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GLOBE LIFE INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 26, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Feb 26, 2025

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Restrictions Note 13—Shareholders' Equity

Restrictions: Restrictions exist on the flow of funds to Globe Life Inc. from its insurance subsidiaries. Statutory regulations require life insurance subsidiaries to maintain certain minimum amounts of capital and surplus. Dividends from insurance subsidiaries of Globe Life Inc. are restricted based on regulations by their states of domicile. Additionally, insurance company distributions are generally not permitted in excess of statutory surplus. Subsidiaries are also subject to certain minimum capital requirements. Subsidiaries of Globe Life paid cash dividends to the Parent Company in the amount of $693 million in 2024, $460 million in 2023, and $407 million in 2022. As of December 31, 2024, dividends from our U.S. insurance subsidiaries to the Parent Company available to be paid in 2025 are limited to the amount of $664 million without regulatory approval, such that $1.03 billion was considered restricted net assets of the subsidiaries. Dividends exceeding these limitations may be available during the year pending regulatory approval. While there are no legal restrictions on the payment of dividends to shareholders from Globe Life's retained earnings, retained earnings as of December 31, 2024 were restricted by lenders’ covenants which require the Company to maintain and not distribute $5.5 billion from its total consolidated retained earnings of $8.0 billion.

Earnings per Share: A reconciliation of basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:

Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
Basic weighted average shares outstanding89,278,57495,098,47497,927,770
Weighted average dilutive options outstanding382,8481,265,3671,056,874
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding89,661,42296,363,84198,984,644
Antidilutive shares2,140,787422,73931,269

Antidilutive shares are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share. All antidilutive shares noted above result from outstanding out of the money employee and Director stock options.

Note 14—Stock-Based Compensation

Globe Life's stock-based compensation consists of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance shares. Certain employees and members of the board of directors (directors) have been granted fixed equity options to buy shares of Globe Life stock at the market value of the stock on the date of grant, under the provisions of the Globe Life stock option plans. The options are exercisable during the period commencing from the date they vest until expiring according to the terms of the grant. Options generally expire the earlier of employee termination or option contract term, which are either seven-year orten-year terms. However, depending on the circumstances of termination, options may be exercised for a period of time following termination of employment or upon death or disability. Options generally vest in accordance with the following schedule:

Shares vested by period
Contract Period6 MonthsYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
Directors7 years100%—%—%—%—%—%
Employees7 years—%—%50%50%—%—%

All employee options vest immediately upon retirement on or after the attainment of age 65, upon death, or disability. Globe Life generally issues shares for the exercise of stock options from treasury stock. The Company generally uses the proceeds from option exercises to buy shares of Globe Life common stock in the open market to reduce the dilution from option exercises.

A summary of stock compensation activity for each of the three years ended December 31, 2024 is presented below:

202420232022
Stock-based compensation expense recognized(1)$40,118$30,736$35,650
Tax benefit recognized7,08511,17812,738

(1)No stock-based compensation expense was capitalized in any period in accordance with applicable GAAP.

Additional stock compensation information is as follows at December 31:

20242023
Unrecognized compensation(1)$46,956$36,599
Weighted average period of expected recognition (in years)(1)0.530.53

(1)Includes stock options, restricted stock units and performance shares.

No equity awards were cash settled during the three years ended December 31, 2024.

Options: The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2024.

Options Outstanding · Options Exercisable
Range ofExercise PricesNumberOutstandingWeighted-AverageRemainingContractualLife (Years)Weighted-AverageExercisePriceNumberExercisableWeighted-AverageExercisePrice
$50.64 - $87.601,609,5061.48$81.931,609,506$81.93
92.40 - 100.741,994,6032.6699.471,994,60399.47
103.231,187,3494.15103.23734,148103.23
105.56 - 128.401,034,4995.56123.9638,179108.55
$50.64 - $128.405,825,9573.15$99.744,376,436$93.73

An analysis of option activity for each of the three years ended December 31, 2024, is as follows:

202420232022
OptionsWeighted-AverageExercise PriceOptionsWeighted-AverageExercise PriceOptionsWeighted-AverageExercise Price
Outstanding—beginning of year5,940,320$96.196,962,374$91.737,197,662$85.11
Granted:
7-year term520,810128.32497,060120.491,300,211103.20
Exercised(584,993)88.52(1,375,313)82.95(1,519,728)70.14
Expired and forfeited(50,180)106.62(143,801)90.92(15,771)96.54
Outstanding—end of year5,825,957$99.745,940,320$96.196,962,374$91.73
Exercisable at end of year4,376,436$93.734,003,028$91.233,666,871$84.00

