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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001224608-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNO"
cik: "0001224608"
company_name: "CNO Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T07:47:21.080208+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CNO Financial Q4 net op income $133.9M, +62% YoY; FY NAP up 9%, returned $233M to shareholders

## Summary
- Net operating income in Q4 2023: $133.9M ($1.18/diluted share), up 62% from $82.9M ($0.71) in Q4 2022.
- Net income Q4 2023: $36.3M ($0.32/diluted share) vs $38.0M ($0.33) in Q4 2022; FY net income $276.5M ($2.40) down from $630.6M ($5.36) in 2022 due to non-economic market impacts.
- Full year total new annualized premiums (NAP) up 9%; health NAP up 11%, worksite NAP up 29%.
- Book value per diluted share ex AOCI was $33.94 at Dec 31, 2023, up from $31.89 at Dec 31, 2022.
- Returned $233.2M to shareholders in 2023; estimated statutory RBC ratio 402%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001224608-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNO
- cik: 0001224608
- company_name: CNO Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000003/0001224608-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000003/cno-20240206.htm

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