Equitable Holdings, Inc.: Form 10-Q for the period ended Mar 31, 2025

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in its entirety and in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (“2024 Form 10-K”).

In addition to historical data, this discussion contains forward-looking statements about our business, operations and financial performance based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. See the Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Information. Investors are directed to consider the risks and uncertainties discussed in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as in other documents we have filed with the SEC.

Executive Summary

Overview

We are one of America’s leading financial services companies, providing: (i) advice and solutions for helping Americans set and meet their retirement goals and protect and transfer their wealth across generations; and (ii) a wide range of investment management insights, expertise and innovations to drive better investment decisions and outcomes for clients worldwide.

We manage our business through six segments: Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Asset Management, Protection Solutions, Wealth Management and Legacy. We report certain activities and items that are not included in these segments in Corporate and Other. See Note 17 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our segments.

We benefit from our complementary mix of businesses. This business mix provides diversity in our earnings sources, which helps offset fluctuations in market conditions and variability in business results, while offering growth opportunities.

Overview of Recent Developments

RGA Reinsurance Transaction

On February 23, 2025, Equitable Financial, as well as Equitable America and Equitable Financial L&A, entered into a Master Transaction Agreement with RGA pursuant to which, at closing and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such agreement, RGA would enter into reinsurance agreements, as reinsurer, with each such subsidiary, as ceding company, to effect the RGA Reinsurance Transaction. The transaction is expected to reinsure 75% of such ceding companies’ in-force individual life insurance block, and upon closing, generate total value for Holdings of over $2 billion, which includes a positive ceding commission and capital release, and is expected to close in mid-2025, subject to regulatory approval.

Novation

Effective January 17, 2025, Equitable Financial novated certain legacy variable annuity policies sold between 2006-2008, comprised of non-New York “Accumulator” policies containing fixed rate Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit and/or Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit guarantees reinsured by Venerable under the combined co-insurance and modified coinsurance basis agreement executed on June 1, 2021.

As a result of the novation of certain Legacy VA policies completed during the first quarter, the Company recorded a loss of $499 million in pre-tax net income and an increase of $263 million in pre-tax AOCI, for a total impact loss of $236 million. The negative net income impact is mostly driven by the reduction of the Purchase MRB asset of $2.0 billion and the reduction of liabilities for MRB of $1.6 billion, offset by a decrease in Deposit accounting liability of $183 million. Purchase MRB asset reduction is larger than the Direct MRB liability reduction is because the Venerable reinsurance assets sit in a collateralized trust and thus materially reduces the non-performance risk. Deposit account liability decreases as novation leads to faster amortization of the liability. The novation impact from the base variable annuity contracts and the contracts in payout status is less material, as the decrease in policyholders’ account balance of $33 million and decrease in Liability for future policyholders’ benefits of $458 million is largely offset by a decrease in Amounts due to reinsurers of $432 million.

Tender Offer

On February 24, 2025, Holdings commenced a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase up to 46 million AB Holding Units at a price of $38.50 per unit, less any applicable tax withholding, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.8 billion. On April 3, 2025, Holdings purchased 19.7 million AB Holdings Units pursuant to the Offer for an aggregate cost of $758 million. The AB Holdings Units accepted for purchase represent approximately 17.9% of the outstanding units as of March 31, 2025. After giving effect to such purchase, Holdings owns approximately 68.5% of the economic interest in AllianceBernstein L.P., the operating partnership of AB Holding.

Term Loan Agreement

In connection with the commencement of the Offer described in the precedent paragraph, Holdings entered into the 364-Day Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) with respect to a $500 million senior unsecured delayed-draw term loan (the “Term Loan”). The Term Loan was intended to be used, along with available cash and cash equivalents, to fund the Offer and related fees and expenses. The Term Loan was available to be drawn at any time on or prior to April 24, 2025 and would have matured 364 days from the date of funding. However, on April 15, 2025, Holdings elected not to request any such Term Loan, as it was unnecessary to fund the Offer, and the Term Loan Agreement was terminated effective April 3, 2025.

Macroeconomic and Industry Trends

Our business and consolidated results of operations are significantly affected by economic conditions and consumer confidence, conditions in the global capital markets and the interest rate environment.

Financial and Economic Environment

U.S. equity markets posted losses in the first quarter 2025, with the S&P 500 returning (4.3)% (including dividends). In March 2025, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) adjusted its forecasts, lowering the U.S. growth forecast for 2025 to 1.7% from the previous estimate of 2.1%. Additionally, the Fed raised its inflation outlook to 2.7% from 2.5%.

A wide variety of factors continue to impact financial and economic conditions. These factors include, among others, uncertainty regarding the federal debt limit, high fuel and energy costs, changes in fiscal or monetary policy and geopolitical tensions. The Russian invasion of the Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war and broader Middle Eastern hostilities, including with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran, and the ensuing conflicts and the sanctions and other measures imposed in response to these conflicts, have significantly contributed to volatility in the financial markets and have increased the level of economic and political uncertainty. Consumer and economic uncertainty due to rapid changes in global trade policies, including announced tariff increases and potential additional tariff increases, are also causing market volatility and heightening concerns regarding inflation. For further information on the risk of increased volatility in the financial markets to our business, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Conditions in the Financial Markets and the Economy—Conditions in the global capital markets and the economy and Equity market declines and volatility” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Stressed conditions, volatility and disruptions in the capital markets, particular markets, or financial asset classes can have an adverse effect on us, in part because we have a large investment portfolio. In addition, our insurance liabilities and derivatives are sensitive to changing market factors, including equity market performance and interest rates. An increase in market volatility could continue to affect our business, including through effects on the yields we earn on invested assets, changes in required reserves and capital and fluctuations in the value of our AUM, AV or AUA from which we derive our fee income. These effects could be exacerbated by uncertainty about future fiscal policy, changes in tax policy, the scope of potential deregulation and levels of global trade.

The potential for increased volatility could pressure sales and reduce demand for our products as consumers consider purchasing alternative products to meet their objectives. In addition, this environment could make it difficult to consistently develop products that are attractive to customers. Financial performance can be adversely affected by market volatility and equity market declines as fees driven by AV and AUM fluctuate, hedging costs increase and revenues decline due to reduced sales and increased outflows.

We monitor the behavior of our customers and other factors, including mortality rates, morbidity rates, annuitization rates and lapse and surrender rates, which change in response to changes in capital market conditions, to ensure that our products and solutions remain attractive and profitable. For additional information on our sensitivity to interest rates and capital market prices, see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in the 2024 Form 10-K.

Regulatory Developments

Our U.S. life insurance subsidiaries are regulated primarily at the state level, with some policies and products also subject to federal regulation. Holdings and its insurance subsidiaries are subject to regulation under the insurance holding company laws of various U.S. jurisdictions. On an ongoing basis, regulators refine capital requirements and introduce new reserving standards. Regulations recently adopted or currently under review can potentially impact our statutory reserve, capital requirements and profitability of the industry and result in increased regulation and oversight for the industry.

Insurance Regulation

Regulation of Investments

The NAIC is evaluating the risks associated with insurers’ investments in certain categories of structured securities, including CLOs. In 2023, the NAIC approved interim rules that raise capital requirements for holdings of CLO and other asset-backed security residual interests. Effective January 1, 2024, the NAIC adopted an amendment to the Purposes and Procedures Manual of the NAIC Investment Analysis Office (the “Purposes and Procedures Manual”) to give the NAIC’s Structured Securities Group, housed within the NAIC’s Securities Valuation Office (the “SVO”), responsibility for modeling CLO securities and evaluating tranche level losses across all debt and equity tranches under a series of calibrated and weighted collateral stress scenarios in order to assign NAIC Designations. Under the amended Purposes and Procedures Manual, CLO investments will no longer be broadly exempt from filing with the SVO based on ratings from credit rating providers. The NAIC’s goal is to ensure that the weighted average RBC factor for owning all tranches of a CLO more closely aligns with what would be required for directly owning all of the underlying loan collateral, in order to avoid RBC arbitrage.The Purposes and Procedures Manual requires insurers to begin reporting the financially modeled NAIC Designations for CLOs with their year-end 2025 financial statement. The NAIC is collaborating with interested parties to refine the process for modeling CLO investments.

In related work, the NAIC’s Financial Condition (E) Committee launched a holistic review of the insurance regulatory framework related to insurer investment risk regulation, on which work began in 2023. The primary objective is to highlight areas where the insurance regulatory framework and the SVO can be enhanced to strengthen oversight of insurers’ investments in complex assets. The proposed changes to modernize investment oversight include (i) reducing / eliminating “blind” reliance on credit rating providers while continuing to use them by implementing a due diligence framework that oversees the effectiveness of credit rating providers; and (ii) bolstering the SVO’s risk analysis capabilities by investing in a risk analytics tool and adding specialized personnel.

In November 2024, the NAIC adopted an amendment to the Purposes and Procedures Manual that sets forth procedures for SVO staff to identify and evaluate a filing-exempt security with an NAIC Designation determined by a rating that appears to be an unreasonable assessment of investment risk. The procedures include, without limitation, sending an information request to insurers that hold the security under review and determining whether the NAIC Designation is three or more notches different from the SVO’s assessment, which would allow the SVO to request the removal of the credit rating from the filing exempt process. At any time during the process, an alternate credit rating may be requested and, if one is received, it will be incorporated into the filing exempt process. The Purposes and Procedures Manual amendment is scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2026.

