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Year-over-year tone shift - average net-tone change across Risk Factors and MD&A vs the prior 10-K. This filing is -0.01pp more bearish than last year's.
Why YoY instead of absolute: the LM lexicon has ~6.6× more negative words than positive (legal/risk-disclosure language is heavy on hedging), so every 10-K reads bearish on raw tone. Year-over-year change strips that bias and surfaces the actual shift in management's framing.
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The two components the gauge averages: how Risk Factors and MD&A each shifted in net tone versus last year's 10-K. The headline above is their average, so a green needle over a soft section just means the other section carried it.
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Risk Factors (Item 1A) - words with the biggest YoY frequency increase
Negative rising
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Risk Factors (Item 1A)
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Overview
We face a wide range of risks, and our continued success depends on our ability to identify and appropriately manage our risk exposures. Discussed below are factors that may adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition. Any one or more of the following factors may cause our actual results for various financial reporting periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company, including those in this document or made by us elsewhere, such as in earnings release investor calls, investor conference presentations, or press releases. See "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" contained herein on page 1.
Insurance Risk Factors
We provide a broad array of disability, long-term care, group life, and voluntary insurance products that are affected by many factors, and changes in any of those factors may adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.
Historical results may not be indicative of future performance due to, among other things, changes in our mix of business, repricing of certain lines of business, or any number of economic cyclical effects on our business. Liabilities for future policy benefits, whether calculated under GAAP or statutory accounting principles, do not represent an exact calculation of future liabilities but are instead estimates made by us using certain cash flow assumptions that are used in our actuarial and statistical procedures. Certain of these GAAP cash flow assumptions are also utilized in determining the amortization pattern for deferred acquisition costs (DAC). Actual experience may differ from our assumptions which would affect our earnings in current and future periods as a result of changes in the liability for future policy benefits and DAC. There can be no assurance that our liability for future policy benefits will be sufficient to fund our future liabilities in all circumstances. Future development may require the liability for future policy benefits to be increased, which would affect earnings in current or future periods. Life expectancies may increase, which could lengthen the time a claimant receives disability or long-term care benefits and could result in a change in mortality assumptions and an increase in the liability for future policy benefits for these and other long-tailed products. Adjustments to the liability for future policy benefits or DAC amounts may also be required in the event of changes from the assumptions regarding future claim rates, claim resolution rates, policyholder , mortality, premium rate increases, claim costs, policy offsets, including those for social security and other government-based welfare benefits, and interest rates used in calculating the liability for future policy benefits, which could have a material effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
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MD&A (Item 7) - words with the biggest YoY frequency increase
Negative rising
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MD&A (Item 7)
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The discussion and analysis presented in this section should be read in conjunction with the "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" included below the Table of Contents, "Risk Factors" included herein Item 1A, and the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Item 8.
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E xecutive Summary
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP and Other Fina ncial Measures
C ritical Accounting Estim ates
C onsolidated Operating Results
S egment Results
U num US Segment
U num International Segment
C olonial Life Segment
C losed Block Segment
C orpo rate Segment
I nvestments
L iquidity and Capital Resources
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Executive Summary
2025 Operating Performance and Capital Management
For 2025, we reported net income of $738.5 million, or $4.27 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $1,779.1 million, or $9.46 per diluted common share, in 2024.
Included in our results for 2025 are:
• A net investment of $106.6 million before tax and $83.5 million after tax, or $0.49 per diluted common share;
Disability insurance may be affected by a number of social, economic, governmental, competitive, and other factors. Changes in societal attitudes, such as work ethic, motivation, or stability, can significantly affect the demand for and underwriting results from disability products.
Both economic and societal factors can affect claim incidence and recoveries for disability insurance. Claim incidence and claim recovery rates may be influenced by, among other factors, the rate of unemployment and consumer confidence. Claim incidence and claim recovery rates may also be influenced by the emergence of new infectious diseases or illnesses. Medical advances may continue to have an impact on claim duration, both favorable and unfavorable and also may have a favorable impact on claim incidence. The relationship between these and other factors and overall incidence is very complex and will vary due to contract design features and the degree of expertise within the Company to price, underwrite, and adjudicate the claims.
Within the group disability market, pricing and renewal actions can be taken in response to higher claim rates and higher administrative expenses. However, these actions take time to implement, and there is a risk that the market will not sustain increased prices. In addition, changes in economic and external conditions may not manifest themselves in claims experience for an extended period of time. The pricing actions available in the individual disability market differ among product classes. Our noncancelable individual disability policies, in which the policy is guaranteed to be renewable through the life of the policy at a fixed premium, do not permit us to adjust premiums on our in-force business. Guaranteed renewable contracts that are not noncancelable can be repriced to reflect adverse experience, but rate changes cannot be implemented as quickly as in the group disability market.
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Group Life Insurance
Group life insurance may be affected by the characteristics of the employees insured, the amount of insurance employees may elect voluntarily, our risk selection process, our ability to retain employer groups with favorable risk characteristics, the geographical concentration of employees, and mortality rates. Claim incidence may also be influenced by unexpectedcatastrophic events such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and pandemic health events, which may also affect the cost of and availability of reinsurance coverage. Within the group life market, pricing and renewal actions can be taken in response to higher claim rates and higher administrative expenses. However, these actions take time to implement, and there is a risk that the market will not sustain increased prices.
Voluntary Benefits Products
Voluntary benefits products sold in the workplace may be affected by the characteristics of the employees insured, the level of employee participation and the amount of insurance the employees elect, our risk selection process, and our ability to retain employer groups with favorable risk characteristics. A portion of our voluntary life insurance products include interest sensitive forms of insurance which contain a guaranteed minimum interest crediting rate. It is possible that our investment returns could be lower than the guaranteed crediting rate. While a significant portion of our accident and health contracts are optionally renewable, some are guaranteed renewable and can be repriced to reflect adverse experience, but rate changes cannot be implemented as quickly as for group disability and group life products.
Long-term Care Insurance
Long-term care insurance, which we discontinued offering in 2012, but is guaranteed renewable, can be influenced by a number of demographic, medical, economic, governmental, competitive, and other factors, as well as the relative lack of historical data, all of which can affect pricing activities and the establishment of our liability for future policy benefits. Long-term care insurance can be repriced to reflect adverse experience, but the repricing is subject to regulatory approval by our states of domicile and may also be subject to approval by jurisdictions in which our policyholders reside. The rate approval process can affect the length of time in which the repricing can be implemented, if at all, and the rate increases ultimately approved may be unfavorable relative to assumptions initially used to establish our liability for future policy benefits, which could result in unfavorable impacts to our financial position and results of operations. We monitor our own experience and industry studies concerning morbidity, mortality, and policyholder terminations to understand emerging trends. Changes in actual experience relative to our expectations may adversely affect our profitability and the liability for future policy benefits. To the extent mortality improves for the general population, and life expectancies increase, the period for which a claimant receives long-term care benefits may lengthen and the associated impact of advanced aging of policyholders may cause an increase in claim incidence. Medical advances may continue to have an impact on claim incidence and duration, both favorable and unfavorable. Due to the long duration of the product, the timing and/or amount of our investment cash flows are difficult to match to those of our maturing liabilities.
We have assets which may not be fully recoverable or realizable, which could adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.
If our business does not perform well or as initially anticipated in our assumptions, we may be required to accelerate amortization or recognize an impairmentloss on intangible assets or long-lived assets or to establish a valuation allowance against the deferred income tax asset.
We have intangible assets such as value of business acquired (VOBA) and goodwill. VOBA is amortized based primarily upon expected future premium income of the related insurance policies. Recoverability testing for VOBA is performed on an annual basis. Insurance contracts are grouped on a basis consistent with our manner of acquiring, servicing, and measuring profitability of the contracts. If recoverability testing indicates that VOBA is not recoverable, the deficiency is charged to expense.
Goodwill is not amortized, but on an annual basis, or more frequently if necessary, we review the carrying amount of goodwill for indications of impairment, considering in that review the financial performance and other relevant factors. In accordance with accounting guidance, we test for impairment at the reporting unit level. Certain events including, but not limited to, a significant adverse change in legal factors or the business environment, an adverse action by a regulator or rating agency, or unanticipated competition may cause us to review goodwill for impairment more frequently than annually.
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Long-lived assets, including assets such as real estate, right-of-use assets, and internal-use software, also may require impairment testing to determine whether changes in circumstances indicate that we may be unable to recover the carrying amount.
We assess our deferred tax assets to determine if they are realizable. Factors in our determination include the performance of the business, including the ability to generate future taxable income and the fair value of our investment portfolio. Significant declines in the fair value of our investments could result in the recognition of a valuation allowance on our deferred tax asset. If based on available information, it is more likely than not that the deferred income tax asset will not be realized, a valuation allowance is established.
Charges such as accelerated amortization, impairmentlosses, or the establishment of valuation allowances could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
See "Critical Accounting Estimates" included in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" contained herein in Item 7 and Note 1, 6, 7, and 8 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion.
Market and Credit Risk Factors
Sustained periods of low interest rates in the long-term investment market may adversely affect our reported net investment income and the discount rates used in pricing our insurance products and projecting our pension obligations, which may adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.
Declines in interest rates or sustained periods of low interest rates and yields on fixed income investments may cause the rates of return on our investment portfolio to decrease more than expected, leading to lower net investment income than assumed in the pricing for our insurance products. An interest, or discount, rate is used in determining pricing for our insurance products. If the discount rate assumed in our pricing is higher than our future investment returns, our invested assets may not earn enough investment income to support our future claim payments.
Another interest, or discount, rate is used in calculating the liability for future policy benefits. Our liability for future policy benefits is calculated using discount rate assumptions that are reflective of an upper-medium grade fixed-income instrument, which is generally equivalent to a single-A interest rate matched to the duration of our insurance liabilities. A decline in the single-A interest rate could have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.
We are also required to perform annual statutory adequacy testing that considers multiple interest rate scenarios, to ensure our statutory reserves continue to meet statutory requirements, which could require us to increase our statutory reserves and/or contribute additional capital to our insurance subsidiaries.
Our net periodic benefit costs and the value of our benefit obligations for our pension plans are determined based on a set of economic and demographic assumptions that represent our best estimate of future expected experience. Major assumptions used in accounting for these plans include the expected discount (interest) rate and the long-term rate of return on plan assets. We set the discount rate assumption at the measurement date for each of our plans to reflect the yield of a portfolio of high quality fixed income corporate debt instruments matched against the timing and amounts of projected future benefits. A change in the discount rate impacts the present value of benefit obligations and our costs. Our expectations for the future investment returns on plan assets are based on a combination of historical market performance, current market conditions, and future capital market assumptions obtained from external consultants and economists. The actual rate of return on plan assets is determined based on the fair value of the plan assets at the beginning and end of the measurement period. Increases or decreases in long-term interest rates as well as equity market volatility will impact the fair value of our plan assets and may result in a decrease in the funded status of our pension plans and/or increased pension costs, which may adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.
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Unfavorable economic or market conditions may result in lower sales, lower premium growth and persistency, higher claim incidence, unfavorable mortality, longer claims duration, and higher expenses which may adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.
We are affected by conditions in the capital markets and the general economy, primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, and to a lesser extent, the broader global financial markets. Negative developments in the capital markets and/or the general economy could adversely affect our business, including our investment portfolio, financial condition and results of operations.
Factors such as unemployment levels, consumer confidence levels, consumer spending, business investment, government spending, the volatility and strength of the capital markets, inflation, pandemics, and the threat of terrorism all affect the business and economic environment and, ultimately, the amount and profitability of our businesses. In particular, high levels of inflation could result in higher expenses and negatively affect the discretionary spending of our customers, which could result in lower sales. More generally, given the nature of our products, in an economic environment characterized by higher unemployment, lower personal income, reduced consumer spending, and lower corporate earnings and investment, product sales and persistency may be adversely affected. Our premium growth may also be negatively impacted by lower premium growth from existing customers due to lower salary growth and lower growth in the number of employees covered under an existing policy. In addition, during such periods we may experience higher claim incidence, longer claims duration, and/or an increase in policy lapses, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
In addition to interest rate risk, we are exposed to other risks related to our investment portfolio which may adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.
Default Risk
Our investment portfolio consists primarily of fixed maturity securities. These securities are issued by both domestic and foreign entities and are backed either by collateral or the credit of the underlying issuer. Factors such as an economic downturn or political change in the country of the issuer, a regulatory change pertaining to the issuer's industry, a significant deterioration in the cash flows of the issuer, unforeseen accounting irregularities or fraud committed by the issuer, widening risk spreads, ratings downgrades, a change in the issuer's marketplace or business prospects, or other events that adversely affect the issuers of these securities may result in the issuer defaulting on its obligations.
Our mortgage loan portfolio has default risk. Events or developments, such as economic conditions that impact the ability of tenants to pay their rents or limit the availability of refinancing, may have a negative effect on our mortgage loan portfolio. Events or developments that have a negative effect on any particular geographic region or sector may have a greateradverse effect on an investment portfolio to the extent that the portfolio is concentrated in that region or sector.
A default or an expected default results in the recognition of a current expected credit loss on the investment. A default may also adversely affect our ability to collect principal and interest due to us. The probability of credit downgrades and defaults increases when the fixed income markets experience periods of volatility and illiquidity.
Credit Spread Risk
Our exposure to credit spreads, which is the yield above comparable U.S. Treasury securities, primarily relates to market price and cash flow variability associated with changes in credit spreads. A widening of credit spreads may unfavorably impact the net unrealized gain or loss position of the investment portfolio and may adversely impact liquidity. Credit spread tightening may reduce net investment income associated with new purchases of fixed income securities.
Valuation Risk
We report our fixed maturity securities and certain other financial instruments at fair value. Valuations may include inputs and assumptions that are less observable or require greater estimation, particularly during periods of market disruption, resulting in values which may be less than the value at which the investments may ultimately be sold. Further, rapidly changing and unprecedented credit and equity market conditions could materially impact the valuation of securities as reported in our financial statements, and the period to period changes in value could vary significantly. Decreases in value may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
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We evaluate our investment portfolio for credit losses. There can be no assurance that we have accurately assessed the level of credit losses taken. Additional credit losses may need to be taken in the future, and historical trends may not be indicative of future credit losses. Any event reducing the value of our securities may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
Market Timing and Liquidity Risk
While we attempt to match our asset cash flows and durations with expected liability cash flows and durations to meet the funding requirements of our business, there may at times be a lack of appropriate investments in the market which can be acquired. In particular, due to the long duration of our long-term care product, the timing of our investment cash flows do not match those of our maturing liabilities. In addition, we may, in certain circumstances, need to sell investments due to changes in regulatory or capital requirements, changes in tax laws, rating agency decisions, and/or unexpected changes in liquidity needs. There may also be a limited market for certain of our investments, such as our private equity partnerships, private placement fixed maturity securities, mortgage loans, and policy loans, which makes them more illiquid. In periods of market volatility or disruption, other of our securities may also experience reduced liquidity. If events occur wherein we need to sell securities in an unfavorable interest rate or credit environment or need to quickly sell securities which are illiquid, market prices may be lower than what we might realize under normal circumstances, with a resulting adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.
The effectiveness and utilization of our derivative hedging programs may be affected by changes in forecasted cash flows, the economic environment, changes in interest rates, capital market volatility, non-performance by our counterparties, changes in the level of required collateral, or regulation, which may adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.
We use derivative financial instruments to help us manage various risks related to our business operations including interest rate risk, risk related to matching duration for our assets and liabilities, foreign currency risk, credit risk, and equity risk. Factors associated with derivative financial instruments could adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity. Ineffectiveness of our hedges due to changes in expected future events, such as the risk created by uncertainty in the economic environment, changes in forecasted cash flows, or if our counterparties fail or refuse to honor their obligations under these derivative instruments, may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Capital market turmoil may result in an increase in the risk of non-performance by our counterparties, many of which are financial institutions. Non-performance by our counterparties may force us to unwind hedges, and we may be unable to replace the hedge, thereby leaving the risk unhedged. Under the terms of our hedging contracts, we are required to post collateral, which may adversely affect our liquidity and could subject us to the credit risk of the counterparty to the extent it holds such collateral. Sustained periods of elevated interest rates may require a higher level of collateral to be posted to our counterparties, which also may have an adverse effect on our liquidity. Changes in regulations may have an adverse effect on our ability to execute hedging strategies due to the increased economic cost of derivatives, primarily as a result of more restrictive collateral requirements.
Reinsurers may be unwilling or unable to meet their obligations under our reinsurance contracts, or reinsurance may not be available or affordable, which may adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.
As part of our overall risk management and capital management strategies, we purchase reinsurance for certain risks underwritten by our various businesses. We also utilize reinsurance to exit certain lines of business. Market conditions beyond our control determine the availability and cost of reinsurance. Any decrease in the amount of reinsurance will increase our risk of loss and may impact the level of capital requirements for our insurance subsidiaries, and any increase in the cost of reinsurance will, absent a decrease in the amount of reinsurance, impact our financial condition and reduce our results of operations. Accordingly, we may be forced to incur additional expenses for reinsurance or may be unable to obtain sufficient reinsurance on acceptable terms, which may adversely affect our ability to write future business, result in the assumption of more risk with respect to the policies we issue, and increase our capital requirements. The collectability of our reinsurance recoverable is primarily a function of the solvency of the individual reinsurers. We cannot provide assurance that our reinsurers will pay the reinsurance recoverables owed to us or that they will pay these recoverables on a timely basis. The insolvency of a reinsurer or the inability or unwillingness of a reinsurer to comply with the terms of a reinsurance contract may have an adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
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Currency translation could materially impact our reported operating results.
The functional currency of our U.K. and Polish operations is the British pound sterling and the Polish zloty, respectively. Fluctuations in exchange rates impact our reported financial results, which may be unfavorably affected when the functional currency weakens. However, except for a limited number of transactions, we do not actually convert our functional currency into dollars. As a result, we view foreign currency translation as a financial reporting item and not a reflection of operations or profitability in the U.K or Poland.
See "Liability for Future Policy Benefits" contained herein in Item 1, "Critical Accounting Estimates" included in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" contained herein in Item 7, "Interest Rate Risk" contained herein in Item 7A, and Notes 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, and 14 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion.
Public Health Risk Factors
Pandemics and other public health issues can negatively impact certain aspects of our business and, depending on severity and duration, could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, liquidity and capital resources, and overall business operations.
