10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For Quarter Ended March 31, 2015

Commission File Number 1-8052

TORCHMARK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	63-0780404
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3700 South Stonebridge Drive, McKinney, Texas	75070
Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (972) 569-4000

NONE

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yesý No¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

YesýNo¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	ý	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes¨Noý

Indicate the number of shares outstanding for each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the last practicable date.

CLASS	OUTSTANDING AT April 27, 2015
Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value	126,108,193

Index of Exhibits (Page 47).

Total number of pages included are 48.

INDEX

		Page
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	4
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	45
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	45
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	46
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	46
Item 2.	Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	47
Item 6.	Exhibits	47

PART I–FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

TORCHMARK CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Assets
Investments:
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost: 2015–$12,962,830; 2014–$12,823,612)	$	14,894,514		$	14,493,060
Equity securities, at fair value (cost: 2015–$776; 2014–$776)	1,474			1,477
Policy loans	474,717			472,109
Other long-term investments	10,006			10,449
Short-term investments	91,888			15,882
Total investments	15,472,599			14,992,977
Cash	3,086			66,019
Accrued investment income	213,864			204,879
Other receivables	565,965			543,988
Deferred acquisition costs	3,510,564			3,471,781
Goodwill	441,591			441,591
Other assets	488,838			493,495
Total assets	$	20,696,507		$	20,214,730
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Liabilities:
Future policy benefits	$	11,871,991		$	11,750,495
Unearned and advance premiums	74,729			72,275
Policy claims and other benefits payable	222,668			212,137
Other policyholders’ funds	95,418			95,446
Total policy liabilities	12,264,806			12,130,353
Current and deferred income taxes payable	1,919,471			1,797,265
Other liabilities	377,218			359,118
Short-term debt	258,921			238,398
Long-term debt (fair value: 2015–$1,152,793; 2014–$1,148,749)	992,463			992,130
Total liabilities	15,812,879			15,517,264
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $1 per share–Authorized 5,000,000 shares; outstanding: -0- in 2015 and in 2014	—			—
Common stock, par value $1 per share–Authorized 320,000,000 shares; outstanding: (2015–134,218,183 issued, less 7,716,042 held in treasury and 2014–134,218,183 issued, less 6,287,907 held in treasury)	134,218			134,218
Additional paid-in capital	462,953			457,613
Accumulated other comprehensive income	1,165,641			997,452
Retained earnings	3,472,042			3,376,846
Treasury stock, at cost	(351,226		)	(268,663		)
Total shareholders’ equity	4,883,628			4,697,466
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	20,696,507		$	20,214,730

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands except per share data)

	Three Months Ended   March 31,
	2015			2014*
Revenue:
Life premium	$	513,342		$	489,058
Health premium	316,765			329,863
Other premium	41			99
Total premium	830,148			819,020
Net investment income	191,596			188,051
Realized investment gains	119			16,619
Other income	669			481
Total revenue	1,022,532			1,024,171
Benefits and expenses:
Life policyholder benefits	339,701			320,176
Health policyholder benefits	242,151			255,718
Other policyholder benefits	10,045			10,623
Total policyholder benefits	591,897			586,517
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	111,263			104,733
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	63,268			59,378
Other operating expense	56,612			56,956
Interest expense	19,060			19,049
Total benefits and expenses	842,100			826,633
Income before income taxes	180,432			197,538
Income taxes	(58,784		)	(64,682		)
Net income	$	121,648		$	132,856
Basic net income per share **	$	0.96		$	1.00
Diluted net income per share **	$	0.95		$	0.98
Dividends declared per common share **	$	0.14		$	0.13

* Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards.

** All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited and in thousands)

	Three Months Ended   March 31,
	2015			2014
Net income	$	121,648		$	132,856
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities:
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during period	266,582			629,066
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses on securities included in net income	(119		)	(16,619		)
Reclassification adjustment for amortization of (discount) and premium	(1,672		)	(2,227		)
Foreign exchange adjustment on securities recorded at fair value	(2,558		)	(871		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities	262,233			609,349
Unrealized gains (losses) on other investments	1,143			1,208
Total unrealized investment gains (losses)	263,376			610,557
Less applicable taxes	(92,131		)	(213,667		)
Unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax	171,245			396,890
Unrealized gains (losses) attributable to deferred acquisition costs	652			(4,228		)
Less applicable taxes	(228		)	1,480
Unrealized gains (losses) attributable to deferred acquisition costs, net of tax	424			(2,748		)
Foreign exchange translation adjustments, other than securities	(8,691		)	(1,177		)
Less applicable taxes	2,729			439
Foreign exchange translation adjustments, other than securities, net of tax	(5,962		)	(738		)
Pension adjustments	3,820			2,574
Less applicable taxes	(1,338		)	(901		)
Pension adjustments, net of tax	2,482			1,673
Other comprehensive income	168,189			395,077
Comprehensive income	$	289,837		$	527,933

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited and in thousands)

	Three Months Ended   March 31,
	2015			2014
Cash provided from operations	$	279,729		$	274,850
Cash provided from (used for) investment activities:
Long-term investments sold or matured:
Fixed maturities available for sale—sold	11,444			16,049
Fixed maturities available for sale—matured, called, and repaid	127,554			22,288
Equity securities	—			700
Other long-term investments	51			68
Total long-term investments sold or matured	139,049			39,105
Long-term investments acquired:
Fixed maturities	(291,798		)	(158,344		)
Other long-term investments	(19		)	(20		)
Total long-term investments acquired	(291,817		)	(158,364		)
Net increase in policy loans	(2,608		)	(3,085		)
Net (increase) decrease in short-term investments	(76,006		)	(32,175		)
Net change in payable or receivable for securities	—			(902		)
Additions to properties	(6,080		)	(5,075		)
Investment in low-income housing interests	(6,865		)	(15,042		)
Cash used for investment activities	(244,327		)	(175,538		)
Cash provided from (used for) financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	11,823			13,954
Net borrowings (repayments) of commercial paper	20,523			35,848
Excess tax benefit from stock option exercises	4,952			4,366
Acquisition of treasury stock	(110,619		)	(125,635		)
Cash dividends paid to shareholders	(16,210		)	(15,219		)
Net receipts (withdrawals) from deposit-type products	(15,558		)	(17,181		)
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities	(105,089		)	(103,867		)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash	6,754			7,628
Net (decreases) increase in cash	(62,933		)	3,073
Cash at beginning of year	66,019			36,943
Cash at end of period	$	3,086		$	40,016

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note A—Accounting Policies

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Therefore, they do not include all of the annual disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). However, in the opinion of management, these statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated financial position at March 31, 2015, and the condensed consolidated results of operations, comprehensive income, and cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. The interim period condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements that are included in the Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2015.

Torchmark declared a three-for-two stock split paid in the form of a 50% stock dividend on all of the Company’s outstanding common stock, having a record date of June 2, 2014. On July 1,2014, the payment date, holders of Torchmark common stock received one additional share of stock for every two shares held. All share and per share amounts have been adjusted to reflect this stock split for the periods presented in these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Effective January 1, 2015, Torchmark adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-01 Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures: Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects (ASU 2014-01). As a result of the adoption, the Company retrospectively adjusted prior periods. See Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards for further detail.

Note B—Earnings Per Share

A reconciliation of basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding is as follows.

	For the three months ended   March 31,
	2015	2014*
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	127,121,101	133,163,464
Weighted average dilutive options outstanding	1,465,751	1,872,075
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	128,586,852	135,035,539
Antidilutive shares	605,188	5,210

* All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note C—Postretirement Benefit Plans

The following tables present a summary of post-retirement benefit costs by component.

Components of Post-Retirement Benefit Costs

	Three Months ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	2015			2014			2015		2014
Service cost	$	3,990		$	3,232		$	—	$	56
Interest cost	5,003			4,819			203		147
Expected return on assets	(5,323		)	(4,753		)	—		—
Amortization:
Prior service cost	81			528			—		—
Actuarial (gain) loss	3,534			2,044			23		—
Direct recognition of expense	—			—			176		(62		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	7,285		$	5,870		$	402	$	141

The following chart presents assets at fair value for the defined-benefit pension plans at March 31, 2015 and the prior-year end.

Pension Assets by Component

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
	Amount		%	Amount		%
Corporate debt	$	169,188	52	$	166,825	52
Other fixed maturities	292		—	284		—
Equity securities	128,137		40	127,568		39
Short-term investments	7,798		2	9,038		3
Guaranteed annuity contract	15,144		5	15,027		5
Other	3,684		1	4,156		1
Total	$	324,243	100	$	322,898	100

The liability for the funded defined-benefit pension plans was $407 million at March 31, 2015 and $403 million at December 31, 2014. No cash contributions were made to the qualified pension plans during the three months ended March 31, 2015. Torchmark expects to make cash contributions to these plans during 2015 in an amount not to exceed $20 million. With respect to the Company’s non-qualified supplemental retirement plan, life insurance policies on the lives of plan participants have been established with an unaffiliated carrier to fund a portion of the Company’s obligations under the plan. These policies, as well as investments deposited with an unaffiliated trustee, were previously placed in a Rabbi Trust to provide for payment of the plan obligations. At March 31, 2015, the combined value of the insurance policies and investments in the Rabbi Trust to support plan liabilities were $75 million, compared with $74 million at year-end 2014. Since this plan is non-qualified, the values of the insurance policies and investments are recorded as other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not included in the chart of plan assets above. The liability for the non-qualified pension plan was $72 million at March 31, 2015 and $71 million at December 31, 2014.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note D—Investments

Portfolio Composition:

A summary of fixed maturities and equity securities available for sale by cost or amortized cost and estimated fair value at March 31, 2015 is as follows.

Portfolio Composition as of March 31, 2015

	Cost or Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		% of Total Fixed Maturities*
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	369,684	$	14,107	$	(791	)	$	383,000	3
States, municipalities, and political subdivisions	1,281,007		183,084		(423		)	1,463,668		10
Foreign governments	27,372		1,918		(1		)	29,289		—
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	2,609,600		471,670		(13,593		)	3,067,677		20
Utilities	2,147,011		434,773		(524		)	2,581,260		18
Energy	1,546,541		197,320		(24,426		)	1,719,435		12
Other corporate sectors	4,401,258		610,592		(13,139		)	4,998,711		33
Total corporates	10,704,410		1,714,355		(51,682		)	12,367,083		83
Collateralized debt obligations	65,642		16,784		(7,872		)	74,554		—
Other asset-backed securities	20,384		1,555		—			21,939		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	465,655		64,554		(4,828		)	525,381		4
Utilities	28,676		947		(23		)	29,600		—
Total redeemable preferred stocks	494,331		65,501		(4,851		)	554,981		4
Total fixed maturities	12,962,830		1,997,304		(65,620		)	14,894,514		100
Equity securities	776		698		—			1,474
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	12,963,606	$	1,998,002	$	(65,620	)	$	14,895,988

* At fair value

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note D—Investments (continued)

A schedule of fixed maturities by contractual maturity date at March 31, 2015 is shown below on an amortized cost basis and on a fair value basis. Actual maturity dates could differ from contractual maturities due to call or prepayment provisions.

	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	132,153	$	134,358
Due from one to five years	510,813		575,083
Due from five to ten years	931,954		1,043,718
Due from ten to twenty years	3,739,429		4,379,923
Due after twenty years	7,560,176		8,662,450
Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities	88,305		98,982
	$	12,962,830	$	14,894,514

Selected information about sales of fixed maturities is as follows.

For the three months ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Proceeds from sales	$	11,444	$	16,050
Gross realized gains	84		15,925
Gross realized losses	—		—

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note D—Investments (continued)

Fair Value Measurements:

The following table represents assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2015 Using:

Description	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)			Total Fair Value
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	—		$	383,000		$	—		$	383,000
States, municipalities, and political subdivisions	—			1,463,668			—			1,463,668
Foreign governments	—			29,289			—			29,289
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	—			2,996,597			71,080			3,067,677
Utilities	25,426			2,413,683			142,151			2,581,260
Energy	—			1,691,735			27,700			1,719,435
Other corporate sectors	7,000			4,704,629			287,082			4,998,711
Total corporates	32,426			11,806,644			528,013			12,367,083
Collateralized debt obligations	—			—			74,554			74,554
Other asset-backed securities	—			21,939			—			21,939
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	15,434			509,947			—			525,381
Utilities	—			29,600			—			29,600
Total redeemable preferred stocks	15,434			539,547			—			554,981
Total fixed maturities	47,860			14,244,087			602,567			14,894,514
Equity securities	641			—			833			1,474
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	48,501		$	14,244,087		$	603,400		$	14,895,988
Percent of total	0.3		%	95.6		%	4.1		%	100.0		%

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note D—Investments (continued)

The following table represents an analysis of changes in fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

Analysis of Changes in Fair Value Measurements Using

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Collateralized debt obligations			Corporates (1)			Equities			Total
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	63,232		$	512,714		$	833		$	576,779
Total gains or losses:
Included in realized gains/losses	—			—			—			—
Included in other comprehensive income	13,556			8,626			—			22,182
Acquisitions	—			8,000			—			8,000
Sales	—			—			—			—
Amortization	1,410			4			—			1,414
Other (2)	(3,644		)	(1,331		)	—			(4,975		)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (3)	—			—			—			—
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	74,554		$	528,013		$	833		$	603,400
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	0.5		%	3.6		%	—		%	4.1		%
	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Collateralized debt obligations			Corporates (1)			Equities			Total
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	58,205		$	300,300		$	776		$	359,281
Total gains or losses:
Included in realized gains/losses	15,924			1			—			15,925
Included in other comprehensive income	7,283			12,772			—			20,055
Acquisitions	—			33,791			—			33,791
Sales	(16,049		)	(1		)	—			(16,050		)
Amortization	1,307			3			—			1,310
Other (2)	(2,340		)	(836		)	—			(3,176		)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (3)	—			—			—			—
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	64,330		$	346,030		$	776		$	411,136
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	0.5		%	2.5		%	—		%	3.0		%

(1) Includes redeemable preferred stocks.

(2) Includes capitalized interest, foreign exchange adjustments, and principal repayments.

(3) Considered to be transferred at the end of the period. Transfers into Level 3 occur when observable inputs are no longer available. Transfers out of Level 3 occur when observable inputs become available.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note D—Investments (continued)

Other-Than-Temporary Impairments:

There were no other-than-temporary impairments during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 or 2014.

Unrealized Loss Analysis:

The following table discloses information about investments in an unrealized loss position:

	Less than Twelve Months	Twelve Months or Longer	Total
Number of issues (Cusip numbers) held:
As of March 31, 2015	99	63	162
As of December 31, 2014	80	173	253

Torchmark’s entire fixed-maturity and equity portfolio consisted of 1,589 issues at March 31, 2015 and 1,604 issues at December 31, 2014. The weighted average quality rating of all unrealized loss positions as of March 31, 2015 was BBB-. Although Torchmark’s fixed-maturity investments are available for sale, Torchmark’s management generally does not intend to sell and does not believe it will be required to sell any securities which are temporarily impaired before they recover due to the strong and stable cash flows generated by its insurance products.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note D—Investments (continued)

The following table discloses unrealized investment losses by class of investment at March 31, 2015 for the period of time in a loss position. Torchmark considers these investments not to be other-than-temporarily impaired.

Analysis of Gross Unrealized Investment Losses

At March 31, 2015

	Less than Twelve Months					Twelve Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Investment grade:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	22,803	$	(158	)	$	14,868	$	(633	)	$	37,671	$	(791	)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	10,033		(169		)	1,026		(58		)	11,059		(227		)
Foreign governments	—		—			781		(1		)	781		(1		)
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	24,388		(330		)	—		—			24,388		(330		)
Utilities	44,928		(523		)	4,999		(1		)	49,927		(524		)
Energy	172,234		(12,241		)	64,968		(4,486		)	237,202		(16,727		)
Other corporate sectors	292,023		(5,321		)	49,935		(3,265		)	341,958		(8,586		)
Total corporates	533,573		(18,415		)	119,902		(7,752		)	653,475		(26,167		)
Collateralized debt obligations	—		—			—		—			—		—
Other asset-backed securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	1,007		(1		)	—		—			1,007		(1		)
Utilities	—		—			1,645		(23		)	1,645		(23		)
Total redeemable preferred stocks	1,007		(1		)	1,645		(23		)	2,652		(24		)
Total investment grade	567,416		(18,743		)	138,222		(8,467		)	705,638		(27,210		)
Below investment grade:
Bonds:
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	—		—			360		(196		)	360		(196		)
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	—		—			92,540		(13,263		)	92,540		(13,263		)
Utilities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Energy	49,299		(7,699		)	—		—			49,299		(7,699		)
Other corporate sectors	16,967		(395		)	52,693		(4,158		)	69,660		(4,553		)
Total corporates	66,266		(8,094		)	145,233		(17,421		)	211,499		(25,515		)
Collateralized debt obligations	—		—			12,128		(7,872		)	12,128		(7,872		)
Other asset-backed securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	—		—			57,512		(4,827		)	57,512		(4,827		)
Total redeemable preferred stocks	—		—			57,512		(4,827		)	57,512		(4,827		)
Total below investment grade	66,266		(8,094		)	215,233		(30,316		)	281,499		(38,410		)
Total fixed maturities	633,682		(26,837		)	353,455		(38,783		)	987,137		(65,620		)
Equity securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	633,682	$	(26,837	)	$	353,455	$	(38,783	)	$	987,137	$	(65,620	)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note E—Supplemental Information about Changes to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

An analysis of the change in balance by component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income is as follows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Available for Sale Assets			Deferred Acquisition Costs			Foreign Exchange			Pension Adjustments			Total
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	1,090,273		$	(10,758	)	$	17,386		$	(99,449	)	$	997,452
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	172,409			424			(5,962		)	117			166,988
Reclassifications, net of tax	(1,164		)	—			—			2,365			1,201
Other comprehensive income (loss)	171,245			424			(5,962		)	2,482			168,189
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	1,261,518		$	(10,334	)	$	11,424		$	(96,967	)	$	1,165,641
	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Available for Sale Assets			Deferred Acquisition Costs			Foreign Exchange			Pension Adjustments			Total
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	256,196		$	(6,728	)	$	24,866		$	(63,353	)	$	210,981
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	409,139			(2,748		)	(738		)	—			405,653
Reclassifications, net of tax	(12,249		)	—			—			1,673			(10,576		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	396,890			(2,748		)	(738		)	1,673			395,077
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	653,086		$	(9,476	)	$	24,128		$	(61,680	)	$	606,058

Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income are presented below for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

Reclassification Adjustments

	Three months ended   March 31,						Affected line items in the Statement of Operations
	2015			2014
Unrealized investment gains (losses) on available for sale assets:
Realized (gains) losses	$	(119	)	$	(16,619	)	Realized investment gains (losses)
Amortization of (discount) premium	(1,672		)	(2,227		)	Net investment income
Total before tax	(1,791		)	(18,846		)
Tax	627			6,597			Income Taxes
Total after tax	(1,164		)	(12,249		)
Pension adjustments:
Amortization of prior service cost	81			528			Other operating expenses
Amortization of actuarial gain (loss)	3,557			2,046			Other operating expenses
Total before tax	3,638			2,574
Tax	(1,273		)	(901		)	Income Taxes
Total after tax	2,365			1,673
Total reclassifications (after tax)	$	1,201		$	(10,576	)

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TORCHMARK CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note F—Business Segments

Torchmark is comprised of life insurance companies which primarily market individual life and supplemental health insurance products through niche distribution channels to middle income Americans. Torchmark’s core operations are insurance marketing and underwriting, and management of its investments. Insurance marketing and underwriting is segmented by the types of insurance products offered: life, health, Medicare Part D, and annuity. Premium income for Medicare Part D health insurance is included with the premium for other health products in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Annuity revenue is classified as “Other premium.” Management’s measure of profitability for each insurance segment is insurance underwriting margin, which is underwriting income before other income and insurance administrative expenses. It represents the profit margin on insurance products before administrative expenses, and is calculated by deducting net policy obligations (claims incurred and change in reserves), commissions and other acquisition expenses from premium revenue. Torchmark further views the profitability of each insurance product segment by the marketing groups that distribute the products of that segment: direct response, independent, or captive agencies.

Torchmark’s management prefers to evaluate the performance of its underwriting and investment activities separately, rather than allocating investment income to the underwriting results. As such, the investment function is presented as a stand-alone segment.

The investment segment includes the management of the investment portfolio, debt, and cash flow. Management’s measure of profitability for this segment is excess investment income, which is the income earned on the investment portfolio less the required interest on net policy liabilities and financing costs. Financing costs include the interest on Torchmark’s debt. Other income and insurance administrative expense are classified in a separate “Other” segment.

