SELECTQUOTE, INC. – 10-Q – MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and result of operations together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions, and projections about our industry, business and future financial results. Please refer to a discussion of the Company's forward-looking statements and associated risks in "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in our 2022 Annual Report. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section titled "Risk Factors" in our 2022 Annual Report and in Part II, Item 1A hereof.
Correction of Previously Issued Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Subsequent to the issuance of the Company's financial statements as of and for the year endedJune 30, 2021 , the Company determined that the provision for first year commission revenue for certain final expense policies offered by certain of its insurance carrier partners should have been accrued based on a higher lapse rate. 32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents This misstatement was initially thought to be isolated to an error in the lapse rate for one of its insurance carrier partners, as disclosed in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter endedDecember 31, 2021 . However, during the three months endedJune 30, 2022 , it was determined that the lapse rate for other insurance carrier partners were also incorrect, resulting in an additional misstatement being identified. See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information related to the correction, including descriptions of the misstatements and the impacts to our condensed consolidated financial statements. In addition, we have corrected certain previously reported financial information for the three and six months endedDecember 31, 2021 , in this Item 2, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Company Overview
Our Business. We are a leading technology-enabled, direct-to-consumer ("DTC") distribution platform for insurance products and healthcare services. Our insurance distribution business, which has operated continuously for over 35 years, provides consumers with a transparent and convenient venue to shop for complex senior health, life, and automobile and home insurance policies from a curated panel of the nation's leading insurance carriers. As an insurance distributor, we do not insure the consumer, but rather identify consumers looking to acquire insurance products and place these consumers with insurance carrier partners that provide these products. In return, we earn commissions from our insurance carrier partners for the policies we sell on their behalf. Our proprietary technology allows us to take a broad funnel approach to marketing by analyzing and identifying high-quality consumer leads sourced from a wide variety of online and offline marketing channels including search engines, radio, television, and third-party marketing partners. We monitor our acquisition costs to dynamically allocate our marketing spend to the most attractive channels, benefiting from over thirty years of data accumulated through our proprietary, purpose-built technologies. Our advanced workflow processing system scores each acquired lead in real time, matching it with a sales agent whom we determine is best suited to meet the consumer's need. Our platform then captures and utilizes our experience to further build upon the millions of data points that feed our marketing algorithms, further enhancing our ability to deploy subsequent marketing dollars efficiently and target more high-quality consumer leads. We have built our business model to maximize commissions collected over the life of an approved policy less the cost of acquiring the business, a metric we refer to as policyholder lifetime value and which is a key component to our overall profitability. Our unique platform has enabled us to expand our distribution business in recent years to include additional products beyond insurance policies. In interacting with thousands of consumers over the years, we identified a large opportunity to leverage our existing database and distribution model to improve access to healthcare services for our consumers. In addition to improving consumers' health outcomes, this service creates deeper relationships with our insurance carrier partners by increasing policy persistency and, in turn, reducing their overall costs. Additionally, we offer pharmacy services through our closed-door, long-term care pharmacy, which offers essential prescription medications, OTC medications, customized medication packaging, medication therapy management, and other consultative services.
We evaluate our business using the following four segments:
Senior was launched in 2010 and provides unbiased comparison shopping for Medicare Advantage ("MA") and Medicare Supplement ("MS") insurance plans as well as prescription drug and dental, vision, and hearing ("DVH") plans, and critical illness products. We represent approximately 21 leading, nationally-recognized insurance carrier partners, including UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and Wellcare. MA and MS plans accounted for 91% and 84% of our approved Senior policies for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 90% and 82% for the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, with other ancillary type policies accounting for the remainder. Healthcare Services, launched in 2021, includesSelectRx and Population Health , and was previously included under the Senior segment (refer to Note 13 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information on the change in segments). Through SelectRx, we provide simple solutions for prescription drug management and support with a personalized approach to streamline the process of managing multiple medications for seniors with chronic conditions. SelectRx has developed a pill pack solution that is customized to the unique 33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents needs of each patient, focusing on individual multi-dosages by day and time. SelectRx uses a high-touch, technology-driven approach to provide superior customer service and achieve improved medication adherence.Population Health contracts with insurance carriers to perform health risk assessments ("HRA") on potential new members to determine howPopulation Health's value-based care ("VBC") partners can help members improve health outcomes. Consumers receive one-on-one assistance from our customer success agents who help patients understand the benefits available under their health plans and connect them with additional healthcare related resources. We believe that offering these services throughSelectRx and Population Health to our existing MA consumers helps drive customer satisfaction and increase policy persistency, which, in turn, reduces costs for our insurance carrier partners. Life is one of the country's largest and most established DTC insurance distributors for term life insurance, having sold over 2.1 million policies nationwide since our founding in 1985. Our platform provides unbiased comparison shopping for life insurance products such as term life, final expense, and other ancillary products like critical illness, accidental death, and juvenile insurance. We represent approximately 22 leading, nationally-recognized insurance carrier partners, with many of these relationships exceeding 15 years. Term life policies accounted for 48% and 42% of new premium within Life for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, with final expense policies accounting for 52% and 58% for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. For the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 and 2021, term life policies accounted for 44% and 36% of new premium within Life, respectively, with final expense policies accounting for 56% and 64%, respectively. Auto & Home was launched in 2011 as an unbiased comparison shopping platform for auto, home, and specialty insurance lines. Our platform provides unbiased comparison shopping for insurance products such as homeowners, auto, dwelling fire, and other ancillary insurance products underwritten by approximately 22 leading, nationally-recognized insurance carrier partners. Homeowners and 12-month auto products accounted for 73% and 76% of new premium within Auto & Home for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 74% and 76% for the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, with six-month auto, dwelling fire, and other products accounting for a majority of the remainder. The three and six months endedDecember 31 referenced throughout the commentary below refers to the second quarter and fiscal year-to-date performance of our fiscal years ending onJune 30, 2023 and 2022.
