Press Release: Manulife Reports First Quarter 2026 Results

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TORONTO, May 13, 2026 /CNW/ - Manulife Financial Corporation ("Manulife" or the "Company") reported its first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2026, delivering double-digit core EPS and new business CSM growth year over year.

Key highlights for the first quarter of 2026 ("1Q26") include:

   -- Core earnings1 of $1.8 billion, up 8% on a CER basis2 compared with the 
      first quarter of 2025 ("1Q25") 
 
   -- Net income attributed to shareholders of $1.1 billion, up $0.7 billion 
      from 1Q25 
 
   -- Core EPS3 of $1.06, up 11%2 from 1Q25. EPS of $0.65, up 178%2 from 1Q25 
 
   -- Core ROE3 of 16.5% and ROE of 10.1% 
 
   -- LICAT ratio4 of 136% 
 
   -- APE sales up 7%5, new business CSM up 16%2 and new business value ("NBV") 
      up 7%5 from 1Q25 
 
   -- Global Wealth and Asset Management ("Global WAM") net outflows5 of $4.4 
      billion, compared with $0.5 billion of net inflows in 1Q25 

"We delivered a solid first quarter, executing our strategy and demonstrating the strength of our diversified portfolio. We generated double-digit growth in core EPS, and new business momentum continued to build, driving double-digit growth in new business CSM across all three insurance segments, despite macroeconomic uncertainty.

"Asia achieved another strong quarter, with 22% growth in core earnings and 15% growth in new business value, reflecting robust contributions from key markets in the region. In Global WAM, core EBITDA margin(3) improved year over year, notwithstanding the impact of the eMPF transition, and Manulife | Comvest contributed positively to margin, core earnings and net inflows.

"We made sustained progress against our strategic priorities -- expanding our health proposition with new partnerships in Asia and Canada, advancing Global WAM through our partnership with L&G(6) , and further differentiating our U.S. product offerings. We scaled AI delivery across our global footprint to enhance distributor experience and improve productivity and efficiency. We remain well positioned to deliver our targets and capture growth, generating sustainable value for shareholders."(7)

-- Phil Witherington, Manulife President & Chief Executive Officer

"Our balance sheet and financial performance demonstrated resilience during a volatile quarter. Excess capital remained strong, our financial leverage ratio improved, and book value per common share increased to an all-time high(8) . We continued to deploy capital in a disciplined manner, returning $1.2 billion to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks, and on the acquisition of Schroders Indonesia. Core ROE was 16.5% for the quarter, an increase of 90 basis points compared with 1Q25, and our expense efficiency ratio of 46%(3) remained in-line year over year, while continuing strategic investments in AI and reflecting the impact of the Comvest acquisition in Global WAM."

-- Colin Simpson, Manulife Chief Financial Officer

Results at a Glance

 
($ millions, unless otherwise stated)   Quarterly Results 
                                           1Q26     1Q25  Change(2,5) 
Net income attributed to shareholders   $ 1,147    $ 485        149 % 
Core earnings                           $ 1,836  $ 1,767          8 % 
EPS ($)                                  $ 0.65   $ 0.25        178 % 
Core EPS ($)                             $ 1.06   $ 0.99         11 % 
ROE                                      10.1 %    3.9 %      6.2 pps 
Core ROE                                 16.5 %   15.6 %      0.9 pps 
Book value per common share ($)         $ 26.30  $ 25.88          2 % 
Adjusted BV per common share ($)(3)     $ 39.01  $ 36.66          6 % 
Financial leverage ratio (%)(3)          22.5 %   23.9 %    (1.4) pps 
APE sales                               $ 2,821  $ 2,689          7 % 
New business CSM                        $ 1,019    $ 907         16 % 
NBV                                       $ 944    $ 907          7 % 
Global WAM net flows ($ billions)       $ (4.4)    $ 0.5          - % 
 

Results by Segment

 
($ millions, unless otherwise stated)   Quarterly Results 
                                          1Q26     1Q25  Change(5) 
Asia (US$) 
Net income attributed to shareholders    $ 433    $ 435        2 % 
Core earnings                              598      492       22 % 
APE sales                                1,599    1,412       11 % 
New business CSM                           585      498       15 % 
NBV                                        533      457       15 % 
Canada 
Net income attributed to shareholders    $ 238    $ 222        7 % 
Core earnings                              352      374      (6) % 
APE sales                                  416      491     (15) % 
New business CSM                           103       91       13 % 
NBV                                        152      180     (16) % 
U.S. (US$) 
Net income attributed to shareholders    $ 101  $ (397)        - % 
Core earnings                              241      251      (4) % 
APE sales                                  155      120       29 % 
New business CSM                            83       70       19 % 
NBV                                         44       48      (8) % 
Global WAM 
Net income attributed to shareholders    $ 403    $ 443      (5) % 
Core earnings                              448      454        2 % 
Gross flows ($ billions)(5)               56.0     50.3       15 % 
Average AUMA ($ billions)(5)             1,118    1,041       11 % 
Core EBITDA margin (%)                  29.0 %   28.4 %     60 bps 
 

Strategic Highlights

We are executing to expand our diversified portfolio and further strengthen distribution capabilities and product leadership

In Asia, we received recognition as Asia's Best Insurance Provider for Wealth Management at the 2026 Euromoney Private Banking Awards, a leading benchmark in the private banking and wealth management industry. This acknowledgement reflects our strong growth momentum, innovative product suite for high-net-worth ("HNW") customer segments, value-added service, international capabilities, and trusted relationships with our distribution partners across all HNW channels.

In Global WAM, we completed the acquisition of PT Schroder Investment Management Indonesia ("Schroders Indonesia") with $3.5 billion of assets under management ("AUM") as of March 31, 2026. The acquisition strengthens our position as the largest asset manager in Indonesia(9) and enables us to deliver enhanced value to our clients and stakeholders by leveraging the firm's local expertise and client relationships.

In addition, we entered into a strategic partnership with L&G(6) to enhance our distribution, investment management, and product development capabilities. The partnership is intended to combine our global asset management expertise and distribution platform with L&G's strengths as a global asset manager and distribution capabilities, especially across Europe, bringing together complementary capabilities to expand access to differentiated investment solutions across institutional, retirement, and retail channels.

In the U.S., we further differentiated our product portfolio through enhancements to our indexed and hybrid indexed universal life offerings, better positioning us to address evolving income-protection and wealth-accumulation needs and supporting our growth strategy. Furthermore, we reinforced our industry-leading large-case underwriting capabilities by increasing auto-bind limits through reinsurer support, simplifying underwriting and reducing friction for complex submissions.

