REG-Torchmark Corp: Torchmark Corporation Raises Dividend

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Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:21am EDT

Torchmark Corporation Raises Dividend

    MCKINNEY, Texas, Aug. 12, 2011 -- Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK)
announced that its Board of Directors has raised the quarterly dividend 
to $.12 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 October 7, 2011. The dividend will be paid on November 1, 
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.

    Website: http://www.torchmarkcorp.com


SOURCE Torchmark Corporation

    CONTACT: Mike Majors, Vice President, Investor Relations, Phone:
+1-972-569-3627, FAX: +1-972-569-3282, tmkir@torchmarkcorp.com







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