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Unum Group provides workplace benefits and services through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, with insurance products that include disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision coverage. Company news commonly covers quarterly operating results, premium and sales trends, benefits paid, capital returns through dividends and share repurchases, and updates tied to its core insurance operations and Closed Block long-term care exposure.
Recurring updates also include Colonial Life leadership and strategy, broker and employer technology integrations such as Unum Broker Connect and Unum Total Leave, investor conference appearances, and outlook commentary for workplace benefits, leave and absence management, and related services.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) reported second quarter 2026 net income of $256.9 million, or $1.61 per diluted share, versus $335.6 million a year earlier. After-tax adjusted operating income was $346.0 million, or $2.16 per diluted share, compared with $360.2 million, or $2.06, in 2025.
Unum cited 3.6 percent constant-currency premium growth, a 21.4 percent adjusted operating return on equity, and statutory operating earnings of $330.9 million for its traditional U.S. life insurance companies. Unum US and Colonial Life delivered higher segment adjusted operating income, while Unum International and Closed Block posted weaker results.
Capital return in the quarter included approximately $200 million of share repurchases and $73.5 million in dividends, contributing to about $750 million year-to-date. According to Unum, holding company liquidity was $1.5 billion and the weighted average risk-based capital ratio was roughly 480 percent. Book value per share excluding AOCI rose 3.2 percent year over year to $80.10, and the company reaffirmed full-year 2026 after-tax adjusted operating income guidance of $8.60 to $8.90 per share, implying 8 to 12 percent growth over 2025.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) will release its second quarter 2026 results on July 28, 2026, at approximately 4:15 p.m. ET, with materials available in the investor section of its website.
Senior management will host a conference call on July 29, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. ET, with advance dial-in registration and a live listen-only webcast, plus replay access through August 5, 2026. The company also announced anticipated earnings release and call dates for the third and fourth quarters of 2026 and the first quarter of 2027.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.505 per share on its common stock, effective July 9, 2026. The dividend will be paid on August 14, 2026 to shareholders of record as of July 24, 2026.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) will enter a $3.8 billion long-term care reinsurance agreement with Fortitude Re’s subsidiary FRL, subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
Unum will recapture an LTC block from Fairwind and cede it to FRL, which will retrocede 100% of LTC insurance risks to a highly rated global reinsurer while Unum continues servicing policies.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) agreed a long-term care reinsurance deal with Fortitude Re, ceding approximately $3.8 billion of individual LTC statutory reserves held in Fairwind. The block covers about 50,000 policies and $4.5 billion of best estimate reserves.
Combined with the 2025 transaction, Unum expects about a 40% reduction in total LTC statutory reserves and over $7 billion of LTC reserves reinsured. Post-closing, remaining LTC statutory reserves are expected at about $11.0 billion, 70% backing group LTC policies. Capital strength targets, including year-end 2026 holding company liquidity of $1.5–$2.0 billion, leverage near 25%, and RBC of 400–425%, are expected to be maintained.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) promoted Andrew Walker to Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Operations Officer, effective July 1, 2026. He continues to lead Customer Operations, overseeing benefit operations, service delivery and transformation initiatives that support customers, partners and employer clients.
Walker joined Unum Group in 2025 and has focused on operational performance, process simplification and customer outcomes.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) elected Kristi Matus to its board of directors at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders. She also joined the board’s audit committee and risk and finance committee.
Matus brings 30+ years of leadership across financial services, healthcare, and technology, with senior roles at USAA, Aetna, and athenahealth, plus actuarial credentials.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced that its board approved an increase of approximately 10% in the quarterly dividend on its common stock.
The new rate is $0.505 per share quarterly, or $2.02 annually, effective with the dividend expected to be paid in the third quarter of 2026.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) named Steve Jones as president of Colonial Life, effective June 8, 2026. Jones will report to Rick McKenney and succeed Tim Arnold, who will retire in July 2026 after a 41-year career. Jones joined Colonial Life in 2023 and has 20+ years of insurance leadership experience, including senior roles at Cigna and Aetna. He holds a bachelor’s from Hampden-Sydney College and an MBA from Wake Forest. The appointment is framed as a planned transition aiming to maintain operational continuity and advance Colonial Life’s growth strategy.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) reported Q1 2026 net income of $232.0 million ($1.41 per diluted share) and after-tax adjusted operating income of $352.5 million ($2.14 per diluted share). Sales growth was 14.4% and premium growth was 3.9% (constant currency). The company repurchased ≈$400 million of shares and paid $78.4 million in dividends. Book value per share was $67.76 (+6.2% YoY) and book value excl. AOCI was $78.93. Holding company liquidity totaled $1.7 billion and the weighted average risk-based capital ratio was ≈460%. The Closed Block reported a $145.3 million segment adjusted operating loss, driven by long-term care terminations and claim incidence.