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📊 '''New business value (NBV)''' is a core profitability metric used predominantly in [[Definition:Life insurance | life insurance]] to quantify the economic value created at the point of sale from policies written during a given period. It represents the [[Definition:Present value | present value]] of expected future profits arising from new contracts, discounted at an appropriate risk-adjusted rate, after deducting the cost of [[Definition:Required capital | required capital]] and acquisition expenses. NBV is a cornerstone of [[Definition:Embedded value | embedded value]] reporting frameworks — including [[Definition:European embedded value (EEV) | European embedded value]] and [[Definition:Market consistent embedded value (MCEV) | market consistent embedded value]] — and has become one of the primary ways life insurers communicate the quality and profitability of their sales activity to investors and analysts across markets in Europe, Asia, and beyond.

⚙️ Calculating NBV involves projecting all future cash flows — [[Definition:Premium | premiums]], [[Definition:Claims | claims]], [[Definition:Commission | commissions]], expenses, investment income, and tax — associated with policies sold during the reporting period, then discounting them back to the point of sale using assumptions about [[Definition:Mortality | mortality]], [[Definition:Persistency | persistency]], expenses, and financial markets. The discount rate typically includes a [[Definition:Risk margin | risk margin]] or reflects market-consistent pricing depending on the framework adopted. In [[Definition:Solvency II | Solvency II]] jurisdictions, many insurers also disclose NBV on a Solvency II basis, aligning the calculation with the [[Definition:Contractual service margin (CSM) | contractual service margin]] concept under [[Definition:IFRS 17 | IFRS 17]], though the two measures are distinct. Major life insurers in markets such as China, Japan, and Hong Kong routinely publish NBV figures because embedded value reporting has long served as the dominant valuation language for life businesses in Asia-Pacific, often carrying even greater investor attention than [[Definition:Net income | net income]].

💡 For life insurance management teams, NBV serves as a direct signal of whether new sales are creating or destroying value — a distinction that [[Definition:Gross written premium (GWP) | premium volume]] alone cannot make. A company writing large volumes of low-margin savings products might report strong [[Definition:Annual premium equivalent (APE) | APE]] figures while generating mediocre or even negative NBV, whereas a smaller book of well-priced [[Definition:Protection insurance | protection]] business could produce superior value creation. NBV also functions as the numerator in the closely related [[Definition:New business value margin (NBV margin) | NBV margin]] metric, which benchmarks profitability relative to sales volume. Analysts watch NBV trends to assess [[Definition:Pricing | pricing]] discipline, product mix shifts, and the strategic direction of a life insurer, making it one of the most scrutinized line items in any embedded value disclosure.

'''Related concepts:'''
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* [[Definition:New business value margin (NBV margin)]]
* [[Definition:Embedded value]]
* [[Definition:Present value of expected premiums (PVEP)]]
* [[Definition:Contractual service margin (CSM)]]
* [[Definition:Annual premium equivalent (APE)]]
* [[Definition:Value of in-force business (VIF)]]
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