Torchmark Corporation Announces Annual Shareholders Meeting Webcast

April 24, 2006

Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) announces the following Webcast:

What: Torchmark Corporation Annual Shareholders Meeting Webcast

When: April 27, 2006 @ 11:00 AM ET

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 on the Web site http://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. 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 has been a provider of Medicare supplement health insurance since 1966.

SOURCE Torchmark Corporation

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

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