
FORM 10-K (Mark one) [☒] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THESECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 or [☐] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period fromto Commission file number: 001-08052 GLOBE LIFE INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 972-569-4000(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section13 or Section15(d) of the Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),and (2)has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuantto Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrantwas required to submit such files).YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reportingcompany, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company”and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filerNon-accelerated filer AcceleratedfilerSmallerreportingcompanyEmerging growth companyIf an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered publicaccounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by checkmark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐No As of June 30, 2025, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $10 billionbased on the closing sale price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Document Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be heldon April30, 2026 (Proxy Statement) Globe Life Inc.Table of Contents Page Table of Contents Part I Item 1. Business Globe Life and the Company refer to Globe Life Inc., an insurance holding company incorporated in Delaware in 1979, andits subsidiaries and affiliates. Its primary subsidiaries are Globe Life And Accident Insurance Company, American IncomeLife Insurance Company, Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America,and United American Insurance Company. Globe Life's website is: www.globelifeinsurance.com. Globe Life makes available free of charge through its website, itsannual report on Form 10-K, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form8-K, and amendments to thosereports as soon as reasonably practicable after they have been electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities andExchange Commission. Other information included in Globe Life's website is not incorporated into this filing. The following table presents Globe Life's business by primary marketing distribution channel. Additional informationconcerning industry segments may be found inManagement’s Discussion and Analysis and in Note 15—BusinessSegmentswithin theNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Insurance Life Insurance—The distribution channels for life insurance products include direct to consumer, exclusive independentagents, and general agency inde