Genworth Financial Announces Fourth Quarter 2022 Results

Fourth Quarter Net Income of $175 Million and Adjusted Operating Income of $167 Million;

2022 Full Year Net Income of $609 Million and Adjusted Operating Income of $633 Million

• Enact segment fourth quarter adjusted operating income of $120 million, with 10 percent annual growth in primary insurance in-force
• Received $168 million capital returns from Enact in the fourth quarter, including $148 million special dividend
• U.S. Life Insurance segment fourth quarter adjusted operating income of $38 million
• Continued progress against long-term care insurance (LTC) multi-year rate action plan, with approximately $23.5 billion net present value from achieved LTC rate actions since 2012
• Annual U.S. GAAP assumption review completed for U.S. Life Insurance segment:
  • LTC U.S. GAAP active life margins remained positive and in the prior year range of $0.5 to $1.0 billion
  • Favorable impact of $34 million after-tax in life insurance
• U.S. life insurance companies’ risk-based capital ratio¹ estimated at 290 percent
• Genworth holding company cash and liquid assets of $307 million at year-end
• Executed $30 million in share repurchases in the quarter; $64 million in total executed through December 2022

RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$GNW–Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) today reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. The company reported net income² of $175 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with net income of $163 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021. The company reported adjusted operating income³ of $167 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with adjusted operating income of $164 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.

The company reported full year net income of $609 million, or $1.19 per diluted share, in 2022, compared with net income of $904 million, or $1.76 per diluted share in 2021. The company reported adjusted operating income of $633 million, or $1.24 per diluted share, in 2022, compared with adjusted operating income of $765 million, or $1.48 per diluted share, in 2021.

“Genworth delivered strong earnings in the fourth quarter and for the full year,” said Tom McInerney, Genworth President and CEO. “I’m proud of the company’s accomplishments in 2022, including achieving our long-term holding company debt target, returning capital to shareholders for the first time in over 13 years and receiving multiple ratings upgrades. These accomplishments have improved Genworth’s financial strength and allowed us to enter 2023 with enhanced flexibility for investments in future growth and capital return to shareholders.”

Financial Performance

Net investment gains, net of taxes and other adjustments, increased net income by $12 million in the current quarter, compared with net investment losses in the prior quarter that decreased income by $53 million and net investment gains in the prior year that increased income by $106 million. The investment gains in the current quarter were primarily from mark-to-market adjustments on limited partnership and equity investments held in the LTC business, partially offset by net trading losses.

Net investment income was $787 million in the quarter, compared to $808 million in the prior quarter and $866 million in the prior year. Net investment income decreased versus the prior quarter as a result of lower income from limited partnerships and the inflation impact on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), primarily in the LTC business. Net investment income decreased versus the prior year as a result of lower variable investment income, primarily driven by lower income from bond calls, commercial mortgage loan (CML) prepayments and limited partnerships. The reported yield and the core yield³ for the current quarter were 4.84 percent and 4.81 percent, respectively, compared to 4.97 percent and 4.93 percent, respectively, in the prior quarter.

Genworth’s effective tax rate on income from continuing operations for the current quarter was approximately 21.5 percent. As in past quarters, the effective tax rate was increased by the tax effect on certain forward starting swap gains that are taxed at 35 percent when amortized into net investment income, mostly offset by a prior year adjustment.

The table below shows adjusted operating income (loss) by segment and for Corporate and Other activities:

Adjusted operating income (loss) represents income (loss) from continuing operations excluding the after-tax effects of income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, net investment gains (losses), gains (losses) on the sale of businesses, gains (losses) on the early extinguishment of debt, initial gains (losses) on insurance block transactions, restructuring costs and other adjustments. A reconciliation of net income to adjusted operating income is included at the end of this press release.

Enact

Enact reported adjusted operating income of $120 million, compared with $156 million in the prior quarter and $125 million in the prior year. Enact’s primary insurance in-force increased 10 percent versus the prior year, driven by new insurance written (NIW) and higher persistency. Primary NIW was down 29 percent versus the prior year, primarily from a smaller estimated private mortgage insurance market driven by lower purchase and refinancing originations as a result of increased interest rates. Enact’s expenses in the current quarter were $62 million, resulting in an expense ratio of 27 percent.