We are deploying AI globally to enhance distributor experience, drive efficiency, and deliver value

We accelerated our momentum across our enterprise AI platform, establishing production--ready environments and enabling initial scalable use cases, while leveraging new strategic partnerships with Akka(10) and Adaptive ML(11) . In addition, our developers across the organization continued to adopt assisted and autonomous AI capabilities, increasing their productivity by 30% while enabling reinvestment to support business growth and develop new capabilities to serve our customers. Together, we expect these advancements will enhance our ability to deploy AI at scale with speed, consistency, and in alignment with our Responsible AI Principles.

Building on the roll out of agent and advisor AI tools in a number of our Asia markets in 2025, we launched our distributor AI tool in Vietnam to support faster access to product information, premium calculations and simplified illustrations for customers. In Japan, we also enhanced our AI tool to provide a unified, always-available entry point to information about our independent agents, including their affiliations, branch details, and product license eligibility, enabling us to provide better and faster support to these agents.

In Global WAM, we introduced an AI--powered sales platform in U.S. Retail to better integrate data, enabling more personalized advisor conversations and smarter sales deployment. This platform allows sales teams to prioritize the most promising opportunities, driving an approximately 40% increase in meaningful advisor interactions and supporting higher flows.

In the U.S., we continued to realize benefits from scaling GenAI investments in underwriting through the expansion of our Quick Quote support tool, enabling us to automate nearly half of preliminary assessments, which accelerated average turnaround time from days to minutes and enabled underwriters to focus on more complex cases.

In Canada, we enhanced online claims processing for our Affinity health & dental business through AI-driven document processing for the majority of manually processed claims, which improved processing speed and accelerated payments to customers.

We are advancing our health, wealth and longevity strategy while establishing new strategic partnerships

In Asia, we established an exclusive partnership with Guardant Health to offer the Shield$(TM)$ Multi--Cancer Detection test ("Shield MCD test")(12) to eligible customers in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines. The collaboration makes us the first insurer in Asia to offer the Shield MCD test, broadening access to early cancer detection and advancing our commitment to improving customer health outcomes and longevity.

In Canada, we partnered with Osara Health$(R)$ , a global provider of evidence-based cancer support programs to pilot the Cancer Coach(TM) program and offer eligible Group Benefits members structured and personalized support for navigating the daily challenges that accompany a cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.

We also advanced Manulife's commitment to longevity through a partnership with the National Institute on Ageing, supporting the release of the Ageing in Canada Survey, one of Canada's most comprehensive annual snapshots of aging, and building on our commitment to health, wealth and financial wellbeing.

In the U.S., we launched John Hancock Vitality PRO, a distributor-facing engagement platform designed to support the promotion of John Hancock Vitality and to enhance producer loyalty. Early adoption continues to build, reinforcing engagement in John Hancock Vitality and our mission to help customers live longer, healthier, better lives.

Continued business growth drove core earnings higher(13)

Core earnings of $1.8 billion in 1Q26, up 8% from 1Q25

The increase in core earnings reflected strong business growth in Asia and Global WAM, the net positive impact of 2025 updates to actuarial methods and assumptions, and a net improvement in insurance experience, partially offset by lower investment spreads in the U.S. and the impact of the eMPF transition in Hong Kong.

   -- Asia core earnings increased 22%, reflecting continued business growth 
      and the net positive impact of 2025 updates to actuarial methods and 
      assumptions, partially offset by less favourable insurance experience. 
   -- Global WAM core earnings increased 2%, driven by higher net fee income 
      from favourable market impacts over the past 12 months, contribution from 
      the Manulife | Comvest business, and continued expense discipline, 
      partially offset by the impact of the eMPF transition in Hong Kong and 
      lower performance fees. 
   -- Canada core earnings decreased 6%, reflecting unfavourable insurance 
      experience in Group Insurance in 1Q26, compared with favourable 
      experience in 1Q25. The variance in insurance experience was largely 
      driven by higher long-term disability claims, along with higher expenses 
      to support the growing business and transformational investment to 
      elevate customer experience in Group Insurance. This was partially offset 
      by business growth in the segment, the net positive impact of 2025 
      updates to actuarial methods and assumptions, and a lower charge in the 
      expected credit loss provision. 
   -- U.S. core earnings decreased 4%, primarily driven by lower investment 
      spreads, partially offset by favourable net insurance experience in 1Q26 
      compared with unfavourable experience in 1Q25. 
   -- Corporate and Other core earnings improved by $12 million, reflecting the 
      non-recurrence of the 1Q25 provision for the California wildfires in our 
      P&C reinsurance business, partially offset by lower investment income and 
      higher expenses from continued strategic investments in transformational 
      efforts, including AI-focused initiatives. 

Net Income attributed to shareholders of $1.1 billion in 1Q26, $0.7 billion higher compared with 1Q25

The $0.7 billion increase in net income was primarily driven by a smaller net charge related to market experience and core earnings growth. The net charge from market experience in 1Q26 reflected lower-than-expected returns on public equity and lower-than-expected returns on alternative long-duration assets, mainly related to real estate, timber, and private equity investments. The market experience in 1Q25 included a $0.7 billion realized loss related to the RGA U.S. Reinsurance Transaction from the sale of debt instruments, which was offset by an associated change in Other Comprehensive Income with a net neutral impact to book value.(14)

Insurance new business growth momentum continued, with a double-digit increase in new business CSM across all segments

APE sales, new business CSM and NBV increased 7%, 16%, and 7%, respectively, reflecting the strength of our diversified business portfolio

   -- Asia delivered strong growth in APE sales, new business CSM and NBV, with 
      a year-over-year increase of 11%, 15% and 15%, respectively, driven by 
      higher sales volumes and a more favourable business mix, reflecting 
      growth in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore across all three new business 
      metrics. NBV margin improved modestly to 38.2%.5 
   -- Canada APE sales and NBV decreased 15% and 16%, respectively, driven by 
      lower Group Insurance sales, partially offset by higher Individual 
      Insurance sales. New business CSM increased 13%, reflecting the growth in 
      Individual Insurance from higher participating life insurance sales. 
   -- In the U.S., APE sales and new business CSM increased 29% and 19%, 
      respectively, reflecting increased demand for our accumulation insurance 
      products supported by recent product enhancements. NBV decreased 8%, 
      primarily driven by product mix, partially offset by higher sales 
      volumes. 

