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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-015171"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HMN"
cik: "0000850141"
company_name: "HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:10:27.635485+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Horace Mann Q2 net income $1.11, core EPS $1.02; reaffirms 2021 guidance; plans Madison National acquisition

## Summary
- Q2 net income $46.7M ($1.11 EPS), up 52% YoY; core earnings $42.8M ($1.02 EPS), up 52%.
- Total revenues $347.1M, up 10% YoY; net investment income rose $29M (+36%) on strong alternatives.
- Reaffirms 2021 core EPS guidance $3.50-$3.70, with ROE above 10%.
- Plans early-2022 acquisition of Madison National for employer-sponsored benefit products; expects mid-single-digit EPS accretion.
- Book value per share up 10% to $43.78; book value ex unrealized gains up 9% to $35.78.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-015171
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HMN
- cik: 0000850141
- company_name: HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850141/000162828021015171/0001628280-21-015171-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850141/000162828021015171/hmn-20210802.htm

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