Torchmark Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2016 Earnings Release And    
                                    Conference Call                                

    MCKINNEY, Texas, Jan. 20, 2017 -- Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) will
    release Fourth Quarter 2016 earnings after the market closes on Wednesday,
    February 1, 2017.  At that time a copy of the Company's Q4-2016 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 Investors page.  In conjunction with Torchmark's Fourth Quarter 2016
    Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be
    broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, February 2, 2017, at 11:00 am
    Eastern (10:00 am Central).

                            Fourth Quarter Conference Call                         
                              Thursday, February 2, 2017                           
                                 11:00 a.m. (Eastern)                              

             Listen live and as a replay at http://www.torchmarkcorp.com/          
                       on the Investors /Calls and Meetings page                   
               under "Conference Calls on the Web" and as a replay under           
                       "Conference Call Replays and Transcripts"                   
                                          or                                       

                                   Call-In Number:                                 

                                     719-234-0008                                  

                                (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 working families.  Liberty National Life
    is one of the oldest traditional life insurers in the Southeast.  United
    American is a consumer-oriented provider of supplemental life and health
    insurance.  Family Heritage Life provides individual supplemental health
    insurance.

    SOURCE: Torchmark Corporation

    CONTACT: Mike Majors, Phone, 972/569-3239, Fax, 972/569-3282,
    tmkir@torchmarkcorp.com, Website:  www.torchmarkcorp.com