# CNO Financial Group

> CNO Financial Group is a Carmel, Indiana holding company that sells life insurance, annuities, and supplemental health coverage to middle-income Americans who are near or in retirement. Through its brands - Bankers Life, Washington National, Colonial Penn, and the worksite-benefits arm Optavise - CNO reaches customers by phone, online, and face-to-face with career agents. It is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker CNO and generates roughly $4.5 billion in annual revenue.

- **Founded:** 1979
- **Headquarters:** Carmel, Indiana, United States
- **Founders:** Stephen C. Hilbert (Co-founder (as Conseco, Inc., 1979)), David V. Stewart (Co-founder (as Conseco, Inc., 1979))
- **Team size:** ~3,300 employees (plus thousands of affiliated agents and advisors)
- **Products:** Fixed indexed and traditional annuities, Individual life insurance, Supplemental health insurance, Long-term care insurance, Optavise worksite and voluntary benefits
- **Notable:** Roughly $4.5 billion in annual revenue as a NYSE-listed financial (ticker: CNO)., 14 consecutive quarters of strong insurance sales and total new annualized premiums up 15% in full-year 2025., Returned $386 million to shareholders in 2025, an 11% increase over 2024.

## Products & services

- **Fixed indexed and traditional annuities** — Retirement-income and savings products that let middle-income customers turn savings into predictable income and guard against outliving their money.
- **Individual life insurance** — Whole and term life coverage, including simplified guaranteed-acceptance policies marketed directly to retirees through Colonial Penn.
- **Supplemental health insurance** — Medicare supplement, critical illness, cancer, and accident coverage that pays cash to fill gaps left by primary health plans, largely under Washington National.
- **Long-term care insurance** — Coverage for extended care needs - a core worry for the retiree market CNO serves.
- **Optavise worksite and voluntary benefits** — Employer-sold voluntary benefits, benefits administration, and Medicare guidance to help employees make better health and financial decisions.
- **40|86 Advisors / investment management** — In-house asset management supporting the insurance balance sheet and customer investment products.

## Achievements

- Roughly $4.5 billion in annual revenue as a NYSE-listed financial (ticker: CNO).
- 14 consecutive quarters of strong insurance sales and total new annualized premiums up 15% in full-year 2025.
- Returned $386 million to shareholders in 2025, an 11% increase over 2024.
- Named to Forbes' America's Best Insurance Companies for three consecutive years.
- Named one of Newsweek's 2025 Most Responsible Companies in America.
- Recognized as a 'Healthiest Employer' / Best Employer for Excellence in Health & Well-being for 11 years.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — CNO reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results: 14 straight quarters of insurance sales growth, new annualized premiums up 15%, and $386 million returned to shareholders.
- **2026-01** — Recognized as a 2026 Best Employer for Excellence in Health & Well-being by the Business Group on Health - its 11th time earning the distinction.
- **2025-07** — Reported second-quarter 2025 results, continuing its multi-year streak of production records in annuities and health products.

## Links

- Website: https://cnoinc.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cno-financial-group
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CNOFinancial
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNOFinancialGroup
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNOFinancial/

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Last updated: 2026-08-12