Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001858681-25-000139
Chunk: 387

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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 change in FIA reserves, significant growth in Athene’s deferred annuity and funding agreement blocks of business and higher rates on new deferred annuity and funding agreement issuances, as well as runoff of lower rate business, in comparison to its existing blocks of business. These impacts were partially offset by lower rates on floating rate funding agreements and a favorable change in unlocking. The change in Athene’s FIA reserves includes the impact from changes in the fair value of FIA embedded derivatives. The increase in the change in fair value of FIA embedded derivatives of $985 million was primarily due to the performance of the equity indices to which Athene’s FIA policies are linked. The largest percentage of Athene’s FIA policies are linked to the S&P 500 Index, which increased 7.8% in 2025, compared to an increase of 5.5% in 2024. The change in fair value of FIA embedded derivatives was also driven by an unfavorable impact of rates on policyholder projected benefits in comparison to 2024. These impacts were partially offset by a favorable change in discount rates used in Athene’s embedded derivative calculations as 2025 experienced a smaller decrease in discount rates compared to 2024. The fair value of FIA embedded derivative and investment contract provision unlocking in 2025 was $79 million favorable primarily due to changes to projected interest crediting, partially offset by changes in policyholder behavior and mortality assumptions, while 2024 unlocking was $67 million unfavorable primarily due to changes to projected interest crediting. The negative VOBA unlocking related to Athene’s interest sensitive contract liabilities in 2025 was $11 million favorable mainly due to changes in policyholder behavior, partially offset by updated economic assumptions, while 2024 unlocking was $59 million favorable mainly due to updated economic assumptions and changes in policyholder behavior.

Amortization of DAC, DSI and VOBA was $355 million in 2025, an increase of $111 million from $244 million in 2024, primarily driven by an increase in acquisition costs that are deferred and amortized due to strong growth in Athene’s deferred annuity business as well as an unfavorable change in unlocking. Unlocking in 2025 was $53 million unfavorable mainly related to changes in policyholder behavior and projected interest crediting as well as updated economic and mortality assumptions, while unlocking in 2024 was $21 million unfavorable mainly related to changes to projected interest crediting and policyholder behavior.

Market risk benefits remeasurement (g