CNO Financial Group, Inc.

Notes

(1)Excludes accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Management believes this non-GAAP measure is useful because it removes the volatility that arises from changes in the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of our investments.

(2)Shareholders' equity divided by common shares outstanding.

(3)Book value per diluted share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if outstanding stock options were exercised and restricted stock and performance units were vested. The dilution from options, restricted shares and performance units is calculated using the treasury stock method. Under this method, we assume the proceeds from the exercise of the options (or the unrecognized compensation expense with respect to restricted stock and performance units) will be used to purchase shares of our common stock at the closing market price on the last day of the period.

(4)Insurance product margin is management’s measure of the profitability of its annuity, health and life product lines’ performance and consists of insurance policy income plus allocated investment income less insurance policy benefits, interest credited, commissions, advertising expense and amortization of acquisition costs. See note (8) for definition of income from insurance products.

(5)Net investment income is allocated to the product lines using the book yield of investments backing the block of business, which is applied to the average insurance liabilities, net of insurance intangibles, for the block in each period. See note (11) for definition of net insurance liabilities.

(6)Excludes the change in market values of the underlying options supporting the fixed indexed annuity products and corresponding amount credited to policyholder account balances. Such amounts were $(63.5) million, $70.4 million, $89.4 million, $10.2 million, $(58.7) million, $146.8 million and $0.0 million in 1Q25, 2Q25, 3Q25, 4Q25, 1Q26, 2Q26 and 3Q26, respectively.

(7)Excludes the change in market values of the underlying options supporting the fixed indexed life products and corresponding amount credited to policyholder account balances. Such amounts were $(6.7) million,$9.1 million, $8.8 million, $1.3 million, $(5.8) million, $15.0 million and $1.1 million in 1Q25, 2Q25, 3Q25, 4Q25, 1Q26, 2Q26 and 3Q26, respectively.

(8)Income from insurance products is the sum of the insurance product margins of the annuity, health and life product lines, less expenses allocated to the insurance product lines. It excludes the income from our fee income business, investment income not allocated to product lines, net expenses not allocated to product lines (primarily holding company expenses) and income taxes. Management believes this information provides an additional understanding of the business and a more meaningful analysis of results of our insurance product lines. Income from insurance products, a non-GAAP measure, is a component of net operating income, which is reconciled to net income on page 5 of this Quarterly Financial Supplement.

(9)Investment income not allocated to product lines represents net investment income less: (i) equity returns credited to policyholder account balances; (ii) the investment income allocated to our product lines; (iii) interest expense on notes payable, investment borrowings and financing arrangements; (iv) expenses related to the FABN program; and (v) certain expenses related to benefit plans that are offset by special-purpose investment income; plus (vi) the impact of annual option forfeitures related to fixed indexed annuity surrenders. Investment income not allocated to product lines includes investment income on investments in excess of amounts allocated to product lines, investments held by our holding companies, the spread we earn from our FHLB investment borrowing and FABN programs and variable components of investment income (including call and prepayment income, adjustments to returns on structured securities due to cash flow changes, income (loss) from company-owned life insurance ("COLI") and alternative investment income not allocated to product lines), net of interest expense on corporate debt and financing arrangements. The spread earned from our FHLB investment borrowing and FABN programs includes the investment income on the matched assets less: (i) interest on investment borrowings related to the FHLB investment borrowing program; (ii) interest credited on funding agreements; and (iii) amortization of deferred acquisition costs related to the FABN program.

(10)Management believes that an analysis of net income applicable to common stock before the following items (each net of tax, except as noted) is important to evaluate the financial performance of the Company, and is a key measure commonly used in the life insurance industry: (i) net realized investment gains or losses from disposals, impairments and the change in allowance for credit losses; (ii) net change in market value of investments recognized in earnings; (iii) changes in fair value of embedded derivative liabilities and market risk benefits related to our fixed indexed annuities; (iv) fair value changes related to the agent deferred compensation plan; (v) gains or losses related to material reinsurance transactions; (vi) loss on extinguishment of debt; (vii) changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets and other tax items; (viii) costs related to our three-year project to modernize certain elements of our technology ("TechMod") that are incremental to normal spend and will not recur following implementation;(ix) goodwill and other asset impairment expenses; (x) gains or losses related to divested business; and (xi) other non-operating items including earnings attributable to variable interest entities (collectively, "net operating income," a non-GAAP financial measure). The income tax expense or benefit allocated to the items included in net non-operating income (loss) represents the current and deferred income tax expense or benefit allocated to the items included in non-operating earnings. Management believes this information provides a better understanding of the business and a more meaningful analysis of results of our insurance product lines. The table above reconciles the non-GAAP measure to the corresponding GAAP measure.

(11)Net insurance liabilities for the purpose of allocating investment income to product lines are equal to: (i) policyholder account values for interest sensitive products; (ii) total reserves before the fair value adjustments reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), if applicable, for all other products; less (iii) amounts related to reinsured business; (iv) deferred acquisition costs; (v) the present value of future profits; and (vi) the value of unexpired options credited to insurance liabilities.

(12)Margin/average net insurance liabilities for quarterly periods is calculated by annualizing the quarters' margin divided by the average net insurance liabilities.

(13)Based on statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by regulatory authorities for CNO Financial's U.S. based insurance subsidiaries after appropriate elimination of intercompany accounts among such subsidiaries. Such accounting practices differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

(14)The new money rate is for the investments purchased during the period to support our insurance products and capital. It excludes the new money rate on investments purchased with investment borrowings under our FHLB and FABN programs and investments purchased by the variable interest entities.

(15)Book yield on fixed maturity investments, excluding investments held in the: (i) FHLB and FABN programs; and (ii) the investments held by the variable interest entities.

(16)Earned yield is the investment income earned during the period divided by the average book value of the investment portfolio, excluding: (i) investments held in the FHLB and FABN programs; and (ii) the investments held by the variable interest entities.