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Who We Are
For 35 years, Unum has been a leading
employee benefits provider in the United
Kingdom, helping companies protect their
business by protecting their workforces
from the impact of illness and injury.
In today’s increasingly competitive global
markets, organizations want to protect their
greatest asset – their people. In providing
financial and rehabilitation support, Unum UK
helps keep companies working – in spite
of whatever life may bring.
The Benefits We Offer
Unum UK brings the benefits of its
cutting-edge expertise to its customers.
It helps businesses make the most of their
benefits programs, and Unum’s vocational
rehabilitation services help ease the disrup-
tion to both businesses and the people who
work in them – enabling them to return
to full capacity as soon as they are able.
Unum’s leadership is evidenced, not
just in market share, but also in the
practical and customer-focused approaches
it brings to the market. Its unrivaled
benefits expertise helps businesses make
the most out of their benefits programs,
while the company’s knowledge and insight
lead to innovative solutions on behalf of
its customers. In 2007, Unum introduced
a new approach to the traditional model
of insurance risk – one that focuses on
the underlying attitudes that contribute
to absences from work, enabling those
with previously “uninsurable” health
issues to receive coverage.
What’s Ahead
Looking to the future, Unum UK’s strategic
focus is on growing the market for wellness
and protection solutions – primarily in and
through the workplace. Changing demo-
graphics, coupled with the pressures of global
markets and a move towards greater corporate
social responsibility, mean that organizations
are looking to revise and enhance the
effectiveness of their benefits packages while
minimizing costs. The company is developing
a voluntary benefits package for launch
to a market that has traditionally relied on
government-funded programs to manage
the financial impact of disability and critical
illness. In the process, Unum is working to help
individuals understand that they need to take
personal responsibility to provide for what may
happen in the future.
Unum is “future ready” with benefits solutions
that are leading the evolution of the benefits
market in the U.K.
“ We are poised at the start of a new chapter in the evolution of benefits
solutions in the U.K. As market leader, we are looking to write that
chapter, helping guide organizations and their employees through
the challenges of life and work today.”
Susan Ring, President and Chief Executive Officer, Unum UK
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