Global WAM net outflows of $4.4 billion in 1Q26, compared with net inflows of $0.5 billion in 1Q25

   -- Retirement net outflows were $2.8 billion in 1Q26 compared with net 
      outflows of $2.6 billion in 1Q25, driven by higher member withdrawals 
      reflecting higher account balances from market growth and higher 
      retirement plan redemptions in the U.S., partially offset by lower 
      retirement plan redemptions in Canada. 
   -- Retail net outflows were $5.8 billion in 1Q26 compared with net inflows 
      of $0.5 billion in 1Q25, primarily driven by higher net outflows in 
      active mutual funds through third-party intermediaries in North America, 
      including a few large model redemptions in the U.S. 
   -- Institutional Asset Management net inflows were $4.2 billion in 1Q26 
      compared with net inflows of $2.6 billion in 1Q25, driven by net flows 
      from the Manulife | Comvest business, and higher net sales from money 
      market mandates in mainland China and from Manulife | CQS products, 
      partially offset by lower net flows in equity mandates and lower 
      deployments in private equity mandates. 

New business growth continued to drive higher organic CSM and CSM balance

CSM(15) was $25,589 million as at March 31, 2026

CSM increased $620 million compared with December 31, 2025. Organic CSM movement contributed $650 million of the increase, representing an 11% annualized growth in our CSM net of NCI balance(16) , primarily driven by the impact of new business, interest accretion and net favourable insurance experience, partially offset by amortization recognized in core earnings. Inorganic CSM movement was a decrease of $30 million, primarily driven by the unfavourable impacts of equity market performance and interest rate movements, partially offset by the impacts of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Post-tax CSM net of NCI(1) was $21,255 million as at March 31, 2026.

 
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(1)   Core earnings and post-tax contractual service margin 
       net of NCI ("post-tax CSM net of NCI") are non-GAAP 
       financial measures. For more information on non-GAAP 
       and other financial measures, see "Non-GAAP and other 
       financial measures" below and in our 1Q26 Management's 
       Discussion and Analysis ("1Q26 MD&A"). 
(2)   Percentage growth/declines in core earnings, diluted 
       core earnings per common share ("core EPS"), diluted 
       earnings (loss) per share ("EPS"), new business contractual 
       service margin net of NCI ("new business CSM"), and 
       net income attributed to shareholders are stated on 
       a constant exchange rate ("CER") basis and are non-GAAP 
       ratios. 
(3)   Core EPS, core ROE, core EBITDA margin, expense efficiency 
       ratio, adjusted book value per common share ("adjusted 
       BV per common share"), and financial leverage ratio 
       are non-GAAP ratios. 
(4)   Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test ("LICAT") ratio 
       of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company ("MLI") 
       as at March 31, 2026. LICAT ratio is disclosed under 
       the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions 
       ("OSFI's") Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test Public 
       Disclosure Requirements guideline. 
(5)   For more information on annualized premium equivalent 
       ("APE") sales, new business value ("NBV"), net flows, 
       gross flows, average asset under management and administration 
       ("average AUMA") and new business value margin ("NBV 
       margin"), see "Non-GAAP and other financial measures" 
       below. In this news release, percentage growth/decline 
       in APE sales, NBV, net flows, gross flows, and average 
       AUMA are stated on a constant exchange rate basis. 
(6)   Legal & General Investment Management Limited and 
       Legal and General Assurance Society, collectively 
       referred to as "L&G". 
(7)   See "Caution regarding forward-looking statements" 
       below. 
(8)   Under IFRS 17. 
(9)   Based on AUM as of February 2026. 
(10)  Akka provides a secure and scalable software foundation 
       to build trusted AI-powered business applications. 
(11)  Adaptive ML provides a reinforcement-learning-powered 
       engine to fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy open-source 
       small language models (SLMs) for enterprise applications. 
(12)  The Shield MCD test is intended to detect 10 cancers 
       with a single blood draw, and is for export use only 
       outside of the United States. 
(13)  See section A1 "Profitability" in our 1Q26 MD&A for 
       more information on notable items attributable to 
       core earnings and net income attributed to shareholders. 
(14)  The reinsurance transaction with the Reinsurance Group 
       of America, Incorporated ("RGA U.S. Reinsurance Transaction") 
       closed January 1, 2025. 
(15)  Net of non-controlling interests ("NCI"). 
(16)  Percentage growth / decline in our CSM net of NCI 
       balance from organic CSM movement is stated on a constant 
       exchange rate basis and is a non-GAAP ratio. This 
       percentage is calculated as the annualized year-to-date 
       change in organic CSM net of NCI divided by the December 
       31, 2025 CSM net of NCI balance. 
 

Earnings Results Conference Call

Manulife will host a conference call and live webcast on its First Quarter 2026 results on May 14, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. $(ET)$. To access the conference call, dial 1-888-317-6003 or 1-647-846-2809 (Passcode: 7290517#). Please call in 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. You will be required to provide your name and organization to the operator. You may access the webcast at https://www.manulife.com/en/investors/results-and-reports.

The archived webcast will be available following the call at the same URL as above. A replay of the call will also be available until August 14, 2026, by dialing 1-855-669-9658 or 1-412-317-0088 (Passcode: 1809675#).

The First Quarter 2026 Statistical Information Package is also available on the Manulife website at https://www.manulife.com/en/investors/results-and-reports.

This earnings news release should be read in conjunction with the Company's First Quarter 2026 Report to Shareholders, including our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2026, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, which is available on our website at https://www.manulife.com/en/investors/results-and-reports. The Company's 1Q26 MD&A and additional information relating to the Company is available on the SEDAR+ website at https://www.sedarplus.ca and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") website at https://www.sec.gov.

Any information contained in, or otherwise accessible through, websites mentioned in this news release does not form a part of this document unless it is expressly incorporated by reference.

 
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Earnings

The following table presents net income attributed to shareholders, consisting of core earnings and details of the items excluded from core earnings:

 
                                                     Quarterly Results 
($ millions)                                            1Q26     4Q25     1Q25 
Core earnings 
Asia                                                   $ 820    $ 785    $ 705 
Canada                                                   352      413      374 
U.S.                                                     331      319      361 
Global Wealth and Asset Management                       448      490      454 
Corporate and Other                                    (115)     (14)    (127) 
Total core earnings                                  $ 1,836  $ 1,993  $ 1,767 
Items excluded from core earnings 
Market experience gains (losses)                       (666)    (441)  (1,332) 
Change in actuarial methods and assumptions that           -        -        - 
flow 
directly through income 
Restructuring charge                                       -     (12)        - 
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible 
 assets(1)                                              (18)     (12)        - 
Reinsurance transactions, tax-related items and 
 other                                                   (5)     (29)       50 
Net income attributed to shareholders                $ 1,147  $ 1,499    $ 485 
 
 
(1)  Includes the amortization of intangible assets acquired 
      in a business combination, except for amortization 
      of software and distribution agreements. This item 
      is excluded from core earnings commencing in 3Q25. 
      Prior periods have not been restated as these amounts 
      are not considered material, and use the definition 
      of core earnings in effect for those periods. See 
      our definition of core earnings in section E3 "Non-GAAP 
      and Other Financial Measures" of the 1Q26 MD&A. 
 

