India's SBI Life Insurance rises ahead of Q1 results
** Shares of SBI Life Insurance SBIL.NS gain 3% to 1,645 rupees ahead of Q1 results later in the day
** Antique Stock Broking sees insurance sector's annualized premium equivalent (APE) growth to come above estimates in Q1, expects a 18%-20% growth in APE for SBI Life
** Life insurers are seeing a rising share of low margin market-linked policies (ULIPs) in a booming stock market resulting in shrinking of their value for new business (VNB) margins, analysts said
** Q1 growth likely fueled by ULIPs, cos are making concerted efforts to cushion VNB margins by increasing term policies and higher coverage on savings policies - Kotak
** Brokerage sees 21% y/y growth in APE, 80 bps compression in margins for SBIL
** Peers HDFC Life HDFL.NS, ICICI Prudential Life ICIR.NS reported drop in VNB margins in Q1
** Analysts' avg rating on SBIL is "Buy", in line with ratings on HDFL and ICIR - LSEG data
** Including session's gains, SBIL up ~15% YTD vs ~13% rise in Nifty 50 index .NSEI
Reporting by Manvi Pant in Bengaluru
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