---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320335-23-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GL"
cik: "0000320335"
company_name: "GLOBE LIFE INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T02:30:35.751437+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Globe Life Q2 operating income $2.61/sh (+3% YoY); guides FY23 $10.37-$10.57/sh

## Summary
- Net income $2.24/sh ($215.3M), down from $2.26/sh; net operating income $2.61/sh ($251.5M), up 3% from $2.54/sh.
- Total premium $1.11B (+3% YoY); life premium $781.7M (+3%), health premium $329.2M (+3%).
- Liberty National life net sales +21%, health net sales +18%; Family Heritage health net sales +19%; combined exclusive agent count >15,000.
- Repurchased 778,328 shares for $83M at avg $107.26; FY 2023 guidance: operating EPS $10.37-$10.57.
- Excess investment income $31.4M, up 30% YoY; net investment income $261.2M, up 7%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320335-23-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GL
- cik: 0000320335
- company_name: GLOBE LIFE INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-26T23:59:59+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/320335/000032033523000040/0000320335-23-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000040/gl-20230726.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-23-000040
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-23-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GLOBE LIFE INC. reported second quarter 2023 results: net income $2.24 per diluted common share.
  - Period: second quarter 2023
  - Net income: $2.24 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL) reported today that for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, net income was $2.24 per diluted common share, compared with $2.26 per diluted common share for the year-ago quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033523000040/0000320335-23-000040-index.htm

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