What does operating segments — benefits losses and expenses mean?

Total costs related to insurance claims and policyholder benefits.

How do you interpret operating segments — benefits losses and expenses?

A decrease relative to revenue indicates improved underwriting performance and higher profitability, while an increase suggests higher claim frequency or severity.

How does operating segments — benefits losses and expenses compare across companies?

Comparable to 'Benefits and Claims Incurred' at other insurance companies.

Globe Life GL Operating Segments — Benefits Losses And Expenses

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '18

Similar metrics at other companies

AIZOperating Segments — Benefits Losses And Expenses

$1.37B-30.1%

HIGOperating Segments — Supplementary Insurance Information Benefits Claims Losses And Settlement Expense

$2.54B+1.8%

WRBOperating Segments — Supplementary Insurance Information Benefits Claims Losses And Settlement Expense

$993.68M-0.7%

HUMOperating Segments — Benefits Losses And Expenses

$19.03B+1.7%

CNAOperating Segments — Benefits Losses And Expenses

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LTR

LTROperating Segments — Benefits Losses And Expenses

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.6B+5.3%

Net income$270.5M+6.3%

EPS (diluted)$3.39+12.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$255.2M+9.9%

Total debt$3.2B-1.3%

Total equity$6.1B+12.1%

Total assets$31.0B+4.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$420.9M-2.5%

CapEx$24.9M+112%

Free cash flow$396.0M-5.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$13.26B-0.4%

Enterprise value$16.24B-0.8%

P/E11.3×-1.2×

P/S2.2×-0.1×

Profitability

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Net margin19.4%+1.0pp

FCF margin20.2%-3.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity20.5%0.0pp

Debt / equity0.5×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Globe Life in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:BenefitsLossesAndExpenses.

The official record: Globe Life’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — benefits losses and expenses mean?: Total costs related to insurance claims and policyholder benefits.
How do you interpret operating segments — benefits losses and expenses?: A decrease relative to revenue indicates improved underwriting performance and higher profitability, while an increase suggests higher claim frequency or severity.
How does operating segments — benefits losses and expenses compare across companies?: Comparable to 'Benefits and Claims Incurred' at other insurance companies.