Long-Term Care Divestiture Update
The company has made substantial progress towards receiving the approvals necessary to complete the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, KMG America Corporation (KMG), which includes the company’s closed block of non-strategic commercial long-term care insurance policies, to Continental General Insurance Company (CGIC) (LTC Transaction). Accordingly, during 2Q18, the company recognized a pretax loss on the expected sale of $790 million, including transaction costs, and recorded an associated deferred tax benefit of $430 million for a net EPS impact of $2.59 per diluted common share. The company also classified KMG as held-for-sale and aggregated its assets and liabilities separately on the balance sheet at June 30, 2018.
In addition, in connection with the expected KMG divestiture, during 2Q18 the company entered into a series of reinsurance agreements (Reinsurance Transaction) to fully cede its workplace voluntary benefit (WVB) and Financial Protection Products (FPP) to ManhattanLife Assurance Company of America (ManhattanLife). These products were previously reported as supplemental benefit offerings in the company’s Group and Specialty segment and are expected to result in a reduction in the company’s Specialty membership of approximately 450,000 members, approximately 430,000 of which were ceded during 2Q18. In addition, in connection with the Reinsurance Transaction, the company expects to transfer a total of approximately $245 million of subsidiary cash along with the related reserves to ManhattanLife, $230 million of which was transferred during 2Q18. This transfer of cash had no impact on cash and short-term investments held at the parent company, but is classified as an operating cash outflow that was not previously contemplated in the company’s operating cash flow guidance.
The sale of KMG is expected to close during the third quarter of 2018. Upon closing of both Transactions, the company will have no remaining exposure to the commercial long-term care insurance or the non-core WVB and FPP businesses.
2018 Earnings Guidance
Humana today raised its Adjusted EPS guidance for the year ending December 31, 2018 (FY18). The company now expects GAAP EPS of approximately $11.52 from the previous range of $13.54 to $13.94, while FY18 Adjusted EPS guidance was increased to approximately $14.15 from its previous range of $13.70 to $14.10. Additional FY18 guidance points and a reconciliation to the company’s previous GAAP and Adjusted EPS guidance are included beginning on page 22 of this earnings release.
“We are very pleased with the continued strong operational execution of our strategy which positions the company well for the back half of the year,” said Brian A. Kane, Chief Financial Officer. “This execution, coupled with the strategic moves we have made, will sustain this performance for 2019 and beyond.”
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