Additional information about Globe Life's stock option activity as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:

20242023
Outstanding options:
Weighted-average remaining contractual term (in years)3.153.68
Aggregate intrinsic value$81,703$151,685
Exercisable options:
Weighted-average remaining contractual term (in years)2.483.01
Aggregate intrinsic value$77,946$122,052

Selected stock option activity for the three years ended December 31, 2024, is presented below:

202420232022
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted (per share)$33.80$32.25$22.03
Intrinsic value of options exercised17,12749,16358,201
Cash received from options exercised51,786114,080106,592
Actual tax benefit received2,4899,37911,907

Additional information concerning Globe Life's unvested options is as follows at December 31:

20242023
Number of shares outstanding1,449,5211,937,292
Weighted-average exercise price (per share)$117.88$106.42
Weighted-average remaining contractual term (in years)5.195.05
Aggregate intrinsic value$3,757$29,634

Globe Life expects that substantially all unvested options will vest.

Restricted Stock: Restricted stock grants consist of time-vested grants, restricted stock units, and performance shares. Time-vested restricted stock is available to directors and vests oversix months. The directors' restricted stock units vest oversix months and are converted to shares upon their retirement from the Board. Employees' restricted stock units vest and become non-forfeitable on the vesting date (generally three years from the grant date) or upon meeting certain retirement criteria, or in the event of death or disability. Director restricted stock and restricted stock units are generally granted on the first business day of the calendar year. Performance shares are granted to a limited number of senior executives. Performance shares have athree-year performance period and are not settled in shares until the certification of thethree-year performance period. While the grant specifies a stated target number of shares, the determination of the actual settlement in shares will be based on the achievement of certain performance objectives of Globe Life over thethree-year performance period. Certain executive restricted stock and performance share grants contain terms related to age that could accelerate vesting.

Following are the restricted stock units outstanding for each of the three years ended December 31, 2024:

Year of grantsOutstanding as of year end
202293,381
2023163,108
2024219,864

Below is the final determination of the performance share grants in 2020 to 2022:

Year of grantsFinal settlement of sharesFinal settlement date
202084,298February 22, 2023
2021143,211February 28, 2024
2022152,680February 26, 2025

For the 2023 and 2024 performance share grants, actual shares that could be distributed range from 0 to 122 thousand for the 2023 grants and 0 to 145 thousand shares for the 2024 grants.

A summary of restricted stock grants for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2024, is presented in the table below:

202420232022
Directors restricted stock:
Shares7,3757,11010,746
Price per share$122.06$119.59$94.94
Aggregate value$900$850$1,020
Percent vested100%100%100%
Directors restricted stock units (including dividend equivalents):
Shares4,8549,4798,956
Price per share$120.16$117.73$95.62
Aggregate value$583$1,116$856
Percent vested100%100%100%
Employees restricted stock units:
Shares101,01196,975—
Price per share$127.29$120.18$—
Aggregate value$12,858$11,654$—
Percent vested—%—%—%
Performance shares:
Target shares96,80081,300146,500
Target price per share$128.40$120.49$103.23
Aggregate value$12,429$9,796$15,123
Percent vested—%—%—%

Time-vested restricted stockholders are entitled to dividend payments on the unvested stock. Director restricted stock unit holders are entitled to dividend equivalents. These equivalents are granted in the form of additional restricted stock units and vest immediately upon grant. Dividend equivalents are applicable only to directors' restricted stock units. Performance shares held by employees are not entitled to dividend equivalents and are not entitled to dividend payments until the shares are vested and settled.