The majority of the Company’s required interest on net policy liabilities (benefit reserves less the deferred acquisition cost asset) is not credited to policyholder accounts. Instead, it is an actuarial assumption for discounting cash flows in the computation of benefit reserves and the amortization of the deferred acquisition cost asset. Investment income required to fund the required interest on net policy liabilities is removed from the investment segment and applied to the insurance segments to eliminate the effect of the required interest from the insurance segments. As a result, the investment segment measures net investment income against the required interest on net policy liabilities and financing costs, while the insurance segments simply measure premiums against benefits and expenses. We believe this presentation facilitates a more meaningful analysis of the Company’s underwriting and investment performance as the underwriting results are based on premiums, claims, and expenses and are not affected by unanticipated fluctuations in investment yields.

As noted, Torchmark’s “core operations” are insurance and investment management. The insurance segments issue policies for which premiums are collected for the eventual payment of policy benefits. In addition to policy benefits, operating expenses are incurred including acquisition costs, administrative expenses, and taxes. Because life and health contracts can be long term, premium receipts in excess of current expenses are invested. Investment activities, conducted by the investment segment, focus on seeking quality investments with a yield and term appropriate to support the insurance product obligations. These investments generally consist of fixed maturities, and, over the long term, the expected yields are taken into account when setting insurance premium rates and product profitability expectations. As a result, fixed maturities are generally held for long periods to support the liabilities, and Torchmark generally expects to hold investments until maturity. Dispositions of investments occur from time to time, generally as a result of credit concerns, calls by issuers, or other factors usually beyond the control of management.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note F—Business Segments (continued)

Dispositions are sometimes required in order to maintain the Company’s investment policies and objectives. Investments are also occasionally written down as a result of other-than-temporary impairment. Torchmark does not actively trade investments. As a result, realized gains and losses from the disposition and write down of investments are generally incidental to operations and are not considered a material factor in insurance pricing or product profitability. While from time to time these realized gains and losses could be significant to net income in the period in which they occur, they generally have a limited effect on the yield of the total investment portfolio. Further, because the proceeds of the disposals are reinvested in the portfolio, the disposals have little effect on the size of the portfolio and the income from the reinvestments is included in net investment income. Therefore, management removes realized investment gains and losses from results of core operations when evaluating the performance of the Company. For this reason, these gains and losses are excluded from Torchmark’s operating segments.

Torchmark accounts for its stock options and restricted stock under current accounting guidance requiring stock options and stock grants to be expensed based on fair value at the time of grant. Management considers stock compensation expense to be an expense of the Parent Company. Therefore, stock compensation expense is treated as a corporate expense in Torchmark’s segment analysis.

Torchmark provides coverage under the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan for Medicare beneficiaries. In accordance with GAAP, Part D premiums are recognized evenly throughout the year when they become due but benefit costs are recognized when the costs are incurred. Due to the design of the Part D product, premiums are evenly distributed throughout the year, but benefit costs are higher earlier in the year. As a result, under GAAP, benefit costs can exceed premiums in the first part of the year, but be less than premiums during the remainder of the year. In order to more closely match the benefit cost with the associated revenue for interim periods, Torchmark defers these excess benefits for segment reporting purposes. In addition, GAAP recognizes in each quarter a government risk-sharing premium adjustment consistent with the contract as if the quarter represented an entire contract period. These quarterly risk-sharing adjustments are removed in the segment analysis because the actual contract payments are based upon the experience of the full contract year, not the experience of interim periods. Torchmark expects its benefit ratio to be in line with pricing. Total premiums less total benefits will be the same for segment reporting purposes as they will be under GAAP for the full calendar year. The Company’s presentation results in the underwriting margin percentage in interim periods reflecting the expected margin percentage for the full year. These interim adjustments do not impact the full year results.

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TORCHMARK CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note F—Business Segments (continued)

An analysis of the adjustments for the difference in the interim results as presented for segment purposes and GAAP for Medicare Part D is as follows.

	Three months ended   March 31,
	2015			2014
Benefit costs deferred	$	27,229		$	47,671
Government risk-sharing premium adjustment	(8,745		)	(27,395		)
Pre-tax addition to segment interim period income	$	18,484		$	20,276
After tax amount	$	12,015		$	13,179

Additionally, management does not view the risk-sharing premium for Medicare Part D as a component of premium income, and accordingly adjusts health premium income in its segment analysis. A reconciliation of health premium included in the segment analysis with health premium as reported in the CondensedConsolidated Statements of Operations is presented in the following table.

	Three months ended   March 31,
	2015		2014		% Change
Premium per segment analysis:
Medicare Part D premium	$	79,347	$	83,033	(4	)
Other health premium	228,673		219,435		4
Part D risk-sharing adjustment	8,745		27,395		(68	)
Health premium per Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	$	316,765	$	329,863	(4	)

During the first three months of 2014, Torchmark accrued for certain litigation cases in the net amount of $3.7 million ($2.4 million after tax) that were not directly related to its insurance operations. Additionally, Torchmark received $1.2 million ($752 thousand after tax) in settlement of litigation regarding investments. Torchmark removes these segment analysis amounts that do not relate to its core insurance operations.

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TORCHMARK CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note F—Business Segments (continued)

The following tables set forth a reconciliation of Torchmark’s revenues and operations by segment to its pretax income and each significant line item in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Information to the Consolidated Statement of Operations

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Life			Health			Medicare Part D		Annuity			Investment			Other & Corporate			Adjustments				Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium	$	513,342		$	228,673		$	79,347	$	41								$	8,745		(1)	$	830,148
Net investment income												$	191,596									191,596
Other income															$	722		(53		)	(3)	669
Total revenue	513,342			228,673			79,347		41			191,596			722			8,692				1,022,413
Expenses:
Policy benefits	339,701			148,029			66,893		10,045									27,229			(1)	591,897
Required interest on:
Policy reserves	(136,185		)	(16,883		)			(13,369		)	166,437										—
Deferred acquisition costs	42,846			5,668			214		313			(49,041		)								—
Amortization of acquisition costs	88,528			20,184			603		1,948													111,263
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	37,049			20,098			6,163		11									(53		)	(3)	63,268
Insurance administrative expense (2)															47,200							47,200
Parent expense															2,173							2,173
Stock compensation expense															7,239							7,239
Interest expense												19,060										19,060
Total expenses	371,939			177,096			73,873		(1,052		)	136,456			56,612			27,176				842,100
Subtotal	141,403			51,577			5,474		1,093			55,140			(55,890		)	(18,484		)		180,313
Nonoperating items																		18,484			(1)	18,484
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	$	141,403		$	51,577		$	5,474	$	1,093		$	55,140		$	(55,890	)	$	—			198,797
Deduct applicable income taxes																						(65,211		)
Segment profits after tax																						133,586
Add back income taxes applicable to segment profitability																						65,211
Add (deduct) realized investment gains (losses)																						119
Deduct Part D adjustment (1)																						(18,484		)
Pretax income per Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations																						$	180,432

(1) Medicare Part D items adjusted to GAAP from the segment analysis, which matches expected benefits with policy premium.

(2) Administrative expense is not allocated to insurance segments.

(3) Elimination of intersegment commission.

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TORCHMARK CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note F—Business Segments (continued)

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Information to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations *

	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Life			Health			Medicare Part D		Annuity			Investment			Other & Corporate			Adjustments				Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium	$	489,058		$	219,435		$	83,033	$	99								$	27,395		(1)	$	819,020
Net investment income												$	188,051									188,051
Other income															$	544		(63		)	(3)	481
Total revenue	489,058			219,435			83,033		99			188,051			544			27,332				1,007,552
Expenses:
Policy benefits	320,176			141,786			66,261		10,623									47,671			(1)	586,517
Required interest on:
Policy reserves	(130,511		)	(15,632		)			(13,791		)	159,934										—
Deferred acquisition costs	41,690			5,598			175		389			(47,852		)								—
Amortization of acquisition costs	83,600			18,608			705		1,820													104,733
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	33,484			19,618			6,326		13									(63		)	(3)	59,378
Insurance administrative expense (2)															44,211			2,493			(4)	46,704
Parent expense															1,743							1,743
Stock compensation expense															8,509							8,509
Interest expense												19,049										19,049
Total expenses	348,439			169,978			73,467		(946		)	131,131			54,463			50,101				826,633
Subtotal	140,619			49,457			9,566		1,045			56,920			(53,919		)	(22,769		)		180,919
Nonoperating items																		22,769			(1,4)	22,769
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	$	140,619		$	49,457		$	9,566	$	1,045		$	56,920		$	(53,919	)	$	—			203,688
Deduct applicable income taxes																						(66,835		)
Segment profits after tax																						136,853
Add back income taxes applicable to segment profitability																						66,835
Add (deduct) realized investment gains (losses)																						16,619
Deduct Part D adjustment (1)																						(20,276		)
Deduct legal settlement expenses (4)																						(2,493		)
Pretax income from continuing operations per Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations																						$	197,538

(1) Medicare Part D items adjusted to GAAP from the segment analysis, which matches expected benefits with policy premium.

(2) Administrative expense is not allocated to insurance segments.

(3) Elimination of intersegment commission.

(4) Legal settlement expenses.

* Retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of ASU 2014-01 as described in Note G-Adoption of New Accounting Standards.

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TORCHMARK CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note F—Business Segments (continued)

The following table summarizes the measures of segment profitability for comparison. It also reconciles segment profits to net income.

Analysis of Profitability by Segment

	Three months ended   March 31,						Increase (Decrease)
	2015			2014*			Amount			%
Life	$	141,403		$	140,619		$	784		1
Health	51,577			49,457			2,120			4
Medicare Part D	5,474			9,566			(4,092		)	(43	)
Annuity	1,093			1,045			48			5
Investment	55,140			56,920			(1,780		)	(3	)
Other and corporate:
Other income	722			544			178			33
Administrative expense	(47,200		)	(44,211		)	(2,989		)	7
Corporate	(9,412		)	(10,252		)	840			(8	)
Pretax total	198,797			203,688			(4,891		)	(2	)
Applicable taxes	(65,211		)	(66,835		)	1,624			(2	)
Total	133,586			136,853			(3,267		)	(2	)
Reconciling items, net of tax:
Realized gains (losses) - Investments	77			10,802			(10,725		)
Part D adjustment	(12,015		)	(13,179		)	1,164
Legal settlement expense	—			(1,620		)	1,620
Net income	$	121,648		$	132,856		$	(11,208	)	(8	)

* Retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of ASU 2014-01 as described in Note G-Adoption of New Accounting Standards.

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TORCHMARK CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data)

Note G—Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Low-income housing tax credits: As described in Note A, the FASB issued and Torchmark adopted new guidance concerning Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures: Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects (ASU 2014-01) as of January 1, 2015. The guidance replaces the effective-yield method of amortization with respect to investments in qualified affordable housing acquired after the date of adoption and, if certain conditions are present, provides for a proportional amortization method. The proportional amortization method allows an investor to amortize the cost of its investment based on the proportion of the tax credits received during the year to the total expected tax credits to be received over the life of the investment. The guidance further provides that the effective-yield method of amortization may continue to be used with respect to investments acquired before the date of adoption. Amortization, previously required to be recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of "Net investment income", will now be included in "Income tax expense."

Torchmark will continue to use the effective-yield method of amortization with respect to its guaranteed investments acquired prior to January 1, 2015, but will retroactively adopt the new guidance and apply the proportional method of amortization with respect to its non-guaranteed investments. The proportional method of amortization is consistent with Torchmark’s historical method of amortization. As a result, the only impact of the adoption is to reclassify amortization expense from “Net investment income” to “Income tax expense” with no impact on Torchmark's historical net income, cash flows, liquidity, or statutory earnings of its insurance subsidiaries.

The following table reflects a summary of the impact of the retrospectively adjusted balances on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

Income Statement	As previously reported			Adjustments			As adjusted
Net investment income	$	181,000		$	7,051		$	188,051
Total revenue	1,017,120			7,051			1,024,171
Income before income taxes	190,487			7,051			197,538
Income taxes	(57,631		)	(7,051		)	(64,682		)
Net income	132,856			—			132,856

Debt Issuance Costs: In April 2015, the FASB issued Interest—Imputation of Interest: Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (ASU 2015-03), to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs. The guidance will require companies to change the presentation of debt issuance costs in the financial statements by presenting such costs as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. Amortization of the costs will still be reported as interest expense. The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. Torchmark adopted this ASU upon issuance. The Company accounts for debt issuance costs consistent with the new guidance and therefore there is no impact from the adoption.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Results of Operations

Summary of Operations. Torchmark’s operations are segmented into its insurance underwriting and investment operations as described in Note F—Business Segments. The measures of profitability described in Note F are useful in evaluating the performance of the segments and the marketing groups within each insurance segment, because each of our distribution channels operates in a niche market. These measures enable management to view period-to-period trends, and to make informed decisions regarding future courses of action.

The tables in Note F—Business Segments demonstrate how the measures of profitability are determined. Those tables also reconcile our revenues and expenses by segment to major income statement line items for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. Additionally, a table in that note, Analysis of Profitability by Segment, provides a summary of the profitability measures that demonstrates year-to-year comparability and reconciles those measures to our net income. That summary represents our overall operations in the manner that management views the business, and is a basis of the following highlights discussion.

A discussion of operations by each segment follows later in this report. These discussions compare the first three months of 2015 with the same period of 2014, unless otherwise noted. The following discussions are presented in the manner we view our operations, as described in Note F—Business Segments.

Highlights, comparing the firstthree months of 2015 with the firstthree months of 2014. Net income per diluted share decreased 3% to $0.95 from $0.98. Included in net income in 2015 were after-tax realized investment gains of $77 thousand compared with gains of $11 million or $.08 per share in 2014. Realized investment gains and losses are presented more fully under the caption Realized Gains and Losses in this report.

We use three statistical measures as indicators of future premium growth: “annualized premium in force,” “net sales,” and “first-year collected premium.” Annualized premium in force is defined as the premium income that would be received over the following twelve months at any given date on all active policies if those policies remain in force throughout the twelve-month period. Annualized premium in force is an indicator of potential growth in premium revenue. Net sales is defined as annualized premium issued, net of cancellations in the first thirty days after issue, except for Direct Response, where net sales is annualized premium issued at the time the first full premium is paid after any introductory offer has expired. Annualized premium issued is the gross premium that would be received during the policies’ first year in force, assuming that none of the policies lapsed or terminated. Although lapses and terminations will occur, we believe that net sales is a useful indicator of the rate of acceleration of premium growth. First-year collected premium is the premium collected during the reporting period for all policies in their first policy year. First-year collected premium takes lapses into account in the first policy year when lapses are more likely to occur, and thus is a useful indicator of how much new premium is expected to be added to premium income in the future.

Total premium income rose 4% in 2015 to $821 million. Total net sales rose 4% to $158 million. After removing the impact of sales of Medicare Part D, net sales rose 13% to $136 million. First-year collected premium was $144 million for the 2015 period, compared with $109 million for the 2014 period. Excluding Part D, there was a 21% increase in first-year collected premium.

Life insurance premium income grew 5% to $513 million. Life net sales increased 17% to $104 million. First-year collected life premium gained 12% to $74 million. Life underwriting margins were down slightly to 28% of premium, while underwriting income remained steady at $141 million for the first three months of 2015 and 2014.

Health insurance premium income, excluding Medicare Part D premium, increased 4% to $229 million. Health net sales, led by sales of limited-benefit plans, rose 2% to $32 million for the three month period. First-year collected health premium rose 46% to $36 million. Health margins held steady at 23% with underwriting income increasing to $52 million for the first three months of 2015 compared with $49 million for the same period in 2014.

In the manner we view our Medicare Part D prescription drug business as described in Note F—Business Segments, policyholder premium was $79 million in 2015 compared with $83 million in 2014, a decrease of 4%.

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As explained in Note F—Business Segments, differences in our estimate of interim results for Medicare Part D as we view this product for segment purposes and GAAP financial statement purposes resulted in a $12 million after-tax charge to earnings in 2015 ($.09 per share) and a $13 million charge in 2014 ($.10 per share). We expect the benefit ratios for interim periods in 2015 to be approximately the same as our expected 2015 full year benefit ratio. There will be no difference in our segment versus financial statement reporting by year end 2015, as it relates to Medicare Part D.

Excess investment income, defined as net investment income less the required interest on net policy liabilities and the interest cost associated with capital funding or “financing costs”, per diluted share increased 2% in 2015 to $0.43 from $0.42, while the dollar amount of excess investment income decreased 3% to $55 million. The increase in per share excess investment income in relation to the decrease in dollar amount resulted from share purchases over the past twelve months, as discussed later in this report. Net investment income rose $4 million or 2% to $192 million, slightly below the 3% growth in our average investment portfolio at amortized cost. The average effective yield on the fixed-maturity portfolio, which represented 96% of our investments at amortized cost, decreased to 5.87% in the 2015 period from 5.92% in the prior period, as the impact of the low-interest-rate environment on average yield continues. Required interest rose 5% or $5 million to $117 million while average net policy liabilities grew 4%. Financing costs were $19 million in both periods. Please refer to the discussion under Capital Resources for more information on debt and interest expense.

In the firstthree months of 2015, we invested new money in our fixed-maturity portfolio at an effective annual yield on new investments of 4.47%, compared with 5.37% in the same period of 2014. The portfolio had an average rating of A-, the same as of the previous year end. Approximately 95% of the portfolio at amortized cost was investment grade at March 31, 2015. Cash and short-term investments were $95 million at that date, compared with $82 million at December 31, 2014.

The net unrealized gain position in our fixed-maturity portfolio grew from $1.7 billion at December 31, 2014 to $1.9 billion during the firstthree months of 2015, largely due to a decline in market interest rates during 2015. The fixed-maturity portfolio contains no commercial mortgage-backed securities. We have no direct investments in residential mortgages, nor do we have any counterparty risks as we are not a party to any credit default swaps or other derivative contracts. We do not participate in securities lending, we have no off-balance sheet investments, and we have only insignificant exposure to European Sovereign debt consisting of $6 million and $1 million in German and French government bonds, respectively at March 31, 2015.

We have an on-going share repurchase program which began in 1986 which is reviewed quarterly and is reaffirmed by the Board of Directors on an annual basis. The program was last reaffirmed in August 2014. With no specified authorization amount, we determine the amount of repurchases based on the amount of our excess cash flow, general market conditions, and other alternative uses. These purchases are made at the Parent with excess cash flow. Share purchases are also made with the proceeds from option exercises by current and former employees, in order to reduce dilution. The following chart summarizes share purchases for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

Analysis of Share Purchases

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

	For the three months ended March 31,
	2015					2014*
	Shares	Amount		Average Price		Shares	Amount		Average Price
Purchases with:
Excess cash flow	1,692	$	90,011	$	53.20	2,129	$	107,992	$	50.72
Option exercise proceeds	387	20,608		53.33		341	17,643		51.74
Total	2,079	$	110,619	$	53.22	2,470	$	125,635	$	50.86

* All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

Throughout the remainder of this discussion, share purchases will only refer to those made from excess cash flow.

A detailed discussion of our operations by component segment follows.

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Life insurance, comparing the firstthree months of 2015 with the firstthree months of 2014. Life insurance is our predominant segment, representing 62% of premium income and 71% of insurance underwriting margin in the firstthree months of 2015. In addition, investments supporting the reserves for life business generate the majority of excess investment income attributable to the investment segment. Life insurance premium income increased 5% to $513 million. The following table presents Torchmark’s life insurance premium by distribution channel.

Life Insurance

Premium

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Total	Amount		% of Total	Amount			%
American Income Exclusive Agency	$	202,041	39	$	185,891	38	$	16,150		9
Direct Response	187,407		37	177,872		36	9,535			5
Liberty National Exclusive Agency	67,803		13	68,778		14	(975		)	(1	)
Other Agencies	56,091		11	56,517		12	(426		)	(1	)
Total Life Premium	$	513,342	100	$	489,058	100	$	24,284		5

Net sales, defined earlier in this report as an indicator of new business production, grew 17% to $104 million. An analysis of life net sales by distribution channel is presented below.

Life Insurance Net Sales (Dollar amounts in thousands)
	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Total	Amount		% of Total	Amount		%
American Income Exclusive Agency	$	47,144	46	$	38,125	43	$	9,019	24
Direct Response	44,813		43	40,439		46	4,374		11
Liberty National Exclusive Agency	8,546		8	7,380		8	1,166		16
Other Agencies	3,392		3	2,835		3	557		20
Total Life Net Sales	$	103,895	100	$	88,779	100	$	15,116	17

First-year collected life premium, defined earlier in this report, was $74 million in the 2015 period, rising 12%. First-year collected life premium by distribution channel is presented in the table below.

