National Western Life Insurance Company announced that the Board of Directors of the company increased the total number of directors to ten and elected Ann M. Moody a class A director of the company to serve until the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders. She has not been appointed to any of the sub-committees of the board at this time. Mrs. Moody is the wife of Robert L. Moody, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the company; mother of Frances A. Moody-Dahlberg, an employee and director of the company; stepmother of Ross R. Moody, President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of the company; stepmother of Russell S. Moody, a director of the company; and brother of E. Douglas McLeod, a director of the company.

The Board has determined that Mrs. Moody is not independent under the company's corporate governance guidelines and The NASDAQ Stock Market listing standards.