Torchmark Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference Call

MCKINNEY, Texas, February 8 - Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) will release Fourth Quarter 2009
earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, February 10, 2010. In
conjunction with Torchmark's Fourth Quarter 2009 Earnings Release, you are
invited to listen to a conference call that will be broadcast live over the
Internet on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern. At that time a
copy of the Company's Q4-2009 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.

                        Fourth Quarter Conference Call
                          Thursday, February 11, 2010
                             12:00 p.m. (Eastern)

             Listen live and as a replay at www.torchmarkcorp.com
            on the Investor Relations page under "Conference Calls"
                                      or
                       Call-In Number:   +1-913-312-0415
                           (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.

Mike Majors of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, Fax, +1-972-569-3282, tmkir at torchmarkcorp.com