About Us

Change is on the horizon...

Today's benefits landscape is facing unprecedented changes. People are working longer and more flexible schedules, the cost of health care continues to rise and companies increasingly find it hard to provide competitive benefits while staying on top of changing regulations.

...and we're here to help

At Unum, we understand these challenges. As one of the world's leading benefits providers, thousands of businesses count on us. We help them build a robust benefits package, provide absence management services and keep them informed of emerging trends in employee benefits. The result? Customers who count on forward-thinking solutions backed by a strong and diverse company.

The Unum family

Our disability, long term care, life and voluntary insurance products are backed by 10,000 employees with an unwavering commitment to meeting the needs of our customers. Meet the Unum family:

  • Unum US is our division that provides innovative employee benefits and is the market leader in providing disability and long term care insurance in the U.S.

  • Unum UK is leveraging its market leadership in income protection by guiding the effort in the U.K. of educating companies and their workers about the value of employee benefits.

  • Colonial Life combines state-of-the-art benefits education and enrollment services as the premier provider of voluntary worksite benefits in the U.S.

* References — market leadership information:
  • JHA U.S. Group and Individual Disability Market Surveys, 1997-2007. Ranked #1 in disability income protection for the 21 years prior to 1997 by the annual survey of the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI).
  • Inforce ranking from LIMRA 2006 Annual Group Life Sales and Inforce Survey, 2007.
  • Inforce ranking from LIMRA 2006 Group LTC Report, 2007. Excluding federal and California-specific Group LTC plans, Unum ranks first in number of employees enrolled.
  • Ranking from U.S. Worksite Sales Report Carrier Results for 2007, May 2008.
  • GE Frankona RE Group CIC, IPI and Life surveys, 2006 (U.K. market).

Unum at a glance

  • Ranked 270 on the Fortune 500.
  • Protecting 25 million people worldwide.
  • Serving the needs of 171,000 businesses in the U.S. and U.K.
  • Providing benefits for 42 percent of today's Fortune 500.

Market share*

In the U.S., we are ranked:
  • 1st in group and individual disability for 32 consecutive years
  • 1st in group long term care
  • 2nd in voluntary insurance
  • 5th in group life

In the U.K., we are ranked:
  • 1st in group income protection
  • 1st in critical illness
  • 2nd in group life

Financial strength

At the heart of our business is a commitment to financial strength.

Additional information

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