Life Insurance First-Year Collected Premium (Dollar amounts in thousands)
	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Total	Amount		% of Total	Amount		%
American Income Exclusive Agency	$	37,049	50	$	31,528	48	$	5,521	18
Direct Response	27,080		37	25,303		39	1,777		7
Liberty National Exclusive Agency	6,550		9	6,353		10	197		3
Other Agencies	2,933		4	2,330		3	603		26
Total	$	73,612	100	$	65,514	100	$	8,098	12

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The American Income Exclusive Agency has historically marketed primarily to members of labor unions. While labor unions are still the core market for this agency, American Income has diversified in recent years by focusing heavily on other affinity groups and referrals to help to ensure sustainable growth. The life business of this agency is Torchmark’s highest-margin life business and it is the largest contributor to life premium of any distribution channel at 39% of Torchmark’s total. This group produced premium income of $202 million, an increase of 9%. First-year collected premium was $37 million, an increase of 18%. Net sales increased 24% to $47 million. Sales growth in our captive agencies is generally dependent on growth in the size of the agency force. The American Income average agent count rose 19% to 6,317 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with 5,298 a year earlier. The average agent count is based on the actual count at the end of each week during the period. The American Income Agency has been focusing on growing and strengthening middle management to support sustainable growth of the agency force. To accomplish this, we have placed an increased emphasis on agent training programs and financial incentives that appropriately reward agents at all levels for helping develop and train personnel. The agency has also begun providing more home-office and webinar training programs. These programs are designed to provide each agent, from new recruits to top level managers, coaching and instruction specifically designed for each individual’s level of experience and responsibilities.

The Direct Response Unit offers adult and juvenile life insurance through a variety of direct-to-consumer marketing approaches, which include direct mailings, insert media, and electronic media. These different approaches support and complement one another in the unit’s efforts to reach the consumer. The Direct Response Unit’s growth has been fueled by constant innovation. In recent years, electronic media production has grown rapidly as management has aggressively increased marketing activities related to internet and mobile technology, and has focused on driving traffic to the inbound call center. We continually introduce new initiatives in this unit in an attempt to increase response rates.

While the juvenile market is an important source of sales, it also is a vehicle to reach the parents and grandparents of juvenile policyholders, who are more likely to respond favorably to a Direct Response solicitation for life coverage on themselves than is the general adult population. Also, both juvenile policyholders and their parents are low acquisition-cost targets for sales of additional coverage over time.

Direct Response’s life premium income rose 5% to $187 million, representing 37% of Torchmark’s total life premium in the firstthree months of 2015. Net sales of $45 million for this group increased 11%. First-year collected premium increased 7% to $27 million.

The Liberty National Exclusive Agency markets individual and group life insurance to middle-income customers. Life premium income for this agency was $68 million in the 2015 period, a 1% decline from $69 million in the 2014 period. First-year collected premium increased 3% to $7 million.

Net sales for the Liberty Agency increased 16% to $9 million. The Liberty average agent count increased 5% to 1,464 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with 1,400 a year earlier. We continue to execute our long term plan to grow this Agency through expansion from small-town markets in the southeast to more densely populated areas with larger pools of potential agent recruits and customers. Expansion of this Agency’s presence into more heavily populated, less-penetrated areas will help create long term agency growth. Additionally, our prospecting training program has helped to improve the ability of agents to develop new worksite marketing business.

The Other Agencies distribution channels offering life insurance include the Military Agency, the UA Independent Agency (which predominantly writes health insurance), and various smaller distribution channels. The Other Agencies contributed $56 million of life premium income, or 11% of Torchmark’s total in the firstthree months of 2015, but contributed only 3% of net sales for the period.

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Life Insurance Summary of Results (Dollar amounts in thousands)
	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Premium	Amount		% of Premium	Amount		%
Premium and policy charges	$	513,342	100	$	489,058	100	$	24,284	5
Net policy obligations	203,516		39	189,665		39	13,851		7
Commissions and acquisition expense	168,423		33	158,774		32	9,649		6
Insurance underwriting income before other income and administrative expense	$	141,403	28	$	140,619	29	$	784	1

Life insurance underwriting income before insurance administrative expense was $141 million, increasing 1%. Growth in underwriting margin lagged premium growth due to higher claims and an increase in acquisition expense. As a percentage of premium, underwriting margins declined slightly to 28%. The decrease in underwriting margin as a percentage of premium was due to increases in Direct Response claims and to increases in non-deferred acquisition costs in Direct Response and American Income. Non-deferred acquisition expense increased primarily as a result of additional investments made to support our distribution channels.

Health insurance, comparing the first three months of 2015 with the first three months of 2014. Health insurance sold by Torchmark includes primarily Medicare Supplement insurance, cancer coverage, accident coverage, and other limited-benefit supplemental health products. In this analysis, all health coverage plans other than Medicare Supplement are classified as limited-benefit plans. Our Medicare Part D health business will be discussed under another caption.

Health premium accounted for 28% of our total premium in the 2015 period, while the health underwriting margin accounted for 26% of total underwriting margin, reflective of the lower underwriting margin as a percent of premium for health compared with life insurance. As noted under the caption Life Insurance, we have emphasized life insurance sales relative to health, due to life’s superior profitability and its greater contribution to excess investment income.

Health premium increased 4% to $229 million in the 2015 period. Medicare Supplement premium increased 7% to $115 million, while other limited-benefit health premium increased 2% to $114 million.

Health net sales increased 2% to $32 million. Medicare Supplement net sales decreased 14% to $14 million in 2015. A decrease in 2015 Medicare Supplement net sales was expected due to the unusually high level of group sales in 2014. Group sales tend to vary significantly from period to period. Limited-benefit net sales increased 19% to $18 million. Health first-year collected premium rose 46% to $36 million.

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The following table is an analysis of our health premium by distribution channel.

Health Insurance

Premium

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Total	Amount		% of Total	Amount			%
United American Independent Agency
Limited-benefit plans	$	4,275		$	5,889		$	(1,614	)	(27	)
Medicare Supplement	78,897			72,267			6,630			9
	83,172		36	78,156		36	5,016			6
Liberty National Exclusive Agency
Limited-benefit plans	36,135			37,320			(1,185		)	(3	)
Medicare Supplement	17,845			21,297			(3,452		)	(16	)
	53,980		24	58,617		27	(4,637		)	(8	)
Family Heritage Agency
Limited-benefit plans	53,549			49,468			4,081			8
Medicare Supplement	—			—			—			—
	53,549		23	49,468		22	4,081			8
American Income Exclusive Agency
Limited-benefit plans	19,815			19,167			648			3
Medicare Supplement	97			120			(23		)	(19	)
	19,912		9	19,287		9	625			3
Direct Response
Limited-benefit plans	263			231			32			14
Medicare Supplement	17,797			13,676			4,121			30
	18,060		8	13,907		6	4,153			30
Total Health Premium
Limited-benefit plans	114,037		50	112,075		51	1,962			2
Medicare Supplement	114,636		50	107,360		49	7,276			7
Total	$	228,673	100	$	219,435	100	$	9,238		4

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Presented below is a table of health net sales by distribution channel.

Health Insurance

Net Sales

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Total	Amount		% of Total	Amount			%
United American Independent Agency
Limited-benefit plans	$	204		$	206		$	(2	)	(1	)
Medicare Supplement	12,066			14,105			(2,039		)	(14	)
	12,270		38	14,311		45	(2,041		)	(14	)
Liberty National Exclusive Agency
Limited-benefit plans	4,036			3,699			337			9
Medicare Supplement	40			86			(46		)	(53	)
	4,076		12	3,785		12	291			8
Family Heritage Agency
Limited-benefit plans	11,675			9,865			1,810			18
Medicare Supplement	—			—			—			—
	11,675		36	9,865		31	1,810			18
American Income Exclusive Agency
Limited-benefit plans	2,567			1,764			803			46
Medicare Supplement	—			—			—			—
	2,567		8	1,764		6	803			46
Direct Response
Limited-benefit plans	—			—			—			—
Medicare Supplement	1,809			2,018			(209		)	(10	)
	1,809		6	2,018		6	(209		)	(10	)
Total Net Sales
Limited-benefit plans	18,482		57	15,534		49	2,948			19
Medicare Supplement	13,915		43	16,209		51	(2,294		)	(14	)
Total	$	32,397	100	31,743		100	$	654		2

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The following table presents health insurance first-year collected premium by distribution channel.

Health Insurance

First-Year Collected Premium

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Total	Amount		% of Total	Amount			%
United American Independent Agency
Limited-benefit plans	$	171		$	171		$	—		—
Medicare Supplement	14,996			9,785			5,211			53
	15,167		42	9,956		40	5,211			52
Liberty National Exclusive Agency
Limited-benefit plans	3,443			3,104			339			11
Medicare Supplement	59			81			(22		)	(27	)
	3,502		10	3,185		13	317			10
Family Heritage Agency
Limited-benefit plans	9,507			8,629			878			10
Medicare Supplement	—			—			—			—
	9,507		27	8,629		35	878			10
American Income Exclusive Agency
Limited-benefit plans	2,616			1,927			689			36
Medicare Supplement	—			—			—			—
	2,616		7	1,927		8	689			36
Direct Response
Limited-benefit plans	—			93			(93		)	(100	)
Medicare Supplement	5,168			889			4,279			481
	5,168		14	982		4	4,186			426
Total First-Year Collected Premium
Limited-benefit plans	15,737		44	13,924		56	1,813			13
Medicare Supplement	20,223		56	10,755		44	9,468			88
Total	$	35,960	100	$	24,679	100	$	11,281		46

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A discussion of health operations by distribution channel follows.

The UA Independent Agency consists of independent agencies appointed with Torchmark who may also sell for other companies. The UA Independent Agency was Torchmark’s largest health agency in terms of health premium income. Premium income was $83 million, representing 36% of Torchmark’s total health premium. Net sales were $12 million, or 38% of Torchmark’s health sales. This agency is Torchmark’s largest producer of Medicare Supplement insurance, with Medicare Supplement premium income of $79 million. The UA Independent Agency represents approximately 69% of all Torchmark Medicare Supplement premium and 87% of Medicare Supplement net sales. Medicare Supplement premium in this agency rose 9%, while total health premium increased 6%. Net sales of the Medicare Supplement product decreased 14% in 2015; individual sales were up 31%, but group sales declined 54%. As noted earlier, Group Medicare Supplement sales have historically fluctuated from period to period.

The Family Heritage Agency primarily markets limited-benefit supplemental health insurance in non-urban areas. Most of their policies include a cash-back feature, such as a return of premium whereby any excess of premiums over claims paid is returned to the policyholder at the end of a specified period stated within the insurance policy. Management expects to grow this agency through geographic expansion and incorporation of Torchmark’s recruiting programs. The Family Heritage Agency contributed $12 million in net sales in the three months of 2015, compared with $10 million for the same period in 2014, an increase of 18%. Health premium income was $54 million for the three month period of 2015, representing 23% of Torchmark’s health premium. This compared with $49 million or 22% of health premium in the prior year period. The average agent count was 784 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared with 658 a year earlier.

The Liberty National Exclusive Agency represented 24% of all Torchmark health premium income at $54 million in the three months of 2015. The Liberty Agency markets limited-benefit health supplemental products consisting primarily of cancer insurance. Much of Liberty’s health business is now generated through worksite marketing targeting small businesses of 10 to 25 employees. In 2015, health premium income in the Agency declined 8% from prior year premium of $59 million. Liberty’s health premium decline has been due primarily to the runoff of a block of discontinued hospital-surgical products and its declining Medicare Supplement block.

Other distribution. Certain of our other distribution channels market health products, although their main emphasis is on life insurance. On a combined basis, they accounted for 17% of health premium in the 2015 period. The American Income Exclusive Agency markets a variety of limited-benefit plans, primarily accident. The Direct Response group markets primarily Medicare Supplements to employer or union-sponsored groups. Direct Response added $2 million of Medicare Supplement net sales in both 2015 and 2014.

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The following table presents underwriting margin data for health insurance.

Health Insurance

Summary of Results

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Premium	Amount		% of Premium	Amount		%
Premium and policy charges	$	228,673	100	$	219,435	100	$	9,238	4
Net policy obligations	131,146		57	126,154		57	4,992		4
Commissions and acquisition expense	45,950		20	43,824		20	2,126		5
Insurance underwriting income before other income and administrative expense	$	51,577	23	$	49,457	23	$	2,120	4

Underwriting income for health insurance increased 4% to $52 million in 2015. As a percentage of health premium, underwriting margins were stable at 23%.

Medicare Part D, comparing the firstthree months of 2015 with the firstthree months of 2014. Coverage under Torchmark’s Medicare Part D prescription drug plan for Medicare beneficiaries is provided through United American (which includes its wholly-owned subsidiary, First United American). The Medicare Part D plan is a stand-alone prescription drug plan for Medicare beneficiaries which is regulated and partially funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for participating private insurers. Individual Part D products are primarily sold online through the CMS Medicare Plan Finder website, with additional sales by the company through targeted direct response mailings. The group Part D products are sold through brokers affiliated with United American (referred to as our UA Independent Agency). As described in Note F—Business Segments, we report our Medicare Part D business for segment analysis purposes as we view the business, in which expected full-year benefits are matched with the related premium income which is received evenly throughout the policy year. At this time, we have expensed benefits based on our expected benefit ratio of approximately 84% for the entire 2015 contract year. This ratio was 83% for the full year 2014. We describe the differences between the segment analysis and the GAAP operating results in Note F. Due to the design of the Medicare prescription drug product, claims are expected to be heaviest early in the calendar year. Management believes that the use of the full-year loss ratio is an appropriate measure for interim results.These reporting differences will arise only on an interim basis and will be eliminated at the end of a full year, as they were in the full year of 2014.

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Medicare Part D

Selected Financial Information

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,				Increase (Decrease)
	2015		2014		Amount			%
Premium (1)	$	79,347	$	83,033	$	(3,686	)	(4	)
Net Sales (2)	21,344		31,144		(9,800		)	(31	)
First-Year Collected Premium (3)	34,014		18,946		15,068			80

(1) Consistent with the Medicare Part D contract, total Medicare Part D premium excludes the risk-sharing premiums receivable from the CMS of $8.7 million in 2015 and $27.4 million in 2014. This risk-sharing amount is a portion of the excess or deficiency of actual over expected claims, and therefore we view this payment as a component of policyholder benefits in our segment analysis.

(2) Net sales for Medicare Part D represents only new first-time enrollees.

(3) First-year collected premium for Medicare Part D represents only premium collected within the first twelve months from new first-time enrollees.

Medicare Part D premium was $79 million in 2015, compared with $83 million in 2014, after removal of the risk-sharing adjustment in both periods. Medicare Part D premium decreased $4 million and net sales decreased by $10 million. The decreases were due to a significant reduction in Part D auto-enrollees partially offset by increases in voluntary individual and group sales.

Medicare Part D underwriting results are presented in the following chart. The adjustments which reconcile Part D results in accordance with our health segment analysis to Part D results in accordance with GAAP are presented in the charts in Note F—Business Segments.

Medicare Part D

Summary of Results

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase
	2015			2014			(Decrease)
	Amount		% of Premium	Amount		% of Premium	Amount			%
Premium	$	79,347	100	$	83,033	100	$	(3,686	)	(4	)
Net policy obligations	66,893		84	66,261		80	632			1
Commissions and acquisition expense	6,980		9	7,206		8	(226		)	(3	)
Insurance underwriting income before other income and administrative expense	$	5,474	7	$	9,566	12	$	(4,092	)	(43	)

Premiums decreased 4% in 2015 while margins decreased 43% to $5 million. The decrease in margins was primarily due to net policy obligations of 84% in 2015 compared with 80% in 2014. At the time of first quarter 2014 reporting, the impact of higher costs and utilization of newly-approved Hepatitis-C drugs was not yet known and thus were not reflected in the loss ratio for that quarter. However, claims related to these drugs were the primary cause of the increase in the obligation ratio from 80% to 83% that occurred over the remainder of 2014. Pricing was adjusted for the 2015 plans, but increasing utilization trends across a broader range of drugs is expected to result in obligations of approximately 84% in 2015.

Since the Medicare Part D plan is a government-sponsored program, regulatory changes could further alter the outlook for this market.

Annuities. Annuities represent an insignificant part of our business and are not expected to be an important part of our marketing strategy going forward.

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Operating expenses, comparing the first three months of 2015 with the first three months of 2014. Operating expenses consist of insurance administrative expenses and parent company expenses. Also included is stock compensation expense, which is viewed by us as a parent company expense. Insurance administrative expenses relate to premium income for a given period; therefore, we measure those expenses as a percentage of premium income. Total expenses are measured as a percentage of total revenues. An analysis of operating expenses is shown below.

Operating Expenses Selected Information

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,
	2015				2014
	Amount			% of Premium	Amount			% of Premium
Insurance administrative expenses:
Salaries	$	22,392		2.7	$	20,777		2.5
Other employee costs	8,475			1.0	7,600			0.9
Other administrative costs	14,137			1.7	13,685			1.7
Legal expense	2,196			0.3	2,149			0.3
Total insurance administrative expenses	47,200			5.7	44,211			5.4
Parent company expense	2,173				1,743
Stock compensation expense	7,239				8,509
Legal settlement expense	—				2,493
Total operating expenses, per Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	$	56,612			$	56,956
Insurance administrative expenses:
Increase (decrease) over prior year	6.8		%		0.6		%
Total operating expenses:
Increase (decrease) over prior year	(0.6		)%		8.9		%

Insurance administrative expenses were up 6.8% in 2015 when compared with the prior year period. As a percentage of total premium, insurance administrative expenses increased from 5.4% in 2014 to 5.7%. Total operating expenses declined slightly. The primary reasons for the increase in administrative expenses are higher pension and IT costs. As described in Note F—Business Segments in the CondensedConsolidated Financial Statements, we recorded legal accruals involving non-insurance matters, partially offset by proceeds for investment litigation. Litigation not related to our direct insurance operations is not considered an insurance administrative expense by Torchmark management and is removed from its analysis of core insurance operations in its segment reporting.

Investments (excess investment income), comparing the first three months of 2015 with the first three months of 2014. We manage our capital resources including investments, debt, and cash flow through the investment segment. Excess investment income represents the profit margin attributable to investment operations. It is the measure that we use to evaluate the performance of the investment segment as described in Note F—Business Segments in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. It is defined as net investment income less the required interest on net policy liabilities and the interest cost associated with capital funding or “financing costs.”

We also view excess investment income per diluted share as an important and useful measure to evaluate the performance of the investment segment. It is defined as excess investment income divided by the total diluted weighted average shares outstanding, representing the contribution by the investment segment to the consolidated earnings per share of the Company. Since implementing our share repurchase program in 1986, we have used $6.2 billion of cash flow to repurchase Torchmark shares (average price per share of $14.46) after determining that the repurchases provided a greater return than other investment alternatives. Share repurchases reduce excess investment income because of the foregone earnings on the cash that would otherwise have been invested in interest-bearing assets,

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but they also reduce the number of shares outstanding. In order to put all capital resource uses on a comparable basis, we believe that excess investment income per diluted share is an appropriate measure of the investment segment.

The following table summarizes Torchmark’s investment income, excess investment income, and excess investment income per diluted share.

Excess Investment Income

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase (Decrease)
	2015			2014			Amount			%
Net investment income	$	191,596		$	188,051		$	3,545		2
Required interest on net insurance policy liabilities	(117,396		)	(112,082		)	(5,314		)	5
Financing costs:
Interest on funded debt	(17,786		)	(17,763		)	(23		)	—
Interest on short-term debt	(1,274		)	(1,286		)	12			(1	)
Total financing costs	(19,060		)	(19,049		)	(11		)	—
Excess investment income	$	55,140		$	56,920		$	(1,780	)	(3	)
Excess investment income per diluted share (1)	$	0.43		$	0.42		$	0.01		2
Average invested assets (at amortized cost)	$	13,553,190		$	13,155,411		$	397,779		3
Average net insurance policy liabilities (2)	8,429,581			8,089,304			340,277			4
Average debt and preferred securities (at amortized cost)	1,299,419			1,272,523			26,896			2

(1) All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

(2) Net of deferred acquisition costs, excluding the attributed unrealized gains and losses thereon.

Excess investment income for the 2015 period decreased 3% to $55 million. On a per share basis, excess investment income increased 2% as a result of our share purchases over the past 12 months. Excess investment income has been negatively impacted during recent years by low interest rates and the turnover of higher yielding assets in the portfolio. This turnover has moderated during recent periods.

Net investment income rose $4 million or 2% in 2015, while average invested assets (with fixed maturities at amortized cost) rose 3% year over year. The effective annual yield on the fixed maturity portfolio was 5.87% in the first three months of 2015, compared with 5.92% a year earlier. The reduction in the average portfolio yield rate was primarily a result of reinvesting proceeds from bonds that were called or matured in 2015 at yield rates less than the rates we earned on the bonds before they were called or matured. We currently expect that the average turnover of fixed maturity assets during the next five years will not exceed 1% to 2% of the portfolio and that this turnover will not have a material negative impact on investment income.

Net investment income has also been negatively affected in 2015 by the CMS requirement for us to cover Medicare Part D claim costs in the current period that are ultimately the responsibility of the government, but are not reimbursed until the following year. Part D claims were significantly higher than expected in 2014. We incurred extensive upfront costs in 2014 that will not be reimbursed by CMS until late 2015, and expect to front additional costs in 2015 that will not be reimbursed until late 2016. These delays cause a decrease in investable cash flows that result in lower investment income than would have been earned absent the delays. In the first quarter of 2015, our net investment income was reduced by approximately $2 million and we expect net investment income to be reduced by approximately $5 million for the remainder of 2015 due to these delays.

