---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320335-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GL"
cik: "0000320335"
company_name: "GLOBE LIFE INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T21:03:49.570332+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Co-Chairmen Coleman and Hutchison to retire at annual meeting; Co-CEOs to succeed

## Summary
- Gary L. Coleman and Larry M. Hutchison will retire as Directors and Co-Chairmen at the April 27, 2023 annual meeting.
- Retirement is not due to any disagreement with Globe Life's operations, policies, or practices.
- Board intends to appoint Co-CEOs J. Matthew Darden and Frank M. Svoboda as Co-Chairmen, contingent on their re-election to the Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320335-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GL
- cik: 0000320335
- company_name: GLOBE LIFE INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000006/0000320335-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000006/gl-20230209.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-23-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-23-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frank M. Svoboda was appointed as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors at GLOBE LIFE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: It is the present intention of the Board for Globe Life’s Co-Chief Executive Officers, J. Matthew Darden and Frank M. Svoboda, to succeed Messrs. Coleman and Hutchison as Co-Chairmen of the Board upon their retirement and contingent upon Messrs. Darden and Svoboda’s election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000006/0000320335-23-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  J. Matthew Darden was appointed as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors at GLOBE LIFE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: It is the present intention of the Board for Globe Life’s Co-Chief Executive Officers, J. Matthew Darden and Frank M. Svoboda, to succeed Messrs. Coleman and Hutchison as Co-Chairmen of the Board upon their retirement and contingent upon Messrs. Darden and Svoboda’s election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000006/0000320335-23-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.