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ICICI Prudential saw a lower new business margin in Q4, hurt by a persistent decline in demand for high-value policies and as customer preferences shifted towards low-margin products. Value for new business (VNB), the expected profit from new policies, fell 19% to Rs 2,227 crore for the year ended March 31, dragging the VNB margin to 24.6% from 32% a year earlier.

The value of new business (VNB) declined 26.4% to ₹776 crore versus ₹1,055 crore in the corresponding quarter previous year. The company reported a 17% growth in net premium income to ₹14,788 crore against ₹12,629 crore in Q4FY23.

Fund houses together owned 140.91 crore shares of ITC as of March-end. In value terms, the ITC shares worth Rs 11,120 crore were bought by MFs taking the total value of these shares to Rs 60,360 crore.