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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-176620
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130424
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130426
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130426

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000850141
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				370911756
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10890
		FILM NUMBER:		13785857

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 HORACE MANN PLZ
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			62715-0001
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2177892500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 HORACE MANN PLZ
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			62715-0001

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920108
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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="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="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Date of
Report:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>April&nbsp;24, 2013</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="2">(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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STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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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="2">(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: &nbsp;&nbsp;217-789-2500 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><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="font-size:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:5%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;Statements included in the accompanying press release that state Horace Mann Educators Corporation&#146;s (the
&#147;Company&#148;) or its management&#146;s intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions of future events or the Company&#146;s future financial performance are forward-looking statements and involve 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&#146;s actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Please refer to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012 and the
Company&#146;s past and future filings and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information concerning the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Appointment of President and Chief Executive Officer-Elect </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;On April&nbsp;24, 2013, the Company&#146;s Board of Directors announced the hiring of Marita Zuraitis as President and Chief Executive
Officer-Elect, effective May&nbsp;13, 2013. Additional information regarding Ms.&nbsp;Zuraitis, 52, is contained in the Company&#146;s press release dated April&nbsp;24, 2013, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference
herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:10%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits. </FONT></P>
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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>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">&nbsp;Senior Vice President &amp; Controller</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">Exhibit 99.1 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">[Horace Mann Educators Corporation logo] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">Contact information: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">Ryan Greenier, Vice President, Investor Relations </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">217-788-5738 </FONT></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:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">HORACE MANN BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCES MARITA ZURAITIS AS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">PRESIDENT AND CEO </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April&nbsp;24, 2013 &#150; The Board of Directors of Horace
Mann Educators Corporation (NYSE:HMN) today announced the hiring of Marita Zuraitis as President and Chief Executive Officer-Elect, effective May&nbsp;13, 2013. Ms.&nbsp;Zuraitis will work with the Board of Directors and current President and CEO,
Peter H. Heckman, over the next several months to achieve an orderly transition to the President and CEO position. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">Ms.&nbsp;Zuraitis joins
Horace Mann from The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE: THG) where she was an Executive Vice President and member of The Hanover&#146;s Executive Leadership Team. Since joining The Hanover in 2004, she served as President, Property and Casualty
Companies, responsible for the personal and commercial lines operations at Citizens Insurance Company of America, The Hanover Insurance Company and their affiliates, representing $3 billion in annual net written premium. Prior to joining the The
Hanover, she was with The St. Paul/Travelers Companies for six years, where she achieved the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Lines. Ms.&nbsp;Zuraitis also held a number of increasingly responsible underwriting and field
management positions with USF&amp;G and Aetna Life and Casualty. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&#147;Marita Zuraitis has had an exemplary, 30-year career in the insurance
industry and is a well-known and highly-respected executive,&#148; said Gabriel Shaheen, Chairman of the Board of Horace Mann Educators Corporation. &#147;Pete Heckman and his management team have built a solid foundation that has positioned the
company for continued success, and we are excited to have Marita join us to further develop the quality of service provided to the educator market, profitably grow the business, and continue Horace Mann&#146;s commitment to deliver exceptional value
to its shareholders.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">Horace Mann -- the largest national multiline insurance company focusing on educators&#146; financial needs --
provides auto and homeowners insurance, retirement annuities, life insurance and other financial solutions. <I>Founded by Educators for Educators</I><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> in 1945, the company is headquartered in Springfield, Ill. For more information, visit www.horacemann.com. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">Statements included in this news release 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 certain risks
and uncertainties. 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. Please refer to the
company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012 and the company&#146;s past and future filings and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information
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concerning the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. The information contained in this press release includes financial
measures which are based on methodologies other than United States generally accepted accounting principles (&#147;GAAP&#148;). Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the closest GAAP measures are contained in the supplemental numerical pages of
this release and additional descriptions of the non-GAAP measures are contained in the Glossary of Selected Terms included as an exhibit to the company&#146;s SEC filings. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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