---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320335-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GL"
cik: "0000320335"
company_name: "GLOBE LIFE INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T14:40:14.793806+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Globe Life Q1 net income $2.67/sh, up 14% YoY; guides FY NOI $11.50-$12.00

## Summary
- Net income $254.2M ($2.67/diluted share) vs $223.6M ($2.28) YoY; net operating income $264.1M ($2.78) vs $248.0M ($2.53).
- Total insurance premium revenue $1.145B (+5% YoY); life premiums $804M (+4%), health premiums $341M (+6%).
- Underwriting margin $404.7M (+5%); excess investment income $43.8M ($0.46/sh), up 53% on 10% net investment income growth.
- FY2024 net operating income guidance $11.50-$12.00/diluted share; full-year share repurchases targeted at $350M-$370M.
- American Income life net sales +17%, agent count +15%; Liberty National agent count +14%; Q1 repurchases limited by blackout from dropped acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320335-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GL
- cik: 0000320335
- company_name: GLOBE LIFE INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033524000018/0000320335-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033524000018/gl-20240422.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-24-000018
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-24-000018.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-24-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GLOBE LIFE INC. reported first quarter 2024 results: net income $2.67 per diluted common share.
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Net income: $2.67 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 22, 2024 , Globe Life Inc. issued a press release announcing its first quarter 2024 financial results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033524000018/0000320335-24-000018-index.htm

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