secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (BHF)
CIK:        0001685040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001685040-26-000017
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brighthouse Financial Q1 net loss $792M; adjusted earnings $239M; annuity sales $2.2B
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- Net loss available to shareholders of $792M ($13.82/diluted share) vs. $294M loss in Q1 2025.
- Adjusted earnings, less notable items, of $251M ($4.35/diluted share); reported adjusted earnings $239M ($4.15/diluted share).
- Estimated combined RBC ratio of 430%-450%; holding company liquid assets of $0.9B at quarter end.
- Annuity sales of $2.2B driven by $1.9B Shield Level Annuities; Life sales of $32M led by SmartCare.
- Unfavorable notable item of $12M ($0.21/diluted share) related to actuarial refinements.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000017/0001685040-26-000017-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000017/bhf-20260506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001685040-26-000017

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