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Unum Group – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 2/20/24, at 4:49pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  5513-24-15   ·   File #:  1-11294

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 2/20/24  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/23  158:41M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   8.38M 
 2: EX-4.12     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    115K 
 3: EX-10.21    Material Contract                                   HTML   1.14M 
 4: EX-10.45    Material Contract                                   HTML     85K 
 5: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     44K 
 6: EX-23       Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     42K 
 7: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                   HTML     44K 
12: EX-97       Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     45K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 8: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     44K 
 9: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     44K 
10: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
11: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
18: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    115K 
19: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    156K 
20: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     67K 
21: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    131K 
22: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     75K 
23: R6          Statement of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)   HTML     53K 
24: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     86K 
25: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     40K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
26: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    138K 
27: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML    357K 
28: R11         Fair Values of Financial Instruments                HTML    462K 
29: R12         Investments                                         HTML    594K 
30: R13         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    224K 
31: R14         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    127K 
32: R15         Financial Services, Insurance                       HTML   1.07M 
33: R16         Income Tax                                          HTML    130K 
34: R17         Debt                                                HTML     92K 
35: R18         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    413K 
36: R19         Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     95K 
37: R20         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    109K 
38: R21         Reinsurance                                         HTML     77K 
39: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML    251K 
40: R23         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     48K 
41: R24         Leases                                              HTML     64K 
42: R25         Statutory Financial Information                     HTML     79K 
43: R26         Schedule I - Summary of Investments, Other Than     HTML     73K 
                Investments in Related Parties Schedule I -                      
                Summary of Investments, Other Than Investments in                
                Related Parties                                                  
44: R27         Schedule II Condensed Finacial Information of       HTML    132K 
                Registrant                                                       
45: R28         Schedule III Supplementary Insurance Information    HTML    145K 
46: R29         Schedule IV Reinsurance                             HTML     93K 
47: R30         Schedule V Valuation and Qualifying Accounts        HTML     72K 
48: R31         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     52K 
49: R32         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     48K 
50: R33         Signficant Accounting Policies (Policies)           HTML    188K 
51: R34         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML    255K 
52: R35         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Tables)       HTML    392K 
53: R36         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    591K 
54: R37         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    216K 
55: R38         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML    128K 
56: R39         Financial Services, Insurance (Tables)              HTML   1.06M 
57: R40         Income Tax (Tables)                                 HTML    132K 
58: R41         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     75K 
59: R42         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    406K 
60: R43         Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     88K 
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R44         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    101K 
62: R45         Reinsurance (Tables)                                HTML     67K 
63: R46         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    244K 
64: R47         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     65K 
65: R48         Statutory Financial Information (Tables)            HTML     72K 
66: R49         Schedule II Condensed Financial Information of      HTML    137K 
                Registrant (Tables)                                              
67: R50         Significant Accounting Policies - Additional        HTML    566K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
68: R51         Fair Values of Financial Instruments Private        HTML     74K 
                Equity Partnerships (Details)                                    
69: R52         Fair Value Measurements by Input Level (Detail)     HTML    160K 
70: R53         Changes in Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair  HTML    126K 
                Value on a Recurring Basis using Significant                     
                Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) (Detail)                           
71: R54         Quantitative Information Regarding Significant      HTML     73K 
                Unobservable Inputs (Details)                                    
72: R55         Fair Values of Financial Instruments Carrying       HTML     88K 
                Amounts and Estimated Fair value of Financial                    
                Instruments Not Measured at Fair Value (Details)                 
73: R56         Fair Value of Financial Instruments Additional      HTML     57K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
74: R57         Amortized Cost and Fair Values of Securities by     HTML     89K 
                Security Type (Detail)                                           
75: R58         Length of Time Fixed Maturity Securities had been   HTML     79K 
                in a Gross Unrealized Loss Position (Detail)                     
76: R59         Investments Distribution of the Maturity Dates for  HTML    116K 
                Fixed Maturity Securities (Details)                              
77: R60         Investments Distribution by External Credit Rating  HTML     60K 
