---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320335-23-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GL"
cik: "0000320335"
company_name: "GLOBE LIFE INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T04:16:08.406541+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Globe Life Q4 net income $2.14 per share, up 22% YoY; FY 2023 guidance $10.20-$10.50

## Summary
- Net income per share $2.14 (Q4 2022) vs $1.76 a year ago; net operating income $2.24 vs $1.70.
- Insurance underwriting income per share $2.21, up 41% from $1.57, driven by lower COVID claims ($5M vs $58M).
- Life premiums +3% to $753.7M; health premiums +4% to $323.9M; health net sales -3%; life net sales -2%.
- Share repurchases in Q4: 489,708 shares at $115.01 avg cost, total $56M.
- FY 2023 net operating income guidance $10.20-$10.50 per share; impact from new long-duration accounting standard adds $105M-$115M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320335-23-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GL
- cik: 0000320335
- company_name: GLOBE LIFE INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000002/0000320335-23-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000002/gl-20230201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-23-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GLOBE LIFE INC. reported for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $2.14 per diluted common share, EPS $2.14 per diluted common share.
  - Period: for the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $2.14 per diluted common share
  - EPS: $2.14 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL) reported today that for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, net income was $2.14 per diluted common share, compared with $1.76 per diluted common share for the year-ago quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000002/0000320335-23-000002-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  GLOBE LIFE INC. reported for the year ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $7.47 per diluted common share, EPS $7.47 per diluted common share.
  - Period: for the year ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $7.47 per diluted common share
  - EPS: $7.47 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net income for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $7.47 per diluted common share, compared with $7.22 per diluted common share for the year-ago period.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000002/0000320335-23-000002-index.htm

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