HDFC Life's value of new business (VNB) margin expanded 370 basis points (bps) over a year to 24.2 per cent in Q1
Its total income was down at Rs 81.34 billion, during the March quarter of 2017-18
The renewal premium also went up to Rs 28.05 billion from Rs 25.72 billion
Modi's government has pledged to spend billions of dollars under its "housing for all" programme
HDFC Life's rival SBI Life has also shed 6.4 percent since its listing last month after a $1.3 billion IPO
Question: There were reports that Standard Life was pushing for the listing when the initial structure for the merger with Max Life was rejected by the regulator. Is the IPO driven by Standard Life's drive to cash out some of its stake?Answer: When we announced the merger in August 2016, a couple of months before that the board had decided that we would be the first company to go for an IPO. We gave the merger plans one full year to find the structure which can allow us to merge. When we decided to call off the merger, there was still no structure on the table which would have given us hope that in a relatively short period of time it would get us the approval of the authorities. So, the board decided that given the fact that we don't have a structure on the table, may be it makes sense to finish the IPO. And that's what Standard Life said that because you don't have a structure in place, so, it's better to go for listing. Moreover, HDFC and Standard Life are selling on the ...
Embedded value pegged at Rs 13,220 crore in June
In a board meeting on Monday, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company decided to list its shares through an Initial Public Offer (IPO). The public issuance would be an offer for sale by HDFC, the parent company, and UK-based Standard Life, which holds 35 per cent stake. HDFC has told the stock exchanges a maximum of 20 per cent equity capital of HDFC Life would be offered for sale in the IPO. The ratio of equity dilution by HDFC and Standard Life is not known at the moment.Analysts estimates had recently pegged the value of HDFC Life at Rs 32,000 crore. At this number, the IPO size could be about Rs 6,000 crore.The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) did not give a go-ahead to an HDFC Life-Max Life merger in the form it was proposed about a year before. After that, it appears HDFC Life and Standard Life worked on an alternative structure. On June 7, Standard Life expressed apprehension on whether any new structure for the proposed merger would be viable or ...
The MD and CEO of HDFC Life reveals that he is in a wait-and-watch mode
Net profit stood at Rs 645 cr
HDFC Life, IndiaFirst Life and Bharti Axa Life look to change customer purchase behaviour and expand their influence
The merger will create the largest private insurance company with assets under management of over Rs 1 lakh crore
Combined entity eyes double-digit growth in business; since both are among top-5 players, they stand to gain from each other strengths
Combined entity to be country's largest private sector insurer
Industry experts say this could set the ball rolling for more consolidation in the insurance sector
Citi, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Kotak to arrange $400-mn public issue
HDFC announced on Tuesday that it had initiated the process for an IPO in HDFC Life, by offloading 10% of its stake