---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001224608-24-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNO"
cik: "0001224608"
company_name: "CNO Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:24:46.819241+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CNO Financial Q1 net income $112.3M ($1.01/diluted) vs loss a year ago; operating EPS flat

## Summary
- Net income $112.3M ($1.01/diluted) vs net loss $0.8M ($0.01 loss) in Q1 2023.
- Net operating income $57.5M ($0.52/diluted) nearly flat vs $58.6M ($0.51) prior year; full year guidance unchanged.
- Total new annualized premiums up 8%; Consumer NAP +7%, Worksite NAP +19%, Medicare Supplement NAP +24%.
- Unfavorable $24.3M pre-tax mark-to-market on real estate partnerships offset otherwise strong operating results.
- Returned $57.3M to shareholders ($40M buyback, $17.3M dividends); book value per diluted share ex-AOCI $34.97.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001224608-24-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNO
- cik: 0001224608
- company_name: CNO Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+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/1224608/000122460824000037/0001224608-24-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000037/cno-20240429.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CNO Financial Group, Inc. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: net income net income of $112.3 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, EPS $1.01 per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Net income: net income of $112.3 million, or $1.01 per diluted share
  - EPS: $1.01 per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) today reported net income of $112.3 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, in 1Q24 compared to a net loss of $0.8 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, in 1Q23.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000037/0001224608-24-000037-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.