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Commitments and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Note 5—Commitments and Contingencies
Reinsurance: Insurance affiliates of Globe Life reinsure a portion of insurance risk that is in excess of their retention limits with unaffiliated reinsurers. Current retention limits for new business written on ordinary life insurance range up to $500 thousand per life. Life insurance ceded to unaffiliated reinsurers represented 0.2% and 0.3% of total life insurance in force at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Insurance ceded on life and accident and health products represented 0.8% and 0.2% of premium income for 2025 and 2024, respectively. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement to cede a majority of its annuity business to a third-party insurer. Annuities ceded represented 69% of the direct annuity fund balance as of December 31, 2025. Effective January 1, 2025, Globe Life entered into a 100% coinsurance with funds withheld agreement with a third party reinsurer covering certain term and whole life policies. The insurance affiliates of Globe Life would be liable for the reinsured risks ceded to other companies to the extent that such reinsuring companies are unable to meet their obligations.
 
Insurance affiliates also assume insurance risks of other external companies. Life reinsurance assumed represented approximately 0.8% of life insurance in force at December 31, 2025 and 2024 and reinsurance assumed on life and accident and health products represented 0.6% and 0.9% of premium income for 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Leases: Globe Life leases office space and other equipment under a variety of operating lease arrangements.

Rental expense for the three years ended December 31, 2025 is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Rental expense$3,494 $3,208 $3,519 


Future minimum rental commitments required under operating leases having remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year at December 31, 2025 were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
20262027202820292030Thereafter
Operating lease commitments$6,962 $7,144 $6,527 $5,923 $5,453 $33,367 

Purchase Commitments: Globe Life has various long-term noncancelable purchase commitments as well as commitments to provide capital for low-income housing tax credit interests. See further discussion related to tax credits in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies.

Year Ended December 31,
20262027202820292030Thereafter
Purchase commitments(1)
$74,111 $113,814 $87,983 $30,065 $24,693 $204,093 
(1) Includes low-income housing tax credits with non-funded commitments of $255 million at December 31, 2025.

Investments: Globe Life is committed to invest under certain contracts related to investments in fixed maturities, limited partnerships and commercial mortgage loans. See Note 4—Investments for unfunded commitments.
Guarantees: At December 31, 2025, the Company had one performance guarantee in effect. Per the Pre-capitalized Trust Securities agreement signed on July 1, 2025, Globe Life Inc. is required to purchase any treasury securities in default. Management believes it is unlikely the Company will have to make any material payments under this agreement due to default.

Globe Life has guaranteed letters of credit in connection with its credit facility with a group of banks as disclosed in Note 12—Debt. The letters of credit were issued by TMK Re, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary, to secure TMK Re, Ltd.’s obligation for claims on certain policies reinsured by TMK Re, Ltd. that were sold by other Globe Life insurance companies. These letters of credit facilitate TMK Re, Ltd.’s ability to reinsure the business of Globe Life's insurance carriers. The agreement was amended on March 29, 2024 and now expires in 2029. The maximum amount of letters of credit available is $250 million. The Parent Company would be liable to the extent that TMK Re, Ltd. does not pay the reinsured party. The amount of letters of credit outstanding at December 31, 2025 was $115 million.
Unclaimed Property Audits: Globe Life subsidiaries are currently the subject of audits regarding the identification, reporting and escheatment of unclaimed property arising from life insurance policies and a limited number of annuity contracts. These audits are being conducted by private entities that have contracted with forty-seven states through their respective Departments of Revenue, and have not resulted in any financial assessment from any state nor indicated any liability. The audits are wide-ranging and seek large amounts of data regarding claims handling, procedures, and payments of contract benefits arising from unreported death claims. No estimate of range can be made at this time for loss contingencies related to possible administrative penalties or amounts that could be payable to the states for the escheatment of abandoned property.
Litigation: Globe Life Inc. and its subsidiaries, in common with the insurance industry in general, are subject to litigation, including: putative class action litigation; alleged breaches of contract; torts, including bad faith and fraud claims based on alleged wrongful or fraudulent acts of agents of Globe Life Inc.'s insurance subsidiaries; alleged employment discrimination; alleged worker misclassification; and miscellaneous other causes of action. Based upon information presently available, and in light of legal and other factual defenses available to Globe Life Inc. and its subsidiaries, management does not believe that it is reasonably possible that such litigation will have a material adverse effect on Globe Life Inc.'s financial condition, future operating results or liquidity; however, assessing the eventual outcome of litigation necessarily involves forward-looking speculation as to judgments to be made by judges, juries and appellate courts in the future. This bespeaks caution, particularly in states with reputations for high punitive damage verdicts.

