Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ Charles E. Adair |
Charles E. Adair Director Date: May 26, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ David L. Boren |
David L. Boren Director Date: May 27, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ M. Jane Buchan |
M. Jane Buchan Director Date: May 26, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ Robert W. Ingram |
Robert W. Ingram Director Date: May 26, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ Joseph L. Lanier, Jr. |
Joseph L. Lanier, Jr. Director Date: May 26, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ Lloyd W. Newton |
Lloyd W. Newton Director Date: May 26, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ Sam R. Perry |
Sam R. Perry Director Date: May 26, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ Lamar C. Smith |
Lamar C. Smith Director Date: May 26, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ Paul J. Zucconi |
Paul J. Zucconi Director Date: May 26, 2009 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
The undersigned director of Torchmark Corporation (the “Company”) constitutes and appoints Gary L. Coleman, Larry M. Hutchison and Carol A. McCoy, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-3 Registration Statement for common stock, preferred stock, depository shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units and debt securities of the Company and trust preferred securities guaranteed by the Company and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on the date indicated below.
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| /s/ Mark S. McAndrew |
Mark S. McAndrew Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Date: May 26, 2009 |
