Dividend Declaration
28 October 2003 - 3:31AM
UK Regulatory
Torchmark Declares Dividend
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 27 -- The Board of Directors
of Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) has declared a quarterly dividend of
$.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 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
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/CONTACT: Joyce Lane, Vice President, Investor Relations of Torchmark
Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, or fax, +1-972-569-3696, or
jlane@torchmarkcorp.com /
/Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/885425.html /
/Web site: http://www.torchmarkcorp.com /
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