Horace Mann Announces Dividend

Horace Mann Educators Corporation’s Board of Directors announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share payable on Sept. 30, 2005, to shareholders of record as of Sept. 23, 2005.

Horace Mann, based in Springfield, Ill., is a national multiline insurance company focusing on educators’ financial needs, providing auto and homeowners insurance, retirement annuities, life insurance and other financial solutions.