On April 30, 2024, a putative securities class action was filed against Globe Life Inc. and six of its current/former executives and directors in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (City of Miami Gen. Emp. & Sanitation Emp. Ret. Trust, et al. v. Globe Life Inc., et al., Case No. 4:24-cv-00376). On July 24, 2024, the Court appointed Lead Plaintiffs and Lead Counsel for the putative class of shareholders. The Lead Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Complaint on October 4, 2024 that asserts claims under §§ 10(b), 20(a), and 20(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rules 10b-5(a), 10b-5(b), and 10b-5(c) promulgated thereunder, on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of Globe Life Inc.'s securities from May 8, 2019 through April 10, 2024. The Consolidated Complaint added four additional executives as defendants and alleges that certain of Globe Life Inc.'s disclosures about financial performance and certain other public statements during the putative class period were materially false or misleading. Pursuant to Globe Life Inc.'s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and indemnification agreements with the individual defendants, Globe Life Inc. has agreed to indemnify the defendants for all expenses and losses related to the litigation, subject to the terms of those indemnification agreements. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the litigation on December 3, 2024, which motion was denied on September 29, 2025. Globe Life Inc. plans to vigorously defend against the lawsuit. The outcome of litigation of this type is inherently uncertain, and there is always the possibility that a court rules in a manner that is adverse to the interests of Globe Life Inc. and the individual defendants. However, the amount of any such loss in that outcome cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Also pending in the Eastern District of Texas is a consolidated shareholder derivative suit that is closely related to the putative securities class action disclosed above (the “City of Miami Matter”). On November 7, 2024, Globe Life
Inc. shareholder Jui Cheng Hsiao (“Hsiao”) filed a shareholder derivative complaint against Globe Life Inc. as a nominal defendant, as well as certain current and former Globe Life Inc. executives and members of its Board of Directors. On November 14, 2024, Globe Life Inc. shareholder Gautam Jadhav (“Jadhav”) filed a shareholder derivative complaint against the same set of defendants. Each shareholder derivative complaint asserts one claim for breach of fiduciary duty against the individual defendants and alleges that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties to Globe Life Inc. by causing or permitting Globe Life Inc. to make misleading statements about its performance and financial results. The allegations are substantially similar to the allegations made in the City of Miami Matter and derive from a short seller report. Pursuant to Globe Life Inc.'s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and indemnification agreements with the individual defendants, Globe Life Inc. has agreed to indemnify them for all expenses and losses related to the litigation, subject to the terms of those indemnification agreements. On January 3, 2025, the Court consolidated the two actions and appointed Hsiao and Jadhav as Lead Plaintiffs and their counsel as Lead Counsel for the consolidated derivative action (In re Globe Life Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation, Lead Case No. 4:24-cv-00993-ALM (E.D. Tex.)). On January 25, 2025, the Court granted the parties’ joint motion to stay such proceedings pending the Court’s resolution of the motion to dismiss filed by Globe Life Inc. in the City of Miami Matter. On October 14, 2025, the parties informed the Court that the motion to dismiss in the City of Miami Matter was denied and of their agreement for the terms of the stay to remain in place as they coordinated a schedule. On October 27, 2025 and December 5, 2025, the parties again notified the Court of their continued agreement for the terms of the stay to remain in place and further notified the Court of two related derivative cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas by Globe Life Inc. shareholders, as referenced below.

On November 19, 2025, Globe Life Inc. shareholder Plymouth County Retirement Association (“Plymouth”) filed a Verified Shareholder Derivative Action Complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Globe Life Inc. as a nominal defendant, as well as certain current and former Globe Life Inc. executives and members of its Board of Directors (Plymouth County Retirement Association v. Darden, et al., No. 4:25-cv-01246-ALM (E.D. Tex.)). On November 21, 2025, Globe Life Inc. shareholder Catherine M. Sugarbaker Family Trust (“Sugarbaker”) filed a Verified Shareholder Derivative Action Complaint against Globe Life Inc. as a nominal defendant, as well as certain current and former Globe Life Inc. executives and members of its Board of Directors (Catherine M. Sugarbaker Family Trust v. Gary L. Coleman, et al., No. 4:25-cv-01274-ALM (E.D. Tex.)). Both the Plymouth and the Sugarbaker shareholder derivative complaints assert a claim for breach of fiduciary duty against the individual defendants and allege that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties to Globe Life Inc. by causing or permitting Globe Life Inc. to make misleading statements about its performance and financial results, as well as a claim against the individual defendants under Section 14(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and SEC Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder, for allegedly causing Globe Life Inc. to make false and misleading statements in its 2024 Proxy Statement and Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. In addition, Plymouth’s shareholder derivative complaint asserts claims for violation of § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and SEC Rule 10b-5(b) promulgated thereunder, on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of Globe Life Inc.'s securities from January 1, 2022 through April 11, 2024, alleging that certain of Globe Life Inc.'s disclosures about financial performance and certain other public statements during the putative class period were materially false or misleading, and that certain individuals traded in Globe Life Inc.’s securities while in possession of material non-public information. The allegations in both complaints are substantially similar to the allegations made in the City of Miami Matter and the consolidated federal derivative action and derive from a short seller report. Pursuant to Globe Life Inc.'s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and indemnification agreements with the individual defendants, Globe Life Inc. has agreed to indemnify them for all expenses and losses related to the Plymouth and Sugarbaker litigation, subject to the terms of those indemnification agreements. On December 11, 2025, defendants filed a notice of related case in the action filed by Plymouth to inform the Court that the matter should be consolidated with the consolidated federal derivative action. On December 9, 2025, Sugarbaker filed notices of related case in its own action and in the consolidated federal derivative action to inform the respective courts that Sugarbaker’s action should be consolidated with the consolidated federal derivative action.

