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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
−Removed: (in millions, except per share data) March 31,
+Added: (in millions, except per share data) June 30,
2024 December 31,
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Property, equipment and capitalized software, net
−Removed: 10,429 11,450
Goodwill 105,436 103,732
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921 and 924 issued and outstanding
+Added: Additional paid-in capital 373 —
Retained earnings 92,400 95,774
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Three Months Ended
+Added: June 30, Six Months Ended
(in millions, except per share data) 2024 2023 2024 2023
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Interest expense ( 985 ) ( 828 ) ( 1,829 ) ( 1,582 )
−Removed: Loss on sale of subsidiary ( 7,086 ) —
+Added: Loss on sale of subsidiary and subsidiaries held for sale ( 1,225 ) — ( 8,311 ) —
Earnings before income taxes 5,665 7,229 5,666 14,561
Provision for income taxes ( 1,244 ) ( 1,572 ) ( 2,466 ) ( 3,130 )
−Removed: Net (loss) earnings ( 1,221 ) 5,774
+Added: Net earnings 4,421 5,657 3,200 11,431
Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests ( 205 ) ( 183 ) ( 393 ) ( 346 )
−Removed: Net (loss) earnings attributable to UnitedHealth Group common shareholders $ ( 1,409 ) $ 5,611
−Removed: (Loss) earnings per share attributable to UnitedHealth Group common shareholders:
+Added: Net earnings attributable to UnitedHealth Group common shareholders $ 4,216 $ 5,474 $ 2,807 $ 11,085
+Added: Earnings per share attributable to UnitedHealth Group common shareholders:
Basic $ 4.58 $ 5.89 $ 3.05 $ 11.91
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Three Months Ended
+Added: June 30, Six Months Ended
(in millions) 2024 2023 2024 2023
−Removed: Net (loss) earnings $ ( 1,221 ) $ 5,774
−Removed: Other comprehensive income:
+Added: Net earnings $ 4,421 $ 5,657 $ 3,200 $ 11,431
+Added: Other comprehensive income (loss):
Gross unrealized (losses) gains on investment securities during the period ( 75 ) ( 431 ) ( 365 ) 209
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Total unrealized (losses) gains, net of tax ( 58 ) ( 332 ) ( 280 ) 161
−Removed: Gross reclassification adjustment for net realized (gains) losses included in net earnings ( 32 ) 13
+Added: Gross reclassification adjustment for net realized gains included in net earnings ( 26 ) ( 47 ) ( 58 ) ( 34 )
Income tax effect 6 11 13 8
Total reclassification adjustment, net of tax
−Removed: Foreign currency translation (losses) gains ( 293 ) 341
−Removed: Reclassification adjustment for translation losses included in net (loss) earnings 4,128 —
+Added: ( 20 ) ( 36 ) ( 45 ) ( 26 )
+Added: Foreign currency translation gains (losses) 8 267 ( 285 ) 608
+Added: Reclassification adjustment for translation losses included in net earnings 86 — 4,214 —
Total foreign currency translation gains 94 267 3,929 608
−Removed: Other comprehensive income 3,588 844
+Added: Other comprehensive income (loss) 16 ( 101 ) 3,604 743
Comprehensive income 4,437 5,556 6,804 12,174
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Common Stock Additional Paid-In Capital Retained Earnings Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Nonredeemable Noncontrolling Interests Total
−Removed: Three months ended March 31,
+Added: Three months ended June 30,
(in millions) Shares Amount Net Unrealized (Losses) Gains on Investments Foreign Currency Translation (Losses) Gains
−Removed: Balance at January 1, 2024 924 $ 9 $ — $ 95,774 $ ( 1,971 ) $ ( 5,056 ) $ 5,665 $ 94,421
−Removed: Net (loss) earnings ( 1,409 ) 149 ( 1,260 )
+Added: Balance at March 31, 2024 920 $ 9 $ — $ 90,118 $ ( 2,218 ) $ ( 1,221 ) $ 5,682 $ 92,370
+Added: Net earnings 4,216 158 4,374
Other comprehensive (loss) income ( 78 ) 94 16
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Acquisition and other adjustments of nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
+Added: ( 338 ) ( 338 )
Distribution to nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
( 185 ) ( 185 )
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2024 921 $ 9 $ 373 $ 92,400 $ ( 2,296 ) $ ( 1,127 ) $ 5,317 $ 94,676
Balance at March 31, 2023 932 $ 9 $ — $ 88,852 $ ( 2,275 ) $ ( 5,274 ) $ 4,509 $ 85,821
+Added: 5,474 139 5,613