In February 2025, the NAIC announced the formation of a new Risk-Based Capital Model Governance (EX) Task Force. The purpose of the new task force is to provide executive-level oversight and coordination of the various NAIC groups that are reviewing RBC-related standards. The new task force is also charged with completing a comprehensive gap analysis to identify gaps in the current RBC framework and developing guiding principles for future RBC adjustments.

Reinsurance

The NAIC is currently considering a proposal to require asset adequacy analysis for certain reinsurance transactions and has exposed a draft actuarial guideline proposing enhancements to reserve adequacy requirements, which is expected to be adopted in 2025 for reserves reported as of December 31, 2025 in an insurer’s annual statement.EQH is currently assessing the effect, if any, on EQH, if enhanced asset adequacy testing was required in connection with reinsurance transactions.

Derivatives Regulation and Clearing of Treasury Securities

In 2023, the SEC adopted rules to require that covered clearing agencies have policies and procedures reasonably designed to require every direct participant of the agency to submit for clearing eligible secondary market transactions in U.S. Treasury securities. Following a February 25, 2025 extension by the SEC, the rule effectively requires such participants to clear eligible cash transactions in U.S. Treasury securities beginning on December 31, 2026, and clear eligible repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions in U.S. Treasury securities beginning on June 30, 2027. As a result, certain transactions between such participants and us will be required to be cleared. The rule’s potential effect on the U.S. Treasury markets is uncertain.

Fiduciary Rules

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) proposed a regulation to change the definition of “fiduciary” for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and parallel provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), when a financial professional, including an insurance producer, provides investment advice, and proposed amendments to various existing prohibited transaction exemptions (“PTEs”), including PTE 84-14 that financial professionals rely on when they make investment recommendations to retirement investors. On April 23, 2024, the DOL finalized and published this new definition of “fiduciary” for purposes of ERISA and parallel provisions of the Code and finalized and published amendments to these PTEs (the new definition and the PTE amendments collectively, the “Final Rule”).

Various industry groups brought litigation against the DOL seeking a variety of remedies for the Final Rule. On July 25, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “E.D. Tex.”) issued a stay of the effective date of portions of the Final Rule. On July 26, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “N.D. Tex.”) issued a stay of the effective date of the Final Rule as a whole. As a result of these court opinions, it is uncertain whether the Final Rule will become effective. The DOL appealed the stays issued in these cases to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, but in early 2025, the court granted the DOL’s motion to pause proceedings while it reviews its posture on these cases. While this litigation proceeds, we are evaluating the potential impact of the Final Rule on our business, particularly as it pertains to the sale of insurance products to retirement investors.

For additional information on regulatory developments and the risks we face, see “Business—Regulation” and “Risk Factors—Legal and Regulatory Risks” in the 2024 Form 10-K.

Revenues

Our revenues come from three principal sources:

• fee income derived from our retirement and protection products and our asset management services;
• premiums from our traditional life insurance and annuity products; and
• investment income from our General Account investment portfolio.

Our fee income varies directly in relation to the amount of the underlying AV or benefit base of our retirement and protection products, the amount of AUM and AUA in our Wealth Management business, and the amount of AUM in our Asset Management business. AV and AUM, each as defined in “Key Operating Measures,” are influenced by changes in economic conditions, primarily equity market returns, as well as net flows. Our premium income is driven by the growth in new policies written and the persistency of our in-force policies, both of which are influenced by a combination of factors, including our efforts to attract and retain customers and market conditions that influence demand for our products. Our investment income is driven by the yield on our General Account investment portfolio and is impacted by the prevailing level of interest rates as we reinvest cash associated with maturing investments and net flows to the portfolio.

Benefits and Other Deductions

Our primary expenses are:

• policyholders’ benefits and interest credited to policyholders’ account balances;
• sales commissions and compensation paid to intermediaries and advisors that distribute our products and services; and
• compensation and benefits provided to our employees and other operating expenses.

Policyholders’ benefits are driven primarily by mortality, customer withdrawals, and benefits which change in response to changes in capital market conditions. In addition, some of our policyholders’ benefits are directly tied to the AV and benefit base of our variable annuity products. Interest credited to policyholders varies in relation to the amount of the underlying AV or benefit base. Sales commissions and compensation paid to intermediaries and advisors vary in relation to premium and fee income generated from these sources, whereas compensation and benefits to our employees are more constant and impacted by market wages and decline with increases in efficiency. Our ability to manage these expenses across various economic cycles and products is critical to the profitability of our company.

Net Income Volatility

We have offered and continue to offer variable annuity products with GMxB features. The future claims exposure on these features is sensitive to movements in the equity markets and interest rates. Accordingly, we have implemented hedging and reinsurance programs designed to mitigate the economic exposure to us from these features due to equity market and interest rate movements. We are using a combination of General Account assets and derivatives to manage duration gap on an economic basis. The changes in the values of the derivatives associated with these programs due to equity and interest rate movements, together with the GMxB MRBs assets and liabilities are recognized in net income in the periods in which they occur, while the General Account asset gains and losses are recognized in OCI resulting in an offset between OCI and net income. In addition, we conduct macro hedging to protect our statutory capital which could also cause net income volatility as further described below. Net income is also impacted by changes in our reinsurers credit spread, while changes in the Company’s credit spread is recorded in OCI. See “—Significant Factors Impacting Our Results—Impact of Hedging and GMxB Reinsurance on Results.”

In addition to our dynamic hedging strategy, we have static hedge positions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of changing market conditions on our statutory capital. We believe this program will continue to preserve the economic value of our variable annuity contracts and better protect our target variable annuity asset level. However, these static hedge positions increase the size of our derivative positions and may result in additional net income volatility on a period-over-period basis.

Due to the impacts on our net income of equity market and interest rate movements and other items that are not part of the underlying profitability drivers of our business, we evaluate and manage our business performance using Non-GAAP Operating Earnings, a Non-GAAP financial measure that is intended to remove these impacts from our results. See “—Key Operating Measures—Non-GAAP Operating Earnings.”

Significant Factors Impacting Our Results

The following significant factors have impacted, and may in the future impact, our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Impact of Hedging and GMxB Reinsurance on Results

We have offered and continue to offer variable annuity products with GMxB features. The future claims exposure on these features is sensitive to movements in the equity markets and interest rates. Accordingly, we have implemented hedging and reinsurance programs designed to mitigate the economic exposure to us from these features due to equity market and interest rate movements. These programs include:

• Variable annuity hedging programs. We use a dynamic hedging program (within this program, generally, we reevaluate our economic exposure at least daily and rebalance our hedge positions accordingly) to mitigate certain risks associated with the GMxB features that are embedded in our liabilities for our variable annuity products. This program utilizes various derivative instruments that are managed in an effort to reduce the economic impact of unfavorable changes in GMxB features’ exposures attributable to movements in the equity markets and interest rates. Although this program is designed to provide a measure of economic protection against the impact of adverse market conditions, it does not qualify for hedge accounting treatment. Accordingly, changes in value of the derivatives will be recognized in the period in which they occur with offsetting changes in reserves recognized in the current period. In addition, we utilize AFS fixed maturity securities in our General Account to mitigate the economic impact of unfavorable changes in GMxB features’ exposures attributable to movements in interest rates. However, the economic effect of interest rate changes on such securities is reflected in OCI, which results in net income volatility as the economic effect of interest rates on our GMxB MRB liabilities is reflected in net income.
• In addition to our dynamic hedging program, we have a hedging program using static hedge positions (derivative positions intended to be HTM with less frequent re-balancing) to protect our statutory capital against stress scenarios. This program, in addition to our dynamic hedge program, has increased the size of our derivative positions, resulting in additional net income volatility. The impacts are most pronounced for variable annuity products.
• GMxB reinsurance contracts. Historically, GMxB reinsurance contracts were used to cede to non-affiliated reinsurers a portion of our exposure to variable annuity products that offer GMxB features. We account for the reinsurance contracts as MRBs and report them at fair value. In addition, on June 1, 2021, we ceded legacy variable annuity policies sold by Equitable Financial between 2006-2008 (the “Block”), comprised of non-New York “Accumulator” policies containing fixed rate GMIB and/or GMDB guarantees.

Effect of Assumption Updates on Operating Results

During the third quarter of each year, we conduct our annual review of the assumptions underlying the valuation of DAC, deferred sales inducement assets, unearned revenue liabilities, liabilities for future policyholder benefits and MRBs for our Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Protection Solutions, and Legacy segments (assumption reviews are not relevant for the Asset Management and Wealth Management segments). Assumptions are based on a combination of Company experience, industry experience, management actions and expert judgement and reflect our best estimate as of the date of the applicable financial statements.