Our business is exposed to risks from major public health issues, such as pandemics or disease outbreaks. In the event of a pandemic, disease outbreak, or other public health issue, our revenues, benefits, or expenses may be negatively impacted, which also may have an adverse effect on our profitability or growth plans. Such an event may also disrupt customer behavior and lead to a reduction in sales and decreased premium collection. Further, such an event may result in the impairment of certain assets, including premiums receivable, goodwill, VOBA and other intangibles, property and equipment, right-of-use assets, and deferred tax assets.
Public health issues, such as pandemics or disease outbreaks, may also impair borrowers’ ability to meet obligations on debt securities or mortgage loans we hold, which may also result in lower net investment income and increased credit losses. Commercial real estate valuations may also decline, affecting expected loss estimates. Market volatility or dislocations may also hinder our ability to respond prudently and may impact financial reporting assumptions.
We maintain access to liquidity through a credit facility, arrangements with the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), and the ability to liquidate certain investments. These sources may be limited or inaccessible during market stress or covenant noncompliance.
From an operational perspective, our employees, sales associates, brokers, and distribution partners, as well as the workforces of our vendors, service providers, and counterparties, may be adversely affected by a pandemic or other public health issue, including government-mandated shutdowns, requests or orders for employees to work remotely, and other social distancing measures. These measures could result in an adverse impact on our ability to conduct our business, including our ability to sell our policies and our ability to adjudicate and pay claims in a timely manner. Additionally, a remote or hybrid work environment may expose us to various additional risks such as elevated cybersecurity vulnerability resulting from the wide-scale remote usage of our company networks and related risks to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.
There is no guarantee that processes we have developed in order to adapt to previous public health issues or pandemics would succeed in allowing us to adapt to any future pandemic or other public health issue, which may have materially different characteristics than previous pandemics or public health issues.
To the extent pandemics or other public health issues adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations, liquidity and capital resources, and overall business operations, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks disclosed herein in this Item 1A "Risk Factors".
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Operational Risk Factors
A cyber attack or other security breach could disrupt our operations, result in compromised data, the unauthorized disclosure or loss of confidential data, damage our reputation or relationships, and expose us to significant financial and legal liability, which may adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
We store confidential information about our business and our policyholders, employees, agents, and others on our information technology systems, including proprietary and personally identifiable information. As part of our normal business operations, we use this information and engage third-party providers, including outsourcing, cloud computing, and other business partners, that store, access, process, and transmit such information on our behalf. We also process payments to claimants under our insurance policies, including by physical and electronic means, which could subject us or our customers to attacks from threat actors, including attempted theft of credentials from our customers or other social engineering attacks directed at our customers. We devote significant resources and employ security measures to help protect our information technology systems and confidential information, and we have programs in place to detect, contain, and respond to information security incidents. However, because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems change frequently and may be difficult to detect for long periods of time, we and our third-party providers may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures. In addition, hardware, software, or applications we develop or procure from third parties or through open source solutions may contain defects in design or manufacture or other problems that could unexpectedly compromise our information security. Unauthorized parties, whether within or outside our company, may disrupt or gain access to our systems, or those of third parties with whom we do business, through misfeasance, fraud, trickery, or other forms of deceit, including break-ins, use of stolen credentials, social engineering, phishing, or other cyber attacks, computer viruses, malicious codes, and similar means of unauthorized and destructive tampering, as well as through human error or failure by our employees to follow corporate policy. Specifically, we have seen an increase in the number and sophistication of social engineering attacks that seek access to our systems through emails sent to our employees. We have taken action to provide additional training to increase awareness of the potential for these attacks among our workforce.
We and our third-party providers have experienced and likely will continue to experience information security incidents. Although known incidents have not had a material effect on our business or financial condition, there is no assurance that our security systems and measures will be able to prevent, mitigate, or remediate future incidents that could have such an effect. A successful penetration or circumvention of the security of our information technology systems, or those of third parties with whom we do business, including a ransomware attack that locks or freezes systems until the payment of a ransom, could cause seriousnegative consequences for us, including significant disruption of our operations, unauthorized disclosure or loss of confidential information, harm to our brand or reputation, loss of customers and revenues, violations of privacy and other laws, and exposure to litigation, monetary damages, regulatory enforcement proceedings, fines, and potentially criminal proceedings and penalties. If we are unaware of the incident for some time after it occurs, our exposure could increase. In addition, the costs to address or remediate systems disruptions or security threats or vulnerabilities, whether before or after an incident, could be significant. As we continue to build our digital capabilities and focus on enhancing the customer experience, the amount of information that we retain and share with third parties, as well as our reliance on them, is likely to grow, increasing the cost to prevent data security breaches and the cost and potential consequences of such breaches. An information technology systems failure could also interfere with our ability to comply with financial reporting and other regulatory requirements, exposing us to potential disciplinary action by regulators. Further, successful cyber attacks at other large financial institutions or other market participants, whether or not we are affected, could lead to a general loss of customer and investor confidence in financial institutions that could negatively affect us.
Although we have insurance against some cyber risks and attacks, we may be subject to litigation and financial losses that exceed our policy limits, are subject to deductibles or are not covered under any of our current insurance policies.
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The failure of our business recovery and incident management processes to resume our business operations in the event of a natural catastrophe, cyber attack, or other event could adversely affect our profitability, results of operations, or financial condition.
In the event of a disaster such as a natural catastrophe, an epidemic, a pandemic, a cyber attack, cybersecurity breach or other information technology systems failure, a terrorist attack, or war, unanticipatedproblems with our disaster recovery systems could have a material adverse impact on our ability to conduct business and on our results of operations and financial condition, particularly if those problems affect our information technology systems and destroyvaluable data or result in a significant failure of our internal control environment. In addition, in the event that a significant number of our employees were unavailable in the event of a disaster, our ability to effectively conduct business could be severely compromised.
The failure of our information technology and/or disaster recovery processes or systems for any reason could cause significant interruptions or malfunctions in our or our customers’ operations and result in the loss, theft, or failure to maintain the security, confidentiality, or privacy of sensitive data, including personal information relating to our customers. Such a failure could harm our reputation, subject us to regulatory sanctions, legal claims, and increased expenses, and lead to a loss of customers and revenues.
Our failure to develop digital capabilities or to effectively execute upgrades to or replacements of information technology systems could impair our ability to deliver on our growth initiatives or administer our business, which may adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
Our business plans increasingly rely on digital capabilities to meet or surpass customer expectations, simplify our operations, and deliver innovative product and service offerings. If we are unable to effectively develop and offer digital capabilities that enhance our customers' experience, we may not fully achieve our strategic growth initiatives and may also experience the loss of existing business. Although we believe we have information technology systems which adequately support our business needs, we continually upgrade our existing information technology systems and acquire or develop new systems to keep pace with the rapidly changing business and technology environment. There are risks involved with upgrading or replacing information technology systems, including, but not limited to, data loss, data errors, and disruption to our operations. We seek to monitor and control our exposure to the risks arising out of these activities through our risk control framework which encompasses a variety of reporting systems, internal controls, management review processes, and other mechanisms.
Our use of artificial intelligence technology, as well as changes in artificial intelligence laws and regulations, could lead to regulatory noncompliance, operational risk, and competitive challenges.
We currently use, and expect to continue using, artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, in support of our products, services, and critical business functions, either through technology we develop or technology developed and maintained by third parties. This increased reliance on AI, coupled with the fact that the laws and regulations governing the use of AI are still in a relatively early stage of development, may increase regulatory or operational risks discussed elsewhere in this section or create new regulatory or operational risks we are not currently anticipating. We or others that we rely on may misuse AI or external data or fail to comply with regulatory requirements, or there may be conflicting interpretations of the requirements, which could expose us to legal or regulatory risk, subject us to adverse regulatory examinations or audits, damage customer relationships or cause reputational harm. Our development and use of AI could increase the risk or impact of business interruption or a cybersecurity incident. Threat actors may use AI maliciouslyagainst us, which may result in reputational or financial harm, or subject us to legal or regulatory risk. These risks are increased by the relative speed at which the technology is being developed and adopted. At the same time, our failure to adopt AI technology quickly enough could put us at a competitive disadvantage.
We may be unable to hire and retain qualified employees which may adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
The talent and contributions of our employees are essential to achieving our business objectives. While certain specialized roles may experience tighter labor-market conditions, the overall environment has moderated, and we continue to maintain a strong ability to attract, hire, and retain qualified talent. Although challenges in filling key roles may occur from time to time, we view these as manageable operational considerations. Through proactive workforce planning and investment in employee development, we work to minimize potential impacts on execution and ensure continuity in the capabilities needed to support
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our strategy. However, any prolongedstress on our ability to retain or recruit employees may result in increased labor costs or could affect our ability to conduct and manage our business.
The use and reliance on third-party vendors, including vendors providing web and cloud-based applications, may disrupt our business, and impact our ability to access data.
We utilize third-party vendors to provide certain business support services. The reliance on these third-party vendors exposes us to the risk that we cannot control the information systems, facilities, or networks of such third-party vendors. We employ substantial third-party risk management measures designed to mitigate this risk, which include, but are not limited to, security and vulnerability assessments of these third-party vendors as well as robust contractual protections. However, if the information systems, facilities, or networks of a third-party vendor are disrupted, damaged, or fail, we are at risk of being unable to meet legal, regulatory, financial or customer obligations. We could also be adversely affected by a third-party vendor who fails to provide contracted services. In this case, this could lead to lower sales, increased costs, and a disruption to our business operations or damage our reputation. Lastly, as certain third-party vendors may conduct operations outside of the U.S., political and military events in foreign jurisdictions could have an adverse effect on our operations.
Our risk management program may leave us exposed to unidentified or unanticipated risk, which could negatively affect our business.
We have devoted significant resources to develop our enterprise risk management program, which has the objective of managing our strategic, market, credit, public health, insurance, and operations risks, which ultimately impact our reputational risk. However, our program may not be comprehensive, and our methods for monitoring and managing risk may not fully predict or mitigate future exposures. In this case, there may be a negative impact to our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
See "Regulation" contained herein in Item 1,"Critical Accounting Estimates" included in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" contained herein in Item 7, "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" contained herein in Item 7A, and Note 16 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion.
General Risk Factors
We and our insurance subsidiaries are subject to extensive supervision and regulation. Changes in laws and regulations that affect our industry or findings from examinations and investigations may affect the cost or demand for our products, increase capital and reserving requirements for our insurance subsidiaries, and adversely affect our profitability, liquidity, or growth.
Our insurance subsidiaries are subject to extensive supervision and regulation in the United States and abroad. The primary purpose of insurance regulation is to protect policyholders, not stockholders. To that end, regulatory authorities, including state insurance departments in the United States, the FCA and PRA in the United Kingdom, and the KNF in Poland have broad administrative powers over many aspects of the insurance business, including requiring various licenses, permits, authorizations, or accreditations, which our insurance subsidiaries may not be able to obtain or maintain, or may be able to do so only at great cost. In addition, we and our insurance subsidiaries may not be able to comply fully with, or obtain appropriate exemptions from, the wide variety of laws and regulations applicable to insurance companies and insurance holding companies. These laws and regulations can be complex and subject to differing interpretations and are regularly re-examined. Existing or future laws and regulations, and the manner in which they are interpreted or applied, may become more restrictive or otherwise adversely affect our operations. For example, they may restrict or prohibit the payment of dividends by our subsidiaries to us, restrict transactions between subsidiaries and/or between us and our subsidiaries, and may require contributions of capital by us to our insurance subsidiaries even if we are otherwise in compliance with stated requirements. Failure to comply with or to obtain appropriate exemptions under any applicable laws or regulations could result in restrictions on the ability of our insurance subsidiaries to do business in one or more of the jurisdictions in which they operate and could result in fines and other sanctions, which may have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations.
Regulatory examinations or investigations could result in, among other things, an increase to reserving requirements, changes in our claims handling or other business practices, changes in procedures for the identification and payment to the states of benefits and other property that is not claimed by the owners, changes in the use and oversight of reinsurance, changes in
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governance and other oversight procedures, assessments by tax authorities or other governing agencies, fines, and other administrative action, which could injure our reputation, adversely affect our issuer credit ratings and financial strength ratings, place us at a competitive disadvantage in marketing or administering our products, impair our ability to sell or retain insurance policies, and/or have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
It is possible that there will be heightened oversight of insurers by regulatory authorities in the jurisdictions in which our insurance subsidiaries are domiciled and operate. We cannot predict specific proposals that might be adopted, or what impact, if any, such proposals or, if enacted, such laws, could have on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. For instance, the NAIC or state regulators may adopt further revisions to statutory reserving standards or the RBC formula, the PRA may revise its capital adequacy requirements and minimum solvency margins, the IAIS may adopt capital requirements to which we could be subject, or rating agencies may incorporate higher capital thresholds into their quantitative analyses, thus requiring additional capital contributions by us to our insurance subsidiaries. Increased financial services regulation, which could include activities undertaken by the NAIC and regulatory authorities in the U.K., Poland, and the EU may impose greater quantitative requirements, supervisory review, and disclosure requirements and may impact the business strategies, capital requirements, and profitability of our insurance subsidiaries. The U.K.'s Financial Ombudsman Service, which was established to help settle disputes between consumers and businesses providing financial services, and the FCA, which has rule-making, investigative, and enforcement powers to protect consumers, may hamper our ability to do business, which could have a material adverse effect on our U.K. operations.
Our financial statements are subject to the application of generally accepted accounting principles, in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland, which are periodically revised and/or expanded. Accordingly, we are required to adopt new or revised accounting standards issued by recognized authoritative bodies within these countries, which may also be influenced by the International Accounting Standards Board. Future accounting standards we adopt will change current accounting and disclosure requirements applicable to our financial statements. Such changes could have a material effect on our reported results of operations and financial condition and may impact the perception of our business by external stakeholders including the rating agencies that assign the issuer credit rating on Unum Group.
We use an affiliated captive reinsurer for the limited purpose of reinsuring risks attributable to specified policies issued or reinsured by one of our insurance subsidiaries in order to effectively manage risks in connection with certain blocks of our business as well as to enhance our capital efficiency. If we were required to discontinue use of the captive reinsurer or to alter the structure of the captive reinsurance arrangement, our ability to maintain current RBC ratios and/or our capital deployment activities could be impacted.
Changes in U.S. programs such as healthcare reform, the continued emergence of paid family and medical leave legislation, and financial services sector reform may compete with or diminish the need or demand for our products, particularly as it may affect our ability to sell our products through employers or in the workplace. The U.S. social security disability insurance program may not be sustainable, which may adversely affect the level of our disability claim payments and liability for future policy benefits. Legislative changes related to pension funding requirements could negatively impact our cash flows from operations and our profitability.
Changes in tax laws and other regulations or interpretations of such laws or regulations could unfavorably impact our corporate taxes and statutory surplus. In addition, changes in tax laws could make some of our products less attractive to consumers.
Changes in privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence laws and regulations may result in cost increases as a result of system implementations, administrative processes, effects of potential noncompliance, and limitations or constraints of our business models.
Most group long-term and short-term disability plans we administer are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Changes to ERISA enacted by Congress or through judicial interpretations may adversely affect the risk to us of managing employee benefit plans, increase the premiums associated with such plans, and ultimately affect their affordability and our profitability.
The insurance departments in jurisdictions wherein our insurance subsidiaries conduct business may limit our ability to obtain rate increases under guaranteed renewable contracts or could require changes in rates and/or benefits to meet minimum loss ratio requirements which could negatively impact the profitability of our products. Many regulatory and governmental bodies have the authority to review our products and business practices and those of our agents and employees. These regulatory or
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governmental bodies may bring regulatory or other legal actions against us if, in their view, our practices are improper. These actions could result in substantial fines or restrictions on our business activities and could have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations. Determination by regulatory authorities that we have engaged in improper conduct may also adversely affect our defense of various lawsuits.
Competition may adversely affect our market share or profitability.
All of our businesses are highly competitive. We believe that the principal competitive factors affecting our business are the quality of our customer's experience regarding service and claims management, integrated product choices, enrollment capabilities, price, financial strength ratings, claims-paying ratings, and a solution to allow customers to comply with the changing laws and regulations related to family medical leave benefits. We compete for new product sales, the retention of existing business, and the ability to attract and retain independent agents and brokers to market our products, all of which affect our profitability. All areas of the employee benefits markets are highly competitive due to the yearly renewable term nature of the group products and the large number of insurance companies offering products in this market. There is a risk that our customers may be able to obtain more favorable terms or improved technology solutions from competitors in lieu of renewing coverage with us, particularly if industry pricing levels do not align with our view of adequate premium rates. We are operating in a dynamic competitive environment of both traditional and non-traditional competitors, with changes in product offerings, enrollment capabilities, and technology solutions. The level and intensity of competition may also grow due to existing competitors becoming more aggressive, and an increase in merger and acquisition activity which may result in larger competitors with greater financial resources. There are many insurance companies which actively compete with us in our lines of business, and there is no assurance that we will be able to compete effectively against these companies and new competitors in the future.
A decrease in our financial strength or issuer credit ratings may adversely affect our competitive position, our ability to hedge our risks, and our cost of capital or ability to raise capital, which may adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.
We compete based in part on the financial strength ratings provided by rating agencies. Although we maintain an ongoing dialogue with the rating agencies that assign financial strength ratings to our insurance subsidiaries, the rating agencies may revise the criteria that are used to evaluate the financial strength of our insurance subsidiaries which could lead to placing our rating on "credit watch" or "under review" and ultimately lead to a downgrade. A downgrade of our financial strength ratings may adversely affect us and could potentially, among other things, adversely affect our relationships with distributors of our products and services and retention of our sales force, negatively impact persistency and new sales, and generally adversely affect our ability to compete. A downgrade in the issuer credit rating assigned to Unum Group can be expected to adversely affect our cost of capital and our ability to raise additional capital. If we are downgraded significantly, ratings triggers in our derivatives financial instrument contracts may result in our counterparties enforcing their option to terminate the derivative contracts. Such an event may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or our ability to hedge our risks.
Unum Group depends on capital from its subsidiaries to meet its obligations and pay dividends. The ability of our subsidiaries to transfer capital to Unum Group may be impaired by adverse financial results or a change in capital requirements. Accordingly, internal sources of capital and liquidity may not always be sufficient. If we need to seek external capital, adverse market conditions may affect our access to capital or our cost of capital.
