Company: CI
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001739940-25-000009
Chunk: 105

Company: Cigna Group
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 3
Chunk 105
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, their primary risks are other than market risks).

Our Management of Market Risks

We predominantly rely on two techniques to manage our exposure to market risk:

•Investment/liability matching. We generally select investment assets with characteristics (such as duration, yield, currency and liquidity) that correspond to the underlying characteristics of our related insurance and contractholder liabilities so that we can match the investments to our obligations. Shorter-term investments generally support shorter-term life and health liabilities. Medium-term, fixed-rate investments support interest-sensitive and medium-term health liabilities. Longer-term investments generally support products with longer payout periods such as annuities.

•Use of derivatives. We use derivative financial instruments to reduce our primary market risks. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about derivative financial instruments.

Effect of Market Fluctuations

We determine the sensitivity of market risk for our fixed income financial instruments, including debt securities and commercial mortgage loans, by estimating the present value of future cash flows using duration modeling and applying a 100 basis point increase in interest rates. The effect of these hypothetical changes in market rates or prices on the fair value of certain noninsurance financial instruments would have been as follows:

Market scenario for certain noninsurance financial instrumentsLoss in Fair Value(in billions)December 31, 2024December 31, 2023100 basis point increase in interest rates (excluding the Company's long-term debt)$0.6 $0.7 

In the event of a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates, the fair value of the Company's long-term debt would decrease approximately $1.8 billion at both December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Changes in the fair value of our long-term debt do not impact our financial position or operating results since long-term debt is not required to be recorded at fair value. See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about the Company's debt.

Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The information contained under the caption "Market Risk" in the MD&A section of this Form 10-K is incorporated by reference.

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Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of The Cigna Group

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of The C