An analysis of nonvested restricted stock is as follows:

ExecutivePerformanceSharesDirectorsRestrictedStockDirectorsRestrictedStockUnitsEmployeesRestrictedStockUnitsTotal
2022:
Balance at December 31, 2021342,388289289—342,966
Grants146,50010,7468,956—166,202
Additional performance shares(1)(16,102)———(16,102)
Restriction lapses(66,751)(11,035)(9,245)—(87,031)
Forfeitures(7,500)———(7,500)
Balance at December 31, 2022398,535———398,535
2023:
Grants81,3007,1109,47996,975194,864
Additional performance shares(1)(28,857)———(28,857)
Restriction lapses(84,298)(7,110)(9,479)—(100,887)
Forfeitures(12,600)——(4,410)(17,010)
Balance at December 31, 2023354,080——92,565446,645
2024:
Grants96,8007,3754,854101,011210,040
Additional performance shares(1)84,712———84,712
Restriction lapses(143,211)(7,375)(4,854)(437)(155,877)
Forfeitures(6,000)——(10,008)(16,008)
Balance at December 31, 2024386,381——183,131569,512

(1)Estimated additional (reduced) share grants expected due to achievement of performance criteria.

An analysis of the weighted-average grant-date fair values per share of nonvested restricted stock is as follows for the year 2024:

Executive Performance SharesDirectors Restricted StockDirectors Restricted Stock UnitsEmployeesRestrictedStockUnits
Grant-date fair value per share at January 1, 2024$105.28$—$—$120.16
Grants128.40122.06122.06127.29
Estimated additional performance shares107.56———
Restriction lapses(98.32)(122.06)(122.06)(94.40)
Forfeitures———(122.74)
Grant-date fair value per share at December 31, 2024115.78——124.02

Note 15—Business Segments

Globe Life is organized into three operating segments: life, health, and investments.

Globe Life's reportable insurance segments are based on the insurance product lines it markets and administers: life insurance and supplemental health insurance. There is also an investment segment that manages the investment portfolio and cash flow for the insurance segments. The Company's chief operating decision makers ("CODM"), our Co-CEOs, evaluate the overall performance of the operations of the Company in accordance with these segments.

During the fourth quarter of 2024 weentered into a coinsurance agreement to cede a majority of the annuity business to a third-party insurer. This impacted a significant portion of our annuities which had previously been classified as one of our reportable segments. The annuity segment has historically represented less than 1% ofrevenue and has not been core to the Company's business. We have adjusted our segments from four down tothree as described above. All presentations of segment information have been recast for the periods presented to reflect this change in segments.

Life insurance products marketed by Globe Life include traditional whole life and term life insurance. Health insurance products are generally guaranteed renewable and include Medicare Supplement, cancer, critical illness, accident, and other limited-benefit supplemental hospital and surgical products.

The following tables present segment premium revenue by each of Globe Life's distribution channels.

Premium Income by Distribution Channel

LifeHealthTotal
Distribution ChannelAmount% ofTotalAmount% ofTotalAmount% ofTotal
American Income$1,698,20952$123,1239$1,821,33239
Direct to Consumer988,5223071,99351,060,51523
Liberty National371,06112190,38114561,44212
United American6,600—591,77442598,37413
Family Heritage6,661—427,65430434,3159
Other190,2946——190,2944
Total premium$3,261,347100$1,404,925100$4,666,272100
LifeHealthTotal
Distribution ChannelAmount% ofTotalAmount% ofTotalAmount% ofTotal
American Income$1,588,70251$120,3329$1,709,03438
Direct to Consumer991,4063268,57551,059,98124
Liberty National349,73611187,93414537,67012
United American7,311—545,72342553,03413
Family Heritage6,134—396,20930402,3439
Other193,9556——193,9554
Total premium$3,137,244100$1,318,773100$4,456,017100
LifeHealthTotal
Distribution ChannelAmount% ofTotalAmount% ofTotalAmount% ofTotal
American Income$1,505,03450$117,3539$1,622,38738
Direct to Consumer985,4883371,12951,056,61724
Liberty National327,46911187,24115514,71012
United American7,966—539,87442547,84013
Family Heritage5,586—366,82029372,4069
Other196,2816——196,2814
$3,027,824100$1,282,4171004,310,241100
Annuity1—
Total premium$4,310,242100

Due to the nature of the life and health insurance industry, Globe Life has no individual or group which would be considered a major customer. Substantially all of Globe Life's business is conducted in the United States.

The measure of profitability established by the chief operating decision makers for the insurance segments is underwriting margin in accordance with the manner in which the segments are managed. It essentially represents gross profit margin on insurance products before insurance administrative expenses and consists primarily of premium less net policy benefits, acquisition expenses, and commissions. The CODMs use the Life and Health segment profit or loss in monitoring the insurance specific business and to analyze performance measures that inform decisions around product pricing and appropriate support services such as agency force and training. Required interest on policy liabilities is reflected as a component of the Investment segment (rather than as a component of underwriting margin in the insurance segment) in order to match this cost with the investment income earned on the assets supporting the policy liabilities.

