HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP /DE/ - Quarter Report: 2011 September (Form 10-Q)

Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

[x]	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

[ ]	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 1-10890

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		37-0911756
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(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

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. Yes X No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, 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). Yes X No

Indicate by check mark the registrant’s filer status, as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act.


Large accelerated filer	Accelerated filer	X
Non-accelerated filer	Smaller reporting company

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act. Yes No X

As of October 28, 2011, 39,930,140 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding, net of 21,873,322 shares of treasury stock.

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

INDEX


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION			Page

	Item 1.	Financial Statements

		Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	1

		Consolidated Balance Sheets	2

		Consolidated Statements of Operations	3

		Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	4

		Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity	5

		Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6

		Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
		Note 1 - Basis of Presentation	7
		Note 2 - Investments	9
		Note 3 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments	13
		Note 4 - Debt	16
		Note 5 - Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits	17
		Note 6 - Reinsurance	19
		Note 7 - Segment Information	20

	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21

	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	55

	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	56

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	56

	Item 5.	Other Information	56

	Item 6.	Exhibits	57

SIGNATURES			63

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Horace Mann Educators Corporation:

We have reviewed the consolidated balance sheet of Horace Mann Educators Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of September 30, 2011, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 28, 2011, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it was derived.

Note 1 of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2010, and for the year then ended, discloses that the Company changed its method of accounting for other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities due to the adoption of FASB Staff Position No. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (included in FASB ASC Topic 320, Investments-Debt and Equity Securities), as of April 1, 2009. Our auditors’ report on those consolidated financial statements dated February 28, 2011, includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the matter in Note 1 of those consolidated financial statements.

/s/ KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois

November 9, 2011

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


	September 30, 2011				December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Investments
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost 2011, $4,882,036; 2010, $4,533,233)		$	5,307,034			$	4,715,537
Equity securities, available for sale, at fair value (cost 2011, $19,906; 2010, $20,765)			23,061				24,056
Short-term and other investments			249,802				334,030

Total investments			5,579,897				5,073,623
Cash			40,757				5,928
Deferred policy acquisition costs			260,589				272,825
Goodwill			47,396				47,396
Other assets			234,994				230,113
Separate Account (variable annuity) assets			1,173,065				1,375,656

Total assets		$	7,336,698			$	7,005,541


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Policy liabilities
Fixed annuity contract liabilities		$	2,857,966			$	2,614,380
Interest-sensitive life contract liabilities			738,206				725,286
Unpaid claims and claim expenses			310,085				315,436
Future policy benefits			207,559				202,341
Unearned premiums			212,484				211,290

Total policy liabilities			4,326,300				4,068,733
Other policyholder funds			102,354				112,739
Other liabilities			441,729				330,727
Short-term debt			38,000				38,000
Long-term debt			199,728				199,679
Separate Account (variable annuity) liabilities			1,173,065				1,375,656

Total liabilities			6,281,176				6,125,534

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, authorized 1,000,000 shares; none issued			-				-
Common stock, $0.001 par value, authorized 75,000,000 shares; issued, 2011, 61,792,029; 2010, 61,469,148			62				61
Additional paid-in capital			372,924				367,448
Retained earnings			847,197				823,579
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) net of taxes:
Net unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturities and equity securities			257,164				109,737
Net funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit obligations			(13,155	)			(13,155	)
Treasury stock, at cost, 2011, 21,873,322 shares; 2010, 21,813,196 shares			(408,670	)			(407,663	)

Total shareholders’ equity			1,055,522				880,007

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	7,336,698			$	7,005,541

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011		2010			2011		2010
Revenues
Insurance premiums and contract charges earned	$	167,035	$	168,062		$	500,066	$	502,845
Net investment income		71,550		68,290			213,708		203,273
Net realized investment gains		21,121		12,062			32,674		25,305
Other income		1,127		1,616			4,209		5,294


Total revenues		260,833		250,030			750,657		736,717


Benefits, losses and expenses
Benefits, claims and settlement expenses		124,412		124,864			398,822		356,162
Interest credited		39,288		37,076			114,987		108,854
Policy acquisition expenses amortized		27,922		20,189			71,712		66,080
Operating expenses		33,898		36,075			102,556		104,265
Interest expense		3,474		3,496			10,428		10,449


Total benefits, losses and expenses		228,994		221,700			698,505		645,810


Income before income taxes		31,839		28,330			52,152		90,907
Income tax expense		8,711		8,164			14,900		25,157


Net income	$	23,128	$	20,166		$	37,252	$	65,750


Net income per share
Basic	$	0.58	$	0.51		$	0.93	$	1.67

Diluted	$	0.56	$	0.49		$	0.90	$	1.61


Weighted average number of shares and equivalent shares (in thousands)
Basic		39,919		39,411			39,854		39,294
Diluted		41,451		41,115			41,455		40,947

Net realized investment gains (losses)
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities	$	-	$	(4,345	)	$	-	$	(6,196	)
Portion of losses recognized in other comprehensive income		-		-			-		459

Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities recognized in earnings		-		(4,345	)		-		(5,737	)
Realized gains		21,121		16,407			32,674		31,042

Total	$	21,121	$	12,062		$	32,674	$	25,305

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands)


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Comprehensive income
Net income	$	23,128	$	20,166	$	37,252	$	65,750
Other comprehensive income, net of taxes:
Change in net unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturities and equity securities		104,267		82,325		147,427		193,338
Change in net funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit obligations		-		-		-		-

Other comprehensive income		104,267		82,325		147,427		193,338

Total	$	127,395	$	102,491	$	184,679	$	259,088

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010

Common stock, $0.001 par value
Beginning balance	$	61		$	61
Options exercised, 2011, 136,290 shares; 2010, 51,850 shares		1			-
Conversion of common stock units, 2011, 15,715 shares; 2010, 160,876 shares		-			-
Conversion of restricted stock units, 2011, 170,876 shares; 2010, 46,584 shares		-			-

Ending balance		62			61


Additional paid-in capital
Beginning balance		367,448			358,081
Options exercised and conversion of common stock units and restricted stock units		4,247			3,889
Share-based compensation expense		1,229			1,158

Ending balance		372,924			363,128


Retained earnings
Beginning balance		823,579			758,343
Cumulative effect of adoption of accounting principle, net of taxes		-			(1,338	)
Net income		37,252			65,750
Cash dividends, 2011, $0.33 per share; 2010, $0.24 per share		(13,634	)		(9,785	)

Ending balance		847,197			812,970


Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes
Beginning balance		96,582			10,723
Cumulative effect of adoption of accounting principle, net of taxes		-			1,338
Change in net unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturities and equity securities		147,427			193,338
Change in net funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit obligations		-			-

Ending balance		244,009			205,399


Treasury stock, at cost
Beginning balance, 2011 and 2010, 21,813,196 shares		(407,663	)		(407,663	)
Acquisition of shares, 2011, 60,126 shares; 2010, 0 shares		(1,007	)		-

Ending balance, 2011, 21,873,322 shares; 2010, 21,813,196 shares		(408,670	)		(407,663	)


Shareholders’ equity at end of period	$	1,055,522		$	973,895

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010
Cash flows - operating activities
Premiums collected	$	498,747		$	503,033
Policyholder benefits paid		(425,327	)		(364,579	)
Policy acquisition and other operating expenses paid		(181,593	)		(176,166	)
Federal income taxes paid		(4,130	)		(20,163	)
Investment income collected		203,352			196,582
Interest expense paid		(6,897	)		(6,914	)
Contribution to defined benefit pension plan trust		(5,774	)		(1,307	)
Other		(2,328	)		(1,622	)


Net cash provided by operating activities		76,050			128,864


Cash flows - investing activities
Fixed maturities
Purchases		(1,016,995	)		(1,151,950	)
Sales		457,411			533,894
Maturities, paydowns, calls and redemptions		285,491			278,820
Net cash provided by short-term and other investments		85,178			133,287


Net cash used in investing activities		(188,915	)		(205,949	)


Cash flows - financing activities
Dividends paid to shareholders		(13,634	)		(9,785	)
Exercise of stock options		2,127			854
Annuity contracts, variable and fixed
Deposits		318,872			288,691
Benefits, withdrawals and net transfers to Separate Account (variable annuity) assets		(161,576	)		(177,900	)
Life policy accounts
Deposits		1,553			1,404
Withdrawals and surrenders		(4,066	)		(3,844	)
Change in bank overdrafts		4,418			10,891


Net cash provided by financing activities		147,694			110,311


Net increase in cash		34,829			33,226

Cash at beginning of period		5,928			7,848


Cash at end of period	$	40,757		$	41,074

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

September 30, 2011 and 2010

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Horace Mann Educators Corporation (“HMEC” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Horace Mann”) have been prepared in accordance with United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), specifically Regulation S-X and the instructions to Form 10-Q. Certain information and note disclosures which are normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP but are not required for interim reporting purposes have been omitted. The Company believes that these consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2011, the consolidated results of operations and comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and the consolidated changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (1) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, (2) disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and (3) the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The subsidiaries of HMEC market and underwrite tax-qualified retirement annuities and private passenger automobile, homeowners, and life insurance products, primarily to K-12 teachers, administrators and other employees of public schools and their families. HMEC’s principal operating subsidiaries are Horace Mann Life Insurance Company, Horace Mann Insurance Company, Teachers Insurance Company, Horace Mann Property & Casualty Insurance Company and Horace Mann Lloyds.

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date these consolidated financial statements were issued.

These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes to consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

The Company has reclassified the presentation of certain prior period information to conform with the 2011 presentation.

Note 1 - Basis of Presentation-(Continued)

Adopted Accounting Standards

Investments Held Through Separate Accounts

Effective January 1, 2011, the Company adopted accounting guidance to address how investments held through the separate accounts of an insurance entity affect the consolidation analysis. The guidance clarifies that an insurance entity should not consider any separate account interests in an investment held for the benefit of policyholders to be the insurer’s interest and those interests should not be combined with an insurer’s general account interests when making a consolidation assessment. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have an effect on the results of operations or financial position of the Company.

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted, Retrospective Application

Costs Associated with Acquiring or Renewing Insurance Contracts

In October 2010, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) issued accounting guidance to address diversity in practice regarding the interpretation of which costs relating to the acquisition of new or renewal insurance contracts qualify for deferral. The guidance will allow an insurance entity to capitalize only incremental and certain direct costs related to the successful acquisition of new or renewal insurance contracts. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2011 and provides for either prospective or retrospective application. As of the time of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management continues to assess the impact that the adoption of this accounting guidance will have on the results of operations and financial position of the Company. While management has completed a significant amount of analysis regarding deferrable costs under the new guidance, a considerable amount of work still needs to be completed, especially related to the Annuity and Life segments. As of the time of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management’s preliminary results indicate an impact on reported shareholders’ equity excluding unrealized investment gains and losses of less than 5%. However, completion of the Company’s final analysis could result in a larger impact on shareholders’ equity. Management currently anticipates electing retrospective application of the new guidance effective January 1, 2012 resulting in a downward adjustment to the deferred policy acquisition costs asset with a corresponding adjustment to beginning retained earnings. On a forward-looking basis, management currently anticipates the net impact of lower expense deferrals and lower amortization on net income to be minimal.

Note 2 - Investments

Maturities/Sales of Fixed Maturity Securities

The following table presents the distribution of the Company’s fixed maturity securities (“fixed maturities”) portfolio by estimated expected maturity. Estimated expected maturities differ from contractual maturities, reflecting assumptions regarding borrowers’ utilization of the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. For structured securities, including mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities, estimated expected maturities consider broker dealer survey prepayment assumptions and are verified for consistency with the interest rate and economic environments.


	Percent of Total Fair Value						September 30, 2011
	September 30, 2011			December 31, 2010			Fair Value			Amortized Cost

Due in 1 year or less		3.8	%		3.3	%		$	200,883		$	184,796
Due after 1 year through 5 years		19.1			20.5				1,011,904			930,869
Due after 5 years through 10 years		32.7			29.5				1,737,247			1,598,125
Due after 10 years through 20 years		22.4			22.7				1,187,932			1,092,800
Due after 20 years		22.0			24.0				1,169,068			1,075,446

Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		$	5,307,034		$	4,882,036

The average option-adjusted duration for the Company’s fixed maturity securities was 6.5 years at September 30, 2011 and 6.9 years at December 31, 2010.

Proceeds received from sales of fixed maturities, determined using the specific identification method, and gross gains and gross losses realized as a result of those sales for each period were:


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010

Proceeds received	$	246,127		$	171,300		$	457,411		$	533,894
Gross gains realized		19,272			14,544			28,954			31,324
Gross losses realized		(9	)		(416	)		(92	)		(5,491	)

Note 2 - Investments-(Continued)

Unrealized Gains and Losses on Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities

The amortized cost or cost, unrealized investment gains and losses, fair values and other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) of all fixed maturities and equity securities in the portfolio as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:


	Amortized Cost/Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		OTTI in AOCI (2)
September 30, 2011
Fixed maturity securities
U.S. government and federally sponsored agency obligations (1)
Mortgage-backed securities	$	445,263	$	55,346	$	10	$	500,599	$	-
Other		558,144		44,003		15		602,132		-
Municipal bonds		1,155,900		106,002		1,062		1,260,840		-
Foreign government bonds		44,542		4,122		-		48,664		-
Corporate bonds		1,924,036		195,866		23,703		2,096,199		-
Other mortgage-backed securities		754,151		59,526		15,077		798,600		2,094

Totals	$	4,882,036	$	464,865	$	39,867	$	5,307,034	$	2,094


Equity securities	$	19,906	$	3,747	$	592	$	23,061	$	-


December 31, 2010
Fixed maturity securities
U.S. government and federally sponsored agency obligations (1)
Mortgage-backed securities	$	442,969	$	26,255	$	1,180	$	468,044	$	-
Other		512,692		6,227		21,465		497,454		-
Municipal bonds		1,080,324		27,782		19,399		1,088,707		-
Foreign government bonds		42,982		2,554		-		45,536		-
Corporate bonds		1,790,159		152,866		10,437		1,932,588		-
Other mortgage-backed securities		664,107		34,746		15,645		683,208		1,401

Totals	$	4,533,233	$	250,430	$	68,126	$	4,715,537	$	1,401


Equity securities	$	20,765	$	3,747	$	456	$	24,056	$	-

(1)

Fair value includes securities issued by Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) of $548,472 and $431,635; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) of $357,466 and $310,751; and Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) of $40,108 and $45,454 as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

(2)

Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in AOCI which, beginning April 1, 2009, was not included in earnings under current accounting guidance. Amounts also include unrealized gains and losses on impaired securities relating to changes in the fair value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.

Note 2 - Investments-(Continued)

Net unrealized gains and losses are computed as the difference between fair value and amortized cost for fixed maturities or cost for equity securities. The following table reconciles the net unrealized investment gains and losses, net of tax, included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), before the impact of deferred policy acquisition costs:


	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) on fixed maturity securities, net of tax
Beginning of period		$	163,967			$	144,514			$	118,498			$	24,599
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses			125,937				94,655				178,913				221,980
Reclassification of net realized investment (gains) losses to net income			(13,655	)			(7,542	)			(21,162	)			(14,952	)

End of period		$	276,249			$	231,627			$	276,249			$	231,627

Net unrealized investment gains (losses) on equity securities, net of tax
Beginning of period		$	2,885			$	276			$	2,139			$	(1,189	)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses			(761	)			2,421				(12	)			3,946
Reclassification of net realized investment (gains) losses to net income			(73	)			(11	)			(76	)			(71	)

End of period		$	2,051			$	2,686			$	2,051			$	2,686

Credit Losses

The following table summarizes the cumulative amounts related to the Company’s credit loss component of the other-than-temporary impairment losses on fixed maturity securities held as of September 30, 2011 and 2010 that the Company did not intend to sell as of those dates, and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell the securities before the anticipated recovery of the amortized cost bases, for which the non-credit portions of the other-than-temporary impairment losses were recognized in other comprehensive income:


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Cumulative credit loss (1)
Beginning of period		$	4,518			$	2,875
New credit losses			-				647
Losses related to securities sold or paid down during the period			(561	)			-

End of period		$	3,957			$	3,522

(1)

The cumulative credit loss amounts exclude other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities held as of the periods indicated that the Company intended to sell or it was more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell the security before the recovery of the amortized cost basis. The current definition, reporting and disclosure of “credit loss” was effective as of April 1, 2009.

