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Protective Life Corporation (NYSE:PL) today announced that John D. Johns, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will be presenting at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investors Conference being held in New York City, NY. Mr. Johns� presentation will be February 13 at 2:20�p.m. Eastern. A simultaneous webcast of the presentation will be available on Protective�s corporate website at www.protective.com. The replay of the webcast will be available until February�20, 2008. Protective Life Corporation provides financial services through the production, distribution and administration of insurance and investment products throughout the United States. It has annual revenues of approximately $3.0 billion and as of December�31, 2007 had assets of approximately $41.7 billion.