HDFC Life released its Q1FY25 results today, witnessing a 31% year-on-year (YoY) growth in individual APE (Annualized Premium Equivalent), while the total assets managed by the insurer crossed Rs 3 lakh crore. Notably, APE is a common indicator of sales undertaken in the life insurance industry and is the sum of regular annualized premiums from new businesses, along with 10% of the first single premium received within a specific period.
The company's AUM (asset under management) saw a 22% YoY growth, jumping from Rs 2,53,301 crore in Q1FY24 to Rs 3,10,244 crore in Q1FY25. HDFC Life also saw a 15% YoY increase in its profit after tax (PAT), inching up from Rs 415 crore in Q1FY24 to Rs 478 crore during April-June 2025.
The value of new business (VNB), which is calculated as the present value of the future profits that the firm is expected to earn in the future, thanks to the business that the company earns during the current year, also grew 18% from Rs 6.1 billion in Q1FY24 to Rs 7.2 billion in Q1FY25. The insurer also declared a staggering bonus of Rs 3,722 crore to more than 22 lakh of its shareholders. As per its report, the company covered around 13.9 million lives in Q1 FY25
The company also managed to retain its number 1 ranking in the industry, in terms of overall sum assured. In Q1FY25, the company's overall sum assured stood at Rs 3,365 billion, up from Rs 3,340 billion in Q1FY24.
Increasing need for life insurance and retirement planning
The scope of insurance penetration in India remains immense, given that India's insurable population is set to burgeon to around 1 billion by 2035, and at 85%, India's sum assured (SA) as a % of its GDP remains the lowest amongst its peers, which include Singapore (332%), Thailand (143%), US (251%). Moreover, India's retirement savings gap is only set to grow annually at 10% to touch $96 trillion by 2050.
At 3% of the GDP, India's pension market remains largely under penetrated, as compared to 98.3% of GDP in USA and 146.2% of the GDP in Australia.
