Torchmark Corporation Announces First Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference...

Torchmark Corporation Announces First Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and
Conference Call

MCKINNEY, Texas, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Torchmark Corporation
(NYSE: TMK) will release First Quarter 2009 earnings after the market closes
on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. In conjunction with Torchmark's First Quarter
2009 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that
will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 11:00
a.m. Eastern. At that time a copy of the Company's Q1-2009 earnings press
release and any other financial and statistical information about the quarter
will be available on the Company's website at www.torchmarkcorp.com on the
Investor Relations page.

First Quarter Conference Call
Thursday, April 23, 2009
11:00 a.m. (Eastern)

Listen live and as a replay at www.torchmarkcorp.com
on the Investor Relations page under "Conference Calls"
or
Call-In Number: 913-312-1500
(Pass Code: Torchmark)

Torchmark Corporation is a holding company specializing in life and
supplemental health insurance for "middle income" Americans marketed through
multiple distribution channels including direct response, and exclusive and
independent agencies. Torchmark has several nationally recognized insurance
subsidiaries. Globe Life And Accident is a direct-response provider of life
insurance known for its administrative efficiencies. American Income Life
provides individual life insurance to labor union members. Liberty National
Life, one of the oldest traditional life insurers in the Southeast, is the
largest life insurer in its home state of Alabama. United American is a
consumer-oriented provider of supplemental health insurance.

SOURCE Torchmark Corporation

Mike Majors of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, or fax,
+1-972-569-3282, tmkir@torchmarkcorp.com