Note 2 - Investments-(Continued)

Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities

At September 30, 2011, the gross unrealized loss in the fixed maturity and equity securities portfolio was $40,459 (300 positions, the fair value of which represented 11.2% of total fixed maturity and equity securities fair value). The following table presents the fair value and gross unrealized losses of fixed maturity securities and equity securities in an unrealized loss position at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. The Company views the decrease in value of all of the securities with unrealized losses at September 30, 2011 -- which was driven largely by spread widening and changes in interest rates from the date of acquisition -- as temporary. For fixed maturity securities, management does not have the intent to sell the securities and it is not more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the securities before the anticipated recovery of the amortized cost bases. In addition, management expects to recover the entire cost basis of the fixed maturity securities. For equity securities, the Company has the ability and intent to hold the securities for the recovery of cost and recovery of cost is expected within a reasonable period of time. Therefore, no impairment of these securities was recorded at September 30, 2011.


	12 Months or Less						More than 12 Months						Total
	Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses
September 30, 2011
Fixed maturity securities
U.S. government and federally sponsored agency obligations
Mortgage-backed securities		$	60		$	-		$	1,618		$	10		$	1,678		$	10
Other			2,852			15			-			-			2,852			15
Municipal bonds			38,119			349			35,967			713			74,086			1,062
Foreign government bonds			-			-			-			-			-			-
Corporate bonds			374,350			17,983			23,719			5,720			398,069			23,703
Other mortgage-backed securities			76,118			2,261			38,545			12,816			114,663			15,077

Totals		$	491,499		$	20,608		$	99,849		$	19,259		$	591,348		$	39,867


Equity securities (1)		$	-		$	-		$	5,410		$	592		$	5,410		$	592


December 31, 2010
Fixed maturity securities
U.S. government and federally sponsored agency obligations
Mortgage-backed securities		$	27,111		$	1,179		$	1,907		$	1		$	29,018		$	1,180
Other			312,750			21,465			-			-			312,750			21,465
Municipal bonds			416,216			14,520			34,825			4,879			451,041			19,399
Foreign government bonds			-			-			-			-			-			-
Corporate bonds			179,339			4,587			45,789			5,850			225,128			10,437
Other mortgage-backed securities			117,602			2,932			68,921			12,713			186,523			15,645

Totals		$	1,053,018		$	44,683		$	151,442		$	23,443		$	1,204,460		$	68,126


Equity securities (1)		$	938		$	49		$	5,822		$	407		$	6,760		$	456

(1)	Includes primarily nonredeemable (perpetual) preferred stocks and also common stocks.

The Company’s investment portfolio includes no free-standing derivative financial instruments (futures, forwards, swaps, option contracts or other financial instruments with similar characteristics).

Note 3 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. At September 30, 2011, Level 3 invested assets comprised approximately 1.3% of the Company’s total investment portfolio fair value.


	Carrying		Fair		Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using (1)
	Amount		Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
September 30, 2011
Financial Assets
Investments
Fixed maturities
U.S. government and federally sponsored agency obligations
Mortgage-backed securities	$	500,599	$	500,599	$	-	$	500,599	$	-
Other		602,132		602,132		73,783		528,349		-
Municipal bonds		1,260,840		1,260,840		-		1,260,840		-
Foreign government bonds		48,664		48,664		-		48,664		-
Corporate bonds		2,096,199		2,096,199		25,957		2,002,732		67,510
Other mortgage-backed securities		798,600		798,600		-		795,909		2,691

Totals		5,307,034		5,307,034		99,740		5,137,093		70,201
Equity securities		23,061		23,061		9,278		13,399		384
Short-term investments		123,167		123,167		120,627		2,540		-
Other investments (2)		126,635		130,641		-		-		-

Total investments		5,579,897		5,583,903		229,645		5,153,032		70,585
Separate Account (variable annuity) assets		1,173,065		1,173,065		-		1,173,065		-
Financial Liabilities
Fixed annuity contract liabilities		2,857,966		2,565,570
Policyholder account balances on interest-sensitive life contracts		79,432		74,750
Other policyholder funds		102,354		102,354
Short-term debt		38,000		38,000
Long-term debt		199,728		215,180

December 31, 2010
Financial Assets
Investments
Fixed maturities
U.S. government and federally sponsored agency obligations
Mortgage-backed securities	$	468,044	$	468,044	$	-	$	468,044	$	-
Other		497,454		497,454		114,931		382,523		-
Municipal bonds		1,088,707		1,088,707		-		1,088,707		-
Foreign government bonds		45,536		45,536		-		45,536		-
Corporate bonds		1,932,588		1,932,588		32,087		1,855,257		45,244
Other mortgage-backed securities		683,208		683,208		-		682,263		945

Totals		4,715,537		4,715,537		147,018		4,522,330		46,189
Equity securities		24,056		24,056		9,866		13,794		396
Short-term investments		211,998		211,998		204,950		7,048		-
Other investments (2)		122,032		125,790		-		-		-

Total investments		5,073,623		5,077,381		361,834		4,543,172		46,585
Separate Account (variable annuity) assets		1,375,656		1,375,656		-		1,375,656		-
Financial Liabilities
Fixed annuity contract liabilities		2,614,380		2,346,971
Policyholder account balances on interest-sensitive life contracts		79,710		75,011
Other policyholder funds		112,739		112,739
Short-term debt		38,000		38,000
Long-term debt		199,679		214,971

(1)	This information is not required for financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities not recognized at fair value in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2)	Fair value of “Other investments” includes investments, primarily policy loans, for which inputs to fair value measurements are not required. Inputs to fair value measurements are provided only for those investments carried at fair value.

Note 3 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments-(Continued)

The Company did not have any transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. The following tables present reconciliations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 for all Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis.


	Corporate Bonds				Other Mortgage- Backed Securities				Total Fixed Maturities				Equity Securities				Total
Financial Assets
Beginning balance, July 1, 2011		$	49,285			$	824			$	50,109			$	384			$	50,493
Transfers in (out) of Level 3 (1)			15,098				1,921				17,019				-				17,019
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income			-				-				-				-				-
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income			3,388				6				3,394				-				3,394
Purchases			-				-				-				-				-
Issuances			-				-				-				-				-
Sales			-				-				-				-				-
Settlements			-				-				-				-				-
Paydowns and maturities			(261	)			(60	)			(321	)			-				(321	)

Ending balance, September 30, 2011		$	67,510			$	2,691			$	70,201			$	384			$	70,585


Beginning balance, January 1, 2011		$	45,244			$	945			$	46,189			$	396			$	46,585
Transfers in (out) of Level 3 (1)			18,762				1,921				20,683				-				20,683
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income			-				-				-				-				-
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income			4,233				20				4,253				(12	)			4,241
Purchases			-				-				-				-				-
Issuances			-				-				-				-				-
Sales			-				-				-				-				-
Settlements			-				-				-				-				-
Paydowns and maturities			(729	)			(195	)			(924	)			-				(924	)

Ending balance, September 30, 2011		$	67,510			$	2,691			$	70,201			$	384			$	70,585

(1)

Transfers into and out of Level 3 during the periods ended September 30, 2011 were attributable to changes in the availability of observable market information for individual fixed maturity securities. The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the ending date of the reporting period.

Note 3 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments-(Continued)


	Corporate Bonds				Other Mortgage- Backed Securities				Total Fixed Maturities				Equity Securities			Total
Financial Assets
Beginning balance, July 1, 2010		$	12,917			$	7,513			$	20,430			$	539		$	20,969
Transfers in (out) of Level 3 (1)			18,829				24,915				43,744				-			43,744
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income			-				-				-				-			-
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income			509				223				732				-			732
Purchases			-				-				-				-			-
Issuances			-				-				-				-			-
Sales			-				-				-				-			-
Settlements			-				-				-				-			-
Paydowns and maturities			(153	)			(377	)			(530	)			-			(530	)

Ending balance, September 30, 2010		$	32,102			$	32,274			$	64,376			$	539		$	64,915


Beginning balance, January 1, 2010		$	2,439			$	7,860			$	10,299			$	539		$	10,838
Transfers in (out) of Level 3 (1)			28,982				24,525				53,507				-			53,507
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income			-				-				-				-			-
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income			1,004				526				1,530				-			1,530
Purchases			-				-				-				-			-
Issuances			-				-				-				-			-
Sales			-				-				-				-			-
Settlements			-				-				-				-			-
Paydowns and maturities			(323	)			(637	)			(960	)			-			(960	)

Ending balance, September 30, 2010		$	32,102			$	32,274			$	64,376			$	539		$	64,915

(1)

Transfers into and out of Level 3 during the periods ended September 30, 2010 were attributable to changes in the availability of observable market information for individual fixed maturity securities. The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the ending date of the reporting period.

At September 30, 2011 and 2010, there were no realized gains or losses, due to the change in unrealized gains or losses, included in earnings that were attributable to Level 3 assets still held.

Note 4 - Debt

Indebtedness outstanding was as follows:


	September 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010
Short-term debt:
Bank Credit Facility		$	38,000		$	38,000
Long-term debt:
6.05% Senior Notes, due June 15, 2015. Aggregate principal amount of $75,000 less unaccrued discount of $98 and $118 (6.1% imputed rate)			74,902			74,882
6.85% Senior Notes, due April 15, 2016. Aggregate principal amount of $125,000 less unaccrued discount of $174 and $203 (6.9% imputed rate)			124,826			124,797

Total		$	237,728		$	237,679

The Bank Credit Facility, 6.05% Senior Notes due 2015 (“Senior Notes due 2015”) and 6.85% Senior Notes due 2016 (“Senior Notes due 2016”) are described in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Note 5 -- Debt” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Credit Agreement with Financial Institutions (“Bank Credit Facility”)

On May 31, 2005, HMEC entered into a Bank Credit Agreement by and between HMEC, certain financial institutions named therein and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, that was amended and restated effective December 19, 2006 (the “Previous Bank Credit Agreement”). The Previous Bank Credit Agreement, which provided for unsecured borrowings of up to $125,000, was terminated on October 7, 2011 following HMEC’s entry into the Current Bank Credit Facility and repayment of the $38,000 balance outstanding, as described below.

On October 7, 2011, HMEC entered into a new Bank Credit Agreement (the “Current Bank Credit Facility”) that replaces the Previous Bank Credit Agreement, described above, which was scheduled to expire on December 19, 2011. The Current Bank Credit Facility is by and between HMEC, certain financial institutions named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, provides for unsecured borrowings of up to $150,000 and expires on October 6, 2015.

On October 7, 2011, there was no change to HMEC’s short-term debt balance. HMEC borrowed $38,000 under the Current Bank Credit Facility and used the proceeds to repay the $38,000 balance outstanding under the Previous Bank Credit Agreement.

Under the Current Bank Credit Facility, interest accrues at varying spreads relative to prime or eurodollar base rates and is payable monthly or quarterly depending on the applicable base rate (eurodollar base rate plus 1.25%, or 1.63%, as of October 7, 2011). The unused portion of the Current Bank Credit Facility is subject to a variable commitment fee, which was 0.15% on an annual basis at October 7, 2011.

The Current Bank Credit Facility contains financial covenants, as defined in the agreement, as follows: (1) debt to capital ratio not to exceed 35%, (2) minimum net worth and (3) insurance subsidiaries’ risk based capital percentages of not less than 300%.

Note 5 - Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

The Company has the following retirement plans: a defined contribution plan; a 401(k) plan; a defined benefit plan for employees hired on or before December 31, 1998; and certain employees participate in a supplemental defined contribution plan or a supplemental defined benefit plan or both.

Defined Benefit Plan and Supplemental Defined Benefit Plans

The following tables summarize the components of net periodic pension cost recognized for the defined benefit plan and the supplemental defined benefit plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.


	Defined Benefit Plan
	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Components of net periodic pension (income) expense:
Service cost:
Benefit accrual		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Other expenses			63				62				188				187
Interest cost			424				470				1,268				1,408
Expected return on plan assets			(610	)			(597	)			(1,820	)			(1,791	)
Settlement (gain) loss			1,098				(155	)			1,098				619
Amortization of:
Prior service cost			-				-				-				-
Actuarial loss			478				261				1,366				784

Net periodic pension expense		$	1,453			$	41			$	2,100			$	1,207


	Supplemental Defined Benefit Plans
	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Components of net periodic pension (income) expense:
Service cost:
Benefit accrual		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Other expenses			-				-				-				-
Interest cost			201				85				598				631
Expected return on plan assets			-				-				-				-
Settlement loss			-				-				-				-
Amortization of:
Prior service cost			31				31				94				93
Actuarial loss			194				62				523				185

Net periodic pension expense		$	426			$	178			$	1,215			$	909

Note 5 - Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits-(Continued)

There is a minimum funding requirement of approximately $900 for the Company’s defined benefit plan in 2011. At the time of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company expected to contribute approximately $5,200 to the defined benefit plan and approximately $1,300 to the supplemental retirement plans in 2011. As of the time of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company expects to contribute $5,926 to the defined benefit pension plan, of which $5,774 was contributed during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. As of the time of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in 2011 the Company expects to contribute $1,355 to the supplemental retirement plans, of which $1,015 was contributed during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. For the full year, the Company expects amortization of net losses of $1,821 and $698 for the defined benefit plan and the supplemental retirement plans, respectively, and expects amortization of prior service cost of $124 for the supplemental retirement plans to be included in net periodic pension expense to 2011.

Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions

In addition to providing pension benefits, the Company also provides certain health care and life insurance benefits to eligible employees. Effective January 1, 2007, the Company eliminated the previous group health insurance benefits for retirees 65 years of age and over, including elimination of pharmacy benefits for Medicare eligible retirees, and established a Health Reimbursement Account (“HRA”) for each eligible participant. Funding of HRA accounts was $153 and $258 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The following table summarizes the components of the net periodic benefit for postretirement benefits other than pensions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.


