8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: May 2, 2007

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-10890	37-0911756
(State of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1 Horace Mann Plaza, Springfield, Illinois 62715-0001

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 217-789-2500

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Forward-looking Information

Statements included in the accompanying press release that state Horace Mann Educators Corporation’s (the “Company”) or its management’s intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions of future events or the Company’s future financial performance are forward-looking statements and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Horace Mann is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. It is important to note that the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Please refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the Company’s past and future filings and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information concerning the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.

Item 2.02:  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On May 2, 2007, Horace Mann Educators Corporation issued a press release reporting its financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2007. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01:  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

99.1	Glossary of Selected Terms
99.2	Press release dated May 2, 2007 reporting financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2007.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Bret A. Conklin
Name:	Bret A. Conklin
Title:	Senior Vice President & Controller
	(Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: May 2, 2007

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Glossary of Selected Terms

The following measures are used by the Company’s management to evaluate performance against historical results and establish targets on a consolidated basis. A number of these measures are components of net income but, in some cases, may be considered non-GAAP financial measures under applicable SEC rules because they are not displayed as separate line items in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, and in some cases, require inclusion or exclusion of certain items not ordinarily included or excluded in a GAAP financial measure. In the opinion of the Company’s management, a discussion of these measures is meaningful to provide investors with an understanding of the significant factors that comprise the Company’s periodic results of operations.

Agent - A licensed representative of an insurer in marketing insurance products.

• Career agents - Agents under contract with the Company to market only the Company’s products and limited additional third-party vendor products authorized by the Company.

• Experienced agents - Career Agents with more than two years of experience with the Company. Their compensation is comprised of commissions and incentives.

• Financed agents - Career Agents in their first two years of employment with the Company. Their compensation is comprised of a base salary (subsidy) and commissions, with the base salary (subsidy) component declining as the agent gains more experience. Financed Agents are also eligible for incentives.

• Independent agents - Agents who are under contract with the Company to market the Company’s annuity products but who are not restricted to writing only the Company’s products and products authorized by the Company.

Catastrophe costs – The sum of catastrophe losses and property and casualty catastrophe reinsurance reinstatement premiums.

Catastrophe losses – In categorizing property and casualty claims as being from a catastrophe, the Company utilizes the designations of ISO and reports loss and loss adjustment expense amounts net of reinsurance recoverables. A catastrophe is a severe loss resulting from natural and man-made events within a particular territory, including risks such as fire, earthquake, windstorm, explosion, terrorism and other similar events, that causes $25 million or more in insured property and casualty losses for the industry and affects a significant number of property and casualty insurers and policyholders. Each catastrophe has unique characteristics. Catastrophes are not predictable as to timing or amount in advance, and therefore their effects are not included in earnings or claim and claim adjustment expense reserves prior to occurrence. In the opinion of the Company’s management, a discussion of the impact of catastrophes is meaningful for investors to understand the variability in periodic earnings.

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Net Reserves - Property and casualty unpaid claim and claim expense reserves net of anticipated reinsurance recoverables and after reduction of checks issued and outstanding.

Prior Years’ Reserve Development - A measure which the Company reports for its property and casualty segment which identifies the increase or decrease in net incurred claim and claim adjustment expense reserves at successive valuation dates for claims which occurred in previous calendar years. In the opinion of the Company’s management, a discussion of prior years’ loss reserve development is useful to investors as it allows them to assess the impact on current period earnings of incurred claims experience from the current calendar year and previous calendar years.

Property and casualty operating statistics - Operating measures utilized by the Company and the insurance industry regarding the relative profitability of property and casualty underwriting results.

• Loss Ratio or Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Ratio - The ratio of (1) the sum of net incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses to (2) net earned premiums.

• Expense Ratio - The ratio of (1) the sum of operating expenses and the amortization of policy acquisition costs to (2) net earned premiums.

• Combined Ratio - The sum of the Loss Ratio and the Expense Ratio. A Combined Ratio less than 100% generally indicates profitable underwriting prior to the consideration of investment income.