Key Business and Operating Metrics by Segment
In addition to traditional financial metrics, we rely upon certain business and operating metrics to estimate and recognize revenue, evaluate our business performance, and facilitate our operations. In Senior, our primary product, Medicare Advantage, pays us flat commission rates based on the number of policies we sell on behalf of our insurance carrier partners. Therefore, we have determined that units and unit metrics are the most appropriate measures to evaluate the performance of Senior. For Healthcare Services, our primary source of revenue is pharmacy revenue from SelectRx, so the total number of SelectRx members is the most appropriate measure used to evaluate the performance of Healthcare Services. In Life and Auto & Home, we are typically paid a commission that is a percent of the premium that we generate for our insurance carrier partners. Therefore, we have determined that premium-based metrics are the most relevant measures to evaluate the performance of these segments. Below are the most relevant business and operating metrics for each segment:
Senior
Submitted Policies
Submitted policies are counted when an individual completes an application with our licensed agent and provides authorization to them to submit it to the insurance carrier partner. The applicant may have additional actions to take before the application will be reviewed by the insurance carrier.
The following table shows the number of submitted policies for the periods
presented:
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Table of Contents Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Medicare Advantage 251,847 340,317 341,875 436,106 Medicare Supplement 1,565 3,117 2,230 4,929 Dental, Vision, and Hearing 22,004 53,432 38,338 82,036 Prescription Drug Plan 1,302 4,241 1,666 5,114 Other 1,512 2,967 3,538 6,529 Total 278,230 404,074 387,647 534,714 Total submitted policies for all products decreased 31% for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the three months endedDecember 31, 2021 , in line with our updated operating strategy to reduce the Senior distribution business and focus resources on Healthcare Services. The number of average productive agents decreased 63% during the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the three months endedDecember 31, 2021 ; however, due to a higher mix of tenured agents and an increased focus on agent training and development, productivity per agent increased 89% and overall close rates increased 54%. Total submitted policies for all products decreased 28% for the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the six months endedDecember 31, 2021 , in line with our updated operating strategy to reduce the Senior distribution business and focus resources on Healthcare Services. The number of average productive agents decreased 51% during the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the six months endedDecember 31, 2021 ; however, due to a higher mix of tenured agents and an increased focus on agent training and development, productivity per agent increased 45% and overall close rates increased 38%.
Approved Policies
Approved policies represents the number of submitted policies that were approved
by our insurance carrier partners for the identified product during the
indicated period. Not all approved policies will go in force.
The following table shows the number of approved policies for the periods presented: Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Medicare Advantage 218,837 265,538 302,010 349,654 Medicare Supplement 1,127 2,097 1,627 3,495 Dental, Vision and Hearing 18,697 44,542 30,972 66,765 Prescription Drug Plan 883 3,352 1,273 4,220 Other 1,241 2,483 2,903 5,363 Total 240,785 318,012 338,785 429,497 In general, the relationship between submitted policies and approved policies has been steady over time. Therefore, factors impacting the number of submitted policies also impact the number of approved policies. Total approved policies for all products decreased 24% for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the three months endedDecember 31, 2021 , in line with our updated operating strategy to reduce the Senior distribution business and focus resources on Healthcare Services. Total approved policies decreased by 21% for the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the six months endedDecember 31, 2021 . Fluctuations in approved policies are normally in direct correlation to submitted policies; however, due to our increased focus on agent training and development and a higher mix of tenured agents, we experienced a 10% and a 9% improvement 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents in the submitted-to-approved conversion rates for the three and six months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the three and six months endedDecember 31, 2021 .
