Below is a listing of recent articles by Unum business leaders, interviews including comments from Unum executives, and reports on research by Unum officials discussing topics of relevance to employers.

2009 Articles

• Best's Review (November 2009): Passing Storm. The Simply Unum benefits platform and Unum's research on the importance of benefits education are featured in this article on the ways a tough economy has affected the benefits landscape.
• Insurance & Financial Advisor (September 2009): Fearing financial ruin, workers more eager to add voluntary benefits. Unum research shows that most workers do not think they have adequate benefits to cover them financially in case of injury, illness or maternity leave, and nearly 60 percent would consider purchasing more benefits if offered the chance at work.
• Employee Benefits News (August 2009): Poll links benefits to higher morale. A survey by Unum of more than 1,100 employed adults reveals that employees who understand their benefits are more engaged at work.
• Chattanooga Times Free Press (August 2009): Unum disciplined, cautious. Unum CEO Tom Watjen offers insights on the strong performance of the company despite a difficult economy, and discusses plans for Unum's future.
• Wall Street Journal (July 2009): Insurers Offer Benefits Bundles. Unum's Mike Simonds discusses how Simply Unum is changing the benefits landscape for small to mid-sized employers by offering an integrated, cost-effective approach to employee benefits.
• California Broker (June 2009): Exploring the Differences Between Group and Individual Long Term Care Insurance. Unum's John Noble explores the differences between group and individual long term care insurance.
• Benefits Selling (June 2009): To Serve and Protect. Unum voluntary benefits sales rep Joe Alfonsi left a life of bar room brawls and walking the beat to back up brokers in the field.
• Best's Review (February 2009): Group Lessons. Unum's John Noble says long term care has become "a discussion topic in the workplace like never before." Learn what's behind the success of long term care insurance.

2008 Articles

• CDHC Solutions (October 2008): Insurance for Long Lives. Unum's Scott Brown explains the advantages of group critical illness coverage.
• CNBC Squawk Box (Nov. 12, 2008): Managing Risk. CEO Thomas Watjen discusses current market dynamics.
• Leader's Edge (October 2008): Wheel of Fortune. Profile of CEO Thomas Watjen and his successful transformation of Unum.
• InformationWeek (Sept. 15, 2008): Pleasing Customers Made Simpler, with SOA. Unum's Simply Unum platform ranks No. 5 on the 2008 InformationWeek 500.
• City Scope (June 2008): Tom Watjen and Unum: A Future Filled with Great Purpose. CEO Tom Watjen shares his perspective on Unum and describes the company's focus of achieving an ever-higher standard of excellence.
• Insurance & Technology (June 2008): IT Helps Strike Balance . CEO Tom Watjen describes how the success of the Simply Unum initiative is driving further IT/business alignment.
• California Broker (June 2008): Employee Assistance Programs Beyond the Disease: Seeking a Quality of Work Life for Cancer Survivors. Ken Mitchell discusses research conducted by Unum in consultation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and James Cancer Center at Ohio State University. The research looked into the challenges and outcomes of cancer in the workplace.
• LTC Close-Up (May 2008): Testing Group Long-Term Care. John Noble, director of long term care products, discusses the enormous opportunity in employer-funded group long-term care plans.
• Best's Review (April 2008): Communicating the Benefits Message . Mike Simonds, senior vice president of product development and marketing, discusses how proper benefits communication and education will lead to more satisfied employees.
• Life & Health Advisor (April 2008): DI: Selling the Need . Branden Pierson, national sales leader, executive benefits, discusses the need and opportunity in the disability market.
• California Broker (March 2008): The Keys to Successful Voluntary Enrollment . Cindy Bryant, regional enrollment manager, discusses four key steps to a successful enrollment.
• Best's Review (February 2008): Bridging the Generation Gap. Mike Simonds, senior vice president of product development and marketing, discusses how voluntary benefits are replacing one-size-fits-all group coverage in America's multigenerational workplaces.

