secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO)
CIK:        0001224608
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001224608-26-000038
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CNO Q1 2026 net income $38M; operating EPS up 33% YoY to $1.05
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- Net income $38M ($0.39 diluted EPS) vs $21.5M ($0.21) YoY; net operating income $101M ($1.05) vs $81.1M ($0.79).
- Operating EPS grew 33% YoY; total new annualized premiums up 11%; Medicare policies sold up 24%.
- Book value per diluted share ex AOCI $38.98; operating ROE ex significant items 12.2%.
- Share repurchases of $60M in Q1 (1.4M shares at avg $41.79); holding co cash $280.1M.
- Debt-to-capital ratio 34.8%; incurred $13.7M TechMod expenses; net investment losses $15.2M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460826000038/0001224608-26-000038-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460826000038/cno-20260430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001224608-26-000038

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