+Added: Other comprehensive (loss) income ( 368 ) 267 ( 101 )
+Added: Issuances of common stock, and related tax effects
+Added: Share-based compensation
+Added: Common share repurchases ( 6 ) — ( 442 ) ( 2,585 ) ( 3,027 )
+Added: Cash dividends paid on common shares ($ 1.88 per share)
+Added: ( 1,747 ) ( 1,747 )
+Added: Redeemable noncontrolling interests fair value and other adjustments
+Added: Acquisition and other adjustments of nonredeemable noncontrolling interests 478 478
+Added: Distribution to nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
+Added: ( 111 ) ( 111 )
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2023 927 $ 9 $ — $ 89,994 $ ( 2,643 ) $ ( 5,007 ) $ 5,015 $ 87,368
+Added: See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: UnitedHealth Group
+Added: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
+Added: Common Stock Additional Paid-In Capital Retained Earnings Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Nonredeemable Noncontrolling Interests Total
+Added: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: (in millions) Shares Amount Net Unrealized (Losses) Gains on Investments Foreign Currency Translation (Losses) Gains
Balance at January 1, 2024 924 $ 9 $ — $ 95,774 $ ( 1,971 ) $ ( 5,056 ) $ 5,665 $ 94,421
+Added: Net earnings 2,807 307 3,114
+Added: Other comprehensive (loss) income ( 325 ) 3,929 3,604
+Added: Issuances of common stock, and related tax effects 3 — 438 438
+Added: Share-based compensation 562 562
+Added: Common share repurchases ( 6 ) — ( 571 ) ( 2,517 ) ( 3,088 )
+Added: Cash dividends paid on common shares ($ 3.98 per share)
( 3,664 ) ( 3,664 )
+Added: Redeemable noncontrolling interests fair value and other adjustments ( 56 ) ( 56 )
+Added: Acquisition and other adjustments of nonredeemable noncontrolling interests ( 319 ) ( 319 )
+Added: Distribution to nonredeemable noncontrolling interests ( 336 ) ( 336 )
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2024 921 $ 9 $ 373 $ 92,400 $ ( 2,296 ) $ ( 1,127 ) $ 5,317 $ 94,676
+Added: Balance at January 1, 2023 934 $ 9 $ — $ 86,156 $ ( 2,778 ) $ ( 5,615 ) $ 3,678 $ 81,450
+Added: 11,085 252 11,337
Other comprehensive income 135 608 743
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( 212 ) ( 212 )
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2023 932 $ 9 $ — $ 88,852 $ ( 2,275 ) $ ( 5,274 ) $ 4,509 $ 85,821
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2023 927 $ 9 $ — $ 89,994 $ ( 2,643 ) $ ( 5,007 ) $ 5,015 $ 87,368
See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
(in millions) 2024 2023
Operating activities
−Removed: Net (loss) earnings $ ( 1,221 ) $ 5,774
+Added: Net earnings $ 3,200 $ 11,431
Noncash items:
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Share-based compensation 594 604
−Removed: Loss on sale of subsidiary 7,086 —
+Added: Loss on sale of subsidiary and subsidiaries held for sale 8,311 —
Other, net 459 ( 91 )
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Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software ( 1,596 ) ( 1,589 )
+Added: Loans to providers - cyberattack ( 8,100 ) —
Other, net ( 809 ) ( 424 )
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents ( 44 ) 106
−Removed: Increase in cash and cash equivalents 2,987 18,548
+Added: Increase in cash and cash equivalents, including cash within businesses held for sale 1,124 18,448
+Added: cash within businesses held for sale ( 265 ) —
+Added: Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 859 18,448
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 25,427 23,365
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Revenues - Products and Services
−Removed: As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accounts receivable related to products and services were $ 10.3 billion and $ 8.6 billion, respectively.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2024, revenue expected to be recognized in any future year related to remaining performance obligations, excluding revenue pertaining to contracts having an original expected duration of one year or less, contracts where revenue is recognized as invoiced and contracts with variable consideration related to undelivered performance obligations, was $ 14.3 billion, of which approximately half is expected to be recognized in the next three years .