Should interest rates rise, especially long-term rates, Torchmark would benefit due to higher net investment income on new purchases. We could withstand an increase in interest rates of approximately 110 to 125 basis points before the net unrealized gains on our fixed maturity portfolio as of March 31, 2015 would be eliminated. Should interest rates increase further than that, we would not be concerned with potential interest-rate driven unrealized losses in our fixed maturity portfolio because we have the intent, and more importantly, the ability to hold our fixed maturities to maturity.

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Required interest on net insurance policy liabilitiesreduces net investment income as it is the amount of net investment income considered by management necessary to “fund” the required interest included in the insurance segments. As such, it is removed from the investment segment and applied to the insurance segments to eliminate the effect of the required interest from the insurance segments. As discussed in Note F-Business Segments, management believes this provides a more meaningful analysis of the investment and insurance segments. Required interest is based on the actuarial interest assumptions used in discounting the benefit reserve liability and the amortization of deferred acquisition costs for our insurance policies in force. The great majority of our life and health insurance policies are fixed interest-rate protection policies, not investment products, and are accounted for under current accounting guidance for long-duration insurance products which mandates that interest rate assumptions for a particular block of business be “locked in” for the life of that block of business. Each calendar year, we set the discount rate to be used to calculate the benefit reserve liability and the amortization of the deferred acquisition cost asset for all insurance policies issued that year. That rate is based on the new money yields that we expect to earn on cash flow received in the future from policies of that issue year, and cannot be changed. The discount rate used for policies issued in the current year has no impact on the in force policies issued in prior years as the rates of all prior issue years are also locked in. As such, the overall discount rate for the entire in force block is a weighted average of the discount rates being used from all issue years. Changes in the overall weighted-average discount rate over time are caused by changes in the mix of the reserves and the deferred acquisition cost asset by issue year on the entire block of in force business. Business issued in the current year has very little impact on the overall weighted-average discount rate due to the size of our in force business.

Required interest on net insurance policy liabilities increased $5 million or 5% to $117 million. The increase in required interest correlated somewhat with the 4% growth in average net interest-bearing insurance policy liabilities.

Financing costs on our debt remained unchanged at $19 million. More information concerning debt can be found in the Capital Resources section of this report.

Investments (acquisitions), comparing the first three months of 2015 with the first three months of 2014. Torchmark’s investment policy calls for investing in fixed maturities that are investment grade and meet our quality and yield objectives. We generally prefer to invest in securities with longer maturities because they more closely match the long-term nature of our policy liabilities. We believe this strategy is appropriate because our cash flows are generally stable and predictable. If longer-term securities that meet our quality and yield objectives are not available, we do not relax our quality objectives but instead consider investing in shorter or lower yielding securities, taking into consideration the slope of the yield curve and other factors.

The following table summarizes selected information for fixed-maturity purchases. The effective annual yield shown is the yield calculated to the “worst call date.” For non-callable bonds, the worst-call date is always the maturity date. For callable bonds, the worst-call date is the call date that produces the lowest yield (or the maturity date, if the yield calculated to the maturity date is lower than the yield calculated to each call date).

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Fixed Maturity Acquisitions Selected Information

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	For the three months ended   March 31,
	2015			2014
Cost of acquisitions:
Investment-grade corporate securities	$	277,378		$	158,334
Other	14,420			10
Total fixed-maturity acquisitions	$	291,798		$	158,344
Effective annual yield *	4.47		%	5.37		%
Average life, in years to:
Next call	28.0			25.2
Maturity	28.8			25.3
Average rating	BBB+			BBB+

* One-year compounded yield on a tax-equivalent basis, whereby the yield on tax-exempt securities is adjusted to produce a yield equivalent to the pretax yield on taxable securities.

Acquisitions in both periods consisted primarily of corporate bonds, with securities spanning a diversified range of issuers, industry sectors, and geographical regions. All of the acquired securities were investment grade.

Investments (portfolio composition). The composition of the investment portfolio at book value on March 31, 2015 was as follows:

Invested Assets At March 31, 2015

(Dollar amounts in millions)

	Amount		% of Total
Fixed maturities(at amortized cost)	$	12,963	96
Equities (at cost)	1		—
Policy loans	475		4
Other long-term investments	9		—
Short-term investments	92		—
Total	$	13,540	100

Approximately 96% of our investments at book value are in a diversified fixed-maturity portfolio. Policy loans, which are secured by policy cash values, make up approximately 4% of our investments. We also have insignificant investments in equity securities and other long-term investments. Because fixed maturities represent such a significant portion of our investment portfolio, the remainder of the discussion of portfolio composition will focus on fixed maturities.

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Fixed Maturities. The following table summarizes certain information about our fixed-maturity portfolio by component at March 31, 2015.

Fixed Maturities by Component

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Cost or Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		% of Total Fixed Maturities
										at Amortized Cost	at Fair Value
Corporates	$	10,704,410	$	1,714,355	$	(51,682	)	$	12,367,083	83	83
Redeemable preferred stock	494,331		65,501		(4,851		)	554,981		4	4
Municipals	1,281,007		183,084		(423		)	1,463,668		10	10
Government-sponsored enterprises	292,921		13,649		(551		)	306,019		2	2
Governments & agencies	101,856		2,164		(239		)	103,781		1	1
Residential mortgage-backed*	5,372		344		(2		)	5,714		—	—
Collateralized debt obligations	65,642		16,784		(7,872		)	74,554		—	—
Other asset-backed securities	17,291		1,423		—			18,714		—	—
Total fixed maturities	$	12,962,830	$	1,997,304	$	(65,620	)	$	14,894,514	100	100

* Includes GNMA's

At March 31, 2015, fixed maturities had a fair value of $14.9 billion, compared with $14.5 billion at December 31, 2014. The net unrealized gain position in the fixed-maturity portfolio increased from $1.7 billion at December 31, 2014 to $1.9 billion at March 31, 2015, as a result of a decrease in market interest rates. The March 31, 2015 net unrealized gain consisted of gross unrealized gains of $2.0 billion offset by $66 million of gross unrealized losses, compared with the December 31, 2014 net unrealized gain which consisted of a gross unrealized gain of $1.7 billion and a gross unrealized loss of $79 million.

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Investments in fixed-maturity securities are diversified over a wide range of industry sectors. The following table summarizes certain information about our fixed-maturity portfolio by sector at March 31, 2015.

Fixed Maturities by Sector

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Cost or Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		% of Total Fixed Maturities
										Amortized Cost	Fair Value
Financial - life/health/P&C insurance	$	1,838,262	$	332,772	$	(3,181	)	$	2,167,853	14	14
Financial - bank	626,620		102,796		(4,832		)	724,584		5	5
Financial - other	610,373		100,656		(10,408		)	700,621		5	5
Subtotal financial	3,075,255		536,224		(18,421		)	3,593,058		24	24
Utilities	2,175,687		435,720		(547		)	2,610,860		18	18
Energy	1,546,541		197,320		(24,426		)	1,719,435		12	12
Government (US, municipal, and foreign)	1,675,784		198,897		(1,213		)	1,873,468		13	13
Basic materials	1,036,278		103,770		(3,893		)	1,136,155		8	8
Consumer, non-cyclical	947,087		145,073		(1,117		)	1,091,043		7	7
Other industrials	918,941		130,742		(2,941		)	1,046,742		7	7
Communications	543,857		82,888		(3,183		)	623,562		4	4
Transportation	552,486		90,533		(1,153		)	641,866		4	4
Consumer, cyclical	402,609		57,586		(852		)	459,343		3	3
Collateralized debt obligations	65,642		16,784		(7,872		)	74,554		—	—
Other asset-backed securities	17,291		1,423		—			18,714		—	—
Mortgage-backed securities	5,372		344		(2		)	5,714		—	—
Total fixed maturities	$	12,962,830	$	1,997,304	$	(65,620	)	$	14,894,514	100	100

At March 31, 2015, approximately 42% of the fixed-maturity assets at amortized cost and fair value were in the financial and utility sectors. The balance of the portfolio is spread among 400 issuers in a wide variety of sectors. The financial sector had a net unrealized gain of $519 million at March 31, 2015, compared with a gain of $460 million at December 31, 2014. Due to the recent drop in oil prices, we have carefully reviewed each of our investments in the energy sector and believe that the companies we have invested in have the ability to withstand lower oil prices for an extended period of time. While there may be some downgrades in ratings in this sector, we think the risk of realized losses in the foreseeable future is minimal.

An analysis of the fixed-maturity portfolio at March 31, 2015 by a composite quality rating is shown in the table below. The composite rating for each security is the average of the security’s ratings as assigned by Moody’s Investor Service, Standard & Poor’s, Fitch Ratings, and Dominion Bond Rating Service, LTD. The ratings assigned by these four nationally recognized statistical rating organizations are evenly weighted when calculating the average.

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Fixed Maturities by Rating

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	Amortized Cost		%	Fair Value		%
Investment grade:
AAA	$	684,809	5	$	735,804	5
AA	1,322,206		10	1,535,424		10
A	3,794,584		29	4,579,594		31
BBB+	2,545,460		20	2,939,432		20
BBB	2,944,547		23	3,334,255		22
BBB-	1,066,755		8	1,165,609		8
Investment grade	12,358,361		95	14,290,118		96
Below investment grade:
BB	376,185		3	375,303		2
B	118,799		1	109,720		1
Below B	109,485		1	119,373		1
Below investment grade	604,469		5	604,396		4
	$	12,962,830	100	$	14,894,514	100

Of the $13.0 billion of fixed maturities at amortized cost as of March 31, 2015, $12.4 billion or 95% were investment grade with an average rating of A-. Below-investment-grade bonds were $604 million with an average rating of B+. Below-investment-grade bonds at amortized cost were 17% of our shareholders’ equity, excluding the effect of unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturities as of March 31, 2015. Overall, the total portfolio was rated A- based on amortized cost, the same as at the end of 2014.

An analysis of the changes in our portfolio of below-investment-grade bonds at amortized cost during the first three months of 2015 is as follows:

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	560,890
Downgrades by rating agencies	46,084
Upgrades by rating agencies	—
Disposals	(3,644		)
Amortization and other	1,139
Balance as of March 31, 2015	$	604,469

Our investment policy is to acquire only investment-grade obligations. Thus, any increases in below-investment-grade issues are a result of ratings downgrades of existing holdings. Our investment portfolio contains no commercial mortgage-backed securities. We have no direct investments in residential mortgages, nor do we have any counterparty risks as we are not a party to any credit default swaps or other derivative contracts. We do not participate in securities lending, we have no off-balance sheet investments, and we have only insignificant exposure to European Sovereign debt consisting of $6 million and $1 million in German and French government bonds, respectively.

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Additional information concerning the fixed-maturity portfolio is as follows.

Fixed Maturity Portfolio Selected Information

	March 31, 2015	December 31, 2014	March 31, 2014
Average annual effective yield (1)	5.86%	5.89%	5.92%
Average life, in years, to:
Next call (2)	17.9	17.8	18.2
Maturity (2)	20.5	20.5	21.4
Effective duration to:
Next call (2), (3)	11.1	10.9	10.7
Maturity (2), (3)	12.1	12.0	11.9

(1) Tax-equivalent basis, whereby the yield on tax-exempt securities is adjusted to produce a yield equivalent to the pretax yield on taxable securities.

(2) Torchmark calculates the average life and duration of the fixed-maturity portfolio two ways: (a) based on the next call date which is the next call date for callable bonds and the maturity date for noncallable bonds, and (b) based on the maturity date of all bonds, whether callable or not.

(3) Effective duration is a measure of the price sensitivity of a fixed-income security to a particular change in interest rates.

Realized Gains and Losses, comparing the first three months of 2015 with the first three months of 2014. As discussed in Note F—Business Segments, our core business of providing insurance coverage requires us to maintain a large and diverse investment portfolio to support our insurance liabilities. From time to time, investments are disposed of or written down prior to maturity, resulting in realized gains or losses. Because these dispositions and writedowns are outside the course of our normal operations, management removes the effects of such gains and losses when evaluating its overall core operating results.

The following table summarizes our tax-effected realized gains (losses) by component.

Analysis of Realized Gains (Losses), Net of Tax

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except for per share data)

	Three months ended March 31,
	2015				2014
	Amount		Per Share		Amount		Per Share *
Fixed maturities and equities:
Investment sales	$	55	$	—	$	10,741	$	0.08
Investments called or tendered	22		—		61		—
Total	$	77	$	—	$	10,802	$	0.08

* All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

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Financial Condition

Liquidity. Liquidity provides Torchmark with the ability to meet on demand the cash commitments required by our business operations and financial obligations. Our liquidity is evidenced by positive cash flow, a portfolio of marketable investments, and the availability of a line of credit facility.

Insurance subsidiary liquidity. The operations of our insurance subsidiaries have historically generated substantial cash inflows in excess of immediate cash needs. Sources of cash flows for the insurance subsidiaries include primarily premium and investment income. Cash outflows from operations include policy benefit payments, commissions, administrative expenses, and taxes. The funds to provide for policy benefits, the majority of which are paid in future periods, are invested primarily in long-term fixed maturities to meet these long-term obligations. In addition to investment income, maturities and scheduled repayments in the investment portfolio are sources of cash. Excess cash available from the insurance subsidiaries’ operations is generally distributed as a dividend to the parent company, subject to regulatory restriction. The dividends are generally paid in amounts equal to the subsidiaries’ prior year statutory net income excluding realized capital gains.

Parent Company liquidity. An important source of Parent Company liquidity is the dividends from the insurance subsidiaries noted above. These dividends are used by the Parent Company to pay dividends on common and preferred stock, interest and principal repayment requirements on Parent Company debt, and operating expenses of the Parent Company. In the first three months of 2015, the Parent Company received $77 million of cash dividends from subsidiaries, compared with $65 million in 2014. For the full year 2015, cash dividends from subsidiaries are expected to total approximately $466 million.

Additional sources of liquidity for the Parent Company are cash, intercompany receivables, and a credit facility. At March 31, 2015, the Parent Company had $78 million of invested cash and net intercompany receivables. The credit facility is discussed below under the caption “Short-term borrowings.”

Short-term borrowings. We have a credit facility with a group of lenders allowing for unsecured borrowings and stand-by letters of credit up to $750 million, which could be extended up to $1 billion. Up to $250 million in letters of credit can be issued against the new facility. The facility is further designated as a back-up credit line for a commercial paper program under which we may either borrow from the credit line or issue commercial paper at any time, with total commercial paper outstanding not to exceed the facility maximum, less any letters of credit issued. Interest is charged at variable rates. The facility terminates in July, 2019 and has no ratings-based acceleration triggers which would require early repayment. In accordance with the agreement, we are subject to certain covenants regarding capitalization. As of March 31, 2015, we were in full compliance with these covenants.

Short-term debt consists of our commercial paper outstanding as noted above. The following table presents certain information about our commercial paper borrowings.

Short-term Borrowings - Commercial Paper

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

	At
	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014			March 31, 2014
Balance at end of period (par value)	$	259,000		$	238,450		$	265,000
Annualized interest rate	0.43		%	0.32		%	0.26		%
Letters of credit outstanding	$	198,000		$	198,000		$	198,000
Remaining amount available under credit line (1)	$	293,000		$	313,550		$	137,000
	For the three months ended   March 31,
	2015			2014
Average balance outstanding during period (par value)	$	306,956		$	281,500
Daily-weighted average interest rate (annualized)	0.41		%	0.24		%
Maximum daily amount outstanding during period (par value)	$	356,500		$	325,000

(1) The facility was increased from $600 million to $750 million in July 2014.

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Our balance of commercial paper outstanding at March 31, 2015 was $259 million compared with $238 million at the previous year end. We have had no difficulties in accessing the commercial paper market under this facility during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

In summary, Torchmark expects to have readily available funds for the foreseeable future to conduct its operations and to maintain target capital ratios in the insurance subsidiaries through internally generated cash flow and the credit facility. In the unlikely event that more liquidity is needed, the Company could generate additional funds through multiple sources including, but not limited to, the issuance of debt, an additional short-term credit facility, and intercompany borrowing.

Consolidated liquidity. Consolidated net cash inflows from operations were $280 million in the first three months of 2015, compared with $275 million in the same period of 2014. Our companies received $51 million in investment calls and tenders and $77 million in scheduled maturities or repayments during the 2015 period. As previously noted under the caption Short-term borrowings, we have in place a line of credit facility. The insurance companies have no additional outstanding credit facilities.

Cash and short term investments were $95 million at March 31, 2015, compared with $82 million at December 31, 2014. In addition to these liquid assets, the entire $14.9 billion (fair value at March 31, 2015) portfolio of fixed-income and equity securities is available for sale in the event of an unexpected need. Approximately 96% of our fixed-income and equity securities are publicly traded. We generally expect to hold fixed-income securities to maturity, and even though these securities are classified as available for sale, we have the ability and intent to hold any securities which are temporarily impaired until they mature. Our strong cash flows from operations, investment maturities, and credit line availability make any need to sell securities for liquidity highly unlikely.

Capital Resources. Our insurance subsidiaries maintain capital at a level adequate to support their current operations and meet the requirements of the regulatory authorities and the rating agencies. Our insurance subsidiaries generally target a capital ratio of around 325% of Company Action Level required regulatory capital under Risk-Based Capital (RBC), a measure established by insurance regulatory authorities to monitor the adequacy of capital. The 325% target is considered sufficient because of the insurance companies’ strong reliable cash flows, the relatively low risk of their product mix, and because that ratio exceeds regulatory requirements and has been in line with rating agency expectations for Torchmark. As of December 31, 2014, our insurance subsidiaries had a consolidated RBC ratio of 327%. In the event of a decline in the RBC ratios of the insurance companies due to ratings downgrades in the investment portfolios, impairments, or other circumstances, we have available cash on hand and credit availability at the Parent Company to make additional contributions as necessary to maintain the ratio at or above 325%.

During the third quarter of 2014, Standard and Poor’s (S&P’s) revised their outlook on Torchmark to negative. This revised outlook was due to a change in S&P’s view of certain components of Torchmark’s existing capital position, rather than a change in the capital position itself. There has not been any significant change recently in the level or components of Torchmark’s capital position. We do not expect S&P’s action to cause any change in our share repurchase program.

On a consolidated basis, Torchmark’s capital structure consists of short-term debt (comprised of the commercial paper outstanding discussed above), long-term funded debt, and shareholders’ equity. The outstanding long-term debt at book value was $992 million at both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. An analysis of long-term debt issues outstanding is as follows at March 31, 2015.

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Long Term Debt at March 31, 2015

(Dollar amounts in millions)

Instrument	Year Due	Interest Rate			Par Value		Book Value		Fair Value
Senior Notes	2016	6.375	%		$	250.0	$	249.4	$	265.7
Senior Notes	2019	9.250			292.7		290.7		370.4
Senior Notes (1)	2022	3.800			150.0		147.7		156.8
Notes	2023	7.875			165.6		163.8		212.1
Junior Subordinated Debentures	2052	5.875			125.0		120.9		127.8
Junior Subordinated Debentures	2036	3.571		(2)	20.0		20.0		20.0
Total long-term debt					$	1,003.3	$	992.5	$	1,152.8

(1) An additional $150 million par value and book value is held by insurance subsidiaries that eliminates in consolidation.

(2) Interest paid at 3 month LIBOR plus 330 basis points, resets each quarter.

As previously noted under the caption Highlights in this report, we acquired 1.7 million of our outstanding common shares under our share repurchase program during the first three months of 2015. These shares were acquired at a cost of $90 million (average of $53.20 per share), compared with purchases of 2.1 million shares at a cost of $108 million in the first three months of 2014.

On March 18, 2015, the Company announced that it has raised the quarterly dividend from $.1267 per share to $.135 per share beginning with the dividend to be paid on May 1, 2015.

Shareholders’ equity was $4.9 billion at March 31, 2015. This compares with $4.7 billion at December 31, 2014 and $4.2 billion at March 31, 2014. During the three months since December 31, 2014, shareholders’ equity was increased by $171 million of after-tax unrealized gains in the fixed-maturity portfolio, as interest rates have declined over the period. Net income added another $122 million for the three months, but the share purchases of $90 million noted above during the period reduced shareholders’ equity.

We are required by GAAP to revalue our available-for-sale fixed-maturity portfolio to fair market value at the end of each accounting period. These changes, net of their associated impact on deferred acquisition costs and income tax, are reflected directly in shareholders’ equity.

While GAAP requires our fixed-maturity assets to be revalued, it does not permit interest-bearing insurance policy liabilities supported by those assets to be valued at fair value in a consistent manner, with changes in value applied directly to shareholders’ equity. However, due to the size of both the investment portfolio and our policy liabilities, this inconsistency in measurement can have a material impact on shareholders’ equity. Because of the long-term nature of our fixed maturities and liabilities and the strong cash flows generated by our insurance subsidiaries, we have the intent and ability to hold our securities to maturity. As such, we do not expect to incur realized gains or losses due to fluctuations in the market value of fixed maturities caused by interest rate changes or losses caused by temporarily illiquid markets. Accordingly, management removes the effect of this rule when analyzing Torchmark’s balance sheet, capital structure, and financial ratios in order to provide a more consistent and meaningful portrayal of the Company’s financial position from period to period.

