File Nos. 333-215819

811-1343

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	☒
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 127

HORACE MANN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT

(Exact Name of Registrant)

Horace Mann Life Insurance Company

(Name of Depositor)

One Horace Mann Plaza, Springfield, Illinois 62715

(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)

(217) 789-2500

(Depositor’s Telephone Number)

Donald M. Carley

One Horace Mann Plaza

Springfield, Illinois 62715

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies of Communications to:

Stephen E. Roth

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
700 Sixth Street, NW Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001-3980

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
[ ]	Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
☒	On May 1, 2021 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ]	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[ ]	On May 1, 2021 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
☒	this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

January 4, 2021    

VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION    

Re: Horace Mann Life Insurance Company
Horace Mann Life Insurance Company Separate Account
Personal Retirement Planner Annuity (File Nos. 333-215819/811-1343) 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Designation of New Effective Date for Previously Filed Amendment

Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 was filed pursuant to Rule 485 (a) (1) under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 126 was filed under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (collectively, the “Amendments”) on November 6, 2020 and pursuant to Rule 485 (a) (1) would have become effective on January 5, 2020. Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 and Amendment No. 127 (collectively, the “Subsequent Amendments”) are being filed pursuant to Rule (b) (1) (iii) for the sole purpose of designating May 1, 2021 as the new date upon which the Amendments shall become effective.

Parts A, B and C were filed in Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Form N-4 on November 6, 2020 and are incorporated by reference.

The Horace Mann Companies    1 Horace Mann Plaza    Springfield, Illinois 62715-0001
217-789-2500    www.horacemann.com

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Horace Mann Life Insurance Company Separate Account, certifies that it meets the requirements of the Securities act of 1933 Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this Registration Statement and has caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Springfield, and State of Illinois, on this 4th day of January, 2021.

HORACE MANN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT

(Registrant)

By:	/s/ DONALD M. CARLEY
	Donald M. Carley
	Director, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer

Horace Mann Life Insurance Company

(Depositor)

By:	/s/ MARITA ZURAITIS
	Marita Zuraitis, Director, President and
	Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

SIGNATURE	TITLE	DATE
/s/ MARITA ZURAITIS	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer	January 4, 2021
Marita Zuraitis
/s/ BRET A. CONKLIN	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	January 4, 2021
Bret A. Conklin
/s/ DONALD M. CARLEY	Director, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer	January 4, 2021
Donald M. Carley

SIGNATURE	TITLE	DATE
/S/ MICHAEL B. WECKENBROCK	Director, Senior Vice President	January 4, 2021
Michael B. Weckenbrock