	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Components of net periodic benefit:
Service cost		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Interest cost			32				43				91				128
Amortization of prior service cost			-				-				-				-
Amortization of prior gains			(101	)			(130	)			(376	)			(390	)

Net periodic benefit		$	(69	)		$	(87	)		$	(285	)		$	(262	)

Consistent with disclosure in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Note 9 -- Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, for the full year the Company expects to contribute approximately $600 to the postretirement benefit plans other than pensions in 2011, of which $343 was contributed during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. In addition, the Company expects amortization of prior gains of $501 to be included in the net periodic benefit for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Note 6 - Reinsurance

The Company recognizes the cost of reinsurance premiums over the contract periods for such premiums in proportion to the insurance protection provided. Amounts recoverable from reinsurers for unpaid claims and claim settlement expenses, including estimated amounts for unsettled claims, claims incurred but not yet reported and policy benefits, are estimated in a manner consistent with the insurance liability associated with the policy. The effects of reinsurance on premiums written and contract deposits; premiums and contract charges earned; and benefits, claims and settlement expenses were as follows:


				Ceded to			Assumed
	Gross			Other			from Other			Net
	Amount			Companies			Companies			Amount
Three months ended September 30, 2011
Premiums written and contract deposits		$	305,476		$	7,484		$	918		$	298,910
Premiums and contract charges earned			173,537			7,480			978			167,035
Benefits, claims and settlement expenses			127,524			4,278			1,166			124,412

Three months ended September 30, 2010
Premiums written and contract deposits		$	296,544		$	8,200		$	972		$	289,316
Premiums and contract charges earned			175,228			8,211			1,045			168,062
Benefits, claims and settlement expenses			124,524			768			1,108			124,864

Nine months ended September 30, 2011
Premiums written and contract deposits		$	823,557		$	23,698		$	2,477		$	802,336
Premiums and contract charges earned			522,207			24,702			2,561			500,066
Benefits, claims and settlement expenses			413,909			17,478			2,391			398,822

Nine months ended September 30, 2010
Premiums written and contract deposits		$	804,713		$	25,424		$	3,499		$	782,788
Premiums and contract charges earned			525,729			26,399			3,515			502,845
Benefits, claims and settlement expenses			359,405			6,319			3,076			356,162

Note 7 - Segment Information

The Company conducts and manages its business through four segments. The three operating segments, representing the major lines of insurance business, are: property and casualty insurance, principally personal lines automobile and homeowners products; annuity products, principally tax-qualified fixed and variable deposits; and life insurance. The Company does not allocate the impact of corporate level transactions to the insurance segments, consistent with the basis for management’s evaluation of the results of those segments, but classifies those items in the fourth segment, corporate and other. In addition to ongoing transactions such as debt service, realized investment gains and losses and certain public company expenses, within the past five years such items also have included debt retirement costs/gains. Summarized financial information for these segments is as follows:


	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Insurance premiums and contract charges earned
Property and casualty		$	136,636			$	139,326			$	410,456			$	415,825
Annuity			4,936				4,160				14,443				12,986
Life			25,463				24,576				75,167				74,034

Total		$	167,035			$	168,062			$	500,066			$	502,845


Net investment income
Property and casualty		$	8,927			$	9,178			$	27,402			$	27,093
Annuity			45,582				42,150				135,029				125,197
Life			17,294				17,213				52,040				51,757
Corporate and other			(1	)			7				(2	)			5
Intersegment eliminations			(252	)			(258	)			(761	)			(779	)

Total		$	71,550			$	68,290			$	213,708			$	203,273


Net income (loss)
Property and casualty		$	1,735			$	1,430			$	(11,598	)		$	20,969
Annuity			4,355				8,547				20,517				22,690
Life			3,555				5,678				13,464				15,766
Corporate and other			13,483				4,511				14,869				6,325

Total		$	23,128			$	20,166			$	37,252			$	65,750


	September 30,				December 31,
	2011				2010
Assets
Property and casualty		$	993,212			$	954,201
Annuity			4,766,353				4,556,317
Life			1,485,860				1,393,169
Corporate and other			120,431				130,191
Intersegment eliminations			(29,158	)			(28,337	)

Total		$	7,336,698			$	7,005,541

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollars in millions, except per share data)

Forward-looking Information

Statements made in the following discussion 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 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 forward-looking statements due to, among other risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company’s business, the following important factors:

•

The impact that a prolonged economic recession may have on the Company’s investment portfolio; volume of new business for automobile, homeowners, annuity and life products; policy renewal rates; and additional annuity contract deposit receipts.

•

Changes in the composition of the Company’s assets and liabilities which may result from occurrences such as acquisitions, divestitures, impairment in asset values or changes in estimates of insurance reserves.

•

Fluctuations in the fair value of securities in the Company’s investment portfolio and the related after-tax effect on the Company’s shareholders’ equity and total capital through either realized or unrealized investment losses, as well as the potential impact on the ability of the Company’s insurance subsidiaries to distribute cash to the holding company and/or need for the holding company to make capital contributions to the insurance subsidiaries. In addition, the impact of fluctuations in the financial market on the Company’s defined benefit pension plan assets and the related after-tax effect on the Company’s operating expenses, shareholders’ equity and total capital.

•

Prevailing interest rate levels, including the impact of interest rates on (1) unrealized gains and losses in the Company’s investment portfolio and the related after-tax effect on the Company’s shareholders’ equity and total capital, (2) the book yield of the Company’s investment portfolio, (3) the Company’s ability to maintain appropriate interest rate spreads over the fixed rates guaranteed in the Company’s life and annuity products and (4) amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs.

•

The impact of fluctuations in the financial market on the Company’s variable annuity fee revenues, amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs, and the level of guaranteed minimum death benefit reserves.

•

Defaults on interest or dividend payments in the Company’s investment portfolio due to credit issues and the resulting impact on investment income.

•

The frequency and severity of catastrophes such as hurricanes, earthquakes, storms and wildfires and the ability of the Company to provide accurate estimates of ultimate catastrophe costs in its consolidated financial statements in light of such factors as: the proximity of the catastrophe occurrence date to the date of the consolidated financial statements; potential inflation of property repair costs in the affected area; the occurrence of multiple catastrophes in a geographic area over a relatively short period of time; the outcome of litigation which may be filed against the Company by policyholders, state attorneys general and other parties relative to loss coverage disputes and loss settlement payments; and the ability of state insurance facilities to assess participating insurers when financial deficits occur.

•

The Company’s risk exposure to catastrophe-prone areas. Based on full year 2010 property and casualty direct earned premiums, the Company’s ten largest states represented 58% of the segment total. Included in this top ten group are certain states which are considered more prone to catastrophe occurrences: California, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia.

•

The potential near-term, adverse impact of underwriting actions to mitigate the Company’s risk exposure to catastrophe-prone areas on premium, policy and earnings growth.

•

The ability of the Company to maintain a favorable catastrophe reinsurance program considering both availability and cost; and the collectibility of reinsurance receivables.

•

Adverse development of property and casualty loss and loss adjustment expense reserve experience and its impact on estimated claims and claim expenses for losses occurring in prior years.

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Climate change, to the extent it produces rising temperatures and changes in weather patterns, which could impact the frequency and/or severity of weather events and wildfires, the affordability and availability of catastrophe reinsurance coverage, and the Company’s ability to make homeowners insurance available to its customers.

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Adverse changes in market appreciation, interest spreads, business persistency and policyholder mortality and morbidity rates and the resulting impact on both estimated reserves and the amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs.

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Adverse results from the assessment of the Company’s goodwill asset requiring write off of the impaired portion.

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The Company’s ability to maintain favorable claims-paying ability ratings.

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The Company’s ability to maintain favorable financial strength and debt ratings.

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The impact of fluctuations in the capital markets on the Company’s ability to refinance outstanding indebtedness or repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock.

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The Company’s ability to (1) develop and expand its marketing operations, including agents and other points of distribution, and (2) maintain and obtain sponsorships by and/or marketing agreements with local, state and national education associations, as well as various school administrator, principal and business official associations.

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The competitive impact of Section 403(b) tax-qualified annuity regulations, including (1) their potential to lead plan sponsors to further restrict the number of providers and (2) the possible increased competition within the 403(b) market from larger companies experienced in 401(k) plans.

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The effects of economic forces and other issues affecting the educator market including, but not limited to, federal, state and local budget deficits and cut-backs and adverse changes in state and local tax revenues. The effects of these forces include, among others, teacher layoffs and early retirements, as well as individual concerns regarding employment and economic uncertainty.

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The Company’s ability to profitably expand its property and casualty business in highly competitive environments.

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Changes in insurance regulations, including (1) those affecting the ability of the Company’s insurance subsidiaries to distribute cash to the holding company and (2) those impacting the Company’s ability to profitably write property and casualty insurance policies in one or more states.

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Changes in federal and state tax laws, including changes in elements of taxation or rates of taxation which could be in response to budget pressures related to general economic conditions or other factors, and changes resulting from tax audits affecting corporate tax rates.

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Changes in federal and state laws and regulations, which affect the relative tax and other advantages of the Company’s life and annuity products to customers, including, but not limited to, changes in IRS regulations governing Section 403(b) plans.

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Changes in federal and state laws and regulations, which affect the relative tax advantage of certain investments or which affect the ability of debt issuers to declare bankruptcy or restructure debt.

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The cyclicality of the insurance industry and the related effects of changes in price competition and industry-wide underwriting results.

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The resolution of legal proceedings and related matters including the potential adverse impact on the Company’s reputation and charges against the Company’s earnings resulting from legal defense costs, a settlement agreement and/or an adverse finding or findings against the Company from the proceedings.

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The Company’s dated and complex information systems, which are difficult to upgrade and more prone to error than advanced technology systems.

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Disruptions of the general business climate, investments, capital markets and consumer attitudes caused by pandemics or geopolitical acts such as terrorism, war or other similar events.

Executive Summary

Horace Mann Educators Corporation (“HMEC” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Horace Mann”) is an insurance holding company. Through its subsidiaries, HMEC markets and underwrites personal lines of property and casualty insurance, retirement annuities and life insurance in the U.S. The Company markets its products primarily to K-12 teachers, administrators and other employees of public schools and their families.

For the three months ended September 30, 2011, the Company reported net income of $23.2 million, which represented an increase of $3.1 million, or 15%, compared to the prior year. After-tax net realized investment gains increased by $6.0 million between periods. Annuity segment net income decreased $4.2 million, or 49%, compared to the third quarter of 2010, primarily due to the negative impact on the current quarter from the evaluation of deferred policy acquisition costs which was largely driven by the change in financial market performance, partially offset by improvements in the interest margin. Life segment net income decreased $2.0 million, or 36%, compared to a year earlier, primarily due to higher mortality costs. For the property and casualty segment, net income increased $0.2 million, or 13%, compared to a year earlier, due to improvements in property non-catastrophe loss experience including a reduction in sinkhole claims, which were partially offset by an increase in the automobile current accident year loss ratio and a smaller benefit in the current period from favorable prior years’ reserve development. While only somewhat greater than the third quarter 2010 level, catastrophe losses had a negative impact on the comparison to prior year.

lower than the same period a year ago. For the nine months, current period incurred sinkhole claims in Florida were less than the prior year by approximately $6 million after tax. Excluding catastrophe losses, compared to a year earlier current accident year results for the property line improved while automobile current accident year losses increased. Including all factors, the property and casualty combined ratio was 111.4% for the first nine months of 2011 compared to 100.8% for the same period in 2010. Annuity segment net income decreased $2.2 million, or 10%, compared to the first nine months of 2010, reflecting the negative impacts from the evaluation of deferred policy acquisition costs and a non-recurring tax benefit recorded in the prior year, partially offset by improvements in the interest margin. Compared to the first nine months of 2010, life segment net income decreased $2.2 million, or 14%, including higher mortality costs in the current period.

Premiums written and contract deposits increased 3% and 2% compared to the third quarter and first nine months of 2010, respectively, driven by the increase in annuity deposit receipts. Building on increased levels of receipts in 2010, annuity deposits received increased 10% compared to the first nine months of 2010, driven by a 29% increase in single deposit and rollover receipts in the current year. Property and casualty segment premiums written decreased 2% compared to the prior year-to-date, with approximately 1 percentage point of the decrease related to the Company’s Florida homeowners non-renewal program. Total new automobile sales units and true new auto sales units for the current period were 6% and 7% less, respectively, than in the first nine months of 2010. The premium impact from increases in average premium per policy for both homeowners and automobile in the current year was more than offset by the reduced level of automobile and homeowners policies in force. Life segment insurance premiums and contract deposits decreased 1% compared to the first nine months of the prior year.

The Company’s book value per share was $26.44 at September 30, 2011, an increase of 7% compared to 12 months earlier, reflecting net income for the trailing 12 months and the improvement in unrealized investment gains and losses due to lower yields on U.S. Treasury securities somewhat offset by widening spreads, the combination of which caused an increase in values for the Company’s holdings of U.S. government and agency securities, municipal bonds and agency mortgage-backed securities. In addition, the Company has reduced the holdings in its commercial mortgage-backed securities portfolio compared to a year ago.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions based on information available at the time the consolidated financial statements are prepared. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of the Company’s consolidated assets, liabilities, shareholders’ equity and net income. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to the Company’s consolidated financial statements and because of the possibility that subsequent events and available information may differ markedly from management’s judgments at the time the consolidated financial statements were prepared. Management has discussed with the Audit Committee the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Company’s accounting principles as applied in its financial reporting. The discussions generally included such matters as the consistency of the Company’s accounting policies and their application, and the clarity and completeness of the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which include related disclosures. For the Company, the areas most subject to significant management judgments include: fair value measurements, other-than-temporary impairment of investments, goodwill, deferred policy acquisition costs for annuity and interest-sensitive life products, liabilities for property and casualty claims and claim expenses, liabilities for future policy benefits, deferred taxes and valuation of assets and liabilities related to the defined benefit pension plan.

Fair Value Measurements

The fair value of a financial instrument is the estimated amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable, unrelated and willing parties. The valuation of fixed maturity securities and equity securities is more subjective when markets are less liquid due to the lack of market based inputs, which may increase the potential that the estimated fair value of an investment is not reflective of the price at which an actual transaction would occur.

Valuation of Fixed Maturity and Equity Securities

For fixed maturity securities, each month the Company receives prices from its investment managers and custodian bank. Fair values for the Company’s fixed maturity securities are based primarily on prices provided by its investment managers and sometimes by its custodian bank. The prices from the custodian bank are compared to prices from the investment managers. Differences in prices between the sources that the Company considers significant are researched and the Company utilizes the price that it considers most representative of an exit price. Both the investment managers and the custodian bank use a variety of independent, nationally recognized pricing sources to determine market valuations. Each designate specific pricing services or indexes for each sector of the market based upon the provider’s expertise. Typical inputs used by these pricing sources include, but are not limited to, reported trades, benchmark yield curves, benchmarking of like securities, sector groupings, matrix pricing, issuer spreads, bids, offers, and/or estimated cash flows and prepayment speeds.

When the pricing sources cannot provide fair value determinations, the Company obtains non-binding price quotes from broker-dealers. The broker-dealers’ valuation methodology is sometimes matrix-based, using indicative evaluation measures and adjustments for specific security characteristics and market sentiment. The market inputs utilized in the evaluation measures and adjustments include: benchmark yield curves, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers, reference data, and industry and economic events. The extent of the use of each market input depends on the market sector and the market conditions. Depending on the security, the priority of the use of inputs may change or some market inputs may not be relevant. For some securities, additional inputs may be necessary.

The Company analyzes price and market valuations received to verify reasonableness, to understand the key assumptions used and their sources, to conclude the prices obtained are appropriate, and to determine an appropriate fair value hierarchy level based upon trading activity and the observability of market inputs. Based on this evaluation and investment class analysis, each security is classified into Level 1, 2 or 3. The Company has in place certain control processes to determine the reasonableness of the financial asset fair values. These processes are designed to ensure the values received are accurately recorded and that the data inputs and valuation techniques utilized are appropriate, consistently applied, and that the assumptions are reasonable and consistent with the objective of determining fair value. For example, on a continuing basis, the Company assesses the reasonableness of individual security values received from pricing sources that vary from certain thresholds. Historically, the control processes have not resulted in adjustments to the valuations provided by pricing sources. The Company’s fixed maturity securities portfolio is primarily publicly traded, which allows for a high percentage of the portfolio to be priced through pricing services. Approximately 91% of the portfolio, based on fair value, was priced through pricing services or index priced as of September 30, 2011. The remainder of the portfolio was priced by broker-dealers or pricing models. When non-binding broker-dealer quotes could be corroborated by comparison to other vendor quotes, pricing models or analysis, the securities were generally classified as Level 2. There were no significant changes to the valuation process during the first nine months of 2011.

Fair values of equity securities have been determined by the Company from observable market quotations, when available. When a public quotation is not available, equity securities are valued by using non-binding broker quotes or through the use of pricing models or analysis that is based on market information regarding interest rates, credit spreads and liquidity. The underlying source data for calculating the matrix of credit spreads relative to the U.S. Treasury curve are nationally recognized indices. These inputs are based on assumptions deemed appropriate given the circumstances and are believed to be consistent with what other market participants would use when pricing such securities. There were no significant changes to the valuation process in the first nine months of 2011.

At September 30, 2011, Level 3 invested assets comprised approximately 1.3% of the Company’s total investment portfolio fair value. Invested assets are classified as Level 3 when fair value is determined based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and those inputs are significant to the fair value. For additional detail, see “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Note 3 -- Fair Value of Financial Instruments”.

