Operating Performance and Financial Status in 2020
1. Performance
Thai Life Insurance Public Company Limited operates its business under the vision of "To be an iconic brand inspired by the people, for the people” with the mission to become the smart solutions for all life insurance questions or Life Solutions. By taking care of all life aspects in providing healthier, wealthier and better life to customers and the Thai people, we develop products to meet the needs of customers at all ages and stages of life together with services beyond life insurance. The services are developed to be aligned with the “New Normal” lifestyle in order to create stability and sustainability for the organization. For the performance of Thai Life Insurance in 2020, total premiums were recorded at Baht 91,269 million, decreasing by Baht 770 million or 1% from 2019. First year premiums totaled Baht 15,288 million, decreasing by Baht 3,594 million or 19% from year 2019. Single premiums amounted to Baht 4,852 million, falling by Baht 3,475 million or 42% from the previous year. Renewal premiums totaled Baht 70,850 million, with a persistency rate of 85 percent. Personal accident premiums accounted for Baht 279 million, decreasing by Baht 17 million or 6% from 2019. Net Premiums earned after deducting reinsurance premiums and unearned premium reserve amounted to Baht 91,214 million, decreasing by 518 million baht or 1% from the prior year. In addition, the total number of inforce policies rose to 4,466,128 policies in 2020 of which 403,217 were new policies.
Net investment income was Baht 15,749 million, increasing by Baht 597 million or 4% from the previous year. In 2020, the Company recorded gains on sale of investment in securities amounting to Baht 67 million, falling by Baht 701 million from 2019 and gaining on revaluation of securities amounting to Baht 154 million compared to Baht 307 million in 2019.
For reinsurance payout, the Company paid a total of Baht 49,957 million, decreasing by Baht 974 million or 2% in 2019. Out of the total, Death claims amounted to Baht 6,827 million, increasing by Baht 218 million or 3%. Accidental death claims amounted to Baht 275 million, dropping by Baht 39 million or 12%. Medical expenses totaled Baht 551 million, decreasing by Baht 460 million or 45% from the prior year. Disability indemnity was recorded at Baht 894 million, rising by Baht 324 million or 57%. Payment at maturity amounted to Baht 16,558 million, falling by Baht 591 million or 3% from 2019. Periodic payment amounted to Baht 10,002 million, rising by Baht 466 million or 5%. Dividend and interest on dividend totaled Baht 321 million, decreasing by Baht 74 million or 19% from 2019. Cash Surrender was Baht 8,701 million, dropping by Baht 892 million or 9% from last year and others totaled Baht 5,828 million, increasing by Baht 74 million or 1% from 2019.
2. Financial Status
The company has financial stability and capability. In 2020, the Company has total assets of Baht 493,568 million, growing by Baht 36,201 million or 8% compared to 2019. Life insurance reserves amounted to Baht 375,013 million, increasing by Baht 30,423 million or 9% from the previous year.
3. Investment
In 2020, the Thai economy shrank by 6.1% compared to 2.3% expansion in 2019 which is the lowest in 22 years since the “Tom Yum Kung” Crisis (Source: Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council; NESDC), as of 15 February 2021). In the previous years, the Thai economy expanded at a low level affected from the trade war, the appreciation of the Thai baht,
and the impact of drought. The threats still continued throughout
the year 2020, which the spread of COVID-19 significantly affected
the contraction of the tourism sector, exports and private investment
including public sector consumption. These are all key factors in driving the economy.
In 2020, SET Index was highly volatile between 969.08-1,604.43 points, while in 2019, the market closed at 1,579.64 points. Since the market opened in 2020, it has tended to decline steadily after the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 was a global pandemic. In March 2020, the SET Index dropped to the lowest at 969.08 points while during the
second quarter of the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation in the country began to recover. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the index was rising
due to the results of the new US presidential election also as the
positive factors from the progress in developing of COVID-19 vaccine.
At the end of 2020, the market closed at 1,449.35 points which
decreased 8.26% from 2019.
As at 31 December 2020, the Company has total investments amounting to Baht 476,083 million, growing by Baht 36,130 million or 8% from 2019. Out of the total, Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange accounted for Baht 27,403 million, decreasing by Baht 1,785 million. Bonds amounted to Baht 209,827 million, increasing by Baht 19,835 million. Bank deposits with interest and certificates of deposit amounted to Baht 11,931 million, rising by Baht 4,399 million. Mortgage loans and employee loans totaled Baht 27 million, falling by Baht 1 million. Policy loan was Baht 26,855 million, rising by Baht 93 million. Stocks and warrants amounted to Baht 20,498 million, dropping by Baht 4,692 million and Debentures amounted to Baht 143,683 million, increasing by Baht 13,343 million. Unit trusts accounted for Baht 32,380 million, growing by Baht 3,486 million. Hire purchase amounted to Baht 1 million, falling by Baht 1 million, and Derivatives accounted for Baht 3,478 million, increasing Baht 1,453 million.