Torchmark to Present at Conference

    Torchmark Corporation to Present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2003 Insurance 
                                  Conference 
 
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 26 -- Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) announced 
today that its Chairman C. B. Hudson will be presenting Wednesday, September 3, 
2003 at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2003 Insurance Conference in New York City.  
Mr. Hudson's presentation is scheduled to begin at 1:50 p.m. EDT.   
 
                  The presentation will be webcast live at: 
                                        
                            www.torchmarkcorp.com 
       on the Investor Relations page, under "Management Presentations" 
                                      or 
                        www.kbw.com/splshInsConf.htm . 
 
    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.  Subsidiary Globe Life And Accident is a nationally 
recognized direct-response provider of life insurance known for its 
administrative efficiencies.  United American has been a nationally recognized 
provider of Medicare supplement health insurance since 1966.  Liberty National 
Life, one of the oldest traditional life insurers in the Southeast, is the 
largest life insurer in its home state of Alabama.  American Income Life is 
nationally recognized for providing supplemental life insurance to labor union 
members. 
 
SOURCE  Torchmark Corporation 
    -0-                             08/26/2003 
    /CONTACT:  Joyce Lane, Vice President, Investor Relations of Torchmark 
Corporation, [phone], or fax, [phone], or 
[e-mail] / 
    /Company News On-Call:  http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/885425.html / 
    /Web site:  http://www.kbw.com/splshInsConf.htm / 
    /Web site:  http://www.torchmarkcorp.com / 
    (TMK) 

 
 





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