+Added: As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accounts receivable related to products and services were $ 9.0 billion and $ 8.6 billion, respectively.
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, revenue expected to be recognized in any future year related to remaining performance obligations, excluding revenue pertaining to contracts having an original expected duration of one year or less, contracts where revenue is recognized as invoiced and contracts with variable consideration related to undelivered performance obligations, was $ 14.0 billion, of which approximately half is expected to be recognized in the next three years .
A summary of debt securities by major security type is as follows:
(in millions) Amortized
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: June 30, 2024
Debt securities - available-for-sale:
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Total debt securities $ 48,054 $ 135 $ ( 2,698 ) $ 45,491
−Removed: The Company held $ 4.1 billion and $ 4.9 billion of equity securities as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
+Added: The Company held $ 4.2 billion and $ 4.9 billion of equity securities as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
The Company’s investments in equity securities primarily consist of venture investments and employee savings plan related investments.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company’s investments included $ 1.4 billion of equity method investments primarily in operating businesses in the health care sector as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The allowance for credit losses on held-to-maturity securities at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was not material.
−Removed: The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities as of March 31, 2024, by contractual maturity, were as follows:
+Added: Additionally, the Company’s investments included $ 1.7 billion and $ 1.4 billion of equity method investments primarily in operating businesses in the health care sector as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
+Added: The allowance for credit losses on held-to-maturity securities at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was not material.
+Added: The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities as of June 30, 2024, by contractual maturity, were as follows:
Available-for-Sale Held-to-Maturity
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(in millions) Fair
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: June 30, 2024
Debt securities - available-for-sale:
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Total debt securities - available-for-sale $ 5,619 $ ( 49 ) $ 28,107 $ ( 2,641 ) $ 33,726 $ ( 2,690 )
−Removed: The Company’s unrealized losses from debt securities as of March 31, 2024 were generated from approximately 32,000 positions out of a total of 39,000 positions.
+Added: The Company’s unrealized losses from debt securities as of June 30, 2024 were generated from approximately 33,000 positions out of a total of 40,000 positions.
The Company believes that it will timely collect the principal and interest due on its debt securities that have an amortized cost in excess of fair value.
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The Company evaluated the expected cash flows, the underlying credit quality and credit ratings of the issuers, noting no significant credit deterioration since purchase.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2024, the Company did not have the intent to sell any of the available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position.
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, the Company did not have the intent to sell any of the available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position.
Therefore, the Company believes these losses to be temporary.
−Removed: The allowance for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was not material.
+Added: The allowance for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was not material.
Certain assets and liabilities are measured at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements or have fair values disclosed in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Fair and Carrying
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: June 30, 2024
Cash and cash equivalents $ 26,070 $ 216 $ — $ 26,286
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Percentage of total assets at fair value 44 % 55 % 1 % 100 %
−Removed: There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 financial assets or liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 or 2023.
+Added: There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 financial assets or liabilities during the six months ended June 30, 2024 or 2023.
The following table presents a summary of fair value measurements by level and carrying values for certain financial instruments not measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
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Value Total Carrying Value
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: June 30, 2024
Debt securities - held-to-maturity $ 531 $ 27 $ — $ 558 $ 565
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Nonfinancial assets and liabilities or financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are subject to fair value adjustments only in certain circumstances, such as when the Company records an impairment.
−Removed: There were no significant fair value adjustments for these assets and liabilities recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2024 or 2023.
+Added: The assets and liabilities within our South American operations held for sale as of June 30, 2024 were measured at the lower of carrying value or fair value less cost to sell.
+Added: Fair value is measured based upon unobservable amounts, such as estimated selling price derived from Company-specific information and market conditions.
+Added: There were no other significant fair value adjustments for assets and liabilities recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2024 or 2023.
Medical Costs Payable
−Removed: The following table shows the components of the change in medical costs payable for the three months ended March 31:
+Added: The following table shows the components of the change in medical costs payable for the six months ended June 30:
(in millions) 2024 2023
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Total medical payments ( 130,175 ) ( 117,223 )
+Added: medical costs payable included within businesses held for sale ( 179 ) —
Medical costs payable, end of period $ 32,547 $ 31,947
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, prior years’ medical cost reserve development included no individual factors that were significant.
