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SHAI insured 20.5m people in FY21. SHAI primarily offers retail health insurance which accounted for 87.9% of its FY21 GWP. Individual agents accounted for 97% of its FY21 GWP.
Its GWP has grown by 72.6% over FY19-21 on the back of 58.6% growth in agents and 62.5% growth in the number of policies. In FY21, SHAI had a market share of 15.8% in the Indian health insurance market and 31.3% in the retail health insurance market.
Along with growing fast, SHAI has also managed to remain profitable since FY16 with its claims ratio remaining below 67% in most years. Although, the company recorded a loss in FY21 and 1H22 on the back of higher claims due to COVID-19 and reinsurance related adjustments.
We have covered the main aspects of the deal in our earlier note, Star Health Insurance Pre-IPO - Leading the retail healthcare insurance space.
In this note we will talk about the IPO valuation.
Star Health Insurance IPO
Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, plans to raise up to US$979m in its India IPO. It is backed by Westbridge and Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. Owing to the latter, it will draw ample retail interest.SHAI insured 20.5m people in FY21. SHAI primarily offers retail health insurance which accounted for 87.9% of its FY21 GWP. Individual agents accounted for 97% of its FY21 GWP.
Its GWP has grown by 72.6% over FY19-21 on the back of 58.6% growth in agents and 62.5% growth in the number of policies. In FY21, SHAI had a market share of 15.8% in the Indian health insurance market and 31.3% in the retail health insurance market.
Along with growing fast, SHAI has also managed to remain profitable since FY16 with its claims ratio remaining below 67% in most years. Although, the company recorded a loss in FY21 and 1H22 on the back of higher claims due to COVID-19 and reinsurance related adjustments.
We have covered the main aspects of the deal in our earlier note, Star Health Insurance Pre-IPO - Leading the retail healthcare insurance space.
In this note we will talk about the IPO valuation.
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Star Health & Allied Insurance Co Ltd
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