Torchmark Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call

MCKINNEY, Texas, October 27, 2010 - Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) will release Third Quarter 2010
earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. At that time
a copy of the Company's Q3-2010 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. In conjunction with Torchmark's Third Quarter 2010 Earnings
Release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be
broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Eastern.

                         Third Quarter Conference Call
                          Thursday, October 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: +1-913-312-1268
                           (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, or fax, +1-972-569-3282, tmkir at torchmarkcorp.com