On September 19, 2025, a shareholder filed a derivative lawsuit in the Business Court for Dallas County, Texas, against Globe Life Inc. as a nominal defendant, as well as certain current and former Globe Life Inc. executives and members of its Board of Directors (James E. Walker v. Gary L. Coleman, et al., Case No. 25-BC01B-0041). Like the consolidated shareholder derivative lawsuit disclosed above, this litigation is largely similar to the City of Miami Matter and derives in part from a short seller report. The petition asserts three causes of action relating to the 2019
through 2024 time period, including: (i) a breach of fiduciary duty claim for failing to provide adequate oversight to prevent purportedly widespread corporate misconduct including fraud, discrimination and harassment; (ii) a breach of fiduciary duty claim against certain individual defendants who allegedly engaged in insider trading; and (iii) a claim for wasting corporate assets by paying excessive compensation and/or bonuses to certain of its executive officers. The petition alleges that Globe Life Inc. was thus exposed to potential legal liability and costs, and that Globe Life Inc. repurchased shares at an artificially inflated price. The petition seeks monetary damages as well as restitution, governance reforms, and accountability for executives and board members. Pursuant to Globe Life Inc.'s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and indemnification agreements with the individual defendants, Globe Life Inc. has agreed to indemnify them for all expenses and losses related to the litigation, subject to the terms of those indemnification agreements. Globe Life Inc. intends to mount a robust defense against the litigation. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the petition on November 20, 2025 for failure to plead demand futility, and a motion to stay the proceedings in the Texas Business Court pending final resolution of the related City of Miami Matter if the Court determines that demand futility is satisfied. On November 19, 2025, Plymouth filed a motion to intervene in the matter and requested that the Court stay the action in favor of the consolidated derivative action in the Eastern District of Texas, or in the alternative, to limit the preclusive effect of the Court’s order on the motion to dismiss for lack of demand futility. On December 1, 2025, the Lead Plaintiffs in the consolidated federal derivative action (Hsiao and Jadhav) also filed a motion to intervene and stay the Texas Business Court proceedings in favor of their consolidated federal derivative action, or in the alternative, to limit the preclusive effect of the Court’s order on the motion to dismiss the petition for lack of demand futility. On December 4, 2025, plaintiff James E. Walker Jr. (“Walker”) filed a motion to strike Plymouth’s motion to intervene. On December 15, 2025, Walker filed a motion to strike the motion to intervene filed by the Lead Plaintiffs in the consolidated federal derivative action. On February 5, 2026, the Court cancelled the hearing it had scheduled for February 6, 2026 to hear all of the above motions and stayed the case pending further order of the Court.

On September 26, 2024, Globe Life Inc. and its subsidiary, American Income Life Insurance Company, were notified by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that the EEOC conducted an investigation of charges filed against Globe Life Inc. and/or American Income Life Insurance Company by five former sales agents and one then-current sales agent. The EEOC asserts that there is reasonable cause to believe the six complainants were employees, not independent contractors, of Globe Life Inc. and/or American Income Life Insurance Company and were discriminated against on the basis of sex, and that one complainant was also discriminated against on the basis of race. In addition, the EEOC asserts that there is reasonable cause to believe that a class of female workers were employees, not independent contractors, and were subject to unlawful conduct which also constitutes a pattern-or-practice of discrimination. The EEOC’s investigative findings are not binding on Globe Life Inc. The EEOC’s procedures provide for a conciliation process that has concluded without achieving a resolution. The EEOC may elect to file a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the workers based on the alleged statutory violations. However, since the conclusion of the conciliation process on October 31, 2024, Globe Life Inc. and American Income Life Insurance Company have not received any further communication from the EEOC regarding the aforementioned investigative findings. As a result, Globe Life Inc. intends to remove disclosures related to this matter from future filings unless there are any material updates.