Lifetime Value of Commissions per Approved Policy
The lifetime value of commissions (the "LTV") per approved policy represents commissions estimated to be collected over the estimated life of an approved policy based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, contracted commission rates, carrier mix, and expected policy persistency with applied constraints. The LTV per approved policy is equal to the sum of the commission revenue due upon the initial sale of a policy, and when applicable, an estimate of future renewal commissions. The estimate of the future renewal commissions is determined using contracted renewal commission rates constrained by a persistency-adjusted 10-year renewal period based on a combination of our historical experience and available insurance carrier historical experience to estimate renewal revenue only to the extent probable that a material reversal in revenue would not be expected to occur. These factors may result in varying values from period to period. The LTV per approved policy represents commissions only from policies sold during the period; it does not include any updated estimates of prior period variable consideration based on actual policy renewals in the current period. The following table shows the LTV per approved policy for the periods presented: Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Medicare Advantage $ 870$ 922 $ 845$ 936 Medicare Supplement 994 1,347 1,037 1,384 Dental, Vision and Hearing 116 112 97 125 Prescription Drug Plan 212 218 219 237 Other 115 9 91 64 The LTV per MA approved policy decreased 6% for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the three months endedDecember 31, 2021 . The MA LTV was negatively impacted primarily by carrier mix, somewhat offset by higher commission rates. The LTV per MA approved policy decreased 10% for the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the six months endedDecember 31, 2021 . The MA LTV was negatively impacted by carrier mix and lower persistency rates, which includes an increase in constraint and higher provision for renewal year lapse rates, somewhat offset by higher commission rates.
Healthcare Services
The total number of SelectRx members represents the amount of active customers to which an order has been shipped, as this is the primary key driver of revenue for Healthcare Services. The following table shows the total number of SelectRx members as of the periods presented: December 31, 2022 December 31, 2021 Total SelectRx Members 39,308 7,693
The total number of SelectRx members increased by 411% as of
compared to
Services.
Combined Senior and Healthcare Services - Consumer Per Unit Economics
36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents The opportunity to leverage our existing database and distribution model to improve access to healthcare services for our consumers has created a need for us to review our key metrics related to our per unit economics. As we think about the revenue and expenses for Healthcare Services, we note that they are derived from the marketing acquisition costs associated with the sale of an MA or MS policy, some of which costs are allocated directly to Healthcare Services, and therefore determined that our per unit economics measure should include components from both Senior and Healthcare Services. See details of revenue and expense items included in the calculation below. Combined Senior and Healthcare Services consumer per unit economics represents total MA and MS commissions; other product commissions; other revenues, including revenues from Healthcare Services; and operating expenses associated with Senior and Healthcare Services, each shown per number of approved MA and MS policies over a given time period. Management assesses the business on a per-unit basis to help ensure that the revenue opportunity associated with a successful policy sale is attractive relative to the marketing acquisition cost. Because not all acquired leads result in a successful policy sale, all per-policy metrics are based on approved policies, which is the measure that triggers revenue recognition. The MA and MS commission per MA/MS policy represents the LTV for policies sold in the period. Other commission per MA/MS policy represents the LTV for other products sold in the period, including DVH prescription drug plan, and other products, which management views as additional commission revenue on our agents' core function of MA/MS policy sales. Pharmacy revenue per MA/MS policy represents revenue from SelectRx and other revenue per MA/MS policy represents revenue fromPopulation Health , production bonuses, marketing development funds, lead generation revenue, and adjustments from the Company's reassessment of its cohorts' transaction prices. Total operating expenses per MA/MS policy represents all of the operating expenses within Senior and Healthcare Services. The revenue to customer acquisition cost ("CAC") multiple represents total revenue per MA/MS policy as a multiple of total marketing acquisition cost, which represents the direct costs of acquiring leads. These costs are included in marketing and advertising expense within the total operating expenses per MA/MS policy. The following table shows combined Senior and Healthcare Services consumer per unit economics for the periods presented. Based on the seasonality of Senior and the fluctuations between quarters, we believe that the most relevant view of per unit economics is on a rolling 12-month basis. All per MA/MS policy metrics below are based on the sum of approved MA/MS policies, as both products have similar commission profiles. Twelve Months Ended December 31, (dollars per approved policy): 2022 2021 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement approved 617,687 574,682
policies
Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement commission
per MA/MS policy
$ 880 $ 1,067 Other commission per MA/MS policy 19 33 Pharmacy revenue per MA/MS policy 225 26 Other revenue per MA/MS policy 62 (73) Total revenue per MA/MS policy 1,186 1,053 Total operating expenses per MA/MS policy (1,111) (1,195) Adjusted EBITDA per MA/MS policy (1) $ 75 $ (142) Adjusted EBITDA Margin per MA/MS policy (1) 6 % (13) % Revenue/CAC multiple 3.0X 1.8X (1) These financial measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for information regarding our use of these non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of such measures to their nearest comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Total revenue per MA/MS policy increased 13% for the twelve months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the twelve months endedDecember 31, 2021 , due to the increase in pharmacy revenue and the downward Senior revenue adjustments from a change in estimate of MA cohort transaction prices that were made during the three months endedDecember 31, 2021 . Total cost per policy decreased 7% for the twelve months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the twelve months endedDecember 31, 2021 , driven by a decrease in our marketing and advertising costs, partially offset by an increase in cost of goods sold-pharmacy revenue for Healthcare Services due to the growth of the business.