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The following table presents selected data related to capital resources. Additionally, the table presents the effect of this GAAP requirement on relevant line items, so that investors and other financial statement users may determine its impact on our capital structure.

Selected Financial Data

	At
	March 31, 2015						December 31, 2014						March 31, 2014 *
	GAAP			Effect of Accounting Rule Requiring Revaluation(1)			GAAP			Effect of Accounting Rule Requiring Revaluation(1)			GAAP			Effect of Accounting Rule Requiring Revaluation(1)
Fixed maturities (millions)	$	14,895		$	1,932		$	14,493		$	1,669		$	13,618		$	1,000
Deferred acquisition costs (millions) (2)	3,511			(16		)	3,472			(16		)	3,364			(14		)
Total assets (millions)	20,697			1,916			20,215			1,653			19,064			986
Short-term debt (millions)	259			—			238			—			265			—
Long-term debt (millions)	992			—			992			—			991			—
Shareholders’ equity (millions)	4,884			1,245			4,697			1,074			4,189			641
Book value per diluted share	38.17			9.73			36.19			8.28			31.23			4.77
Debt to capitalization (3)	20.4		%	(5.2		)%	20.8		%	(4.6		)%	23.1		%	(3.1		)%
Diluted shares outstanding (thousands)	127,935						129,812						134,115
Actual shares outstanding (thousands)	126,502						127,930						132,329

(1) Amount added to (deducted from) comprehensive income to produce the stated GAAP item, per accounting rule ASC 320-10-35-1, formerly SFAS 115.

(2) Includes the value of insurance purchased.

(3) Torchmark’s debt covenants require that the effect of this accounting rule be removed to determine this ratio. This ratio is computed by dividing total debt by the sum of total debt and shareholders’ equity.

* All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

Interest coverage was 10.5 times in the 2015three months, compared with 11.4 times in the 2014 period. Interest coverage is computed by dividing interest expense into the sum of pretax income and interest expense.

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Unadopted Accounting Policy

Consolidation: The FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-02 Consolidation: Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis (ASU 2015-02), to amend the consolidation requirements in ASC 810. The amendments could potentially affect the consolidations concerning certain limited partnerships and related parties. ASU 2015-02 will be effective for Torchmark beginning in calendar year 2016. The Company is currently evaluating this new guidance, but does not expect a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Cautionary Statements

We caution readers regarding certain forward-looking statements contained in the previous discussion and elsewhere in this document, and in any other statements made by, or on behalf of Torchmark whether or not in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any statement that is not a historical fact or that might otherwise be considered an opinion or projection concerning Torchmark or its business, whether express or implied, is meant as and should be considered a forward-looking statement. Such statements represent management’s opinions concerning future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. We specifically disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement because of new information, future developments, or otherwise.

Forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that are subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. If these estimates or assumptions prove to be incorrect, the actual results of Torchmark may differ materially from the forward-looking statements made on the basis of such estimates or assumptions. Whether or not actual results differ materially from forward-looking statements may depend on numerous foreseeable and unforeseeable events or developments, which may be national in scope, related to the insurance industry generally, or applicable to Torchmark specifically. Such events or developments could include, but are not necessarily limited to:

1) Changing general economic conditions leading to unexpected changes in lapse rates and/or sales of our policies, as well as levels of mortality, morbidity, and utilization of health care services that differ from Torchmark’s assumptions;

2) Regulatory developments, including changes in governmental regulations (particularly those impacting taxes and changes to the Federal Medicare program that would affect Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D insurance);

3) Market trends in the senior-aged health care industry that provide alternatives to traditional Medicare (such as Health Maintenance Organizations and other managed care or private plans) and that could affect the sales of traditional Medicare Supplement insurance;

4) Interest rate changes that affect product sales and/or investment portfolio yield;

5) General economic, industry sector or individual debt issuers’ financial conditions that may affect the current market value of securities we own, or that may impair an issuer’s ability to make principal and/or interest payments due on those securities;

6) Changes in pricing competition;

7) Litigation results;

8) Levels of administrative and operational efficiencies that differ from our assumptions;

9) Our inability to obtain timely and appropriate premium rate increases for health insurance policies due to regulatory delay;

10) The customer response to new products and marketing initiatives; and

11) Reported amounts in the financial statements which are based on management’s estimates and judgments which may differ from the actual amounts ultimately realized.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

There have been no quantitative or qualitative changes with respect to market risk exposure during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Torchmark, under the direction of the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has established disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Torchmark in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. The disclosure controls and procedures are also intended to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to Torchmark’s management, including the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

As of the end of the fiscal quarter completed March 31, 2015, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of Torchmark management, including the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of Torchmark’s disclosure controls and procedures (as those terms are defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon their evaluation, the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that Torchmark’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the date of this Form 10-Q. In compliance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. §1350), each of these officers executed a Certification included as an exhibit to this Form 10-Q.

As of the date of this Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, there have not been any changes in Torchmark’s internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect this control over financial reporting subsequent to the date of their evaluation which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Torchmark’s internal control over financial reporting. No material weaknesses in such internal controls were identified in the evaluation and as a consequence, no corrective action was required to be taken.

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Part II – Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Torchmark and its subsidiaries, in common with the insurance industry in general, are subject to litigation, including claims involving tax matters, alleged breaches of contract, torts, including bad faith and fraud claims based on alleged wrongful or fraudulent acts of agents of Torchmark’s subsidiaries, employment discrimination, and miscellaneous other causes of action. Based upon information presently available, and in light of legal and other factual defenses available to Torchmark and its subsidiaries, management does not believe that such litigation will have a material adverse effect on Torchmark’s financial condition, future operating results or liquidity; however, assessing the eventual outcome of litigation necessarily involves forward-looking speculation as to judgments to be made by judges, juries and appellate courts in the future. This bespeaks caution, particularly in states with reputations for high punitive damage verdicts. Torchmark’s management recognizes that large punitive damage awards bearing little or no relation to actual damages continue to be awarded by juries in jurisdictions in which Torchmark and its subsidiaries have substantial business, creating the potential for unpredictable material adverse judgments in any given punitive damage suit.

Torchmark subsidiaries are currently the subject of audits regarding the identification, reporting and escheatment of unclaimed property arising from life insurance policies and a limited number of annuity contracts. These audits are being conducted by private entities that have contracted with forty-seven various states through their respective Departments of Revenue, and have not resulted in any financial assessment from any state nor indicated any liability. The audits are wide-ranging and seek large amounts of data regarding claims handling, procedures, and payments of contract benefits arising from unreported death claims. No estimate of range can be made at this time for loss contingencies related to possible administrative penalties or amounts that could be payable to the states for the escheatment of abandoned property.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Torchmark has had no material changes to its risk factors.

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Item 2. Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

(e) Purchases of Certain Equity Securities by the Issuer and Others

Period	(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased	(b) Average Price Paid Per Share		(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	(d) Maximum Number of Shares (or Approximate Dollar Amount) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 1-31, 2015	799,967	$	52.28	799,967
February 1-28, 2015	542,073	53.25		542,073
March 1-31, 2015	736,471	54.23		736,471

At its August 6, 2014 meeting, the Board of Directors reaffirmed the Company’s share repurchase program in amounts and with timing that management, in consultation with the Board, determines to be in the best interest of the Company. The program has no defined expiration date or maximum shares to be repurchased.

Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits

(11)	Statement re Computation of Per Share Earnings
(31.1)	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Larry M. Hutchison
(31.2)	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Gary L. Coleman
(31.3)	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Frank M. Svoboda
(32.1)	Section 1350 Certification by Larry M. Hutchison, Gary L. Coleman, and Frank M. Svoboda
(101)	Interactive Data Files for the Torchmark Corporation Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2015

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	TORCHMARK CORPORATION
Date: May 8, 2015	/s/ Gary L. Coleman
	Gary L. Coleman
	Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 8, 2015	/s/ Larry M. Hutchison
	Larry M. Hutchison
	Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 8, 2015	/s/ Frank M. Svoboda
	Frank M. Svoboda
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-11

Exhibit 11. Statement re computation of per share earnings.

TORCHMARK CORPORATION

COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE

	Three months ended   March 31,
	2015		2014
Net Income	$	121,648,000	$	132,856,000
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	127,121,101		133,163,464
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	128,586,852		135,035,539
Basic net income per share	$	0.96	$	1.00
Diluted net income per share	$	0.95	$	0.98

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Larry M. Hutchison, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Torchmark Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 8, 2015

/s/ Larry M. Hutchison

Larry M. Hutchison

Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Gary L. Coleman, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Torchmark Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 8, 2015

/s/ Gary L. Coleman

Gary L. Coleman

Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.3

Exhibit 31.3

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Frank M. Svoboda, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Torchmark Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 8, 2015

/s/ Frank M. Svoboda

Frank M. Svoboda

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT

We, Larry M. Hutchison, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Torchmark Corporation, Gary L. Coleman, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Torchmark Corporation and Frank M. Svoboda, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Torchmark Corporation, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that, to the best of our knowledge:

(1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated:  May 8, 2015

/s/ Larry M. Hutchison

Larry M. Hutchison

Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Gary L. Coleman

Gary L. Coleman

Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Frank M. Svoboda

Frank M. Svoboda

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Business Segments - Reconciliation of Segment Operating Information to Consolidated Statement of Operations (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Premiums Earned, Net	$ 830,148	$ 819,020	[1]
Net investment income	191,596	188,051	[1]
Other income	669	481	[1]
Total revenue	1,022,413	1,007,552
Policy benefits	591,897	586,517	[1]
Policy reserves	0	0
Deferred acquisition costs	0	0
Amortization of acquisition costs	111,263	104,733	[1]
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	63,268	59,378	[1]
Insurance administrative expense	47,200	46,704
Parent expense	2,173	1,743
Stock compensation expense	7,239	8,509
Interest expense	19,060	19,049	[1]
Total benefits and expenses	842,100	826,633	[1]
Subtotal	180,313	180,919
Nonoperating items	18,484	22,769
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	198,797	203,688
Deduct applicable income taxes	(65,211)	(66,835)
Segment profits after tax	133,586	136,853
Add (deduct) realized investment gains (losses)	119	16,619
Deduct Part D adjustment	(18,484)	(20,276)
Deduct legal settlement expenses		(2,493)
Income before income taxes	180,432	197,538	[1]
Operating Segments [Member] | Life Insurance [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Premiums Earned, Net	513,342	489,058
Total revenue	513,342	489,058
Policy benefits	339,701	320,176
Policy reserves	(136,185)	(130,511)
Deferred acquisition costs	42,846	41,690
Amortization of acquisition costs	88,528	83,600
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	37,049	33,484
Total benefits and expenses	371,939	348,439
Subtotal	141,403	140,619
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	141,403	140,619
Operating Segments [Member] | Health Insurance [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Premiums Earned, Net	228,673	219,435
Total revenue	228,673	219,435
Policy benefits	148,029	141,786
Policy reserves	(16,883)	(15,632)
Deferred acquisition costs	5,668	5,598
Amortization of acquisition costs	20,184	18,608
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	20,098	19,618
Total benefits and expenses	177,096	169,978
Subtotal	51,577	49,457
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	51,577	49,457
Operating Segments [Member] | Medicare Part D [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Premiums Earned, Net	79,347	83,033
Total revenue	79,347	83,033
Policy benefits	66,893	66,261
Policy reserves
Deferred acquisition costs	214	175
Amortization of acquisition costs	603	705
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	6,163	6,326
Total benefits and expenses	73,873	73,467
Subtotal	5,474	9,566
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	5,474	9,566
Operating Segments [Member] | Annuity [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Premiums Earned, Net	41	99
Total revenue	41	99
Policy benefits	10,045	10,623
Policy reserves	(13,369)	(13,791)
Deferred acquisition costs	313	389
Amortization of acquisition costs	1,948	1,820
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	11	13
Total benefits and expenses	(1,052)	(946)
Subtotal	1,093	1,045
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	1,093	1,045
Operating Segments [Member] | Investment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net investment income	191,596	188,051
Total revenue	191,596	188,051
Policy reserves	166,437	159,934
Deferred acquisition costs	(49,041)	(47,852)
Interest expense	19,060	19,049
Total benefits and expenses	136,456	131,131
Subtotal	55,140	56,920
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	55,140	56,920
Operating Segments [Member] | Other and Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other income	722	544
Total revenue	722	544
Insurance administrative expense	47,200	44,211
Parent expense	2,173	1,743
Stock compensation expense	7,239	8,509
Total benefits and expenses	56,612	54,463
Subtotal	(55,890)	(53,919)
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	(55,890)	(53,919)
Adjustments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Premiums Earned, Net	8,745	27,395
Net investment income
Other income	(53)	(63)
Total revenue	8,692	27,332
Policy benefits	27,229	47,671
Amortization of acquisition costs
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	(53)	(63)
Insurance administrative expense		2,493
Parent expense
Total benefits and expenses	27,176	50,101
Subtotal	(18,484)	(22,769)
Nonoperating items	18,484	22,769
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	0	0
Adjustments [Member] | Medicare Part D [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Premiums Earned, Net	8,745	27,395
Deduct Part D adjustment	$ (18,484)	$ (20,276)

[1] Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards

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Investments - Schedule of Additional Information about Investments in Unrealized Loss Position (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2015 Issue	Dec. 31, 2014 Issue
Number of issues (Cusip numbers) held:
Less than Twelve Months	99	80
Twelve Months or Longer	63	173
Number of issues (Cusip numbers) held, Total	162	253

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Postretirement Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Liability related to funded defined-benefit pension plans	$ 407,000,000	$ 403,000,000
Contributions to benefit plans	20,000,000
Insurance cash value and Rabbi Trust investments supporting supplemental pension plan liability	75,000,000	74,000,000
Non-qualified supplemental retirement pension plan liability	$ 72,000,000	$ 71,000,000

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Business Segments - Reconciliation of Health Premium Included in the segment Analysis (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Health premium	$ 316,765	$ 329,863	[1]
Health premium earned per segment, Change %	(4.00%)
Medicare Part D [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Health premium	79,347	83,033
Health premium earned per segment, Change %	(4.00%)
Other Health [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Health premium	228,673	219,435
Health premium earned per segment, Change %	4.00%
Part D risk sharing adjustment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Health premium	$ 8,745	$ 27,395
Health premium earned per segment, Change %	(68.00%)

[1] Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards

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Postretirement Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Postretirement Benefit Plans

Postretirement Benefit Plans

The following tables present a summary of post-retirement benefit costs by component.

Components of Post-Retirement Benefit Costs

	Three Months ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	2015			2014			2015		2014
Service cost	$	3,990		$	3,232		$	—	$	56
Interest cost	5,003			4,819			203		147
Expected return on assets	(5,323		)	(4,753		)	—		—
Amortization:
Prior service cost	81			528			—		—
Actuarial (gain) loss	3,534			2,044			23		—
Direct recognition of expense	—			—			176		(62		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	7,285		$	5,870		$	402	$	141

The following chart presents assets at fair value for the defined-benefit pension plans at March 31, 2015 and the prior-year end.

Pension Assets by Component

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
	Amount		%	Amount		%
Corporate debt	$	169,188	52	$	166,825	52
Other fixed maturities	292		—	284		—
Equity securities	128,137		40	127,568		39
Short-term investments	7,798		2	9,038		3
Guaranteed annuity contract	15,144		5	15,027		5
Other	3,684		1	4,156		1
Total	$	324,243	100	$	322,898	100

The liability for the funded defined-benefit pension plans was $407 million at March 31, 2015 and $403 million at December 31, 2014. No cash contributions were made to the qualified pension plans during the three months ended March 31, 2015. Torchmark expects to make cash contributions to these plans during 2015 in an amount not to exceed $20 million. With respect to the Company’s non-qualified supplemental retirement plan, life insurance policies on the lives of plan participants have been established with an unaffiliated carrier to fund a portion of the Company’s obligations under the plan. These policies, as well as investments deposited with an unaffiliated trustee, were previously placed in a Rabbi Trust to provide for payment of the plan obligations. At March 31, 2015, the combined value of the insurance policies and investments in the Rabbi Trust to support plan liabilities were $75 million, compared with $74 million at year-end 2014. Since this plan is non-qualified, the values of the insurance policies and investments are recorded as other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not included in the chart of plan assets above. The liability for the non-qualified pension plan was $72 million at March 31, 2015 and $71 million at December 31, 2014.

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Investments - Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	$ 14,894,514	$ 14,493,060
Equity securities	1,474	1,477
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	14,895,988
Percent of total	100.00%
Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	14,894,514
Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity securities	1,474
U.S. Government Direct, Guaranteed, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	383,000
States, Municipalities, and Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	1,463,668
Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	29,289
Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	12,367,083
Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	74,554
Other Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	21,939
Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	554,981
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	48,501
Percent of total	0.30%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	47,860
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity securities	641
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | U.S. Government Direct, Guaranteed, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | States, Municipalities, and Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	32,426
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Other Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	15,434
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	14,244,087
Percent of total	95.60%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	14,244,087
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity securities	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | U.S. Government Direct, Guaranteed, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	383,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | States, Municipalities, and Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	1,463,668
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	29,289
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	11,806,644
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Other Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	21,939
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	539,547
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	603,400
Percent of total	4.10%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	602,567
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity securities	833
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | U.S. Government Direct, Guaranteed, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | States, Municipalities, and Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	528,013
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	74,554
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Other Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Financial [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	3,067,677
Financial [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	525,381
Financial [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Financial [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	15,434
Financial [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	2,996,597
Financial [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	509,947
Financial [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	71,080
Financial [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Utilities [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	2,581,260
Utilities [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	29,600
Utilities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	25,426
Utilities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Utilities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	2,413,683
Utilities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	29,600
Utilities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	142,151
Utilities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Energy [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	1,719,435
Energy [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	0
Energy [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	1,691,735
Energy [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	27,700
Other Corporate Sectors [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	4,998,711
Other Corporate Sectors [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	7,000
Other Corporate Sectors [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	4,704,629
Other Corporate Sectors [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value fixed maturities measured on recurring basis	$ 287,082

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Investments - Schedule of Selected Information about Sales of Fixed Maturities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Proceeds from sales	$ 11,444	$ 16,049
Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Proceeds from sales	11,444	16,050
Gross realized gains	84	15,925
Gross realized losses	$ 0	$ 0

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Investments - Schedule of Changes in Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Investment [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	$ 576,779	$ 359,281
Included in realized gains/losses	0	15,925
Included in other comprehensive income	22,182	20,055
Acquisitions	8,000	33,791
Sales	0	(16,050)
Amortization	1,414	1,310
Other	(4,975)	(3,176)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3	0	0
Ending Balance	603,400	411,136
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	4.10%	3.00%
Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	63,232	58,205
Included in realized gains/losses	0	15,924
Included in other comprehensive income	13,556	7,283
Acquisitions	0	0
Sales	0	(16,049)
Amortization	1,410	1,307
Other	(3,644)	(2,340)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3	0	0
Ending Balance	74,554	64,330
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	0.50%	0.50%
Corporates [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	512,714	300,300
Included in realized gains/losses	0	1
Included in other comprehensive income	8,626	12,772
Acquisitions	8,000	33,791
Sales	0	(1)
Amortization	4	3
Other	(1,331)	(836)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3	0	0
Ending Balance	528,013	346,030
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	3.60%	2.50%
Equity Securities [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	833	776
Included in realized gains/losses	0	0
Included in other comprehensive income	0	0
Acquisitions	0	0
Sales	0	0
Amortization	0	0
Other	0	0
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3	0	0
Ending Balance	$ 833	$ 776
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	0.00%	0.00%

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Investments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014 Issue
Investment [Line Items]
Total issues of fixed-maturities and equities	1,589		1,604
Additional Other Than Temporary Impairment [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Other-than-temporary impairments	$ 0	$ 0

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Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

A reconciliation of basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding is as follows.