Non-GAAP and other financial measures

The Company prepares its Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. We use a number of non-GAAP and other financial measures to evaluate overall performance and to assess each of our businesses. This section includes information required by National Instrument 52-112 -- Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures Disclosure in respect of "specified financial measures" (as defined therein).

Non-GAAP financial measures include core earnings (loss); core earnings available to common shareholders; core earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("core EBITDA"); core expenses; adjusted book value; post-tax contractual service margin; post-tax contractual service margin net of NCI ("post-tax CSM net of NCI"); CSM net of NCI; assets under management ("AUM"); and core revenue. In addition, non-GAAP financial measures include the following stated on a constant exchange rate ("CER") basis: any of the foregoing non-GAAP financial measures; net income attributed to shareholders; and common shareholders' net income.

Non-GAAP ratios include core return on common shareholders' equity ("core ROE"); diluted core earnings per common share ("core EPS"); expense efficiency ratio; adjusted book value per common share; financial leverage ratio; core EBITDA margin; growth in the CSM net of NCI from organic CSM movement; and percentage growth/decline on a constant exchange rate basis in any of the above non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios; net income attributed to shareholders; diluted earnings per common share ("EPS"), CSM, and new business CSM.

Other specified financial measures include NBV; APE sales; gross flows; net flows; average assets under management and administration ("average AUMA"); NBV margin; and percentage growth/decline in these foregoing specified financial measures. In addition, explanations of the components of the CSM movement, other than new business CSM are provided in our 1Q26 MD&A.

Non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios are not standardized financial measures under GAAP and, therefore, might not be comparable to similar financial measures disclosed by other issuers. Therefore, they should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any other financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. For more information on non-GAAP financial measures, including those referred to above, see the section "Non-GAAP and other financial measures" in our 1Q26 MD&A, which is incorporated by reference.

Reconciliation of core earnings to net income attributed to shareholders -- 1Q26

($ millions, post-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                                                          1Q26 
                       Asia  Canada   U.S.  Global WAM   Corporateand    Total 
                                                                Other 
Income (loss) before 
 income taxes         $ 776   $ 325  $ 159       $ 489        $ (283)  $ 1,466 
Income tax 
 (expenses) 
 recoveries 
Core earnings         (100)    (88)   (78)        (88)             42    (312) 
Items excluded from 
 core earnings         (27)      26     57          12             14       82 
Income tax 
 (expenses) 
 recoveries           (127)    (62)   (21)        (76)             56    (230) 
Net income 
 (post-tax)             649     263    138         413          (227)    1,236 
Less: Net income 
 (post-tax) 
 attributed to 
Non-controlling 
 interests               33       -      -          10              -       43 
Participating 
 policyholders           21      25      -           -              -       46 
Net income (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders 
 (post-tax)             595     238    138         403          (227)    1,147 
Less: Items excluded 
 from core earnings 
 (post-tax) 
Market experience 
 gains (losses)       (225)   (114)  (193)        (22)          (112)    (666) 
Changes in actuarial      -       -      -           -              -        - 
 methods and 
 assumptions that 
 flow directly 
 through income 
Restructuring charge      -       -      -           -              -        - 
Amortization of 
 acquisition-related 
 intangible assets        -       -      -        (18)              -     (18) 
Reinsurance 
 transactions, tax 
 related items and 
 other                    -       -      -         (5)              -      (5) 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)           $ 820   $ 352  $ 331       $ 448        $ (115)  $ 1,836 
Income tax on core 
 earnings (see 
 above)                 100      88     78          88           (42)      312 
Core earnings 
 (pre-tax)            $ 920   $ 440  $ 409       $ 536        $ (157)  $ 2,148 
 

Core earnings, CER basis and U.S. dollars -- 1Q26

($ millions, post-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                                                          1Q26 
                    Asia  Canada   U.S.  Global WAM      Corporateand    Total 
                                                                Other 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)        $ 820   $ 352  $ 331       $ 448           $ (115)  $ 1,836 
CER adjustment(1)      -       -      -           -                 -        - 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (post-tax)        $ 820   $ 352  $ 331       $ 448           $ (115)  $ 1,836 
Income tax on 
 core earnings, 
 CER basis(2)        100      88     78          88              (42)      312 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (pre-tax)         $ 920   $ 440  $ 409       $ 536           $ (157)  $ 2,148 
Core earnings (U.S. 
 dollars) -- Asia and 
 U.S. segments 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)(3) , 
 US $              $ 598          $ 241 
CER adjustment US      -              - 
 $(1) 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (post-tax), US $  $ 598          $ 241 
 
 
(1)  The impact of updating foreign exchange rates to that 
      which was used in 1Q26. 
(2)  Income tax on core earnings adjusted to reflect the 
      foreign exchange rates for the Statement of Income 
      in effect for 1Q26. 
(3)  Core earnings (post-tax) in Canadian $ is translated 
      to US $ using the US $ Statement of Income exchange 
      rate for 1Q26. 
 