Unum Group is a holding company for insurance and other subsidiaries and has limited operations of its own. Our insurance subsidiaries are subject to insurance laws and regulatory limitations on the payment of dividends and on other transfers of assets to affiliates, including to Unum Group. The level of earnings and capital in our subsidiaries, as well as business conditions and rating agency considerations, could impact our insurance and other subsidiaries' ability to pay dividends or to make other transfers to Unum Group, which could impair our ability to pay dividends to Unum Group's common stockholders, meet our debt and other payment obligations, and/or repurchase shares of Unum Group's common stock.
A change in demand for our insurance products or an increase in the incidence of new claims or the duration of existing claims could negatively impact our cash flows from operations. Deterioration in the credit market, which could delay our ability to sell our positions in certain of our fixed maturity securities in a timely manner, could also negatively impact our cash flows. Regulatory changes such as those discussed herein in this Item 1A may impose higher capital or reserve requirements on our insurance subsidiaries, increase collateral requirements for certain of our derivatives transactions, and/or implement other requirements which could unfavorably affect our liquidity. Without sufficient liquidity, our ability to maintain and grow our
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operations would be limited. If our internal sources of liquidity prove to be insufficient, we may be unable to successfully obtain additional financing and capital on favorable terms, or at all, which may adversely affect us.
If our financial results are unfavorable, we may need to increase our capital in order to maintain our credit ratings or satisfy regulatory requirements. Maintaining appropriate levels of statutory surplus is considered important not only by us but by insurance regulatory authorities in the U.S., the PRA in the U.K., the KNF in Poland, and the rating agencies that rate insurers' claims-paying abilities and financial strength. Failure to maintain certain levels of statutory surplus could result in increased regulatory scrutiny, action by regulatory authorities, or a downgrade by the rating agencies. Need for additional capital may limit a subsidiary's ability to distribute dividends to our holding companies.
Obtaining financing for even a small amount of capital could be challenging in unfavorable market conditions and during periods of economic uncertainty. The markets may exert downward pressure on availability of liquidity and credit capacity for certain issuers. The availability of financing will depend on a variety of factors such as market conditions, the general availability of credit, the overall availability of credit to the financial services industry, our credit ratings and credit capacity, and the possibility that customers or lenders could develop a negative perception of our financial prospects. Similarly, our access to capital may be impaired if regulatory authorities or rating agencies take negative actions against us. Raising capital in unfavorable market conditions could increase our interest expense or negatively impact our shareholders through increased dilution of their common stock in Unum Group.
We maintain our credit facility, and our arrangements with the FHLB as potential sources of liquidity. Our right to borrow funds under the credit facility is subject to financial covenants, negative covenants, and events of default. Our ability to borrow under the credit facility is also subject to the ability of the lenders to provide funds. Our failure to comply with the covenants in the credit facility or the failure of lenders to fund their lending commitments would restrict our ability to access the facility when needed, with a resulting adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity. While our funding agreements with the FHLB are currently used for the purpose of investing in either short-term investments, matched fixed maturity securities, or matched commercial mortgage loans, we maintain the option to utilize these agreements for liquidity purposes.
Events that damage our reputation may adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
There are many events which may harm our reputation, including, but not limited to, those discussed in this Item 1A regarding regulatory investigations, legal proceedings, social issues, third-party vendors, external events, and cyber or other information security incidents.
In addition, being in the business of insurance, we are paid to accept certain risks. Those who conduct business on our behalf, including executive officers and members of management, sales managers, investment professionals, and to some extent, independent agents and brokers, do so in part by making decisions that involve exposing us to risk. These include decisions such as maintaining effective underwriting and pricing discipline, maintaining effective claim management and customer service performance, managing our investment portfolio and derivatives trading activities, delivering effective technology solutions, complying with established sales practices, executing our capital management strategy, exiting a line of business and/or pursuing strategic growth initiatives, and other decisions. Although we employ controls and procedures designed to monitor business decisions and prevent us from taking excessive risks or unintentionallyfailing to comply with internal policies and practices such that errors occur, there can be no assurance that these controls and procedures will be effective. If our employees and business associates take excessive risks and/or fail to comply with internal policies and practices, the impact of those events may damage our market position and reputation.
Depending on the severity of the damage to our reputation, we may be unable to effectively compete for new products or retain our existing business, which could adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition. Damage to our reputation may also hinder our ability to raise new capital and/or increase our cost of capital.
Litigation and contingencies are common in our businesses and may result in financial losses and/or harm to our reputation.
We are, and in the future may be, defendants in a number of litigation matters, and the outcome of this litigation is uncertain. Some of these proceedings may be brought on behalf of various alleged classes of complainants. Plaintiffs in class action and other lawsuits against us may seek very large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive and treble damages. An
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estimated loss is accrued when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. An adverse outcome in one or more of these actions may, depending on the nature, scope, and amount of the ruling, materially and adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition, encourage other litigation, and limit our ability to write new business, particularly if the adverse outcomes negatively impact certain of our ratings.
As part of our normal operations in managing claims, we are engaged in claim litigation where disputes arise as a result of a denial or termination of benefits. Typically those lawsuits are filed on behalf of a single claimant or policyholder, and in some of these individual actions punitivedamages are sought, such as claimsallegingbad faith in the handling of insurance claims. For our general claim litigation, we maintain reserves based on experience to satisfy judgments and settlements in the normal course. We expect that the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to general claim litigation, after consideration of the reserves maintained, will not be material to our financial condition. Nevertheless, given the inherent unpredictability of litigation, it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain claim litigation involving punitivedamages may, from time to time, have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. We are unable to estimate a range of reasonably possible punitivelosses.
Our actions to incorporate sustainability standards may not meet expectations of investors, regulators, customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
Investors, regulators, current and prospective customers, employees, and other stakeholders may evaluate our business according to certain sustainability standards and expectations. To help monitor and meet stakeholder expectations, we developed a corporate sustainability strategic framework. Our framework aims to create long-term value for stakeholders by implementing strategically aligned business practices that incorporate sustainability factors, with a focus on accelerating our efforts around responsible investments, inclusive products and services, and reducing environmental impact. We consider environmental and social factors in fundamental analysis of our investments because we believe they are important for analyzing the long-term risk-reward characteristics of an investment. As our framework matures and we continue to integrate sustainability standards in coordination with other business priorities, our sustainability-related efforts may not prove completely effective or may not satisfy our key stakeholders. Additionally, local, national, and international governments and regulators have passed and are likely to continue to propose new sustainability-related rules that would apply to our business, including regulations focused on increased climate-related disclosures and management of investment portfolios. Such regulations may require the development of new processes and controls that may be complex and result in increases in expenses to ensure compliance, or they may run counter to our corporate sustainability strategic framework, conflict with other regulations that apply to us, or cause us to forgo business opportunities. Stakeholder sustainability-related expectations may increase in the short, medium, and long term and may affect our business, and they may also subject us to scrutinyleading to operational, reputational, or legal challenges.
See "Liability for Future Policy Benefits", "Competition", "Regulation" and "Ratings" contained herein in Item 1, "Executive Summary" and "Critical Accounting Estimates" included in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Liquidity and Capital Resources" contained herein in Item 7, and Notes 1, 6, 9, 10, 16, and 18 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion.
loss
• Amortization of the cost of reinsurance of $116.7 million before tax and $92.2 million after tax, or $0.53 per diluted common share;
• Amortization of the deferred gain on reinsurance of $9.0 million before tax and $7.1 after tax, or $0.04 per diluted common share;
• Non-contemporaneous reinsurance of $29.6 million before tax and $23.3 million after tax, or $0.14 per diluted common share;
• A net reserve increase related to assumption updates of $478.5 million before tax and $377.8 million after tax, or $2.18 per diluted common share;
• A settlement loss on the U.S. pension plan annuity purchase of $103.8 million before tax and $82.0 million after tax, or $0.47 per diluted common share; and
• An accelerated charitable contribution of $20.0 million before tax and $15.8 million after tax, or $0.09 per diluted common share.
Included in our results for 2024 are:
• A net investment loss of $34.6 million before tax and $27.0 million after tax, or $0.14 per diluted common share;
• Amortization of the cost of reinsurance of $41.4 million before tax and $32.7 million after tax, or $0.17 per diluted common share;
• Non-contemporaneous reinsurance of $25.1 million before tax and $19.9 million after tax, or $0.11 per diluted common share;
• A net reserve decrease related to assumption updates of $357.4 million before tax and $282.6 million after tax, or $1.50 per diluted common share; and
• A loss resulting from a legal settlement of $15.3 million before tax and $12.1 million after tax, or $0.06 per diluted common share.
Excluding these items, after-tax adjusted operating income for 2025 was $1,406.0 million, or $8.13 per diluted common share compared to $1,588.2 million, or $8.44 per diluted common share for 2024. See "Closed Block Long-Term Care and Unum US Individual Disability Reinsurance Transaction", "Settlement Loss on the U.S. Pension Plan Annuity Purchase", "Accelerated Charitable Contribution", "Loss on Legal Settlement" and "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures" contained herein in this Item 7 and Notes 3, 11, 14 and 15 contained herein Item 8 for a reconciliation of these items.
Our Unum US segment reported income before income tax and net investment gains and losses of $1,427.6 million in 2025 compared to $1,582.8 million in 2024, which include the reserve assumption updates that occurred during the third quarters of 2025 and 2024. Also included in our Unum US segment results for 2025, are the amortization of the deferred gain on reinsurance and the impact of non-contemporaneous reinsurance both of which resulted from the Closed Block long-term care and Unum US individual disability reinsurance transaction (Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction). Excluding these items, our Unum US segment reported lower adjusted operating income of $1,271.9 million in 2025 compared to $1,439.2 million in 2024 , primarily due to less favorable benefits experience, partially offset by higher premiums. Th e benefit ratio, excluding the reserve assumption updates and the impact of non-contemporaneous reinsurance, for our Unum US segment for 2025 was 60.2 percent, compared to 58.2 percent in 2024. Unum US sale s decreased 0.6 percent in 2025 compared to 2024. See "Closed Block Long-Term Care and Unum US Individual Disability Reinsurance Transaction" contained herein for further discussion of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction.
Our Unum International segment reported income before income tax and net investment gains and losses of $157.7 million in 2025 compared to $150.3 million in 2024, which include the reserve assumption updates during the third quarters of 2025 and 2024 . Excluding these items, our Unum International segment reported adjusted operating income of $152.3 million in 2025
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compared to $157.8 million in 2024. As measured in local currency, o ur Unum UK line of business reported lower adjusted operating income, which excludes the reserve assumption updates, of £107.5 million in 2025 compared to £117.8 million in 2024, primarily due to unfavorable benefits experience in the group long-term disability product line, partially offset by higher premium income and higher net investment income. The benefit ratio for our Unum UK line of business, excluding the reserve assumption updates, was 73.5 percent in 2025 compared to 69.8 percent in 2024. Unum International sales, as measured in U.S. dollars, increased 5.5 percent in 2025 compared to 2024. Unum UK sales, as measured in local currency, decreased 3.1 percent in 2025 compared to 2024.
Our Colonial Life segment reported income before income tax and net investment gains and losses of $472.5 million in 2025 compared to $512.7 million in 2024, which include the reserve assumption updates during the third quarters of 2025 and 2024. Excluding these items, our Colonial Life segment reported adjusted operating income of $463.6 million in 2025 compared to $466.7 million in 2024, primarily due to less favorable benefits experience as well as higher operating expenses, partially offset by higher premium income. The benefit ratio, excluding the reserve assumption updates, for Colonial Life was 48.1 percent in 2025 compared to 47.7 percent in 2024. Colonial Life sales increased 5.3 percent in 2025 compared to 2024.
Our Closed Block segment reported a loss before income tax and net investment gains and losses of $722.3 million in 2025 compared to income before income tax and net investment gains and losses of $246.6 million in 2024, which includes the reserve assumption updates that occurred during the third quarters of 2025 and 2024, the amortization of the cost of reinsurance, and the impact of non-contemporaneous reinsurance. Excluding these items, our Closed Block segment reported lower adjusted operating income of $63.5 million in 2025 compared to $137.8 million in 2024, primarily due to lower net investment income driven by a decrease in the level of invested assets. The net premium ratio for long-term care increased to 97.5 percent at December 31, 2025 from 94.6 percent at December 31, 2024.
A rising interest rate environment could positively impact our yields on new investments, but could also increase unrealized losses in our current holdings. Alternatively, a declining interest rate environment could negatively impact our yields on new investments, but could also reduce unrealized losses in our current holdings. As of December 31, 2025, we do not hold any securities with a decline in fair value below amortized cost which we intend to sell nor any securities for which it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell before recovery in amortized cost for which an impairmentloss was not recorded. The net unrealized loss on our fixed maturity securities was $1.7 billion and $2.6 billion at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, with the decrease due primarily to a decrease in U.S. Treasury rates. The earned book yield on our investment portfolio decreased to 4.35 percent for 2025 compared to a yield of 4.44 percent for 2024.
Additionally, a rising interest rate environment could result in reserve decreases while a declining interest rate environment could result in reserve increases, specific to our liability for future policy benefits, as the reserve discount rate assumptions used in the calculation of our liability are updated at each reporting date using a yield that is reflective of an upper-medium grade fixed income instrument, which is generally equivalent to a single-A interest rate matched to the duration of certain of our insurance liabilities. The change in discount rate assumptions on the liability for future policy benefits, net of reinsurance, due primarily to the decrease in U.S Treasury rates during 2025, resulted in an increase to the liability for future policy benefits, net of reinsurance, of approximately $0.3 billion.
We believe our capital and financial positions are strong. At December 31, 2025, the RBC ratio for our traditional U.S. insurance subsidiaries, calculated on a weighted average basis using the NAIC Company Action Level formula, was approximately 440 percent, which is in line with our expectations. We repurchased 13.6 million shares of Unum Group common stock under our share repurchase program, at a cost of $1,011.7 million, which includes commissions and excise tax. Our weighted average common shares outstanding, assuming dilution, equaled 172.9 million and 188.1 million for 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, Unum Group and our intermediate holding companies had available holding company liquidity of $2,344.1 million that was held primarily in bank deposits, commercial paper, money market funds, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and asset backed securities.
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Closed Block Long-Term Care and Unum US Individual Disability Reinsurance Transaction
In February 2025, Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Unum America) entered into a master transaction agreement with Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) which resulted in the execution of a coinsurance agreement (reinsurance agreement) during July 2025. This reinsurance agreement reinsures a portion of our Closed Block long-term care business and a portion of our Unum US individual disability business on a coinsurance basis to Fortitude Re effective January 2025. The reinsurance agreement represents approximately 21 percent of total Closed Block long-term care future policy benefits and approximately 15 percent of Unum US individual disability future policy benefits as of December 31, 2024.
Upon closing the transaction in July 2025, we transferred to Fortitude Re $953.5 million of cash as well as fixed maturity securities with a fair value totaling $3,230.1 million and accrued investment income of $47.1 million. After consideration of the final settlement, the final ceding commission related to this transaction was $442.3 million. Fortitude Re established and will maintain a collateralized trust account for the benefit of Unum America to secure its obligations under the reinsurance agreement.
As a result of this reinsurance agreement, we recognized the following:
• Net realized investment loss totaling $46.8 million during the year ended 2025.
• Reinsurance recoverable of $3,620.5 million comprised of ceded reserves of $3,315.2 million related to the Closed Block long-term care product line and $305.3 million related to the Unum US individual disability product line.
• Cost of reinsurance of $848.2 million related to the Closed Block long-term care product line and a deferred gain on reinsurance related to the Unum US individual disability product line of $145.9 million.
• Write-off of deferred acquisition costs related to the Unum US individual disability product line of $100.3 million which is included as a component of deferred gain on reinsurance.
In July 2025, immediately prior to entering into the reinsurance agreement with Fortitude Re, Unum America recaptured the aforementioned Closed Block long-term care business from Fairwind Insurance Company (Fairwind), an affiliated captive reinsurer, and assumed the aforementioned Unum US individual disability business from Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company (Provident), an affiliate.
See "Investments" and "Liquidity and Capital Resources" contained herein Item 7, and Notes 3 and 14 in the "Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein Item 8 for further information.
2025, 2024, and 2023 Reserve Assumption Updates
During the third quarters of 2025, 2024, and 2023, we completed our annual cash flow assumption review and updated certain of our assumptions used to develop the liability for future policy benefits. For more information see "Critical Accounting Estimates" included herein in this Item 7 as well as Note 6 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Settlement Loss on the U.S. Pension Plan Annuity Purchase
During the fourth quarter of 2025, we incurred a loss of $103.8 million before tax within our Corporate segment related to a purchase of an annuity contract which transferred a portion of our U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plan obligation to a third-party. The loss is recorded within other expenses in the consolidated statements of income. For more information see Note 11 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Accelerated Charitable Contribution
During the fourth quarter of 2025, we incurred an expense related to an accelerated charitable contribution of $20.0 million before tax within our Corporate segment. The expense is recorded within other expenses in the consolidated statements of income. For more information see Note 15 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
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Loss on Legal Settlement
During the third quarter of 2024, we incurred a loss of $15.3 million before tax within our Corporate segment for the settlement of an employment-related matter. $4.9 million of the loss is recorded within compensation expense and $10.4 million of the loss is recorded within other expenses in the consolidated statements of income. For more information see Note 15 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
In July 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into U.S. law. We do not expect the OBBBA to have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
Inflation Reduction Act
In August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law in the U.S. and includes certain corporate tax provisions effective January 1, 2023. The IRA imposed a 15 percent corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) on adjusted financial statement income (AFSI) on corporations that have average AFSI over $1.0 billion in any prior three-year period, starting with years 2020 to 2022. Our company is an applicable corporation and we have recorded a CAMT liability as of December 31, 2025. We do not expect CAMT to impact earnings since it is offset with a minimum tax credit toward regular income tax in subsequent years. The IRA also imposed a one percent excise tax on fair market value of corporate stock repurchases after December 31, 2022. This excise tax is recorded as part of the cost basis of treasury stock and is assessed on the fair market value of stock purchases, reduced by the fair value of any shares issued during the period.
Global Minimum Tax
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has established model rules to ensure a minimum level of tax of 15 percent (Pillar Two) for multinational companies. Several jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Poland have adopted Pillar Two beginning on or after December 31, 2023. We have not recorded material Pillar Two taxes as of December 31, 2025. We will continue to monitor legislative developments.