Most of the variable annuity products, variable universal life insurance and universal life insurance products we offer maintain policyholder deposits that are reported as liabilities and classified within either Separate Accounts liabilities or policyholder account balances. Our products and riders also impact liabilities for future policyholder benefits, MRBs and unearned revenues and assets for DAC and DSI. The valuation of these assets and liabilities (other than deposits) is based on differing accounting methods depending on the product, each of which requires numerous assumptions and considerable judgment. The accounting guidance applied in the valuation of these assets and liabilities includes, but is not limited to, the following: (i) traditional life insurance products for which assumptions are updated annually to estimate the value of future death, morbidity or income benefits; (ii) universal life insurance and variable life insurance secondary guarantees for which benefit liabilities are determined by estimating the expected value of death benefits payable when the account balance is projected to be zero and recognizing those benefits ratably over the accumulation period based on total expected assessments; and (iii) certain product guarantees reported as MRBs at fair value.

For further details of our accounting policies and related judgments pertaining to assumption updates, see Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Key Operating Measures

In addition to our results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we report Non-GAAP Operating Earnings, and Non-GAAP operating common EPS, each of which is a measure that is not determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Management principally uses these Non-GAAP financial measures in evaluating performance because they present a clearer picture of our operating performance and they allow management to allocate resources. Similarly, management believes that the use of these Non-GAAP financial measures, together with relevant U.S. GAAP measures, provide investors with a better understanding of our results of operations and the underlying profitability drivers and trends of our business. These Non-GAAP financial measures are intended to remove from our results of operations the impact of market changes (where there is a mismatch in the valuation of assets and liabilities) as well as certain other expenses which are not part of our underlying profitability drivers or likely to re-occur in the foreseeable future, as such items fluctuate from period-to-period in a manner inconsistent with these drivers. These measures should be considered supplementary to our results that are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be viewed as a substitute for the U.S. GAAP measures. Other companies may use similarly titled Non-GAAP financial measures that are calculated differently from the way we calculate such measures. Consequently, our Non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies.

We also discuss certain operating measures, including AUM, AUA, AV, Protection Solutions reserves and certain other operating measures, which management believes provide useful information about our businesses and the operational factors underlying our financial performance.

Non-GAAP Operating Earnings

Non-GAAP Operating Earnings is an after-tax Non-GAAP financial measure used to evaluate our financial performance on a consolidated basis that is determined by making certain adjustments to our consolidated after-tax net income attributable to

Holdings. The most significant of such adjustments relates to our derivative positions, which protect economic value and statutory capital, and the variable annuity product MRBs. This is a large source of volatility in net income.

Non-GAAP Operating Earnings equals our consolidated after-tax net income attributable to Holdings adjusted to eliminate the impact of the following items:

• Items related to variable annuity product features, which include: (i) changes in the fair value of MRB and purchased MRB, including the related attributed fees and claims, offset by derivatives and other securities used to hedge the MRB which result in residual net income volatility as the change in fair value of certain securities is reflected in OCI and due to our statutory capital hedge program; and (ii) market adjustments to deposit asset or liability accounts arising from reinsurance agreements which do not expose the reinsurer to a reasonable possibility of a significant loss from insurance risk;
• Investment (gains) losses, which includes credit loss impairments of securities/investments, sales or disposals of securities/investments, realized capital gains/losses and valuation allowances;
• Net actuarial (gains) losses, which includes actuarial gains and losses as a result of differences between actual and expected experience on pension plan assets or projected benefit obligation during a given period related to pension, other postretirement benefit obligations, and the one-time impact of the settlement of the defined benefit obligation;
• Other adjustments, which primarily include restructuring costs related to severance and separation, lease write-offs related to non-recurring restructuring activities, net derivative gains (losses) on certain Non-GMxB derivatives, net investment income from certain items including consolidated VIE investments, seed capital mark-to-market adjustments, unrealized gain/losses and realized capital gains/losses from sales or disposals of select securities, certain legal accruals; a bespoke deal to repurchase UL policies from one entity that had invested in numerous policies purchased in the life settlement market, which disposed of the risk of additional COI litigation by that entity related to those UL policies, impact of the annual actuarial assumption updates attributable to LFPB when the majority of the impact relates to the non-core business; and
• Income tax expense (benefit) related to the above items and non-recurring tax items, which includes the effect of uncertain tax positions for a given audit period and changes to the deferred tax valuation allowance.

During the third quarter 2024, the Company moved revenues and expenses related to payout annuitizations from the Legacy segment to the Individual Retirement segment. Now all payout annuities are reported within the Individual Retirement segment as the block is managed on an aggregate basis. Prior periods have been recast to reflect this change.

Because Non-GAAP Operating Earnings excludes the foregoing items that can be distortive or unpredictable, management believes that this measure enhances the understanding of our underlying drivers of profitability and trends in our business, thereby allowing management to make decisions that will positively impact our business.

We use the prevailing corporate federal income tax rate of 21% while taking into account any non-recurring differences for events recognized differently in our financial statements and federal income tax returns as well as partnership income taxed at lower rates when reconciling Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings to Non-GAAP Operating Earnings.

The table below presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to Holdings to Non-GAAP Operating Earnings:

(in millions)

102

(1) As a result of the novation of certain Legacy VA policies completed during the first quarter, the Company recorded a loss of $499 million in pre-tax net income and an increase of $263 million in pre-tax AOCI, for a total impact loss of $236 million.

(2) Includes a loss of $165 million on Non-VA derivatives for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and includes certain gross legal expenses related to the COI litigation of $106 million for the three months ended 2024.

We calculate Non-GAAP Operating ROE by dividing Non-GAAP Operating Earnings for the previous twelve calendar months by consolidated average equity attributable to Holdings’ common shareholders, excluding AOCI. AOCI fluctuates period-to-period in a manner inconsistent with our underlying profitability drivers as the majority of such fluctuation is related to the market volatility of the unrealized gains and losses associated with our AFS securities. Therefore, we believe excluding AOCI is more effective for analyzing the trends of our operations.

The following table presents return on average equity attributable to Holdings’ common shareholders, excluding AOCI and Non-GAAP Operating ROE for the trailing twelve months:

(Dollars in millions)

Non-GAAP Operating Common EPS

Non-GAAP operating common EPS is calculated by dividing Non-GAAP Operating Earnings by diluted common shares outstanding. The following table sets forth Non-GAAP operating common EPS:

(1) As a result of the novation of certain Legacy VA policies completed during the first quarter, the Company recorded a loss of $1.60 for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

(2) Includes a loss of $0.53 on Non-VA derivatives for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and includes certain gross legal expenses related to the COI litigation of $0.32 for the three months ended 2024.

Assets Under Management

AUM means investment assets that are managed by one of our subsidiaries and includes: (i) assets managed by AB; (ii) the assets in our General Account investment portfolio; and (iii) the Separate Accounts assets of our Individual Retirement, Group Retirement and Protection Solutions businesses. Total AUM reflects exclusions between segments to avoid double counting.

Assets Under Administration

AUA includes non-insurance client assets that are invested in our savings and investment products or serviced by our Equitable Advisors platform. We provide administrative services for these assets and generally record the revenues received as distribution fees.

Account Value

AV generally equals the aggregate policy account value of our retirement products. General Account AV refers to account balances in investment options that are backed by the General Account while Separate Accounts AV refers to Separate Accounts investment assets.

Protection Solutions Reserves

Protection Solutions Reserves equals the aggregate value of policyholders’ account balances and future policy benefits for policies in our Protection Solutions segment.

Consolidated Results of Operations

Our consolidated results of operations are significantly affected by conditions in the capital markets and the economy because we offer market sensitive products. These products have been a significant driver of our results of operations. Because the future claims exposure on these products is sensitive to movements in the equity markets and interest rates, we have in place various hedging and reinsurance programs that are designed to mitigate the economic risk of movements in the equity markets and interest rates. The volatility in net income attributable to Holdings for the periods presented below results from the mismatch between: (i) the change in carrying value of the reserves for GMDB and certain GMIB features that do not fully and immediately reflect the impact of equity and interest market fluctuations; (ii) the change in fair value of products with the GMIB feature that have a no-lapse guarantee; and (iii) our hedging and reinsurance programs.

Ownership and Consolidation of AllianceBernstein

Our indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, AllianceBernstein Corporation, is the General Partner of AB. Accordingly, AB’s results are fully reflected in our consolidated financial statements. For additional information on our economic interest in AB, see Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Consolidated Results of Operations

The following table summarizes our consolidated statements of income (loss):

Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)

(in millions, except per share data)

104

(in millions, except per share data)

(in millions)

The following table summarizes our Non-GAAP Operating Earnings per common share:

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Holdings

Net income attributable to Holdings decreased $29 million to $63 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $92 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following were notable changes in net income (loss):

Unfavorable items included:

• Change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits increased by $1.8 billion mainly due to a decrease in interest rates in the first quarter 2025 compared to an increase in the first quarter 2024, further driven by unfavorable equity market movements in the first quarter 2025 compared to favorable equity market movements in the first quarter 2024.
• Compensation, benefits, interest and other operating expenses increased by $377 million mainly due to Venerable novation loss.
• Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances increased by $99 million mainly due to growth of SCS account values in our Individual Retirement segment, partially offset by lower interest expense on funding agreements in Corporate and Other.
• Policyholders’ benefits increased by $82 million mainly due to higher net mortality, partially offset by the release of PFBL reserves and favorable claims experience in Employee Benefits in our Protection Solutions segment.
• Commissions and distribution-related payments increased by $64 million mainly due to higher payments to financial intermediaries for the distribution of AB mutual funds resulting from higher average AUM in our Asset Management segment and higher asset-based commissions and sales volumes in our Individual Retirement segment.

