Nearly half of U.S. workers spend 30 minutes or less reviewing benefits before enrollment, Unum finds
Auto-enrollment for disability plans can help employees make better financial decisions
Press releases
Paid family leave ranks as most coveted work perk, Unum finds
Unum finds the majority of workers want paid family leave from their employers, including nearly two-thirds of millennials.
Unum Group to present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2018 Insurance Conference, New York
Unum's Rick McKenney, President and CEO, will be representing the company at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference, Wednesday, September 5, 2018, in New York City.
Unum named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (July 31, 2018) – Unum (NYSE: UNM) has been named one of the 2018 Disability Equality Index® (DEI) “Best Places to Work” by the United States Business Leadership Network, now known as Disability: IN, and the American Association of People with Disabilities.
Unum Group reports second quarter 2018 results
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (July 30, 2018) – Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) today reported net income of $285.5 million ($1.29 per diluted common share) for the second quarter of 2018, compared to net income of $245.1 million ($1.07 per diluted common share) for the second quarter of 2017.
Articles and research
New parents spend 43 hours trying to navigate parental leave options - here's how to fix it
(Forbes, Aug 7, 2018) LeaveLogic was created by Anna Steffeney to help parents take leave more easily when they need to.
Dedicated approach to behavioral health claims leads to better return-to-work outcomes for Unum customers
A dedicated protocol for managing behavioral health claims is helping Unum (NYSE: UNM) customers experience more favorable return-to-work outcomes.
2018 Customer Experience – claims statistics and customer satisfaction results
In 2017, Unum processed more than 625,000 new claims and paid $5.8 billion in benefits in the U.S. Read about our claims and customer satisfaction results here.
Customer testimonials
Down but not out
Facing an uncertain future, Unum customer Desiree Rufer says her disability benefits changed the course of her life.
Jineen valued that Unum was in her court
From courtrooms to the racquetball court, Jineen Pavesi was always on the go.
In her career as court reporter, Jineen bustled around the streets of Manhattan collecting testimonies from defendants, plaintiffs and expert witnesses.
Unum helps customer get back to what matters most
There is no escaping the aches and pains that come with getting older. Chriseta Gaskin, a 61-year-old personal banker, tried to ignore the pain in her knees for as long as she could, but it got to be too much.
After injury and amputation, a return to the waves
Two years ago, severely depressed and immobile, David Conner longed for the life he once knew. In particular, he missed the ocean, and the joy of surfing the coastal waters off Hawaii. Today, David is a member of Hawaii’s adaptive surf team and a supporter of AccesSurf, which helps children and adults with disabilities enjoy the water.
Hard-charging Unum customer overcomes near-death experience
On Nov. 17, 2015, Doug Elkins’ day began like many before it. The 64-year-old director of sales was in the office early, before many of his colleagues. He was getting his first cup of coffee when, out of nowhere, bam. The healthy, energetic and self-proclaimed hard-charger suffered a stroke, leaving him paralyzed on the right side and unable to talk.