MCKINNEY, Texas, January 8 /PRNewswire/ --

Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) will release Fourth Quarter 2007 earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, February 6, 2008. In conjunction with Torchmark's Fourth Quarter 2007 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern. At that time a copy of the Company's Q4-2007 earnings press release and 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.

Fourth Quarter Conference Call Thursday, February 7, 2008 10:00 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: +1-913-312-0667 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.

Web site: http://www.torchmarkcorp.com

Joyce Lane, Vice President, Investor Relations of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, fax, +1-972-569-3282, jlane@torchmarkcorp.com ; Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/885425.html