These were partially offset by the following favorable items:

• Net derivative gains were $799 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to losses of $1.4 billion for the first three months of the prior year primarily driven by lower equity market depreciation during 2025 compared to higher equity market appreciation during 2024.
• Fee-type revenue increased by $108 million mainly driven by higher advisory fee type revenue attributed to higher average asset values combined with increased distribution fees from higher retirement sales in our Wealth Management segment, partially offset by lower revenue from BRS due to the sale of this business completed during April 2024.
• Net investment income increased by $38 million mainly due to higher average asset balances, partially offset by lower investment yields.
• Investment losses decreased by $25 million mainly due to higher sales and valuation losses in the first quarter 2024.

See “—Significant Factors Impacting Our Results—Effect of Assumption Updates on Operating Results” for more information regarding assumption updates.

Non-GAAP Operating Earnings

Non-GAAP Operating Earnings decreased by $56 million to $421 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $477 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following were notable changes in Non-GAAP Operating Earnings:

Unfavorable items included:

• Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances increased by $84 million mainly due to growth of SCS account values in our Individual Retirement segment, partially offset by lower interest on funding agreements.
• Policyholders’ benefits increased by $82 million mainly due to higher net mortality, partially offset by the release of PFBL reserves and favorable claims experience in Employee Benefits in our Protection Solutions segment.
• Commissions and distribution-related payments increased by $64 million mainly due to higher payments to financial intermediaries for the distribution of AB mutual funds resulting from higher average AUM in our Asset Management segment and higher asset-based commissions and sales volumes in our Individual Retirement segment.
• Amortization of DAC increased by $16 million mainly due to growth in our Individual Retirement segment from sales momentum.

These were partially offset by the following favorable items:

• Net investment income increased by $71 million mainly due to higher average asset balances, partially offset by lower investment yields.
• Fee-type revenue increased by $65 million mainly driven by higher advisory fee type revenue attributed to higher average asset balances combined with increased distribution fees from higher retirement sales in our Wealth Management segment, and higher average Separate Account values from market appreciation.
• Compensation, benefits, interest expense and other operating costs decreased by $31 million mainly due to lower base compensation and other expenses driven by the sale of BRS, lower interest expense from lower weighted average borrowings, and lower office related expenses, partially offset by the recognition of a $21 million incentive grant gain in the prior year related to AB headquarters relocation to Nashville in our Asset Management segment.
• Net derivative losses decreased by $9 million mainly due to higher losses from economically hedging seed capital investments and market changes in total return swaps in our Asset Management segment.
• Income tax expense decreased by $8 million mainly driven by lower pre-tax earnings in 2025.

Results of Operations by Segment

We manage our business through the following six segments: Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Asset Management, Protection Solutions, Wealth Management and Legacy. We report certain activities and items that are not included in our six segments in Corporate and Other. The following section presents our discussion of operating earnings (loss) by segment and AUM, AV and Protection Solutions Reserves by segment, as applicable. Consistent with U.S. GAAP guidance for segment reporting, operating earnings (loss) is our U.S. GAAP measure of segment performance. See Note 17 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our segments.

The following table summarizes operating earnings (loss) on our segments and Corporate and Other:

(in millions)

Effective Tax Rates by Segment

The following table summarizes income tax expense which was allocated to the Company’s business segments:

(1) Includes: Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Protection Solutions and Legacy.

Individual Retirement

The Individual Retirement segment includes our variable annuity products which primarily meet the needs of individuals saving for retirement or seeking retirement income.

The following table summarizes operating earnings (loss) of our Individual Retirement segment:

(in millions)

(1) Prior periods were updated to reflect the impact of moving payout annuity policies from Legacy to Individual Retirement.

Key components of operating earnings (loss) were:

(in millions)

(1) Prior periods were updated to reflect the impact of moving payout annuity policies from Legacy to Individual Retirement.

The following table summarizes AV for our Individual Retirement segment:

(in millions)

(1) AV presented are net of reinsurance.

The following table summarizes a roll-forward of AV for our Individual Retirement segment:

(in millions)

(1) Prior periods were updated to reflect the impact of moving payout annuity policies from Legacy to Individual Retirement.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 for the Individual Retirement Segment

Operating earnings

Operating earnings decreased $22 million to $216 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $238 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following were notable changes in operating earnings (losses):

Unfavorable items included:

• Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances increased by $117 million mainly due to growth of SCS account values.
• Commissions and distribution-related payments increased by $21 million mainly due to higher asset-based commissions and sales volumes.
• Policyholders’ benefits increased by $15 million mainly due to growth in the payout business.
• Amortization of DAC increased by $15 million mainly due to growth in the business from sales momentum.
• Compensation, benefits and other operating costs and expenses increased by $9 million mainly due to higher corporate function expenses due to revenue growth.

These were partially offset by the following favorable items:

• Net investment income increased by $144 million mainly due to higher average asset balances, partially offset by lower investment yields.
• Fee-type revenue increased by $13 million mainly due to higher average Separate Account values.

Net Flows and AV

• The decline in AV of $0.9 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2025 was driven by a decrease in investment performance as a result of market depreciation and change in fair value of embedded derivative instruments of $(2.3) billion in the three months ended March 31, 2025, partially offset by net inflows of $1.4 billion.
• Net inflows of $1.4 billion were $0.2 billion lower than in the three months ended March 31, 2024, mainly driven by higher outflows in the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Group Retirement

The Group Retirement segment offers tax-deferred investment and retirement services or products to plans sponsored by educational entities, municipalities and not-for-profit entities, as well as small and medium-sized businesses.

The following table summarizes operating earnings (loss) of our Group Retirement segment:

(in millions)

Key components of operating earnings (loss) are:

(in millions)

The following table summarizes AV and AUA for our Group Retirement segment:

(in millions)

(1) AV presented are net of reinsurance.

The following table summarizes a roll-forward of AV and AUA for our Group Retirement segment:

(in millions)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 for the Group Retirement Segment

Operating earnings

Operating earnings increased by $6 million to $130 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $124 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following were notable changes in operating earnings (losses):

Favorable items included:

• Fee-type revenue increased by $15 million primarily due to higher average Separate Account values from market appreciation.
• Net investment income increased by $10 million due to higher average asset balances, partially offset by lower investment yields.

These were partially offset by the following unfavorable items:

• Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances increased by $11 million mainly due to higher average account balances in institutional markets (offset in Net investment income).
• Compensation, benefits and other operating costs and expenses increased by $7 million mainly due to higher corporate support functions expense.

Net Flows and AV

• The decrease in AV of $0.7 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily driven by equity market depreciation, partially offset by net inflows of $192 million.
• Net inflows of $192 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 improved by $324 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, mainly driven by large institutional lump sum premiums and higher flows in the tax-exempt market partially offset by lower flows in the corporate market.

Asset Management

The Asset Management segment provides diversified investment management and related services to a broad range of clients around the world. Operating earnings (loss), net of tax, presented here represents our average economic interest in AB of approximately 62% and 61% during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

(in millions)

Key components of operating earnings (loss) were:

(in millions)

111

(in millions)

Changes in AUM in the Asset Management segment were as follows:

(in billions)

Average AUM in the Asset Management segment for the periods presented by distribution channel and investment services were as follows:

(in billions)

(1) Includes index and enhanced index services.

(2) Includes certain multi-asset solutions and services not included in equity of fixed income services.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 for the Asset Management Segment

Operating earnings

Operating earnings increased $20 million to $126 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $106 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following were notable changes in operating earnings (losses):

Favorable items included:

• Compensation, benefits, interest expense and other operating costs decreased by $58 million mainly due to lower base compensation and other expenses driven by the sale of BRS, lower interest expense from lower weighted average borrowings, and lower office related expenses, partially offset by the recognition of a $21 million incentive grant gain in the prior year related to AB headquarters relocation to Nashville.
• Fee-type revenue increased by $8 million primarily due to higher investment base advisory fees and higher distribution revenue from higher average AUM, higher performance based fees, partially offset by lower revenue from BRS due to the sale of this business completed during April 2024.

These were partially offset by the following unfavorable items:

• Commissions and distribution-related payments increased by $28 million mainly due to higher payments to financial intermediaries for the distribution of AB mutual funds resulting from higher average AUM.
• Net derivative losses increased by $8 million mainly due to higher losses from economically hedging seed capital investments and market changes in total return swaps.
• Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest increased by $8 million due to higher pre-tax earnings.

Long-Term Net Flows and AUM

• Total AUM as of March 31, 2025 was $784.5 billion, down $(7.7) billion, or (1.0)%, compared to December 31, 2024. The decrease is primarily the result of market depreciation of ($10.1) billion, partially offset by net inflows of $2.4 billion. Market depreciation of $(10.1) billion is attributed to Retail of $(11.1) billion and Private Wealth of $(0.6) billion, partially offset by Institutions of $1.6 billion. Net inflows were driven by Retail net inflows of $0.9 billion, Private Wealth net inflows of $0.8 billion and Institutions net inflows of $0.7 billion.

