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
                               and July 7, 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 and July 7, 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 shares 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

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


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 August 22, 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 August 26, 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)
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Sagamore Hill Hub Fund Ltd.         4,750,000             1.94               0                 84,374                    0
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*       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 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 common stock
        issuable upon conversion of the notes may increase or decrease in the
        future.

(5)     Reflects rounding down of fractional 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
        common stock issuable upon conversion of notes.