Reconciliation of core earnings to net income attributed to shareholders -- 4Q25

($ millions, post-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                                                          4Q25 
                       Asia  Canada   U.S.  Global WAM   Corporateand    Total 
                                                                Other 
Income (loss) before 
 income taxes         $ 899   $ 354  $ 101       $ 542            $ 9  $ 1,905 
Income tax 
 (expenses) 
 recoveries 
Core earnings         (101)   (111)   (75)        (93)             52    (328) 
Items excluded from 
 core earnings        (102)      25     55          10             30       18 
Income tax 
 (expenses) 
 recoveries           (203)    (86)   (20)        (83)             82    (310) 
Net income 
 (post-tax)             696     268     81         459             91    1,595 
Less: Net income 
 (post-tax) 
 attributed to 
Non-controlling 
 interests               26       -      -           7              -       33 
Participating 
 policyholders           47      16      -           -              -       63 
Net income (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders 
 (post-tax)             623     252     81         452             91    1,499 
Less: Items excluded 
 from core earnings 
 (post-tax) 
Market experience 
 gains (losses)       (121)   (158)  (238)         (1)             77    (441) 
Changes in actuarial      -       -      -           -              -        - 
 methods and 
 assumptions that 
 flow directly 
 through income 
Restructuring charge      -     (3)      -         (9)              -     (12) 
Amortization of 
 acquisition-related 
 intangible assets        -       -      -        (12)              -     (12) 
Reinsurance 
 transactions, tax 
 related items and 
 other                 (41)       -      -        (16)             28     (29) 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)           $ 785   $ 413  $ 319       $ 490         $ (14)  $ 1,993 
Income tax on core 
 earnings (see 
 above)                 101     111     75          93           (52)      328 
Core earnings 
 (pre-tax)            $ 886   $ 524  $ 394       $ 583         $ (66)  $ 2,321 
 

Core earnings, CER basis and U.S. dollars -- 4Q25

($ millions, post-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                                                          4Q25 
                    Asia  Canada   U.S.  Global WAM     Corporate and    Total 
                                                                Other 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)        $ 785   $ 413  $ 319       $ 490            $ (14)  $ 1,993 
CER adjustment(1)   (14)       -    (6)         (6)               (1)     (27) 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (post-tax)        $ 771   $ 413  $ 313       $ 484            $ (15)  $ 1,966 
Income tax on 
 core earnings, 
 CER basis(2)         99     111     74          92              (52)      324 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (pre-tax)         $ 870   $ 524  $ 387       $ 576            $ (67)  $ 2,290 
Core earnings (U.S. 
 dollars) -- Asia and 
 U.S. segments 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)(3) , 
 US $              $ 564          $ 229 
CER adjustment US 
 $(1)                (1)            (1) 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (post-tax), US $  $ 563          $ 228 
 
 
(1)  The impact of updating foreign exchange rates to that 
      which was used in 1Q26. 
(2)  Income tax on core earnings adjusted to reflect the 
      foreign exchange rates for the Statement of Income 
      in effect for 1Q26. 
(3)  Core earnings (post-tax) in Canadian $ is translated 
      to US $ using the US $ Statement of Income exchange 
      rate for 4Q25. 
 

Reconciliation of core earnings to net income attributed to shareholders -- 1Q25

($ millions, post-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                                                          1Q25 
                       Asia  Canada     U.S.  Global WAM    Corporate    Total 
                                                            and Other 
Income (loss) before 
 income taxes         $ 870   $ 305  $ (731)       $ 528      $ (273)    $ 699 
Income tax 
 (expenses) 
 recoveries 
Core earnings         (101)    (89)     (84)        (86)           29    (331) 
Items excluded from 
 core earnings         (30)      30      246           2            7      255 
Income tax 
 (expenses) 
 recoveries           (131)    (59)      162        (84)           36     (76) 
Net income 
 (post-tax)             739     246    (569)         444        (237)      623 
Less: Net income 
 (post-tax) 
 attributed to 
Non-controlling 
 interests               67       -        -           1          (2)       66 
Participating 
 policyholders           48      24        -           -            -       72 
Net income (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders 
 (post-tax)             624     222    (569)         443        (235)      485 
Less: Items excluded 
 from core earnings 
 (post-tax) 
Market experience 
 gains (losses)        (77)   (152)    (930)        (11)        (162)  (1,332) 
Changes in actuarial      -       -        -           -            -        - 
 methods and 
 assumptions that 
 flow directly 
 through income 
Restructuring charge      -       -        -           -            -        - 
Amortization of           -       -        -           -            -        - 
 acquisition-related 
 intangible assets 
Reinsurance 
 transactions, tax 
 related items and 
 other                  (4)       -        -           -           54       50 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)           $ 705   $ 374    $ 361       $ 454      $ (127)  $ 1,767 
Income tax on core 
 earnings (see 
 above)                 101      89       84          86         (29)      331 
Core earnings 
 (pre-tax)            $ 806   $ 463    $ 445       $ 540      $ (156)  $ 2,098 
 

Core earnings, CER basis and U.S. dollars -- 1Q25

($ millions, post-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                                                          1Q25 
                    Asia  Canada   U.S.  Global WAM     Corporate and    Total 
                                                                Other 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)        $ 705   $ 374  $ 361       $ 454           $ (127)  $ 1,767 
CER adjustment(1)   (31)       -   (16)        (15)                 -     (62) 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (post-tax)        $ 674   $ 374  $ 345       $ 439           $ (127)  $ 1,705 
Income tax on 
 core earnings, 
 CER basis(2)         96      89     80          84              (28)      321 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (pre-tax)         $ 770   $ 463  $ 425       $ 523           $ (155)  $ 2,026 
Core earnings (U.S. 
 dollars) -- Asia and 
 U.S. segments 
Core earnings 
 (post-tax)(3) , 
 US $              $ 492          $ 251 
CER adjustment US 
 $(1)                  -              1 
Core earnings, 
 CER basis 
 (post-tax), US $  $ 492          $ 252 
 
 
(1)  The impact of updating foreign exchange rates to that 
      which was used in 1Q26. 
(2)  Income tax on core earnings adjusted to reflect the 
      foreign exchange rates for the Statement of Income 
      in effect for 1Q26. 
(3)  Core earnings (post-tax) in Canadian $ is translated 
      to US $ using the US $ Statement of Income exchange 
      rate for 1Q25. 
 

Core earnings available to common shareholders

($ millions, post-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                  Quarterly Results                            Full Year 
                                                               Results 
                     1Q26     4Q25     3Q25     2Q25     1Q25             2025 
Core earnings     $ 1,836  $ 1,993  $ 2,035  $ 1,726  $ 1,767          $ 7,521 
Less: Preferred 
 share dividends 
 and other 
 equity 
 distributions         58      103       58      103       57              321 
Core earnings 
 available to 
 common 
 shareholders       1,778    1,890    1,977    1,623    1,710            7,200 
CER 
 adjustment(1)          -     (27)     (16)     (21)     (62)            (126) 
Core earnings 
 available to 
 common 
 shareholders, 
 CER 
 basis            $ 1,778  $ 1,863  $ 1,961  $ 1,602  $ 1,648          $ 7,074 
 
 
(1)  The impact of updating foreign exchange rates to which 
      was used in 1Q26. 
 