Protection Solutions

The Protection Solutions segment includes our life insurance and EB businesses. We provide a targeted range of products aimed at serving the financial needs of our clients throughout their lives, including VUL, IUL and term life products. In 2015, we entered the EB market and currently offer a suite of dental, vision, life, as well as short- and long-term disability insurance products to small and medium-size businesses.

The following table summarizes operating earnings (loss) of our Protection Solutions segment:

(in millions)

113

Key components of operating earnings (loss) were:

(in millions)

The following table summarizes Protection Solutions Reserves for our Protection Solutions segment:

(in millions)

(1) Does not include Protection Solutions Reserves for our EB business as it is a scaling business and therefore has immaterial in-force policies.

The following table presents our in-force face amounts for our individual life insurance products:

(in billions)

(1) Includes individual life insurance and does not include EB as it is a scaling business and therefore has immaterial in-force policies.

(2) UL includes GUL.

(3) VUL includes VL and COLI.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 for the Protection Solutions Segment

Operating earnings (loss)

Operating earnings decreased $61 million to an operating loss of $17 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 from operating earnings of $44 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following were notable changes in operating earnings (losses):

Unfavorable items included:

• Policyholders’ benefits increased by $69 million mainly due to higher net mortality, partially offset by the release of PFBL reserves and favorable claims experience in Employee Benefits.

These were partially offset by the following favorable items:

• Income tax benefit was $3 million for three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to an income tax expense of $7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to the change in pre-tax earnings.

Wealth Management

The Wealth Management segment is an emerging leader in the wealth management space with a differentiated advice value proposition that offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory accounts, financial planning and advice, life insurance, and annuity products.

The following table summarizes operating earnings (loss) of our Wealth Management segment:

(in millions)

Key components of operating earnings (loss) were:

(in millions)

115

The following table summarizes revenue by activity type for our Wealth Management segment:

(in millions)

The following table summarizes a roll-forward of AUA for our Wealth Management segment:

(in millions)

(1) Some operating metrics have been revised for prior periods. Net New Assets consist of total client deposits into advisory accounts less total client withdrawals from advisory accounts, plus dividends, plus interest, minus advisory fees. AUA reflects adjusted balances with no financial impact.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 for the Wealth Management Segment

Operating earnings

Operating earnings increased $3 million to $46 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to $43 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following were notable changes in operating earnings (losses):

Favorable items included:

• Investment management, service fees and other income increased by $41 million mainly due to higher advisory fee type revenue attributed to higher average asset balances combined with increased distribution fees from higher retirement sales.

These were partially offset by the following unfavorable items:

• Commissions and distribution-related payments increased by $33 million mainly due to higher distribution and advisory fee-type revenue from higher retirement sales and average asset balances.

Net Flows and AUA

• The increase in AUA of $0.4 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2025 was mainly driven by advisory net new assets of $2.0 billion partially offset by market depreciation.
• Net new assets of $2.0 billion were $2.0 billion higher than in the three months ended March 31, 2024 by higher inflows and lower outflows.

Legacy

The Legacy segment consists of our capital intensive fixed-rate GMxB business written prior to 2011.

The following table summarizes operating earnings (loss) of our Legacy segment:

(in millions)

(1) Prior periods were updated to reflect the impact of moving payout annuity policies from Legacy to Individual Retirement.

Key components of operating earnings (loss) were:

(in millions)

(1) Prior periods were updated to reflect the impact of moving payout annuity policies from Legacy to Individual Retirement.

The following table summarizes AV for our Legacy segment:

(in millions)

(1) AV presented are net of reinsurance.

The following table summarizes a roll-forward of AV for our Legacy segment net of the Venerable transaction:

(in millions)

(1) Prior periods were updated to reflect the impact of moving payout annuity policies from Legacy to Individual Retirement.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 for the Legacy Segment

Operating earnings

Operating earnings decreased $9 million to $24 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $33 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following were notable changes in operating earnings (losses):

Unfavorable items included:

• Compensation, benefits, interest expense and other operating costs increased by $9 million mainly due to higher subadvisory expenses and increased benefits cost.
• Net investment income decreased by $7 million mainly due to lower average asset balances.

These were partially offset by the following favorable items:

• Commissions and distribution-related payments decreased by $4 million mainly due to business runoff.

Net Flows and AV

• The decrease in AV of $1.4 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2025 was driven by $0.7 billion of market depreciation and net outflows of $0.7 billion.
• Net outflows of $0.7 billion were $61 million higher than in the three months ended March 31, 2024, mainly driven by continuing runoff of the business.

Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other includes some of our financing and investment expenses. It also includes: the Closed Block, run-off variable annuity reinsurance business, run-off group pension business, run-off health business, benefit plans for our employees, certain strategic investments and certain unallocated items, including capital and related investments, interest expense and financing fees and corporate expense. AB’s results of operations are reflected in the Asset Management segment. Accordingly, Corporate and Other does not include any items applicable to AB.

The following table summarizes operating earnings (loss) of Corporate and Other:

(in millions)

118

General Account Investment Portfolio

Our investment philosophy is driven by our long-term commitments to clients, robust risk management and strategic asset allocation. Our General Account investment portfolio investment strategy seeks to achieve sustainable risk-adjusted returns by focusing on principal preservation and investment return, subject to duration and liquidity requirements by product as well as diversification of investment risks. Investment activities are undertaken based on established investment guidelines and are required to comply with applicable laws and insurance regulations.

Risk tolerances are established for credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk and concentration risk across issuers and asset classes, each of which seek to mitigate the impact of cash flow variability arising from these risks. Significant interest rate increases and market volatility since 2022 have reduced the fair value of fixed maturities from a net unrealized gain position to a net unrealized loss. As a part of asset and liability management, we maintain a weighted average duration for our General Account investment portfolio that is within an acceptable range of the estimated duration of our liabilities given our risk appetite and hedging programs.

The General Account investment portfolio consists largely of investment grade fixed maturities, short-term investments, commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loans, alternative investments and other financial instruments. Fixed maturities include publicly issued corporate bonds, government bonds, privately placed notes and bonds, bonds issued by states and municipalities, agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities. In addition, from time to time we use derivatives to hedge our exposure to equity markets, interest rates, foreign currency and credit spreads.

We incorporate ESG factors into the investment processes for a significant portion of our General Account portfolio. As investors with a long-term horizon, we believe that companies with sustainable practices are better positioned to deliver value to stakeholders over an extended period. These companies are more likely to increase sales through sustainable products, reduce energy costs and attract and retain talent. This belief underpins our approach to sustainable investing, where we seek to enhance the sustainability and quality of our investment portfolio.

Investments in our surplus portfolio are generally comprised of a mix of fixed maturity investment grade and below investment grade securities as well as various alternative investments, primarily private equity and real estate equity. Although alternative investments are subject to period over period earnings fluctuations, they have historically achieved returns in excess of the fixed maturity portfolio.

The General Account investment portfolio reflects certain differences from the presentation of the U.S. GAAP Consolidated Financial Statements. This presentation is consistent with how we manage the General Account investment portfolio. For further investment information, see Note 3 and Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Investment Results of the General Account Investment Portfolio

The following table summarizes the General Account investment portfolio results with Non-GAAP Operating Earnings adjustments by asset category for the periods indicated. This presentation is consistent with how we measure investment performance for management purposes.

119

(Dollars in millions)

(1) Includes, as of March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024 respectively, $362 million and $340 million of other invested assets. Amounts for certain consolidated VIE investments are shown net of associated non-controlling interest.

(2) Amount for fixed maturities and mortgages represents original cost, reduced by repayments, write-downs, adjusted amortization of premiums, accretion of discount and allowances. Cost for equity securities represents original cost reduced by write-downs; cost for other limited partnership interests represents original cost adjusted for equity in earnings and reduced by distributions.

(3) Cash and Short-term net of collateral expense.

AFS Fixed Maturities

The fixed maturity portfolio consists largely of investment grade corporate debt securities and includes significant amounts of U.S. government and agency obligations. The below investment grade securities in the General Account investment portfolio consist of loans to middle market companies, public high yield securities, bank loans, as well as “fallen angels,” originally purchased as investment grade investments.

AFS Fixed Maturities by Industry

The following table sets forth these fixed maturities by industry category along with their associated gross unrealized gains and losses:

AFS Fixed Maturities by Industry (1)

(Dollars in millions)

(1) Investment data has been classified based on standard industry categorizations for domestic public holdings and similar classifications by industry for all other holdings.

(2) Includes publicly traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized obligations.

(3) Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit risk transfer securities and other asset types.

Fixed Maturities Credit Quality

The SVO of the NAIC evaluates the investments of insurers for regulatory reporting purposes and assigns fixed maturities to one of six categories (“NAIC Designations”). NAIC Designations of “1” or “2” include fixed maturities considered investment grade, which include securities rated Baa3 or higher by Moody’s or BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s. NAIC Designations of “3” through “6” are referred to as below investment grade, which include securities rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s and BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s. As a result of time lags between the funding of investments and the completion of the SVO filing process, the fixed maturity portfolio typically includes securities that have not yet been rated by the SVO as of each balance sheet date. Pending receipt of SVO ratings, the categorization of these securities by NAIC Designation is based on the expected ratings indicated by internal analysis.

