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CNO Financial Group CNO Traditional life — Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs, Amortization Expense

Other product segments

Fixed indexed annuities
$17.3M+10.9%
Supplemental health
$10M+8.7%
Medicare supplement
$6.2M-1.6%
Interest-sensitive life
$4.6M+12.2%
Long-term care
$4.2M+10.5%
Fixed interest annuities
$1.7M+6.3%
Funding agreements
$1.1M+37.5%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.0B+2.5%
Net income$37.7M+75.3%
EPS (diluted)$0.39+85.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.2B+12.6%
Total debt$1.4B-41.0%
Total equity$2.5B-2.2%
Total assets$39.0B+4.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$148.8M+8.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.93B-7.9%

Profitability

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Net margin5.4%-2.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.7%-3.7pp
Debt / equity0.5×-0.4×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by CNO Financial Group in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpense.

The official record: CNO Financial Group’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is CNO Financial Group's traditional life — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense?
CNO Financial Group (CNO) reported traditional life — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense of $18.7M in Q1 2026.
How has CNO Financial Group's traditional life — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense changed year-over-year?
CNO Financial Group's traditional life — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense increased by 14.0% year-over-year, from $16.4M to $18.7M.
What is the long-term trend for CNO Financial Group's traditional life — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CNO Financial Group's traditional life — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense has grown at a 16.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $37.1M to $69.3M.
What does traditional life — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense mean?
This metric represents the periodic expense recognized as the company amortizes costs directly associated with acquiring new insurance policies, such as commissions and underwriting expenses. It reflects the systematic allocation of these capitalized acquisition costs over the expected life of the insurance contracts. Investors use this to assess the efficiency of the company's sales and marketing investments relative to the long-term value of the policies acquired.