U.K. Tax Law Change
In June 2021, the Finance Act 2021 was enacted, resulting in a U.K. tax rate increase from 19 percent to 25 percent, effective April 1, 2023.
Consolidated Company Outlook for 2026
We believe our strategy of providing financial protection products at the workplace puts us in a position of strength. We continue to fulfill our corporate purpose of helping the working world thrive throughout life’s moments by providing an excellent experience centered on service, expertise and empathy to people at their time of need. Our strategy remains centered on growing our core businesses, through investing and transforming our operations and technology to anticipate and respond to the changing needs of our customers, expanding into new adjacent markets through meaningful partnerships and effective deployment of our capital across our portfolio.
In 2025, earnings in our core businesses remained strong, although they declined compared to the prior year. We expect earnings growth in our core operations to resume in 2026. The products and services we provide deliver significant value to employers, employees and their families, and we believe this will help drive strong premium growth in 2026.
A rising interest rate environment could positively impact our yields on new investments, but could also increase unrealized losses in our current holdings. Alternatively, a declining interest rate environment could negatively impact our yields on new investments, but could also reduce unrealized losses in our current holdings. We may also continue to experience further volatility in miscellaneous investment income primarily related to changes in partnership net asset values as well as bond calls.
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As part of our discipline in pricing and reserving, we continuously monitor emerging claim trends and interest rates. We will continue to take appropriate pricing actions on new business and renewals that are reflective of the current environment and may continue to utilize derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate risk.
Our business is well-diversified by geography within our markets, industry exposures and case size, and we continue to analyze and employ strategies that we believe will help us navigate the current environment. These strategies allow us to maintain financial flexibility to support the needs of our businesses, while also returning capital to our shareholders. We have strong core businesses that have a track record of generating significant free cash flow, and we will continue to invest in our operations and expand into adjacent markets where we can best leverage our expertise and capabilities to capture market growth opportunities as those opportunities emerge. We believe that consistent operating results, combined with the implementation of strategic initiatives and the effective deployment of capital, will allow us to meet our financial objectives.
Further discussion is included in "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures," "Consolidated Operating Results," "Segment Results," "Investments," and "Liquidity and Capital Resources" contained herein in this Item 7 and in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures
We analyze our performance using non-GAAP financial measures. A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's performance, financial position, or cash flows that excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The non-GAAP financial measure of "after-tax adjusted operating income" differs from net income as presented in our consolidated operating results and income statements prepared in accordance with GAAP due to the exclusion of investment gains or losses, certain impacts from reinsurance transactions, reserve assumption updates and certain other items as specified in the reconciliations below. We believe after-tax adjusted operating income is a better performance measure and better indicator of the profitability and underlying trends in our business.
Investment gains or losses primarily include realized investment gains or losses, expected investment credit losses, impairmentlosses, and gains or losses on derivatives. Investment gains or losses depend on market conditions and do not necessarily relate to decisions regarding the underlying business of our segments. Our investment focus is on investment income to support our insurance liabilities as opposed to the generation of investment gains or losses. Although we may experience investment gains or losses which will affect future earnings levels, a long-term focus is necessary to maintain profitability over the life of the business since our underlying business is long-term in nature, and we need to earn the interest rates assumed in calculating our liabilities.
At times, we utilize reinsurance transactions to manage risk related to certain portions of our business including the exit of portions of our Closed Block businesses. As a result, we exclude the amortization of the cost of reinsurance and the amortization of the deferred gain on reinsurance that are recognized after the closing of these transactions. We also exclude the impact of non-contemporaneous reinsurance for these transactions. While the total equity impact of non-contemporaneous reinsurance is neutral, the difference in original discount rates utilized for direct and ceded reserves results in a disproportionate earnings impact. We believe that the exclusion of these items provides a better view of our results from our ongoing businesses.
Cash flow assumptions used to calculate our liability for future policy benefits are reviewed at least annually and updated, as needed, with the resulting impact reflected in net income. While the effects of these assumption updates are recorded in the reporting period in which the review is completed, these updates reflect experience emergence and changes to expectations spanning multiple periods. We believe that by excluding the impact of reserve assumption updates we are providing a more comparable and consistent view of our results.
We may at other times exclude certain other items from our discussion of financial ratios and metrics in order to enhance the understanding and comparability of our operational performance and the underlying fundamentals, but this exclusion is not an indication that similar items may not recur and does not replace net income or net loss as a measure of our overall profitability.
See "Executive Summary," "Investments," and "Critical Accounting Estimates" contained herein in Item 7 and Notes 3, 6, 11, 14, and 15 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion regarding the items specified in the reconciliation below.
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A reconciliation of GAAP financial measures to our non-GAAP financial measures is as follows:
Year Ended December 31
(in millions)
per share *
(in millions)
per share *
(in millions)
per share *
Net Income
Excluding:
Net Investment Loss
Net Investment Loss Related to the Fortitude Re Reinsurance Transaction (net of tax benefit of $9.9; $—; $—)
Net Investment Loss, Other (net of tax benefit of $13.2; $7.6; $7.8)
Total Net Investment Loss
Amortization of the Cost of Reinsurance (net of tax benefit of $24.5; $8.7; $9.3)
Amortization of the Deferred Gain on Reinsurance (net of tax expense of $1.9; $—; $—)
Non-Contemporaneous Reinsurance (net of tax benefit of $6.3; $5.2; $7.3)
Reserve Assumption Updates (net of tax expense (benefit) of $(100.7); $74.8; $(37.9))
Settlement Loss on the U.S. Pension Plan Annuity Purchase (net of tax benefit of $21.8; $—; $—)
Accelerated Charitable Contribution (net tax benefit of $4.2; $—; $—)
Loss on Legal Settlement (net of tax benefit of $—; $3.2; $—)
After-tax Adjusted Operating Income
* Assuming Dilution
We measure and analyze our segment performance on the basis of "adjusted operating revenue" and "adjusted operating income" or "adjusted operating loss", which differ from total revenue and income before income tax as presented in our consolidated statements of income due to the exclusion of investment gains and losses, certain impacts from reinsurance transactions, reserve assumption updates, and certain other items specified in the reconciliations below. These performance measures are in accordance with GAAP guidance for segment reporting, but they should not be viewed as a substitute for total revenue, income before income tax, or net income.
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A reconciliation of total revenue to "adjusted operating revenue" and income before income tax to "adjusted operating income" is as follows:
Year Ended December 31
(in millions of dollars)
Total Revenue
Excluding:
Net Investment Loss
Amortization of the Deferred Gain on Reinsurance
Adjusted Operating Revenue
Income Before Income Tax
Excluding:
Net Investment Loss
Net Investment Loss Related to the Fortitude Re Reinsurance Transaction
Net Investment Loss, Other
Total Net Investment Loss
Amortization of the Cost of Reinsurance
Amortization of the Deferred Gain on Reinsurance
Non-Contemporaneous Reinsurance
Reserve Assumption Updates
Settlement Loss on the U.S. Pension Plan Annuity Purchase
Accelerated Charitable Contribution
Loss on Legal Settlement
Adjusted Operating Income
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Critical Accounting Estimates
We prepare our financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in our financial statements and accompanying notes. Estimates and assumptions could change in the future as more information becomes known, which could impact the amounts reported and disclosed in our financial statements.
The accounting estimates deemed to be most critical to our financial position and results of operations are those related to the liability for future policy benefits, valuation of investments, income taxes, and contingent liabilities. For additional information, refer to our significant accounting policies in Note 1 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Liability for Future Policy Benefits
Liabilities for future policy benefits represent the cost of claims that we estimate we will eventually pay to our policyholders and the related expenses for our non interest-sensitive products. Liability for future policy benefits includes policy liabilities for claims not yet incurred and for claims that have been incurred or are estimated to have been incurred but not yet reported to us. Liability for future policy benefits equaled $38.0 billion and $36.8 billion at December 31, 2025 and 2024, or approximately 72.6 percent and 72.2 percent of our total liabilities, respectively. Liability for future policy benefits ceded to reinsurers was $10.3 billion and $7.0 billion at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and are reported as a reinsurance recoverable in our consolidated balance sheets.
Liabilities for future policy benefits are initially established in the same period in which we issue a policy, and equal the difference between projected future policy benefits and projected future premiums, allowing a margin for expenses and profit. The liabilities for future policy benefits build up and release over time, based on the emergence of cash flows, including premiums received and claims paid, and updated expectations for future cash flows.
Liabilities for future policy benefits are updated at each reporting date to reflect changes in the liability based on policy development over time, emerging experience, and any assumption updates required to maintain the best estimate basis for expected future cash flows as required by GAAP. These future policy benefit liabilities are based on actual known facts regarding the liability, such as the benefits available under the applicable policy, the covered benefit period, the age, and, as appropriate, the occupation and cause of disability of the claimant, as well as assumptions derived from our actual historical experience and expected future changes in experience for factors such as the claim duration, claim administration expenses, discount rate, policy benefit offsets, including those for social security and other government-based welfare benefits. The liability for future policy benefits also includes the liabilities for incurred claims.
Future policy benefit liabilities primarily relate to our traditional long-duration products which include our group, individual disability and certain of our voluntary benefits products in our Unum US segment; group, individual disability and life products in our Unum International segment; certain of our voluntary benefits products in our Colonial Life segment; and long-term care and certain of our other products in our Closed Block segment.
In calculating the liability for future policy benefits, our long-duration contracts are grouped into cohorts by product type and contract issue year. Liabilities for future policy benefits for claims not yet incurred are generally determined using the net premium model as prescribed by GAAP. At each reporting period, the liability for future policy benefits is remeasured at the current discount rate with the change recorded in other comprehensive income.
The calculation of the liability for future policy benefits involves numerous assumptions including discount rate, lapses, mortality, and morbidity. Certain product lines may utilize additional assumptions in calculating the liability for future policy benefits in addition to those listed above such as premium rate increases for long-term care, benefit offsets for Unum US long-term disability, claim costs for Unum US voluntary benefits and Colonial Life, and inflation-linked benefits for Unum UK group disability and group life. Claim costs capture the combined effect of the incidence rate, the expected level of benefit to be paid, and the claim resolution rate. Cash flow assumptions are reviewed and updated, as needed, at least annually. Assumptions may be updated more frequently, if necessary, based on trending experience.
On a quarterly basis, cohort level cash flow measures are updated based on the emergence of actual experience. The updated cash flows, based on experience emergence and any assumption updates, are used to determine the updated net premiums, the
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portion of the gross premium required to provide for all benefits and expenses, excluding acquisition costs or any costs that are required to be charged to expense as incurred. The updated net premium ratio is used to calculate the updated liability for future policy benefits as of the beginning of year, at the original discount rate. To the extent the present value of future benefits and expenses exceeds the present value of future gross premiums, an immediate charge is recognized in net income, such that net premiums are set equal to gross premiums. Future policy benefit liabilities are floored at zero at the cohort level in situations where the liabilities for future policy benefits are less than zero. The change in the liability for future policy benefits, at the original discount rate, as of the beginning of the period, resulting from cash flow changes, including changes in cash flow assumptions, is reflected as the change in benefits - remeasurement gain or loss in the consolidated statements of income. The impact of all other changes in the liability for future policy benefits are reflected as policy benefits in the consolidated statements of income.
Key Assumptions
The calculation of the liability for future policy benefits involves numerous assumptions, but the primary assumptions used to calculate the liability are (1) the discount rate, (2) the claim resolution rate, (3) the claim incidence rate, and (4) policyholder lapse and mortality:
1. The discount rate , which is used in calculating the liability for future policy benefits, is the interest rate that we use to discount future cash flows including premium and claim payments to determine the present value. A higher discount rate produces a lower reserve. If the discount rate is higher than our future investment returns, our invested assets will not earn enough investment income to support our future claim payments. The original discount rates are initially set at the transition date of accounting standard updated (ASU) 2018-12, which was January 1, 2021, for policies originally issued before the transition date, or at the policy issuance date, for policies issued on or after the transition date. For policies issued on or after the transition date, the original discount rate assumptions reflect an upper-medium grade (low-credit risk) fixed-income instrument yield based on the currency in which the liabilities are assumed and matched to the duration of the insurance liabilities. For all cohorts, the liability is then remeasured at each reporting period using the current discount rate reflective of an upper-medium grade fixed-income instrument. We primarily utilize a forward curve which is derived from the underlying spot curve using interpolation to develop an ultimate forward rate.
2. The claim resolution rate is the probability that a disability or long-term care claim will close due to recovery or death of the insured and it is used to estimate how long benefits will be paid for a claim. Estimated resolution rates that are set too high will result in liabilities that are lower than they need to be to pay the claim benefits over time. Claim resolution assumptions involve many factors, including the cause of disability, the policyholder's age, the type of contractual benefits provided including benefit elections, and the time since initial disability. We primarily use our own claim experience to develop our claim resolution assumptions. These assumptions are established for the probability of death and the probability of recovery from disability. Our studies incorporate actual claim resolution experience over a number of years and consider any observed trends over the study period. We also consider any expected future changes in claim resolution experience.
3. The incidence rate is the rate at which new claims are submitted to us. The incidence rate is affected by many factors, including the age of the insured, the insured's occupation or industry, the benefit plan design, and certain external factors such as consumer confidence and levels of unemployment. We establish our incidence assumption using a historical review of actual incidence results along with an outlook of future incidence expectations.
4. Policyholder lapse and mortality assumption s reflect the probability that insureds’ coverage is discontinued due to lapsation or death of the insured. For our life insurance products, mortality assumptions also reflect the probability that a benefit payment occurs. These rates are affected by many factors, including the age of the insured, the insured's occupation or industry, the benefit plan design, and the length of time from policy or certificate issue to valuation date. We establish our mortality and lapse assumptions using a historical review of actual results along with an outlook of future expectations.
Establishing liability for future policy benefit assumptions is complex and involves many factors. Liabilities for future policy benefits, particularly for policies offering insurance coverage for long-term disabilities and long-term care, are dependent on numerous assumptions other than just those presented in the preceding discussion. The impact of internal and external events, such as changes in claims operational procedures, economic trends such as the rate of unemployment and the level of consumer
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confidence, the emergence of new diseases, new trends and developments in medical treatments, and legal trends and legislative changes, including changes to social security and other government-based welfare benefits programs which provide policy benefit offsets, among other factors, will influence claim incidence rates, claim resolution rates, and claim costs. In addition, for policies offering coverage for disability or long-term care at advanced ages, the level and pattern of mortality rates at advanced ages will impact overall benefit costs. Reserve assumptions differ by product line and by policy type within a product line. Additionally, in any period and over time, our actual experience may have a positive or negative variance from our long-term assumptions, either singularly or collectively, and these variances may offset each other. We review our assumptions at least annually with a long-term view of our expected experience over the life of a block of business rather than test just one or a few assumptions independently that may be aberrant over a short period of time. Based on this review, we update our assumptions to reflect our current best estimates. Therefore, while it is possible to evaluate the sensitivity of overall results in our liability for future policy benefits based upon a change in each individual assumption, the actual impacts of changes to a variety of underlying assumptions must be considered in the aggregate by product line in order to judge the overall potential implications to the liability for future policy benefits. The following sections present the impacts of our most recent cash flow assumption reviews and an overview of our trend analysis for key assumptions and the results of variability in our assumptions, in aggregate, for the liabilities for future policy benefits which we believe are reasonably possible to have a material impact on our future financial results if actual claims yield a materially different amount than what we currently expect and have reserved for, either favorable or unfavorable.
Cash Flow Assumption Review
Our cash flow assumption reviews during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 resulted in the following impacts to net income as a result of updating certain assumptions related to the liability for future policy benefits:
December 31
(in millions of dollars)
Cash Flow Assumption Update Impacts to Income Before Income Tax
Unum US
Group Disability
Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Voluntary Benefits
Individual Disability
Total Unum US
Unum International
Colonial Life
Closed Block
Long-term Care
Closed Block - All Other
Total Closed Block
Cash Flow Assumption Update Impacts to Income Before Income Tax
Cash Flow Assumption Update Impacts to Net Income
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2025 Significant Cash Flow Assumption Updates:
The cash flow assumption updates in our Closed Block segment were primarily driven by the long-term care product line. The impact to income before income tax for this product line was $643.1 million. However, there were also updates to the assumptions for the portion of the long-term care product line which was included in the block ceded as a part of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction. We increased our liability for future policy benefits by $82.0 million as a result of the assumption updates related to the ceded block with a corresponding increase in our consolidated balance sheet as a reinsurance recoverable. The total cash flow assumption updates in the long-term care product line increased our liability for future policy benefits due primarily to the removal of the morbidity and mortality improvement assumptions. Also contributing were higher expectations for claim incidence assumptions, and the removal of future assumptions related to new enrollments on existing group cases, partially offset by an increase to expected future premium rate approvals and higher expectations for claim terminations.
The cash flow assumption updates in our Unum US group long-term disability product line reduced our liability for future policy benefits by $105.8 million, due primarily to claim resolution assumptions driven by favorable claim recovery trends as well as higher mortality expectations.
The cash flow assumption updates in our Unum US individual disability product line reduced our liability for future policy benefits by $27.7 million, due primarily to favorable claim incidence and recovery trends.
2024 Significant Cash Flow Assumption Updates:
The cash flow assumption updates in our Unum US group long-term disability product line reduced our liability for future policy benefits by $90.0 million, due primarily to claim resolution assumptions driven by favorable claim recovery trends.
The cash flow assumption updates in our Unum US individual disability product line reduced our liability for future policy benefits by $52.8 million, due primarily to favorable claim incidence trends.
The cash flow assumption updates in our Colonial Life segment reduced our liability for future policy benefits by $46.0 million, due primarily to improved claim cost assumptions.
The cash flow assumption updates in our Closed Block segment were primarily driven by the long-term care product line which reduced our liability for future policy benefits by $174.1 million, due primarily to an increase to expected premium rate increase approvals within our existing premium rate increase program, partially offset by lower than expected persistency on group policies.
2023 Significant Cash Flow Assumption Updates:
The cash flow assumption updates in our Unum US group long-term disability product line reduced our liability for future policy benefits by $121.0 million, due primarily to claim resolution assumptions driven by favorable claim recovery trends.
The cash flow assumption updates in our Colonial Life segment reduced our liability for future policy benefits by $80.7 million, due primarily to improvement in certain of our claim cost assumptions and increased policyholder lapse rates.