The following table sets forth the General Account’s fixed maturities portfolio by NAIC rating:

AFS Fixed Maturities

(in millions)

Mortgage Loans

The mortgage portfolio primarily consists of commercial, agricultural, and residential mortgage loans. The investment strategy for the mortgage loan portfolio emphasizes diversification by property type and geographic location with a primary focus on asset quality. The commercial mortgage loan portfolio is backed by high quality properties located in primary markets typically owned by experienced institutional investors with a demonstrated ability to manage their assets through business cycles. Our commercial loan portfolio is monitored on an ongoing basis, assigning credit quality ratings for each loan, with the particular emphasis on loans that are scheduled to mature in the next 12 to 24 months. Scheduled maturities for full year 2025 and 2026, respectively are $2.1 billion and $2.3 billion, or 12% and 14% of the commercial mortgage portfolio. The commercial mortgage portfolio consists of 86% fixed rate loans and 14% floating rate loans. For floating rate loans, the borrower is typically required to purchase an interest rate cap to the scheduled maturity of the loan to protect against rising rates.

Commercial mortgage loans are evaluated annually to determine a current LTV ratio. Property financial statements, current rent roll, lease maturities, tenant creditworthiness, property physical inspections, and forecasted leasing market strength are used to develop projected cash flows. A discounted cash flow methodology which incorporates market data is used to determine property values. The average LTV ratio at origination provided by a certified appraisal firm was 53%. The average LTV ratio was 67% and 67% at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which reflects the most recent opinion of value on the underlying collateral.

We use CarVal to invest in residential whole loans and other private investments. These investments allow us to leverage CarVal’s expertise in asset classes where we are looking to increase exposure. The residential mortgage portfolio primarily consists of purchased closed end, amortizing residential mortgage loans. The investment strategy for the mortgage loan portfolio emphasizes high credit quality borrowers, conservative LTV ratios, superior ability to repay and geographic diversification.

Residential mortgage loans are pooled by loan type (i.e., Jumbo, Agency Eligible, Non-Qualified, etc.) and pooled by similar risk profiles (including consumer credit score and LTV ratios). The portfolio is monitored monthly primarily based on payment activity, occurrence of regional natural disasters and borrower interactions with the mortgage servicer.

The tables below show the breakdown of the amortized cost of the General Account’s investments in mortgage loans by geographic region and property type:

Mortgage Loans by Region and Property Type

(Dollars in millions)

123

Other Equity Assets

The following table includes information related to our alternative investments in certain other equity investments and consolidated VIEs, including private equity funds, real estate funds and other alternative investments. These investments are typically structured as limited partnerships or LLCs and are reported to us on a lag of one month and three months for hedge funds and private equity funds, respectively.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of alternative investments was $3.1 billion and $3.0 billion respectively. Alternative investments were 2.4% and 2.4% of cash and invested assets at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Alternative Investments (1)

(in millions)

(1) Reported in Other Equity Investments in the consolidated balance sheets.

(2) Includes CLO equity, co-investments and investments in other strategies. CLO equity investments are consolidated and assets are reported in Fixed Maturities, at fair value using the fair value option in the consolidated balance sheets.

(3) Includes $957 million and $812 million of non-General Account assets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity refers to our ability to generate adequate amounts of cash from our operating, investment and financing activities to meet our cash requirements with a prudent margin of safety. Capital refers to our long-term financial resources available to support business operations and future growth. Our ability to generate and maintain sufficient liquidity and capital is dependent on the profitability of our businesses, timing of cash flows related to our investments and products, our ability to access the capital markets, general economic conditions and the alternative sources of liquidity and capital described herein. When considering our liquidity and cash flows, we distinguish between the needs of Holdings and the needs of our insurance and non-insurance subsidiaries. We also distinguish and separately manage the liquidity and capital resources of our retirement and protection businesses (our Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Protection Solutions and Legacy segments) and our Asset Management and Wealth Management segments.

Subsequent to December 31, 2024, our operating subsidiary, Equitable Financial, as well as our subsidiaries Equitable America and Equitable Financial L&A, entered into a master transaction agreement with RGA on February 23, 2025 pursuant to which at closing and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such agreement, RGA would enter into reinsurance agreements, as reinsurer, with each such subsidiary, as ceding company, to effect the RGA Reinsurance Transaction. The transaction is expected to reinsure 75% of such ceding companies’ in-force individual life insurance block, and upon closing, generate total value for Holdings of over $2 billion, which includes a positive ceding commission and capital release, and is expected to close in mid-2025. See “Risk Factors—The completion of the reinsurance transaction with Reinsurance Group of America is subject to several conditions, including the receipt of consents and approvals from government entities, which may impose conditions that could have an adverse effect on the expected economic and non-economic benefits to the Company or could cause the proposed transaction to be abandoned.”

On February 24, 2025, Holdings commenced a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase up to 46 million AB Holding Units at a price of $38.50 per unit, less any applicable tax withholding, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.8 billion. On April 3, 2025, Holdings purchased 19.7 million AB Holdings Units pursuant to the Offer for an aggregate cost of $758 million. The AB Holdings Units accepted for purchase represent approximately 17.9% of the outstanding units as of March 31, 2025. After giving effect to such purchase, Holdings owns approximately 68.5% of the economic interest in AllianceBernstein L.P., the operating partnership of AB Holding.

Separately, our Board approved an additional $1.5 billion of share repurchases under its share repurchase program. The repurchase program does not obligate Holdings to purchase any particular number of shares. As of March 31, 2025, Holdings had authorized capacity of approximately $1.7 billion remaining in its share repurchase program. See Note 13 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details on the repurchase program.

Sources and Uses of Liquidity

The Company has sufficient cash flows from operations to satisfy liquidity requirements in 2025.

Cash Flows of Holdings

As a holding company with no business operations of its own, Holdings primarily derives cash flows from dividends from its subsidiaries and distributions related to its economic interest in AB, all of which is currently held outside our insurance company subsidiaries. These principal sources of liquidity are augmented by cash and short-term investments held by Holdings and access to bank lines of credit and the capital markets. The main uses of liquidity for Holdings are interest payments and debt repayment, payment of dividends and other distributions to stockholders (which may include stock repurchases) loans and capital contributions, if needed, to our insurance subsidiaries. Our principal sources of liquidity and our capital position are described in the following paragraphs.

Sources and Uses of Holding Company Highly Liquid Assets

The following table sets forth Holdings’ principal sources and uses of highly liquid assets:

(in millions)

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(in millions)

(1) Represents net activity of draws and repayments of existing credit facilities between Holdings and affiliates.

Capital Contribution to Our Subsidiaries

Holdings did not make any capital contributions to its subsidiaries during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Loans from Our Subsidiaries

There were no new loans from our subsidiaries during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Cash Distributions from Our Non-Insurance Subsidiaries

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, Holdings received cash distributions of $182 million from AB and $44 million from the investment management contracts with EFIM and EIM.

Distributions from Insurance Subsidiaries

Our insurance companies are subject to limitations on the payment of dividends and other transfers of funds to Holdings and other affiliates under applicable insurance law and regulation. Also, more generally, the ability of our insurance subsidiaries to pay dividends can be affected by market conditions and other factors beyond our control.

Equitable’s primary insurance regulators in the U.S are the NYDFS and the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions. Under New York’s insurance laws, which are applicable to Equitable Financial, a domestic stock life insurer may not pay an Ordinary Dividend exceeding an amount calculated based on a statutory formula without prior approval of the NYDFS. Extraordinary Dividends require the insurer to file a notice of its intent to declare the dividends with the NYDFS and obtain prior approval or non-disapproval from the NYDFS. Similarly, under Arizona insurance law, which is applicable to Equitable America, a domestic life insurer may not pay a dividend to its shareholders that exceeds an amount calculated based on a statutory formula without prior approval of the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions.

In 2024, Equitable America had Ordinary Dividend capacity of $441 million. In June 2024, Equitable America received approval from Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions for an Extraordinary Dividend of $300 million. Holdings received an Ordinary Dividend distribution from Equitable America of $441 million during July 2024. Holdings received a dividend distribution from Equitable America of $22 million during September 2024 under the Extraordinary Dividend capacity. Holdings also received a dividend distribution from Equitable America of $238 million in December 2024 under the Extraordinary Dividend capacity. In 2025, Equitable America estimates it will have Ordinary Dividend capacity of $347 million.

Based on the NYDFS formula, Equitable Financial had no Ordinary Dividend capacity in 2024 and 2025.

Distributions from AllianceBernstein

ABLP is required to distribute all of its Available Cash Flow, as defined in the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of ABLP, to the holders of AB Units and to the General Partner. Available Cash Flow is defined as the cash flow received by ABLP from operations minus such amounts as the General Partner determines, in its sole discretion, should be retained by ABLP for use in its business, or plus such amounts as the General Partner determines, in its sole discretion, should be released from previously retained cash flow. Distributions by ABLP are made 1% to the General Partner and 99% among the limited partners.

Typically, Available Cash Flow has been the adjusted diluted net income per unit for the quarter multiplied by the number of general and limited partnership interests at the end of the quarter. In future periods, management of AB anticipates that Available Cash Flow will be based on adjusted diluted net income per unit, unless management of AB determines, with the concurrence of the Board of Directors of AB, that one or more adjustments that are made for adjusted net income should not be made with respect to the Available Cash Flow calculation.