Enact’s current quarter results reflected losses of $18 million, which included a net pre-tax reserve release of $42 million, primarily from favorable cure performance on COVID-19 delinquencies. The loss ratio in the current quarter was eight percent, compared to negative 17 percent and three percent in the prior quarter and prior year, respectively. Losses in the prior quarter included a favorable $80 million net pre-tax reserve release, primarily related to favorable cure performance on COVID-19 delinquencies. New delinquencies in the current quarter were 10,304, an increase of 13 percent from 9,121 in the prior quarter, driven by new delinquencies in FEMA⁵ impacted areas, seasonality and aging of large, new books. Current quarter new delinquencies increased 24 percent from 8,282 in the prior year, primarily from the aging of large, new books and new delinquencies in FEMA impacted areas. The current quarter new delinquency rate of 1.1 percent increased slightly from the prior quarter of 1.0 percent and remains in line with pre-pandemic levels.

U.S. Life Insurance

Long-Term Care Insurance

Long-term care insurance reported adjusted operating income of $24 million, compared with $25 million in the prior quarter and $119 million in the prior year. Terminations were lower versus the prior year, as the pandemic impacts subside. New claims increased versus the prior quarter and prior year driven by both higher severity and frequency as the blocks age.

LTC results reflected lower net investment income of $49 million after-tax versus the prior year, primarily from the impact of lower income from limited partnerships, bond calls and CML prepayments. Compared to the prior quarter, LTC had lower net investment income of $21 million after-tax, primarily from less favorable impacts of TIPS and limited partnerships.

Adjusted operating income impacts of $287 million⁶ from cumulative in-force rate actions were favorable compared to the prior quarter, driven by reserve releases related to a second legal settlement that began on August 1, 2022. However, these benefits were less favorable than the prior year, as the second settlement, on the company’s PCS I and PCS II policies, affects a smaller number of policies than the first LTC legal settlement on the company’s Choice I policies.

In the current quarter, the company completed its annual review of LTC claim, or disabled life, reserve assumptions and methodologies, and did not significantly change existing claim reserves, as experience in the aggregate was in line with expectations.

In the current quarter, the company also completed its annual review of U.S. GAAP LTC active life margins, referred to as loss recognition testing. All key margin testing assumptions were reviewed and updated where appropriate. As of December 31, 2022, the combined loss recognition testing margins for the separately tested LTC acquired and historic blocks remained positive and within the $0.5 to $1.0 billion range. As margins remained positive, there was no reserve strengthening required, and therefore no resulting charge to current quarter earnings.

Life Insurance

Life insurance reported an adjusted operating loss of $2 million, compared with adjusted operating losses of $33 million in the prior quarter and $98 million in the prior year. During the current quarter, the company completed its annual review of life insurance assumptions and recorded a benefit of $34 million after-tax, driven by assumption changes in universal life insurance products⁸ primarily related to higher interest rates. Results in the prior year included an unfavorable charge of $70 million after-tax related to the company’s annual review of life insurance assumptions.

Mortality results in the current quarter were favorable versus the prior year, as the pandemic impacts subside. Amortization of deferred acquisition costs (DAC) related to term lapses in the current quarter were higher than the prior year as the 20-year term block issued in 2002 entered the post-level premium period.

Prior quarter and prior year results included after-tax charges related to DAC recoverability testing in the company’s universal life insurance products of $10 million and $32 million, respectively.

Fixed Annuities

Fixed annuities reported adjusted operating income of $16 million, compared with $19 million in the prior quarter and $20 million in the prior year. Net investment spreads were lower versus the prior year, primarily from lower bond calls and CML prepayments, as well as anticipated block runoff. Fixed index annuity product reserves increased, with a smaller benefit from rising interest rates versus the prior quarter. Compared to the prior year, there was a favorable adjustment for state guaranty funds and lower DAC amortization with increasing interest rates.

