Globe Life 10-Q 2025-03-31

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to ________

Commission File Number: 001-08052

GLOBE LIFE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware63-0780404
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3700 South Stonebridge Drive, McKinney, Texas 75070

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(972) 569-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NONE

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per shareGLNew York Stock Exchange
4.250% Junior Subordinated DebenturesGL PRDNew York Stock Exchange

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. Yes ☒ No ☐

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). Yes ☒ No ☐

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 filer☒Accelerated 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.☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

ClassOutstanding at April 30, 2025
Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value82,542,877

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Globe Life Inc.

Table of Contents

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PART I****. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows5
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements6
Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies6
Note 2—New Accounting Standards7
Note 3—Supplemental Information about Changes to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income8
Note 4—Investments9
Note 5—Commitments and Contingencies19
Note 6—Policy Liabilities23
Note 7—Deferred Acquisition Costs37
Note 8—Liability for Unpaid Claims39
Note 9—Postretirement Benefits40
Note 10—Earnings Per Share42
Note 11—Debt43
Note 12—Business Segments45
Cautionary Statements50
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations51
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk80
Item 4.Controls and Procedures80
PART II**. OTHER INFORMATION**
Item 1.Legal Proceedings81
Item 1A.Risk Factors82
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds82
Item 5.Other Information82
Item 6.Exhibits83
Signatures84

As used in this Form 10-Q, “Globe Life,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Globe Life Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated in 1979, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Globe Life Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Assets:
Investments:
Fixed maturities—available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost: 2025—$18,974,367; 2024—$18,835,809, allowance for credit losses: 2025— $10,355; 2024— $10,395)$17,504,967$17,155,012
Mortgage loans426,174396,088
Policy loans708,175699,669
Other long-term investments (includes: 2025—$989,027; 2024—$986,766 under the fair value option)1,236,6241,235,759
Short-term investments134,06685,035
Total investments20,010,00619,571,563
Cash232,270165,325
Accrued investment income287,562269,791
Other receivables691,523691,907
Deferred acquisition costs6,623,6446,495,589
Goodwill490,446490,446
Other assets1,369,8081,391,560
Total assets$29,705,259$29,076,181
Liabilities:
Future policy benefits at current discount rates: (at original discount rates: 2025—$17,719,841; 2024—$17,552,564)$18,756,844$18,457,263
Unearned and advance premium273,887257,631
Policy claims and other benefits payable546,670532,832
Other policyholders' funds463,148468,604
Total policy liabilities20,040,54919,716,330
Current and deferred income taxes807,735731,255
Short-term debt476,891415,401
Long-term debt (estimated fair value: 2025—$2,150,340; 2024—$2,122,772)2,324,9452,324,251
Other liabilities629,723583,424
Total liabilities24,279,84323,770,661
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value $1 per share—5,000,000 shares authorized; outstanding: 0 in 2025 and 2024——
Common stock, par value $1 per share—320,000,000 shares authorized; outstanding: (2025—97,218,183 issued; 2024—97,218,183 issued)97,21897,218
Additional paid-in-capital524,041527,795
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(1,970,873)(2,029,720)
Retained earnings8,224,9488,002,521
Treasury stock, at cost: (2025—14,297,002 shares; 2024—13,240,616 shares)(1,449,918)(1,292,294)
Total shareholders' equity5,425,4165,305,520
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity$29,705,259$29,076,181

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Globe Life Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Revenue:
Life premium$829,863$804,265
Health premium369,791341,019
Total premium1,199,6541,145,284
Net investment income280,614282,578
Realized gains (losses)85(11,799)
Other income6976
Total revenue1,480,4221,416,139
Benefits and expenses:
Life policyholder benefits(1)509,756519,871
Health policyholder benefits(2)233,929202,327
Other policyholder benefits7,0809,595
Total policyholder benefits750,765731,793
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs105,51599,478
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs164,323148,110
Other operating expense108,74693,214
Interest expense34,99228,621
Total benefits and expenses1,164,3411,101,216
Income before income taxes316,081314,923
Income tax benefit (expense)(61,518)(60,706)
Net income$254,563$254,217
Basic net income per common share$3.05$2.71
*Diluted net income per common share

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Globe Life's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. The following management discussion will only include comparison to prior year.

"Globe Life" and the "Company" refer to Globe Life Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

Results of Operations

icons2.jpgHow Globe Life Views Its Operations. Globe Life Inc. is the holding company for a group of insurance companies that market primarily individual life and supplemental health insurance to lower middle to middle-income households throughout the United States. We view our operations by segments, which are the insurance product lines of life and supplemental health, and the investment segment that supports the product lines.
icons.jpgInsurance Product Line Segments. The insurance product line segments involve the marketing, underwriting, and administration of policies. Each product line is further subdivided by the various distribution channels that market the insurance policies. Each distribution channel operates in a niche market offering insurance products designed for that particular market. Whether analyzing profitability of a segment as a whole, or the individual distribution channels within the segment, the measure of profitability used by management is the underwriting margin, as seen below:
Premium revenue (Policy obligations) (Policy acquisition costs and commissions) Underwriting margin
icons3.jpgInvestment Segment. The investment segment involves the management of our capital resources, including investments and the management of liquidity. Our measure of profitability for the investment segment is excess investment income, as seen below:
Net investment income (Required interest on policy liabilities) Excess investment income

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GLOBE LIFE INC.