AB Holding is required to distribute all of its Available Cash Flow, as defined in the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of AB Holding, to holders of AB Holding Units pro rata in accordance with their percentage interest in AB Holding. Available Cash Flow is defined as the cash distributions AB Holding receives from ABLP minus such amounts as the General Partner determines, in its sole discretion, should be retained by AB Holding for use in its business (such as the payment of taxes) or plus such amounts as the General Partner determines, in its sole discretion, should be released from previously retained cash flow. AB Holding is dependent on the quarterly cash distributions it receives from ABLP, which is subject to the performance of capital markets and other factors beyond our control. Distributions from AB Holding are made pro rata based on the holder’s percentage ownership interest in AB Holding.

On December 19, 2024, Holdings and its subsidiaries exchanged 5,211,194 AB Holding Units for AB Units, which receive higher net distributions. On December 19, 2024, Holdings also acquired 4,215,140 AB Units from ABLP for a cash purchase price of $35.59 per share.

As of March 31, 2025, Holdings and its non-insurance company subsidiaries hold approximately 179.5 million AB Units, 0.1 million AB Holding Units and the 1% General Partnership interest in ABLP.

As of March 31, 2025, the ownership structure of ABLP, including AB Units outstanding as well as the General Partner’s 1% interest, was as follows:

Including both the general partnership and limited partnership interests in AB Holding and ABLP, Holdings and its subsidiaries had an approximate 61.9% economic interest in AB as of March 31, 2025.

Holdings Credit Facilities

On June 24, 2021, Holdings entered into the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement with respect to a five-year senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”), which lowered the facility amount to $1.5 billion and extended the maturity date to June 24, 2026, among other changes. The Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement amends the Revolving Credit Agreement entered into by Holdings on February 16, 2018, as amended on March 22, 2021.

On December 15, 2023, the Company added a $75 million commitment from TD Bank to the Credit Facility, raising the facility amount to $1.6 billion. On July 24, 2024, the Company terminated a $75 million commitment from Credit Suisse to the Credit Facility, reducing the facility amount to $1.5 billion. Additionally, the Company entered in a letter of credit facility with MUFG Bank on January 23, 2024, in a face amount of $200 million to replace a $150 million facility with HSBC that expired on February 16, 2024.

The Credit Facility may provide significant support to our liquidity position when alternative sources of credit are limited. In addition to the Credit Facility, we have letter of credit facilities with an aggregate principal amount of approximately $1.9 billion (the “LOC Facilities”), primarily to be used to support our life insurance business reinsured to EQ AZ Life Re in April 2018. In June 2021, Holdings entered into amendments with each of the issuers of its bilateral letter of credit facilities to effect changes similar to those effected in the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement. The respective facility limits of the bilateral letter of credit facilities remained unchanged. On May 12, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment to the Credit Facility and LOC Facilities to replace remaining LIBOR-based benchmark rates with Secured Overnight Financial Rate (“SOFR”)-based benchmark rates and to make certain other conforming changes.

In connection with the commencement of the Offer described in the precedent paragraph, Holdings entered into the 364-Day Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) with respect to a $500 million senior unsecured delayed-draw term loan (the “Term Loan”). The Term Loan was intended to be used, along with available cash and cash equivalents, to fund the Offer and related fees and expenses. The Term Loan was available to be drawn at any time on or prior to April 24, 2025 and would have matured 364 days from the date of funding. However, on April 15, 2025, Holdings elected not to request any such Term Loan, as it was unnecessary to fund the Offer, and the Term Loan Agreement was terminated effective April 3, 2025. . See Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.

The Credit Facility, LOC Facilities and Term Loan Agreement contain certain administrative, reporting, legal and financial covenants, including requirements to maintain a specified minimum consolidated net worth and to maintain a ratio of indebtedness to total capitalization not in excess of a specified percentage, and limitations on the dollar amount of indebtedness that may be incurred by our subsidiaries and the dollar amount of secured indebtedness that may be incurred by us, which could restrict our operations and use of funds. The right to borrow funds under the Credit Facility, LOC Facilities and Term Loan Agreement is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions, including compliance with all covenants, and the ability to borrow thereunder is also subject to the continued ability of the lenders that are or will be parties to the facilities to provide funds. As of March 31, 2025, we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility and LOC Facilities.

Contingent Funding Arrangements

For information regarding activity pertaining to our contingent funding arrangements and other off-balance sheet commitments, see “Commitments and Contingent Liabilities” in Note 16 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock

For information pertaining to our Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock see Note 13 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Capital Position of Holdings

We manage our capital position to maintain financial strength and credit ratings that facilitate the distribution of our products and provide our desired level of access to the bank and capital markets. Our capital position is supported by the ability of our subsidiaries to generate cash flows and distribute cash to us and our ability to effectively manage the risk of our businesses and to borrow funds and raise capital to meet our operating and growth needs.

Our Board and senior management are directly involved in the development of our capital management policies. Accordingly, capital actions, including proposed changes to the annual capital plan, capital targets and capital policies, are approved by the Board.

Dividends Declared and Paid

The declaration and payment of future dividends is subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and depends on our financial condition, results of operations, cash requirements, future prospects, regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends by Holdings’ insurance subsidiaries and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.

The payment of dividends will be substantially restricted in the event that we do not declare and pay (or set aside) dividends on the Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock for the last proceeding dividend period. For additional information on our preferred stock, see “—Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock”.

For information regarding activity pertaining to common and preferred dividends declared and paid, see Note 13 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Share Repurchase Programs

For information regarding activity pertaining to share repurchase programs, see Note 13 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Sources and Uses of Liquidity of Our Insurance Subsidiaries

The principal sources of liquidity for our insurance subsidiaries are premiums, investment and fee income, deposits associated with our insurance and annuity operations, cash and invested assets, as well as internal borrowings. The principal uses of that liquidity include benefits, claims and dividends paid to policyholders and payments to policyholders in connection with surrenders and withdrawals. Other uses of liquidity include commissions, general and administrative expenses, purchases of investments, the payment of dividends to Holdings and hedging activity. Certain of our insurance subsidiaries’ principal sources and uses of liquidity are described in the paragraphs that follow.

We manage the liquidity of our insurance subsidiaries with the objective of ensuring that they can meet payment obligations linked to our Individual Retirement, Group Retirement and Protection Solutions businesses and to their outstanding debt and derivative positions, including in our hedging programs, without support from Holdings. We employ an asset/liability management approach specific to the requirements of each of our insurance businesses. We measure liquidity against internally-developed benchmarks that consider the characteristics of our asset portfolio and the liabilities that it supports in both the short-term (the next 12 months) and long-term (beyond the next 12 months). We consider attributes of the various categories of our liquid assets (for example, type of asset and credit quality) in calculating internal liquidity indicators for our insurance and reinsurance operations. Our liquidity benchmarks are established for various stress scenarios and durations, including company-specific and market-wide events. The scenarios we use to evaluate the liquidity of our subsidiaries are defined to allow operating entities to operate without support from Holdings.

Liquid Assets

The investment portfolios of our insurance subsidiaries are a significant component of our overall liquidity. Liquid assets include cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, U.S. Treasury fixed maturities, fixed maturities that are not designated as HTM and public equity securities. We believe that our business operations and the liquidity profile of our assets provide sufficient liquidity under reasonably foreseeable stress scenarios for each of our insurance subsidiaries.

See “—General Account Investment Portfolio” and Note 3 and Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our retirement and protection businesses’ portfolio of liquid assets.

Hedging Activities

Because the future claims exposure on our insurance products, and in particular our variable annuity products, is sensitive to movements in the equity markets and interest rates, we have in place various hedging and reinsurance programs that are designed to mitigate the economic risks of movements in the equity markets and interest rates. We use derivatives as part of our overall asset/liability risk management program primarily to reduce exposures to equity market and interest rate risks. In addition, we use credit derivatives to replicate exposure to individual securities or pools of securities as a means of achieving credit exposure similar to bonds of the underlying issuer(s) more efficiently. The derivative contracts are an integral part of our risk management program, especially for the management of our variable annuities program, and are collectively managed to reduce the economic impact of unfavorable movements in capital markets. These derivative transactions require liquidity to meet payment obligations such as payments for periodic settlements, purchases, maturities and terminations as well as liquid assets pledged as collateral related to any decline in the net estimated fair value. Collateral calls represent one of our biggest drivers for liquidity needs for our insurance subsidiaries. Our derivatives contracts reside primarily within Equitable Financial, which has a significantly large investment portfolio.

FHLB Membership

Equitable Financial and Equitable America are members of the FHLB, which provides access to collateralized borrowings and other FHLB products.

See Note 16 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further description of our FHLB program.

FABN

Under the FABN program, Equitable Financial may issue funding agreements in U.S. dollar or other foreign currencies.

See Note 16 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further description of our FABN program.

FABCP

Under the FABCP program, Equitable Financial and Equitable America may issue funding agreements in U.S. dollars to the SPLLC.

See Note 16 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further description of our FABCP program.

Sources and Uses of Liquidity of our Asset Management Segment

The principal sources of liquidity for our Asset Management business include investment management fees and borrowings under its credit facilities and commercial paper program. The principal uses of liquidity include general and administrative expenses, business financing and distributions to holders of AB Units and AB Holding Units plus interest and debt service. The primary liquidity risk for our fee-based Asset Management business is its profitability, which is impacted by market conditions and our investment management performance.

