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.

Unum US: Group Short Term and Long Term Disability inforce premium and cases: Gen Re 2010 U.S. Group Disability Market Survey; Group Life: Inforce cases, Gen Re 2010 U.S. Group Life Market Survey; Group Long Term Care: Inforce cases, LIMRA U.S. Group Long-Term Care Insurance, 2010 New Business and In Force; Individual Disability: Inforce cases, Gen Re 2010 U.S. Individual DI Market Survey

Unum US and Colonial Life: Voluntary Benefits: Eastbridge U.S. Worksite Sales Report, Carrier Results for 2009, May 2010

Unum UK: Swiss Re Group Watch 2010

Unum at a glance

  • Ranked 239 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 37 percent of today's Fortune 500.

Market share

In the U.S., we are ranked:
  • 1st in group and individual disability for 35 consecutive years
  • 1st in group long term care
  • 2nd in voluntary insurance
  • 3rd in group life

In the U.K., we are ranked:
  • 1st in group risk
  • 1st in group income protection
  • 1st in group critical illness
  • 3rd in group life

Financial strength

With its strong foundation, Unum is well-positioned to help people protect theirs — by providing financial security for when they may need it the most.

Learn about our financial strength.

Visit our interactive annual report.

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