	For the three months ended   March 31,
	2015	2014*
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	127,121,101	133,163,464
Weighted average dilutive options outstanding	1,465,751	1,872,075
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	128,586,852	135,035,539
Antidilutive shares	605,188	5,210

* All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

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Investments - Schedule of Unrealized Investment Losses by Class of Investment (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	$ 633,682
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	353,455
Fair Value, Total	987,137
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(26,837)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(38,783)
Unrealized Loss Total	(65,620)
Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	633,682
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	353,455
Fair Value, Total	987,137
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(26,837)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(38,783)
Unrealized Loss Total	(65,620)
Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	0
Fair Value, Total	0
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	0
Unrealized Loss Total	0
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	567,416
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	138,222
Fair Value, Total	705,638
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(18,743)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(8,467)
Unrealized Loss Total	(27,210)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | U.S. Government Direct, Guaranteed, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	22,803
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	14,868
Fair Value, Total	37,671
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(158)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(633)
Unrealized Loss Total	(791)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | States, Municipalities, and Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	10,033
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	1,026
Fair Value, Total	11,059
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(169)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(58)
Unrealized Loss Total	(227)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	781
Fair Value, Total	781
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(1)
Unrealized Loss Total	(1)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	533,573
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	119,902
Fair Value, Total	653,475
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(18,415)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(7,752)
Unrealized Loss Total	(26,167)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	0
Fair Value, Total	0
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	0
Unrealized Loss Total	0
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Other Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	0
Fair Value, Total	0
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	0
Unrealized Loss Total	0
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	1,007
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	1,645
Fair Value, Total	2,652
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(1)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(23)
Unrealized Loss Total	(24)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Financial [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	24,388
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	0
Fair Value, Total	24,388
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(330)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	0
Unrealized Loss Total	(330)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Financial [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	1,007
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	0
Fair Value, Total	1,007
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(1)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	0
Unrealized Loss Total	(1)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Utilities [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	44,928
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	4,999
Fair Value, Total	49,927
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(523)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(1)
Unrealized Loss Total	(524)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Utilities [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	1,645
Fair Value, Total	1,645
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(23)
Unrealized Loss Total	(23)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Energy [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	172,234
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	64,968
Fair Value, Total	237,202
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(12,241)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(4,486)
Unrealized Loss Total	(16,727)
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member] | Other Corporate Sectors [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	292,023
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	49,935
Fair Value, Total	341,958
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(5,321)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(3,265)
Unrealized Loss Total	(8,586)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	66,266
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	215,233
Fair Value, Total	281,499
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(8,094)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(30,316)
Unrealized Loss Total	(38,410)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | States, Municipalities, and Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	360
Fair Value, Total	360
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(196)
Unrealized Loss Total	(196)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	66,266
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	145,233
Fair Value, Total	211,499
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(8,094)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(17,421)
Unrealized Loss Total	(25,515)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	12,128
Fair Value, Total	12,128
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(7,872)
Unrealized Loss Total	(7,872)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Other Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	0
Fair Value, Total	0
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	0
Unrealized Loss Total	0
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	57,512
Fair Value, Total	57,512
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(4,827)
Unrealized Loss Total	(4,827)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Financial [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	92,540
Fair Value, Total	92,540
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(13,263)
Unrealized Loss Total	(13,263)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Financial [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	57,512
Fair Value, Total	57,512
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(4,827)
Unrealized Loss Total	(4,827)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Utilities [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	0
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	0
Fair Value, Total	0
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	0
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	0
Unrealized Loss Total	0
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Energy [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	49,299
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	0
Fair Value, Total	49,299
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(7,699)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	0
Unrealized Loss Total	(7,699)
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member] | Other Corporate Sectors [Member] | Corporates [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value, Less than Twelve Months	16,967
Fair Value, Twelve Months or Longer	52,693
Fair Value, Total	69,660
Unrealized Loss Less Than Twelve Months	(395)
Unrealized Loss Twelve Months or Longer	(4,158)
Unrealized Loss Total	$ (4,553)

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Business Segments - Analysis of Profitability by Segment (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	$ 198,797	$ 203,688
Applicable taxes	(65,211)	(66,835)
Net operating income	133,586	136,853
Realized gains (losses)-Investments	77	10,802
Part D adjustment	(12,015)	(13,179)
Legal settlement expense	0	(1,620)
Net income	121,648	132,856	[1]
Pretax operating income, Change	(4,891)
Applicable taxes, Increase (Decrease)	1,624
Net operating income, Increase (Decrease)	(3,267)
Realized gains (losses) - Investments net of tax, Increase (Decrease)	(10,725)
Part D adjustment net of tax, Increase (Decrease)	1,164
Legal settlement expenses net of tax, Increase (Decrease)	1,620
Net income, Increase (Decrease)	(11,208)
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	(2.00%)
Applicable taxes, Change %	(2.00%)
Net operating income, Change %	(2.00%)
Net income, Change %	(8.00%)
Medicare Part D [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Part D adjustment	(12,015)	(13,179)
Operating Segments [Member] | Life Insurance [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	141,403	140,619
Pretax operating income, Change	784
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	1.00%
Operating Segments [Member] | Health Insurance [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	51,577	49,457
Pretax operating income, Change	2,120
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	4.00%
Operating Segments [Member] | Medicare Part D [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	5,474	9,566
Pretax operating income, Change	(4,092)
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	(43.00%)
Operating Segments [Member] | Annuity [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	1,093	1,045
Pretax operating income, Change	48
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	5.00%
Operating Segments [Member] | Investment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	55,140	56,920
Pretax operating income, Change	(1,780)
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	(3.00%)
Operating Segments [Member] | Other and Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	(55,890)	(53,919)
Operating Segments [Member] | Other and Corporate [Member] | Other Income [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	722	544
Pretax operating income, Change	178
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	33.00%
Operating Segments [Member] | Other and Corporate [Member] | Administrative Expense [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	(47,200)	(44,211)
Pretax operating income, Change	(2,989)
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	7.00%
Operating Segments [Member] | Other and Corporate [Member] | Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax operating income	(9,412)	(10,252)
Pretax operating income, Change	$ 840
Pretax operating income, Increase (Decrease) %	(8.00%)

[1] Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assets
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost: 2015–$12,962,830; 2014–$12,823,612)	$ 14,894,514	$ 14,493,060
Equity securities, at fair value (cost: 2015–$776; 2014–$776)	1,474	1,477
Policy loans	474,717	472,109
Other long-term investments	10,006	10,449
Short-term investments	91,888	15,882
Total investments	15,472,599	14,992,977
Cash	3,086	66,019
Accrued investment income	213,864	204,879
Other receivables	565,965	543,988
Deferred acquisition costs	3,510,564	3,471,781
Goodwill	441,591	441,591
Other assets	488,838	493,495
Total assets	20,696,507	20,214,730
Liabilities:
Future policy benefits	11,871,991	11,750,495
Unearned and advance premiums	74,729	72,275
Policy claims and other benefits payable	222,668	212,137
Other policyholders’ funds	95,418	95,446
Total policy liabilities	12,264,806	12,130,353
Current and deferred income taxes payable	1,919,471	1,797,265
Other liabilities	377,218	359,118
Short-term debt	258,921	238,398
Long-term debt (fair value: 2015–$1,152,793; 2014–$1,148,749)	992,463	992,130
Total liabilities	15,812,879	15,517,264
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $1 per share–Authorized 5,000,000 shares; outstanding: -0- in 2015 and in 2014	0	0
Common stock, par value $1 per share–Authorized 320,000,000 shares; outstanding: (2015–134,218,183 issued, less 7,716,042 held in treasury and 2014–134,218,183 issued, less 6,287,907 held in treasury)	134,218	134,218
Additional paid-in capital	462,953	457,613
Accumulated other comprehensive income	1,165,641	997,452
Retained earnings	3,472,042	3,376,846
Treasury stock, at cost	(351,226)	(268,663)
Total shareholders’ equity	4,883,628	4,697,466
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 20,696,507	$ 20,214,730

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Cash provided from operations	$ 279,729	$ 274,850
Long-term investments sold or matured:
Fixed maturities available for sale—sold	11,444	16,049
Fixed maturities available for sale—matured, called, and repaid	127,554	22,288
Equity securities	0	700
Other long-term investments	51	68
Total long-term investments sold or matured	139,049	39,105
Long-term investments acquired:
Fixed maturities	(291,798)	(158,344)
Other long-term investments	(19)	(20)
Total long-term investments acquired	(291,817)	(158,364)
Net increase in policy loans	(2,608)	(3,085)
Net (increase) decrease in short-term investments	(76,006)	(32,175)
Net change in payable or receivable for securities	0	(902)
Additions to properties	(6,080)	(5,075)
Investment in low-income housing interests	(6,865)	(15,042)
Cash used for investment activities	(244,327)	(175,538)
Cash provided from (used for) financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	11,823	13,954
Net borrowings (repayments) of commercial paper	20,523	35,848
Excess tax benefit from stock option exercises	4,952	4,366
Acquisition of treasury stock	(110,619)	(125,635)
Cash dividends paid to shareholders	(16,210)	(15,219)
Net receipts (withdrawals) from deposit-type products	(15,558)	(17,181)
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities	(105,089)	(103,867)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash	6,754	7,628
Net (decreases) increase in cash	(62,933)	3,073
Cash at beginning of year	66,019	36,943
Cash at end of period	$ 3,086	$ 40,016

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Supplemental Information about Changes to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Summary of Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on Derivatives [Line Items]
Realized (gains) losses	$ (119)	$ (16,619)	[1]
Amortization of (discount) premium	(191,596)	(188,051)	[1]
Income taxes	58,784	64,682	[1]
Net income	(121,648)	(132,856)	[1]
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on Derivatives [Line Items]
Net income	1,201	(10,576)
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] | Accumulated Net Investment Gain (Loss) Attributable to Parent [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on Derivatives [Line Items]
Realized (gains) losses	(119)	(16,619)
Amortization of (discount) premium	(1,672)	(2,227)
Total before tax	(1,791)	(18,846)
Income taxes	627	6,597
Net income	(1,164)	(12,249)
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] | Pension adjustments [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on Derivatives [Line Items]
Amortization of prior service cost	81	528
Amortization of actuarial gain (loss)	3,557	2,046
Total before tax	3,638	2,574
Income taxes	(1,273)	(901)
Net income	$ 2,365	$ 1,673

[1] Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards

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Earnings Per Share - Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Weighted - Average Shares Outstanding (Detail)	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2014	Jun. 02, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Basic weighted average shares outstanding			127,121,101	133,163,464
Weighted average dilutive options outstanding			1,465,751	1,872,075
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding			128,586,852	135,035,539
Antidilutive shares			605,188	5,210
Stock split conversion ratio	1.5	1.5

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Business Segments - Adjustments for Difference in Interim Medicare Part D Results for Segment Purposes and GAAP (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit costs deferred	$ 591,897	$ 586,517	[1]
Government risk-sharing premium adjustment	(830,148)	(819,020)	[1]
Pre-tax addition to segment interim period income	18,484	20,276
After tax amount	12,015	13,179
Medicare Part D [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
After tax amount	12,015	13,179
Adjustments [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit costs deferred	27,229	47,671
Government risk-sharing premium adjustment	(8,745)	(27,395)
Adjustments [Member] | Medicare Part D [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Government risk-sharing premium adjustment	(8,745)	(27,395)
Pre-tax addition to segment interim period income	$ 18,484	$ 20,276

[1] Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards

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Postretirement Benefit Plans - Schedule of Defined-Benefit Plans Disclosures (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit pension plans-fair value of plan assets	$ 324,243	$ 322,898
Percent of total pension assets	100.00%	100.00%
Other Fixed Maturities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit pension plans-fair value of plan assets	292	284
Percent of total pension assets	0.00%	0.00%
Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit pension plans-fair value of plan assets	128,137	127,568
Percent of total pension assets	40.00%	39.00%
Guaranteed Annuity Contract [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit pension plans-fair value of plan assets	15,144	15,027
Percent of total pension assets	5.00%	5.00%
Other [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit pension plans-fair value of plan assets	3,684	4,156
Percent of total pension assets	1.00%	1.00%
Corporate Bonds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit pension plans-fair value of plan assets	169,188	166,825
Percent of total pension assets	52.00%	52.00%
Short-term Investments [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit pension plans-fair value of plan assets	$ 7,798	$ 9,038
Percent of total pension assets	2.00%	3.00%

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Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Accounting Policies

Accounting Policies

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Therefore, they do not include all of the annual disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). However, in the opinion of management, these statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated financial position at March 31, 2015, and the condensed consolidated results of operations, comprehensive income, and cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. The interim period condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements that are included in the Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2015.

Torchmark declared a three-for-two stock split paid in the form of a 50% stock dividend on all of the Company’s outstanding common stock, having a record date of June 2, 2014. On July 1,2014, the payment date, holders of Torchmark common stock received one additional share of stock for every two shares held. All share and per share amounts have been adjusted to reflect this stock split for the periods presented in these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Effective January 1, 2015, Torchmark adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-01 Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures: Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects (ASU 2014-01). As a result of the adoption, the Company retrospectively adjusted prior periods. See Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards for further detail.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	$ 12,962,830	$ 12,823,612
Equity securities, cost	776	776
Long-term debt, fair value	$ 1,152,793	$ 1,148,749
Preferred stock, par value	$ 1	$ 1
Preferred stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value	$ 1	$ 1
Common stock, shares authorized	320,000,000	320,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	134,218,183	134,218,183
Common stock, shares held in treasury	7,716,042	6,287,907

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Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Summary of Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities Available for Sale by Component

A summary of fixed maturities and equity securities available for sale by cost or amortized cost and estimated fair value at March 31, 2015 is as follows.

Portfolio Composition as of March 31, 2015

	Cost or Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		% of Total Fixed Maturities*
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	369,684	$	14,107	$	(791	)	$	383,000	3
States, municipalities, and political subdivisions	1,281,007		183,084		(423		)	1,463,668		10
Foreign governments	27,372		1,918		(1		)	29,289		—
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	2,609,600		471,670		(13,593		)	3,067,677		20
Utilities	2,147,011		434,773		(524		)	2,581,260		18
Energy	1,546,541		197,320		(24,426		)	1,719,435		12
Other corporate sectors	4,401,258		610,592		(13,139		)	4,998,711		33
Total corporates	10,704,410		1,714,355		(51,682		)	12,367,083		83
Collateralized debt obligations	65,642		16,784		(7,872		)	74,554		—
Other asset-backed securities	20,384		1,555		—			21,939		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	465,655		64,554		(4,828		)	525,381		4
Utilities	28,676		947		(23		)	29,600		—
Total redeemable preferred stocks	494,331		65,501		(4,851		)	554,981		4
Total fixed maturities	12,962,830		1,997,304		(65,620		)	14,894,514		100
Equity securities	776		698		—			1,474
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	12,963,606	$	1,998,002	$	(65,620	)	$	14,895,988

* At fair value

Schedule of Fixed Maturities by Contractual Maturity

A schedule of fixed maturities by contractual maturity date at March 31, 2015 is shown below on an amortized cost basis and on a fair value basis. Actual maturity dates could differ from contractual maturities due to call or prepayment provisions.

	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	132,153	$	134,358
Due from one to five years	510,813		575,083
Due from five to ten years	931,954		1,043,718
Due from ten to twenty years	3,739,429		4,379,923
Due after twenty years	7,560,176		8,662,450
Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities	88,305		98,982
	$	12,962,830	$	14,894,514

Schedule of Selected Information about Sales of Fixed Maturities

Selected information about sales of fixed maturities is as follows.

For the three months ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Proceeds from sales	$	11,444	$	16,050
Gross realized gains	84		15,925
Gross realized losses	—		—

Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The following table represents assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2015 Using:

Description	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)			Total Fair Value
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	—		$	383,000		$	—		$	383,000
States, municipalities, and political subdivisions	—			1,463,668			—			1,463,668
Foreign governments	—			29,289			—			29,289
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	—			2,996,597			71,080			3,067,677
Utilities	25,426			2,413,683			142,151			2,581,260
Energy	—			1,691,735			27,700			1,719,435
Other corporate sectors	7,000			4,704,629			287,082			4,998,711
Total corporates	32,426			11,806,644			528,013			12,367,083
Collateralized debt obligations	—			—			74,554			74,554
Other asset-backed securities	—			21,939			—			21,939
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	15,434			509,947			—			525,381
Utilities	—			29,600			—			29,600
Total redeemable preferred stocks	15,434			539,547			—			554,981
Total fixed maturities	47,860			14,244,087			602,567			14,894,514
Equity securities	641			—			833			1,474
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	48,501		$	14,244,087		$	603,400		$	14,895,988
Percent of total	0.3		%	95.6		%	4.1		%	100.0		%

Schedule of Changes in Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis Using Significant Unobservable Inputs

The following table represents an analysis of changes in fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

Analysis of Changes in Fair Value Measurements Using

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Collateralized debt obligations			Corporates (1)			Equities			Total
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	63,232		$	512,714		$	833		$	576,779
Total gains or losses:
Included in realized gains/losses	—			—			—			—
Included in other comprehensive income	13,556			8,626			—			22,182
Acquisitions	—			8,000			—			8,000
Sales	—			—			—			—
Amortization	1,410			4			—			1,414
Other (2)	(3,644		)	(1,331		)	—			(4,975		)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (3)	—			—			—			—
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	74,554		$	528,013		$	833		$	603,400
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	0.5		%	3.6		%	—		%	4.1		%
	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Collateralized debt obligations			Corporates (1)			Equities			Total
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	58,205		$	300,300		$	776		$	359,281
Total gains or losses:
Included in realized gains/losses	15,924			1			—			15,925
Included in other comprehensive income	7,283			12,772			—			20,055
Acquisitions	—			33,791			—			33,791
Sales	(16,049		)	(1		)	—			(16,050		)
Amortization	1,307			3			—			1,310
Other (2)	(2,340		)	(836		)	—			(3,176		)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (3)	—			—			—			—
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	64,330		$	346,030		$	776		$	411,136
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	0.5		%	2.5		%	—		%	3.0		%

(1) Includes redeemable preferred stocks.

(2) Includes capitalized interest, foreign exchange adjustments, and principal repayments.

(3) Considered to be transferred at the end of the period. Transfers into Level 3 occur when observable inputs are no longer available. Transfers out of Level 3 occur when observable inputs become available.

Schedule of Additional Information About Investments in Unrealized Loss Position

The following table discloses information about investments in an unrealized loss position:

	Less than Twelve Months	Twelve Months or Longer	Total
Number of issues (Cusip numbers) held:
As of March 31, 2015	99	63	162
As of December 31, 2014	80	173	253

Schedule of Unrealized Investment Losses by Class of Investment

The following table discloses unrealized investment losses by class of investment at March 31, 2015 for the period of time in a loss position. Torchmark considers these investments not to be other-than-temporarily impaired.

Analysis of Gross Unrealized Investment Losses

At March 31, 2015

	Less than Twelve Months					Twelve Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Investment grade:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	22,803	$	(158	)	$	14,868	$	(633	)	$	37,671	$	(791	)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	10,033		(169		)	1,026		(58		)	11,059		(227		)
Foreign governments	—		—			781		(1		)	781		(1		)
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	24,388		(330		)	—		—			24,388		(330		)
Utilities	44,928		(523		)	4,999		(1		)	49,927		(524		)
Energy	172,234		(12,241		)	64,968		(4,486		)	237,202		(16,727		)
Other corporate sectors	292,023		(5,321		)	49,935		(3,265		)	341,958		(8,586		)
Total corporates	533,573		(18,415		)	119,902		(7,752		)	653,475		(26,167		)
Collateralized debt obligations	—		—			—		—			—		—
Other asset-backed securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	1,007		(1		)	—		—			1,007		(1		)
Utilities	—		—			1,645		(23		)	1,645		(23		)
Total redeemable preferred stocks	1,007		(1		)	1,645		(23		)	2,652		(24		)
Total investment grade	567,416		(18,743		)	138,222		(8,467		)	705,638		(27,210		)
Below investment grade:
Bonds:
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	—		—			360		(196		)	360		(196		)
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	—		—			92,540		(13,263		)	92,540		(13,263		)
Utilities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Energy	49,299		(7,699		)	—		—			49,299		(7,699		)
Other corporate sectors	16,967		(395		)	52,693		(4,158		)	69,660		(4,553		)
Total corporates	66,266		(8,094		)	145,233		(17,421		)	211,499		(25,515		)
Collateralized debt obligations	—		—			12,128		(7,872		)	12,128		(7,872		)
Other asset-backed securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	—		—			57,512		(4,827		)	57,512		(4,827		)
Total redeemable preferred stocks	—		—			57,512		(4,827		)	57,512		(4,827		)
Total below investment grade	66,266		(8,094		)	215,233		(30,316		)	281,499		(38,410		)
Total fixed maturities	633,682		(26,837		)	353,455		(38,783		)	987,137		(65,620		)
Equity securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	633,682	$	(26,837	)	$	353,455	$	(38,783	)	$	987,137	$	(65,620	)

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Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Apr. 27, 2015
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	TORCHMARK CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000320335
Trading Symbol	TMK
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		126,108,193

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Supplemental Information about Changes to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Change in Balance by Component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

An analysis of the change in balance by component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income is as follows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Available for Sale Assets			Deferred Acquisition Costs			Foreign Exchange			Pension Adjustments			Total
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	1,090,273		$	(10,758	)	$	17,386		$	(99,449	)	$	997,452
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	172,409			424			(5,962		)	117			166,988
Reclassifications, net of tax	(1,164		)	—			—			2,365			1,201
Other comprehensive income (loss)	171,245			424			(5,962		)	2,482			168,189
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	1,261,518		$	(10,334	)	$	11,424		$	(96,967	)	$	1,165,641
	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Available for Sale Assets			Deferred Acquisition Costs			Foreign Exchange			Pension Adjustments			Total
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	256,196		$	(6,728	)	$	24,866		$	(63,353	)	$	210,981
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	409,139			(2,748		)	(738		)	—			405,653
Reclassifications, net of tax	(12,249		)	—			—			1,673			(10,576		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	396,890			(2,748		)	(738		)	1,673			395,077
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	653,086		$	(9,476	)	$	24,128		$	(61,680	)	$	606,058

Summary of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income are presented below for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

Reclassification Adjustments

	Three months ended   March 31,						Affected line items in the Statement of Operations
	2015			2014
Unrealized investment gains (losses) on available for sale assets:
Realized (gains) losses	$	(119	)	$	(16,619	)	Realized investment gains (losses)
Amortization of (discount) premium	(1,672		)	(2,227		)	Net investment income
Total before tax	(1,791		)	(18,846		)
Tax	627			6,597			Income Taxes
Total after tax	(1,164		)	(12,249		)
Pension adjustments:
Amortization of prior service cost	81			528			Other operating expenses
Amortization of actuarial gain (loss)	3,557			2,046			Other operating expenses
Total before tax	3,638			2,574
Tax	(1,273		)	(901		)	Income Taxes
Total after tax	2,365			1,673
Total reclassifications (after tax)	$	1,201		$	(10,576	)

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Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014
Revenue:
Life premium	$ 513,342		$ 489,058	[1]
Health premium	316,765		329,863	[1]
Other premium	41		99	[1]
Total premium	830,148		819,020	[1]
Net investment income	191,596		188,051	[1]
Realized investment gains	119		16,619	[1]
Other income	669		481	[1]
Total revenue	1,022,532		1,024,171	[1]
Benefits and expenses:
Life policyholder benefits	339,701		320,176	[1]
Health policyholder benefits	242,151		255,718	[1]
Other policyholder benefits	10,045		10,623	[1]
Total policyholder benefits	591,897		586,517	[1]
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	111,263		104,733	[1]
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	63,268		59,378	[1]
Other operating expense	56,612		56,956	[1]
Interest expense	19,060		19,049	[1]
Total benefits and expenses	842,100		826,633	[1]
Income before income taxes	180,432		197,538	[1]
Income taxes	(58,784)		(64,682)	[1]
Net income	$ 121,648		$ 132,856	[1]
Basic net income per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.96	[2]	$ 1.00	[1],[2]
Diluted net income per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.95	[2]	$ 0.98	[1],[2]
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.14	[2]	$ 0.13	[1],[2]

[1] Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards

[2] All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

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Business Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

Business Segments

Torchmark is comprised of life insurance companies which primarily market individual life and supplemental health insurance products through niche distribution channels to middle income Americans. Torchmark’s core operations are insurance marketing and underwriting, and management of its investments. Insurance marketing and underwriting is segmented by the types of insurance products offered: life, health, Medicare Part D, and annuity. Premium income for Medicare Part D health insurance is included with the premium for other health products in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Annuity revenue is classified as “Other premium.” Management’s measure of profitability for each insurance segment is insurance underwriting margin, which is underwriting income before other income and insurance administrative expenses. It represents the profit margin on insurance products before administrative expenses, and is calculated by deducting net policy obligations (claims incurred and change in reserves), commissions and other acquisition expenses from premium revenue. Torchmark further views the profitability of each insurance product segment by the marketing groups that distribute the products of that segment: direct response, independent, or captive agencies.