Runoff

Runoff reported adjusted operating income of $17 million, compared with $9 million in the prior quarter and $16 million in the prior year. Current quarter results in the closed variable annuity product line were impacted by positive equity market performance, which was favorable compared to the prior quarter and less favorable compared to the prior year.

Corporate And Other

Corporate and Other reported an adjusted operating loss of $8 million, compared with $17 million in the prior quarter and $18 million in the prior year. The current quarter loss was lower compared to both the prior quarter and prior year driven by favorable taxes and higher investment income, as well as lower interest expense versus the prior year.

Capital & Liquidity

Genworth maintains the following capital positions in its operating subsidiaries:

Key Points

• Enact’s PMIERs sufficiency ratio is estimated to be 165 percent, $2,050 million above published PMIERs requirements¹³. The PMIERs sufficiency ratio decreased nine points, or by $194 million, sequentially, primarily driven by Enact’s operating company distribution to its holding company, Enact Holdings, partially offset by business cash flows;
• PMIERs sufficiency benefited from a 0.30 multiplier applied to the risk based required asset factor for certain non-performing loans, which resulted in a reduction of the published PMIERs required assets by an estimated $132 million at the end of the current quarter, compared to $140 million at the end of the prior quarter and $390 million at the end of the prior year. These amounts are gross of any incremental reinsurance benefit from the elimination of the 0.30 multiplier;
• Enact returned $168 million to Genworth in the current quarter, which included $148 million of special dividend proceeds and $19 million from Enact’s quarterly dividend;
• U.S. life insurance companies’ statutory and cash flow testing results remain in process and will be made available with year-end statutory filings. The company estimates fourth quarter of 2022 RBC to be 290 percent, up slightly from 286 percent in the prior quarter due to favorable impacts from equity market performance related to the variable annuity products, as well as net positive impacts from assumption updates and cash flow testing, including a benefit from higher interest rates. The company’s estimate for RBC in the fourth quarter of 2022 is in line with the prior year RBC ratio of 289 percent;
• Genworth’s holding company ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with $307 million of cash and liquid assets, an increase from $145 million at the end of the prior quarter, primarily from capital returns of $168 million from Enact received late in the fourth quarter of 2022. Additionally, the holding company received $37 million of net intercompany tax payments in late December, repurchased $30 million of Genworth’s common stock and repurchased $13 million principal of its 2034 debt obligation;
• In the current quarter, the company believes it fully satisfied two consecutive quarters of financial metric conditions related to the GSEs’ restrictions on Enact¹³. The company expects to have the restrictions removed in the first quarter of 2023, subject to GSE review and confirmation; and
• The company repurchased $30 million of its common stock at an average price of $4.10 per share in the fourth quarter of 2022. In 2022, the company executed $64 million of its authorized $350 million share repurchase program, which was announced in May 2022, at an average price below $4.00 per share.

About Genworth Financial

Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) is a Fortune 500 company focused on empowering families to navigate the aging journey with confidence, now and in the future. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Genworth provides guidance, products, and services that help people understand their caregiving options and fund their long-term care needs. Genworth is also the parent company of publicly traded Enact Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACT), a leading U.S. mortgage insurance provider. For more information on Genworth, visit genworth.com, and for more information on Enact Holdings, Inc. visit enactmi.com.

Conference Call And Financial Supplement Information

Investors are encouraged to read this press release and financial supplement, which are now posted on the company’s website, http://investor.genworth.com. Additional information regarding business results will be posted on the company’s website by 8:00 a.m. (ET) on February 7, 2023.

Genworth will conduct a conference call on February 7, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss its fourth quarter results, which will be accessible via:

• Telephone: 888-208-1820 or 323-794-2110 (outside the U.S.); conference ID # 1572215; or
• Webcast: https://investor.genworth.com/investors/events-and-presentations

Allow at least 15 minutes prior to the call time to register for the call. A replay of the webcast will be available on the company’s website for one year.

