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<li>A primer to Life Insurance industry in India - industry size, breaking down key concepts, valuation.</li>
<li>A relatively better consumption theme compared to other expensive names with strong fundamentals, underlying growth and valuations.</li>
<li>However, it's a late cycle play and while downside is protected, upside is capped as well. </li>
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A primer to Life Insurance industry in India - industry size, breaking down key concepts, valuation.
A relatively better consumption theme compared to other expensive names with strong fundamentals, underlying growth and valuations.
However, it's a late cycle play and while downside is protected, upside is capped as well. 


Life Insurance: Is This Correction Deep Enough to Add?

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

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<ul><li>In Oct’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a decent performance in YoY NBP/APE growth with NBP/APE growing at 15.3%/10.3% YoY but NBP/APE growth moderated to 1.8%/-21.2% MoM.</li><li>The strong growth YoY was largely driven by LIC’s YoY performance.</li><li>In Oct’22, the private players reported overall lacklusture YoY performance with NBP growing at 7.9% YoY but APE declining by 4.3% YoY.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

In Oct’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a decent performance in YoY NBP/APE growth with NBP/APE growing at 15.3%/10.3% YoY but NBP/APE growth moderated to 1.8%/-21.2% MoM.The strong growth YoY was largely driven by LIC’s YoY performance.In Oct’22, the private players reported overall lacklusture YoY performance with NBP growing at 7.9% YoY but APE declining by 4.3% YoY.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Life Insurance Monthly Performance Tracker - Oct 22

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<ul><li>AMCs—tepid flows to drag earnings: Active equity schemes witnessed a deceleration in net inflows at INR339bn (Q1FY23: INR598bn), despite an all-time high SIP flow run rate (Q2 average: INR126bn)</li><li>Increased volatility in capital markets, rising concerns on global macros, and higher interest rates appear to have resulted in muted lumpsum flows; however, a sharp recovery in capital markets resulted in a 12% QoQ rise in Active Equity AUM</li><li>Interest rate hikes are likely to keep treasury gains under check</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

AMCs—tepid flows to drag earnings: Active equity schemes witnessed a deceleration in net inflows at INR339bn (Q1FY23: INR598bn), despite an all-time high SIP flow run rate (Q2 average: INR126bn)Increased volatility in capital markets, rising concerns on global macros, and higher interest rates appear to have resulted in muted lumpsum flows; however, a sharp recovery in capital markets resulted in a 12% QoQ rise in Active Equity AUMInterest rate hikes are likely to keep treasury gains under checkContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Non-Leveraged Financials - Volatile Markets and Weak Macros Drive Slowdown

<ul><li>Steady Industry Performance: In Sep’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a steady performance in NBP/APE growth, which stood at 17.3/11.5% YoY and 48.6/9.8% MoM.</li><li>Strong NBP growth on an MoM basis was largely on account of LIC’s performance.</li><li>In Sep’22, the private players’ performance was quite lacklusture, reporting a de-growth of 13.9%/5.1% YoY in NBP/APE. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Steady Industry Performance: In Sep’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a steady performance in NBP/APE growth, which stood at 17.3/11.5% YoY and 48.6/9.8% MoM.Strong NBP growth on an MoM basis was largely on account of LIC’s performance.In Sep’22, the private players’ performance was quite lacklusture, reporting a de-growth of 13.9%/5.1% YoY in NBP/APE. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Life Insurance Companies Performance – Sep’22 and H1FY23

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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Sector growth pegged at 15% CAGR over the coming decade: Currently, life insurance penetration in India (FY22) stands at 3.2% compared to 3.4-19.2% for Asian peers.</li></ul><div><div><div><div><ul><li>Protection segment expected to grow at a higher rate: We expect the protection segment to grow at a higher rate than the overall APE growth, implying higher sales contribution going forward.</li></ul><div><div><div><div><ul><li>Larger players better placed to capture growth: We see larger players (top 6-8) being most favourably placed to defend/gain market share.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Sector growth pegged at 15% CAGR over the coming decade: Currently, life insurance penetration in India (FY22) stands at 3.2% compared to 3.4-19.2% for Asian peers.Protection segment expected to grow at a higher rate: We expect the protection segment to grow at a higher rate than the overall APE growth, implying higher sales contribution going forward.Larger players better placed to capture growth: We see larger players (top 6-8) being most favourably placed to defend/gain market share.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Life Insurance Sector - Structural Story at Attractive Valuations; SBI Life Top Pick

India

HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited, doing business as HDFC Life, is an Indian life insurance company offering individual and group insurance solutions including protection, pension, savings, investment, annuity, and health plans. It operates through a multi-channel distribution network across India. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, India, and was incorporated in 2000.

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Life Insurance: Is This Correction Deep Enough to Add?

Stocks in the Life Insurance sector have corrected by 10-20%, but not enough to add yet. While the industry protects downside risks but caps...

Nurture Capital Advisory

Life Insurance Monthly Performance Tracker - Oct 22

In Oct’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a decent performance in YoY NBP/APE growth with NBP/APE growing at 15.3%/10.3% YoY

Axis Direct

Non-Leveraged Financials - Volatile Markets and Weak Macros Drive Slowdown

Active equity schemes witnessed a deceleration in net inflows at INR339bn (Q1FY23: INR598bn), despite an all-time high SIP flow run rate (Q2...

HDFC Securities

Life Insurance Companies Performance – Sep’22 and H1FY23

Steady Industry Performance: In Sep’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a steady performance in NBP/APE growth, which stood at 17.3/11.5% YoY...

Axis Direct

Life Insurance Sector - Structural Story at Attractive Valuations; SBI Life Top Pick

Life insurance stocks have corrected by 9-16% over the last six months vs a correction of 9% and 5.3% in NIFTY50 and Bank Nifty, respectively.

Nirmal Bang

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