MCKINNEY, Texas, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Torchmark
Corporation (NYSE: TMK) announced that as of today its subsidiary United
American Insurance Company has 201 thousand Medicare-confirmed enrollees in
its Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. Enrollment in Medicare Part D
for 2006 ended May 15th for Medicare beneficiaries who were eligible at the
beginning of the year.
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.
This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the federal securities laws. These prospective statements reflect
management's current expectations, but are not guarantees of future
performance. Accordingly, please refer to Torchmark's cautionary statement
regarding forward-looking statements, and the business environment in which
the Company operates, contained in the Company's Form 10-K for the period
ended December 31, 2005, and subsequent Forms 10-Q, on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and on the Company's web site at
http://www.torchmarkcorp.com on the Investor Relations page. Torchmark
specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statement because of new information, future developments
or otherwise.
SOURCE Torchmark Corporation
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CONTACT:
Joyce Lane, Vice President, Investor
Relations of Torchmark Corporation, +1-972-569-3627, or fax,
+1-972-569-3282, or jlane@torchmarkcorp.com
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