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F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.: Q3 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 6 November 2025: press release. Guidance figures: 1 new, 1 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Adjusted earnings per share unchanged: Adjusted net earnings were $165 million, or $1.22 per share, against $156 million, or $1.22 per share, a year earlier. Source
  • GAAP net earnings turned positive: Net earnings attributable to common shareholders were $114 million, or $0.85 per diluted share, against a net loss of $10 million, or $0.08 per share, a year earlier. Source
  • Retained AUM up 8%: Retained AUM reached $56.6 billion, up 8% from $52.5 billion a year earlier, and $55.6 billion at the end of the prior quarter. Source
  • Gross sales up 8%: Gross sales were $4.2 billion, an 8% rise over the prior-year quarter. Source
  • Adjusted ROA at 87 basis points: Adjusted return on assets was 87 basis points for the quarter and 92 basis points over the last twelve months, in line with the second quarter LTM figure. Source
  • Credit impairments below pricing: Credit-related impairments averaged 6 basis points over five years and stayed below pricing assumptions for the first nine months of 2025. Source
  • Book value excluding AOCI up $0.68: Book value excluding AOCI rose $0.68 per share in the quarter, from $1.03 of adjusted earnings and other, less $0.19 of mark-to-market and $0.16 of capital actions. Source

“We delivered outstanding third quarter results highlighted by record assets under management before flow reinsurance of $71 billion fueled by one of our best sales quarters in history”

Chris Blunt, F&G’s Chief Executive Officer

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Capital commitments to new reinsurance vehicle Sourcenot statedapproximately $1 billionNew
Long-term return on alternative investments Sourcelong-termapproximately 10%Kept

What changed from last quarter

  • New: A new reinsurance vehicle partnership launched effective August 1, 2025, providing forward flow reinsurance on quota share terms for certain fixed indexed annuity products. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Adjusted earnings per share unchanged: Adjusted net earnings were $165 million, or $1.22 per share, against $156 million, or $1.22 per share, a year earlier. Source
  • GAAP net earnings turned positive: Net earnings attributable to common shareholders were $114 million, or $0.85 per diluted share, against a net loss of $10 million, or $0.08 per share, a year earlier. Source
  • Nine-month adjusted earnings lower: For the first nine months, adjusted net earnings were $359 million, or $2.72 per share, against $403 million, or $3.18 per share, a year earlier. The year included a $16 million reinsurance true-up. Source

Products and customers

  • Core sales modestly above last year: Core sales were $2.2 billion, modestly above the prior year. Indexed annuity, indexed universal life and pension risk transfer sales were the cited components. Source
  • Opportunistic sales split across two products: Opportunistic sales were $2.0 billion, split between multiyear guaranteed annuities and funding agreements. Last year's $1.7 billion was entirely multiyear guaranteed annuities. Source
  • Indexed annuity sales slightly lower: FIA/RILA sales were $1.67 billion against $1.85 billion a year earlier, and $4.83 billion year to date against $4.93 billion. Source

“F&G is becoming a more fee based, higher margin and capital light business as we leverage our position as one of the industry’s largest sellers of annuities and life insurance.”

Chris Blunt, F&G’s Chief Executive Officer

Demand and assets under management

  • Retained AUM up 8%: Retained AUM reached $56.6 billion, up 8% from $52.5 billion a year earlier, and $55.6 billion at the end of the prior quarter. Source
  • Gross sales up 8%: Gross sales were $4.2 billion, an 8% rise over the prior-year quarter. Source
  • Net sales above prior-year level: Net sales were $2.8 billion, against $2.4 billion a year earlier, reflecting flow reinsurance ceded at varying amounts in line with capital targets. Source
  • Net new business flows increased: Net new business asset flows were $2.27 billion, up from $1.76 billion in the second quarter. Net flow reinsurance to third parties was $1.19 billion. Source

Costs and operating expenses

  • Depreciation and amortization rose: Depreciation and amortization was $180 million, against $147 million. Personnel costs were $79 million, against $80 million. Source
  • Other operating expenses fell: Other operating expenses were $38 million, against $45 million a year earlier. Interest expense was $42 million, against $36 million. Source
  • Total benefits and expenses rose: Total benefits and expenses were $1,563 million, against $1,474 million a year earlier. Source

“our ratio of operating expense to AUM before flow reinsurance has improved to 52 basis points, down 10 basis points from the third quarter of 2024”

Chris Blunt, F&G’s Chief Executive Officer

Margins and returns

  • Adjusted ROA at 87 basis points: Adjusted return on assets was 87 basis points for the quarter and 92 basis points over the last twelve months, in line with the second quarter LTM figure. Source
  • Adjusted ROE excluding AOCI steady: Adjusted return on equity excluding AOCI was 8.8% for the quarter, in line with the second quarter and below 9.1% a year earlier. Source
  • Flow reinsurance and owned distribution contribute: Management attributed the ROA level to growing contributions from flow reinsurance and owned distribution. The measure includes short-term alternative investment fluctuations. Source

Investment portfolio and credit

  • Credit impairments below pricing: Credit-related impairments averaged 6 basis points over five years and stayed below pricing assumptions for the first nine months of 2025. Source
  • Fixed maturities 96% investment grade: 96% of fixed maturities are investment grade, down from 97% in the second quarter release. The portfolio is described as well matched to liabilities. Source
  • Alternative investment income below expected return: Income from alternative investments was $67 million, or $0.48 per share, short of management's long-term expected return of approximately 10%. Source

Capital and shareholder returns

  • Book value excluding AOCI up $0.68: Book value excluding AOCI rose $0.68 per share in the quarter, from $1.03 of adjusted earnings and other, less $0.19 of mark-to-market and $0.16 of capital actions. Source
  • Dividends of $33 million returned: F&G returned $33 million to shareholders through common and preferred dividends, up from $31 million a year earlier. Source
  • Reinsurance vehicle adds long-term capital: The partnership is described as providing long-term, on-demand growth capital through forward flow reinsurance on a quota share basis of certain fixed indexed annuity products. Source

Strategy and medium-term targets

  • Medium-term targets reaffirmed previously: The previous release said the company remained confident of delivering its medium-term Investor Day targets as it moved toward a fee-based model.
  • Earnings described as spread and fee: The previous release described earnings as both spread-based and fee-based, citing flow reinsurance, middle market life insurance and owned distribution.
  • Drivers cited for adjusted earnings: Management cited asset growth, fees from flow reinsurance, owned distribution margin and expense management as drivers relative to the prior-year quarter. Source

Coming up, as management said on 6 November 2025

  • Expense ratio to improve further: Management expects further improvement in the operating expense ratio by the end of the year. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Investment income Source$748 million in the third quarter, against $712 million a year earlier
Book value per share Source$33.88 per common share; $44.07 excluding AOCI

Risks management discussed

  • Financial: Mark-to-market and other unfavorable items were excluded from adjusted earnings but reduced GAAP net earnings in the quarter. Source
  • Financial: Higher interest expense on debt offset part of the gain in adjusted earnings compared with the prior-year quarter. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • On track: Management stated the company is on track to achieve its 2023 Investor Day medium-term targets. Source
  • Not stated: The previous release expected expense improvement in the second half of 2025. This release gives no separate status for that expectation.

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.