The measure of profitability for the Investment segment is excess investment income, representing the income earned on the investment portfolio in excess of policy requirements. Excess investment income is used to analyze the performance of our investments in relation to our policy required obligations and informs and supports management actions regarding investment related decisions and policy benefits within our product features. Other than the required interest on the insurance segments, no other intersegment revenues or expenses are recognized.

Globe Life holds a sizable investment portfolio to support its insurance liabilities, the yield from which is used to offset policy benefit, acquisition, administrative, and tax expenses. This yield or investment income is taken into account when establishing premium rates and profitability expectations for its insurance products. From time to time, investments are sold or called, or experience a credit loss event, each of which are reflected by the Company as realized gain (loss)—investments. These gains or losses generally occur as a result of disposition due to issuer calls, compliance with Company investment policies, or other reasons often beyond management’s control. Unlike investment income, realized gains and losses are incidental to insurance operations, and only overall yields are considered when setting premium rates or insurance product profitability expectations. While these gains and losses are not relevant to segment profitability or core operating results, they can have a material positive or negative result on net income. For these reasons, management removes realized investment gains and losses when it views its segment operations.

Management also removes non-operating items unrelated to the Company's core insurance activities when evaluating those results. All other unallocated revenues and expenses, including expenses directly attributable to corporate operations, insurance administrative expense and interest on debt, are disclosed after segment profit or loss within the reconciliation to Income before taxes. Stock-based compensation expense is considered a corporate expense by Globe Life management. Therefore, these items are excluded in its presentation of segment results because accounting guidance requires that operating segment results be presented as management views its business. All of these items are included in “Other operating expense” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the appropriate year. See additional detail below in the tables.

The following tables set forth a reconciliation of Globe Life's revenues and operations by segment to its major income statement line items. See Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies for additional information concerning reconciling items of segment profits to pretax income.

Year Ended December 31, 2024
Life · Health · Investment · Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium$3,261,347$1,404,925$—$4,666,272
Net investment income——1,135,6311,135,631
Segment revenue3,261,3471,404,9251,135,6315,801,903
Other income354
Realized gains (losses)(24,188)
Total consolidated revenue$5,778,069
Expenses:
Policy obligations(1)2,000,977851,57720,969$2,873,523
Required interest on reserves(811,147)(110,342)950,25828,769
Amortization of acquisition costs356,22352,224—408,447
Commissions159,703158,869—318,572
Premium taxes68,36028,421—96,781
Non-deferred acquisition costs134,63451,753—186,387
Segment profit or (loss)$1,352,597$372,423$164,4041,889,424
Insurance administrative expenses:
Salaries129,369
Other employee costs36,176
Information technology costs80,555
Legal costs30,478
Other administrative costs65,852
Parent expense12,400
Stock-based compensation expense40,118
Interest expense127,092
Legal proceedings21,575
Non-operating expenses2,620
Annuity(7,282)
Total expenses4,451,432
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Income before income taxes per Consolidated Statement of Operations$1,326,637

(1)Policy obligations are based upon policyholder behavior and impacts related to lapses, mortality, and morbidity. For detailed information, including remeasurement gains and losses, see Note 6—Policy Liabilities.

Year Ended December 31, 2023
Life · Health · Investment · Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium$3,137,244$1,318,773$—$4,456,017
Net investment income——1,056,8841,056,884
Segment revenue3,137,2441,318,7731,056,8845,512,901
Other income308
Realized gains (losses)(65,676)
Total consolidated revenue$5,447,533
Expenses:
Policy obligations(1)2,050,789776,3629,061$2,836,212
Required interest on reserves(772,701)(106,516)917,44138,224
Amortization of acquisition costs327,42650,598—378,024
Commissions145,678150,192—295,870
Premium taxes64,57126,440—91,011
Non-deferred acquisition costs128,50943,760—172,269
Segment profit or (loss)$1,192,972$377,937$130,3821,701,291
Insurance administrative expenses:
Salaries119,699
Other employee costs35,905
Information technology costs64,998
Legal costs15,335
Other administrative costs65,224
Parent expense10,866
Stock-based compensation expense30,736
Interest expense102,316
Legal proceedings900
Non-operating expenses4,170
Annuity(8,492)
Total expenses4,253,267
Income before income taxes per Consolidated Statement of Operations$1,194,266

(1)Policy obligations are based upon policyholder behavior and impacts related to lapses, mortality, and morbidity. For detailed information, including remeasurement gains and losses, see Note 6—Policy Liabilities.