Other-than-temporary Impairment of Investments

The Company’s methodology of assessing other-than-temporary impairments is based on security-specific facts and circumstances as of the date of the reporting period. Based on these facts, if the Company has the intent to sell the fixed maturity security, or if it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the fixed maturity security before the anticipated recovery of the amortized cost basis or if management does not expect to recover the entire cost basis of the fixed maturity security, an other-than-temporary impairment is considered to have occurred. For equity securities, if the Company does not have the ability and intent to hold the security for the recovery of cost or if recovery of cost is not expected within a reasonable period of time, an other-than-temporary impairment is considered to have occurred. Additionally, if events become known that call into question whether the security issuer has the ability to honor its contractual commitments, such security holding will be evaluated to determine whether or not such security has suffered an other-than-temporary decline in value.

The Company reviews the fair value of all investments in its portfolio on a monthly basis to assess whether an other-than-temporary decline in value has occurred. These reviews, in conjunction with the Company’s investment managers’ monthly credit reports and relevant factors such as (1) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, (2) the length of time and extent to which the fair value has been less than amortized cost for fixed maturity securities or cost for equity securities, (3) for fixed maturity securities, the Company’s intent to sell a security or whether it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the security before the anticipated recovery in the amortized cost basis; and for equity securities, the Company’s ability and intent to hold the security for the recovery of cost or if recovery of cost is not expected within a reasonable period of time, (4) the stock price trend of the issuer, (5) the market leadership position of the issuer, (6) the debt ratings of the issuer, and (7) the cash flows and liquidity of the issuer or the underlying cash flows for asset-backed securities, are all considered in the impairment assessment. A write-down of an investment is recorded when a decline in the fair value of that investment is deemed to be other-than-temporary, with a realized investment loss charged to income for the period for all equity securities and for the credit-related loss portion associated with impaired fixed maturity securities. The amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to non-credit factors for fixed maturity securities is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes, unless the Company has the intent to sell the security or if it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the security before the anticipated recovery of the amortized cost basis.

With respect to fixed income securities involving securitized financial assets -- primarily asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities in the Company’s portfolio -- a significant portion of the fair values is determined by observable inputs. In addition, the securitized financial asset securities’ underlying collateral cash flows are stress tested to determine if there has been any adverse change in the expected cash flows.

A decline in fair value below amortized cost is not assumed to be other-than-temporary for fixed maturity investments with unrealized losses due to spread widening, market illiquidity or changes in interest rates where there exists a reasonable expectation based on the Company’s consideration of all objective information available that the Company will recover the entire cost basis of the security and the Company does not have the intent to sell the investment before maturity or a market recovery is realized and it is more likely than not the Company will not be required to sell the investment. An other-than-temporary impairment loss will be recognized based upon all relevant facts and circumstances for each investment, as appropriate.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the amounts paid to acquire a business over the fair value of its net assets at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. A reporting unit is defined as an operating segment or one level below an operating segment. The Company’s reporting units, for which goodwill has been allocated, are equivalent to the Company’s operating segments.

The goodwill impairment test, as defined in the accounting guidance, follows a two-step process. In the first step, the fair value of a reporting unit is compared to its carrying value. If the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step of the impairment test is performed for purposes of confirming and measuring the impairment. In the second step, the fair value of the reporting unit is allocated to all of the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit to determine an implied goodwill value. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied goodwill value, an impairment loss would be recognized in an amount equal to that excess, and the charge could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

The Company completed its annual goodwill assessment for the individual reporting units as of December 31, 2010. The first step of the Company’s analysis indicated that fair value exceeded carrying value for each reporting unit. Management’s determination of the fair value of each reporting unit incorporated multiple inputs including discounted cash flow calculations, the level of the Company’s own share price and assumptions that market participants would make in valuing each reporting unit. Fair value estimates were based primarily on an in-depth analysis of historical experience, projected future cash flows and relevant discount rates, which considered market participant inputs and the relative risk associated with the projected cash flows. Other assumptions included levels of economic capital, future business growth, earnings projections and assets under management for each reporting unit. Estimates of fair value are subject to assumptions that are sensitive to change and represent the Company’s reasonable expectations regarding future developments. The Company also considered other valuation techniques such as peer company price-to-earnings and price-to-book multiples.

As part of the Company’s December 31, 2010 goodwill analysis, the Company compared the fair value of the aggregated reporting units to the market capitalization of the Company. The difference between the aggregated fair value of the reporting units and the market capitalization of the Company was attributed to transaction premium. The amount of the transaction premium was determined to be reasonable based on insurance industry and Company-specific facts and circumstances.

Subsequent goodwill assessments could result in impairment due to the impact of a volatile financial market on earnings, discount rate assumptions, liquidity and market capitalization. Management believes the Company’s continued depressed market capitalization is largely the result of current global financial market conditions and is similar to companies within the annuity and life insurance sector. There were no events or material changes in circumstances during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 that indicated that a material change in the fair value of the Company’s reporting units had occurred.

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs for Annuity and Interest-sensitive Life Products

Policy acquisition costs, consisting of commissions, policy issuance and other costs, which vary with and are primarily related to the production of business, are capitalized and amortized on a basis consistent with the type of insurance coverage. For all investment (annuity) contracts, acquisition costs are amortized over 20 years in proportion to estimated gross profits. Capitalized acquisition costs for interest-sensitive life contracts are also amortized over 20 years in proportion to estimated gross profits.

The most significant assumptions that are involved in the estimation of annuity gross profits include interest rate spreads, future financial market performance, business surrender/lapse rates, expenses and the impact of realized investment gains and losses. For the variable deposit portion of the annuity segment, the Company amortizes policy acquisition costs utilizing a future financial market performance assumption of a 10% reversion to the mean approach with a 200 basis point corridor around the mean during the reversion period, representing a cap and a floor on the Company’s long-term assumption. The Company’s practice with regard to returns on Separate Accounts assumes that long-term appreciation in the financial market is not changed by short-term market fluctuations, but is only changed when sustained interim deviations are experienced. The Company monitors these fluctuations and only changes the assumption when its long-term expectation changes. The effect of an increase/(decrease) by 100 basis points in the assumed future rate of return is reasonably likely to result in a decrease/(increase) in the deferred policy acquisition costs amortization expense of approximately $1 million. At September 30, 2011, the ratio of capitalized annuity policy acquisition costs to the total annuity accumulated cash value was approximately 4%.

In the event actual experience differs significantly from assumptions or assumptions are significantly revised, the Company may be required to record a material charge or credit to amortization expense for the period in which the adjustment is made. As noted above, there are key assumptions involved in the evaluation of capitalized policy acquisition costs. In terms of the sensitivity of this amortization to two of the more significant assumptions, assuming all other assumptions are met, (1) a 10 basis point deviation in the annual targeted interest rate spread assumption would currently impact amortization between $0.15 million and $0.25 million and (2) a 1% deviation from the targeted financial market performance for the underlying mutual funds of the Company’s variable annuities would currently impact amortization between $0.20 million and $0.30 million. These results may change depending on the magnitude and direction of the deviations but represent a range of reasonably likely experience for the noted assumptions. Detailed discussion of the impact of adjustments to the amortization of capitalized acquisition costs is included in “Results of Operations -- Policy Acquisition Expenses Amortized”.

Liabilities for Property and Casualty Claims and Claim Expenses

Underwriting results of the property and casualty segment are significantly influenced by estimates of the Company’s ultimate liability for insured events. There is a high degree of uncertainty inherent in the estimates of ultimate losses underlying the liability for unpaid claims and claim settlement expenses. This inherent uncertainty is particularly significant for liability-related exposures due to the extended period, often many years, that transpires between a loss event, receipt of related claims data from policyholders and ultimate settlement of the claim. Reserves for property and casualty claims include provisions for payments to be made on reported claims (“case reserves”), claims incurred but not yet reported (“IBNR”) and associated settlement expenses (together, “loss reserves”). The process by which these

reserves are established requires reliance upon estimates based on known facts and on interpretations of circumstances, including the Company’s experience with similar cases and historical trends involving claim payments and related patterns, pending levels of unpaid claims and product mix, as well as other factors including court decisions, economic conditions and public attitudes. The Company calculates and records a single best estimate of the reserve (which is equal to the actuarial point estimate) as of each balance sheet date.

Reserves are reestimated quarterly. Changes to reserves are recorded in the period in which development factor changes result in reserve reestimates. Detailed discussion of the process utilized to estimate loss reserves, risk factors considered and the impact of adjustments recorded during recent years is included in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Note 4 -- Property and Casualty Unpaid Claims and Claim Expenses” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Due to the nature of the Company’s personal lines business, the Company has no exposure to claims for toxic waste cleanup, other environmental remediation or asbestos-related illnesses other than claims under homeowners insurance policies for environmentally related items such as mold.

Based on the Company’s products and coverages, historical experience, and modeling of various actuarial methodologies used to develop reserve estimates, the Company estimates that the potential variability of the property and casualty loss reserves within a reasonable probability of other possible outcomes may be approximately plus or minus 6%, which equates to plus or minus approximately $11 million of net income based on net reserves as of September 30, 2011. Although this evaluation reflects the most likely outcomes, it is possible the final outcome may fall below or above these estimates.

There are a number of assumptions involved in the determination of the Company’s property and casualty loss reserves. Among the key factors affecting recorded loss reserves for both long-tail and short-tail related coverages, claim severity and claim frequency are of particular significance. Management estimates that a 2% change in claim severity or claim frequency for the most recent 36-month period is a reasonably likely scenario based on recent experience and would result in a change in the estimated loss reserves of between $6.0 million and $10.0 million for long-tail liability related exposures (automobile liability coverages) and between $3.0 million and $5.0 million for short-tail liability related exposures (homeowners and automobile physical damage coverages). Actual results may differ, depending on the magnitude and direction of the deviation.

The Company’s loss and loss adjustment expense actuarial analysis is discussed with management. As part of this discussion, the indicated point estimate of the IBNR loss reserve by line of business (coverage) is reviewed. The Company actuaries also discuss any indicated changes to the underlying assumptions used to calculate the indicated point estimate. Review of the variance between the indicated reserves from these changes in assumptions and the previously carried reserves takes place. After discussion of these analyses and all relevant risk factors, management determines whether the reserve balances require adjustment. The Company’s best estimate of loss reserves may change depending on a revision in the underlying assumptions.

The Company’s liabilities for unpaid claims and claim expenses for the property and casualty segment were as follows:


	September 30, 2011									December 31, 2010
	Case Reserves			IBNR Reserves			Total (1)			Case Reserves			IBNR Reserves			Total (1)

Automobile liability		$	67.9		$	125.1		$	193.0		$	71.4		$	129.0		$	200.4
Automobile other			3.6			1.4			5.0			5.4			2.1			7.5
Homeowners			11.2			67.3			78.5			9.2			62.5			71.7
All other			1.6			17.2			18.8			4.0			18.0			22.0

Total		$	84.3		$	211.0		$	295.3		$	90.0		$	211.6		$	301.6

(1)	These amounts are gross, before reduction for ceded reinsurance reserves.

The facts and circumstances leading to the Company’s reestimate of reserves relate to revisions of the development factors used to predict how losses are likely to develop from the end of a reporting period until all claims have been paid. Reestimates occur because actual loss amounts are different than those predicted by the estimated development factors used in prior reserve estimates. At September 30, 2011, the impact of a reserve reestimation resulting in a 1% increase in net reserves would be a decrease of approximately $2 million in net income. A reserve reestimation resulting in a 1% decrease in net reserves would increase net income by approximately $2 million.

Favorable prior years’ reserve reestimates increased net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 by approximately $3.7 million, primarily the result of favorable frequency and severity trends in voluntary automobile losses for accident years 2009 and prior, as well as favorable development of homeowners loss reserves for accident years 2010 and prior. The lower than expected claims emergence and resultant lower expected loss ratios caused the Company to lower its reserve estimate at September 30, 2011.

Information regarding the Company’s property and casualty claims and claims expense reserve development table as of December 31, 2010 is located in “Business -- Property and Casualty Segment -- Property and Casualty Reserves” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Information regarding property and casualty reserve reestimates for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2010 is located in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Results of Operations for the Three Years Ended December 31, 2010 -- Benefits, Claims and Settlement Expenses” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Liabilities for Future Policy Benefits

Liabilities for future benefits on life and annuity policies are established in amounts adequate to meet the estimated future obligations on policies in force. Liabilities for future policy benefits on certain life insurance policies are computed using the net level premium method and are based on assumptions as to future investment yield, mortality and withdrawals. Mortality and withdrawal assumptions for all policies have been based on actuarial tables which are consistent with the Company’s own experience. In the event actual experience is worse than the assumptions, additional reserves may be required. This would result in a charge to income for the period in which the increase in reserves occurred. Liabilities for future benefits on annuity contracts and certain long-duration life insurance contracts are carried at accumulated policyholder values without reduction for potential surrender or withdrawal charges.

Deferred Taxes

Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the tax effect of the differences between the financial statement carrying value of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. The Company evaluates deferred tax assets periodically to determine if they are realizable. Factors in the determination include the performance of the business including the ability to generate capital gains from a variety of sources and tax planning strategies. If, based on available information, it is more likely than not that the deferred income tax asset will not be realized, then a valuation allowance must be established with a corresponding charge to net income. Charges to establish a valuation allowance could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

Valuation of Assets and Liabilities Related to the Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Effective April 1, 2002, participants stopped accruing benefits under the defined benefit pension plan but continue to retain the benefits they had accrued to that date.

The Company’s cost estimates for its defined benefit pension plan are determined annually based on assumptions which include the discount rate, expected return on plan assets, anticipated retirement rate and estimated lump sum distributions. A discount rate of 4.58% was used by the Company for estimating accumulated benefits under the plan at December 31, 2010, which was based on the average yield for long-term, high grade securities having maturities generally consistent with the defined benefit pension payout period. To set its discount rate, the Company looks to leading indicators, including the Citigroup Pension Discount Curve. The expected annual return on plan assets assumed by the Company at December 31, 2010 was 7.5%. The assumption for the long-term rate of return on plan assets was determined by considering actual investment experience during the lifetime of the plan, balanced with reasonable expectations of future growth considering the various classes of assets and percentage allocation for each asset class. Management believes that it has adopted reasonable assumptions for investment returns, discount rates and other key factors used in the estimation of pension costs and asset values.

To the extent that actual experience differs from the Company’s assumptions, subsequent adjustments may be required, with the effects of those adjustments charged or credited to income and/or shareholders’ equity for the period in which the adjustments are made. Generally, a change of 50 basis points in the discount rate would inversely impact pension expense and accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) by approximately $0.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively. In addition, for every $1 million increase (decrease) in the value of pension plan assets, there is a comparable pretax increase (decrease) in AOCI.

Results of Operations

Insurance Premiums and Contract Charges

Insurance Premiums Written and Contract Deposits

(Includes annuity and life contract deposits)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Change From Prior Year
	2011			2010			Percent			Amount
Property & casualty
Automobile and property (voluntary)		$	409.9		$	419.0		-2.2	%		$	(9.1	)
Involuntary and other property & casualty			2.3			3.1		-25.8	%			(0.8	)

Total property & casualty			412.2			422.1		-2.3	%			(9.9	)
Annuity deposits			318.9			288.7		10.5	%			30.2
Life			71.2			72.0		-1.1	%			(0.8	)

Total		$	802.3		$	782.8		2.5	%		$	19.5

Insurance Premiums and Contract Charges Earned

(Excludes annuity and life contract deposits)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Change From Prior Year
	2011			2010			Percent			Amount
Property & casualty
Automobile and property (voluntary)		$	409.1		$	413.7		-1.1	%		$	(4.6	)
Involuntary and other property & casualty			1.4			2.1		-33.3	%			(0.7	)

Total property & casualty			410.5			415.8		-1.3	%			(5.3	)
Annuity			14.4			13.0		10.8	%			1.4
Life			75.2			74.0		1.6	%			1.2

Total		$	500.1		$	502.8		-0.5	%		$	(2.7	)

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company’s premiums written and contract deposits increased $9.6 million, or 3.3%, and $19.5 million, or 2.5%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year, both driven by the increase in annuity single premium and rollover deposit receipts. The Company’s premiums and contract charges earned decreased $0.9 million, or 0.5%, and $2.7 million, or 0.5%, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, primarily reflecting growth in annuity contract charges earned and the increasing favorable impact on earned premium of the automobile and property rate actions taken in 2010 which were more than offset by a reduced level of property and casualty policies in force in the current periods. Voluntary property and casualty business represents policies sold through the Company’s marketing organization and issued under the Company’s underwriting guidelines. Involuntary property and casualty business consists of allocations of business from state mandatory insurance facilities and assigned risk business.

