---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000850141-26-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HMN"
cik: "0000850141"
company_name: "HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-07-21T20:17:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-21T20:19:11.819748+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Horace Mann to acquire ESI and RNIC, reinsure MedMutual Life, for ~$240M

## Summary
- Total net purchase price ~$240M; financed with excess capital and existing credit facility.
- Adds ~$200M annual revenue, >1M covered lives, ~7,000 employer relationships, >1,000 agents.
- ESI acquisition expected to close Q4 2026; RNIC and reinsurance close Q1 2027, subject to regulatory approvals.
- Transactions expected to be immediately accretive to core EPS and ROE.
- RNIC stock purchase ~$125M; ceding commission ~$7.4M for MedMutual Life reinsurance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000850141-26-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HMN
- cik: 0000850141
- company_name: HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-07-21T20:17:37+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850141/000085014126000028/0000850141-26-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850141/000085014126000028/hmn-20260721.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000850141-26-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000850141-26-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000850141-26-000028.txt

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