London, Sep. 25, 2009 (PR Newswire UK Disclose) -- 
                                   Torchmark Corporation Declares Dividend
    MCKINNEY, Texas, Sept. 25, -- Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) announced that its Board of Directors has 
declared a quarterly dividend of $.14 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 2, 2009.  The dividend will be paid 
on October 30, 2009.
    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 life and supplemental health insurance.  
    Website:  www.torchmarkcorp.com
SOURCE  Torchmark Corporation
    CONTACT:  Mike Majors, Vice President, Investor Relations of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, 
fax, +1-972-569-3282, tmkir@torchmarkcorp.com


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