Torchmark’s management prefers to evaluate the performance of its underwriting and investment activities separately, rather than allocating investment income to the underwriting results. As such, the investment function is presented as a stand-alone segment.

The investment segment includes the management of the investment portfolio, debt, and cash flow. Management’s measure of profitability for this segment is excess investment income, which is the income earned on the investment portfolio less the required interest on net policy liabilities and financing costs. Financing costs include the interest on Torchmark’s debt. Other income and insurance administrative expense are classified in a separate “Other” segment.

The majority of the Company’s required interest on net policy liabilities (benefit reserves less the deferred acquisition cost asset) is not credited to policyholder accounts. Instead, it is an actuarial assumption for discounting cash flows in the computation of benefit reserves and the amortization of the deferred acquisition cost asset. Investment income required to fund the required interest on net policy liabilities is removed from the investment segment and applied to the insurance segments to eliminate the effect of the required interest from the insurance segments. As a result, the investment segment measures net investment income against the required interest on net policy liabilities and financing costs, while the insurance segments simply measure premiums against benefits and expenses. We believe this presentation facilitates a more meaningful analysis of the Company’s underwriting and investment performance as the underwriting results are based on premiums, claims, and expenses and are not affected by unanticipated fluctuations in investment yields.

As noted, Torchmark’s “core operations” are insurance and investment management. The insurance segments issue policies for which premiums are collected for the eventual payment of policy benefits. In addition to policy benefits, operating expenses are incurred including acquisition costs, administrative expenses, and taxes. Because life and health contracts can be long term, premium receipts in excess of current expenses are invested. Investment activities, conducted by the investment segment, focus on seeking quality investments with a yield and term appropriate to support the insurance product obligations. These investments generally consist of fixed maturities, and, over the long term, the expected yields are taken into account when setting insurance premium rates and product profitability expectations. As a result, fixed maturities are generally held for long periods to support the liabilities, and Torchmark generally expects to hold investments until maturity. Dispositions of investments occur from time to time, generally as a result of credit concerns, calls by issuers, or other factors usually beyond the control of management.

Dispositions are sometimes required in order to maintain the Company’s investment policies and objectives. Investments are also occasionally written down as a result of other-than-temporary impairment. Torchmark does not actively trade investments. As a result, realized gains and losses from the disposition and write down of investments are generally incidental to operations and are not considered a material factor in insurance pricing or product profitability. While from time to time these realized gains and losses could be significant to net income in the period in which they occur, they generally have a limited effect on the yield of the total investment portfolio. Further, because the proceeds of the disposals are reinvested in the portfolio, the disposals have little effect on the size of the portfolio and the income from the reinvestments is included in net investment income. Therefore, management removes realized investment gains and losses from results of core operations when evaluating the performance of the Company. For this reason, these gains and losses are excluded from Torchmark’s operating segments.

Torchmark accounts for its stock options and restricted stock under current accounting guidance requiring stock options and stock grants to be expensed based on fair value at the time of grant. Management considers stock compensation expense to be an expense of the Parent Company. Therefore, stock compensation expense is treated as a corporate expense in Torchmark’s segment analysis.

Torchmark provides coverage under the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan for Medicare beneficiaries. In accordance with GAAP, Part D premiums are recognized evenly throughout the year when they become due but benefit costs are recognized when the costs are incurred. Due to the design of the Part D product, premiums are evenly distributed throughout the year, but benefit costs are higher earlier in the year. As a result, under GAAP, benefit costs can exceed premiums in the first part of the year, but be less than premiums during the remainder of the year. In order to more closely match the benefit cost with the associated revenue for interim periods, Torchmark defers these excess benefits for segment reporting purposes. In addition, GAAP recognizes in each quarter a government risk-sharing premium adjustment consistent with the contract as if the quarter represented an entire contract period. These quarterly risk-sharing adjustments are removed in the segment analysis because the actual contract payments are based upon the experience of the full contract year, not the experience of interim periods. Torchmark expects its benefit ratio to be in line with pricing. Total premiums less total benefits will be the same for segment reporting purposes as they will be under GAAP for the full calendar year. The Company’s presentation results in the underwriting margin percentage in interim periods reflecting the expected margin percentage for the full year. These interim adjustments do not impact the full year results.

An analysis of the adjustments for the difference in the interim results as presented for segment purposes and GAAP for Medicare Part D is as follows.

	Three months ended   March 31,
	2015			2014
Benefit costs deferred	$	27,229		$	47,671
Government risk-sharing premium adjustment	(8,745		)	(27,395		)
Pre-tax addition to segment interim period income	$	18,484		$	20,276
After tax amount	$	12,015		$	13,179

Additionally, management does not view the risk-sharing premium for Medicare Part D as a component of premium income, and accordingly adjusts health premium income in its segment analysis. A reconciliation of health premium included in the segment analysis with health premium as reported in the CondensedConsolidated Statements of Operations is presented in the following table.

	Three months ended   March 31,
	2015		2014		% Change
Premium per segment analysis:
Medicare Part D premium	$	79,347	$	83,033	(4	)
Other health premium	228,673		219,435		4
Part D risk-sharing adjustment	8,745		27,395		(68	)
Health premium per Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	$	316,765	$	329,863	(4	)

During the first three months of 2014, Torchmark accrued for certain litigation cases in the net amount of $3.7 million ($2.4 million after tax) that were not directly related to its insurance operations. Additionally, Torchmark received $1.2 million ($752 thousand after tax) in settlement of litigation regarding investments. Torchmark removes these segment analysis amounts that do not relate to its core insurance operations.

The following tables set forth a reconciliation of Torchmark’s revenues and operations by segment to its pretax income and each significant line item in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Information to the Consolidated Statement of Operations

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Life			Health			Medicare Part D		Annuity			Investment			Other & Corporate			Adjustments				Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium	$	513,342		$	228,673		$	79,347	$	41								$	8,745		(1)	$	830,148
Net investment income												$	191,596									191,596
Other income															$	722		(53		)	(3)	669
Total revenue	513,342			228,673			79,347		41			191,596			722			8,692				1,022,413
Expenses:
Policy benefits	339,701			148,029			66,893		10,045									27,229			(1)	591,897
Required interest on:
Policy reserves	(136,185		)	(16,883		)			(13,369		)	166,437										—
Deferred acquisition costs	42,846			5,668			214		313			(49,041		)								—
Amortization of acquisition costs	88,528			20,184			603		1,948													111,263
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	37,049			20,098			6,163		11									(53		)	(3)	63,268
Insurance administrative expense (2)															47,200							47,200
Parent expense															2,173							2,173
Stock compensation expense															7,239							7,239
Interest expense												19,060										19,060
Total expenses	371,939			177,096			73,873		(1,052		)	136,456			56,612			27,176				842,100
Subtotal	141,403			51,577			5,474		1,093			55,140			(55,890		)	(18,484		)		180,313
Nonoperating items																		18,484			(1)	18,484
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	$	141,403		$	51,577		$	5,474	$	1,093		$	55,140		$	(55,890	)	$	—			198,797
Deduct applicable income taxes																						(65,211		)
Segment profits after tax																						133,586
Add back income taxes applicable to segment profitability																						65,211
Add (deduct) realized investment gains (losses)																						119
Deduct Part D adjustment (1)																						(18,484		)
Pretax income per Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations																						$	180,432

(1) Medicare Part D items adjusted to GAAP from the segment analysis, which matches expected benefits with policy premium.

(2) Administrative expense is not allocated to insurance segments.

(3) Elimination of intersegment commission.

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Information to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations *

	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Life			Health			Medicare Part D		Annuity			Investment			Other & Corporate			Adjustments				Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium	$	489,058		$	219,435		$	83,033	$	99								$	27,395		(1)	$	819,020
Net investment income												$	188,051									188,051
Other income															$	544		(63		)	(3)	481
Total revenue	489,058			219,435			83,033		99			188,051			544			27,332				1,007,552
Expenses:
Policy benefits	320,176			141,786			66,261		10,623									47,671			(1)	586,517
Required interest on:
Policy reserves	(130,511		)	(15,632		)			(13,791		)	159,934										—
Deferred acquisition costs	41,690			5,598			175		389			(47,852		)								—
Amortization of acquisition costs	83,600			18,608			705		1,820													104,733
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	33,484			19,618			6,326		13									(63		)	(3)	59,378
Insurance administrative expense (2)															44,211			2,493			(4)	46,704
Parent expense															1,743							1,743
Stock compensation expense															8,509							8,509
Interest expense												19,049										19,049
Total expenses	348,439			169,978			73,467		(946		)	131,131			54,463			50,101				826,633
Subtotal	140,619			49,457			9,566		1,045			56,920			(53,919		)	(22,769		)		180,919
Nonoperating items																		22,769			(1,4)	22,769
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	$	140,619		$	49,457		$	9,566	$	1,045		$	56,920		$	(53,919	)	$	—			203,688
Deduct applicable income taxes																						(66,835		)
Segment profits after tax																						136,853
Add back income taxes applicable to segment profitability																						66,835
Add (deduct) realized investment gains (losses)																						16,619
Deduct Part D adjustment (1)																						(20,276		)
Deduct legal settlement expenses (4)																						(2,493		)
Pretax income from continuing operations per Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations																						$	197,538

(1) Medicare Part D items adjusted to GAAP from the segment analysis, which matches expected benefits with policy premium.

(2) Administrative expense is not allocated to insurance segments.

(3) Elimination of intersegment commission.

(4) Legal settlement expenses.

* Retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of ASU 2014-01 as described in Note G-Adoption of New Accounting Standards.

The following table summarizes the measures of segment profitability for comparison. It also reconciles segment profits to net income.

Analysis of Profitability by Segment

	Three months ended   March 31,						Increase (Decrease)
	2015			2014*			Amount			%
Life	$	141,403		$	140,619		$	784		1
Health	51,577			49,457			2,120			4
Medicare Part D	5,474			9,566			(4,092		)	(43	)
Annuity	1,093			1,045			48			5
Investment	55,140			56,920			(1,780		)	(3	)
Other and corporate:
Other income	722			544			178			33
Administrative expense	(47,200		)	(44,211		)	(2,989		)	7
Corporate	(9,412		)	(10,252		)	840			(8	)
Pretax total	198,797			203,688			(4,891		)	(2	)
Applicable taxes	(65,211		)	(66,835		)	1,624			(2	)
Total	133,586			136,853			(3,267		)	(2	)
Reconciling items, net of tax:
Realized gains (losses) - Investments	77			10,802			(10,725		)
Part D adjustment	(12,015		)	(13,179		)	1,164
Legal settlement expense	—			(1,620		)	1,620
Net income	$	121,648		$	132,856		$	(11,208	)	(8	)

* Retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of ASU 2014-01 as described in Note G-Adoption of New Accounting Standards.

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Supplemental Information about Changes to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Supplemental Information about Changes to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Supplemental Information about Changes to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

An analysis of the change in balance by component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income is as follows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Available for Sale Assets			Deferred Acquisition Costs			Foreign Exchange			Pension Adjustments			Total
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	1,090,273		$	(10,758	)	$	17,386		$	(99,449	)	$	997,452
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	172,409			424			(5,962		)	117			166,988
Reclassifications, net of tax	(1,164		)	—			—			2,365			1,201
Other comprehensive income (loss)	171,245			424			(5,962		)	2,482			168,189
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	1,261,518		$	(10,334	)	$	11,424		$	(96,967	)	$	1,165,641
	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Available for Sale Assets			Deferred Acquisition Costs			Foreign Exchange			Pension Adjustments			Total
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	256,196		$	(6,728	)	$	24,866		$	(63,353	)	$	210,981
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	409,139			(2,748		)	(738		)	—			405,653
Reclassifications, net of tax	(12,249		)	—			—			1,673			(10,576		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	396,890			(2,748		)	(738		)	1,673			395,077
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	653,086		$	(9,476	)	$	24,128		$	(61,680	)	$	606,058

Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income are presented below for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

Reclassification Adjustments

	Three months ended   March 31,						Affected line items in the Statement of Operations
	2015			2014
Unrealized investment gains (losses) on available for sale assets:
Realized (gains) losses	$	(119	)	$	(16,619	)	Realized investment gains (losses)
Amortization of (discount) premium	(1,672		)	(2,227		)	Net investment income
Total before tax	(1,791		)	(18,846		)
Tax	627			6,597			Income Taxes
Total after tax	(1,164		)	(12,249		)
Pension adjustments:
Amortization of prior service cost	81			528			Other operating expenses
Amortization of actuarial gain (loss)	3,557			2,046			Other operating expenses
Total before tax	3,638			2,574
Tax	(1,273		)	(901		)	Income Taxes
Total after tax	2,365			1,673
Total reclassifications (after tax)	$	1,201		$	(10,576	)

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Postretirement Benefit Plans - Schedule of Post-Retirement Benefit Costs (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	$ 3,990	$ 3,232
Interest cost	5,003	4,819
Expected return on assets	(5,323)	(4,753)
Amortization:
Prior service cost	81	528
Actuarial (gain) loss	3,534	2,044
Direct recognition of expense	0	0
Net periodic benefit cost	7,285	5,870
Other Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	0	56
Interest cost	203	147
Expected return on assets	0	0
Amortization:
Prior service cost	0	0
Actuarial (gain) loss	23	0
Direct recognition of expense	176	(62)
Net periodic benefit cost	$ 402	$ 141

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Business Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Adjustments for Difference in Interim Medicare Part D Results for Segment Purposes and Gaap Table

An analysis of the adjustments for the difference in the interim results as presented for segment purposes and GAAP for Medicare Part D is as follows.

	Three months ended   March 31,
	2015			2014
Benefit costs deferred	$	27,229		$	47,671
Government risk-sharing premium adjustment	(8,745		)	(27,395		)
Pre-tax addition to segment interim period income	$	18,484		$	20,276
After tax amount	$	12,015		$	13,179

Reconciliation of Health Premium Included in the Segment Analysis

A reconciliation of health premium included in the segment analysis with health premium as reported in the CondensedConsolidated Statements of Operations is presented in the following table.

	Three months ended   March 31,
	2015		2014		% Change
Premium per segment analysis:
Medicare Part D premium	$	79,347	$	83,033	(4	)
Other health premium	228,673		219,435		4
Part D risk-sharing adjustment	8,745		27,395		(68	)
Health premium per Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	$	316,765	$	329,863	(4	)

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Information to Consolidated Statement of Operations

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Information to the Consolidated Statement of Operations

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Life			Health			Medicare Part D		Annuity			Investment			Other & Corporate			Adjustments				Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium	$	513,342		$	228,673		$	79,347	$	41								$	8,745		(1)	$	830,148
Net investment income												$	191,596									191,596
Other income															$	722		(53		)	(3)	669
Total revenue	513,342			228,673			79,347		41			191,596			722			8,692				1,022,413
Expenses:
Policy benefits	339,701			148,029			66,893		10,045									27,229			(1)	591,897
Required interest on:
Policy reserves	(136,185		)	(16,883		)			(13,369		)	166,437										—
Deferred acquisition costs	42,846			5,668			214		313			(49,041		)								—
Amortization of acquisition costs	88,528			20,184			603		1,948													111,263
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	37,049			20,098			6,163		11									(53		)	(3)	63,268
Insurance administrative expense (2)															47,200							47,200
Parent expense															2,173							2,173
Stock compensation expense															7,239							7,239
Interest expense												19,060										19,060
Total expenses	371,939			177,096			73,873		(1,052		)	136,456			56,612			27,176				842,100
Subtotal	141,403			51,577			5,474		1,093			55,140			(55,890		)	(18,484		)		180,313
Nonoperating items																		18,484			(1)	18,484
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	$	141,403		$	51,577		$	5,474	$	1,093		$	55,140		$	(55,890	)	$	—			198,797
Deduct applicable income taxes																						(65,211		)
Segment profits after tax																						133,586
Add back income taxes applicable to segment profitability																						65,211
Add (deduct) realized investment gains (losses)																						119
Deduct Part D adjustment (1)																						(18,484		)
Pretax income per Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations																						$	180,432

(1) Medicare Part D items adjusted to GAAP from the segment analysis, which matches expected benefits with policy premium.

(2) Administrative expense is not allocated to insurance segments.

(3) Elimination of intersegment commission.

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Information to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations *

	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Life			Health			Medicare Part D		Annuity			Investment			Other & Corporate			Adjustments				Consolidated
Revenue:
Premium	$	489,058		$	219,435		$	83,033	$	99								$	27,395		(1)	$	819,020
Net investment income												$	188,051									188,051
Other income															$	544		(63		)	(3)	481
Total revenue	489,058			219,435			83,033		99			188,051			544			27,332				1,007,552
Expenses:
Policy benefits	320,176			141,786			66,261		10,623									47,671			(1)	586,517
Required interest on:
Policy reserves	(130,511		)	(15,632		)			(13,791		)	159,934										—
Deferred acquisition costs	41,690			5,598			175		389			(47,852		)								—
Amortization of acquisition costs	83,600			18,608			705		1,820													104,733
Commissions, premium taxes, and non-deferred acquisition costs	33,484			19,618			6,326		13									(63		)	(3)	59,378
Insurance administrative expense (2)															44,211			2,493			(4)	46,704
Parent expense															1,743							1,743
Stock compensation expense															8,509							8,509
Interest expense												19,049										19,049
Total expenses	348,439			169,978			73,467		(946		)	131,131			54,463			50,101				826,633
Subtotal	140,619			49,457			9,566		1,045			56,920			(53,919		)	(22,769		)		180,919
Nonoperating items																		22,769			(1,4)	22,769
Measure of segment profitability (pretax)	$	140,619		$	49,457		$	9,566	$	1,045		$	56,920		$	(53,919	)	$	—			203,688
Deduct applicable income taxes																						(66,835		)
Segment profits after tax																						136,853
Add back income taxes applicable to segment profitability																						66,835
Add (deduct) realized investment gains (losses)																						16,619
Deduct Part D adjustment (1)																						(20,276		)
Deduct legal settlement expenses (4)																						(2,493		)
Pretax income from continuing operations per Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations																						$	197,538

(1) Medicare Part D items adjusted to GAAP from the segment analysis, which matches expected benefits with policy premium.

(2) Administrative expense is not allocated to insurance segments.

(3) Elimination of intersegment commission.

(4) Legal settlement expenses.

* Retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of ASU 2014-01 as described in Note G-Adoption of New Accounting Standards.