Return on equity - The ratio of (1) trailing 12-month net income to (2) the average of ending shareholders’ equity for the current quarter end and the preceding four quarter ends.

Sales or Annualized New Sales - Sales represent the amount of new business sold during the period and exclude renewal of policies sold in previous periods. Sales are measured by the Company as premiums and deposits to be collected over the 12 months following the sale of a new policy, and this time period may extend into the following calendar year. Sales should not be viewed as a substitute for any financial measure determined in accordance with GAAP, including “sales” as it relates to non-insurance companies, and the Company’s definition of sales might differ from that used by other companies. The Company utilizes sales information as a performance measure that indicates the productivity of Career Agents and Independent Agents. Sales are also a leading indicator of future revenue trends.

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EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

[Horace Mann Educators Corporation logo]

Dwayne D. Hallman

Senior Vice President - Finance

Horace Mann Educators Corporation

(217) 788-5708

www.horacemann.com

HORACE MANN REPORTS RESULTS

FOR FIRST QUARTER

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 2, 2007 — Horace Mann Educators Corporation (NYSE:HMN) today reported net income of $23.3 million (52 cents per share) for the three months ended March 31, 2007, compared to net income of $23.2 million (50 cents per share) for the same period in 2006. Included in net income were net realized gains on securities of $3.5 million ($2.3 million after tax, or 5 cents per share) and $2.8 million ($1.8 million after tax, or 4 cents per share) for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. All per-share amounts are stated on a diluted basis.

“Horace Mann’s earnings are off to a solid start in 2007, and our growth initiatives continue to build momentum as well,” said Louis G. Lower II, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Total new auto sales units increased 19 percent in the quarter, including a 24 percent growth in units sold to new auto policyholders. This sales growth, along with continued improvements in retention, resulted in another sequential increase in total auto policies in force, driven primarily by growth in educator policies which have increased 6 percent over the past 12 months.”

Segment Earnings

Net income for the property and casualty segment of $16.8 million ($23.5 million pretax) for the quarter increased $0.6 million compared to the same period in 2006. Favorable development of prior years’ reserves totaling $5.5 million was recorded in the current quarter, all of which was related to non-catastrophe reserves. Favorable reserve development of $4.0 million was recorded in the first quarter of 2006. Pretax catastrophe costs in the current quarter were $2.5 million compared to $3.2 million incurred in the first quarter of 2006. Additional reinsurance costs associated with the company’s property and casualty catastrophe reinsurance program represented pretax decreases in both income and premiums of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007.

Annuity segment net income of $3.4 million decreased $0.4 million compared to last year’s first quarter. Improvement in the interest margin and growth in contract charges earned were more than offset by the negative effect of valuations of deferred policy acquisition costs and value of acquired insurance in force in the current period. Life segment net income of $3.6 million for this year’s first quarter increased $0.2 million compared to a year earlier as growth in investment income more than offset higher mortality costs.

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Segment Revenues

The company’s total premiums written and contract deposits increased 1 percent for the quarter compared to the first three months of 2006. The additional costs associated with the company’s property and casualty catastrophe reinsurance program represented a $0.9 million decrease to current period premiums. Property and casualty first quarter premiums written reflected a slight decline as an increase in the number of policies that were in force throughout the period was largely offset by the higher reinsurance premium and a decrease in average auto premium per policy — primarily due to the continued improvement in the quality of this book of business.

Annuity new contract deposits increased 6 percent compared to the first quarter of 2006 primarily due to growth in new scheduled annuity deposit receipts. For the quarter, deposits to fixed accounts increased 7 percent, and variable annuity deposits increased 4 percent. Life segment insurance premiums and contract deposits decreased 3 percent compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006.

Sales and Distribution

Total new auto sales units increased 19 percent compared to the first three months of 2006. Annuity new business decreased 13 percent in the quarter compared to a year earlier. In 2006, annuity sales benefitted from increased opportunities for rollover deposits in six states that had initiated programs allowing educators to privatize a portion of their retirement funds. The current period also reflected a decline in fixed indexed partner product sales.