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Life · Health · Investment · Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium$3,027,824$1,282,417$—$4,310,241
Net investment income——991,800991,800
Segment revenue3,027,8241,282,417991,8005,302,041
Annuity premium income1
Other income1,246
Realized gains (losses)(76,548)
Total consolidated revenue$5,226,740
Expenses:
Policy obligations(1)2,035,693752,8664,372$2,792,931
Required interest on reserves(735,688)(102,315)882,83944,836
Amortization of acquisition costs298,84148,185—347,026
Commissions140,283145,185—285,468
Premium taxes61,60924,653—86,262
Non-deferred acquisition costs97,56136,706—134,267
Segment profit or (loss)$1,129,525$377,137$104,5891,611,251
Insurance administrative expenses:
Salaries129,711
Other employee costs42,319
Information technology costs55,526
Legal costs12,056
Other administrative costs59,729
Parent expense11,156
Stock-based compensation expense35,650
Interest expense90,395
Legal proceedings2,496
Non-operating expenses5,311
Annuity(10,510)
Total expenses4,124,629
Income before income taxes per Consolidated Statement of Operations$1,102,111

(1)Policy obligations are based upon policyholder behavior and impacts related to lapses, mortality, and morbidity. For detailed information, including remeasurement gains and losses, see Note 6—Policy Liabilities.

Assets for each segment are reported based on a specific identification basis. The insurance segments’ assets contain DAC. The investment segment includes the investment portfolio, cash, and accrued investment income. Goodwill is assigned to the insurance segments at the time of purchase. All other assets are included in the annuity and other corporate category. The tables below reconcile segment assets to total assets as reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Assets by Segment

At December 31, 2024
Life · Health · Investment · Consolidated
Cash and invested assets$—$—$19,736,888$19,736,888
Accrued investment income——269,791269,791
Deferred acquisition costs5,700,755793,421—6,494,176
Goodwill309,609180,837—490,446
Total segment assets$6,010,364$974,258$20,006,67926,991,301
Annuity and other corporate2,084,880
Total assets$29,076,181
At December 31, 2023
Life · Health · Investment · Consolidated
Cash and invested assets$—$—$19,827,199$19,827,199
Accrued investment income——270,396270,396
Deferred acquisition costs5,271,775734,735—6,006,510
Goodwill309,609172,182—481,791
Total segment assets$5,581,384$906,917$20,097,59526,585,896
Annuity and other corporate1,465,603
Total assets$28,051,499

Liabilities for each segment are reported also on a specific identification basis similar to the assets. The insurance segments' liabilities contain future policy benefits, unearned and advance premiums, and policy claims and other benefits payable. Other policyholders' funds and annuities are included in annuity and other corporate as well as current and deferred income taxes payable. Debt represents both short and long-term. The tables below reconcile segment liabilities to total liabilities as reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Liabilities by Segment

At December 31, 2024
Life · Health · Investment · Consolidated
Future policy benefits$15,484,596$2,316,094$—$17,800,690
Unearned and advance premiums198,12759,504—257,631
Policy claims and other benefits payable321,838210,994—532,832
Debt——2,739,6522,739,652
Other96,604—372,000468,604
Total segment liabilities$16,101,165$2,586,592$3,111,65221,799,409
Annuity and other corporate1,971,252
Total liabilities$23,770,661
At December 31, 2023
Life · Health · Investment · Consolidated
Future policy benefits$16,304,797$2,382,517$—$18,687,314
Unearned and advance premiums196,63057,937—254,567
Policy claims and other benefits payable320,066194,809—514,875
Debt——2,115,6722,115,672
Other98,958—138,000236,958
Total segment liabilities$16,920,451$2,635,263$2,253,67221,809,386
Annuity and other corporate1,755,310
Total liabilities$23,564,696

Note 16—Subsequent Events

On February 3, 2025, Globe Life Inc. announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters within McKinney, Texas, as part of the Dallas-Fort Worth market. In connection with this relocation, the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire the office building and two adjacent tracts of developable land for $80 million.

The Company has evaluated this subsequent event and determined that it does not require adjustments to the financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2024.

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