−Removed: Medical costs payable included reserves for claims incurred by consumers but not yet reported to the Company of $ 25.3 billion and $ 22.3 billion at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, prior years’ medical cost reserve development included no individual factors that were significant.
+Added: Medical costs payable included reserves for claims incurred by consumers but not yet reported to the Company of $ 23.6 billion and $ 22.3 billion at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt
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5.500 % Notes due April 2064
−Removed: As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $ 7.3 billion of commercial paper outstanding, with a weighted-average annual interest rate of 5.4 %.
+Added: In July 2024, the Company issued $ 12.0 billion of senior unsecured notes consisting of the following:
+Added: (in millions, except percentages) Par Value
+Added: Floating rate notes due July 2026
+Added: 4.750 % notes due July 2026
+Added: 4.800 % notes due January 2030
+Added: 4.950 % notes due January 2032
+Added: 5.150 % notes due July 2034
+Added: 5.500 % notes due July 2044
+Added: 5.625 % notes due July 2054
+Added: 5.750 % notes due July 2064
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $ 9.9 billion of commercial paper outstanding, with a weighted-average annual interest rate of 5.4 %.
+Added: In May 2024, the Company entered into an additional $ 3 billion 364 -day revolving bank credit facility and a $ 5 billion 364 -day delayed draw term loan.
+Added: As of June 30, 2024 no amount had been drawn on any of the bank credit facilities.
For more information on the Company’s short-term borrowings, debt covenants and long-term debt, see Note 8 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in the 2023 10-K.
+Added: Shareholders’ Equity
+Added: Share Repurchase Program
+Added: In June 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors amended the Company’s share repurchase program to authorize the repurchase of up to 35 million shares of Common Stock, in addition to all remaining shares authorized to be repurchased under the Board’s 2018 renewal of the program.
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, the Company had 44 million shares remaining available under its share repurchase authorization.
+Added: In June 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the Company’s quarterly cash dividend to shareholders to an annual rate of $8.40 compared to $7.52 per share, which the Company had paid since June 2023.
+Added: Declaration and payment of future quarterly dividends is at the discretion of the Board of Directors and may be adjusted as business needs or market conditions change.
+Added: The following table provides details of the Company’s dividend payments during the six months ended June 30, 2024:
+Added: Payment Date Amount per Share Total Amount Paid
+Added: (in millions)
+Added: March 19 $ 1.88 $ 1,729
+Added: June 25 2.10 1,935
Commitments and Contingencies
−Removed: Pending Acquisitions
−Removed: As of March 31, 2024, the Company has entered into agreements to acquire companies in the health care sector, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
−Removed: The total anticipated consideration required for these acquisitions, excluding the payoff of acquired indebtedness, is approximately $ 4 billion.
+Added: Pending Transactions
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, the Company had entered into transaction agreements in the health care sector, subject to regulatory approval and/or other customary closing conditions.
+Added: The total anticipated consideration required for these transactions, excluding the payoff of acquired indebtedness, was approximately $ 6 billion .
+Added: In July, 2024, the Company completed transactions in the health care sector for total consideration of approximately $ 10 billion.
Legal Matters
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The Company cannot reasonably estimate the outcome which may result from this matter given its procedural status.
+Added: Disposition and Held for Sale
On February 6, 2024, the Company completed the sale of its Brazil operations.
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded a loss of $ 7.1 billion within the Consolidated Statement of Operations, of which $ 4.1 billion related to the impact of cumulative foreign currency translation losses previously included in accumulated other comprehensive loss.
−Removed: The assets and liabilities of the disposal group as of the date of the sale were as follows:
−Removed: (in millions)
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded a loss of $ 7.1 billion within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations, of which $ 4.1 billion related to the impact of cumulative foreign currency translation losses previously included in accumulated other comprehensive loss.
+Added: In the second quarter of 2024, the Company initiated a plan to sell its remaining South American operations.
+Added: The sales are expected to close within a year, subject to regulatory and other customary closing conditions.
+Added: The Company determined that the businesses are classified as held for sale.
+Added: Assets and liabilities held for sale have been included within prepaid and other current assets and other current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, respectively.
+Added: In the second quarter of 2024, the Company recorded a loss of $ 1.2 billion within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, of which $ 867 million related to the impact of cumulative foreign currency translation losses.