The cash flow assumption updates in our Closed Block segment were primarily driven by the long-term care product line which increased our liability for future policy benefits by $368.1 million, due primarily to lower expectations for active policy lapse and mortality assumptions, partially offset by an increase to expected premium rate increase approvals within our existing premium rate increase program.
Trends in Key Assumptions
Generally, we do not expect our mortality and morbidity claim incidence trends or our persistency trends to change significantly in the short-term, and to the extent that these trends do change, we expect those changes to be gradual over a longer period of time. We have historically experienced an increase in our group long-term disability morbidity claim incidence trends during and following a recessionary period and believe claim incidence trends may continue to somewhat follow general economic conditions and demographics of the general workforce.
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The long-term discount rates underlying our liabilities are reflective of rates based on the issue year of the cohort or rates underlying the liabilities at transition to the updated accounting basis as prescribed by ASU 2018-12. The discount rate assumption for new cohorts, after the transition date, is based on the interest rate of an upper-medium grade fixed-income instrument for that cohort period.
Our claim resolution rate assumption used in determining the liability for future policy benefits is our expectation of the resolution rate we will experience over the life of the block of business and will vary from actual experience in any one period, both favorably and unfavorably. Claim resolution rates are very sensitive to operational and environmental changes and have a greater chance of significant variability in a shorter period of time than our other reserve assumptions. These rates are reviewed on a quarterly basis for the death and recovery components separately. While claim resolution rates in our Unum US group long-term disability product line have exhibited an increasing trend over the last several years, this trend has been slowing in recent periods.
Sensitivity Analysis
We monitor our key assumptions and test the sensitivity of our liability for future policy benefits under a range of scenarios. This sensitivity analysis is completed at least annually for our product lines with a higher level of estimation uncertainty and utilizes the liability for future policy benefits valued at the original discount rate. See "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk" contained herein in Item 7A for information regarding the sensitivity of the current discount rate used to remeasure the liability for future policy benefits at each reporting date.
In our estimation, scenarios based on certain variations in each of our assumptions for our Unum US group long-term disability product line could produce a change of approximately $80 million which represents 1.7 percent of our Unum US group disability liability for future policy benefits balance. Of the assumptions impacting the estimated change in the liability for future policy benefits, the largest contributor is the claim resolution rate for which we assumed a change of approximately 10 percent.
In our estimation, scenarios based on certain possible variations in each of our assumptions for our Colonial Life segment could produce a change of approximately $50 million which represents 2.5 percent of our Colonial Life liability for future policy benefits balance. Of the assumptions impacting the estimated change in the liability for future policy benefits, the largest contributor is the claim costs, for which we assumed a change of approximately 5 percent.
We also consider variability in our assumptions related to the long-term care liability for future policy benefits. In our estimation, scenarios based on certain variations in each of our assumptions could produce potential results as illustrated in the chart below. The liability for future policy benefits for long-term care is based upon a number of key assumptions, and each assumption has various factors which may impact the long-term outcome. Key assumptions with respect to active policy lapses and mortality, claim incidence and resolutions, and future premium rate increases must incorporate extended views of expectations for many years into the future. The liability for future policy benefits is highly sensitive to these estimates. Key assumptions and related impacts are also heavily interrelated in both their outcome and in their effects on the liability for future policy benefits. For example, changes in the view of morbidity and mortality might be mitigated by either potential future premium rate increases and/or morbidity improvements due to general improvement in health and/or medical breakthroughs. There is a potentially wide range of outcomes for each assumption and in totality. As a result, and given the size of the long-term care liability for future policy benefits in relation to the total liability for future policy benefits, our sensitivity analysis for long-term care reflects the potential impact to the present value of gross liability cash flows for future policy benefits for updates to our key assumptions. The sensitivity analysis related to our key assumptions for the long-term care liability for future policy benefits is as shown below. The impact of changes to these assumptions would partially be reflected in the period in which the assumptions are updated and partially across future periods. Our key assumptions for long-term care no longer include an expectation for incremental morbidity and mortality improvement. Given the significant changes in certain assumptions, the below sensitivity analysis was completed as of the third quarter of 2025 at which point the most recent assumption update review occurred.
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PV Gross LFPB Cash Flows 1
Net of Reinsurance
Long-Term Care Cash Flow Assumptions
Sensitivity
Unfavorable
Favorable
(in millions of dollars)
Active Policy Lapses and Mortality
Claim Incidence
Claim Resolutions
Future Unapproved Premium Rate Increases
1 Present value of cash flows specific to the LFPB at original discount rate, except using gross premiums instead of net premiums.
The impact to current period liability for future benefits would be smaller in magnitude than the present value of gross liability for future policy benefits cash flows due to the updating of the net premium ratio. The current period liability for future policy benefits impact may be asymmetrical (i.e. larger for the unfavorable scenario) for some sensitivities if the assumption update causes the net premium ratio to be capped at 100 percent for any given cohort. The present value of gross liability for future policy benefits cash flows presented above is net of reinsurance while the current period liability for future policy benefits includes all direct business.
We believe that these sensitivities provide a reasonable estimate of the possible changes in liability for future policy benefit balances for those product lines where we believe it is possible that variability in the assumptions, in the aggregate, could result in a material impact on our liability for future policy benefit levels, but we record our liability for future policy benefits based on our long-term best estimate for our cohorts and these assumptions are reviewed and updated annually to reflect the current best estimates. Product lines that have long-term claim payout periods have a greater potential for significant variability in claim costs, either positive or negative. We closely monitor emerging experience and use these results to inform our view of long-term assumptions.
Fair Value of Investments
All of our fixed maturity securities, which are classified as available-for-sale, and all of our unrestricted equity securities are reported at fair value. Our derivative financial instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, are reported as either assets or liabilities and measured at fair value. We report our investments in private equity partnerships at our share of the partnerships' net asset value or its equivalent (NAV), as a practical expedient for fair value.
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and therefore represents an exit price, not an entry price. The exit price objective applies regardless of our intent and/or ability to sell the asset or transfer the liability at the measurement date. We generally use valuation techniques consistent with the market approach, and to a lesser extent, the income approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information from market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities and the income approach converts future amounts, such as cash flows or earnings, to a single present value amount, or a discounted amount. We believe the market approach valuation technique provides more observable data than the income approach, considering the types of investments we hold.
The degree of judgment utilized in measuring the fair value of financial instruments generally correlates to the level of pricing observability. Financial instruments with readily available active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices in active markets generally have more pricing observability and less judgment utilized in measuring fair value. The market sources from which we obtain or derive the fair values of our assets and liabilities carried at market value include quoted market prices for actual trades, price quotes from third-party pricing vendors, price quotes we obtain from outside brokers, discounted cash flow, and observable prices for similar publicly traded or privately traded issues that incorporate the credit quality and industry sector of the issuer. Our fair value measurements could differ significantly based on the valuation technique and available inputs.
Inputs to valuation techniques refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants use in pricing assets or liabilities, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value
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and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. We use observable and unobservable inputs in measuring the fair value of our financial instruments. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources. Unobservable inputs are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances, and reflect our evaluation of the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
Certain of our investments do not have readily determinable market prices and/or observable inputs or may at times be affected by the lack of market liquidity. For these securities, we use internally prepared valuations, including valuations based on estimates of future profitability, to estimate the fair value. Additionally, we may obtain prices from independent third-party brokers to aid in establishing valuations for certain of these securities. Key assumptions used by us to determine fair value for these securities include risk-free interest rates, risk premiums, performance of underlying collateral (if any), and other factors involving significant assumptions which may or may not reflect those of an active market.
As of December 31, 2025, approximately 12.0 percent of our fixed maturity securities were categorized as Level 1, 87.5 percent as Level 2, and 0.5 percent as Level 3. Level 1 is the highest category of the three-level fair value hierarchy classification wherein inputs are unadjusted and represent quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. The Level 2 category includes assets or liabilities valued using inputs (other than those included in the Level 1 category) that are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument's anticipated life. The Level 3 category is the lowest category of the fair value hierarchy and reflects the judgment of management regarding what market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at the measurement date using unobservable inputs to extrapolate an estimated fair value.
Rapidly changing credit and equity market conditions can materially impact the valuation of securities, and the period to period changes in value can vary significantly.
See "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk" for information regarding the sensitivity of the estimated fair value for fixed maturity securities contained herein in Item 7A. See Note 2 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Investment Credit Losses
One of the significant estimates related to investments is our credit loss valuation. In determining when a decline in fair value below amortized cost of a fixed maturity security represents a credit loss, we evaluate the following factors:
• Whether we expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security
• Whether we intend to sell the security or will be required to sell the security before the recovery of its amortized cost basis
• Whether the security is current as to principal and interest payments
• The significance of the decline in value
• Current and future business prospects and trends of earnings
• The valuation of the security’s underlying collateral
• Relevant industry conditions and trends relative to their historical cycles
• Market conditions
• Rating agency and governmental actions
• Bid and offering prices and the level of trading activity
• Adverse changes in estimated cash flows for securitized investments
• Changes in fair value subsequent to the balance sheet date
• Any other key measures for the related security
We evaluate available information, including the factors noted above, both positive and negative, in reaching our conclusions. In particular, we also consider the strength of the issuer’s balance sheet, its debt obligations and near term funding requirements, cash flow and liquidity, the profitability of its core businesses, the availability of marketable assets which could be sold to increase liquidity, its industry fundamentals and regulatory environment, and its access to capital markets. Although all available and applicable factors are considered in our analysis, our expectation of recovering the entire amortized cost basis of the security, whether we intend to sell the security, whether it is more likely than not we will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost, and whether the security is current on principal and interest payments are the most critical
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factors in determining whether a credit loss is possible. The significance of the decline in value is also an important factor, but we generally do not record a credit loss based solely on this factor, since often other more relevant factors will impact our evaluation of a security.
While determining whether a credit loss exists is a judgmental area, we utilize a formal, well-defined, and disciplined process to monitor and evaluate our fixed income investment portfolio, supported by issuer specific research and documentation as of the end of each period. The process results in a thorough evaluation of investments and the recording of credit losses on a timely basis for investments determined to have credit loss.
We use a comprehensive rating system to evaluate the investment and credit risk of our mortgage loans and to identify specific properties for inspection and reevaluation. We estimate an allowance for credit losses that we expect to incur over the life of our mortgage loans using a probability of default method. For each loan, we estimate the probability that the loan will default before its maturity (probability of default) and the amount of the loss if the loan defaults (loss given default). These two factors result in an expected loss percentage that is applied to the amortized cost of each loan to determine the expected credit loss. Mortgage loans are reported at amortized cost less the allowance for expected credit losses with the change in expected credit losses recognized as an investment gain or loss in our consolidated statements of income.
There are a number of significant risks inherent in the process of monitoring our investments for credit losses and determining when and if a credit loss exists. These risks and uncertainties include the following possibilities:
• The assessment of a borrower's ability to meet its contractual obligations will change.
• The economic outlook, either domestic or foreign, may be less favorable or may have a more significant impact on the borrower than anticipated, and as such, the investment may not recover in value.
• New information may become available concerning the security, such as disclosure of accounting irregularities, fraud, or corporate governance issues.
• Significant changes in credit spreads may occur in the related industry.
• Significant increases in interest rates may occur and may not return to levels similar to when securities were initially purchased.
• Adverse rating agency actions may occur.
See Notes 1 and 3 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Income Taxes
We provide for federal, state, and foreign income taxes currently payable, as well as those deferred due to temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Our accounting for income taxes represents our best estimate of various events and transactions. The calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax laws in a multitude of jurisdictions, both domestic and foreign. The amount of income taxes we pay is subject to ongoing audits in various jurisdictions, and a material assessment by a governing tax authority could affect profitability.
We record a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Significant judgment is required in determining valuation allowances. In evaluating the ability to recover deferred tax assets, we consider all available positive and negative evidence including past operating results, the existence of cumulative losses in the most recent years, forecasted earnings, future taxable income, and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. We consider our investment strategies when evaluating the ability to recover deferred tax assets on unrealized losses on investments. In the event we determine that we more likely than not will not be able to realize all or part of our deferred tax assets in the future, an increase to the valuation allowance is recorded in the period such determination is made. Likewise, if it is later determined that it is more likely than not that those deferred tax assets will be realized, the previously provided valuation allowance is reversed.
In establishing a liability for unrecognized tax benefits, assumptions are made in determining whether, and to what extent, a tax position may be sustained. GAAP prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. The evaluation of a tax position is a two step process. The first step is to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. The second step is to measure a position that satisfies the recognition threshold at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate
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settlement. Tax positions that previously failed to meet the more likely than not threshold but that now satisfy the recognition threshold are recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which that threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the more likely than not recognition threshold are derecognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which that threshold is no longer met. If a previously recognized tax position is settled for an amount that is different from the amount initially measured, the difference will be recognized as a tax benefit or expense in the period the settlement is effective.
Changes in tax laws, tax regulations, or interpretations of such laws or regulations, could have an impact on our provision for income tax and our effective tax rate, which could significantly affect the amounts reported in our financial statements.
See "Regulation" contained herein in Item 1. See Note 9 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Contingent Liabilities
On a quarterly basis, we review relevant information with respect to litigation and contingencies to be reflected in our consolidated financial statements. An estimated loss is accrued when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. It is possible that our results of operations or cash flows in a particular period could be materially affected by an ultimate unfavorable outcome of pending litigation or regulatory matters depending, in part, on our results of operations or cash flows for the particular period. See Note 16 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Accounting Developments
For information on new accounting standards and the impact, if any, on our financial position or results of operations, see Note 1 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
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Consolidated Operating Results
(in millions of dollars)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Revenue
Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Net Investment Loss
Other Income
Total Revenue
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Loss (Gain)
Commissions
Interest and Debt Expense
Deferral of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs
Compensation Expense
Other Expenses
Total Benefits and Expenses
Income Before Income Tax
Income Tax
Net Income
N.M. = not a meaningful percentage
Fluctuations in exchange rates, particularly between the British pound sterling and the U.S. dollar for our U.K. operations, have an effect on our consolidated financial results. In periods when the pound weakens relative to the preceding period, translating pounds into dollars decreases current period results relative to the prior period. In periods when the pound strengthens, translating pounds into dollars increases current period results relative to the prior period.
The weighted average pound/dollar exchange rate for our Unum UK line of business was 1.318, 1.278, and 1.243 for 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. If the 2024 and 2023 results for our U.K. operations had been translated at the 2025 weighted average exchange rate, our adjusted operating revenue would have been approximately $28 million higher and $50 million higher in 2024 and 2023, respectively. Additionally, our adjusted operating income would have been approximately $5 million higher and $9 million higher in 2024 and 2023, respectively. However, except for a limited number of transactions, we do not actually convert pounds into dollars. As a result, we view foreign currency translation as a financial reporting item and not a reflection of operations or profitability in the U.K.
We reported year-over-year premium growth in 2025 in each of our core operating segments, primarily due to in-force block growth, sales, and the impacts from the recapture of a previously ceded block of business in our Unum US individual disability product line that occurred in 2025, partially offset by the expected run off in medical stop-loss in our Unum US segment and by the impact of ceding a portion of the Unum US individual disability product line as part of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction. Premium growth in 2024 was primarily attributable to favorable persistency and higher overall sales in our core operating segments. Premium income continues to decline in our Closed Block segment, as expected, and was accelerated by the impact of ceding a portion of the Closed Block long-term care product line as a part of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction in 2025.
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Net investment income was lower in 2025, relative to 2024, primarily related to a decrease in the level of invested assets supporting the Closed Block long-term care product line as a result of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction, partially offset by higher net investment income in our Corporate segment driven by an increase in the level of invested assets, and an increase in miscellaneous investment income. Net investment income was higher in 2024, relative to 2023, due primarily to higher miscellaneous investment income, primarily related to larger increases in the NAV on our private equity partnerships and an increase in the level of invested assets, partially offset by lower investment income from inflation index-linked bonds held by Unum UK.
Investment gains and losses in 2025 were primarily driven by the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction which resulted in a net loss of $46.8 million. In addition, we realized a $19.1 million loss on sales of fixed maturity securities relating to funding of a dividend from one of our subsidiaries in 2025. Our investment gains and losses on fixed maturity securities include net losses on sales of $38.2 million and $48.7 million in 2024, and 2023, respectively. See Note 3 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion.
Other income is primarily comprised of fee-based service products in the Unum US segment, which include leave management services and administrative services only business, and the underlying results and associated net investment income of certain assumed blocks of reinsured business in the Closed Block segment. Also included within other income for 2025 are the amortization of the deferred gain on reinsurance related to the Unum US individual disability product line as a part of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction and a gain on the recapture of a previously ceded block of business in the Unum US individual disability product line.
Overall benefits experience was unfavorable in 2025 relative to 2024 and 2023 with a consolidated benefit ratio, which includes the remeasurement gain or loss, of 74.5 percent in 2025 compared to 65.9 percent and 72.2 percent in 2024 and 2023, respectively. The underlying benefits experience for each of our operating segments is discussed more fully in "Segment Results" contained herein in this Item 7.
Commissions were higher in 2025 compared to 2024 primarily due to the continued impacts from the recapture of a previously ceded block of business in our Unum US individual disability product line that occurred in the first quarter of 2025 as well as sales in our core operating business segments, partially offset by the impacts from the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction for our Unum US individual disability product line. The deferral of acquisition costs was higher in 2025 compared to 2024 due primarily to an increase in commissions and other sales-related costs in our Colonial Life segment. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was generally consistent in 2025 compared to 2024. Commissions and the deferral of acquisition costs were higher in 2024 compared to 2023 driven primarily by higher overall sales in our Unum US segment and higher prior period sales in our Colonial Life segment. The increase in the amortization of deferred acquisition costs in 2024 compared to 2023 is due primarily to growth in the level of the deferred asset in our Unum US supplemental and voluntary product lines, Colonial Life segment, and Unum US group disability product line and the impact of increased policyholder lapses in certain of our Unum US supplemental and voluntary product line.
We reported year-over-year increases in other expenses and compensation expenses, on a combined basis, in 2025 compared to 2024, primarily due to the settlement loss on the U.S pension plan annuity purchase, an increase in the amortization of the cost of reinsurance as a result of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction, impacts from the recapture of a previously ceded block of business in our Unum US individual disability product line that occurred in 2025, and the accelerated charitable contribution. Other expenses and compensation expenses, on a combined basis, increased in 2024 compared to 2023 due primarily to a loss from a legal settlement, an increase in operational investments in our business, and growth in our fee-based service products. See "Executive Summary" contained herein in this Item 7 and Notes 11, 14, and 15 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion.