“While the decline in first quarter annuity sales was disappointing, we are pleased with the continued sales momentum and growth in the auto line. Positive results from initiatives such as the property and casualty Educator Segmentation (Pricing) Model and our Product Management Organization are continuing to drive improvements in average auto productivity per agent while also supporting Horace Mann’s transition to our new Agency Business Model,” said Lower.

Horace Mann’s career agency force totaled 830 agents at March 31, 2007, a slight decline compared to 12 months earlier. “We are expecting modest growth in our agency force over the remainder of 2007, with an increase in total points of distribution also reflecting the addition of licensed product specialists supporting agents who adopt the new Agency Business Model,” Lower noted.

Horace Mann — the largest national multiline insurance company focusing on educators’ financial needs — provides auto and homeowners insurance, retirement annuities, life insurance and other financial solutions. Founded by educators for educators in 1945, the company is headquartered in Springfield, Ill. For more information, visit www.horacemann.com.

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Statements included in this news release that are not historical in nature are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Horace Mann is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Please refer to the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the company’s past and future filings and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information concerning the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.

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HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

Digest of Earnings and Highlights

(Dollars in Millions, Except Per Share Data)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006			% Change
DIGEST OF EARNINGS
Net income	$	23.3		$	23.2		0.4	%
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.54		$	0.54		—
Diluted (A)	$	0.52		$	0.50		4.0	%
Weighted average number of shares and equivalent shares:
Basic		43.1			43.0
Diluted (A)		45.4			47.8
HIGHLIGHTS
Operations
Insurance premiums written and contract deposits	$	230.3		$	227.0		1.5	%
Return on equity (B)		16.2	%		12.7	%
Property & Casualty GAAP combined ratio		89.5	%		89.7	%
Effect of catastrophe costs on the Property & Casualty combined ratio		1.8	%		2.3	%
Experienced agents		582			589		-1.2	%
Financed agents		248			244		1.6	%
Total agents		830			833		-0.4	%
Additional Per Share Information
Dividends paid	$	0.105		$	0.105		—
Book value (C)	$	15.70		$	12.88		21.9	%
Financial Position
Total assets	$	6,470.7		$	6,028.2		7.3	%
Short-term debt		—			67.0
Long-term debt		232.0			119.5
Total shareholders’ equity		677.4			554.0		22.3	%

(A) Effective December 31, 2004, the Company adopted EITF Consensus 04-8, “The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments on Diluted Earnings per Share”. Diluted per share information for all periods is presented on a basis consistent with this consensus. Prior to the repurchases in 2006, the Company’s Senior Convertible Notes represented 4.3 million equivalent shares and had annual interest expense of $2.7 million after tax. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Senior Convertible Notes represented 1.2 million equivalent shares and had after tax interest expense of $0.2 million.

(B) Based on trailing 12-month net income and average quarter-end shareholders’ equity.

(C) Before the fair value adjustment for investments, book value per share was $15.43 at March 31, 2007 and $13.28 at March 31, 2006. Ending shares outstanding were 43,143,356 at March 31, 2007, 43,091,255 at December 31, 2006 and 42,999,589 at March 31, 2006.

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HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

Statements of Operations and Supplemental GAAP Consolidated Data

(Dollars in Millions)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006			% Change
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Insurance premiums written and contract deposits	$	230.3		$	227.0		1.5	%
Insurance premiums and contract charges earned	$	161.2		$	162.4		-0.7	%
Net investment income		54.9			50.2		9.4	%
Net realized investment gains		3.5			2.8
Total revenues		219.6			215.4		1.9	%
Benefits, claims and settlement expenses		98.4			100.4
Interest credited		31.2			29.8
Policy acquisition expenses amortized		19.1			17.6
Operating expenses		32.5			31.0		4.8	%
Amortization of intangible assets		1.5			1.5
Interest expense (A)		3.7			2.2
Total benefits, losses and expenses		186.4			182.5		2.1	%
Income before income taxes		33.2			32.9		0.9	%
Income tax expense		9.9			9.7
Net income	$	23.3		$	23.2		0.4	%
ANALYSIS OF PREMIUMS WRITTEN AND CONTRACT DEPOSITS
Property & Casualty
Automobile and property (voluntary)	$	124.5		$	124.7		-0.2	%
Involuntary and other property & casualty		0.8			0.8
Total Property & Casualty		125.3			125.5		-0.2	%
Annuity deposits		81.5			77.2		5.6	%
Life		23.5			24.3		-3.3	%
Total	$	230.3		$	227.0		1.5	%
ANALYSIS OF SEGMENT NET INCOME (LOSS)
Property & Casualty	$	16.8		$	16.2		3.7	%
Annuity		3.4			3.8		-10.5	%
Life		3.6			3.4		5.9	%
Corporate and other (B)		(0.5	)		(0.2	)
Net income		23.3			23.2		0.4	%
Catastrophe costs, after tax, included above (C)		(1.6	)		(2.1	)

