Taiwan-invested Cathay Life Insurance Vietnam’s H1 post-tax profit falls 3.2%

By Tri Duc
Tue, September 3, 2024 | 10:05 pm GMT+7

Cathay Life Insurance Vietnam Co., Ltd., under Taiwan-based life insurer Cathay Life, recorded a post-tax profit of VND836.4 billion ($33.6 million) in Vietnam in the first half of 2024, down 3.2% year-on-year.

According to the firm’s financial statements, it made a gross revenue of VND1,646.1 billion ($66.2 million) from insurance business in the period, including VND1,646.2 billion from insurance premium, up 17.6% and 18% year-on-year, respectively.

The insurer paid indemnification of VND281.9 billion ($11.33 million) in the six months.

It made a revenue of VND1,190.6 billion ($47.9 million) from financial activities, up 29.1% year-on-year.

Cathay Life office in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo courtesy of the firm.

Cathay Life office in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo courtesy of the firm.

The insurer paid taxes of VND207.1 billion ($8.33 million) in the six-month period, nearly doubling year-on-year.

Its short-term investments reached VND4,791.4 billion ($192.6 million) as of end H1/2024, up 1.1% year-on-year. The figure included VND4,193.5 billion of bank deposits, VND310 billion of corporate bonds, among others.

For long-term investments, the figure increased 6.5% year-on-year to VND22,242.6 billion ($894.2 million) as of end H1/2024. It included VND4,734.2 billion of bank deposits, VND5,506.6 billion of government bonds, VND6,331.4 billion of corporate bonds, and VND5,670.5 billion of stocks.

Among stocks, the biggest portions were privately-run Asia Commercial Bank (HoSE: ACB) with VND309.3 billion ($12.4 million), Military Commercial Bank (MBBank, HoSE: MBB) with VND308.6 billion, Techcombank (HoSE: TCB) with VND282.2 billion, and Vietnam’s top steelmaker Hoa Phat Group (HoSE: HPG) with VND280 billion.

FWD Vietnam Life Insurance Company Limited, a member of Hong Kong-headquartered FWD Group, had recorded cumulative losses of VND5,815 billion ($232.45 million) as of June 30 this year. The life insurer, which has been in Vietnam for 17 years, earned a net profit of VND290.75 billion ($11.62 million) in H1/2024, up 70% year-on-year.

Life insurer Generali Vietnam, a member of Italy’s largest insurance group Generali, booked a net profit of VND116.71 billion ($4.68 million) in the same period, down 74% year-on-year.

Another life insurer, AIA (Vietnam), recorded a net profit of VND283.8 billion ($11.4 million) in H1, down 68% year-on-year, while its peer Prudential Vietnam recorded a post-tax profit of VND915.9 billion ($36.9 million), down 31.8% year-on-year.

Dai-ichi Life Vietnam, the Vietnamese subsidiary of Japan’s major life insurer Dai-ichi Life, posted a post-tax profit of VND1,102.6 billion ($44.4 million) in H1, down 13.5% year-on-year, according to its financial statements.

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