Our effective income tax rate for 2025 was 20.9 percent, compared to 21.0 percent in 2024 and 21.7 percent in 2023. Our 2025, 2024, and 2023 effective tax rates were generally consistent with the U.S. statutory rate. In 2025, interest on unrecognized tax benefits was offset by tax credits. See Note 9 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion.
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Consolidated Sales Results
Shown below are sales results for our three core operating segments.
(in millions)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Unum US
Unum International
Colonial Life
Sales shown in the preceding chart generally represent the annualized premium income on new sales which we expect to receive and report as premium income during the next 12 months following or beginning in the initial quarter in which the sale is reported, depending on the effective date of the new sale. Sales do not correspond to premium income reported as revenue in accordance with GAAP. This is because new annualized sales premiums reflect current sales performance and what we expect to recognize as premium income over a 12 month period, while premium income reported in our financial statements is reported on an "as earned" basis rather than an annualized basis and also includes renewals and persistency of in-force policies written in prior years as well as current new sales.
Sales, persistency of the existing block of business, employment and salary growth, and the effectiveness of a renewal program are indicators of growth in premium income. Trends in new sales, as well as existing market share, also indicate the potential for growth in our respective markets and the level of market acceptance of price levels and new product offerings. Sales results may fluctuate significantly due to case size and timing of sales submissions.
See "Segment Results" as follows for a discussion of sales by segment.
Segment Results
Our reportable segments are comprised of the following: Unum US, Unum International, Colonial Life, Closed Block, and Corporate. Financial information for each of our reportable segments is as follows.
In describing our results, we may at times note certain items and exclude the impact on financial ratios and metrics to enhance the understanding and comparability of our operational performance and the underlying fundamentals, but this exclusion is not an indication that similar items may not recur. We also measure and analyze our segment performance on the basis of "adjusted operating revenue" and "adjusted operating income" or "adjusted operating loss", which differ from total revenue and income before income tax as presented in our consolidated statements of income due to the exclusion of investment gains and losses and certain other items. These performance measures are in accordance with GAAP guidance for segment reporting, but they should not be viewed as a substitute for total revenue, income before income tax, or net income. See "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" contained herein in this Item 7.
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Unum US Segment
The Unum US segment is comprised of the group disability, group life and accidental death and dismemberment, and supplemental and voluntary lines of business. The group disability line of business includes long-term and short-term disability, medical stop-loss, and fee-based service products. The supplemental and voluntary line of business includes voluntary benefits, individual disability, and dental and vision products. These products, excluding medical stop-loss which was no longer actively marketed as of the third quarter of 2024, are marketed through our field sales personnel who work in conjunction with independent brokers and consultants.
Unum US Operating Results
Shown below are financial results for the Unum US segment. In the sections following, financial results and key ratios are also presented for the major lines of business within the segment.
(in millions of dollars, except ratios)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Gain
Commissions
Deferral of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs
Other Expenses
Total
Income Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
Amortization of the Deferred Gain on Reinsurance
Non-Contemporaneous Reinsurance
Reserve Assumption Updates
Adjusted Operating Income
Operating Ratios (% of Premium Income):
Benefit Ratio 1
Other Expense Ratio 2
Income Ratio
Adjusted Operating Income Ratio
1 Excludes the reserve assumption updates that occurred during the third quarters of 2025, 2024, and 2023. Also excludes the impact of non-contemporaneous reinsurance.
2 Ratio of Other Expenses to Premium Income plus Unum US Group Disability Other Income, which is primarily related to fee-based services.
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Unum US Group Disability Operating Results
Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for Unum US group disability.
(in millions of dollars, except ratios)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Premium Income
Group Long-term Disability
Group Short-term Disability
Total Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Gain
Commissions
Deferral of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs
Other Expenses
Total
Income Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
Reserve Assumption Updates
Adjusted Operating Income
Operating Ratios (% of Premium Income):
Benefit Ratio 1
Other Expense Ratio 2
Income Ratio
Adjusted Operating Income Ratio
Persistency:
Group Long-term Disability
Group Short-term Disability
1 Excludes the reserve assumption updates that occurred during the third quarters of 2025, 2024, and 2023
2 Ratio of Other Expenses to Premium Income plus Other Income, which is primarily related to fee-based services.
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Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Premium income was lower compared to 2024, driven by expected run-off in medical stop-loss premium and lower overall persistency, partially offset by an increase in premium due to sales. Net investment income was lower compared to 2024 due to a decrease in the level of invested assets. Other income, which primarily relates to fee-based service products, was generally consistent to 2024.
The benefit ratio, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was less favorable compared to 2024 due to lower recoveries in our group long-term disability product line and higher average claim size in our group short-term disability product line.
Commissions were higher compared to 2024 due primarily to sales. The deferral of acquisition costs compared to 2024 were generally consistent. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was lower compared to 2024 due to the change in composition of lapses across cohorts. The other expense ratio, which includes other income that is primarily related to fee-based service products, increased compared to 2024 due primarily to operational investments in our business.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Premium income was higher compared to 2023, driven primarily by favorable persistency and higher sales, excluding medical stop-loss. Net investment income was lower compared to 2023 due to a decrease in the level of invested assets and lower miscellaneous investment income, partially offset by an increase in the yield on invested assets. Other income increased relative to 2023 due to growth in our fee-based service products.
The benefit ratio, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was generally consistent compared to 2023 with favorable medical stop-loss benefits experience and favorable recoveries in the group long-term disability product line, mostly offset by higher incidence in our group long-term and group short-term disability product lines.
Commissions and the deferral of acquisition costs were higher compared to 2023 due to higher sales, excluding medical stop-loss. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was higher compared to 2023 due to growth in the level of the deferred asset. The other expense ratio, which includes other income that is primarily related to fee-based service products, was generally consistent compared to 2023.
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Unum US Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Operating Results
Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for Unum US group life and accidental death and dismemberment.
(in millions of dollars, except ratios)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Premium Income
Group Life
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Total Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Gain
Commissions
Deferral of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs
Other Expenses
Total
Income Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
Reserve Assumption Update
Adjusted Operating Income
Operating Ratios (% of Premium Income):
Benefit Ratio 1
Other Expense Ratio
Income Ratio
Adjusted Operating Income Ratio
Persistency:
Group Life
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
1 Excludes the reserve assumption updates that occurred during the third quarters of 2025 and 2024.
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Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Premium income was higher compared to 2024 due to sales and in-force block growth, partially offset by lower persistency. Net investment income was lower compared to 2024 due to a decrease in the level of invested assets and a decrease in the yield on invested assets.
The benefit ratio, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was less favorable compared to 2024 due to higher average claim size in our group life product line, partially offset by favorableincidence in the group life and accidental death and dismemberment product lines.
Commissions and the deferral of acquisition costs were higher compared to 2024 due primarily to sales. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was generally consistent compared to 2024. The other expense ratio was also generally consistent compared to 2024.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Premium income was higher compared to 2023 driven primarily by favorable persistency and higher sales. Net investment income was lower compared to 2023 due to a decrease in the level of invested assets partially offset by an increase in the yield on invested assets.
The benefit ratio, excluding the impact of the reserve assumption update in 2024, was favorable compared to 2023 due to lower mortality across all product lines.
Commissions and the deferral of acquisition costs were higher compared to 2023 due primarily to higher sales. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was generally consistent compared to 2023. The other expense ratio was consistent compared to 2023.
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Unum US Supplemental and Voluntary Operating Results
Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for Unum US supplemental and voluntary product lines.
(in millions of dollars, except ratios)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Premium Income
Voluntary Benefits
Individual Disability
Dental and Vision
Total Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Gain
Commissions
Deferral of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs
Other Expenses
Total
Income Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
1 Excludes the reserve assumption updates that occurred during the third quarters of 2025, 2024, and 2023.
2 Excludes the impact of non-contemporaneous insurance.
N.M. = not a meaningful percentage
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Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Premium income was higher compared to 2024 due to the continued impacts from the recapture of a previously ceded block of business in the individual disability product line, higher prior period sales in the voluntary benefits product line, and favorable persistency in the voluntary benefits and dental and vision product lines, partially offset by the impact of ceding a portion of the individual disability product line as a part of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction. Net investment income was lower compared to 2024 primarily due to a decrease in the level of invested assets. Other income, excluding the impact of the amortization of the deferred gain on reinsurance, was higher compared to 2024, due primarily to a gain on the recapture of a previously ceded block of business in the individual disability product line in the first quarter of 2025.
The benefit ratio for voluntary benefits, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates was unfavorable compared to 2024 due primarily to unfavorablebenefit experience in the critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident products. The benefit ratio for the individual disability product line, excluding the impacts of non-contemporaneous reinsurance and the reserve assumption updates, was favorable compared to 2024 due to higher claim resolutions driven by mortality, partially offset by higher claim incidence. The benefit ratio for the dental and vision product line was unfavorable compared to 2024 due primarily to higher claim incidence and higher average claim size.
Commissions were higher compared to 2024 due primarily to the continued impacts from the recapture of a previously ceded block of business in the individual disability product line and higher prior period sales in the voluntary benefits product line, partially offset by the impacts from the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction. The deferral of acquisition costs were higher compared to 2024 due primarily to higher sales in the individual disability product line. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was lower compared to 2024 due primarily to a reduction in the level of the deferred asset as a result of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction. The other expense ratio was generally consistent compared to 2024.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Premium income was higher compared to 2023 due primarily to favorable persistency and higher sales in the voluntary benefits and dental and vision product lines. Also impacting the comparison was the impacts from the partial recapture of a previously ceded block of business in the individual disability product line in the third quarter of 2023. Net investment income was higher compared to 2023 primarily due to an increase in the yield on invested assets. Other income was lower compared to 2023 due primarily to a prior year net gain on the partial recapture of a previously ceded block of business in the individual disability product line in the third quarter of 2023.
The benefit ratio for voluntary benefits, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was unfavorable compared to 2023 due primarily to unfavorablebenefit experience in the accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity products. The benefit ratio for the individual disability product line, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was favorable compared to 2023 due primarily to favorable recoveries, partially offset by higher claim size. The benefit ratio for the dental and vision product line was unfavorable compared to 2023 due primarily to higher claimsincidence and higher average claim size.
Commissions and the deferral of acquisition costs were higher compared to 2023 due primarily to higher sales in the voluntary benefits product line. Commissions were also higher compared to 2023 due to the continued impacts from the partial recapture of a previously ceded block of business in the individual disability product line in the third quarter of 2023. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was higher compared to 2023 due to the increased lapses in certain older voluntary benefits products and growth in the level of the deferred asset in all product lines. The other expense ratio was generally consistent compared to 2023.
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Sales
(in millions of dollars)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Sales by Product
Group Disability and Group Life and AD&D
Group Long-term Disability
Group Short-term Disability
Group Life and AD&D
Subtotal
Supplemental and Voluntary
Voluntary Benefits
Individual Disability
Dental and Vision
Subtotal
Total Sales
Sales by Market Sector
Group Disability and Group Life and AD&D
Core Market (< 2,000 employees)
Large Case Market
Subtotal
Supplemental and Voluntary
Total Sales
Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Group sales increased slightly compared to 2024 primarily due to higher sales to new customers in both the core market, which we define as employee groups with fewer than 2,000 employees, and the large case market, partially offset by lower sales to existing customers in the large case and core markets, as well as the impact of no sales of our medical stop-loss product, which was no longer actively marketed as of the third quarter of 2024. The sales mix in the group market sector for 2025 was approximately 60 percent core market and 40 percent large case market.
Voluntary benefits sales decreased compared to 2024 primarily due to lower sales to new and existing customers in the large case market, partially offset by higher sales to existing customers in the core market. Individual disability sales, which are primarily concentrated in the multi-life market, increased compared to 2024 due to higher sales to both new and existing customers. Dental and vision sales decreased compared to 2024 due to lower sales to new customers.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Group sales increased compared to 2023 primarily due to higher sales to new customers in both the large case market and the core market, partially offset by the decline in sales of our medical stop-loss product. The sales mix in the group market sector for 2024 was approximately 58 percent core market and 42 percent large case market.
Voluntary benefits sales increased compared to 2023 primarily due to higher sales to new customers in both the large case and
the core market. Individual disability sales decreased compared to 2023 due to lower sales to new customers, partially offset by higher sales to existing customers. Dental and vision sales increased compared to 2023 driven by higher sales to new and existing customers.
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Goodwill
We had total goodwill of $281.2 million for the Unum US segment at December 31, 2025, none of which is currently believed to be at risk for future impairment.
Segment Outlook
We remain committed to offering consumers a broad set of financial protection benefit products at the worksite. During 2026, we will continue to invest in a unique customer experience defined by simplicity, empathy, and deep industry expertise through the increased utilization of digital capabilities and technology to enhance enrollment, underwriting, the client administration experience, and claims processing. In addition, we will focus on strategically driven sales by enhancing the connectivity, alignment, and support for brokers and technology partners, including integration with human capital management systems. We will continue to provide a comprehensive set of consumer-focused products, enhance our distribution model, and utilize our digital tools to bring industry leading enrollment capabilities and a fully integrated customer experience. We believe our differentiated offerings and market leading leave management services provide substantial growth opportunities and stronger persistency. We believe our active client management, integrated customer experience across our product lines, and strong risk management, will enable us to continue to grow our market over the long-term.
We expect strong adjusted operating income in 2026 with premium growth driven by new sales and persistency. We expect the group disability market to remain competitive which may impact our pricing and renewal premium levels. We expect strong group disability claim experience to continue in 2026, driven by operational performance. We also expect group life claim experience to be mostly stable, but may experience some quarterly claimsvolatility. We expect growth in our supplemental and voluntary line of business adjusted operating income. We expect to maintain expense discipline with a slight decrease in our other expense ratio.
A rising interest rate environment could positively impact our yields on new investments, but could also increase unrealized losses in our current holdings. Alternatively, a declining interest rate environment could negatively impact yields on new investments, but could also reduce unrealized losses in our current holdings. Our net investment income may continue to be impacted by volatility in miscellaneous investment income.
As part of our discipline in pricing and reserving, we continuously monitor emerging claim trends and interest rates. We will continue to take appropriate pricing actions on new business and renewals that are reflective of the current environment.
We continuously monitor key indicators to assess our risks and adjust our business plans accordingly.
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Unum International Segment
The Unum International segment is comprised of our operations in both the United Kingdom and Poland. Our Unum UK products include insurance for group long-term disability, group life, and supplemental lines of business, which includes dental, critical illness, and individual disability products. Our Unum Poland products include insurance for individual and group life with accident and health riders. Unum International's products are sold primarily through field sales personnel and independent brokers and consultants.
Operating Results
Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for the Unum International segment.
(in millions of dollars, except ratios)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Premium Income
Unum UK
Group Long-term Disability
Group Life
Supplemental
Unum Poland
Total Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Gain
Commissions
Deferral of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs
Other Expenses
Total
Income Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
Reserve Assumption Updates
Adjusted Operating Income
N.M. = not a meaningful percentage
Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currencies of Unum UK and Unum Poland are the British pound sterling and Polish zloty, respectively. Premium income, net investment income, claims, and expenses are received or paid in the functional currency, and we hold functional currency-denominated assets to support functional currency-denominated policy liabilities. We translate functional currency-denominated financial statement items into dollars for our consolidated financial reporting. We translate income statement items using an average exchange rate for the reporting period, and we translate balance sheet items using the exchange rate at the end of the period. We report unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in our consolidated balance sheets.
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Fluctuations in exchange rates impact Unum International's reported financial results and our consolidated financial results. In periods when the functional currency strengthens relative to the preceding period, translation increases current period results relative to the prior period. In periods when the functional currency weakens, translation decreases current period results relative to the prior period.
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Unum UK Operating Results
Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for the Unum UK product lines in functional currency.
(in millions of pounds, except ratios)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Premium Income
Group Long-term Disability
Group Life
Supplemental
Total Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Gain
Commissions
Deferral of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs
Other Expenses
Total
Income Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
Reserve Assumption Updates
Adjusted Operating Income
Weighted Average Pound/Dollar Exchange Rate
Operating Ratios (% of Premium Income):
Benefit Ratio 1
Other Expense Ratio
Income Ratio
Adjusted Operating Income Ratio
Persistency:
Group Long-term Disability
Group Life
Supplemental
1 Excludes the reserve assumption updates that occurred during the third quarters of 2025, 2024, and 2023.
N.M. = not a meaningful percentage
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Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Premium income was higher compared to 2024 primarily due to in-force block growth, sales, and favorable overall persistency.
Net investment income was higher in 2025 compared to 2024 due to higher investment income from inflation index-linked bonds. Our investments in inflation index-linked bonds support the claim liabilities associated with certain group policies that provide for inflation-linked increases in policy benefits. The change in net investment income attributable to these index-linked bonds is partially offset by a change in policy benefits related to the inflation index-linked group long-term disability and group life policies.
Other income primarily relates to fees earned related to certain administrative services.
The benefit ratio, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was unfavorable relative to 2024 due to unfavorable claim resolutions and higher incidence in the group long-term disability product line and higher inflation-linked experience in benefits, partially offset by lower incidence in the group life product line.
Commissions increased relative to 2024 due primarily to in-force block growth. The deferral of acquisition costs and the amortization of deferred acquisition costs were generally consistent relative to 2024. The other expense ratio was generally consistent relative to 2024.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Premium income was higher compared to 2023 primarily due to in-force block growth.
Net investment income was lower compared to 2023 due to lower investment income from inflation index-linked bonds, partially offset by an increase in the yield on invested assets.
The benefit ratio, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was unfavorable relative to 2023 due to unfavorable claim incidence in the group life and group long-term disability product lines, partially offset by favorable claim recoveries in group long-term disability and favorable claim incidence in the supplemental product line.
Commissions increased relative to 2023 due primarily to in-force block growth. The deferral of acquisition costs and the amortization of deferred acquisition costs were generally consistent relative to 2023. The other expense ratio was favorable relative to 2023 due to our focus on expense management and operating efficiencies.
