Exhibit 10.8(a)
Revised Schedule to Severance Agreement
Horace Mann Educators Corporation ("HMEC") entered into severance agreements
with the following persons on the dates shown. These agreements are
substantially identical to the one included as Exhibit 10.7 to HMEC's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 except that (1) the
multiple of the highest annual compensation received by the employee in the five
preceding years used to determine a one-time cash payment is equal to the
duration listed below and (2) the specified period during which such employee's
insurance benefits would continue is equal to the duration below, and except as
indicated in footnote (a).
Employee Duration Agreement Date
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Louis G. Lower II (a) 3 years 02-01-2000
Ann M. Caparros 2.9 years 03-07-1994
Peter H. Heckman 2.9 years 04-10-2000
H. Albert Inkel 2.9 years 12-27-1991
Daniel M. Jensen 2.9 years 09-04-2001
Douglas W. Reynolds 2.9 years 11-12-2001
Paul D. Andrews 2 years 07-02-2001
Ronnie H. Byers 2 years 03-16-2000
Valerie A. Chrisman 2 years 12-27-1991
Bret A. Conklin 2 years 01-14-2002
Dwayne D. Hallman 2 years 01-21-2003
William S. Hinkle 2 years 07-19-1999
Deborah F. Kretchmar 2 years 06-17-2002
Ricky A. Renner 2 years 07-09-2001
Robert E. Rich 2 years 02-19-2001
Peter M. Titone 2 years 01-08-2001
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(a) HMEC entered into a severance agreement with Louis G. Lower II as set forth
in the Lower Employment Agreement contained in Exhibit 10.12 to HMEC's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.