Core ROE

($ millions, unless otherwise stated)

 
                Quarterly Results                                 Full Year 
                                                                  Results 
                    1Q26      4Q25      3Q25      2Q25      1Q25          2025 
Core earnings 
 available to 
 common 
 shareholders    $ 1,778   $ 1,890   $ 1,977   $ 1,623   $ 1,710       $ 7,200 
Annualized 
 core earnings 
 available to 
 common 
 shareholders 
 (post-tax)      $ 7,211   $ 7,498   $ 7,844   $ 6,510   $ 6,935       $ 7,200 
Average common 
 shareholders' 
 equity (see 
 below)         $ 43,717  $ 43,759  $ 43,238  $ 43,448  $ 44,394      $ 43,709 
Core ROE 
 (annualized) 
 (%)              16.5 %    17.1 %    18.1 %    15.0 %    15.6 %        16.5 % 
Average common 
shareholders' 
equity 
Total 
 shareholders' 
 and other 
 equity         $ 50,632  $ 50,121  $ 50,716  $ 49,080  $ 51,135      $ 50,121 
Less: 
 Preferred 
 shares and 
 other equity      6,660     6,660     6,660     6,660     6,660         6,660 
Common 
 shareholders' 
 equity         $ 43,972  $ 43,461  $ 44,056  $ 42,420  $ 44,475      $ 43,461 
Average common 
 shareholders' 
 equity         $ 43,717  $ 43,759  $ 43,238  $ 43,448  $ 44,394      $ 43,709 
 

CSM and post-tax CSM information

($ millions pre-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
As at           Mar 31,     Dec 31,      Sep 30,      Jun 30,      Mar 31, 
                2026        2025         2025         2025         2025 
CSM               $ 27,325     $ 26,568     $ 26,283     $ 23,722     $ 23,713 
Less: CSM for 
 NCI                 1,736        1,599        1,565        1,406        1,417 
CSM, net of 
 NCI              $ 25,589     $ 24,969     $ 24,718     $ 22,316     $ 22,296 
CER 
 adjustment(1)           -          332         (66)          197        (556) 
CSM, net of 
 NCI, CER 
 basis            $ 25,589     $ 25,301     $ 24,652     $ 22,513     $ 21,740 
CSM by segment 
Asia              $ 18,228     $ 17,750     $ 17,580     $ 15,786     $ 15,904 
Asia NCI             1,736        1,599        1,565        1,406        1,417 
Canada               4,432        4,459        4,490        4,133        4,052 
U.S.                 2,927        2,760        2,649        2,386        2,329 
Corporate and 
 Other                   2            -          (1)           11           11 
CSM               $ 27,325     $ 26,568     $ 26,283     $ 23,722     $ 23,713 
CSM, CER 
adjustment(1) 
Asia                   $ -        $ 282       $ (74)        $ 143      $ (486) 
Asia NCI                 -           46           50           80           23 
Canada                   -            -            -            -            - 
U.S.                     -           50            8           54         (70) 
Corporate and 
 Other                   -            -            -            1            - 
Total                  $ -        $ 378       $ (16)        $ 278      $ (533) 
CSM, CER basis 
Asia              $ 18,228     $ 18,032     $ 17,506     $ 15,929     $ 15,418 
Asia NCI             1,736        1,645        1,615        1,486        1,440 
Canada               4,432        4,459        4,490        4,133        4,052 
U.S.                 2,927        2,810        2,657        2,440        2,259 
Corporate and 
 Other                   2            -          (1)           12           11 
Total CSM, CER 
 basis            $ 27,325     $ 26,946     $ 26,267     $ 24,000     $ 23,180 
Post-tax CSM 
CSM               $ 27,325     $ 26,568     $ 26,283     $ 23,722     $ 23,713 
Marginal tax 
 rate on CSM       (4,510)      (4,403)      (4,347)      (3,940)      (3,929) 
Post-tax CSM      $ 22,815     $ 22,165     $ 21,936     $ 19,782     $ 19,784 
CSM, net of 
 NCI              $ 25,589     $ 24,969     $ 24,718     $ 22,316     $ 22,296 
Marginal tax 
 rate on CSM 
 net of NCI        (4,334)      (4,236)      (4,181)      (3,789)      (3,772) 
Post-tax CSM 
 net of NCI       $ 21,255     $ 20,733     $ 20,537     $ 18,527     $ 18,524 
 
 
(1)  The impact of reflecting CSM and CSM net of NCI using 
      the foreign exchange rates for the Statement of Financial 
      Position in effect for 1Q26. 
 

New business CSM(1) detail, CER basis

($ millions pre-tax, and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                     Quarterly Results                       Full Year Results 
                        1Q26     4Q25   3Q25   2Q25    1Q25               2025 
New business CSM 
Hong Kong              $ 316    $ 244  $ 287  $ 286   $ 316            $ 1,133 
Japan                    167      159     76     74      81                390 
Mainland China           114       55    112     63     126                356 
Singapore                165      159    182    140     138                619 
Other(2)                  40       80     55    100      54                289 
Asia                     802      697    712    663     715              2,787 
Canada                   103      135    109    100      91                435 
U.S.                     114      188    145    119     101                553 
Total new business 
 CSM                 $ 1,019  $ 1,020  $ 966  $ 882   $ 907            $ 3,775 
New business CSM, 
CER adjustment(3) 
Hong Kong                $ -    $ (4)  $ (1)  $ (2)  $ (13)             $ (20) 
Japan                      -      (6)    (5)    (6)     (6)               (23) 
Mainland China             -        1      3      2       -                  6 
Singapore                  -      (1)      1      1       1                  2 
Other(2)                   -      (1)    (1)    (1)     (2)                (5) 
Asia                       -     (11)    (3)    (6)    (20)               (40) 
Canada                     -        -      -      -       -                  - 
U.S.                       -      (4)    (1)    (1)     (4)               (10) 
Total new business 
 CSM                     $ -   $ (15)  $ (4)  $ (7)  $ (24)             $ (50) 
New business CSM, 
CER basis 
Hong Kong              $ 316    $ 240  $ 286  $ 284   $ 303            $ 1,113 
Japan                    167      153     71     68      75                367 
Mainland China           114       56    115     65     126                362 
Singapore                165      158    183    141     139                621 
Other(2)                  40       79     54     99      52                284 
Asia                     802      686    709    657     695              2,747 
Canada                   103      135    109    100      91                435 
U.S.                     114      184    144    118      97                543 
Total new business 
 CSM, CER basis      $ 1,019  $ 1,005  $ 962  $ 875   $ 883            $ 3,725 
 
 
(1)  New business CSM is net of NCI. 
(2)  Other includes Cambodia, Indonesia, International 
      High Net Worth, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines 
      and Vietnam. 
(3)  The impact of updating foreign exchange rates to that 
      which was used in 1Q26. 
 