                for Fixed Maturity Securities (Details)                          
78: R61         Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for  HTML     54K 
                Credit Losses Rollforward (Details)                              
79: R62         Investments Low Income Housing Tax Credits          HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R63         Mortgage Loans by Property Type and Geographic      HTML     78K 
                Region (Details)                                                 
81: R64         Schedule of Participating Mortgage Loans by         HTML     64K 
                Internal Credit Rating and Loan to Value (Details)               
82: R65         Mortgage Loans Sorted by Applicable Credit Quality  HTML    141K 
                Indicators (Detail)                                              
83: R66         Mortgage Loans, Allowance for Credit Losses         HTML     70K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
84: R67         Investments Remaining Contractual Maturity of       HTML     57K 
                Security Lending Agreements (Details)                            
85: R68         Investments Federal Home Loan Bank Carrying         HTML     51K 
                Amount, Collateral Posted and Advances Received                  
                (Details)                                                        
86: R69         Investments Schedule of Financial Instrument and    HTML    163K 
                Derivative Offsetting (Details)                                  
87: R70         Investments Investment Income (Detail)              HTML     71K 
88: R71         Investment Gains and Losses Reported in             HTML     67K 
                Consolidated Statements of Income (Detail)                       
89: R72         Investments - Additional Information (Detail)       HTML    167K 
90: R73         Derivative Financial Instruments Nature and Amount  HTML     60K 
                of Collateral Received From and Posted To Our                    
                Derivative Counterparties (Details)                              
91: R74         Derivative Financial Instruments Fair Value Hedges  HTML     55K 
                Carrying Amount of Hedged Assets and Liabilities                 
                and Cumulative Basis Adjustments (Details)                       
92: R75         Location and Fair Values of Derivative Financial    HTML     93K 
                Instruments (Detail)                                             
93: R76         Derivative Financial Instruments Location of Gains  HTML     79K 
                and Losses Designated as Hedging Instruments,                    
                Consolidated Statements of Income (Details)                      
94: R77         Location of Gains and Losses on Derivative          HTML     51K 
                Instruments Designated as Cash Flow Hedging                      
                Instruments (Detail)                                             
95: R78         Gains and Losses on Derivatives Not Designated as   HTML     54K 
                Hedging Instruments (Detail)                                     
96: R79         Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional       HTML     93K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
97: R80         Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income  HTML     90K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R81         Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated    HTML     93K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                             
99: R82         Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Activity       HTML    440K 
                (Detail)                                                         
100: R83         Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Activity -     HTML     45K  
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
101: R84         Policyholders' Account Balances (Detail)            HTML    112K  
102: R85         Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum    HTML    185K  
                Crediting (Detail)                                               
103: R86         Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Details)         HTML     88K  
104: R87         Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (Detail)               HTML     61K  
105: R88         Reconciliation of income tax computed at US         HTML     49K  
                Federal tax rates (Detail)                                       
106: R89         Schedule of deferred income tax assets and          HTML     69K  
                liabilities (Detail)                                             
107: R90         Schedule of Income subject to domestic and foreign  HTML     77K  
                taxation (Detail)                                                
108: R91         Unrecognized tax benefits (Detail)                  HTML     51K  
109: R92         Income Tax Additional Information (Detail)          HTML     67K  
110: R93         Debt Schedule (Detail)                              HTML     90K  
111: R94         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML    107K  
112: R95         Employee Benefit Plans Change in Projected Benefit  HTML    104K  
                Obligation Amount (Details)                                      
113: R96         Employee Benefit Plans Amounts Recognized in        HTML     76K  
                Balance Sheet (Details)                                          
114: R97         Employee Benefit Plans Amounts Recognized in Other  HTML     68K  
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
115: R98         Employee Benefit Plans US Pension Assets, Fair      HTML    118K  
                Value Measurement by Input Level (Details)                       
116: R99         Employee Benefit Plans UK Pension Assets, Fair      HTML     85K  
                Value Measurement by Input Level (Details)                       
117: R100        Employee Benefit Plans OPEB Plan Assets, Fair       HTML     50K  
                Value Measurements by Input Level (Details)                      
118: R101        Employee Benefit Plans OPEB Changes in Assets       HTML     56K  
                Measured at Fair Value Using Signficant                          
                Unobservable Inputs (Details)                                    
119: R102        Employee Benefit Plans Measurement Assumptions      HTML     61K  
                (Details)                                                        
120: R103        Employee Benefit Plans Net Periodic Benefit Cost    HTML     70K  
                (Detail)                                                         
121: R104        Employee Benefit Plans Expected Benefit Payments    HTML     87K  
                (Details)                                                        
122: R105        Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information     HTML    101K  
                (Detail)                                                         
123: R106        Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail)       HTML     75K  
