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10-K - 10-K - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618z10-k.htm
EX-23 - EXHIBIT 23 - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-23.htm
EX-24 - EXHIBIT 24 - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-24.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-21.htm
EX-10.(B) - EXHIBIT 10(B) - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-10_b.htm
EX-10.(O) - EXHIBIT 10(O) - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-10_o.htm
EX-10.(P) - EXHIBIT 10(P) - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-10_p.htm
EX-31.(A) - EXHIBIT 31(A) - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-31_a.htm
EX-31.(B) - EXHIBIT 31(B) - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-31_b.htm
EX-2.(B)(1) - EXHIBIT 2(B)(1) - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-2_b1.htm
EX-32.(B) - EXHIBIT 32(B) - PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPa2196618zex-32_b.htm

Exhibit 32(a)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Annual Report of Protective Life Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, John D. Johns, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

    (1)
    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

    (2)
    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ JOHN D. JOHNS

Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
February 26, 2010
       

This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of §18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.