Net income financial measures on a CER basis

($ Canadian millions, post-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                  Quarterly Results                           Full Year 
                                                              Results 
                     1Q26     4Q25     3Q25     2Q25    1Q25              2025 
Net income 
(loss) 
attributed to 
shareholders: 
Asia                $ 595    $ 623    $ 895    $ 830   $ 624           $ 2,972 
Canada                238      252      449      390     222             1,313 
U.S.                  138       81     (75)       36   (569)             (527) 
Global WAM            403      452      523      482     443             1,900 
Corporate and 
 Other              (227)       91        7       51   (235)              (86) 
Total net income 
 (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders       1,147    1,499    1,799    1,789     485             5,572 
Preferred share 
 dividends and 
 other equity 
 distributions       (58)    (103)     (58)    (103)    (57)             (321) 
Common 
 shareholders' 
 net income 
 (loss)           $ 1,089  $ 1,396  $ 1,741  $ 1,686   $ 428           $ 5,251 
CER 
adjustment(1) 
Asia                  $ -    $ (6)      $ 9    $ (8)  $ (40)            $ (45) 
Canada                  -      (1)        2      (1)       2                 2 
U.S.                    -      (1)      (2)        -      24                21 
Global WAM              -      (8)      (1)      (5)    (20)              (34) 
Corporate and 
 Other                  -      (3)      (2)        3       9                 7 
Total net income 
 (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders           -     (19)        6     (11)    (25)              (49) 
Preferred share         -        -        -        -       -                 - 
dividends and 
other equity 
distributions 
Common 
 shareholders' 
 net income 
 (loss)               $ -   $ (19)      $ 6   $ (11)  $ (25)            $ (49) 
Net income 
(loss) 
attributed to 
shareholders, 
CER 
basis 
Asia                $ 595    $ 617    $ 904    $ 822   $ 584           $ 2,927 
Canada                238      251      451      389     224             1,315 
U.S.                  138       80     (77)       36   (545)             (506) 
Global WAM            403      444      522      477     423             1,866 
Corporate and 
 Other              (227)       88        5       54   (226)              (79) 
Total net income 
 (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders, 
 CER basis          1,147    1,480    1,805    1,778     460             5,523 
Preferred share 
 dividends and 
 other equity 
 distributions, 
 CER basis           (58)    (103)     (58)    (103)    (57)             (321) 
Common 
 shareholders' 
 net income 
 (loss), CER 
 basis            $ 1,089  $ 1,377  $ 1,747  $ 1,675   $ 403           $ 5,202 
Asia net income 
attributed to 
shareholders, 
U.S. dollars 
Asia net income 
 (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders, 
 US $(2)            $ 433    $ 447    $ 649    $ 600   $ 435           $ 2,131 
CER adjustment, 
 US $(1)                -        3       10      (1)     (9)                 3 
Asia net income 
 (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders, 
 U.S. $, CER 
 basis(1)           $ 433    $ 450    $ 659    $ 599   $ 426           $ 2,134 
Net income 
(loss) 
attributed to 
shareholders 
(pre-tax) 
Net income 
 (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders 
 (post-tax)       $ 1,147  $ 1,499  $ 1,799  $ 1,789   $ 485           $ 5,572 
Tax on net 
 income 
 attributed to 
 shareholders         215      292      283      307      47               929 
Net income 
 (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders 
 (pre-tax)          1,362    1,791    2,082    2,096     532             6,501 
CER 
 adjustment(1)          -     (17)     (20)     (23)    (18)              (78) 
Net income 
 (loss) 
 attributed to 
 shareholders 
 (pre-tax), 
 CER basis        $ 1,362  $ 1,774  $ 2,062  $ 2,073   $ 514           $ 6,423 
 
 
(1)  The impact of updating foreign exchange rates to that 
      which was used in 1Q26. 
(2)  Asia net income attributed to shareholders (post-tax) 
      in Canadian dollars is translated to U.S. dollars 
      using the U.S. dollar Statement of Income rate for 
      the reporting period. 
 

Adjusted book value

($ millions)

 
 
As at           Mar 31,     Dec 31,      Sep 30,      Jun 30,      Mar 31, 
                2026        2025         2025         2025         2025 
Common 
 shareholders' 
 equity           $ 43,972     $ 43,461     $ 44,056     $ 42,420     $ 44,475 
Post-tax CSM, 
 net of NCI         21,255       20,733       20,537       18,527       18,524 
Adjusted book 
 value            $ 65,227     $ 64,194     $ 64,593     $ 60,947     $ 62,999 
 

Reconciliation of Global WAM core earnings to core EBITDA

($ millions, pre-tax and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                          Quarterly Results                  Full Year Results 
                           1Q26   4Q25   3Q25   2Q25   1Q25               2025 
Global WAM core earnings 
 (post-tax)               $ 448  $ 490  $ 525  $ 463  $ 454            $ 1,932 
Add back taxes, 
acquisition costs, other 
expenses 
and deferred sales 
commissions 
Core income tax 
 (expenses) recoveries 
 (see above)                 88     93     82     89     86                350 
Amortization of deferred 
 acquisition costs and 
 other 
 depreciation                63     61     44     51     46                202 
Amortization of deferred 
 sales commissions           24     24     21     20     22                 87 
Core EBITDA               $ 623  $ 668  $ 672  $ 623  $ 608            $ 2,571 
CER adjustment(1)             -    (9)    (2)    (5)   (20)               (36) 
Core EBITDA, CER basis    $ 623  $ 659  $ 670  $ 618  $ 588            $ 2,535 
 
 
(1)  The impact of updating foreign exchange rates to that 
      which was used in 1Q26. 
 