(A) The three months ended March 31, 2006 included gains of $0.1 million as a result of repurchasing a portion of the 1.425% Senior Convertible Notes due 2032.

(B) The Corporate and Other segment includes interest expense on debt and the impact of realized investment gains and losses and other corporate level items. The Company does not allocate the impact of corporate level transactions to the insurance segments consistent with how management evaluates the results of those segments. See detail for this segment on page 4.

(C) Includes allocated loss adjustment expenses and catastrophe reinsurance reinstatement premiums.

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HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

Supplemental Business Segment Overview

(Dollars in Millions)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006			% Change
PROPERTY & CASUALTY
Premiums written	$	125.3		$	125.5		-0.2	%
Premiums earned		132.2			133.9		-1.3	%
Net investment income		9.2			8.4		9.5	%
Losses and loss adjustment expenses (LAE)		86.0			88.9
Operating expenses (includes policy acquisition expenses amortized)		31.9			31.1		2.6	%
Income before tax		23.5			22.3		5.4	%
Net income		16.8			16.2		3.7	%
Net investment income, after tax		7.6			7.1		7.0	%
Catastrophe costs, after tax (A)		1.6			2.1
Catastrophe losses and LAE, before tax (B)		2.5			3.0
Reinsurance reinstatement premiums, before tax		—			0.2
Operating statistics:
Loss and loss adjustment expense ratio		65.0	%		66.4	%
Expense ratio		24.5	%		23.3	%
Combined ratio		89.5	%		89.7	%
Effect of catastrophe costs on the combined ratio		1.8	%		2.3	%
Automobile and property detail:
Premiums written (voluntary) (C)	$	124.5		$	124.7		-0.2	%
Automobile		91.6			93.3		-1.8	%
Property		32.9			31.4		4.8	%
Premiums earned (voluntary) (C)		129.7			131.2		-1.1	%
Automobile		91.1			92.8		-1.8	%
Property		38.6			38.4		0.5	%
Policies in force (voluntary) (in thousands)		800			793		0.9	%
Automobile		534			527		1.3	%
Property		266			266		—
Policy renewal rate (voluntary)
Automobile (6 months)		90.3	%		89.8	%
Property (12 months)		87.3	%		86.8	%
Voluntary automobile operating statistics:
Loss and loss adjustment expense ratio		68.8	%		68.2	%
Expense ratio		24.8	%		23.7	%
Combined ratio		93.6	%		91.9	%
Effect of catastrophe costs on the combined ratio		0.2	%		0.2	%
Total property operating statistics:
Loss and loss adjustment expense ratio		53.4	%		60.6	%
Expense ratio		24.9	%		23.2	%
Combined ratio		78.3	%		83.8	%
Effect of catastrophe costs on the combined ratio		6.0	%		7.9	%
Prior years’ reserves favorable (adverse) development, pretax
Voluntary automobile	$	3.0		$	3.5
Total property		2.5			0.5
Other property and casualty		—			—
Total		5.5			4.0

(A) Includes allocated loss adjustment expenses and catastrophe reinsurance reinstatement premiums.

(B) The three months ended March 31, 2007 reflect a reduction of $0.1 million due to net recoupment from policyholders of assessments previously paid by the Company to the Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Florida Citizens”) and the Louisiana Citizens Fair and Coastal Plans (“Louisiana Citizens”).

