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Unum Group – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Wednesday, 10/28/20, at 2:12pm ET · For: 9/30/20 · Accession #: 5513-20-152 · File #: 1-11294

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

10/28/20  Unum Group                        10-Q        9/30/20   96:25M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.61M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     85K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    125K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     50K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)       HTML    103K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     72K 
17: R6          Statement of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)   HTML     40K 
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     72K 
19: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     26K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
20: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    113K 
21: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     29K 
22: R11         Accounting Developments                             HTML    126K 
23: R12         Fair Values of Financial Instruments                HTML    753K 
24: R13         Investments                                         HTML    658K 
25: R14         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    378K 
26: R15         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    245K 
27: R16         Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claim Adjustment    HTML     70K 
                Expenses                                                         
28: R17         Segment Information                                 HTML    280K 
29: R18         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    106K 
30: R19         Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     64K 
31: R20         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     44K 
32: R21         Other                                               HTML     45K 
33: R22         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     28K 
34: R23         Accounting Developments (Policies)                  HTML     37K 
35: R24         Accounting Developments (Tables)                    HTML     50K 
36: R25         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Tables)       HTML    641K 
37: R26         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    652K 
38: R27         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    373K 
39: R28         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    248K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R29         Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claim Adjustment    HTML     71K 
                Expenses (Tables)                                                
41: R30         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    281K 
42: R31         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    101K 
43: R32         Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     57K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R33         Accounting Developments (Details)                   HTML     53K 
45: R34         Accounting Policies (Details)                       HTML     37K 
46: R35         Fair Values of Financial Instruments Private        HTML     58K 
                Equity Partnerships (Details)                                    
47: R36         Fair Value Measurements by Input Level (Detail)     HTML    162K 
48: R37         Changes in Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair  HTML    139K 
                Value on a Recurring Basis using Significant                     
                Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) (Detail)                           
49: R38         Quantitative Information Regarding Significant      HTML     78K 
                Unobservable Inputs (Details)                                    
50: R39         Fair Values of Financial Instruments Carrying       HTML     75K 
                Amounts and Estimated Fair value of Financial                    
                Instruments Not Measured at Fair Value (Details)                 
51: R40         Fair Value of Financial Instruments Additional      HTML     42K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
52: R41         Amortized Cost and Fair Values of Securities by     HTML     72K 
                Security Type (Detail)                                           
53: R42         Length of Time Fixed Maturity Securities had been   HTML     62K 
                in a Gross Unrealized Loss Position (Detail)                     
54: R43         Investments Distribution of the Maturity Dates for  HTML    123K 
                Fixed Maturity Securities (Details)                              
55: R44         Investments Distribution by External Credit Rating  HTML     43K 
                for Fixed Maturity Securities (Details)                          
56: R45         Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for  HTML     40K 
                Credit Losses Rollforward (Details)                              
57: R46         Investments Low Income Housing Tax Credits          HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         Mortgage Loans by Property Type and Geographic      HTML     68K 
                Region (Detail)                                                  
59: R48         Schedule of Participating Mortgage Loans by         HTML     53K 
                Internal Credit Rating and Loan to Value (Details)               
60: R49         Mortgage Loans, Sorted by Applicable Credit         HTML    128K 
                Quality Indicators (Detail)                                      
61: R50         Mortgage Loans, Allowance for Credit Losses         HTML     56K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
62: R51         Investments Federal Home Loan Bank Carrying         HTML     38K 
                Amount, Collateral Posted and Advances Received                  
                (Details)                                                        
63: R52         Investments Schedule of Financial Instrument and    HTML     98K 
                Derivative Offsetting (Details)                                  
64: R53         Investments Investment Income (Detail)              HTML     57K 
65: R54         Realized Investment Gains and Losses Reported in    HTML     53K 
                Consolidated Statements of Income (Detail)                       
66: R55         Investments - Additional Information (Detail)       HTML     94K 
67: R56         Derivative Financial Instruments Nature and Amount  HTML     35K 
                of Collateral Received From and Posted To Our                    
                Derivative Counterparties (Details)                              
68: R57         Notional Amounts for Each Category of Derivative    HTML     53K 
                Activity (Detail)                                                
69: R58         Derivative Financial Instruments Fair Value Hedges  HTML     44K 
                Carrying Amount of Hedged Assets and Liabilities                 
                and Cumulative Basis Adjustments (Details)                       
70: R59         Location and Fair Values of Derivative Financial    HTML     66K 
                Instruments (Detail)                                             
71: R60         Derivative Financial Instruments Location of Gains  HTML     66K 
                and Losses Designated as Hedging Instruments,                    
                Consolidated Statements of Income (Details)                      
72: R61         Location of Gains and Losses on Derivative          HTML     37K 
                Instruments Designated as Cash Flow Hedging                      
                Instruments (Detail)                                             
73: R62         Gains and Losses on Derivatives Not Designated as   HTML     38K 
                Hedging Instruments (Detail)                                     
74: R63         Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional       HTML    108K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
75: R64         Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income  HTML     65K 
                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
76: R65         Schedule of Components of Unrealized Gain (Loss)    HTML     52K 
                on Securities (Details)                                          
77: R66         Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated    HTML     81K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                             
78: R67         Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment   HTML     60K 
                Expense (Detail)                                                 
79: R68         Reconciliation of Policy and Contract Benefits and  HTML     43K 
                Reserves for Future Policy and Contract Benefits                 
                (Detail)                                                         
80: R69         Premium Income by Major Line of Business within     HTML     77K 
                Each Segment (Detail)                                            
81: R70         Selected Operating Statement Data by Segment        HTML     61K 
                (Detail)                                                         
82: R71         Assets by Segment (Detail)                          HTML     42K 
83: R72         Reconciliation of Total Revenue and Income Before   HTML     55K 
                Income Tax to Operating Revenue and Operating                    
                Income (Detail)                                                  
84: R73         Segment Information Segments - Additional           HTML     28K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
85: R74         Employee Benefit Plans Net Periodic Benefit Cost    HTML     58K 
                (Detail)                                                         
86: R75         Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information     HTML     32K 
                (Detail)                                                         
87: R76         Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail)       HTML     57K 
88: R77         Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     58K 
                - Additional Information (Detail)                                
89: R78         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     39K 
90: R79         Leases Additional Information (Details)             HTML     27K 
91: R80         Other (Details)                                     HTML     27K 
92: R9999       Uncategorized Items - unm-20200930.htm              HTML     30K 
94: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    177K 
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93: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    163K 
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