TMK Torchmark Corporation

Torchmark declares dividend Birmingham, Alabama, October 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Torchmark Corporation has declared a quarterly dividend of US$.11 per share on all of the outstanding common stock of the Company held of record as of the close of business of the Company's transfer agent on January 7, 2004. This dividend will be paid on January 30, 2004. Torchmark Corporation is an insurance holding company specialising 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 recognised direct-response provider of life insurance known for its administrative efficiencies. United American has been a nationally recognised 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 recognised for providing supplemental life insurance to labour union members. Web site: http://www.torchmarkcorp.com/ DATASOURCE: Torchmark Corporation Joyce Lane, Vice President, Investor Relations of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, or fax, +1-972-569-3696, or ; Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/885425.html

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