Total voluntary automobile and homeowners premium written decreased 2.2%, or $9.1 million, in the first nine months of 2011, with approximately 1 percentage point of the decrease related to the Company’s Florida homeowners non-renewal program which is described below. Automobile and homeowners average written premium per policy each increased compared to the prior year, with the impact more than offset by a reduced level of policies in force in the current period. For the Company’s automobile and homeowners business, rate changes effective during the first nine months of 2011 averaged 2% and 9%, respectively, compared to 7% and 10%, respectively, during the same period in 2010. At September 30, 2011, there were 489,000 voluntary automobile and 240,000 homeowners policies in force, for a total of 729,000 policies, compared to a total of 760,000 policies at December 31, 2010 and 772,000 policies at September 30, 2010. Management believes that the Company’s rate and risk mitigation actions have had a negative impact, in some locations, on its policy retention rates and its sales levels.

Based on policies in force, the voluntary automobile 6-month retention rate for new and renewal policies was 90.7% at September 30, 2011 compared to 91.4% at September 30, 2010. The property 12-month new and renewal policy retention rate was 85.2% at September 30, 2011 compared to 88.0% at September 30, 2010, with the change including the impact of the Company’s risk mitigation actions described below.

Voluntary automobile premium written decreased 3.1% ($8.6 million) compared to the first nine months of 2010. In the first nine months of 2011, the average written and earned premium per policy each increased 3%, more than offset by the decline in policies in force. Voluntary automobile policies in force at September 30, 2011 decreased 19,000 compared to December 31, 2010 and 27,000 compared to September 30, 2010. Both educator and non-educator policies decreased in each of these comparisons. The number of educator policies represented approximately 82% and 81% of the voluntary automobile policies in force at September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Voluntary homeowners premium written decreased 0.4% ($0.5 million) compared to the first nine months of 2010, net of catastrophe reinsurance premiums ceded that were less than the prior year. The average written and earned premium per policy increased 5% and 6%, respectively, in the first nine months of 2011 compared to a year earlier. Homeowners policies in force at September 30, 2011 decreased 12,000 compared to December 31, 2010 and 16,000 compared to September 30, 2010. The number of educator policies represented approximately 77% and 76% of the homeowners policies in force at September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Growth in the number of educator policies that had been consistent sequentially for several years was offset somewhat beginning in the third quarter of 2010 by expected reductions due to the Company’s risk mitigation programs, including actions in catastrophe-prone coastal areas, involving policies of both educators and non-educators. The Company continues to evaluate and implement actions to further mitigate its risk exposure in hurricane-prone areas, as well as other areas of the country. Such actions could include, but are not limited to, non-renewal of homeowners policies, restricted agent geographic placement, limitations on agent new business sales, further tightening of underwriting standards and increased utilization of third-party vendor products.

As an example, in early 2010 the Company began a program to address homeowners profitability and hurricane exposure issues in Florida. On January 1, 2010, the Company ceased writing new homeowner (including home, condo, renters and dwelling fire) policies in that state and initiated a program to non-renew about 9,600 policies, over half of the Company’s Florida book of property business, starting with August 2010 policy effective dates.

By mid-August 2011, the non-renewal program had been completed, including approximately 3,600 policies terminated at the customers’ request -- a favorable result that progressed ahead of management’s expected timing. In total, the Company’s September 30, 2011 policy count for Florida homeowners business of less than 6,000 decreased by approximately 11,000 compared to December 31, 2009. Throughout the non-renewal program period, the Company’s agents worked closely with customers to find coverage with third-party companies that underwrite property risks in Florida. While this program likely will continue to impact the overall policy in force count and premiums in the short-term, it is expected to reduce risk exposure concentration, reduce overall catastrophe reinsurance costs and improve homeowners underwriting results.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, total annuity deposits received increased 10.5% driven by the 28.7% increase in single premium and rollover deposit receipts, which more than offset the 6.9% decrease in scheduled annuity deposit receipts. In the first nine months of 2011, new deposits to variable accounts decreased 1.0%, or $0.8 million, and new deposits to fixed accounts increased 15.0%, or $31.0 million, compared to the prior year. In addition to external contractholder deposits, annuity new deposits include contributions and transfers by the Company’s employees in the Company’s 401(k) group annuity contract.

Total annuity accumulated cash value of $4.1 billion at September 30, 2011 increased 5.2% compared to a year earlier, as the increase from new deposits received and favorable retention more than offset unfavorable financial market performance over the 12 months. Cash value retentions for variable and fixed annuity options were 92.5% and 94.7%, respectively, for the 12 month period ended September 30, 2011. At September 30, 2011, the number of annuity contracts outstanding of 182,000 increased 1.1%, or 2,000 contracts, compared to December 31, 2010 and increased 2.2%, or 4,000 contracts, compared to September 30, 2010.

Variable annuity accumulated balances at September 30, 2011 reflected a decrease of 7.5% compared to September 30, 2010, including the unfavorable impact of financial market performance over the 12 months, particularly the performance in the third quarter of 2011. Annuity segment contract charges earned increased 10.8%, or $1.4 million, compared to the first nine months of 2010, primarily reflecting the growth in average variable annuity account values.

Life segment premiums and contract deposits decreased $0.8 million, or 1.1%, compared to the first nine months of 2010. The ordinary life insurance in force lapse ratio was 4.8% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2011 compared to 5.0% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2010.

Sales

For the Company, as well as other personal lines property and casualty companies, new business levels have been adversely impacted by the economy and the overall lower level of automobile and home sales compared to a few years ago. For the first nine months of 2011, total new automobile sales units were 5.6% less than the same period in the prior year, while true new automobile sales were 6.6% less than in the prior year. In the third quarter of 2011, true new auto sales units increased 7.1% compared to a year earlier, although total new auto sales units were comparable to the prior year. New homeowners sales units decreased 10.1% compared to the first nine months of 2010. Management believes that automobile and homeowners sales levels also have been negatively impacted by the Company’s rate actions.

In addition, the year-to-date sales decreases in both lines of business were exacerbated by the Company’s underwriting actions in Florida which were initiated in 2010.

Driven by increases in single premium and rollover deposits, total annuity sales increased 22.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Single premium and rollover deposits for Horace Mann annuity products increased 28.7% compared to the same period in 2010. In addition, the Company’s new scheduled deposit business (measured on an annualized basis at the time of sale, compared to the reporting of new contract deposits which are recorded when cash is received) increased 21.1% compared to the first nine months of 2010, including growth of 23.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2011. In the first nine months of 2011, sales of third-party vendor annuity products, a relatively minor component of total annuity sales, decreased 23.5% compared to the first nine months of 2010. Sales of Horace Mann products by the Independent Agent distribution channel, included in the information above, increased 31.7% compared to the prior year, a comparison also impacted by current period growth in single premium and rollover deposits. The Company’s annuity sales levels in recent years have been impacted both positively and negatively as K-12 educators respond to uncertainties regarding employment prospects during the economic recession. In situations where educator retirements increase, opportunities arise for single premium and rollover deposit business. For employed educators, uncertainty about their futures creates challenges for new sales of scheduled deposit business.

New sales of life insurance products have been adversely impacted by current economic conditions industry wide. The Company’s introduction of new educator-focused portfolios of term and whole life products in the third quarters of 2009, 2010 and 2011 have helped to moderate the impact on the sales of proprietary life products. The current year-to-date increase in total life sales of 6.5% included a 7.1% increase in sales of third-party vendor products and a 5.8% increase in sales of proprietary life products.

Combining all lines of business, the Company’s total new business sales increased 15.5% compared to the first nine months of 2010. Total sales for Horace Mann’s Exclusive Agencies and Employee Agents for the first nine months of 2011 increased 12.1% compared to the prior year.

Distribution System

At September 30, 2011, there was a combined total of 735 Exclusive Agencies and Employee Agents, compared to 741 at December 31, 2010 and 701 at September 30, 2010. At September 30, 2011, there were 519 Horace Mann Exclusive Agencies -- more than half of which were formed by new appointments -- increasing 132 compared to September 30, 2010. The Company’s Exclusive Agent opportunity was launched on January 1, 2009. At September 30, 2011, in addition to the Exclusive Agencies, there were 216 Employee Agents. See additional description in “Business -- Corporate Strategy and Marketing -- Dedicated Agency Force” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

As mentioned above, the Company utilizes a nationwide network of Independent Agents who comprise a supplemental distribution channel for the Company’s 403(b) tax-qualified annuity products. The Independent Agent distribution channel included 950 authorized agents at September 30, 2011. During the first nine months of 2011, this channel generated $57.2 million in annualized new annuity sales for the Company compared to $43.4 million for the first nine months of 2010, primarily reflecting increases in single and rollover deposit business.

Net Investment Income

For the three months ended September 30, 2011, pretax investment income of $71.5 million increased 4.7%, or $3.2 million, (4.3%, or $2.0 million, after tax) compared to the prior year. Pretax investment income of $213.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased 5.1%, or $10.4 million, (4.8%, or $6.6 million, after tax) compared to the prior year. The increase primarily reflected growth in the size of the average investment portfolio on an amortized cost basis. Average invested assets increased 8.0% over the 12 months ended September 30, 2011. The average pretax yield on the investment portfolio was 5.68% (3.84% after tax) for the first nine months of 2011, compared to a pretax yield of 5.83% (3.95% after tax) a year earlier.

Net Realized Investment Gains and Losses

For the three months ended September 30, 2011, net realized investment gains (pretax) were $21.2 million compared to net realized investment gains of $12.1 million in the same period in the prior year. For the nine months, net realized investment gains (pretax) were $32.7 million in 2011 compared to net realized investment gains of $25.3 million in the prior year. The net gains and losses in all periods were realized from ongoing investment portfolio management activity and, when determined, the recording of impairment write-down charges.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company’s net realized investment gains of $32.7 million included $33.3 million of gross gains realized on security sales and calls partially offset by $0.6 million of realized losses on securities that were disposed of during the nine months. There were no other-than-temporary impairment write-downs on securities in the current period. Gains realized on security disposals during the first nine months of 2011 included $0.3 million related to securities on which the Company had previously recognized other-than-temporary impairment write-downs.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, pretax net realized investment gains of $25.3 million included $5.7 million of credit-related impairment write-downs and $5.5 million of gross losses on securities that were disposed of during the period, which were more than offset by $36.5 million of gross realized gains on other security disposals.

The Company, from time to time, sells securities subsequent to the balance sheet date that were considered temporarily impaired at the balance sheet date. Such sales are generally due to events occurring subsequent to the balance sheet date that result in a change in the Company’s intent to sell an invested asset.

Fixed Maturity Securities and Equity Securities Portfolios

The table below presents the Company’s fixed maturity securities and equity securities portfolios as of September 30, 2011 by major asset class, including the ten largest sectors of the Company’s corporate bond holdings (based on fair value) and the sectors of the equity securities holdings. Compared to December 31, 2010, yields on U.S. Treasury securities decreased significantly while credit spreads widened notably across virtually all asset classes, with the Company’s municipal bond portfolio showing the most significant improvement in net unrealized gains.


Fixed Maturity Securities	Number of Issuers		Fair Value			Amortized Cost or Cost			Pretax Unrealized Gain
Corporate bonds
Banking and Finance		59		$	385.9		$	374.8		$	11.1
Utilities		45			268.0			230.4			37.6
Energy		50			230.9			208.4			22.5
Insurance		25			136.4			120.1			16.3
Health Care		31			97.4			86.9			10.5
Metal and Mining		15			95.7			91.2			4.5
Broadcasting and Media		18			91.4			82.9			8.5
Transportation		20			84.3			79.7			4.6
Natural Gas		15			83.5			74.6			8.9
Telecommunications		22			77.2			70.0			7.2
All Other Corporates (1)		171			545.5			504.9			40.6

Total corporate bonds		471			2,096.2			1,923.9			172.3
Mortgage-backed securities
U.S. government and federally sponsored agencies		334			500.6			445.3			55.3
Commercial		93			332.2			306.8			25.4
Other		14			14.3			13.6			0.7
Municipal bonds		386			1,260.8			1,155.9			104.9
Government bonds
U.S.		8			602.1			558.1			44.0
Foreign		7			48.7			44.6			4.1
Collateralized debt obligations (2)		25			40.0			38.1			1.9
Asset-backed securities		99			412.1			395.7			16.4

Total fixed maturity securities		1,437		$	5,307.0		$	4,882.0		$	425.0


Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks
Banking and Finance		5		$	8.7		$	7.3		$	1.4
Real Estate		2			5.7			4.9			0.8
Utilities		3			5.2			4.9			0.3
Insurance		3			2.8			2.7			0.1
U.S. federally sponsored agencies		2			0.2			*			0.2
Common stocks
Technology		1			0.4			-			0.4
Cable and other		4			0.1			0.1			*

Total equity securities		20		$	23.1		$	19.9		$	3.2

Total		1,457		$	5,330.1		$	4,901.9		$	428.2

*	Less than $0.1 million.

(1)

The All Other Corporates category contains 19 additional industry classifications. Real estate, technology, retail, consumer products, miscellaneous and automobiles represented $326.3 million of fair value at September 30, 2011, with the remaining 13 classifications each representing less than $43 million.

(2)	Based on fair value, 80.2% of the collateralized debt obligation securities were rated investment grade by Standard and Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) and/or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) at September 30, 2011.

At September 30, 2011, the Company’s diversified fixed maturity securities portfolio consisted of 1,698 investment positions, issued by 1,437 entities, and totaled approximately $5.3 billion in fair value. This portfolio was 95.1% investment grade, based on fair value, with an average quality rating of A+. The Company’s investment guidelines generally limit single corporate issuer concentrations to 0.5% of invested assets for “AA” or “AAA” rated securities, 0.35% of invested assets for “A” or “BBB” rated securities, and 0.2% of invested assets for non-investment grade securities.

The following table presents the composition and value of the Company’s fixed maturity securities and equity securities portfolios by rating category. At September 30, 2011, 95.0% of these combined portfolios were investment grade, with an overall average quality rating of A+. The Company has classified the entire fixed maturity securities and equity securities portfolios as available for sale, which are carried at fair value.

Rating of Fixed Maturity Securities and Equity Securities(1)

(Dollars in millions)


	Percent of Portfolio Fair Value						September 30, 2011
	December 31, 2010			September 30, 2011			Fair Value			Amortized Cost or Cost
Fixed maturity securities
AAA (2)		28.2	%		5.1	%		$	271.2		$	252.0
AA (2)		17.9			39.8				2,115.5			1,917.2
A		23.2			24.5				1,298.5			1,176.3
BBB		25.4			25.7				1,362.0			1,263.3
BB		2.9			2.6				140.5			151.3
B		2.3			2.0				104.5			106.4
CCC or lower		0.1			0.3				14.7			15.4
Not rated (3)		-			-				0.1			0.1

Total fixed maturity securities		100.0	%		100.0	%		$	5,307.0		$	4,882.0


Equity securities
AAA		-			-				-			-
AA		-			-				-			-
A		17.0	%		17.3	%		$	4.0		$	4.5
BBB		55.6			50.6				11.7			10.5
BB		24.9			29.0				6.7			4.8
B		-			-				-			-
CCC or lower		0.4			0.9				0.2			*
Not rated (4)		2.1			2.2				0.5			0.1

Total equity securities		100.0	%		100.0	%		$	23.1		$	19.9


Total								$	5,330.1		$	4,901.9

*	Less than $0.1 million.

(1)	Ratings are as assigned primarily by S&P when available, with remaining ratings as assigned on an equivalent basis by Moody’s. Ratings for publicly traded securities are determined when the securities are acquired and are updated monthly to reflect any changes in ratings.