(C) Amounts are net of additional ceded premiums to reinstate the Company’s property and casualty catastrophe reinsurance coverage as quantified above.

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HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

Supplemental Business Segment Overview

(Dollars in Millions)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006			% Change
ANNUITY
Contract deposits	$	81.5		$	77.2		5.6	%
Variable		36.5			35.1		4.0	%
Fixed		45.0			42.1		6.9	%
Contract charges earned		5.4			4.7		14.9	%
Net investment income		31.5			29.2		7.9	%
Net interest margin (without realized gains)		9.5			8.3		14.5	%
Mortality gain (loss) and other reserve changes		(0.3	)		—
Operating expenses (includes policy acquisition expenses amortized)		8.5			6.2		37.1	%
Amortization of intangible assets		1.2			1.2
Income before tax		4.9			5.6		-12.5	%
Net income		3.4			3.8		-10.5	%
Pretax income increase (decrease) due to valuation of:
Deferred policy acquisition costs	$	(0.5	)	$	0.6
Value of acquired insurance in force		(0.2	)		0.1
Guaranteed minimum death benefit reserve		0.1			0.1
Annuity contracts in force (in thousands)		165			163		1.2	%
Accumulated value on deposit	$	3,618.0		$	3,388.1		6.8	%
Variable		1,517.9			1,401.0		8.3	%
Fixed		2,100.1			1,987.1		5.7	%
Annuity accumulated value retention - 12 months
Variable accumulations		91.5	%		91.3	%
Fixed accumulations		93.1	%		94.3	%
LIFE
Premiums and contract deposits	$	23.5		$	24.3		-3.3	%
Premiums and contract charges earned		23.6			23.8		-0.8	%
Net investment income		13.9			12.9		7.8	%
Income before tax		5.5			5.2		5.8	%
Net income		3.6			3.4		5.9	%
Pretax income increase (decrease) due to valuation of:
Deferred policy acquisition costs	$	—		$	0.2
Life policies in force (in thousands)		231			235		-1.7	%
Life insurance in force	$	13,435		$	13,140		2.2	%
Lapse ratio - 12 months (Ordinary life insurance)		5.8	%		6.3	%
CORPORATE AND OTHER (A)
Components of loss before tax:
Net realized investment gains	$	3.5		$	2.8
Interest expense		(3.7	)		(2.2	)
Other operating expenses and net investment income		(0.5	)		(0.8	)
Loss before tax		(0.7	)		(0.2	)
Net loss		(0.5	)		(0.2	)

(A) The Corporate and Other segment includes interest expense on debt and the impact of realized investment gains and losses and other corporate level items. The Company does not allocate the impact of corporate level transactions to the insurance segments consistent with how management evaluates the results of those segments.

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HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

Supplemental Business Segment Overview

(Dollars in Millions)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007		2006		% Change
INVESTMENTS
Annuity and Life
Fixed maturities, at market (amortized cost 2007, $3,136.8; 2006, $2,968.6)	$	3,149.5	$	2,941.9
Short-term investments		20.5		2.8
Short-term investments, securities lending collateral		351.7		347.2
Policy loans and other		110.6		90.5
Total Annuity and Life investments		3,632.3		3,382.4	7.4	%
Property & Casualty
Fixed maturities, at market (amortized cost 2007, $747.3; 2006, $726.7)		753.4		724.1
Short-term investments		14.7		8.9
Short-term investments, securities lending collateral		—		19.0
Other		9.1		2.7
Total Property & Casualty investments		777.2		754.7	3.0	%
Corporate investments		37.7		0.2
Total investments		4,447.2		4,137.3	7.5	%
Net investment income
Before tax	$	54.9	$	50.2	9.4	%
After tax		37.3		34.3	8.7	%
Net realized investment gains by investment portfolio included in Corporate and Other segment loss
Property & Casualty	$	0.3	$	—
Annuity		3.2		1.3
Life		—		1.5
Corporate and Other		—		—
Total, before tax		3.5		2.8
Total, after tax		2.3		1.8
Per share, diluted	$	0.05	$	0.04

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