Cigna Group

Note 11 – Investments

The Cigna Group's investment portfolio consists of a broad range of investments including debt securities, equity securities, commercial mortgage loans, policy loans, other long-term investments, short-term investments and derivative financial instruments. The sections below provide more detail regarding our investment balances and realized investment gains and losses. See Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information about the valuation of the Company's investment portfolio. Further information about our accounting policies for investment assets can be found in Note 12 in the Company's 2023 Form 10-K.

The following table summarizes the Company's investments by category and current or long-term classification:

(1) Investments related to the HCSC transaction that were held for sale as of September 30, 2024. These investments were primarily comprised of debt securities and commercial mortgage loans, and to a lesser extent, other long-term investments.

A. Investment Portfolio

Debt Securities

The amortized cost and fair value by contractual maturity periods for debt securities were as follows as of September 30, 2024:

Actual maturities of these securities could differ from their contractual maturities used in the table above because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations, with or without penalties.

Gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on debt securities by type of issuer is shown below:

Review of declines in fair value. Management reviews debt securities in an unrealized loss position to determine whether a credit loss allowance is needed based on criteria that include:

•severity of decline;

•financial health and specific prospects of the issuer; and

•changes in the regulatory, economic or general market environment of the issuer's industry or geographic region.

The table below summarizes debt securities with a decline in fair value from amortized cost for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recorded, by investment grade and the length of time these securities have been in an unrealized loss position. Unrealized depreciation on these debt securities is primarily due to declines in fair value resulting from increasing interest rates since these securities were purchased.

Equity Securities

The following table provides the values of the Company's equity security investments:

We are a minority owner in VillageMD, a provider of primary, multi-specialty and urgent care services that is majority-owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. These securities are included in equity securities with no readily determinable fair value in the above table. We determined our investment in VillageMD was fully impaired and recorded a $2.7 billion loss in Net realized investment losses in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income.

Commercial Mortgage Loans

Mortgage loans held by the Company are made exclusively to commercial borrowers and are diversified by property type, location and borrower. Loans are generally issued at fixed rates of interest and are secured by high quality, primarily completed and substantially leased operating properties.

The Company regularly evaluates and monitors credit risk from the initial mortgage loan underwriting and throughout the investment holding period. The annual portfolio review performed in the second quarter of 2024 confirmed ongoing strong overall credit quality in line with the previous year's results. For more information on the Company's accounting policies and methodologies regarding these investments, see Note 12 in the Company's 2023 Form 10-K.

The following table summarizes the credit risk profile of the Company's commercial mortgage loan portfolio:

Other Long-Term Investments

Other long-term investments include investments in unconsolidated entities, including certain limited partnerships and limited liability companies holding real estate, securities or loans. These investments are carried at cost plus the Company's ownership percentage of reporting income or loss, based on the financial statements of the underlying investments that are generally reported at fair value.

Income or loss from these investments is reported on a one quarter lag due to the timing of when financial information is received from the general partner or manager of the investments.

Other long-term investments also include investment real estate carried at depreciated cost less any impairment write-downs to fair value when cash flow estimates indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Additionally, statutory and other restricted deposits and foreign currency swaps carried at fair value are reported in the table below as Other. The following table provides the carrying value information for these investments:

B. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company uses derivative financial instruments to manage the characteristics of investment assets (such as duration, yield, currency and liquidity) to meet the varying demands of the related insurance and contractholder liabilities. The Company also uses derivative financial instruments to hedge the risk of changes in the net assets of certain of its foreign subsidiaries due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and to hedge the interest rate risk of certain long-term debt.

As of September 30, 2024, the notional value of interest rate swap contracts increased to $2.1 billion compared to $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2023. There have been no other material changes to the Company's derivative financial instruments during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Please refer to the Company's 2023 Form 10-K for further discussion of the types of derivative financial instruments and associated accounting policies. The effects of derivative financial instruments used in our individual hedging strategies were not material to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The gross fair values of our derivative financial instruments are presented in Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

C. Realized Investment Gains and Losses

The following realized gains and losses on investments exclude realized gains and losses attributed to the Company's separate accounts because those gains and losses generally accrue directly to separate account policyholders:

Net realized investment losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 were primarily driven by the impairment of equity securities, as described above.