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(2)

During the three months ended September 30, 2011, S&P and Moody’s concluded on their respective evaluations of ratings for debt issued by the U.S. government. On August 2, 2011, Moody’s affirmed its Aaa rating, with an outlook of negative. On August 5, 2011, S&P reduced its AAA long-term rating one notch to AA+, with an outlook of negative. At September 30, 2011, the AA rated fair value amount included $602.1 million of U.S. government securities and $476.3 million of securities issued by U.S. government and federally sponsored agencies. At December 31, 2010, the AAA rated fair value amount included $497.5 million of U.S. government securities and $468.0 million of securities issued by U.S. government and federally sponsored agencies.

(3)	Included in this category is $0.1 million fair value of private placement securities not rated by either S&P or Moody’s.

(4)	This category represents common stocks that are not rated by either S&P or Moody’s.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had $332.2 million fair value in commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), primarily in the annuity and life portfolios, with gross unrealized losses of $12.9 million and a net unrealized gain of $25.4 million. Compared to the net unrealized loss at September 30, 2010, market valuation of the CMBS portfolio improved significantly, resulting in an overall fair value to amortized cost ratio of 108.3% at September 30, 2011, compared to 96.2% at September 30, 2010. As a result of risk reduction actions during 2010, and to a lesser extent in the first nine months of 2011, the Company reduced its holdings of conduit/fusion CMBS securities by $120 million of amortized cost, or 64%, compared to December 31, 2009. The CMBS disposals over the last 21 months resulted in a net realized gain of $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and a net realized loss of $18.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. CMBS spreads widened notably in the three month period ended September 30, 2011. The concern over current economic weakness and its impact on commercial real estate values and rising commercial mortgage loan delinquencies has resulted in downward price pressure for certain CMBS securities. At September 30, 2011, the Company’s CMBS portfolio was 93% investment grade, with an overall credit rating of A+, and well diversified by property type, geography and sponsor.

To evaluate the CMBS portfolio, the Company uses an estimate of future cash flows expected to be collected. The determination of cash flow estimates is inherently subjective and methodologies may vary depending on facts and circumstances specific to the security. All reasonably available information relevant to the collectability of the security, including past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable assumptions and forecasts, are considered when developing the estimate of cash flows expected to be collected. Information includes, but is not limited to, debt-servicing, missed refinancing opportunities and geography. Loan level characteristics such as issuer, payment terms, property type, and economic outlook are also utilized in financial models, along with historical performance, to estimate or measure the loan’s propensity to default. Additionally, financial models take into account loan age, lease rollovers, rent volatilities, vacancy rates and exposure to refinancing as additional drivers of default. For transactions where loan level data is not available, financial models use a proxy based on the collateral characteristics. Loss severity is a function of multiple factors including, but not limited to, the unpaid balance, interest rate, assessed property value at origination, change in property valuation and loan-to-value ratio at origination. Cost of capital rates and debt service ratios are also considered. The cash flows generated by the collateral securing these securities are estimated using these default and loss severity assumptions. These collateral cash flows are then utilized, along with consideration for the issue’s position in the overall structure, to estimate the cash flows associated with the commercial mortgage-backed security held by the Company.

The table below presents rating, vintage year and property type information for the Company’s CMBS portfolio.


	September 30, 2011									December 31, 2010
	Number of Positions		Fair Value			Pretax Unrealized Gain (Loss)				Number of Positions		Fair Value			Pretax Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Rating
AAA (1)		7		$	28.7		$	2.6			35		$	93.1		$	5.6
AA (1)		54			183.1			29.5			30			79.8			2.0
A		15			80.6			4.4			20			64.3			0.4
BBB		10			17.5			(2.3	)		8			19.2			(1.3	)
BB and below		7			22.3			(8.8	)		8			25.6			(7.3	)

Total		93		$	332.2		$	25.4			101		$	282.0		$	(0.6	)


Vintage
2003 and prior		5		$	10.6		$	0.7			8		$	12.8		$	0.1
2004		8			14.2			(0.1	)		10			15.3			(0.1	)
2005		15			52.2			(10.8	)		17			56.3			(9.5	)
2006		17			40.0			4.3			20			38.7			2.4
2007		16			53.1			7.9			19			51.9			3.1
2008		11			36.9			7.3			12			32.3			2.1
2009		7			47.2			10.1			7			38.6			2.3
2010		8			42.4			3.9			8			36.1			(1.0	)
2011		6			35.6			2.1			-			-			-

Total		93		$	332.2		$	25.4			101		$	282.0		$	(0.6	)


Property type
Military housing		28		$	116.6		$	15.0			26		$	86.1		$	0.2
GNMA project loans		28			96.7			18.0			26			66.2			3.0
Conduit/Fusion		26			56.0			(10.7	)		37			81.6			(5.3	)
Cell tower		3			19.3			1.4			5			20.1			0.9
Timber		5			18.3			1.0			4			8.3			0.6
Single borrower		2			12.9			0.2			2			7.7			*
Credit tenant lease		1			12.4			0.5			1			12.0			*

Total		93		$	332.2		$	25.4			101		$	282.0		$	(0.6	)

*	Less than $0.1 million.

(1)

During the three months ended September 30, 2011, S&P and Moody’s concluded on their respective evaluations of ratings for debt issued by the U.S. government. On August 2, 2011, Moody’s affirmed its Aaa rating, with an outlook of negative. On August 5, 2011, S&P reduced its AAA long-term rating one notch to AA+, with an outlook of negative. GNMA project loans are issued by agencies sponsored by the U.S. government and their ratings were affected by the S&P U.S. long-term debt ratings downgrade. At September 30, 2011, the AA rated fair value amount included $96.7 million of GNMA project loans. At December 31, 2010, the AAA rated fair value amount included $66.2 million of GNMA project loans.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had $394.6 million fair value in financial institution bonds and preferred stocks with a net unrealized gain of $12.5 million. The Company’s holdings in this sector are primarily large, well recognized institutions, which were broadly supported by government intervention and credit enhancement programs during the 2008 credit crisis.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had $1,260.8 million fair value invested in municipal bonds with a net unrealized gain of $104.9 million. Of the geographically diversified municipal bond holdings, approximately 53% are tax-exempt and 76% are revenue bonds tied to essential services, such as mass transit, water and sewer. The overall credit quality of these securities was AA-, with approximately 33% of the value insured at September 30, 2011. This represents approximately 7% of the Company’s total investment portfolio that is guaranteed by the mono-line credit insurers. When selecting securities, the Company focuses primarily on the quality of the underlying security and does not place significant reliance on the additional insurance benefit. Excluding the effect of insurance, the credit quality of the underlying municipal bond portfolio also was AA- at September 30, 2011.

At September 30, 2011, the fixed maturity securities and equity securities portfolios had a combined $40.5 million pretax of gross unrealized losses on $596.8 million fair value related to 300 positions. Of this amount, pretax gross unrealized losses of $20.2 million were on $477.4 million fair value for 248 positions that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for 9 months or less.

Of the investment positions (fixed maturity securities and equity securities) with unrealized losses, 18 were trading below 80% of book value at September 30, 2011 and were not considered other-than-temporarily impaired. These positions included structured securities and corporate securities. The 18 securities with fair values below 80% of book value at September 30, 2011 had fair value of $33.2 million, representing 0.6% of the Company’s total investment portfolio at fair value, and had a gross unrealized loss of $16.3 million.

While the U.S. Treasury yield curve moved significantly lower in the first nine months of 2011, contributing to the improvement in the Company’s gross unrealized loss position compared to December 31, 2010, the persisting global uncertainty and concern over prolonged economic weakness continue to have an adverse effect on the liquidity and fair value of certain investments. With respect to fixed income securities involving securitized financial assets, the underlying collateral cash flows were stress tested to determine there was no adverse change in the expected cash flows at September 30, 2011.

The Company views the decrease in value of all of the securities with unrealized losses at September 30, 2011 as temporary. For fixed maturity securities, management does not have the intent to sell the securities and it is not more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the securities before the anticipated recovery of the amortized cost bases. In addition, management expects to recover the entire cost basis of the fixed maturity securities. For equity securities, the Company has the ability and intent to hold the securities for the recovery of cost and recovery of cost is expected within a reasonable period of time. Additionally, as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company is not aware of any events that call into question the ability of the issuers of the securities to honor their contractual commitments. Therefore, no impairment of these securities was recorded at September 30, 2011. Future changes in circumstances related to these and other securities could require subsequent recognition of other-than-temporary impairment losses.

Benefits, Claims and Settlement Expenses


	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Change From Prior Year
	2011			2010			Percent			Amount
Property and casualty		$	352.6		$	313.9		12.3	%		$	38.7
Annuity			1.6			1.2		33.3	%			0.4
Life			44.6			41.1		8.5	%			3.5

Total		$	398.8		$	356.2		12.0	%		$	42.6


Property and casualty catastrophe losses, included above (1)		$	81.3		$	40.5		100.7	%		$	40.8

(1)	See footnote (1) to the table below.

Property and Casualty Claims and Claim Expenses (“losses”)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Incurred claims and claim expenses:
Claims occurring in the current year		$	358.3			$	328.5
Decrease in estimated reserves for claims occurring in prior years (2)			(5.7	)			(14.6	)

Total claims and claim expenses incurred		$	352.6			$	313.9


Property and casualty loss ratio:
Total			85.9	%			75.5	%
Effect of catastrophe costs, included above (1)			19.8	%			9.8	%

(1) Property and casualty catastrophe losses were incurred as follows:

	2011				2010
Three months ended
March 31		$	8.0			$	6.8
June 30			55.0				16.2
September 30			18.3				17.5

Total year-to-date		$	81.3			$	40.5

(2) Shows the amounts by which the Company decreased its reserves in each of the periods indicated for claims occurring in previous years to reflect subsequent information on such claims and changes in their projected final settlement costs.

	2011				2010
Three months ended
March 31		$	(2.7	)		$	(4.5	)
June 30			(1.0	)			(2.8	)
September 30			(2.0	)			(7.3	)

Total year-to-date		$	(5.7	)		$	(14.6	)

For the three months ended September 30, 2011, the Company’s benefits, claims and settlement expenses decreased $0.5 million, or 0.4%, compared to the prior year, including a $0.8 million increase in property and casualty catastrophe losses in the current period. Tornado and storm activity produced 9 catastrophe events in the third quarter of 2011, with Hurricane Irene impacting several states being the costliest event for the Company. Also contributing to the third quarter change in claims and settlement expenses was an increase in current accident year automobile loss frequency, impacted by non-catastrophe weather, as well as a reduced level of favorable prior years’ property and casualty reserve development, both more than offset by favorable current accident year non-catastrophe homeowners results that largely reflected improvements in Florida sinkhole loss experience. For the third quarter of 2011, life segment benefits, claims and settlement expenses exceeded the prior year due to higher mortality costs.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company’s benefits, claims and settlement expenses increased $42.6 million, or 12.0%, compared to the prior year, primarily reflecting a $40.8 million increase in property and casualty catastrophe losses.

For the first nine months of 2011, the favorable development of prior years’ property and casualty reserves of $5.7 million was the result of actual and remaining projected losses for prior years being below the level anticipated in the December 31, 2010 loss reserve estimate, primarily the result of favorable frequency and severity trends in voluntary automobile loss emergence for accident years 2009 and prior, as well as favorable development of homeowners loss reserves for accident years 2010 and prior.

In the first nine months of 2010, favorable development of prior years’ property and casualty reserves of $14.6 million was the result of actual and remaining projected losses for prior years being below the level anticipated in the December 31, 2009 loss reserve estimate, primarily the result of favorable frequency and severity trends in voluntary automobile loss and loss adjustment expense emergence for accident years 2009 and prior.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the voluntary automobile loss ratio of 72.5% increased by 5.7 percentage points compared to the same period a year earlier, including favorable development of prior years’ reserves that had a 2.4 percentage point smaller impact in the current period, higher catastrophe losses for this line of business which represented a 1.1 percentage point increase in the loss ratio, and the impact of the third quarter increase in loss frequency. The homeowners loss ratio of 113.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased 19.8 percentage points compared to a year earlier, including a 27.8 percentage point increase due to the higher level of catastrophe costs. Catastrophe costs represented 55.9 percentage points of the homeowners loss ratio for the current period compared to 28.1 percentage points for the prior year. The homeowners loss ratio also reflected an increase of 1.5 percentage points in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 attributable to a lower level of favorable development of prior years’ reserves in the current period. Compared to incurred amounts for each of the quarters from third quarter 2009 through first quarter 2011, the Company’s sinkhole loss costs for the current year periods reflected a favorable impact from the Company’s Florida homeowners policy non-renewal program. Excluding claim settlement expenses, Florida sinkhole losses incurred for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 of $(0.9) million and $5.7 million, respectively, decreased $7.8 million and $9.2 million compared to the respective prior year periods. The amount for the third quarter of 2011 included favorable development of prior years’ reserves for sinkhole losses which is included in the amount of prior years’ reserve development disclosed above.

For the annuity segment, benefits in the first nine months of 2011 increased $0.4 million, or 33.3%, compared to the same period in the prior year. The Company’s guaranteed minimum death benefit (“GMDB”) reserve was $0.7 million at September 30, 2011, compared to $0.3 million at December 31, 2010 and $0.5 million at September 30, 2010. The changes in this reserve in both the current period and 2010 reflected the impact of financial market performance.

For the life segment, benefits in the current nine months increased $3.5 million compared to a year earlier, reflecting an increase in mortality costs in 2011.

Interest Credited to Policyholders


	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Change From Prior Year
	2011			2010			Percent			Amount

Annuity		$	84.1		$	78.7		6.9	%		$	5.4
Life			30.9			30.2		2.3	%			0.7

Total		$	115.0		$	108.9		5.6	%		$	6.1

For the three months ended September 30, 2011, interest credited of $39.3 million increased 5.9%, or $2.2 million, compared to the same period in 2010, consistent with the percentage increase reflected for the nine months.

Compared to the first nine months of 2010, the current year increase in annuity segment interest credited reflected a 10.5% increase in average accumulated fixed deposits, partially offset by a 14 basis point decline in the average annual interest rate credited to 4.03%. Life insurance interest credited increased slightly as a result of the growth in interest-sensitive life insurance reserves.

The net interest spread on fixed annuity account value on deposit measures the difference between the rate of income earned on the underlying invested assets and the rate of interest which policyholders are credited on their account values. The net interest spreads for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 199 basis points and 198 basis points, respectively.

As of September 30, 2011, fixed annuity account values totaled $3.0 billion, including $2.7 billion of deferred annuities. Of the deferred annuity account values, 31% had minimum guaranteed interest rates of 3% or lower while 61% had minimum guaranteed rates of 4.5% or greater. For $2.1 billion of the deferred annuity account values, the credited interest rate was equal to the minimum guaranteed rate. Due to limitations on the Company’s ability to further lower interest crediting rates, coupled with the potential for continued low reinvestment interest rates, management recognizes there could be fixed annuity spread compression in future periods.

Policy Acquisition Expenses Amortized

Amortized policy acquisition expenses were $27.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $20.2 million for the same period in 2010. The $7.7 million increase between the quarterly periods was equal to the change in impacts of the evaluations of annuity deferred policy acquisition costs.

Amortized policy acquisition expenses were $71.7 million for the first nine months of 2011 compared to $66.1 million for the same period in 2010. At September 30, 2011, the evaluation of annuity deferred policy acquisition costs resulted in an increase in amortization of $5.6 million, which primarily reflected the impact of unfavorable financial market performance in the first nine months of the year. This compares to an increase in amortization of $0.9 million from a similar evaluation at September 30, 2010. For the life segment, the September 30, 2011 evaluation of deferred policy acquisition costs resulted in a $0.7 million year-to-date increase in amortization, compared to a $0.4 million increase recorded as a result of the September 30, 2010 evaluation.

Operating Expenses

For the three months ended September 30, 2011, operating expenses of $34.0 million decreased 5.9%, or $2.1 million, compared to a year earlier. In the third quarter of 2010, the Company recorded a charge of $2.2 million to write off software development costs related to its property insurance administrative system. This charge was borne by the property and casualty segment and represented 1.6 percentage points of that segment’s expense ratio for the third quarter of 2010.