Life
Life premium represents the total premium value for all policies that were approved by the relevant insurance carrier partner and for which the policy document was sent to the policyholder and payment information was received by the relevant insurance carrier partner during the indicated period. Because our commissions are earned based on a percentage of total premium, total premium volume for a given period is the key driver of revenue for Life. The following table shows term and final expense premiums for the periods presented: Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31, (in thousands): 2022 2021 2022 2021 Term Premiums $ 15,824$ 15,548 $ 30,922 $ 31,057 Final Expense Premiums 17,093 21,134 39,457 55,186 Total $ 32,917$ 36,682 $ 70,379 $ 86,243 Total term premiums remained flat for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the three months endedDecember 31, 2021 , due to the 14% increase in the average premium per policy sold, somewhat offset by the 11% decrease in the number of policies sold which was driven by a lower average agent headcount. Final expense premiums decreased 19% for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the three months endedDecember 31, 2021 . The number of policies sold declined 28% driven by a lower average agent headcount, which was somewhat offset by a 13% increase in the average premium per policy sold. Total term premiums remained flat for the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the six months endedDecember 31, 2021 , due to the 12% increase in the average premium per policy sold, somewhat offset by the 11% decrease in the number of policies sold which was driven by a lower average agent headcount. Final expense premiums decreased 29% for the six months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the six months endedDecember 31, 2021 . The number of policies sold declined 37% driven by a lower average agent headcount, which was somewhat offset by a 13% increase in the average premium per policy sold.
Auto & Home
Auto & Home premium represents the total premium value of all new policies that were approved by our insurance carrier partners during the indicated period. Because our commissions are earned based on a percentage of total premium, total premium volume for a given period is the key driver of revenue for Auto & Home.
The following table shows premiums for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31, (in thousands): 2022 2021 2022 2021 Premiums $ 12,080$ 10,585 $ 23,628 $ 23,843 38
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Total premiums increased 14% for the three months endedDecember 31, 2022 , compared to the three months endedDecember 31, 2021 , driven by a 8% increase in the number of policies sold and a 6% increase in the average premium per policy sold.
Total premiums remained flat for the six months ended
compared to the six months ended
decreased 8%, which was offset by an 8% increase in the average premium per
policy sold.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP and to provide investors with additional information regarding our GAAP financial results, we have presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA. We define Adjusted EBITDA as income (loss) before interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, and certain add-backs for transaction costs and non-cash or non-recurring expenses, including restructuring, share-based compensation expenses, and any impairment charges. The most directly comparable GAAP measure is net income (loss). We monitor and have presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Adjusted EBITDA because it is a key measure used by our management and Board of Directors to understand and evaluate our operating performance, to establish budgets, and to develop operational goals for managing our business. In particular, we believe that excluding the impact of these expenses in calculating Adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our core operating performance. We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure helps identify underlying trends in our business that could otherwise be masked by the effect of the expenses that we exclude in the calculations of this non-GAAP financial measure. Accordingly, we believe that this financial measure provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results, enhancing the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects. Adjusted EBITDA is not prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered in isolation of, or as an alternative to, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. There are a number of limitations related to the use of this non-GAAP financial measure rather than net income (loss), which is the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. These limitations include the fact that Adjusted EBITDA excludes interest expense, depreciation and amortization expense, share-based compensation expense, income tax expense (benefit), and other non-recurring expenses that are one-time in nature. In addition, other companies may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. The following tables reconcile Adjusted EBITDA and net loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, for the periods presented:
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