Management's Discussion & Analysis

Current Highlights.

  • Net income as a return on equity (ROE) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was 19.0% and net operating income as an ROE, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income(1) was 14.1%.

  • Total premium increased 5% over the same period in the prior year. Life premium increased 3% for the period from $804 million in 2024 to $830 million in 2025.

  • Net investment income declined 1% compared with the same period in the prior year.

  • Total net sales increased 6% over the same period in the prior year from $204 million in 2024 to $216 million in 2025. The average producing agent count across all of the exclusive agencies increased 5% over the prior year.

  • Book value per share increased 22% over the same period in the prior year from $53.03 to $64.50. Book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income**(1)**, increased 11% over the prior year from $79.00 in 2024 to $87.92 in 2025.

  • For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 1.5 million shares of Globe Life Inc. common stock at a total cost of $177 million for an average share price of $121.70.

The following graphs represent net income and net operating income for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

965 967

(1)As shown in the charts above, net operating income is primarily comprised of insurance underwriting margin plus excess investment income and annuity and other income, offset by operating expenses after tax and, as such, is considered a non-GAAP measure. It has been used consistently by Globe Life's management for many years to evaluate the operating performance of the Company. It differs from net income primarily because it excludes certain non-operating items such as realized gains and losses and certain significant and unusual items included in net income. Net income is the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Net operating income as an ROE, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI), is considered a non-GAAP measure. Management utilizes this measure to view the business without the effect of changes in AOCI, which are primarily attributable to fluctuation in interest rates. The impact of the adjustment to exclude AOCI is $(1.97) billion and $(2.47) billion for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Book value per share, excluding AOCI, is also considered a non-GAAP measure. Management utilizes this measure to view the book value of the business without the effect of changes in AOCI, which are primarily attributable to fluctuation in interest rates. The impact of the adjustment to exclude AOCI is $(23.42) and $(25.97) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Refer to Analysis of Profitability by Segment for non-GAAP reconciliation to GAAP.

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Management's Discussion & Analysis

Summary of Operations. Net income increased slightly to $255 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared with $254 million in the same period in 2024. On a diluted per common share basis, net income per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2025 increased 13% from $2.67 to $3.01.

Net operating income declined 2% to $259 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared with $264 million for the same period in 2024, due to an 18% decrease in excess investment income offset by a 9% increase in life underwriting margin. On a diluted per common share basis, net operating income per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2025 increased from $2.78 to $3.07, an 10% increase. Net operating income is primarily comprised of insurance underwriting margin plus excess investment income and annuity and other income, offset by operating expenses, after tax and, as such, is considered a non-GAAP measure. Net income is the most directly comparable GAAP measure. We do not consider realized gains and losses to be a component of our core insurance operations or operating segments. Additionally, net income was affected by certain non-operating items. We do not view these items as components of core operating results because they are not indicative of past performance or future prospects of the insurance operations. We remove items such as these that relate to prior periods or are non-operating items when evaluating the results of current operations, and therefore exclude such items from our segment analysis for current periods.

As previously noted, a component of insurance underwriting margin is policy obligations, which includes for each reporting period the change in the liability for future policy benefits (LFPB). The LFPB is determined each reporting period based on the net level premium method. Net level premiums reflect a recomputed net premium ratio using actual experience since the issue date, and expected future experience based on future cash-flow assumptions. See Note 6—Policy Liabilities for additional information. The Company's results for actual variances from expected experience for both life and health produced a $9.0 million net remeasurement gain and a $8.1 million net remeasurement gain for the three months e

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

There have been no quantitative or qualitative changes with respect to market risk exposure during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: Globe Life Inc., under the direction of the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has established disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Globe Life in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. The disclosure controls and procedures are also intended to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to Globe Life's management, including the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

As of the end of the fiscal quarter completed March 31, 2025, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of Globe Life management, including the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of the disclosure controls and procedures (as those terms are defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon their evaluation, the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the date of this Form 10-Q. In compliance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. § 1350), each of these officers executed a Certification included as an exhibit to this Form 10-Q.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting: During the period ended March 31, 2025, there were no changes to Globe Life Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect the internal control over financial reporting subsequent to the date of their evaluation which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.

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Part II—Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Discussion regarding litigation and unclaimed property audits is provided in Note 5—Commitments and Contingencies.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

The Company had no material changes to its risk factors.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Purchases of Certain Equity Securities by the Issuer and Others for the First Quarter of 2025

Period(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased(b) Average Price Paid Per Share(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(d) Maximum Number of Shares (or Approximate Dollar Amount) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 1-31, 2025354,000$112.47354,000—
February 1-28, 20251,082,776122.971,082,776—
March 1-31, 2025713,774126.38713,774—

Item 5. Other Information

(c) Trading arrangements

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, none of our directors or officers adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, as each term is defined under Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit No.Description
31.1Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by J. Matthew Darden
31.2Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Frank M. Svoboda
31.3Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Thomas P. Kalmbach
32.1Section 1350 Certification by J. Matthew Darden, Frank M. Svoboda, and Thomas P. Kalmbach
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

GLOBE LIFE INC.
Date: May 7, 2025/s/ J. Matthew Darden
J. Matthew Darden
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 7, 2025/s/ Frank M. Svoboda
Frank M. Svoboda
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 7, 2025/s/ Thomas P. Kalmbach
Thomas P. Kalmbach
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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