2007 Articles

• Chattanooga Times Free Press (December 23, 2007): New Look at Unum. Interview with CEO Tom Watjen about the impressive turnaround of Unum Group and insights into the year ahead.
• Employee Benefit News (November 2007): Falling Leaves. A story about LL Bean's strategic partnership with Unum to manage employee absences under the Family Medical Leave Act and other state leave laws.
• Insurance & Technology (October 2007): Keeping IT Simple. Interview with Chief Information Officer Kathy Owen about the new technology solutions behind Simply Unum.
• Health Insurance Underwriter (August 2007): Supplemental Disability Insurance: Simply Put, It's Just Good Financial Planning. Article by Branden Pierson, national sales leader for executive benefits, discusses disability insurance as a valuable component of a strong financial plan.
• Best's Review (August 2007): Custom Tailors — As workforce demographics shift, more employers are allowing employees to choose their own benefits and coverage amounts. Article written by Christina Wakefield, vice president of disability product development.
• Health Insurance Underwriter (June 2007): New Study: Supplemental Employee Benefits Are the Coming Trend. Article by Mike Simonds, senior vice president of product development and marketing, on Unum's research on employee benefit trends and buying patterns.
• Insurance & Technology (June 2007): Eye on the (Customer) Prize. Interview with Unum CEO Tom Watjen as featured in I&T's annual salute to Tech Savvy CEOs
• Life & Health Advisor (April 2007): The Evolution of Group LTC. Article written by John Noble, director of Unum's long term care products.
• Life & Health Advisor (April 2007): Enhancing Consumer-Driven Benefit Plans with Voluntary Plans. Article written by Phil Bruen, vice president of Unum's large case practice.
• CNBC Squawk Box (May 10, 2007): Unum Turnaround. CEO Thomas Watjen discusses Unum's performance with CNBC's Joe Kernen.
• National Underwriter (April 2, 2007): Eliminating Group LTC Insurance Misconceptions. Article written by John Noble, director of Unum's long term care products.
• Benefits Selling (January 2007): LTCI sale not made from a spreadsheet. Part 2 of Carroll Stuart Golden's conversation with John Noble, director of Unum's long term care products.

2006 Articles

• Employee Benefit News (December 2006): Study reveals effect of gender, age on voluntary purchasing. Interview with Mike Simonds, senior vice president of marketing and product development, about trends in employee benefits as highlighted by Unum's 2006 Buyers Study.
• Benefits Selling (December 2006): UNUM Reader's Choice win no surprise. Carroll Stuart Golden talks with John Noble, director of Unum's long term care products, about company's leadership in the worksite market.
• Life & Health Advisor (November 2006): Realities about DI that cannot be ignored Article by Leo Tinkham Jr., assistant vice president of product and market development.
• Best's Review (November 2006): Call to Action: Workplace Dynamics Are Changing the Way Disability Is Underwritten. Article written by Chris Jerome, senior vice president of group underwriting operations.
• Workspan (October 2006): Integrating Leave Administration & Disability Management. Article written by Carol Davis, senior director of health and productivity program development.
• Employee Benefit News (September 2006) Big Picture Benefits: Integrating FMLA and disability claims data helps employers reduce absenteeism Carol Davis, senior director of health and productivity program development, discusses the value of integrated claims management;
• World at Work Journal (3rd Quarter 2006): Creating New Horizons: Productive Aging as a Corporate Strategy. Article written by Kenneth D. Mitchell, vice president of health and productivity.
• Employee Benefit News (April 2006): Reducing Lost Time: The Correlation Between Family-Medical Leave and Short-Term Disability. Article written by Kenneth D. Mitchell, vice president of health and productivity, and Carol Davis, senior director of health and productivity program development.
• Best Review (First Quarter 2006): Disability's New Day. Mike Simonds offers his assessment of today's disability market trends.
• World at Work Journal (First Quarter 2006): Productive Aging: The New Life Phase. Article written by Kenneth Mitchell, Ph.D., UnumProvident vice president of corporate return to work development.