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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

RAnnual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
¨Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission file number 1-15731

EVEREST GROUP, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Bermuda98-0365432
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Seon Place – 4th Floor 141 Front Street PO Box HM 845 Hamilton, BermudaHM 19
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

441-295-0006

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

ClassTrading SymbolName of Exchange where Registered
Common Shares, $0.01 par valueEGNew York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

YesRNo¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yes¨NoR

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

YesRNo¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

YesRNo¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filerRAccelerated filer¨
Non-accelerated filer¨Smaller reporting company¨
Emerging growth company¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Yes¨NoR

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

YesRNo¨

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

¨

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).

¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes¨NoR

The aggregate market value as of June 30, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter, of the voting shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $14.3 billion.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

ClassNumber of Shares Outstanding at February 1, 2026
Common Shares, $0.01 par value40,390,151

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Certain information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference into Part III hereof from the registrant’s proxy statement for the 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the close of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

EVEREST GROUP, LTD

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FORM 10-K

Page
PART I
Item 1.Business1
Item 1A.Risk Factors20
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments35
Item 1C.Cybersecurity35
Item 2.Properties36
Item 3.Legal Proceedings37
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures37
PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities37
Item 6.(Reserved)39
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations40
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk68
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data68
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure68
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures68
Item 9B.Other Information68
Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections69
PART III
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance69
Item 11.Executive Compensation69
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters69
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence69
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services69
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules69

Safe Harbor Disclosure

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other U.S. federal securities laws. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements in the federal securities laws. In some cases, these statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “plan”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential” and “intend”. Forward-looking statements only reflect our expectations and are not guarantees of performance. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual events or results to be materially different from our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

  • the effects of catastrophic events on our financial results;

  • losses from catastrophe exposure that exceed our projections;

  • insufficient reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses (“LAE”) due to the impact of social inflation or other factors;

  • greater-than-expected loss ratios on business written by us and adverse development on claim and/or claim expense liabilities related to business written by our insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries;

  • our failure to accurately assess underwriting risk and establish adequate premium rates;

  • decreases in pricing for property and casualty reinsurance and insurance;

  • our inability or failure to purchase adequate reinsurance;

  • our ability to maintain our financial strength ratings;

  • our ability to execute divestitures, obtain regulatory approvals and effectuate strategic transactions, including the sale of the renewal rights for our commercial retail insurance business;

  • the failure of our insureds, intermediaries and reinsurers to satisfy their obligations to us;

  • decline in our investment values and investment income due to exposure to financial markets conditions;

  • the failure to maintain enough cash to meet near-term financial obligations;

  • our ability to pay dividends, interest and principal, which is dependent on our ability to receive dividends, loan payments and other funds from subsidiaries in our holding company structure;

  • reduced net income and capital levels due to foreign currency exchange losses;

  • our sensitivity to unanticipated levels of inflation;

  • the effects of measures taken by domestic or foreign governments on our business, including but not limited to the impact of tariffs imposed or threatened by the U.S. or foreign governments;

  • our ability to attract and retain key executive officers and the executives and employees necessary to manage our business;

  • the effect of cybersecurity risks, including technology breaches or failure, and regulatory and legislative developments related to cybersecurity on our business;

  • our dependence on brokers and agents for business development;

  • material variation of analytical models used in decision making from actual results;

  • the effects of business continuation risk on our operations;

  • the effect on our business of the highly competitive nature of our industry, including the effects of new entrants to, competing products for and consolidation in the (re)insurance industry;

  • an anti-takeover effect caused by insurance laws and provisions in the bye-laws of Group (as defined in Part I below);

  • the difficulty investors in Group may have in protecting their interests compared to investors in a U.S. corporation;

  • our failure to comply with insurance laws and regulations and other regulatory challenges;

  • the ability of Bermuda Re (as defined in Part I below) to obtain licenses or admittance in additional jurisdictions to develop its business;

  • the ability of Bermuda Re to arrange for security to back its reinsurance impacting its ability to write reinsurance;

  • changes in international and U.S. tax laws;

  • the effect on Group and/or Bermuda Re should it/they become subject to taxes in jurisdictions where not currently subject to taxation; and

  • the ability of subsidiary entities to pay dividends.

The above list is not exhaustive. Please refer to the factors described under the caption ITEM 1A, “Risk Factors” and those risks and uncertainties discussed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

PART I

Unless otherwise indicated, all financial data in this document have been prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). As used in this document, “Group” means Everest Group, Ltd.; “Bermuda Re” means Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda), Ltd.; “Holdings Ireland” means Everest Underwriting Group (Ireland) Limited; “Ireland Re” means Everest Reinsurance Company (Ireland), Designated Activity Company or “dac”; “Ireland Insurance” means Everest Insurance (Ireland), dac; “Holdings” means Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc.; “Everest Re” means Everest Reinsurance Company and its subsidiaries (unless the context otherwise requires); and the “Company”, “Everest”, “we”, “us” and “our” means Everest Group, Ltd. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Unless noted otherwise, all tabular dollar amounts are in millions of United States (“U.S.”) dollars (“U.S. dollars” or “$”). Some amounts may not reconcile due to rounding.

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