For the first nine months of 2011, operating expenses of $102.6 million decreased 1.6%, or $1.6 million, compared to the same period in the prior year which included a charge of $2.2 million to write off software development costs described above that represented 0.5 percentage point of the property and casualty expense ratio for the first nine months of 2010. The property and casualty expense ratio of 25.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased 0.2 percentage point compared to the prior year expense ratio of 25.3%, consistent with management’s expectations for the current period.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The effective income tax rate on the Company’s pretax income, including net realized investment gains and losses, was 28.5% and 27.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Income from investments in tax-advantaged securities reduced the effective income tax rate 6.3 and 7.0 percentage points for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company records liabilities for uncertain tax filing positions where it is more-likely-than-not that the position will not be sustainable upon audit by taxing authorities. These liabilities are reevaluated routinely and are adjusted appropriately based upon changes in facts or law. The Company has no unrecorded liabilities from uncertain tax filing positions.

In the second quarter of 2010, the Internal Revenue Service published guidance regarding separate account (variable annuity) dividend received deductions for life insurance companies in which they advised (1) they would concede appeals related to the issue and not raise the issue on audit unless the taxpayer changed its methodology for computing the deduction, and (2) any changes in law regarding this deduction would be effective prospectively. As a result, the Company believed this issue was no longer an uncertain tax position and recorded a reduction of $1.4 million in the uncertain tax position liability related to the separate account dividend received deduction.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had federal income tax returns for the 2006 through 2010 tax years still open and subject to adjustment upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company is currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for tax years 2006 through 2009. The Company has recorded $0.3 million of uncertain tax position liabilities including interest related to all open tax years as of September 30, 2011.

Net Income

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company’s net income of $37.3 million represented a decrease of $28.4 million, or 43%, compared to the prior year primarily due to the increase in property and casualty catastrophe losses. After-tax net realized investment gains increased by $4.8 million between periods. For the property and casualty segment, the net loss of $11.6 million reflected a decrease of $32.6 million, compared to net income for the first nine months of 2010, primarily due to the increase in catastrophe costs but also reflecting a smaller benefit in the current period from favorable prior years’ reserve development. Catastrophe costs increased $26.5 million after tax compared to the prior year. Favorable prior years’ property and casualty reserve development was $5.8 million after tax lower than the same period a year ago. For the nine months, current period incurred sinkhole claims in Florida were less than the prior year by approximately $6 million after tax. Excluding catastrophe losses, compared to a year earlier current accident year results for the property line improved while automobile current accident year losses increased. Including all factors, the property and casualty combined ratio was 111.4% for the first nine months of 2011 compared to 100.8% for the same period in 2010. Annuity segment net income decreased $2.2 million, or 10%, compared to the first nine months of 2010, reflecting the negative impacts from the evaluation of deferred policy acquisition costs and a non-recurring tax benefit recorded in the prior year, partially offset by improvements in the interest margin. Compared

to the first nine months of 2010, life segment net income decreased $2.2 million, or 14%, including higher mortality costs in the current period.

Net income (loss) by segment and net income per share were as follows:


	Nine Months Ended September 30,								Change From Prior Year
	2011				2010				Percent			Amount
Analysis of net income (loss) by segment:
Property and casualty		$	(11.6	)		$	21.0			N.M.			$	(32.6	)
Annuity			20.5				22.7			-9.7	%			(2.2	)
Life			13.5				15.7			-14.0	%			(2.2	)
Corporate and other (1)			14.9				6.3			136.5	%			8.6

Net income		$	37.3			$	65.7			-43.2	%		$	(28.4	)


Effect of catastrophe costs, after tax, included above		$	(52.8	)		$	(26.3	)		100.8	%		$	(26.5	)

Effect of realized investment gains, after tax, included above		$	21.1			$	16.3			29.4	%		$	4.8


Diluted:
Net income per share		$	0.90			$	1.61			-44.1	%		$	(0.71	)

Weighted average number of shares and equivalent shares (in millions)			41.5				40.9			1.5	%			0.6

Property and casualty combined ratio:
Total			111.4	%			100.8	%		N.M.				10.6	%
Effect of catastrophe costs, included above			19.8	%			9.8	%		N.M.				10.0	%

N.M. – Not meaningful.

(1)

The corporate and other segment includes interest expense on debt, realized investment gains and losses, certain public company expenses and other corporate level items. The Company does not allocate the impact of corporate level transactions to the insurance segments, consistent with the basis for management’s evaluation of the results of those segments.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the changes in net income for the property and casualty, annuity and life segments are described above.

For the corporate and other segment, net income in the current period compared to the first nine months of 2010 primarily reflected the increase in net realized investment gains in the current period.

Return on average shareholders’ equity based on net income was 6% and 11% for the trailing 12 months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The accounting guidance adopted by the Company effective January 1, 2011 is described in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 1 – Basis of Presentation – Adopted Accounting Standards”. The adoption did not have an effect on the results of operations or financial position of the Company.

Outlook for 2011

At the time of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management estimates that 2011 full year net income before realized investment gains and losses will be within a range of $0.90 to $1.00 per diluted share. This projection incorporates the Company’s results for the first nine months of the year, which included a significant level of property and casualty weather-related catastrophe costs and increased amortization of annuity deferred policy acquisition costs resulting from both unfavorable financial market performance and realized investment gains. For the remaining three months of 2011, this projection assumes catastrophe losses comparable to long-term historical levels, moderate financial market appreciation, minimal impact from Florida sinkhole losses and underlying results for each of the segments consistent with prior fourth quarter patterns. As described in “Critical Accounting Policies”, certain of the Company’s significant accounting measurements require the use of estimates and assumptions. As additional information becomes available, adjustments may be required. Those adjustments are charged or credited to income for the period in which the adjustments are made and may impact actual results compared to management’s current estimate. Additionally, see “Forward-looking Information” concerning other important factors that could impact actual results. Management believes that a projection of net income including realized investment gains and losses is not appropriate on a forward-looking basis because it is not possible to provide a valid forecast of realized investment gains and losses, which can vary substantially from one period to another and may have a significant impact on net income.

Liquidity and Financial Resources

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

At September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or for other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As such, the Company is not exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if the Company had engaged in such relationships.

Investments

Information regarding the Company’s investment portfolio, which is comprised primarily of investment grade, fixed income securities, is located in “Results of Operations -- Net Realized Investment Gains and Losses” and in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Note 2 -- Investments”.

Cash Flow

The short-term liquidity requirements of the Company, within a 12-month operating cycle, are for the timely payment of claims and benefits to policyholders, operating expenses, interest payments and federal income taxes. Cash flow generated from operations has been, and is expected to be, adequate to meet the Company’s operating cash needs in the next 12 months. Cash flow in excess of operational needs has been used to fund business growth, retire short-term debt, pay dividends to shareholders and repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock. Long-term liquidity requirements, beyond one year, are principally for the payment of future insurance policy claims and benefits and retirement of long-term debt.

Operating Activities

As a holding company, HMEC conducts its principal operations in the personal lines segment of the property and casualty and life insurance industries through its subsidiaries. HMEC’s insurance subsidiaries generate cash flow from premium and investment income, generally well in excess of their immediate needs for policy obligations, operating expenses and other cash requirements. Cash provided by operating activities primarily reflects net cash generated by the insurance subsidiaries. For the first nine months of 2011, net cash provided by operating activities decreased compared to the same period in 2010, primarily due to higher property and casualty claims payments in the current period including the impact of catastrophe events.

Payment of principal and interest on debt, dividends to shareholders and parent company operating expenses are dependent upon the ability of the insurance subsidiaries to pay cash dividends or make other cash payments to HMEC, including tax payments pursuant to tax sharing agreements. Payments for share repurchase programs also have this dependency. The insurance subsidiaries are subject to various regulatory restrictions which limit the amount of annual dividends or other distributions, including loans or cash advances, available to HMEC without prior approval of the insurance regulatory authorities. The aggregate amount of dividends that may be paid in 2011 from all of HMEC’s insurance subsidiaries without prior regulatory approval is approximately $78 million, of which $16 million was paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Although regulatory restrictions exist, dividend availability from subsidiaries has been, and is expected to be, adequate for HMEC’s capital needs.

Investing Activities

HMEC’s insurance subsidiaries maintain significant investments in fixed maturity securities to meet future contractual obligations to policyholders. In conjunction with its management of liquidity and other asset/liability management objectives, the Company, from time to time, will sell fixed maturity securities prior to maturity and reinvest the proceeds in other investments with different interest rates, maturities or credit characteristics. Accordingly, the Company has classified the entire fixed maturity securities and equity securities portfolios as “available for sale”.

Financing Activities

Financing activities include primarily payment of dividends, the receipt and withdrawal of funds by annuity contractholders, repurchases of the Company’s common stock, fluctuations in bank overdraft balances, and borrowings, repayments and repurchases related to its debt facilities.

The Company’s annuity business produced net positive cash flows in the first nine months of 2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, receipts from annuity contracts increased $30.2 million, or 10.5%, compared to the same period in the prior year, as described in “Results of Operations -- Insurance Premiums and Contract Charges”. In total, annuity contract benefits, withdrawals and net transfers to variable annuity accumulated cash values decreased $16.3 million, or 9.2%, compared to the prior year.

Capital Resources

The Company has determined the amount of capital which is needed to adequately fund and support business growth, primarily based on risk-based capital formulas including those developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”). Historically, the Company’s insurance subsidiaries have generated capital in excess of such needed capital. These excess amounts have been paid to HMEC through dividends. HMEC has then utilized these dividends and its access to the capital markets to service and retire long-term debt, pay dividends to its shareholders, fund growth initiatives, repurchase shares of its common stock and for other corporate purposes. Management anticipates that the Company’s sources of capital will continue to generate sufficient capital to meet the needs for business growth, debt interest payments and shareholder dividends.

The total capital of the Company was $1,293.2 million at September 30, 2011, including $199.7 million of long-term debt and $38.0 million of short-term debt outstanding. Total debt represented 22.9% of total capital excluding unrealized investment gains and losses (18.4% including unrealized investment gains and losses) at September 30, 2011, which was within a range consistent with the Company’s long-term target of 25% and with the Company’s debt ratings assigned as of September 30, 2011.

Shareholders’ equity was $1,055.5 million at September 30, 2011, including a net unrealized gain in the Company’s investment portfolio of $257.2 million after taxes and the related impact of deferred policy acquisition costs associated with annuity and interest-sensitive life policies. The market value of the Company’s common stock and the market value per share were $455.5 million and $11.41, respectively, at September 30, 2011. Book value per share was $26.44 at September 30, 2011 ($20.00 excluding investment fair value adjustments).

Additional information regarding the net unrealized gain in the Company’s investment portfolio at September 30, 2011 is included in “Results of Operations -- Net Realized Investment Gains and Losses”.

Total shareholder dividends were $13.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. In March, May and September 2011, the Board of Directors announced regular quarterly dividends of $0.11 per share.

As of September 30, 2011, the Company had outstanding $75.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.05% Senior Notes (“Senior Notes due 2015”), which will mature on June 15, 2015, issued at a discount resulting in an effective yield of 6.1%. Interest on the Senior Notes due 2015 is payable semi-annually at a rate of 6.05%. Detailed information regarding the redemption terms of the Senior Notes due 2015 is contained in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Note 5 -- Debt” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. The Senior Notes due 2015 are traded in the open market (HMN 6.05).

As of September 30, 2011, the Company had outstanding $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.85% Senior Notes (“Senior Notes due 2016”), which will mature on April 15, 2016, issued at a discount resulting in an effective yield of 6.893%. Interest on the Senior Notes due 2016 is payable semi-annually at a rate of 6.85%. Detailed information regarding the redemption terms of the Senior Notes due 2016 is contained in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Note 5 -- Debt” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the

year ended December 31, 2010. The Senior Notes due 2016 are traded in the open market (HMN 6.85).

As of September 30, 2011, the Company had $38.0 million outstanding under its Bank Credit Facility. The Bank Credit Facility entered into on May 31, 2005 (the “Previous Bank Credit Agreement”) provided for unsecured borrowings of up to $125.0 million and was scheduled to expire on December 19, 2011. Interest accrued at varying spreads relative to corporate or Eurodollar base rates and was payable monthly or quarterly depending on the applicable base rate (London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 0.6%, which totaled 0.9%, at September 30, 2011). The unused portion under the Previous Bank Credit Agreement was subject to a variable commitment fee, which was 0.125% on an annual basis at September 30, 2011. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, there was no change in the amount outstanding under the Company’s Previous Bank Credit Agreement.

On October 7, 2011, HMEC entered into a new Bank Credit Agreement (the “Current Bank Credit Facility”) that replaces the Previous Bank Credit Agreement. The Current Bank Credit Facility provides for unsecured borrowings of up to $150 million and expires on October 6, 2015. On October 7, 2011, there was no change to HMEC’s short-term debt balance. HMEC borrowed $38 million under the Current Bank Credit Facility and used the proceeds to repay the $38 million balance outstanding under the Previous Bank Credit Agreement. The Previous Bank Credit Facility was then terminated. Under the Current Bank Credit Facility, interest accrues at varying spreads relative to prime or eurodollar base rates and is payable monthly or quarterly depending on the applicable base rate (eurodollar base rate plus 1.25%, or 1.63%, as of October 7, 2011). The unused portion of the Current Bank Credit Facility is subject to a variable commitment fee, which was 0.15% on an annual basis at October 7, 2011. The Current Bank Credit Facility contains financial covenants, as defined in the agreement, as follows: (1) debt to capital ratio not to exceed 35%, (2) minimum net worth and (3) insurance subsidiaries’ risk based capital percentages of not less than 300%.

To provide additional capital management flexibility, the Company filed a “universal shelf” registration on Form S-3 with the SEC in November 2008. The registration statement, which registers the offer and sale by the Company from time to time of up to $300 million of various securities, which may include debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants and/or delayed delivery contracts, was declared effective on January 7, 2009. Unless fully utilized or withdrawn by the Company earlier, this registration statement will remain effective through January 7, 2012. No securities associated with the registration statement have been issued as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Financial Ratings

HMEC’s principal insurance subsidiaries are rated by S&P, Moody’s and A.M. Best Company, Inc. (“A.M. Best”). These rating agencies have also assigned ratings to the Company’s long-term debt securities. The ratings that are assigned by these agencies, which are subject to change, can impact, among other things, the Company’s access to sources of capital, cost of capital, compliance with debt covenants and competitive position.

With the exception of the ratings by A.M. Best, assigned ratings as of October 31, 2011 were unchanged from the disclosure in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. In April 2011, A.M. Best upgraded (1) the insurance financial strength rating of the Company’s primary life insurance subsidiary to “A (Excellent)” from “A- (Excellent)” and (2) HMEC’s debt rating to “bbb” from “bbb-”.

Assigned ratings as of October 31, 2011 were as follows (unless otherwise indicated, the insurance financial strength ratings for the Company’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries and the Company’s principal life insurance subsidiary are the same):


	Insurance Financial Strength Ratings (Outlook)	Debt Ratings (Outlook)
October 31, 2011
S&P (1)	A (stable)	BBB (stable)
Moody’s (1)	A3 (stable)	Baa3 (stable)
A.M. Best
Horace Mann Life Insurance Company	A (stable)	N.A.
HMEC’s property and casualty subsidiaries	A- (stable)	N.A.
HMEC	N.A.	bbb (stable)

N.A. – Not applicable.

(1)	This agency has not yet rated Horace Mann Lloyds.

