General Insurance company Star Health and Allied Insurance Company announced Q4FY24 & FY24 results:
Financial Highlights:
- Profit After Tax (PAT): Star Health recorded a stellar PAT of Rs 845 crore in FY24, marking a significant 37% increase from the previous fiscal year.
- Gross Written Premium (GWP): The GWP saw an 18% rise, reaching Rs 15,254 crore in FY24, indicating robust growth in the company's core business operations.
- Q4 Performance: For Q4FY24, PAT stood at Rs 142 crore, a 40% YoY increase, with GWP growing by 18% to Rs 4,968 crore for the same quarter.
- Combined Ratio: The financial year concluded with a combined ratio of 96.7% and improved to 92.7% in Q4FY24.
- Claim Ratio: The FY24 claim ratio was 66.5%, with a Q4 claim ratio at 64.1%.
Operational Performance
- Market Share: In the retail health insurance segment, Star Health maintained its dominant position with a 33% market share. Its market share among general insurance companies rose modestly by 22 basis points to 5.26%.
- Expense of Management Ratio: The company efficiently kept this ratio at 30.7%, below the 35% regulatory requirement.
- Cashless Claims: An enhancement in cashless claims payout was observed, with 87% in FY24 compared to 80% in FY23.
Expansion and Growth
- Distribution Network: The addition of 16,000 agents in Q4FY24 and a total of 75,000 in FY24 expanded the agent count to 7,01,000.
- Phygital Presence: Strategic increments to the company's physical and digital presence include 881 branches and 14,295 network hospitals.
Commenting on the results Anand Roy, MD & CEO of Star Health Insurance said, "We at Star Health made a conscious journey of putting risk-first and growth later, which helped us in carving a path towards sustainable secular growth. We have yet again delivered record profits, which reflects our financial strength and stability, and underscores our competitive advantage and customer-centric approach. Our results demonstrate strengthened fundamentals through our sharpened focus on innovative product offerings and sound claim settlement process. Continuing to consolidate our market leadership, we are now shifting gears towards accelerating growth with profit. Our steady expansion in both volume and profit, showcases the strength of our customer's continued trust in us. We delivered robust growth across all our channels, including agency, bancassurance, and digital. This well positions us to rapidly scale up our business towards a sustained accelerated growth trajectory."
Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited was incorporated on 17 June, 2005 at Chennai. The Company was granted its Certificate for Commencement of Business on 09 December, 2005 by the RoC. Star Health is India`s first Standalone Health Insurance provider, which has widened its coverage to Health, Personal Accident and Overseas Travel Insurance. It provides policies customised around the needs of individuals, families and companies. These services are provided through a distribution network comprising agents, brokers and the online format. The Company is also prominently engaged in bancassurance on basis of long-standing relationships with banks.
Star Health is one of India`s biggest private health insurers with a market share of 15.35% in FY2021-22. The Company has one of the largest health insurance hospital networks in India comprising more than 12,820 hospitals as of 31 March, 2022.
The Company offers a range of flexible and comprehensive coverage options for the following insurance types:i. Retail health insurance, which is paid for by private individuals or families, generally through out-ofpocket expenses or private insurance,ii. Group health insurance, which is paid for by employers typically in the form of company health insurance plans that could involve co-payments by the employee,iii. Government health insurance, which is paid for by the government, typically in the form of central or state government health insurance programmes,iv. The Company also offers personal accident and travel insurance, paid for by individuals or families or employers.
During the month of December 2021,the company came out with an Rs 6400-crore public issue which comprised of Rs 2000 crore of fresh issue and Rs 4400 crore of offer for sale.The IPO shares were allotted at the price of Rs 900 per share including a premium of Rs 890 per share.The allotted shares were listed on the BSE Ltd and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd(NSE) on 10 December 2021.
In FY 2021-22, the Company increased branch offices and rural branch offices by 20 and 50 respectively, enhancing customer proximity.
As of 31st March, 2022, there was a growth in distribution network to 807 health insurance branches across 26 states and 4 Union Territories in India.
In 2022-23, the Company`s distribution network reached 835 branches across 25 States and 5 Union Territories. The business added 20 branch offices and 8 rural branches.
Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited was incorporated on 17 June, 2005 at Chennai. The Company was granted its Certificate for Commencement of Business on 09 December, 2005 by the RoC. Star Health is India`s first Standalone Health Insurance provider, which has widened its coverage to Health, Personal Accident and Overseas Travel Insurance. It provides policies customised around the needs of individuals, families and companies. These services are provided through a distribution network comprising agents, brokers and the online format. The Company is also prominently engaged in bancassurance on basis of long-standing relationships with banks.
Star Health is one of India`s biggest private health insurers with a market share of 15.35% in FY2021-22. The Company has one of the largest health insurance hospital networks in India comprising more than 12,820 hospitals as of 31 March, 2022.
The Company offers a range of flexible and comprehensive coverage options for the following insurance types:i. Retail health insurance, which is paid for by private individuals or families, generally through out-ofpocket expenses or private insurance,ii. Group health insurance, which is paid for by employers typically in the form of company health insurance plans that could involve co-payments by the employee,iii. Government health insurance, which is paid for by the government, typically in the form of central or state government health insurance programmes,iv. The Company also offers personal accident and travel insurance, paid for by individuals or families or employers.
During the month of December 2021,the company came out with an Rs 6400-crore public issue which comprised of Rs 2000 crore of fresh issue and Rs 4400 crore of offer for sale.The IPO shares were allotted at the price of Rs 900 per share including a premium of Rs 890 per share.The allotted shares were listed on the BSE Ltd and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd(NSE) on 10 December 2021.
In FY 2021-22, the Company increased branch offices and rural branch offices by 20 and 50 respectively, enhancing customer proximity.
As of 31st March, 2022, there was a growth in distribution network to 807 health insurance branches across 26 states and 4 Union Territories in India.
In 2022-23, the Company`s distribution network reached 835 branches across 25 States and 5 Union Territories. The business added 20 branch offices and 8 rural branches.
Star Health & Allied Insurance Company share price as on 18 May 2024 is Rs. 554.4. Over the past 6 months, the Star Health & Allied Insurance Company share price has increased by 1.31% and in the last one year, it has decreased by 3.35%. The 52-week low for Star Health & Allied Insurance Company share price was Rs. 454.8 and 52-week high was Rs. 675.
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