Slower growth in retail term business comes as negative surprise ICICI Pru Life's APE growth rate improved to -18% YoY/13% QoQ and -27% YoY on 9MFY21 basis. Volumes have recovered gradually but ticket sizes have been on lower side. Protection share dipped to 18% from 19.5% in H2 on back of drop in retail protection & recovery in ULIP and strong non-par savings. Management was cautious on retail protection in view with risk management due to pandemic and saw strong group protection growth. Margins have largely held up at 26%, while VNB has flattish. New products,...