Reinsurance Programs

Information regarding the reinsurance program for the Company’s property and casualty segment is located in “Business -- Property and Casualty Segment -- Property and Casualty Reinsurance” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. All components of the Company’s property and casualty reinsurance program remain consistent with the Form 10-K disclosure, with the exception of the Florida Hurricane and Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) coverage. Subsequent to the February 28, 2011 SEC filing of the Company’s recent Form 10-K, information received from the FHCF indicated that the Company’s maximum for the 2010-2011 contract period had been revised to $51.2 million from $49.8 million, based on the FHCF’s financial resources, with no change in the retention, for the Company’s predominant insurance subsidiary for property and casualty business written in Florida. The FHCF contract is a one-year contract. Effective June 1, 2011, the new contract with the FHCF, for the Company’s predominant insurance subsidiary for property and casualty business written in Florida, reinsures 90% of hurricane losses in Florida above an estimated retention of $7.5 million up to $26.7 million based on the FHCF’s financial resources. Compared to the 2010-2011 contract period, the reduced maximum coverage is due to the Company’s lower risk exposure in Florida as described in “Results of Operations -- Insurance Premiums and Contract Charges”.

Information regarding the reinsurance program for the Company’s life segment is located in “Business -- Life Segment” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Market Value Risk

Market value risk, the Company’s primary market risk exposure, is the risk that the Company’s invested assets will decrease in value. This decrease in value may be due to (1) a change in the yields realized on the Company’s assets and prevailing market yields for similar assets, (2) an unfavorable change in the liquidity of the investment, (3) an unfavorable change in the financial prospects of the issuer of the investment, or (4) a downgrade in the credit rating of the issuer of the investment. See also “Results of Operations -- Net Realized Investment Gains and Losses”.

Significant changes in interest rates expose the Company to the risk of experiencing losses or earning a reduced level of income based on the difference between the interest rates earned on the Company’s investments and the credited interest rates on the Company’s insurance liabilities. See also “Results of Operations -- Interest Credited to Policyholders”.

The Company seeks to manage its market value risk by coordinating the projected cash inflows of assets with the projected cash outflows of liabilities. For all its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maintain reasonable durations, consistent with the maximization of income without sacrificing investment quality, while providing for liquidity and diversification. The investment risk associated with variable annuity deposits and the underlying mutual funds is assumed by those contractholders, and not by the Company. Certain fees that the Company earns from variable annuity deposits are based on the market value of the funds deposited.

More detailed descriptions of the Company’s exposure to market value risks and the management of those risks is presented in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Market Value Risk” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Recent Accounting Changes

Goodwill

In September 2011, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) issued accounting guidance to allow an entity the option to make a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood of goodwill impairment to determine whether it should calculate the fair value of a reporting unit. The guidance provides an entity with the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is not necessary. The guidance is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted, including for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed as of a date before September 15, 2011. Management believes the adoption of this accounting guidance will not have an effect on the results of operations or financial position of the Company.

Comprehensive Income

In June 2011, the FASB issued accounting guidance to improve the comparability, consistency, and transparency of financial reporting and to increase the prominence of items reported in other comprehensive income. The guidance eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. The guidance requires that all nonowner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements with the Statement of Comprehensive Income following the Statement of Operations. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2011 and will be applied retrospectively. Management believes the adoption of this accounting guidance will not have an effect on the results of operations or financial position of the Company.

Fair Value Measurements

In May 2011, the FASB issued accounting guidance to revise the wording used to describe the requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The guidance is largely consistent with existing fair value measurement principles. For many of the requirements, the FASB does not intend for the amendments to result in a change in the application of the current requirements. Generally, the amendments clarify the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements, such as specifying that the concepts of highest and best use and valuation premise in a fair value measurement are relevant only when measuring the fair value of nonfinancial assets. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2011 and will be applied prospectively upon adoption. Management believes the adoption of this accounting guidance will not have an effect on the results of operations or financial position of the Company.

Costs Associated with Acquiring or Renewing Insurance Contracts

In October 2010, the FASB issued accounting guidance to address diversity in practice regarding the interpretation of which costs relating to the acquisition of new or renewal insurance contracts qualify for deferral. The guidance will allow an insurance entity to capitalize only incremental and certain direct costs related to the successful acquisition of new or renewal insurance contracts. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2011 and provides for either prospective or retrospective application. As of the time of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management continues to assess the impact that the adoption of this accounting guidance will have on the results of operations and financial position of the Company. While management has completed a significant amount of analysis regarding deferrable costs under the new guidance, a considerable amount of work still needs to be completed, especially related to the Annuity and Life segments. As of the time of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management’s preliminary results indicate an impact on reported shareholders’ equity excluding unrealized investment gains and losses of less than 5%. However, completion of the Company’s final analysis could result in a larger impact on shareholders’ equity. Management currently anticipates electing retrospective application of the new guidance effective January 1, 2012 resulting in a downward adjustment to the deferred policy acquisition costs asset with a corresponding adjustment to beginning retained earnings. On a forward-looking basis, management currently anticipates the net impact of lower expense deferrals and lower amortization on net income to be minimal.

Item 3:

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The information required by Item 305 of Regulation S-K is contained in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Market Value Risk” contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 4:

Controls and Procedures

Management’s Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of September 30, 2011 pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) that is required to be included in the Company’s periodic Securities and Exchange Commission filings. No significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were identified in the evaluation and therefore, no corrective actions were taken. There were no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A:

Risk Factors

At the time of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management believes there are no material changes from the risk factors as previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Item 5:

Other Information

The Company is not aware of any information required to be disclosed in a report on Form 8-K during the three months ended September 30, 2011 which has not been filed with the SEC.

Item 6: Exhibits

The following items are filed as Exhibits. Management contracts and compensatory plans are indicated by an asterisk (*).


Exhibit No.		Description

(3)	Articles of incorporation and bylaws:

3.1

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of HMEC, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 24, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 14, 2003.

3.2

Form of Certificate for shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of HMEC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to HMEC’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-53118) filed with the SEC on October 9, 1992.

3.3

Bylaws of HMEC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2003.

(4)	Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures:

4.1

Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2005, between HMEC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was trustee), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 6, 2005, filed with the SEC on June 9, 2005.

4.1(a)

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2005, between HMEC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was trustee), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 6, 2005, filed with the SEC on June 9, 2005.

4.1(b)

Form of HMEC 6.05% Senior Notes Due 2015 (included in Exhibit 4.1(a)).

4.1(c)

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 21, 2006, between HMEC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was trustee), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2006, filed with the SEC on April 21, 2006.

4.1(d)

Form of HMEC 6.85% Senior Notes due April 15, 2016 (included in Exhibit 4.1(c)).


Exhibit No.		Description

4.2

Certificate of Designations for HMEC Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

(10)	Material contracts:

10.1

Credit Agreement dated as of October 7, 2011 among HMEC, certain financial institutions named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.

10.2*

Amended and Restated Horace Mann Educators Corporation Deferred Equity Compensation Plan for Directors, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.3*

Amended and Restated Horace Mann Educators Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.4*

Amended and Restated Horace Mann Educators Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2000.

10.4(a)*

Amendment to Amended and Restated Horace Mann Educators Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1(a) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed with the SEC on August 11, 2000.

10.4(b)*

Specimen Employee Stock Option Agreement under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5(a) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2000.

10.4(c)*

Specimen Director Stock Option Agreement under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5(b) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2000.

10.5*

Horace Mann Educators Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.5(a)*

Specimen Employee Stock Option Agreement under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(a) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002.

10.5(b)*

Specimen Director Stock Option Agreement under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(b) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002.

10.6*

Horace Mann Educators Corporation Amended and Restated 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan (“2002 Incentive Compensation Plan”), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2005.

10.6(a)*

Specimen Employee Stock Option Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(a) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002.

10.6(b)*

Revised Specimen Employee Stock Option Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(b) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.6(c)*

Specimen Regular Employee Stock Option Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(b) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002.

10.6(d)*

Specimen Director Stock Option Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(c) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002.

10.6(e)*

Specimen Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(d) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

10.6(f)*

Revised Specimen Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(f) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.6(g)*

Specimen Non-employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(e) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

10.6(h)*

Revised Specimen Non-employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(h) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.6(i)*

Specimen Restricted Stock Unit Deferral Election Form under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(f) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

10.6(j)*

Revised Specimen Restricted Stock Unit Deferral Election Forms under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(j) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.6(k)*

Specimen Modification to Stock Options outstanding as of June 30, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(d) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2004.

10.7*

HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 (beginning on page E-1) to HMEC’s Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on April 9, 2010.

10.7(a)*

Specimen Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Section 16 Officers under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(a) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

10.7(b)*

Specimen Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Non-Section 16 Officers under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(b) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

10.7(c)*

Specimen Employee Service-Vested Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(c) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.7(d)*

Specimen Employee Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(d) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

10.7(e)*

Specimen Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17(a) to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 27, 2010, filed with the SEC on June 2, 2010.

10.8*

Horace Mann Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan, 2002 Restatement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2002.

10.9*

Horace Mann Executive Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan, 2002 Restatement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2002.

10.10*

Amended and Restated Horace Mann Nonqualified Supplemental Money Purchase Pension Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.11*

Summary of HMEC Non-Employee Director Compensation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 25, 2011, filed with the SEC on May 27, 2011.

10.12*

Summary of HMEC Named Executive Officer Annualized Salaries, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

10.13*

Form of Severance Agreement between HMEC, Horace Mann Service Corporation (“HMSC”) and certain officers of HMEC and/or HMSC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.13(a)*

Revised Schedule to Severance Agreements between HMEC, HMSC and certain officers of HMEC and/or HMSC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13(a) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2011.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.14*

Form of Change in Control Agreement between HMEC, HMSC and certain officers of HMEC and/or HMSC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.14(a)*

Revised Schedule to Change in Control Agreement between HMEC, HMSC and certain officers of HMEC and/or HMSC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14(a) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

10.15*

Employment Agreement between HMSC and Stephen P. Cardinal as of November 20, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

(11)	Statement regarding computation of per share earnings.

(15)	KPMG LLP letter regarding unaudited interim financial information.

(31)	Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.1

Certification by Peter H. Heckman, Chief Executive Officer of HMEC.

31.2

Certification by Dwayne D. Hallman, Chief Financial Officer of HMEC.

(32)	Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1

Certification by Peter H. Heckman, Chief Executive Officer of HMEC.

32.2

Certification by Dwayne D. Hallman, Chief Financial Officer of HMEC.

(99)	Additional exhibits

99.1

Glossary of Selected Terms.

(101)

Interactive Data File

101.INS XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.


		HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION
		(Registrant)

Date	November 9, 2011		/s/ Peter H. Heckman

			Peter H. Heckman
			President and Chief Executive Officer

Date	November 9, 2011		/s/ Dwayne D. Hallman

			Dwayne D. Hallman
			Executive Vice President
			and Chief Financial Officer

Date	November 9, 2011		/s/ Bret A. Conklin

			Bret A. Conklin
			Senior Vice President
			and Controller

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

EXHIBITS

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2011

VOLUME 1 OF 1

The following items are filed as Exhibits to Horace Mann Educators Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011. Management contracts and compensatory plans are indicated by an asterisk (*).

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

No.

Description



(3)	Articles of incorporation and bylaws:

	3.1	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of HMEC, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 24, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 14, 2003.

	3.2	Form of Certificate for shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of HMEC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to HMEC’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-53118) filed with the SEC on October 9, 1992.

	3.3	Bylaws of HMEC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2003.

(4)	Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures:

	4.1	Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2005, between HMEC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was trustee), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 6, 2005, filed with the SEC on June 9, 2005.

	4.1(a)	First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2005, between HMEC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was trustee), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 6, 2005, filed with the SEC on June 9, 2005.

	4.1(b)	Form of HMEC 6.05% Senior Notes Due 2015 (included in Exhibit 4.1(a)).

	4.1(c)	Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 21, 2006, between HMEC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was trustee), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2006, filed with the SEC on April 21, 2006.


Exhibit No.						Description



	4.1(d)	Form of HMEC 6.85% Senior Notes due April 15, 2016 (included in Exhibit 4.1(c)).

	4.2	Certificate of Designations for HMEC Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

(10)	Material contracts:

	10.1	Credit Agreement dated as of October 7, 2011 among HMEC, certain financial institutions named therein and JPMorgan Chase, N.A., as administrative agent.

	10.2*	Amended and Restated Horace Mann Educators Corporation Deferred Equity Compensation Plan for Directors, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

	10.3*	Amended and Restated Horace Mann Educators Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

	10.4*	Amended and Restated Horace Mann Educators Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2000.

	10.4(a)*	Amendment to Amended and Restated Horace Mann Educators Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1(a) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed with the SEC on August 11, 2000.

	10.4(b)*	Specimen Employee Stock Option Agreement under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5(a) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2000.

	10.4(c)*	Specimen Director Stock Option Agreement under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5(b) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2000.

Exhibit

No.

Description



		10.5*		Horace Mann Educators Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002.

		10.5(a)*		Specimen Employee Stock Option Agreement under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(a) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002.

		10.5(b)*		Specimen Director Stock Option Agreement under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(b) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002.

		10.6*		Horace Mann Educators Corporation Amended and Restated 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan (“2002 Incentive Compensation Plan”), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2005.

		10.6(a)*		Specimen Employee Stock Option Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(a) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002.

		10.6(b)*		Revised Specimen Employee Stock Option Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(b) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

		10.6(c)*		Specimen Regular Employee Stock Option Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(b) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002.

		10.6(d)*		Specimen Director Stock Option Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(c) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002.

		10.6(e)*		Specimen Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(d) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

Exhibit

No.

Description



		10.6(f)*		Revised Specimen Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(f) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

		10.6(g)*		Specimen Non-employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(e) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

		10.6(h)*		Revised Specimen Non-employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(h) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

		10.6(i)*		Specimen Restricted Stock Unit Deferral Election Form under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(f) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

		10.6(j)*		Revised Specimen Restricted Stock Unit Deferral Election Forms under the 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6(j) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

		10.6(k)*		Specimen Modification to Stock Options outstanding as of June 30, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(d) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2004.

		10.7*		HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 (beginning on page E-1) to HMEC’s Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on April 9, 2010.

		10.7(a)*		Specimen Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Section 16 Officers under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(a) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.7(b)*		Specimen Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Non-Section 16 Officers under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(b) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

10.7(c)*		Specimen Employee Service-Vested Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(c) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

10.7(d)*		Specimen Employee Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(d) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

10.7(e)*		Specimen Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the HMEC 2010 Comprehensive Executive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17(a) to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 27, 2010, filed with the SEC on June 2, 2010.

10.8*		Horace Mann Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan, 2002 Restatement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2002.

10.9*		Horace Mann Executive Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan, 2002 Restatement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2002.

10.10*		Amended and Restated Horace Mann Nonqualified Supplemental Money Purchase Pension Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

10.11*		Summary of HMEC Non-Employee Director Compensation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to HMEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 25, 2011, filed with the SEC on May 27, 2011.

10.12*		Summary of HMEC Named Executive Officer Annualized Salaries, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

Exhibit

No.

Description



	10.13*	Form of Severance Agreement between HMEC, Horace Mann Service Corporation (“HMSC”) and certain officers of HMEC and/or HMSC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

	10.13(a)*	Revised Schedule to Severance Agreements between HMEC, HMSC and certain officers of HMEC and/or HMSC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13(a) to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2011.

	10.14*	Form of Change in Control Agreement between HMEC, HMSC and certain officers of HMEC and/or HMSC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

	10.14(a)*	Revised Schedule to Change in Control Agreement between HMEC, HMSC and certain officers of HMEC and/or HMSC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14(a) to HMEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2011.

	10.15*	Employment Agreement between HMSC and Stephen P. Cardinal as of November 20, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to HMEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2009.

(11)	Statement regarding computation of per share earnings.

(15)	KPMG LLP letter regarding unaudited interim financial information.

(31)	Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

	31.1	Certification by Peter H. Heckman, Chief Executive Officer of HMEC.

	31.2	Certification by Dwayne D. Hallman, Chief Financial Officer of HMEC.

(32)	Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

	32.1	Certification by Peter H. Heckman, Chief Executive Officer of HMEC.

	32.2	Certification by Dwayne D. Hallman, Chief Financial Officer of HMEC.

Exhibit

No.

Description



(99)	Additional exhibits

	99.1	Glossary of Selected Terms.

(101)	Interactive Data File

	101.INS	XBRL Instance Document

	101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

	101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

	101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

	101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

	101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase