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Globe Life
GL · NYSELife & Supplemental Health Insurance
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Premiums &capitalthe money flowing inBrokers &distributionwho places the coverInsurerswho carries the riskReinsuranceinsuring the insurersClaims,payouts &…where the money goesPolicyholderswho is protected$PremiumsCCapital & investorsAILAmerican Income Life agentsLNLiberty National agentsDTCDirect-to-consumerGLGlobe LifeGLRGlobe Life Re (Bermuda)REThird-party reinsurersBNDBond portfolio (float)CLMClaims & benefits···Middle-income households
Company details
Market cap
~$11B
P/E ratio
~10×
Div yield
~0.8%
EPS (TTM)
~$14.5
Revenue
~$5.9B
Premium income
~$4.9B
Rev. growth
+5%
Policies in force
>17M
In plain English
Globe Life sells small, affordable life and supplemental-health policies to middle-income American families — final-expense and whole life, plus cancer, accident and Medicare-supplement cover. It reaches them through a huge captive sales force (American Income's union-linked agents, Liberty National, Family Heritage) and direct mail/web, holding more individual life policies than any other US insurer. Premiums fund a big bond portfolio whose investment income is a core profit engine.
In simple terms
How Globe Life makes money
Captive agents and direct-mail offers bring in small premiums from millions of middle-income families. Globe Life underwrites the life and health risk, cedes some of it to its own new Bermuda reinsurer, invests the premiums in bonds, and pays claims when policyholders die or file a health claim.
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