News Release

Torchmark Corporation to Present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2003 Insurance Conference

August 25, 2003

Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) announced today that its Chairman C. B. Hudson will be presenting Wednesday, September 3, 2003 at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2003 Insurance Conference in New York City. Mr. Hudson's presentation is scheduled to begin at 1:50 p.m. EDT.

The presentation will be webcast live at:
www.torchmarkcorp.com
on the Investor Relations page, under "Management Presentations"
or
www.kbw.com/splshInsConf.htm.

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. Subsidiary Globe Life And Accident is a nationally recognized direct-response provider of life insurance known for its administrative efficiencies. United American has been a nationally recognized provider of Medicare supplement health insurance since 1966. Liberty National Life, one of the oldest traditional life insurers in the Southeast, is the largest life insurer in its home state of Alabama. American Income Life is nationally recognized for providing supplemental life insurance to labor union members.

SOURCE Torchmark Corporation

CONTACT: Joyce Lane, Vice President, Investor Relations of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, or fax, +1-972-569-3696, or jlane@torchmarkcorp.com

Web site: http://www.torchmarkcorp.com/