HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION (NYSE:HMN) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02:

On April 13, 2017, the Company announced the appointment of Bret
A. Conklin as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer effective on April 13, 2017. Mr. Conklin has served as
the Companys Acting Chief Financial Officer since January 30,
2017 due to the brief hospitalization and untimely passing of the
Companys prior Chief Financial Officer, Dwayne D. Hallman.

Mr. Conklin, age 53, is a seasoned corporate finance executive,
with over 30 years of experience in the insurance and financial
services industry. Mr. Conklin joined the Company as Senior Vice
President and Controller in 2002. Conklin previously served as
Vice President of Kemper Insurance from 2000 through 2002, where
he was responsible for all corporate financial reporting and
accounting operations; Vice President and Controller of the
Company from 1998 through 2000; and Vice President and Controller
of Pekin Insurance from 1992 through 1998. He has seven years of
public accounting experience with KPMG Peat Marwick from 1985 to
1992, specializing in its insurance industry practice.

Effective April 15, 2017, Mr. Conklin will receive a base salary
of $320,000. He will continue to participate in the Companys
Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) and his target bonus will be 50% of
his base salary beginning April 15^th. Mr. Conklin will
continue to participate in the Companys Long-term Incentive Plan
(LTIP). His current LTIP target is $280,000 comprised of three
vehicles: (1) 50% performance-based RSUs; (2) 20% service-vested
RSUs; and (3) 30% service-vested stock options. The terms and
conditions of the Companys AIP and LTIP program are outlined in
greater detail in the Compensation Discussion Analysis contained
in the Companys 2017 Proxy Statement filed on April 7, 2017.

A copy of the press release reporting the foregoing is attached
as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Also, the Company announces that Kelly Stacy, head of field
operations, is leaving the Company effective April 21, 2017. Mr.
Stacys current responsibilities will be absorbed by existing
members of the management team.

About HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION (NYSE:HMN)

Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMEC) is an insurance holding company. Through its subsidiaries, HMEC markets and underwrites personal lines of property and casualty (primarily personal lines automobile and homeowners) insurance, retirement annuities (primarily tax-qualified products) and life insurance in the United States. The Company’s operating segments include Property and Casualty, Annuity, Life, and corporate and other. The Property and Casualty Segment offers private passenger automobile insurance. The Annuity Segment markets both fixed and variable annuity contracts, primarily on a tax-qualified basis. The Life Segment offers traditional term and whole life insurance products. The Company also markets its products primarily to K-12 teachers, administrators and other employees of public schools and their families. It markets and services its products through a sales force of full-time agents supported by the Company’s Customer Contact Center.

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION (NYSE:HMN) Recent Trading Information

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION (NYSE:HMN) closed its last trading session down -0.75 at 37.15 with 141,356 shares trading hands.