Torchmark Corporation Announces Annual Shareholders Meeting Broadcast on the Web

April 26, 2005

In conjunction with Torchmark Corporation's (NYSE: TMK) Annual Shareholders Meeting, you are invited to listen to the broadcast live over the Internet on April 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern.

What: Torchmark Corporation Annual Shareholders Meeting Broadcast

When: April 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern

Where: http://www.torchmarkcorp.com/ (on the investor relations page)

How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above.

Contact: Joyce L. Lane, 972/569-3627, jlane@torchmarkcorp.com

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at www.torchmarkcorp.com. To access the replay, click on the Investor Relations page.

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. American Income Life is nationally recognized for providing 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 has been a nationally recognized provider of Medicare supplement health insurance since 1966.

(Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx and at least a 28.8Kbps connection to the Internet.)

SOURCE Torchmark Corporation

CONTACT: Joyce L. Lane of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, or jlane@torchmarkcorp.com

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