Torchmark Corporation Announces First Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call

April 27, 2010

McKinney, Texas

Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) will release First Quarter 2010 earnings after the market closes on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. In conjunction with Torchmark's First Quarter 2010 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. At that time a copy of the Company's Q1-2010 earnings press release and any other financial and statistical information about the quarter will be available on the Company's website at www.torchmarkcorp.com on the Investor Relations page.

First Quarter Conference Call
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
11:00 a.m. (Eastern)

Listen live and as a replay at www.torchmarkcorp.com
on the Investor Relations page under "Conference Calls"
or
Call-In Number: 719-325-2403
(Pass Code: Torchmark)

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 is one of the oldest traditional life insurers in the Southeast. United American is a consumer-oriented provider of supplemental life and health insurance.

Web site: www.torchmarkcorp.com

SOURCE Torchmark Corporation