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<STREET1>1 HORACE MANN PLZ
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 <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">UNITED STATES </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL"
SIZE="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="4">CURRENT REPORT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Date of
Report:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>September&nbsp;29</B>, <B>2009</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="5"><B>HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL"
SIZE="1">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Delaware</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(State of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">1 Horace Mann Plaza,
Springfield, Illinois 62715-0001 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: 217-789-2500 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
the following provisions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02:&nbsp;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Effective September&nbsp;29, 2009, the Company&#146;s Board
of Directors elected Ronald J. Helow to hold office as Director, until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, bringing the number of board members to nine.&nbsp;There are no special arrangements or understandings between Mr.&nbsp;Helow and any
other persons under which he was selected to serve as a Director.&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Helow was appointed to serve on the Board&#146;s Audit Committee and will Chair the Technology Steering Committee.</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;Helow, 65,&nbsp;is managing director of New Course Advisors, a consulting firm he founded in 2008 to advise companies on how
to use advanced technologies to create a competitive advantage.&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Helow served as Chief Technology Officer at NxtStar Ventures, LLC, from 2001&#151;2008 and founded Registry Systems Corporation in 1990 to custom design and implement
mission critical projects using advanced computer technologies for insurance companies. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">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 hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" NOWRAP> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">/s/ Bret A. Conklin</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Senior Vice President&nbsp;&amp; Controller</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Date: October&nbsp;2, 2009 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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