+Added: The assets and liabilities of the Brazil and held for sale disposal groups as of the date of the sale and as of June 30, 2024, respectively, were as follows:
+Added: (in millions) Brazil
+Added: Disposition Businesses
+Added: Held for Sale
Cash and cash equivalents $ 778 $ 265
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Deferred tax assets 1,035 —
−Removed: Other intangible assets 317
+Added: Goodwill and other intangible assets 317 445
Other long-term assets 439 246
+Added: Remeasurement of assets of businesses held for sale to fair value less cost to sell (1)
Total assets $ 4,924 $ 1,011
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Total liabilities $ 1,671 $ 1,081
+Added: (1) Includes the effect of $ 867 million of cumulative foreign currency translation losses and $ 52 million of noncontrolling interests.
Segment Financial Information
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Eliminations Consolidated
−Removed: Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
+Added: Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
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Interest expense — — — — — — ( 985 ) ( 985 )
−Removed: Loss on sale of subsidiary ( 7,086 ) — — — — — — ( 7,086 )
+Added: Loss on sale of subsidiary and subsidiaries held for sale ( 1,225 ) — — — — — — ( 1,225 )
Earnings before income taxes
$ 2,779 $ 1,919 $ 546 $ 1,406 $ — $ 3,871 $ ( 985 ) $ 5,665
−Removed: Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
+Added: Three Months Ended June 30, 2023
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
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$ 4,358 $ 1,525 $ 968 $ 1,206 $ — $ 3,699 $ ( 828 ) $ 7,229
+Added: (in millions) UnitedHealthcare Optum Health Optum Insight Optum Rx Optum Eliminations Optum Corporate and
+Added: Eliminations Consolidated
+Added: Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
+Added: Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
+Added: Premiums $ 143,243 $ 11,642 $ — $ — $ — $ 11,642 $ — $ 154,885
+Added: Products — 121 82 23,917 — 24,120 — 24,120
+Added: Services 4,917 8,053 3,107 1,561 — 12,721 — 17,638
+Added: Total revenues - unaffiliated customers
+Added: 148,160 19,816 3,189 25,478 — 48,483 — 196,643
+Added: Total revenues - affiliated customers
+Added: — 33,193 5,801 37,654 ( 2,145 ) 74,503 ( 74,503 ) —
+Added: Investment and other income
+Added: 1,063 772 55 118 — 945 — 2,008
+Added: Total revenues $ 149,223 $ 53,781 $ 9,045 $ 63,250 $ ( 2,145 ) $ 123,931 $ ( 74,503 ) $ 198,651
+Added: Earnings from operations $ 8,399 $ 3,818 $ 1,036 $ 2,553 $ — $ 7,407 $ — $ 15,806
+Added: Interest expense — — — — — — ( 1,829 ) ( 1,829 )
+Added: Loss on sale of subsidiary and subsidiaries held for sale ( 8,311 ) — — — — — — ( 8,311 )
+Added: Earnings before income taxes
+Added: $ 88 $ 3,818 $ 1,036 $ 2,553 $ — $ 7,407 $ ( 1,829 ) $ 5,666
+Added: Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
+Added: Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
+Added: Premiums $ 134,505 $ 10,755 $ — $ — $ — $ 10,755 $ — $ 145,260
+Added: Products — 95 79 20,744 — 20,918 — 20,918
+Added: Services 5,139 6,630 3,921 1,053 — 11,604 — 16,743
+Added: Total revenues - unaffiliated customers
+Added: 139,644 17,480 4,000 21,797 — 43,277 — 182,921
+Added: Total revenues - affiliated customers
+Added: — 28,720 5,125 34,175 ( 1,752 ) 66,268 ( 66,268 ) —
+Added: Investment and other income
+Added: 1,055 721 45 92 — 858 — 1,913
+Added: Total revenues $ 140,699 $ 46,921 $ 9,170 $ 56,064 $ ( 1,752 ) $ 110,403 $ ( 66,268 ) $ 184,834
+Added: Earnings from operations $ 8,701 $ 3,301 $ 1,875 $ 2,266 $ — $ 7,442 $ — $ 16,143
+Added: Interest expense — — — — — — ( 1,582 ) ( 1,582 )
+Added: Earnings before income taxes
+Added: $ 8,701 $ 3,301 $ 1,875 $ 2,266 $ — $ 7,442 $ ( 1,582 ) $ 14,561
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