Governance issues
The life insurance industry saw massive disruptions in the initial period of the pandemic
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd on Tuesday reported nearly 47 per cent jump in its net profit to Rs 445 crore for the second quarter ended September 30
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd (ICICI Pru Life) is in discussion for onboarding the Account Aggregator system, a financial data sharing platform to be regulated by the Reserve Bank. Earlier this month, the government unveiled the Account Aggregator (AA) network to allow sharing of financial data of individuals, which can be used by various financial services providers such as banks, insurers, fintech companies. "We really look forward to that. We have been in discussion for onboarding on that platform. What the system can really do is that it will digitise the whole journey (of data collection)...today if I have to ask a customer, I will have to ask for his bank statement, income tax statement among others. "It is a big enabler and there are some discussions. We will have to see operationally where exactly we are," Deepak Kinger, Chief - Risk and Compliance, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company (ICICI Pru Life), told PTI. When a customer buys an insurance policy, th
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