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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Unum, early known as First Unum and Unum
Provident, is a Tennessee based insurance company formed
after the merging of two competing insurance companies namely Unum of Portland, Maine, and
Provident Life Chattanooga. It mostly handles employee
benefits like life insurance, illness insurance, disability insurance, and
long-term care insurance. Unum has three divisions, Unum Us that is
headquartered in Tennessee, Colonial Life that
is headquartered in South Carolina, and Unum UK that is headquartered in
Dorking. Unum is the largest disability insurance in the United States and
worldwide. It is estimated that almost 40% of all disability insurance policies
in the U.S. or 17 million Americans is handled by the company. Controversies
also plague the company amid massive abuse of powers and denied disability
claims. The company currently faces numerous lawsuits for illegal denial of legitimate
disability claims.