secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO)
CIK:        0001224608
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-30T20:16:49+00:00
Accession:  0001224608-26-000061
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CNO Q2 2026 operating EPS $1.26, up 45% YoY; raises full-year guidance 8%
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- Net income $125.9M ($1.33 diluted EPS); net operating income $119.5M ($1.26 diluted EPS), up 45% YoY.
- Raising 2026 operating EPS guidance by 8% at midpoint; operating ROE ex significant items 13.1%.
- Total new annualized premiums up 7% to extend 16-quarter sales growth streak; Worksite and Consumer agent count up.
- Repurchased $60M of stock (1.3M shares at avg $46.57); $300.4M remaining authorization; dividends $16.8M.
- Book value per diluted share ex AOCI $39.92, up 5% from Dec 2025; debt-to-capital 34.0%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460826000061/0001224608-26-000061-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460826000061/cno-20260730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001224608-26-000061

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