Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and (c)
                                                   Registration Number 333-98043

                              PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

                   (to prospectus, dated November 7, 2002, and
             to the prospectus supplements, dated November 14, 2002,
            November 19, 2002, November 27, 2002, December 13, 2002,
             December 23, 2002, January 16, 2003, February 10, 2003,
                  March 10, 2003, March 18, 2003, July 7, 2003,
                      August 26, 2003 and November 4, 2003)



                        HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION

                                  $353,500,000

                        SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2032
                       AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
                   CONVERSION OF THE SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES

                           --------------------------

This prospectus supplement supplements our prospectus, dated November 7, 2002,
and our prospectus supplements, dated November 14, 2002, November 19, 2002,
November 27, 2002, December 13, 2002, December 23, 2002, January 16, 2003,
February 10, 2003, March 10, 2003, March 18, 2003, July 7, 2003, August 26, 2003
and November 4, 2003, relating to the sale by certain of our securityholders, or
by their transferees, pledgees, donees or other successors, of up to
$353,500,000 aggregate principal amount of our senior convertible notes due 2032
and the common stock issuable upon the conversion of the notes. You should read
this supplement in conjunction with the prospectus and the previous prospectus
supplements. This supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus and the
previous prospectus supplements, except to the extent the information in this
supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus or in the
previous prospectus supplements.

                   Investing in the notes involves risks.
           See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 13 of the prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the
accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.

                             SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS

The following table provides information regarding the principal amount of notes
beneficially owned by certain of our selling securityholders, the percentage of
outstanding notes held by each selling securityholder, the number of shares of
our common stock beneficially owned by each



selling securityholder, the number of shares of our common stock each selling
securityholder would beneficially own upon conversion of its entire principal
amount of notes and the percentage of our outstanding common stock held by each
selling securityholder.

The table below supplements or amends the table of securityholders contained on
pages 2 through 5 of the prospectus supplement dated December 13, 2002, which
superseded the table of securityholders contained in the prospectus and our
previous prospectus supplements filed prior to December 13, 2002. Where the name
of a selling securityholder identified in the table below also appears in the
table in the prospectus or in the previous prospectus supplements, the
information set forth in the table below regarding that selling securityholder
supersedes the information in the prospectus or in the previous prospectus
supplements. This information was furnished to us by the selling securityholders
listed below on or before December 29, 2003. Because selling securityholders may
trade all or some of the notes listed at any time without notifying us, the
table below may not reflect the exact value of notes held by each selling
securityholder on the date of this supplement.

The date of this prospectus supplement is December 31, 2003.

                                                                                      


                                                                                      Number of
                                                                                      Shares of
                                 Principal Amount                    Number of       Common Stock
                                     of Notes       Percentage       Shares of      Underlying the
                                   Beneficially      of Notes      Common Stock       Notes and       Percentage of
     Name of Selling                Owned and       Outstanding    Beneficially     Offered Hereby    Common Stock
    Securityholder(1)             Offered Hereby         (2)          Owned (3)         (4) (5)       Outstanding (6)
-------------------------------- ----------------- -------------- ---------------- ----------------- ----------------
JP Morgan Securities Inc.          $  7,000,000        2.86              0              124,341             0
-------------------------------- ----------------- -------------- ---------------- ----------------- ----------------



*    Less than 1%.

(1)  Also includes any sale of the notes and the underlying common stock by
     pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors in interest that receive
     such securities by pledge, gift, distribution or other non-sale related
     transfer from the named selling securityholders.

(2)  Based on $244,500,000 aggregate principal amount of notes outstanding as of
     December 12, 2002, net of $56,000,000 aggregate principal amount of notes
     held by Horace Mann.

(3)  Excludes shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the selling
     securityholder's notes.

(4)  Assumes conversion of all of the selling securityholder's notes at a
     conversion rate of 17.763 per note and a cash payment in lieu of the
     issuance of any fractional share interest. However, this conversion rate is
     subject to adjustment as described under "Description of the Notes --
     Conversion Rights." As a result, the number of shares of common stock
     issuable upon conversion of the notes may increase or decrease in the
     future.

(5)  Reflects rounding down of fractional shares of common stock issuable to
     each selling securityholder upon conversion of the notes.

(6)  Calculated based on Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 using
     42,691,244 shares of common stock outstanding as of December 12, 2002. In
     calculating this amount, we did not treat as outstanding the shares of
     common stock issuable upon conversion of notes.


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