Torchmark Corporation Announces First Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call

MCKINNEY, Texas, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Torchmark Corporation will release First Quarter 2008 earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, April 16, 2008. In conjunction with Torchmark's First Quarter 2008 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. At that time a copy of the Company's Q1-2008 earnings press release and any other financial and statistical information about the quarter will be available on the Company's website at http://www.torchmarkcorp.com/ on the Investor Relations page.

First Quarter Conference Call Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:00 a.m. (Eastern) Listen live and as a replay at http://www.torchmarkcorp.com/ on the Investor Relations page under "Conference Calls" or Call-In Number: 913-312-1296 (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, 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.