124: R107        Treasury Stock Transactions (Details)               HTML     69K  
125: R108        Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     57K  
                - Additional Information (Detail)                                
126: R109        Stock-Based Compensation - Valuation Assumptions    HTML     56K  
                on PSU Grants (Details)                                          
127: R110        Stock-Based Compensation - Activity for CIUs        HTML     48K  
                (Details)                                                        
128: R111        Stock-Based Compensation - Valuation Assumptions    HTML     64K  
                on CIU Grants (Details)                                          
129: R112        Stock-Based Compensation - Nonvested Stock Awards   HTML     63K  
                Classified in Equity (Details)                                   
130: R113        Stock-Based Compensation - Activity for             HTML     45K  
                Cash-Settled RSUs (Details)                                      
131: R114        Stock-Based Compensation Expense (Details)          HTML     63K  
132: R115        Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML    123K  
                (Details)                                                        
133: R116        Reinsurance - Premium Income Data (Detail)          HTML     71K  
134: R117        Reinsurance - Additional Information (Detail)       HTML     73K  
135: R118        Premium Income by Major Line of Business within     HTML     89K  
                Each Segment (Detail)                                            
136: R119        Selected Operating Statement Data by Segment        HTML     97K  
                (Detail)                                                         
137: R120        Assets by Segment (Detail)                          HTML     60K  
138: R121        Reconciliation of Total Revenue and Income Before   HTML     84K  
                Income Tax to Operating Revenue and Operating                    
                Income (Detail)                                                  
139: R122        Segment Information Segments - Additional           HTML     60K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
140: R123        Leases, Cost (Details)                              HTML     53K  
141: R124        Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payment, Due    HTML     61K  
                (Details)                                                        
142: R125        Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     46K  
143: R126        Statutory Permitted Practice Information (Detail)   HTML     45K  
144: R127        Statutory Financial Information (Detail)            HTML     51K  
145: R128        Statutory Financial Information - Additional        HTML     62K  
                Details (Detail)                                                 
146: R129        Schedule I - Summary of Investments, Other Than     HTML     92K  
                Investments in Related Parties Schedule I -                      
                Summary of Investments, Other Than Investments in                
                Related Parties (Details)                                        
147: R130        Parent Company Balance Sheet (Detail)               HTML    127K  
148: R131        Parent Company Balance Sheet Captions (Detail)      HTML     48K  
149: R132        Parent Company Statement of Income (Detail)         HTML    105K  
150: R133        Parent Company Cash Flow Statement (Detail)         HTML     97K  
151: R134        Schedule III Supplementary Insurance Information    HTML    111K  
                (Detail)                                                         
152: R135        Schedule IV Reinsurance (Detail)                    HTML     75K  
153: R136        Schedule V Valuation and Qualifying Accounts        HTML     53K  
                (Detail)                                                         
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<link:definition> 9954518 - Disclosure - Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954520 - Disclosure - Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Activity (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954521 - Disclosure - Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Activity - Additional Information (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954523 - Disclosure - Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954524 - Disclosure - Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954525 - Disclosure - Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954526 - Disclosure - Reconciliation of income tax computed at US Federal tax rates (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954527 - Disclosure - Schedule of deferred income tax assets and liabilities (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954528 - Disclosure - Schedule of Income subject to domestic and foreign taxation (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954529 - Disclosure - Unrecognized tax benefits (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954530 - Disclosure - Income Tax Additional Information (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954531 - Disclosure - Debt Schedule (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954532 - Disclosure - Debt - Additional Information (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954533 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans Change in Projected Benefit Obligation Amount (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954534 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954535 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954536 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans US Pension Assets, Fair Value Measurement by Input Level (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954537 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans UK Pension Assets, Fair Value Measurement by Input Level (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954538 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans OPEB Plan Assets, Fair Value Measurements by Input Level (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954539 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans OPEB Changes in Assets Measured at Fair Value Using Signficant Unobservable Inputs (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954540 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans Measurement Assumptions (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954541 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954542 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans Expected Benefit Payments (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954543 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954544 - Disclosure - Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954545 - Disclosure - Treasury Stock Transactions (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954546 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share - Additional Information (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954547 - Disclosure - Stock-Based Compensation - Valuation Assumptions on PSU Grants (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954548 - Disclosure - Stock-Based Compensation - Activity for CIUs (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954549 - Disclosure - Stock-Based Compensation - Valuation Assumptions on CIU Grants (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954550 - Disclosure - Stock-Based Compensation - Nonvested Stock Awards Classified in Equity (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954551 - Disclosure - Stock-Based Compensation - Activity for Cash-Settled RSUs (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954552 - Disclosure - Stock-Based Compensation Expense (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954553 - Disclosure - Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954554 - Disclosure - Reinsurance - Premium Income Data (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954555 - Disclosure - Reinsurance - Additional Information (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954556 - Disclosure - Premium Income by Major Line of Business within Each Segment (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954557 - Disclosure - Selected Operating Statement Data by Segment (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954558 - Disclosure - Assets by Segment (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954559 - Disclosure - Reconciliation of Total Revenue and Income Before Income Tax to Operating Revenue and Operating Income (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954560 - Disclosure - Segment Information Segments - Additional Information (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954561 - Disclosure - Leases, Cost (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954562 - Disclosure - Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payment, Due (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954563 - Disclosure - Leases - Additional Information (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954564 - Disclosure - Statutory Permitted Practice Information (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954565 - Disclosure - Statutory Financial Information (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954566 - Disclosure - Statutory Financial Information - Additional Details (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954567 - Disclosure - Schedule I - Summary of Investments, Other Than Investments in Related Parties Schedule I - Summary of Investments, Other Than Investments in Related Parties (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954568 - Disclosure - Parent Company Balance Sheet (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954569 - Disclosure - Parent Company Balance Sheet Captions (Detail) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 9954570 - Disclosure - Parent Company Statement of Income (Detail) </link:definition>
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<xs:element id="unm_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesTerminations" abstract="false" name="NotionalAmountOfDerivativesTerminations" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
<xs:element id="unm_FixedMaturitySecuritiesPolicyTextBlock" abstract="false" name="FixedMaturitySecuritiesPolicyTextBlock" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types1:textBlockItemType"/>
<xs:element id="unm_StockholdersEquityandEarningsPerCommonShareAbstract" abstract="true" name="StockholdersEquityandEarningsPerCommonShareAbstract" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType"/>
<xs:element id="unm_SharesRepurchasedCostCommissions" abstract="false" name="SharesRepurchasedCostCommissions" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
<xs:element id="unm_A4000NotesDue2024Member" abstract="true" name="A4000NotesDue2024Member" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types1:domainItemType"/>
<xs:element id="unm_IndividualDisabilityInsuranceMember" abstract="true" name="IndividualDisabilityInsuranceMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types1:domainItemType"/>
<xs:element id="unm_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesUnrealizedGainPositionGrossLossGrossSubtotal" abstract="false" name="AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesUnrealizedGainPositionGrossLossGrossSubtotal" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="debit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
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 3/07/23  Unum Group                        8-K:5       3/04/23   12:522K
 2/23/23  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/22  158:34M
 8/03/22  Unum Group                        10-Q        6/30/22   96:22M
 5/26/22  Unum Group                        S-8         5/26/22    6:311K
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 2/25/22  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/21  165:35M
 6/14/21  Unum Group                        8-K:8,9     6/14/21   15:447K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/05/21  Unum Group                        8-K:1,9     3/31/21   15:2M
 3/02/21  Unum Group                        8-K:5,9     3/01/21   14:445K
 2/17/21  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/20  167:35M
12/17/20  Unum Group                        8-K:1,7,9  12/16/20   14:10M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/26/20  Unum Group                        8-K:5,9     8/24/20   14:525K
 8/20/20  Unum Group                        S-3ASR      8/20/20    7:859K
 6/02/20  Unum Group                        8-K:5,9     5/28/20   13:326K
 2/18/20  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/19  160:42M
10/30/19  Unum Group                        10-Q        9/30/19   98:25M
 9/11/19  Unum Group                        8-K:8,9     9/11/19   15:466K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/13/19  Unum Group                        8-K:8,9     6/13/19    5:686K
 2/19/19  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/18  155:37M
 5/29/18  Unum Group                        8-K:8,9     5/29/18    6:12M
 5/25/18  Unum Group                        8-K:5,9     5/24/18    3:13M
 5/25/17  Unum Group                        8-K:5,9     5/25/17    4:302K
 4/13/17  Unum Group                        DEF 14A    12/31/16    2:10M
 2/24/16  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/15  154:34M
11/05/15  Unum Group                        8-K:8,9    11/05/15    5:216K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/25/15  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/14  155:47M
 2/03/15  Unum Group                        8-K:5,9     1/30/15    5:330K
 2/26/14  Unum Group                        10-K       12/31/13  162:45M
 8/23/12  Unum Group                        8-K:8,9     8/23/12    6:800K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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10/03/05  Unum Group                        8-K:1,9    10/03/05    4:254K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/01/02  Unum Group                        S-3                   15:1.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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 3/02/01  Unum Group                        8-K:5       3/02/01    3:58K                                    Donnelley Fin’l S… 09/FA
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