Exhibit 99.1

Please direct media inquiries to:             Barbara Ciesemier
                                              Bankers Life and Casualty Company
                                              Ph: 312-396-7461
                                              E-mail:  b.ciesemier@banklife.com


                                              Doug Bennett Jr.
                                              Humana
                                              Ph: 502-580-3625
                                              E-mail: dbennett@humana.com


    Bankers Life and Casualty Company and Humana Announce Strategic Alliance
     to Offer Medicare Advantage Plans Through Bankers' Career Agency Force

Chicago, Ill. and Louisville, Ky. (July 22, 2009) - Bankers Life and Casualty
Company and Humana today announced a strategic alliance under which Bankers will
offer Humana's Medicare Advantage plans to its policyholders and consumers
nationwide through their career agency force.

"We are pleased to be partnering with Humana to make their Medicare products
available to our nearly 1.4 million policyholders and prospective customers,"
said Scott Perry, President of Bankers, the national life and health insurer
focusing on the retirement market. "Humana's valuable portfolio of competitive
products will provide a range of excellent options to address their
health-related concerns. This relationship further positions us as a leading
provider of supplemental health products to middle market senior Americans, and
we look forward to a long and productive relationship."

Bankers will offer Humana's Medicare Advantage plans, along with its own line of
Medicare supplement products, through its career sales force consisting of 5,270
agents in 244 sales offices across the United States.

"Bankers Life and Casualty shares Humana's commitment to protecting the futures
of seniors by offering them products that meet their health care needs," said
Lance Hoeltke, Vice President of Strategic Alliances with Humana. "We're proud
to be in partnership with such a high-caliber team of sales professionals."

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About Bankers Life and Casualty Company
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Established in 1879 in Chicago, Bankers Life and Casualty Company focuses on the
insurance needs of the retirement market. The nationwide company, a subsidiary
of Conseco, Inc., offers a broad portfolio of life and health insurance
retirement products designed especially for seniors. Visit us online at
www.bankers.com.

About Humana
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Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is one of the nation's largest
publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, with approximately
10.4 million medical members. Humana is a full-service benefits solutions
company, offering a wide array of health and supplementary benefit plans for
employer groups, government programs and individuals.

Over its 48-year history, Humana has consistently seized opportunities to meet
changing customer needs. Today, the company is a leader in consumer engagement,
providing guidance that leads to lower costs and a better health plan experience
throughout its diversified customer portfolio.

More information regarding Humana is available to investors via the Investor
Relations page of the company's Web site at http://www.humana.com, including
copies of:
Annual reports to stockholders
Securities and Exchange Commission filings
Most recent investor conference presentations
Quarterly earnings news releases
Replays of most recent earnings release conference calls
Calendar of events (includes upcoming earnings conference call dates and times,
as well as planned interaction with research analysts and institutional
investors)
Corporate Governance Information

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