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| The fundamentals of our business are sound, and we are well positioned for the future |
| We continue to see strong demand in our Term Life business following the launch of our new insurance products in the fall of 2022 |
| In the month leading up to the event, field leaders are pushing teammates to stretch for the finish line and earn an opportunity to be recognized as a top performer |
| We also saw a 17% increase in licensing with 13,000 reps obtaining a new life license, helping fuel 5% growth in the size of the sales force to end the year with a total of 141,572 life-licensed representatives |
| On a full year basis, adjusted net operating income increased 8% and adjusted operating income per share rose 15% |
| Total sales of $2.4 billion during the quarter increased 13% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, driven by a combination of strong demand for U.S |
| Our sales force delivered good revenue growth, while equity market appreciation pushed average client asset values higher |
| Ending client asset values benefited from strong equity market appreciation in 2023, ending the year at $97 billion, up 15% versus December 31, 2022 |
| We believe we will continue to benefit from the positive response to our new insurance products during 2024 |
| The ongoing need for the financial solutions we provide is clear and our sales force is uniquely positioned to reach and serve middle-income families |
| It's as we've described it, the Primerica piece is a unique advantage that we can have in this marketplace because we do have access to those leads in a unique way through the relationships of our Primerica representatives and those leads are extraordinarily high quality, as we've all talked about before |
| Our momentum has continued into the new year as we see a high degree of interest in our business opportunity |
| The speakers serve as coaches, motivating and unifying the sales force toward a common goal of growing the business and the event creates a unique opportunity to recognize and celebrate past accomplishments while renewing commitments for future success |
| Primerica's strong performance during the fourth quarter and full year 2023 reflects the power of our distribution |
| The simple and convenient application process has increased rep confidence, while advancements in underwriting technology allow us to issue policies more rapidly |
| We had a solid turnout coming out of the pandemic at our 2022 convention, and we expect to see an even larger group at this year's event |
| In the Term Life segment, pretax operating income of $140 million, increased 6% during the quarter on a year-over-year basis, driven by 6% higher adjusted direct premium |
| Asset-based revenue grew 12% while average client asset values rose 9% |
| Fourth quarter operating revenue of $222 million and pretax operating income of $63 million, increased 12% and 11%, respectively |
| The year-over-year improvement is due to $7.5 million of higher adjusted net investment income as we continue to benefit from higher interest rates on both new investments and cash balances, partially offsetting this was higher benefits and claims costs, mainly due to a onetime $3.3 million adjustment to the ceded reserve for a closed block of non-term life insurance business |
| I'm proud to say that the transition has been seamless |
| The portfolio continues to be well diversified and high quality with an average rating of 8 |
| Fourth quarter adjusted net operating income increased 4% compared to the prior year period, while adjusted operating income per share increased 9% |
| We've continued to see ISP sales growth during the start of 2024 |
| The magnitude of this event provides the perfect platform to cast a clear vision for the future to the entire Primerica team |
| Following the event, we reinforce our vision with additional messaging to drive activity and sustain momentum well beyond the convention itself |
| Mark Hughes Very good |
| But we do expect, again, assuming that we can demonstrate the profitability of the business and gain comfort in it that we would grow that |
| In 2023, we issued a record $119 billion in new Term Life protection for our clients, a 15% increase compared to the prior year, bringing Primerica's total amount of coverage in force to $945 billion |
| And right now, we're working and seeing results from people striving to accomplish great things by the event and be recognized for it there |
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| With fourth quarter total submitted policies down 17% year-over-year due to fewer tenured e-TeleQuote agents entering AEP |
| The segment incurred a $2.7 million pretax operating loss, compared to pretax income of $4.3 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year, driven by lower sales volume and higher cost of acquisition due to lower productivity from a higher mix of less tenured agents |
| Our current challenge is sales volume |
| However, we continue to see higher lapses across multiple durations, which leads us to think that recent economic pressures are putting financial stress on middle income family |
| Because across multiple durations, it leads us to believe that this is really mainly due to the economic pressure and the stress from higher cost of living currently on middle-income family |
| Our invested asset portfolio ended the year with a net unrealized loss of $216 million versus a net unrealized loss of $343 million at the end of September as interest rates fell and credit spreads tightened with which listed bond market |
| The C&O segment recorded a pretax adjusted operating loss of $5.4 million versus a loss of $8.8 million in the prior year period |
| We're mindful of the continued economic uncertainty and the impact that a higher cost of living has on middle-income families |
| If we don't have leadership on the ground than us trying to artificially grow in an area that is underrepresented in our business, we've just not found success in doing that |
| And our objective is to run in the maybe 20% range, a little either side of 20%, so it's a little artificially high percentage wise, because e-TeleQuote leads were down in the quarter |
| If that's what you're comparing that, you would notice that 2023 comparison to 2022 was actually lower than typical because of 2022 spend being elevated for two reasons |
| The prior year period included elevated costs associated with the launch of the new Term Life insurance product |
| It hasn't exceeded that range yet |
| But overall, I would say that we expect to have a smaller loss than prior year, and we would have a lot more to share next quarter |
| The Senior Health profit, I think, or the loss you said would be smaller than the prior year |
| I apologize |
| Our estimate also take into consideration elevated lapse rates and the fading benefit from the IPO co-insured block |
| Sometimes during the pandemic, people hold their money a little closer, redemption rates went down and then when money has gotten tight, redemption rates have gone up |
| We noticed higher lapses in 2023, particularly towards the end of it |
| Finally, the insurance expense ratio was 7.1%, compared to 7.8% from the prior year period due to additional expenses associated with the launch of our new insurance product in 2022 |
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