Prior to Genworth’s conference call, Enact will hold a conference call on February 7, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss its results from the fourth quarter, which will be accessible via:

• Telephone: Click here to obtain a dial-in number and unique PIN for Enact’s live question and answer session; or
• Webcast: http://ir.enactmi.com/news-and-events/events

Allow at least 15 minutes prior to the call time to register for the call.

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

This press release includes the non-GAAP financial measures entitled “adjusted operating income (loss)” and “adjusted operating income (loss) per share.” Adjusted operating income (loss) per share is derived from adjusted operating income (loss). The chief operating decision maker evaluates segment performance and allocates resources on the basis of adjusted operating income (loss). The company defines adjusted operating income (loss) as income (loss) from continuing operations excluding the after-tax effects of income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, net investment gains (losses), gains (losses) on the sale of businesses, gains (losses) on the early extinguishment of debt, initial gains (losses) on insurance block transactions, restructuring costs and infrequent or unusual non-operating items. Initial gains (losses) on insurance block transactions are defined as gains (losses) on the early extinguishment of non-recourse funding obligations, early termination fees for other financing restructuring and/or initial gains (losses) on reinsurance restructuring for certain blocks of business. The company excludes net investment gains (losses) and infrequent or unusual non-operating items because the company does not consider them to be related to the operating performance of the company’s segments and Corporate and Other activities. A component of the company’s net investment gains (losses) is the result of estimated future credit losses, the size and timing of which can vary significantly depending on market credit cycles. In addition, the size and timing of other investment gains (losses) can be subject to the company’s discretion and are influenced by market opportunities, as well as asset-liability matching considerations. Gains (losses) on the sale of businesses, gains (losses) on the early extinguishment of debt, initial gains (losses) on insurance block transactions and restructuring costs are also excluded from adjusted operating income (loss) because, in the company’s opinion, they are not indicative of overall operating trends. Infrequent or unusual non-operating items are also excluded from adjusted operating income (loss) if, in the company’s opinion, they are not indicative of overall operating trends.

While some of these items may be significant components of net income (loss) available to Genworth Financial, Inc.’s common stockholders in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the company believes that adjusted operating income (loss) and measures that are derived from or incorporate adjusted operating income (loss), including adjusted operating income (loss) per share on a basic and diluted basis, are appropriate measures that are useful to investors because they identify the income (loss) attributable to the ongoing operations of the business. Management also uses adjusted operating income (loss) as a basis for determining awards and compensation for senior management and to evaluate performance on a basis comparable to that used by analysts. However, the items excluded from adjusted operating income (loss) have occurred in the past and could, and in some cases will, recur in the future. Adjusted operating income (loss) and adjusted operating income (loss) per share on a basic and diluted basis are not substitutes for net income (loss) available to Genworth Financial, Inc.’s common stockholders or net income (loss) available to Genworth Financial, Inc.’s common stockholders per share on a basic and diluted basis determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, the company’s definition of adjusted operating income (loss) may differ from the definitions used by other companies.

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) available to Genworth Financial, Inc.’s common stockholders to adjusted operating income (loss) assume a 21 percent tax rate and are net of the portion attributable to noncontrolling interests. Net investment gains (losses) are also adjusted for DAC and other intangible amortization and certain benefit reserves.

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the company repurchased $13 million principal amount of Genworth Holdings, Inc.’s (Genworth Holdings) senior notes due in June 2034 for a pre-tax gain of $1 million. In the third quarter of 2022, the company paid a pre-tax make-whole premium of $2 million and wrote off $1 million of bond consent fees and deferred borrowing costs related to the early redemption of Genworth Holdings’ senior notes originally scheduled to mature in February 2024. In the second and first quarters of 2022, the company repurchased $48 million and $82 million, respectively, principal amount of Genworth Holdings’ senior notes due in February 2024 for a pre-tax loss of $1 million and $3 million, respectively. In the fourth and third quarters of 2021, the company paid a pre-tax make-whole premium of $20 million and $6 million, respectively, related to the early redemption of Genworth Holdings’ senior notes originally scheduled to mature in August 2023 and September 2021, respectively.

Contacts

Investors:

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Media:

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