secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Jackson Financial Inc. (JXN)
CIK:        0001822993
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-017071
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Jackson Financial posts $1.6B adj. op. earnings in 2025; raises dividend 12.5%
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- Full-year 2025 GAAP net loss $17M (-$0.24 diluted EPS) vs. Non-GAAP adj. op. earnings $1.6B ($22.67 EPS).
- Retail annuity sales up 10% YoY; Record RILA sales $2.3B in Q4 (+53% YoY), nearly $7B for the year.
- Returned $862M to common shareholders in 2025 ($228M dividends, $634M buybacks); Q1 2026 dividend raised 12.5% to $0.90.
- 2026 targets: free capital generation at least $1.2B, capital return $900M-$1.1B, holdco liquidity >$650M.
- JNL RBC ratio 567% after $1.1B distributions; new Hickory Re captive funded with TPG partnership for growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822993/000110465926017071/0001104659-26-017071-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822993/000110465926017071/tm266228d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-017071

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