Torchmark Corporation to Present at Merrill Lynch Insurance Investors Conference

February 08, 2007

McKinney, Texas

Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, Mark McAndrew, and Chief Financial Officer, Gary Coleman, will present Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investors Conference in New York City. Torchmark's presentation is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. EST.

The presentation will be webcast live at:
http://www.torchmarkcorp.com/
on the Investor Relations page, under "Management Presentations"
or
http://www.veracast.com/ml/insurance07/enter_MLX.cfm

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 supplemental health insurance.

SOURCE Torchmark Corporation

CONTACT: Joyce Lane, Vice President, Investor Relations of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, or fax, +1-972-569-3282, or jlane@torchmarkcorp.com

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