Sector Update | 23 September 2021
Sector Update | Financials
India General Insurance
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Industry premium grows by ~24% YoY in Aug’21, led by strong
performance across segments (two-year CAGR of 17%)
The General Insurance industry grew by 24% YoY in Aug’21, with private players,
public players, and SAHI growing by 18.4%, 15.8%, and 26.1%, respectively.
Private players reported a GWP growth of 18.4% YoY in Aug’21 (two-year CAGR of
13.6%), while the industry posted a growth of 24.1% YoY (two-year CAGR of 17.1%). In
FY22 YTD, private players’ GWP grew by 14.1% YoY (two-year CAGR of 7.2%). The
same for the industry grew by 16.9% YoY (two-year CAGR of 10%).
Overall GWP growth was driven by strong performance across all segments, with
Marine/Motor OD/Health/Crop growing by 38.6%/11.2%/24.5%/40.4%.
On a FY22 YTD basis, Star Health saw the highest market gain of 54bp at 4.9%. Among
private players, ILOM’s market share stood at 6.9% (-40bp YoY).
Among key players, Bajaj Allianz, New India, and Star Health reported strong GWP
growth of 11.4%/30.6%/16% YoY (two-year CAGR of 0.6%/11.4%/33.2%), whereas ILOM
reported muted growth of 4.3% YoY (two-year CAGR of 8%). Within key unlisted players,
SBI General reported astronomical growth (96.3% YoY, two-year CAGR of 65.8%).
Health segment grew by 24.5% YoY in Aug’21 steered by robust
performance in the Group Health business
Premium and YoY growth (%)
GWP, INR m
Grand total
Total public
Total private
SAHI
Bajaj Allianz
ILOM
New India
Star Health
Aug’21
YoY
2,18,716 24.1%
54,301 15.8%
1,02,184 18.4%
16,135 26.1%
13,374 11.4%
10,549
4.3%
22,798 30.6%
9,043 16.0%
Source: General Insurance Council ,
MOFSL
The Health business grew by 24.5% YoY (two-year CAGR of 24.6%), with
Retail/Group Health growing by 14%/37% (two-year CAGR of 26.2%/21%).
Government schemes/overseas health business too saw robust growth of 22%/82%
YoY (on a small base).The share of Health segment in the overall industry GWP grew
by 395bp to 34.9% on a FY22 YTD basis. SAHI reported a GWP growth of 26.1% YoY
(two-year CAGR of 34.9%). Within SAHI, growth of Star Health remained subdued at
a mere 16% against a growth of 53%/51%/33%/22% during
Apr’21/May’21/Jun’21/Jul’21. We believe this slowdown in growth is a conscious
step on the back of limited capital. The proceeds from the upcoming IPO of Star
Health will provide the required capital cushion, aiding the company back to the
growth trajectory. After two consecutive month of market share loss in the Health
segment, ILOM saw a market share gain of 112bp in Aug’21.
Motor segment grew by 8.5% YoY in Aug’21 driven by Motor OD business
The Motor business grew by 8.5% YoY (two-year CAGR of 3.1%), with Motor OD/TP
growing by 11.2%/6.7% (two-year CAGR of 6.4%/0.9%). The share of Motor segment
declined in the overall industry GWP by 296bp to 30.1% on a FY22 YTD basis. Among
key players, ILOM/New India declined by 9.7%/2.2% in the Motor OD segment v/s
growth for all other large players. Even in the Motor TP segment, ILOM/New India
lagged in terms of growth, with ILOM growing a mere 4.3% and New India declining
by 4.1% YoY.
Performance of key players
On an overall basis, private/public players lost 116bp/151bp, whereas SAHI stands
to gain 142bp of market share on a FY22 YTD basis.
New India leads in terms of market share at 16%, followed by Bajaj Allianz, United
India, and ILOM at 7.5%, 7.3%, and 6.9%, respectively.
ILOM
reported a growth of 4.3% YoY (10.5% YoY in FY22 YTD).
Bajaj Allianz
reported a growth of 11.4% YoY (18.2% YoY in FY22 YTD).
New India
reported a growth of 30.6% YoY (23% YoY in FY22 YTD).
Star Heath
reported a growth of 16% YoY (31.4% YoY in FY22 YTD).
Prayesh Jain – Research analyst
(Prayesh.Jain@MotilalOswal.com)
Research analyst: Urmila Bohra
(urmila.bohra@motilaloswal.com)
23 September 2021
advised to refer through important disclosures made at the last page of the Research Report.
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