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Sales
(in millions of dollars and pounds)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Unum International Sales by Product
Unum UK
Group Long-term Disability
Group Life
Supplemental
Unum Poland
Total Sales
Unum International Sales by Market Sector
Unum UK
Group Long-term Disability and Group Life
Core Market (< 500 employees)
Large Case Market
Subtotal
Supplemental
Unum Poland
Total Sales
Unum UK Sales by Product
Group Long-term Disability
Group Life
Supplemental
Total Sales
Unum UK Sales by Market Sector
Group Long-term Disability and Group Life
Core Market (< 500 employees)
Large Case Market
Subtotal
Supplemental
Total Sales
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The following discussion of sales results relates only to our Unum UK product lines and is based on functional currency.
Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Group long-term disability sales decreased compared to 2024 primarily driven by lower sales to existing customers in the large case market, which we define as employee groups with more than 500 employees, partially offset by an increase in sales to new customers in the core and large case markets.
Group life sales decreased compared to 2024 driven by lower sales to new customers in the large case market, partially offset by higher sales to new customers in the core market.
Supplemental sales decreased compared to 2024 due primarily to lower sales in the dental product line, partially offset by an increase in sales in the group critical illness product line.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Group long-term disability sales decreased compared to 2023 driven by lower sales to new and existing customers in the core market, partially offset by an increase in sales to new and existing customers in the large case market.
Group life sales increased compared to 2023 driven by higher sales to new customers in the large case market.
Supplemental sales increased compared to 2023 due primarily to higher sales in the dental product line, partially offset by a
decrease in sales in the group critical illness product line.
Goodwill
We had total goodwill of $45.0 million for the Unum International segment at December 31, 2025, of which, $39.7 million is attributed to the Unum UK reporting unit and $5.3 million is attributed to the Unum Poland reporting unit, none of which is currently believed to be at risk for future impairment.
Segment Outlook
We are committed to driving growth in the Unum International segment and will build on the capabilities that we believe will generate growth and profitability in our businesses over the long term. In 2026, we will focus on scaling our business across our existing product portfolio. In 2026, we expect growth in adjusted operating income with continued premium growth. For our Unum UK line of business, we will continue to focus on delivering a best in class health and wellbeing service to improve retention of our key customers and drive growth across our product offerings. We also expect to deliver continued premium growth by focusing on both the broker experience and customer engagement, while maintaining our disciplined approach to pricing. We expect group long term disability claim experience to be mostly stable, but may experience some quarterly claimsvolatility. We expect to maintain expense discipline with a decrease in our other expense ratio. Within our Unum Poland line of business, we expect to drive growth by continuing to expand our existing distribution channels. We will also continue to invest in digital capabilities, technology, and product enhancements, which we believe will drive sustainable growth over the long term.
We continuously monitor key indicators to assess our risks and adjust our business plans accordingly.
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Colonial Life Segment
The Colonial Life segment includes insurance for accident, sickness, and disability products, which includes dental and vision products, life products, and cancer and critical illness products. These products are marketed to employees, on both a group and an individual basis, at the workplace through an independent contractor agent sales force and brokers.
Operating Results
Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for the Colonial Life segment.
(in millions of dollars, except ratios)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Premium Income
Accident, Sickness, and Disability
Life
Cancer and Critical Illness
Total Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Gain
Commissions
Deferral of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs
Other Expenses
Total
Income Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
Reserve Assumption Updates
Adjusted Operating Income
Operating Ratios (% of Premium Income):
Benefit Ratio 1
Other Expense Ratio
Income Ratio
Adjusted Operating Income Ratio
Persistency:
Accident, Sickness, and Disability
Life
Cancer and Critical Illness
1 Excludes the reserve assumption updates that occurred during the third quarters of 2025, 2024, and 2023.
N.M. = not a meaningful percentage
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Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Premium income was favorable compared to 2024 due to stable overall persistency and prior period sales. Net investment income was higher in 2025 compared to 2024 due to an increase in the level of invested assets and an increase in the yield on invested assets.
The benefit ratio, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was less favorable relative to 2024 due primarily to less favorablebenefit experience in the accident, sickness, and disability and cancer and critical illness product lines, partially offset by favorablebenefit experience in the life product line.
Commissions were higher compared to 2024 due to prior period sales. The deferral of acquisition costs were higher compared to 2024 due to the increase in commissions and other sales-related costs. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was higher compared to 2024 primarily due to growth in the level of the deferred asset. The other expense ratio was higher relative to 2024 due primarily to an increase in employee-related costs and operational investments in our business.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Premium income was favorable compared to 2023 due to higher prior period sales and generally stable persistency. Net investment income was higher in 2024 compared to 2023 due primarily to an increase in the yield on invested assets as well as an increase in the level of invested assets.
The benefit ratio, excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates, was favorable relative to 2023 due primarily to favorablebenefit experience in all product lines.
Commissions and the deferral of acquisition costs were higher compared to 2023 due to higher prior period sales. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was higher compared to 2023 primarily due to growth in the level of the deferred asset. The other expense ratio was favorable relative to 2023 due primarily to our focus on expense management and operating efficiencies.
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Sales
(in millions of dollars)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Sales by Product
Accident, Sickness, and Disability
Life
Cancer and Critical Illness
Total Sales
Sales by Market Sector
Commercial Sector
Core Market (< 1,000 employees)
Large Case Market
Subtotal
Public Sector
Total Sales
Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
During 2025, we saw an increase in sales across all product lines relative to 2024. Commercial sector sales increased compared to 2024 driven by higher sales to new and existing customers in the core market, which we define as accounts with fewer than 1,000 employees, and in the large case market. Public sector sales also increased compared to 2024 due to higher sales to new and existing customers.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
During 2024, we saw a decrease in sales in our accident, sickness and disability and life product lines relative to 2023, while sales in our cancer and critical illness product line remained consistent. Commercial sector sales decreased compared to 2023 driven by lower sales to new and existing customers in the core market, partially offset by higher sales to new and existing customers in the large case market. Public sector sales increased compared to 2023 due to higher sales to new customers.
Goodwill
We had goodwill of $27.7 million at December 31, 2025, none of which is currently believed to be at risk for future impairment.
Segment Outlook
We remain committed to providing employees and their families with simple, modern, and personal benefit solutions. By continuing to utilize our extensive distribution system of independent agents, benefit counselors and broker partnerships during 2026, we believe we will deliver business growth. We will also continue to invest in solutions and digital capabilities to expand our reach and effectiveness, which we believe will drive growth and improve productivity while enhancing the customer experience. In 2026, we will continue to bring an enhanced engagement and enrollment platform to market, which we believe will enable deeper connections with employees through the enrollment process and help us maintain stronger relationships throughout the customer lifecycle. We believe our distribution system, customer service capabilities, digital tools, and ability to serve all market sizes position us well for future growth.
In 2026, we expect growth in adjusted operating income for the full year with continued premium growth and stable claim experience. We continuously monitor key indicators to assess our risks and adjust our business plans accordingly.
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Closed Block Segment
The Closed Block segment consists of group and individual long-term care and other insurance products no longer actively marketed. We discontinued offering individual long-term care in 2009 and group long-term care in 2012. As of July 2025, we closed the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction and ceded a portion of the long-term care product line. As of February 2026, we discontinued new enrollments on existing group long-term care policies. Other insurance products include individual disability, group pension, individual life and corporate-owned life insurance, reinsurance pools and management operations, and other miscellaneous product lines.
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Operating Results
Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for the Closed Block segment.
(in millions of dollars, except ratios)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Premium Income
Long-term Care
All Other
Total Premium Income
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Benefits and Expenses
Policy Benefits
Policy Benefits - Remeasurement Loss (Gain)
Commissions
Other Expenses
Total
Income (Loss) Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
Amortization of the Cost of Reinsurance
Non-Contemporaneous Reinsurance
Reserve Assumption Updates - Long-term Care
Reserve Assumption Updates - All Other
Adjusted Operating Income
Long-term Care Net Premium Ratio 1
Operating Ratios (% of Premium Income):
Other Expense Ratio 2
Income (Loss) Ratio
Adjusted Operating Income Ratio
Long-term Care Persistency
1 Gross of reinsurance
2 Excludes amortization of the cost of reinsurance.
N.M. = not a meaningful percentage
Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Premium income for long-term care in 2025 was lower relative to 2024 due to the impact of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction. Premium income for our all other product line continues to decline as expected due to policyholder lapses.
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Net investment income was lower relative to 2024 primarily driven by a decrease in the level of invested assets resulting from the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction and lower miscellaneous investment income due to smaller increases in the NAV on our private equity partnerships.
Other income primarily includes the underlying results and associated net investment income of certain assumed blocks of business.
Policy benefits including remeasurement loss (gain), excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates and non-contemporaneous reinsurance, were lower relative to 2024 driven primarily by the impacts of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction, partially offset by an increase in the current period benefit expense resulting from the higher net premium ratio, the impact of capped cohorts and lower claim terminations in the long-term care product line. The net premium ratio for long-term care increased to 97.5 percent at December 31, 2025 from 94.6 percent at December 31, 2024 due primarily to the assumption update in the third quarter of 2025.
The other expense ratio, excluding the amortization of the cost of reinsurance, was higher than 2024 due primarily to an increase in operational investments in our business.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Premium income for long-term care was generally consistent with 2023. Premium income for our all other product line continues to decline as expected due to policyholder lapses.
Net investment income was higher relative to 2023 due to an increase in the level of invested assets and higher miscellaneous investment income, primarily related to larger increases in the NAV on our private equity partnerships.
Policy benefits including remeasurement loss (gain), excluding the impacts of the reserve assumption updates and non-contemporaneous reinsurance, were higher in 2024 relative to 2023 driven primarily by the increase in the current period benefit expense resulting from the higher net premium ratio and the impact of capped cohorts in the long-term care product line. The net premium ratio for long-term care increased to 94.6 percent at December 31, 2024 from 93.5 percent at December 31, 2023 due primarily to policyholder terminations and the assumption updates in the third quarter of 2024.
The other expense ratio, excluding the amortization of the cost of reinsurance, was higher than 2023 due primarily to an increase in employee related costs, operational investments in our business and a decline in expense allowances related to the ceded block of individual disability business.
For further discussion, see "Executive Summary" contained herein in Item 7 and Note 14 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
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Segment Outlook
We will continue to execute on our well-defined strategy of implementing long-term care premium rate increases, efficient capital management, improved financial analysis, and operational effectiveness. In regard to capital management, we will continue to explore, and execute where appropriate, structural and reinsurance options to enhance financial flexibility. We continue to file requests with various state insurance departments for premium rate increases on certain of our individual and group long-term care policies which reflect assumptions as of the date of filings. In states for which a rate increase is submitted and approved, we routinely provide customers options for coverage changes or other approaches that might fit their current financial and insurance needs. Despite continued anticipated premium rate increases in our long-term care business, we expect overall premium income and adjusted operating revenue to decline over the long term as these closed blocks of business wind down and with the discontinuation of new enrollments on existing group long-term care policies as of February 2026. We will likely experience volatility in net investment income due to fluctuations of miscellaneous investment income, driven by the allocation towards alternative assets, primarily private equity partnership investments, in the long-term care product line portfolio. We record changes in our share of the NAV of the partnerships in net investment income. We receive financial information related to our investments in partnerships and generally record investment income on a one-quarter lag in accordance with our accounting policy. As these NAVs are volatile and can fluctuate materially with changes in market economic conditions, there could be significant movements up or down in future periods as conditions change. We continuously monitor key indicators to assess our risks and adjust our business plans, including utilization of derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate risk.
Profitability of our long-tailed products is affected by claims experience related to mortality, morbidity, resolutions, investment returns, premium rate increases, and persistency. The net premium ratio represents the ratio of future expected benefits and related expenses to future expected gross premiums using the original discount rate. Long-term care benefits experience may continue to have quarterly volatility, particularly in the near term as our claim block matures and as we continue the implementation of premium rate increases. Claim resolution rates, which reflect the probability that a disability or long-term care claim will close due to recovery or death of the insureds, are very sensitive to operational and external factors and can be volatile. Our claim resolution rate assumption used in determining reserves is our expectation of the resolution rate we will experience over the life of the block of business and will vary from actual experience in any one period. It is possible that variability in any of our reserve assumptions, including, but not limited to, mortality, morbidity, resolutions, premium rate increases, benefit change elections, and persistency, could result in a material impact to our reserves.
As a result of the execution of reinsurance transactions related to our Closed Block individual disability and long-term care lines of business, we have ceded a significant portion of this business.
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Corporate Segment
The Corporate segment includes investment income on corporate assets not specifically allocated to a line of business, interest expense on corporate debt, and certain other corporate income and expenses not allocated to a line of business.
Operating Results
(in millions of dollars)
Year Ended December 31
% Change
% Change
Operating Revenue
Net Investment Income
Other Income
Total
Interest, Debt, and Other Expenses
Loss Before Income Tax and Net Investment Gains and Losses
Settlement Loss on the U.S. Pension Plan Annuity Purchase
Accelerated Charitable Contribution
Loss on Legal Settlement
Adjusted Operating Loss
Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2024
Adjusted operating loss, excluding the settlement loss on the U.S. pension plan annuity purchase, the accelerated charitable contribution, and the loss on legal settlement, decreased in 2025 relative to 2024, due primarily to increased net investment income, which was driven by an increase in the level of invested assets and an increase in miscellaneous investment income.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2023
Adjusted operating loss, excluding the loss on legal settlement, increased in 2024 relative to 2023, due primarily to decreased net investment income, which was driven by increased allocations to our lines of business.
See "Executive Summary” contained herein in this Item 7 and Notes 11 and 15 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion of the settlement loss on the U.S. pension plan annuity purchase, the accelerated charitable contribution, and the loss on legal settlement.
Segment Outlook
We expect to continue to generate excess capital on an annual basis through the statutory earnings in our insurance subsidiaries and believe we are well positioned with flexibility to preserve our capital strength while also returning capital to our shareholders. We may experience volatility in net investment income due to changes in the prevailing interest rates, miscellaneous investment income, and the composition and level of invested assets.
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Investments
Overview
Our investment portfolio is well diversified by type of investment and industry sector. We have established an investment strategy that we believe will provide adequate cash flows from operations and allow us to hold our securities through periods where significant decreases in fair value occur. We believe our emphasis on risk management in our investment portfolio has positioned us well and generally reduced the volatility in our results.
We and our insurance subsidiaries each have a formal investment policy that includes overall quality and diversification objectives and establishes asset class, investment rating, single issuer, and derivative limits for the entity. We also have formal enterprise investment guidelines that set forth aggregate limits by asset class and investment rating across all entities. The majority of our investments are in investment-grade publicly traded securities. This ensures the desired liquidity and preserves the capital value of our portfolios. Due to the long-term nature of our insurance liabilities, we are also able to invest in less liquid investments to obtain additional returns within the limits of our investment policy. The asset mix guidelines and limits are reviewed and approved by the risk and finance committee of Unum Group's board of directors as they relate to Unum Group and the enterprise as a whole, and by the boards of directors of our insurance subsidiaries as they relate to the respective entities. We review our policies and guidelines annually, or more frequently if deemed necessary, and recommend adjustments as appropriate.
See "Critical Accounting Estimates" contained herein in this Item 7 for further discussion of our valuation of investments.
Reinsurance Transactions
As a part of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction, which closed during the third quarter of 2025, we transferred fixed maturity securities with a fair value of $3,230.1 million to Fortitude Re. As a result of the transaction, we recognized a net loss of $46.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. Although we transferred a significant portion of our fixed maturity securities portfolio as part of this transaction, the overall credit profile of our remaining portfolio did not change. See "Executive Summary" for further information on the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction contained herein in this Item 2.
In February 2025, First Unum Life Insurance Company (First Unum), a wholly owned insurance subsidiary, entered into a reinsurance agreement with Provident, a wholly owned insurance subsidiary, to cede, on a coinsurance with funds withheld basis, 100 percent of the long-term care business of First Unum effective January 1, 2025. Also, in February 2025, First Unum received regulatory approval for, and paid, an extraordinary dividend of $630 million to Unum Group. As a part of the funding of the dividend, fixed maturity securities with a fair value of $81.8 million and an amortized cost of $100.9 million were sold, resulting in a $19.1 million net loss for the year ended December 31, 2025.
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Fixed Maturity Securities
The fair values and associated unrealized gains and losses of our fixed maturity securities portfolio, by industry classification, are as follows:
Fixed Maturity Securities - By Industry Classification
As of December 31, 2025
(in millions of dollars)
Classification
Fair Value
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Fair Value with Gross Unrealized Loss
Gross Unrealized Loss
Fair Value with Gross Unrealized Gain
Gross Unrealized Gain
Basic Industry
Capital Goods
Communications
Consumer Cyclical
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Energy
Financial Institutions
Mortgage/Asset-Backed 1
Sovereigns
Technology
Transportation
U.S. Government Agencies and Municipalities
Public Utilities
Total
1 Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by loan obligations, auto loans, and other asset types
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The following two tables show the length of time our investment-grade and below-investment-grade fixed maturity securities portfolios had been in a gross unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2025 and at the end of the prior four quarters. The relationships of the current fair value to amortized cost are not necessarily indicative of the fair value to amortized cost relationships for the securities throughout the entire time that the securities have been in an unrealized loss position nor are they necessarily indicative of the relationships after December 31, 2025. The decrease in the unrealized loss on fixed maturity securities during 2025 was due primarily to a decrease in U.S. Treasury rates.
Unrealized Loss on Investment-Grade Fixed Maturity Securities
Length of Time in Unrealized Loss Position
(in millions of dollars)
December 31
September 30
June 30
March 31
December 31
Fair Value < 100% >= 70% of Amortized Cost
<= 90 days
> 90 <= 180 days
> 180 <= 270 days
> 270 days <= 1 year
> 1 year <= 2 years
> 2 years <= 3 years
> 3 years
Sub-total
Fair Value < 70% >= 40% of Amortized Cost
> 90 <= 180 days
> 180 <= 270 days
> 270 days <= 1 year
> 1 year <= 2 years
> 2 years <= 3 years
> 3 years
Sub-total
Fair Value <= 40% of Amortized Cost
> 180 <= 270 days
> 270 days <= 1 year
> 1 year <= 2 years
> 2 years <= 3 years
> 3 years
Sub-total
Total
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Unrealized Loss on Below-Investment-Grade Fixed Maturity Securities
Length of Time in Unrealized Loss Position
(in millions of dollars)
December 31
September 30
June 30
March 31
December 31
Fair Value < 100% >= 70% of Amortized Cost
<= 90 days
> 90 <= 180 days
> 180 <= 270 days
> 270 days <= 1 year
> 1 year <= 2 years
> 2 years <= 3 years
> 3 years
Sub-total
Fair Value < 70% >= 40% of Amortized Cost
> 1 year <= 2 years
> 2 years <= 3 years
> 3 years
Sub-total
Fair Value <= 40% of Amortized Cost
> 3 years
Sub-total
Total
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At December 31, 2025, we held 31 investment-grade fixed maturity securities with a gross unrealized loss of $10.0 million or greater as shown in the chart below.
