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Unum Group – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 11/1/23, at 4:27pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/23   ·   Accession #:  5513-23-192   ·   File #:  1-11294

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/01/23  Unum Group                        10-Q        9/30/23   94:28M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
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13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     51K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)       HTML    115K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     62K 
16: R6          Statement of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)   HTML     40K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     73K 
18: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     28K 
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19: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    119K 
20: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     29K 
21: R11         Accounting Developments                             HTML    285K 
22: R12         Fair Values of Financial Instruments                HTML    552K 
23: R13         Investments                                         HTML    627K 
24: R14         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    230K 
25: R15         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    148K 
26: R16         Liability for Future Policy Benefits,               HTML    762K 
                Policyholder's Account Balances, and Deferred                    
                Acquisition Costs                                                
27: R17         Segment Information                                 HTML    214K 
28: R18         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     84K 
29: R19         Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     76K 
30: R20         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     33K 
31: R21         Other                                               HTML     35K 
32: R22         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     38K 
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35: R25         Liability for Future Policy Benefits,               HTML     42K 
                Policyholder's Account Balances, and Deferred                    
                Acquisition Costs (Policies)                                     
36: R26         Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (Tables)   HTML    268K 
37: R27         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Tables)       HTML    480K 
38: R28         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    619K 
39: R29         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    223K 
40: R30         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    149K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R31         Liability for Future Policy Benefits,               HTML    741K 
                Policyholder's Account Balances, and Deferred                    
                Acquisition Costs (Tables)                                       
42: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    213K 
43: R33         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     79K 
44: R34         Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     67K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R35         Accounting Developments (Details)                   HTML    562K 
46: R36         Fair Values of Financial Instruments Private        HTML     61K 
                Equity Partnerships (Details)                                    
47: R37         Fair Value Measurements by Input Level (Detail)     HTML    163K 
48: R38         Changes in Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair  HTML    127K 
                Value on a Recurring Basis using Significant                     
                Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) (Detail)                           
49: R39         Quantitative Information Regarding Significant      HTML     58K 
                Unobservable Inputs (Details)                                    
50: R40         Fair Values of Financial Instruments Carrying       HTML     74K 
                Amounts and Estimated Fair value of Financial                    
                Instruments Not Measured at Fair Value (Details)                 
51: R41         Fair Value of Financial Instruments Additional      HTML     43K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
52: R42         Amortized Cost and Fair Values of Securities by     HTML     82K 
                Security Type (Detail)                                           
53: R43         Length of Time Fixed Maturity Securities had been   HTML     66K 
                in a Gross Unrealized Loss Position (Detail)                     
54: R44         Investments Distribution of the Maturity Dates for  HTML    102K 
                Fixed Maturity Securities (Details)                              
55: R45         Investments Distribution by External Credit Rating  HTML     46K 
                for Fixed Maturity Securities (Details)                          
56: R46         Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for  HTML     38K 
                Credit Losses Rollforward (Details)                              
57: R47         Mortgage Loans by Property Type and Geographic      HTML     64K 
                Region (Detail)                                                  
58: R48         Schedule of Participating Mortgage Loans by         HTML     50K 
                Internal Credit Rating and Loan to Value (Details)               
59: R49         Mortgage Loans, Sorted by Applicable Credit         HTML    141K 
                Quality Indicators (Detail)                                      
60: R50         Mortgage Loans, Allowance for Credit Losses         HTML     64K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
61: R51         Investments Remaining Contractual Maturity of       HTML     45K 
                Secruity Lending Agreements (Details)                            
62: R52         Investments Federal Home Loan Bank Carrying         HTML     37K 
                Amount, Collateral Posted and Advances Received                  
                (Details)                                                        
63: R53         Investments Schedule of Financial Instrument and    HTML    148K 
                Derivative Offsetting (Details)                                  
64: R54         Investments Investment Income (Detail)              HTML     65K 
65: R55         Investment Gains and Losses Reported in             HTML     52K 
                Consolidated Statements of Income (Detail)                       
66: R56         Investments - Additional Information (Detail)       HTML    137K 
67: R57         Derivative Financial Instruments Nature and Amount  HTML     47K 
                of Collateral Received From and Posted To Our                    
                Derivative Counterparties (Details)                              
68: R58         Derivative Financial Instruments Fair Value Hedges  HTML     38K 
                Carrying Amount of Hedged Assets and Liabilities                 
                and Cumulative Basis Adjustments (Details)                       
69: R59         Location and Fair Values of Derivative Financial    HTML     79K 
                Instruments (Detail)                                             
70: R60         Derivative Financial Instruments Location of Gains  HTML     67K 
                and Losses Designated as Hedging Instruments,                    
                Consolidated Statements of Income (Details)                      
71: R61         Location of Gains and Losses on Derivative          HTML     37K 
                Instruments Designated as Cash Flow Hedging                      
                Instruments (Detail)                                             
72: R62         Gains and Losses on Derivatives Not Designated as   HTML     38K 
                Hedging Instruments (Detail)                                     
73: R63         Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional       HTML     74K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
74: R64         Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income  HTML     77K 
                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
75: R65         Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated    HTML     80K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                             
76: R66         Liability for Future Policy Benefit Activity        HTML    466K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R67         Policyholder Account Balance (Details)              HTML    101K 
78: R68         Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum    HTML    165K 
                Crediting (Details)                                              
79: R69         Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Details)         HTML     73K 
80: R70         Premium Income by Major Line of Business within     HTML     75K 
                Each Segment (Detail)                                            
81: R71         Selected Operating Statement Data by Segment        HTML     63K 
                (Detail)                                                         
82: R72         Assets by Segment (Detail)                          HTML     47K 
83: R73         Reconciliation of Total Revenue and Income Before   HTML     56K 
                Income Tax to Operating Revenue and Operating                    
                Income (Detail)                                                  
84: R74         Segment Information Segments - Additional           HTML     28K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
85: R75         Employee Benefit Plans Net Periodic Benefit Cost    HTML     57K 
                (Detail)                                                         
86: R76         Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail)       HTML     62K 
87: R77         Treasury Stock Transactions (Details)               HTML     39K 
88: R78         Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     58K 
                - Additional Information (Detail)                                
89: R79         Allowance for Expected Credit Losses on Premiums    HTML     34K 
                Receivable (Details)                                             
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