Core EBITDA margin and core revenue

($ millions, unless otherwise stated)

 
                  Quarterly Results                            Full Year 
                                                               Results 
                     1Q26     4Q25     3Q25     2Q25     1Q25             2025 
Core EBITDA 
margin 
Core EBITDA         $ 623    $ 668    $ 672    $ 623    $ 608          $ 2,571 
Core revenue      $ 2,146  $ 2,285  $ 2,175  $ 2,069  $ 2,140          $ 8,669 
Core EBITDA 
 margin            29.0 %   29.2 %   30.9 %   30.1 %   28.4 %           29.7 % 
Global WAM core 
revenue 
Other revenue 
 per financial 
 statements       $ 1,930  $ 2,147  $ 2,145  $ 1,851  $ 1,986          $ 8,129 
Less: Other 
 revenue in 
 segments other 
 than Global 
 WAM                 (56)       28      121     (53)       11              107 
Other revenue in 
 Global WAM (fee 
 income)          $ 1,986  $ 2,119  $ 2,024  $ 1,904  $ 1,975          $ 8,022 
Investment 
 income per 
 financial 
 statements       $ 4,536  $ 5,358  $ 4,682  $ 4,740  $ 4,234         $ 19,014 
Realized and 
 unrealized 
 gains (losses) 
 on assets 
 supporting 
 insurance and 
 investment 
 contract 
 liabilities per 
 financial 
 statements       (1,384)    1,106    3,784    2,377    (992)            6,275 
Total investment 
 income             3,152    6,464    8,466    7,117    3,242           25,289 
Less: Investment 
 income in 
 segments other 
 than Global 
 WAM                3,015    6,300    8,275    6,924    3,089           24,588 
Investment 
 income in 
 Global WAM         $ 137    $ 164    $ 191    $ 193    $ 153            $ 701 
Total other 
 revenue and 
 investment 
 income in 
 Global 
 WAM              $ 2,123  $ 2,283  $ 2,215  $ 2,097  $ 2,128          $ 8,723 
Less: Total 
revenue reported 
in items 
excluded from 
core earnings 
Market 
 experience 
 gains (losses)      (28)      (1)       24       20     (14)               29 
Revenue related 
 to integration 
 and 
 acquisitions           5      (1)       16        8        2               25 
Global WAM core 
 revenue          $ 2,146  $ 2,285  $ 2,175  $ 2,069  $ 2,140          $ 8,669 
 

Core expenses

($ millions, and based on actual foreign exchange rates in effect in the applicable reporting period, unless otherwise stated)

 
                      Quarterly Results                            Full Year 
                                                                   Results 
                         1Q26     4Q25     3Q25     2Q25     1Q25         2025 
Core expenses 
General expenses -- 
 Statements of 
 Income               $ 1,251  $ 1,327  $ 1,232  $ 1,140  $ 1,202      $ 4,901 
Directly 
 attributable 
 acquisition expense 
 for contracts 
 measured using the 
 PAA method and 
 products without 
 a CSM(1)                  48       48       42       40       42          172 
Directly 
 attributable 
 maintenance 
 expense(1)               552      542      524      514      532        2,112 
Total expenses          1,851    1,917    1,798    1,694    1,776        7,185 
Less: General 
expenses included in 
items excluded 
from core earnings 
Restructuring charge        -       16        -        -        -           16 
Amortization of 
 acquisition-related 
 intangible assets         23       16        8        -        -           24 
Integration and 
 acquisition                -        7       22        -        -           29 
Legal provisions and 
 Other expenses             1        5       10        5        -           20 
Total                      24       44       40        5        -           89 
Core expenses         $ 1,827  $ 1,873  $ 1,758  $ 1,689  $ 1,776      $ 7,096 
CER adjustment(2)           -     (18)      (5)     (12)     (39)         (74) 
Core expenses, CER 
 basis                $ 1,827  $ 1,855  $ 1,753  $ 1,677  $ 1,737      $ 7,022 
Total expenses        $ 1,851  $ 1,917  $ 1,798  $ 1,694  $ 1,776      $ 7,185 
CER adjustment(2)           -     (18)      (5)     (11)     (40)         (74) 
Total expenses, CER 
 basis                $ 1,851  $ 1,899  $ 1,793  $ 1,683  $ 1,736      $ 7,111 
 
 
(1)  Expenses are components of insurance service expenses 
      on the Statements of Income that flow directly through 
      income. 
(2)  The impact of updating foreign exchange rates to that 
      which was used in 1Q26. 
 

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Certain material factors or assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include but are not limited to: general business and economic conditions (including but not limited to the performance, volatility and correlation of equity markets, interest rates, credit and swap spreads, inflation rates, currency rates, investment losses and defaults, market liquidity and creditworthiness of guarantors, reinsurers and counterparties); changes in laws and regulations; changes in accounting standards applicable in any of the territories in which we operate; changes in regulatory capital requirements; our ability to obtain premium rate increases on in-force policies; our ability to execute strategic plans and changes to strategic plans; downgrades in our financial strength or credit ratings; our ability to maintain our reputation; impairments of goodwill or intangible assets or the establishment of provisions against future tax assets; the accuracy of estimates relating to morbidity, mortality and policyholder behaviour; the accuracy of other estimates used in applying accounting policies and actuarial methods and embedded value methods; our ability to implement effective hedging strategies and unforeseen consequences arising from such strategies; our ability to source appropriate assets to back our long-dated liabilities; level of competition and consolidation; our ability to market and distribute products through current and future distribution channels; unforeseen liabilities or asset impairments arising from acquisitions and dispositions of businesses; the realization of losses arising from the sale of investments classified fair value through other comprehensive income; our liquidity, including the availability of financing to satisfy existing financial liabilities on expected maturity dates when required; obligations to pledge additional collateral; the availability of letters of credit to provide capital management flexibility; accuracy of information received from counterparties and the ability of counterparties to meet their obligations; the availability, affordability and adequacy of reinsurance; legal and regulatory proceedings, including tax audits, tax litigation or similar proceedings; our ability to adapt products and services to the changing market; our ability to attract and retain key executives, employees and agents; the appropriate use and interpretation of complex models or deficiencies in models used; political, legal, operational and other risks associated with our operations; geopolitical uncertainty, including international conflicts and trade disputes; acquisitions and our ability to complete acquisitions including the availability of equity and debt financing for this purpose; the disruption of or changes to key elements of the Company's or public infrastructure systems; environmental concerns, including climate change; our ability to protect our intellectual property and exposure to claims of infringement; our ability to execute our digital plans and to deploy future digital use cases, including with respect to AI, the anticipated benefits from the Schroders Indonesia acquisition and the partnership between Global WAM and L&G, and our inability to withdraw cash from subsidiaries.

Additional information about material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations and about material factors or assumptions applied in making forward-looking statements may be found under "Risk Management and Risk Factors" and "Critical Actuarial and Accounting Policies" in the Management's Discussion and Analysis in our most recent annual report, under "Risk Management and Risk Factors Update" and "Critical Actuarial and Accounting Policies" in the Management's Discussion and Analysis in our most recent interim report, and in the "Risk Management" note to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our most recent annual and interim reports, as well as elsewhere in our filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

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