Analysis of Profitability By Segment

The following table summarizes the measures of segment profitability for comparison. It also reconciles segment profits to net income.

Analysis of Profitability by Segment

	Three months ended   March 31,						Increase (Decrease)
	2015			2014*			Amount			%
Life	$	141,403		$	140,619		$	784		1
Health	51,577			49,457			2,120			4
Medicare Part D	5,474			9,566			(4,092		)	(43	)
Annuity	1,093			1,045			48			5
Investment	55,140			56,920			(1,780		)	(3	)
Other and corporate:
Other income	722			544			178			33
Administrative expense	(47,200		)	(44,211		)	(2,989		)	7
Corporate	(9,412		)	(10,252		)	840			(8	)
Pretax total	198,797			203,688			(4,891		)	(2	)
Applicable taxes	(65,211		)	(66,835		)	1,624			(2	)
Total	133,586			136,853			(3,267		)	(2	)
Reconciling items, net of tax:
Realized gains (losses) - Investments	77			10,802			(10,725		)
Part D adjustment	(12,015		)	(13,179		)	1,164
Legal settlement expense	—			(1,620		)	1,620
Net income	$	121,648		$	132,856		$	(11,208	)	(8	)

* Retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of ASU 2014-01 as described in Note G-Adoption of New Accounting Standards.

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding

A reconciliation of basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding is as follows.

	For the three months ended   March 31,
	2015	2014*
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	127,121,101	133,163,464
Weighted average dilutive options outstanding	1,465,751	1,872,075
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	128,586,852	135,035,539
Antidilutive shares	605,188	5,210

* All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split that was effective July 1, 2014.

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Adoption of New Accounting Standards

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Low-income housing tax credits: As described in Note A, the FASB issued and Torchmark adopted new guidance concerning Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures: Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects (ASU 2014-01) as of January 1, 2015. The guidance replaces the effective-yield method of amortization with respect to investments in qualified affordable housing acquired after the date of adoption and, if certain conditions are present, provides for a proportional amortization method. The proportional amortization method allows an investor to amortize the cost of its investment based on the proportion of the tax credits received during the year to the total expected tax credits to be received over the life of the investment. The guidance further provides that the effective-yield method of amortization may continue to be used with respect to investments acquired before the date of adoption. Amortization, previously required to be recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of "Net investment income", will now be included in "Income tax expense."

Torchmark will continue to use the effective-yield method of amortization with respect to its guaranteed investments acquired prior to January 1, 2015, but will retroactively adopt the new guidance and apply the proportional method of amortization with respect to its non-guaranteed investments. The proportional method of amortization is consistent with Torchmark’s historical method of amortization. As a result, the only impact of the adoption is to reclassify amortization expense from “Net investment income” to “Income tax expense” with no impact on Torchmark's historical net income, cash flows, liquidity, or statutory earnings of its insurance subsidiaries.

The following table reflects a summary of the impact of the retrospectively adjusted balances on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

Income Statement	As previously reported			Adjustments			As adjusted
Net investment income	$	181,000		$	7,051		$	188,051
Total revenue	1,017,120			7,051			1,024,171
Income before income taxes	190,487			7,051			197,538
Income taxes	(57,631		)	(7,051		)	(64,682		)
Net income	132,856			—			132,856

Debt Issuance Costs: In April 2015, the FASB issued Interest—Imputation of Interest: Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (ASU 2015-03), to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs. The guidance will require companies to change the presentation of debt issuance costs in the financial statements by presenting such costs as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. Amortization of the costs will still be reported as interest expense. The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. Torchmark adopted this ASU upon issuance. The Company accounts for debt issuance costs consistent with the new guidance and therefore there is no impact from the adoption.

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Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Therefore, they do not include all of the annual disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). However, in the opinion of management, these statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated financial position at March 31, 2015, and the condensed consolidated results of operations, comprehensive income, and cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. The interim period condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements that are included in the Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2015.

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Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Post-Retirement Benefit Costs

The following tables present a summary of post-retirement benefit costs by component.

Components of Post-Retirement Benefit Costs

	Three Months ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	2015			2014			2015		2014
Service cost	$	3,990		$	3,232		$	—	$	56
Interest cost	5,003			4,819			203		147
Expected return on assets	(5,323		)	(4,753		)	—		—
Amortization:
Prior service cost	81			528			—		—
Actuarial (gain) loss	3,534			2,044			23		—
Direct recognition of expense	—			—			176		(62		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	7,285		$	5,870		$	402	$	141

Schedule of Defined-Benefit Plans Disclosures

The following chart presents assets at fair value for the defined-benefit pension plans at March 31, 2015 and the prior-year end.

Pension Assets by Component

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
	Amount		%	Amount		%
Corporate debt	$	169,188	52	$	166,825	52
Other fixed maturities	292		—	284		—
Equity securities	128,137		40	127,568		39
Short-term investments	7,798		2	9,038		3
Guaranteed annuity contract	15,144		5	15,027		5
Other	3,684		1	4,156		1
Total	$	324,243	100	$	322,898	100

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Supplemental Information about Changes to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Schedule of Change in Balance by Component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Beginning Balance	$ 997,452	$ 210,981
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	166,988	405,653
Reclassifications, net of tax	1,201	(10,576)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	168,189	395,077
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Ending Balance	1,165,641	606,058
Available for Sale Assets [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Beginning Balance	1,090,273	256,196
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	172,409	409,139
Reclassifications, net of tax	(1,164)	(12,249)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	171,245	396,890
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Ending Balance	1,261,518	653,086
Deferred Acquisition Costs [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Beginning Balance	(10,758)	(6,728)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	424	(2,748)
Reclassifications, net of tax	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	424	(2,748)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Ending Balance	(10,334)	(9,476)
Foreign Exchange [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Beginning Balance	17,386	24,866
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	(5,962)	(738)
Reclassifications, net of tax	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(5,962)	(738)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Ending Balance	11,424	24,128
Pension adjustments [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Beginning Balance	(99,449)	(63,353)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax	117	0
Reclassifications, net of tax	2,365	1,673
Other comprehensive income (loss)	2,482	1,673
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), Ending Balance	$ (96,967)	$ (61,680)

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Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details)	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2014	Jun. 02, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 02, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Stock split conversion ratio	1.5	1.5
Stock split, description			A three-for-two stock split
Percentage of stock dividend payable				50.00%
Record date for three for two stock split			Jun. 02, 2014
Stock split, payment date			Jul. 01, 2014

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Investments - Summary of Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities Available for Sale by Component (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	$ 12,962,830	$ 12,823,612
Debt Securities Fair Value	14,894,514	14,493,060
Equity Securities Cost or Amortized Cost	776	776
Equity Securities Fair Value	1,474	1,477
Total Available for Sale Securities Cost	12,963,606
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,998,002
Gross Unrealized Losses	(65,620)
Total Available for Sale Securities Fair Value	14,895,988
Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Equity Securities Cost or Amortized Cost	776
Gross Unrealized Gains	698
Gross Unrealized Losses	0
Equity Securities Fair Value	1,474
Fixed Maturities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	12,962,830
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,997,304
Gross Unrealized Losses	(65,620)
Debt Securities Fair Value	14,894,514
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	100.00%
Fixed Maturities [Member] | U.S. Government Direct, Guaranteed, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	369,684
Gross Unrealized Gains	14,107
Gross Unrealized Losses	(791)
Debt Securities Fair Value	383,000
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	3.00%
Fixed Maturities [Member] | States, Municipalities, and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	1,281,007
Gross Unrealized Gains	183,084
Gross Unrealized Losses	(423)
Debt Securities Fair Value	1,463,668
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	10.00%
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Foreign Governments [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	27,372
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,918
Gross Unrealized Losses	(1)
Debt Securities Fair Value	29,289
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	0.00%
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Corporates [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	10,704,410
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,714,355
Gross Unrealized Losses	(51,682)
Debt Securities Fair Value	12,367,083
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	83.00%
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	65,642
Gross Unrealized Gains	16,784
Gross Unrealized Losses	(7,872)
Debt Securities Fair Value	74,554
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	0.00%
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Other Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	20,384
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,555
Gross Unrealized Losses	0
Debt Securities Fair Value	21,939
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	0.00%
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	494,331
Gross Unrealized Gains	65,501
Gross Unrealized Losses	(4,851)
Debt Securities Fair Value	554,981
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	4.00%
Financial [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member] | Corporates [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	2,609,600
Gross Unrealized Gains	471,670
Gross Unrealized Losses	(13,593)
Debt Securities Fair Value	3,067,677
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	20.00%
Financial [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	465,655
Gross Unrealized Gains	64,554
Gross Unrealized Losses	(4,828)
Debt Securities Fair Value	525,381
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	4.00%
Utilities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member] | Corporates [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	2,147,011
Gross Unrealized Gains	434,773
Gross Unrealized Losses	(524)
Debt Securities Fair Value	2,581,260
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	18.00%
Utilities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member] | Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	28,676
Gross Unrealized Gains	947
Gross Unrealized Losses	(23)
Debt Securities Fair Value	29,600
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	0.00%
Energy [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member] | Corporates [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	1,546,541
Gross Unrealized Gains	197,320
Gross Unrealized Losses	(24,426)
Debt Securities Fair Value	1,719,435
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	12.00%
Other Corporate Sectors [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member] | Corporates [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	4,401,258
Gross Unrealized Gains	610,592
Gross Unrealized Losses	(13,139)
Debt Securities Fair Value	$ 4,998,711
Percentage of Total Fixed Maturities At Fair Value	33.00%

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Adoption of New Accounting Standards (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Net investment income	$ 191,596	$ 188,051	[1]
Total revenue	1,022,532	1,024,171	[1]
Income before income taxes	180,432	197,538	[1]
Income taxes	(58,784)	(64,682)	[1]
Net income	121,648	132,856	[1]
As Previously Reported [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Net investment income		181,000
Total revenue		1,017,120
Income before income taxes		190,487
Income taxes		(57,631)
Net income		132,856
Adjustments [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Net investment income		7,051
Total revenue		7,051
Income before income taxes		7,051
Income taxes		(7,051)
Net income		$ 0

[1] Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Net income	$ 121,648	$ 132,856	[1]
Unrealized gains on securities:
Less applicable taxes	(92,131)	(213,667)
Unrealized investment gains, net of tax	171,245	396,890
Unrealized gains (losses) attributable to deferred acquisition costs	652	(4,228)
Less applicable taxes	(228)	1,480
Unrealized gains (losses) attributable to deferred acquisition costs, net of tax	424	(2,748)
Foreign exchange translation adjustments, other than securities	(8,691)	(1,177)
Less applicable taxes	2,729	439
Foreign exchange translation adjustments, other than securities, net of tax	(5,962)	(738)
Pension adjustments	3,820	2,574
Less applicable taxes	(1,338)	(901)
Pension adjustments, net of tax	2,482	1,673
Other comprehensive income (loss)	168,189	395,077
Comprehensive income	289,837	527,933
Securities [Member]
Unrealized gains on securities:
Unrealized holding gains arising during period	266,582	629,066
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) on securities included in net income	(119)	(16,619)
Reclassification adjustment for amortization of (discount) and premium	(1,672)	(2,227)
Foreign exchange adjustment on securities recorded at fair value	(2,558)	(871)
Unrealized gains on securities	262,233	609,349
Other Investments [Member]
Unrealized gains on securities:
Unrealized gains on other investments	1,143	1,208
Total unrealized investment gains	$ 263,376	$ 610,557

[1] Certain balances were retrospectively adjusted to give effect to the adoption of new accounting guidance as described in Note G- Adoption of New Accounting Standards

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Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments

Investments

Portfolio Composition:

A summary of fixed maturities and equity securities available for sale by cost or amortized cost and estimated fair value at March 31, 2015 is as follows.

Portfolio Composition as of March 31, 2015

	Cost or Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		% of Total Fixed Maturities*
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	369,684	$	14,107	$	(791	)	$	383,000	3
States, municipalities, and political subdivisions	1,281,007		183,084		(423		)	1,463,668		10
Foreign governments	27,372		1,918		(1		)	29,289		—
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	2,609,600		471,670		(13,593		)	3,067,677		20
Utilities	2,147,011		434,773		(524		)	2,581,260		18
Energy	1,546,541		197,320		(24,426		)	1,719,435		12
Other corporate sectors	4,401,258		610,592		(13,139		)	4,998,711		33
Total corporates	10,704,410		1,714,355		(51,682		)	12,367,083		83
Collateralized debt obligations	65,642		16,784		(7,872		)	74,554		—
Other asset-backed securities	20,384		1,555		—			21,939		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	465,655		64,554		(4,828		)	525,381		4
Utilities	28,676		947		(23		)	29,600		—
Total redeemable preferred stocks	494,331		65,501		(4,851		)	554,981		4
Total fixed maturities	12,962,830		1,997,304		(65,620		)	14,894,514		100
Equity securities	776		698		—			1,474
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	12,963,606	$	1,998,002	$	(65,620	)	$	14,895,988

* At fair value

A schedule of fixed maturities by contractual maturity date at March 31, 2015 is shown below on an amortized cost basis and on a fair value basis. Actual maturity dates could differ from contractual maturities due to call or prepayment provisions.

	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	132,153	$	134,358
Due from one to five years	510,813		575,083
Due from five to ten years	931,954		1,043,718
Due from ten to twenty years	3,739,429		4,379,923
Due after twenty years	7,560,176		8,662,450
Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities	88,305		98,982
	$	12,962,830	$	14,894,514

Selected information about sales of fixed maturities is as follows.

For the three months ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Proceeds from sales	$	11,444	$	16,050
Gross realized gains	84		15,925
Gross realized losses	—		—

Fair Value Measurements:

The following table represents assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2015 Using:

Description	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)			Total Fair Value
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	—		$	383,000		$	—		$	383,000
States, municipalities, and political subdivisions	—			1,463,668			—			1,463,668
Foreign governments	—			29,289			—			29,289
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	—			2,996,597			71,080			3,067,677
Utilities	25,426			2,413,683			142,151			2,581,260
Energy	—			1,691,735			27,700			1,719,435
Other corporate sectors	7,000			4,704,629			287,082			4,998,711
Total corporates	32,426			11,806,644			528,013			12,367,083
Collateralized debt obligations	—			—			74,554			74,554
Other asset-backed securities	—			21,939			—			21,939
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	15,434			509,947			—			525,381
Utilities	—			29,600			—			29,600
Total redeemable preferred stocks	15,434			539,547			—			554,981
Total fixed maturities	47,860			14,244,087			602,567			14,894,514
Equity securities	641			—			833			1,474
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	48,501		$	14,244,087		$	603,400		$	14,895,988
Percent of total	0.3		%	95.6		%	4.1		%	100.0		%

The following table represents an analysis of changes in fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

Analysis of Changes in Fair Value Measurements Using

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

	For the three months ended March 31, 2015
	Collateralized debt obligations			Corporates (1)			Equities			Total
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	63,232		$	512,714		$	833		$	576,779
Total gains or losses:
Included in realized gains/losses	—			—			—			—
Included in other comprehensive income	13,556			8,626			—			22,182
Acquisitions	—			8,000			—			8,000
Sales	—			—			—			—
Amortization	1,410			4			—			1,414
Other (2)	(3,644		)	(1,331		)	—			(4,975		)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (3)	—			—			—			—
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	74,554		$	528,013		$	833		$	603,400
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	0.5		%	3.6		%	—		%	4.1		%
	For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Collateralized debt obligations			Corporates (1)			Equities			Total
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	58,205		$	300,300		$	776		$	359,281
Total gains or losses:
Included in realized gains/losses	15,924			1			—			15,925
Included in other comprehensive income	7,283			12,772			—			20,055
Acquisitions	—			33,791			—			33,791
Sales	(16,049		)	(1		)	—			(16,050		)
Amortization	1,307			3			—			1,310
Other (2)	(2,340		)	(836		)	—			(3,176		)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 (3)	—			—			—			—
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	64,330		$	346,030		$	776		$	411,136
Percent of total fixed maturity and equity securities	0.5		%	2.5		%	—		%	3.0		%

(1) Includes redeemable preferred stocks.

(2) Includes capitalized interest, foreign exchange adjustments, and principal repayments.

(3) Considered to be transferred at the end of the period. Transfers into Level 3 occur when observable inputs are no longer available. Transfers out of Level 3 occur when observable inputs become available.

Other-Than-Temporary Impairments:

There were no other-than-temporary impairments during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 or 2014.

Unrealized Loss Analysis:

The following table discloses information about investments in an unrealized loss position:

	Less than Twelve Months	Twelve Months or Longer	Total
Number of issues (Cusip numbers) held:
As of March 31, 2015	99	63	162
As of December 31, 2014	80	173	253

Torchmark’s entire fixed-maturity and equity portfolio consisted of 1,589 issues at March 31, 2015 and 1,604 issues at December 31, 2014. The weighted average quality rating of all unrealized loss positions as of March 31, 2015 was BBB-. Although Torchmark’s fixed-maturity investments are available for sale, Torchmark’s management generally does not intend to sell and does not believe it will be required to sell any securities which are temporarily impaired before they recover due to the strong and stable cash flows generated by its insurance products.

The following table discloses unrealized investment losses by class of investment at March 31, 2015 for the period of time in a loss position. Torchmark considers these investments not to be other-than-temporarily impaired.

Analysis of Gross Unrealized Investment Losses

At March 31, 2015

	Less than Twelve Months					Twelve Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Investment grade:
Bonds:
U.S. Government direct, guaranteed, and government-sponsored enterprises	$	22,803	$	(158	)	$	14,868	$	(633	)	$	37,671	$	(791	)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	10,033		(169		)	1,026		(58		)	11,059		(227		)
Foreign governments	—		—			781		(1		)	781		(1		)
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	24,388		(330		)	—		—			24,388		(330		)
Utilities	44,928		(523		)	4,999		(1		)	49,927		(524		)
Energy	172,234		(12,241		)	64,968		(4,486		)	237,202		(16,727		)
Other corporate sectors	292,023		(5,321		)	49,935		(3,265		)	341,958		(8,586		)
Total corporates	533,573		(18,415		)	119,902		(7,752		)	653,475		(26,167		)
Collateralized debt obligations	—		—			—		—			—		—
Other asset-backed securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	1,007		(1		)	—		—			1,007		(1		)
Utilities	—		—			1,645		(23		)	1,645		(23		)
Total redeemable preferred stocks	1,007		(1		)	1,645		(23		)	2,652		(24		)
Total investment grade	567,416		(18,743		)	138,222		(8,467		)	705,638		(27,210		)
Below investment grade:
Bonds:
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	—		—			360		(196		)	360		(196		)
Corporates, by sector:
Financial	—		—			92,540		(13,263		)	92,540		(13,263		)
Utilities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Energy	49,299		(7,699		)	—		—			49,299		(7,699		)
Other corporate sectors	16,967		(395		)	52,693		(4,158		)	69,660		(4,553		)
Total corporates	66,266		(8,094		)	145,233		(17,421		)	211,499		(25,515		)
Collateralized debt obligations	—		—			12,128		(7,872		)	12,128		(7,872		)
Other asset-backed securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Redeemable preferred stocks, by sector:
Financial	—		—			57,512		(4,827		)	57,512		(4,827		)
Total redeemable preferred stocks	—		—			57,512		(4,827		)	57,512		(4,827		)
Total below investment grade	66,266		(8,094		)	215,233		(30,316		)	281,499		(38,410		)
Total fixed maturities	633,682		(26,837		)	353,455		(38,783		)	987,137		(65,620		)
Equity securities	—		—			—		—			—		—
Total fixed maturities and equity securities	$	633,682	$	(26,837	)	$	353,455	$	(38,783	)	$	987,137	$	(65,620	)

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Investments - Schedule of Fixed Maturities by Contractual Maturity (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost
Due in one year or less	$ 132,153
Due from one to five years	510,813
Due from five to ten years	931,954
Due from ten to twenty years	3,739,429
Due after twenty years	7,560,176
Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities	88,305
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	12,962,830	12,823,612
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Fair Value
Due in one year or less	134,358
Due from one to five years	575,083
Due from five to ten years	1,043,718
Due from ten to twenty years	4,379,923
Due after twenty years	8,662,450
Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities	98,982
Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale, Fair Value	$ 14,894,514	$ 14,493,060

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Business Segments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Litigation settlement amount	$ 2,493,000
Settled Litigation Regarding Investments [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Litigation settlement amount	1,200,000
Litigation settlement expense, after tax	752,000
Settled Litigation Regarding Non-Insurance Matter [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Litigation settlement amount	3,700,000
Prior Year Litigation Matter [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Litigation settlement expense, after tax	$ 2,400,000

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Adoption of New Accounting Standards (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

The following table reflects a summary of the impact of the retrospectively adjusted balances on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

Income Statement	As previously reported			Adjustments			As adjusted
Net investment income	$	181,000		$	7,051		$	188,051
Total revenue	1,017,120			7,051			1,024,171
Income before income taxes	190,487			7,051			197,538
Income taxes	(57,631		)	(7,051		)	(64,682		)
Net income	132,856			—			132,856