AB Commercial Paper

As of March 31, 2025, AB had $0 million of commercial paper outstanding. As of December 31, 2024, AB had $0 million of commercial paper outstanding. The commercial paper is short term in nature, and as such, recorded value is estimated to approximate fair value (and considered a Level 2 security in the fair value hierarchy). Average daily borrowings for the commercial paper outstanding during the first quarter 2025 and full year 2024 were $183 million and $268 million, respectively, with weighted average interest rates of approximately 4.5% and 5.4%, respectively.

AB Credit Facility

AB has an $800 million committed, unsecured senior revolving credit facility (the “AB Credit Facility”) with a group of commercial banks and other lenders which matures on October 13, 2026. The credit facility provides for possible increases in the principal amount by up to an aggregate incremental amount of $200 million. Any such increase is subject to the consent of the affected lenders. The AB Credit Facility is available for AB and SCB LLC for business purposes, including the support of AB’s commercial paper program. Both AB and SCB LLC can draw directly under the AB Credit Facility and AB management expects to draw on the AB Credit Facility from time to time. AB has agreed to guarantee the obligations of SCB LLC under the AB Credit Facility.

The AB Credit Facility contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants, which are customary for facilities of this type, including, among other things, restrictions on dispositions of assets, restrictions on liens, a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum leverage ratio. As of March 31, 2025, AB was in compliance with these covenants. The AB Credit Facility also includes customary events of default (with customary grace periods, as applicable), including provisions under which, upon the occurrence of an event of default, all outstanding loans may be accelerated and/or lender’s commitments may be terminated. Also, under such provisions, upon the occurrence of certain insolvency- or bankruptcy-related events of default, all amounts payable under the AB Credit Facility would automatically become immediately due and payable, and the lender’s commitments would automatically terminate.

Amounts under the Credit Facility may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed by us from time to time until the maturity of the facility. Voluntary pre-payments and commitment reductions requested by AB are permitted at any time without a fee (other than customary breakage costs relating to the pre-payment of any drawn loans) upon proper notice and subject to a minimum dollar requirement. Borrowings under the AB Credit Facility bear interest at a rate per annum, which will be, at AB’s option, a rate equal to an applicable margin, which is subject to adjustment based on the credit ratings of AB, plus one of the following indices: a term Secured Overnight Financial Rate; a Prime rate; or the Federal Funds rate.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, AB had no amounts outstanding under the AB Credit Facility. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and full year 2024, AB and SCB LLC did not draw upon the AB Credit Facility.

As of March 31 2025, SCB LLC has three uncommitted lines of credit with three financial institutions. Two of these lines of credit permit borrowing up to an aggregate of approximately $150 million, with AB named as an additional borrower, while the other line has no stated limit. AB has agreed to guarantee the obligations on SCB LLC under these lines of credit. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, SCB LLC had no outstanding balance on these lines of credit. Average daily borrowings during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the full year 2024 were $1 million and $1 million with weighted average interest rates of approximately 7.5% and 8.5%, respectively.

EQH Facility

AB has a $900 million committed, unsecured senior credit facility (the “EQH Facility”). The EQH Facility matures on August 31, 2029. The EQH Facility is available for AB’s general business purposes. Borrowings under the EQH Facility generally bear interest at a rate per annum based on prevailing overnight commercial paper rates.

The EQH Facility contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants which are substantially similar to those in AB’s committed bank facilities. As of March 31, 2025, AB was in compliance with these covenants. The EQH Facility also includes customary events of default substantially similar to those in AB’s committed bank facilities, including provisions under which, upon the occurrence of an event of default, all outstanding loans may be accelerated and/or the lender’s commitment may be terminated.

Amounts under the EQH Facility may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed by AB from time to time until the maturity of the facility. AB or Holdings may reduce or terminate the commitment at any time without penalty upon proper notice. Holdings also may terminate the facility immediately upon a change of control of AB’s General Partner.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, AB had $740 million and $710 million outstanding under the EQH Facility, with interest rates of approximately 4.3% and 4.3%, respectively. Average daily borrowing of the EQH Facility for the first three months of 2025 and full year 2024 were $409 million and $494 million, respectively, with a weighted average interest rates of approximately 4.3% and 5.2%, respectively.

EQH Uncommitted Facility

In addition to the EQH Facility, AB has a $300 million uncommitted, unsecured senior credit facility (the “EQH Uncommitted Facility”) with EQH. The EQH Uncommitted Facility matures August 31, 2029 and is available for AB’s general business purposes. Borrowings under the EQH Uncommitted Facility bear interest generally at a rate per annum based on prevailing overnight commercial paper rates. The EQH Uncommitted Facility contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants, which are substantially similar to those in the EQH Facility. As of March 31, 2025, AB was in compliance with these covenants.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2023, AB had no amounts outstanding under the EQH Uncommitted Facility. During the first three months of 2025 and full year 2024, AB did not draw upon the EQH Uncommitted Facility.

Statutory Capital of Our Insurance Subsidiaries

Our capital management framework for our insurance subsidiaries is primarily based on statutory RBC standards and the CTE asset standard for our variable annuity business.

RBC requirements are used as minimum capital requirements by the NAIC and the state insurance departments to evaluate the capital condition of regulated insurance companies. RBC is based on a formula calculated by applying factors to various asset, premium, claim, expense and statutory reserve items. The formula takes into account the risk characteristics of the insurer, including asset risk, insurance risk, interest rate risk, market risk and business risk and is calculated on a quarterly basis and made public on an annual basis. The formula is used as an early warning regulatory tool to identify possible inadequately capitalized insurers for purposes of initiating regulatory action, and not as a means to rank insurers generally. These rules apply to our insurance company subsidiaries and not to Holdings. State insurance laws provide insurance regulators the authority to require various actions by, or take various actions against, insurers whose TAC does not meet or exceed certain RBC levels. At the date of the most recent annual statutory financial statements filed with insurance regulators, the TAC of each of these insurance company subsidiaries subject to these requirements was in excess of each of those RBC levels.

See Note 18 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information relating to Prescribed and Permitted Statutory Accounting practices and its impact on our statutory surplus.

Captive Reinsurance Company

We use a captive reinsurance company to more effectively manage our reserves and capital on an economic basis and to enable the aggregation and transfer of risks. Our captive reinsurance company assumes business from affiliates only and is closed to new business. Our captive reinsurance company is a wholly-owned subsidiary located in the United States. In addition to state insurance regulation, our captive reinsurance company is subject to internal policies governing its activities. We continue to analyze the use of our existing captive reinsurance structure, as well as additional third-party reinsurance arrangements.

Borrowings

Our financial strategy going forward will remain subject to market conditions and other factors. For example, we may from time to time enter into additional bank or other financing arrangements, including public or private debt, structured facilities and contingent capital arrangements, under which we could incur additional indebtedness.

The following table sets forth the Company’s total consolidated borrowings. Short-term and long-term debt consists of the following:

(in millions)

Notes and Debentures

The Senior Notes and Senior Debentures contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, including a limitation on certain liens and a limit on the Company’s ability to consolidate, merge or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets. The Senior Notes and Senior Debentures also include customary events of default (with customary grace periods, as applicable), including provisions under which, upon the occurrence of an event of default, all outstanding Senior Notes and Senior Debentures may be accelerated. As of March 31, 2025, the Company is in compliance with all debt covenants.

Ratings

Financial strength ratings (which are sometimes referred to as “claims-paying” ratings) and credit ratings are important factors affecting public confidence in an insurer and its competitive position in marketing products. Our credit ratings are also important for our ability to raise capital through the issuance of debt and for the cost of such financing.

Financial strength ratings represent the opinions of rating agencies regarding the financial ability of an insurance company to meet its obligations under an insurance policy. Credit ratings represent the opinions of rating agencies regarding an entity’s ability to repay its indebtedness. The following table summarizes the ratings for Holdings and certain of its subsidiaries. AM Best, S&P and Moody’s have a stable outlook.

Material Cash Requirement

Our material cash requirements include policyholder obligations, long-term debt, commercial paper, EB, operating leases and various funding commitments. See “Material Cash Requirement” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the 2024 Form 10-K for additional information.

Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to adopt accounting policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein. For a discussion of our significant accounting policies, see Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The most critical estimates include those used in determining:

• MRBs and purchased MRBs
• accounting for reinsurance;
• estimated fair values of investments in the absence of quoted market values and investment impairments;
• estimated fair values of freestanding derivatives;
• goodwill and related impairment;
• measurement of income taxes and the valuation of deferred tax assets; and
• liabilities for litigation and regulatory matters.

In applying our accounting policies, we make subjective and complex judgments that frequently require estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. Many of these policies, estimates and related judgments are common in the insurance and financial services industries while others are specific to our business and operations. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

There have been no material changes to the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk described in the 2024 Form 10-K in “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”.

Management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Based on such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of March 31, 2025, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2025 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

You should carefully consider the risks described in the “Risk Factors” section included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Risks to which we are subject also include, but are not limited to, the factors mentioned under “Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Information” above and the risks of our businesses described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.