REG-Torchmark Corp: Dividend Declaration

Torchmark Corporation Declares Dividend

MCKINNEY, Texas, March 3, 2011 -- Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK)
announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of
$.16 per share on all of the outstanding common stock of the Company held
of record as of the close of business of the Company's transfer agent on
April 1, 2011. The dividend will be paid on April 29, 2011.

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 is one of the oldest traditional life insurers in the Southeast. United
American is a consumer-oriented provider of supplemental life and health
insurance.

SOURCE Torchmark Corporation

CONTACT: Mike Majors, Vice President, Investor Relations of Torchmark
Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, or fax, +1-972-569-3282,
tmkir@torchmarkcorp.com

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