Awards and Recognition

CNO Financial subsidiary Bankers Life was named in 2017 as one of the top five strategic corporate partners of the Alzheimer's Association. Since 2003, Bankers Life has helped raise more than $5 million to support Alzheimer's care, education and research through corporate donations and its signature street fundraising campaign, Bankers Life Forget Me Not Days^®.

CNO associate Matt Brown was the recipient of a 2017 National Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service by an Employee, one of only two honorees nationwide. The Jefferson Awards Foundation, committed to powering and celebrating public service, honored Brown for his work with the Alzheimer’s Association.

CNO Financial was honored for the third consecutive year with the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles^® Platinum award for its commitment to promoting a healthy work environment. In addition to the Platinum award, CNO Financial was also honored with the Special Recognition award for community involvement.

CNO Financial placed in the top 20 in the 2017 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America for our commitment to employee health and for achieving exceptional and sustainable success through our corporate wellness programs and employee wellness initiatives.

In 2018, for the seventh consecutive year, Bankers Life was recognized in Training magazine's Top 125 for having one of the world's best employee training and development programs.

CNO Financial holds the highest rating from 2020 Women on Boards—a Winning (W) rating—for the gender diversity of our board of directors. 

In 2017, CNO Financial earned the United Way of Central Indiana's Company that Cares award and was recognized as a Top Contributor.