Gross Unrealized Losses $10 Million or Greater on Investment-Grade Fixed Maturity Securities
As of December 31, 2025
(in millions of dollars)
Classification
Fair Value
Gross Unrealized Loss
Number of Issuers
Basic Industry
Capital Goods
Communications
Consumer Cyclical
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Energy
Financial Institutions
Sovereigns
Technology
Transportation
Public Utilities
Total
At December 31, 2025, we held no below investment-grade fixed maturity securities with a gross unrealized lossgreater than $10.0 million.
Unrealized losses on investment-grade fixed maturity securities principally relate to changes in interest rates or changes in market or sector credit spreads which occurred subsequent to the acquisition of the securities. Below-investment-grade fixed maturity securities are generally more likely to develop credit concerns than investment-grade securities. At December 31, 2025, the unrealized losses in our below-investment-grade fixed maturity securities were generally due to higher interest rates, wider credit spreads in certain industries or sectors and, to a lesser extent, credit concerns related to specific securities. For each specific security in an unrealized loss position, we believe that there are positive factors which mitigate credit concerns and that the securities for which we have not recorded a credit loss will recover in value. We have the ability and intent to continue to hold these securities to recovery of amortized cost less allowance for credit losses.
During the fourth quarter of 2025, we incurred a realized loss of $14.0 million related to the sale of fixed maturity securities from a single issuer in the communications sector. The loss on disposal was offset by the release of a previously recognized $11.2 million credit allowance, resulting in a net loss of $2.8 million. During the second quarter of 2025, in a separate transaction involving another single issuer in the communications sector, we recognized a realized loss of $13.4 million on the sale of fixed maturity securities. We had no other individual net investment losses of $10.0 million or greater from credit losses or sales of fixed maturity securities during the years ended 2025, 2024 or 2023.
As of December 31, 2025, the amortized cost, net of allowance for credit losses, and fair value of our below-investment-grade fixed maturity securities was $1,229.2 million and $1,208.6 million, respectively, and our below-investment-grade fixed maturity securities as a percentage of our total investment portfolio decreased from 3.1 percent at December 31, 2024 to 2.8 percent at December 31, 2025 on a fair value basis. Below-investment-grade securities are inherently riskier than investment-grade securities since the risk of default by the issuer, by definition and as exhibited by bond rating, is higher. Also, the secondary market for certain below-investment-grade issues can be highly illiquid. Additional downgrades may occur, but we do not anticipate any liquidity problems resulting from our investments in below-investment-grade securities, nor do we expect these investments to adversely affect our ability to hold our other investments to maturity.
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Fixed Maturity Securities - Foreign Exposure
Our investments in issuers in foreign countries are chosen for specific portfolio management purposes, including asset and liability management and portfolio diversification across geographic lines and sectors to minimize non-market risks. In our approach to investing in fixed maturity securities, specific investments within approved countries and industry sectors are evaluated for their market position and specific strengths and potential weaknesses. For each security, we consider the political, legal, and financial environment of the sovereign entity in which an issuer is domiciled and operates. The country of domicile is based on consideration of the issuer's headquarters, in addition to location of the assets and the country in which the majority of sales and earnings are derived. We do not have exposure to foreign currency risk, as the cash flows from these investments are either denominated in currencies or hedged into currencies to match the related liabilities. We continually evaluate our foreign investment risk exposure.
Mortgage Loans
The carrying value of our mortgage loan po rtfolio was $2,109.5 million and $2,224.5 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Our investments in mortgage loans are carried at amortized cost less an allowance for expected credit losses which was $15.9 million and $16.1 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Our mortgage loan portfolio is comprised entirely of commercial mortgage loans. Our mortgage loan portfolio is well diversified geographically and among property types.
Due to conservative underwriting, the incidence of non-performing mortgage loans and foreclosure activity continues to be low. Other than our allowance for expected credit losses, we held no specifically identified impaired mortgage loans at December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2024, we held one specifically identified impaired mortgage loan with an aggregate carrying value of $9.2 million.
Private Equity Partnerships
The carrying value of our investments in private equity partnerships was $1,456.3 million and $1,450.6 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. These partnerships are passive in nature and represent funds that are primarily invested in private credit, private equity, and real assets. The carrying value of the partnerships is based on our share of the partnership's NAV and changes in the carrying value are recorded as a component of net investment income. We receive financial information related to our investments in partnerships and generally record investment income on a one-quarter lag in accordance with our accounting policy. We recorded net investment income totaling $91.2 million, $103.1 million, and $78.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The majority of our investments in partnerships are not redeemable. Distributions received from the funds arise from income generated by the underlying investments as well as the liquidation of the underlying investments. There is generally not a public market for these investments. We had $756.7 million of commitments for additional investments in the partnerships at December 31, 2025 which may or may not be funded.
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Derivative Financial Instruments
We use derivative financial instruments primarily to manage interest rate risk, risk related to matching duration for our assets and liabilities, foreign currency risk, and equity risk. Historically, we have utilized current and forward interest rate swaps, current and forward currency swaps, forward benchmark interest rate locks, currency forward contracts, forward contracts on specific fixed income securities, and total return swaps. As of December 31, 2025, we had $3,818.2 million in notional amount of derivatives outstanding, of which $2,603.0 million is related to management of reinvestment risk in our long-term care product line, $1,060.4 million is related to management of foreign currency risk related to foreign denominated investments and $154.8 million is economically hedging a portion of the liability related to our non-qualified defined contribution plan. Credit exposure on derivatives is limited to the value of those contracts in a net gain position, including accrued interest receivable less collateral held. We had no credit exposure on derivatives at December 31, 2025. The carrying value of fixed maturity securities and cash collateral received from our counterparties was $4.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively, at December 31, 2025. The carrying value of fixed maturity securities posted as collateral to our counterparties was $244.3 million at December 31, 2025. There was no cash posted as collateral to our counterparties at December 31, 2025. We believe that our credit risk is mitigated by our use of multiple counterparties, all of which have an investment-grade credit rating, and by our use of cross-collateralization agreements.
See Notes 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion of our investments and derivative financial instruments.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
Our liquidity requirements are met primarily by cash flows provided from operations, principally in our insurance subsidiaries. Premium and investment income, as well as maturities and sales of invested assets, provide the primary sources of cash. Debt and/or securities offerings provide additional sources of liquidity. Cash is applied to the payment of policy benefits, costs of acquiring new business (principally commissions), operating expenses, and taxes, as well as purchases of new investments.
We have established an investment strategy that we believe will provide for adequate cash flows from operations. We attempt to match our asset cash flows and durations with expected liability cash flows and durations to meet the funding requirements of our business. However, deterioration in the credit market may delay our ability to sell our positions in certain of our fixed maturity securities in a timely manner and adversely impact the price we receive for such securities, which may negatively impact our cash flows. Furthermore, if we experience defaults on securities held in the investment portfolios of our insurance subsidiaries, this will negatively impact statutory capital, which could reduce our insurance subsidiaries' capacity to pay dividends to our holding companies. A reduction in dividends to our holding companies could force us to seek external financing to avoid impairing our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders or meet our debt and other payment obligations.
Our policy benefits are primarily in the form of claim payments, and we have minimal exposure to the policy withdrawal risk associated with deposit products such as individual life policies or annuities. A decrease in demand for our insurance products or an increase in the incidence of new claims or the duration of existing claims could negatively impact our cash flows from operations. However, our historical pattern of benefits paid to revenues is generally consistent, even during cycles of economic downturns, which serves to minimize liquidity risk.
The liquidity requirements of the holding company Unum Group include common stock dividends, interest and debt service, and ongoing investments in our businesses. Unum Group's liquidity requirements are met by assets held by Unum Group and our intermediate holding companies, dividends from primarily our insurance subsidiaries, and issuance of common stock, debt, or other capital securities and borrowings from our existing credit facility, as needed. As of December 31, 2025, Unum Group and our intermediate holding companies had available holding company liquidity of $2,344.1 million that was held primarily in bank deposits, commercial paper, money market funds, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and asset backed securities. No significant restrictions exist on our ability to use or access funds in any of our U.S. or foreign intermediate holding companies. Dividends repatriated from our foreign subsidiaries are eligible for 100 percent exemption from U.S. income tax but may be subject to withholding tax and/or tax on foreign currency gain or loss.
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As a part of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction, which closed in July 2025, we transferred $935.5 million of cash as well as fixed maturity securities with a fair value totaling $3,230.1 million and accrued investment income of $47.1 million. See "Executive Summary" and "Investments" contained herein in Item 7, and Notes 3 and 14 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion of the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction.
As part of our capital deployment strategy, we may repurchase shares of Unum Group's common stock, as authorized by our board of directors. The timing and amount of repurchase activity is based on market conditions and other considerations, including the level of available cash, alternative uses for cash, and our stock price. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, we repurchased 13.6 million shares at a cost of $1,000.0 million, excluding commissions and excise tax.
Our board of directors has authorized the following repurchase programs:
December 2025 Authorization
February 2025 Authorization 1
July 2024 Authorization 2
(in millions)
Effective Date
January 1, 2026
April 1, 2025
August 1, 2024
Expiration Date
None
December 31, 2025
March 31, 2025
Authorized Repurchase Amount
Cost of Shares Repurchased Under Repurchase Program
Unused and Expired
Remaining Repurchase Amount at December 31, 2025
Not yet effective
1 Concurrent with the announcement of the December 2025 repurchase program, we also announced the termination of the February 2025 program as of December 31, 2025, and any unused amounts under that program will expire as of that date.
2 Concurrent with the announcement of the February 2025 repurchase program, we also announced the termination of the July 2024 program as of March 31, 2025, and any unused amounts under that program expired as of that date.
See Note 12 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8.
Cash Available from Subsidiaries
Unum Group and certain of its intermediate holding company subsidiaries depend on payments from subsidiaries to pay dividends to stockholders, to pay debt obligations, and/or to pay expenses. These payments by our insurance and non-insurance subsidiaries may take the form of dividends, operating and investment management fees, and/or interest payments on loans from the parent to a subsidiary.
Restrictions under applicable state insurance laws limit the amount of dividends that can be paid to a parent company from its insurance subsidiaries in any 12-month period without prior approval by regulatory authorities. For life insurance companies domiciled in the U.S., that limitation generally equals, depending on the state of domicile, either ten percent of an insurer's statutory surplus with respect to policyholders as of the preceding year end or the statutory net gain from operations, excluding realized capital gains and losses, of the preceding year. The payment of dividends to a parent company from a life insurance subsidiary is generally further limited to the amount of unassigned funds.
Unum America cedes blocks of long-term care business to Fairwind, which is an affiliated captive reinsurance subsidiary domiciled in the United States. The ability of Fairwind to pay dividends to Unum Group will depend on its satisfaction of applicable regulatory requirements and on the performance of the business reinsured by Fairwind. Fairwind did not pay dividends in 2025. Unum Group did not make contributions to Fairwind in 2025 and we do not expect to make contributions to Fairwind during 2026.
The ability of Unum Group and certain of its intermediate holding company subsidiaries to continue to receive dividends from their insurance subsidiaries also depends on additional factors such as RBC ratios and capital adequacy and/or solvency
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requirements, funding growth objectives at an affiliate level, and maintaining appropriate capital adequacy ratios to support desired ratings. The RBC ratios for our U.S. insurance subsidiaries at December 31, 2025 are in line with our expectations and are significantly above the level that would require state regulatory action.
Unum Group and/or certain of its intermediate holding company subsidiaries may also receive dividends from our U.K. subsidiaries, the payment of which may be subject to applicable insurance company regulations and capital guidance in the U.K. Unum Limited is subject to the requirements of U.K. Solvency II, the system of prudential regulation applying in the U.K., which prescribes capital requirements and risk management standards for the U.K. insurance industry. Our U.K. holding company is also subject to the U.K. Solvency II requirements relevant to insurance holding companies, while its subsidiaries (the Unum UK Solvency II Group), which includes Unum Limited, are subject to group and individual supervision under U.K. Solvency II. The Unum UK Solvency II Group has permission from the PRA to use certain adjustments as well as a transitional measure which applies until January 2032. The Unum UK Solvency II Group also has permission to use its own internal model for calculating regulatory capital.
The payment of dividends to the parent company from our subsidiaries also requires the approval of the individual subsidiary's board of directors.
The amount available during 2025 for the payment of ordinary dividends from Unum Group's traditional U.S. insurance subsidiaries, which excludes Fairwind, was approximately $1,383 million. During 2025, Unum Group has received $1,547.1 million in dividends, including $1,396.0 million paid in cash and $151.1 million paid in fixed maturity securities from Unum Group's traditional U.S. insurance subsidiaries. Of the total dividends, $787.9 million, including $662.8 million paid in cash and $125.1 million paid in fixed maturity securities, were considered extraordinary dividends. The extraordinary dividends include $630.0 million received from First Unum in February 2025. Regulatory approval for this dividend was received following the execution of a reinsurance agreement between First Unum and Provident to cede, on a coinsurance with funds withheld basis, 100 percent of the long-term care business of First Unum to Provident, effective January 2025. During 2025, Unum Limited declared and paid dividends of £160.0 million to Unum Group through an intermediate U.K holding company, Unum European Holding Company Limited.
During 2026, we intend to maintain a level of capital in our insurance subsidiaries above the applicable capital adequacy requirements and minimum solvency margins. Approximately $631.4 million is available, without prior approval by regulatory authorities, during 2026 for the payment of dividends from Unum Group's traditional U.S. insurance subsidiaries, which excludes our captive reinsurer.
Approximately £125 million is available to be distributable from Unum Limited during 2026. The actual amount distributable during 2026 will depend on experience, including the impact of market movements, and is subject to local requirements, as well as regulatory and other business considerations.
Insurance regulatory restrictions do not limit the amount of dividends available for distribution from non-insurance subsidiaries except where the non-insurance subsidiaries are held directly or indirectly by an insurance subsidiary and only indirectly by Unum Group, which does not apply to our current entity structure.
Funding for Employee Benefit Plans
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, we made contributions of $85.4 million to our U.S. defined contribution plan and expect to make contributions of approximately $89 million during 2026. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, we made contributions of $10.3 million to our U.S. non-qualified defined benefit pension plan and expect to make contributions of approximately $10 million to fund benefit payments in 2026. We had no regulatory contribution requirements for our U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plans and made no voluntary contributions during the twelve months ended December 31, 2025. We expect to make approximately $15 million in contributions for our U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plan in 2026 as a result of regulatory requirements and we reserve the right to make additional voluntary contributions during 2026. We have met all minimum pension funding requirements set forth by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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During the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, we made contributions of £5.5 million to our U.K. defined contribution plan and expect to make contributions of approximately £6 million during 2026. We made regulatory contributions of £14.6 million in our U.K. defined benefit pension plan during the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 and expect to make approximately £2 million in regulatory contributions during 2026.
We have estimated our future funding requirements under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and under applicable U.K. law and do not believe that any future funding requirements will cause a material adverse effect on our liquidity.
See Note 11 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further discussion of our employee benefit plans.
Debt, Term Loan Facility, Credit Facilities and Other Sources of Liquidity
Our long-term debt balance at December 31, 2025 was $3,767.6 million, net of a net discount of $129.2 million and deferred debt issuance costs of $36.7 million, and is comprised of our unsecured senior notes, unsecured medium-term notes, and junior subordinated debt securities.
In November 2025, we issued $300.0 million of 5.250% senior notes due 2035. The net proceeds from the issuance were used to replace cash and cash equivalents used to repay the $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.875% senior notes which matured in November 2025 as well as for other general corporate purposes.
In April 2025, we and certain of our traditional U.S. life insurance subsidiaries, Unum America, Provident and Colonial Life & Accident, amended and restated the terms of our existing credit agreement providing for a five-year $500.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders. The revolving credit facility, which was previously set to expire in 2027, was extended through April 2030. We may request that the lenders’ aggregate commitments of $500.0 million under the facility be increased by up to an additional $200.0 million. Other of our domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries are permitted to join the credit facility as borrowers, subject to certain conditions. Any obligation of a subsidiary under the credit facility is subject to an unconditional guarantee by Unum Group. At December 31, 2025, there were no borrowed amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility and letters of credit totaling $1.3 million had been issued.
We have a five-year £75.0 million senior unsecured standby letter of credit facility with a different syndicate of lenders, pursuant to which a syndicated letter of credit was issued in favor of Unum Limited (as beneficiary), our U.K. insurance subsidiary, and is available for drawings up to £75.0 million until its scheduled expiration in July 2026. We have an additional five-year, £75.0 million senior unsecured standby letter of credit facility pursuant to which a standby letter of credit was issued in favor of Unum Limited (as beneficiary), our U.K. insurance subsidiary, and is available for drawings up to £75.0 million until its scheduled expiration in December 2028. At December 31, 2025, no amounts have been borrowed under the standby credit facilities or letters of credit issued in favor of Unum Limited.
There are no significant financial covenants associated with any of our debt obligations other than our borrowings under the credit facilities, which are subject to financial covenants, negative covenants, and events of default that are customary. Each credit facility includes financial covenants based on our leverage ratio and consolidated net worth as well as covenants that limit subsidiary indebtedness. We continually monitor our debt covenants to ensure we remain in compliance. We have not observed any current trends that would cause a breach of any debt covenants.
See Note 10 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for additional information on our debt.
Shelf Registration
We maintain a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue various types of securities, including common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, depository shares, stock purchase contracts, units and warrants. The shelf registration enables us to raise funds from the offering of any securities covered by the shelf registration as well as any combination thereof, subject to market conditions and our capital needs.
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Cash Requirements
As previously discussed, cash is applied primarily to the payment of policy benefits, costs of acquiring new business (principally commissions), operating expenses, and taxes, as well as purchases of investments. We have established an investment strategy that we believe will provide for adequate cash flows from operations to meet cash payment requirements. Summarized below are our estimated material cash requirements, both in the short-term (within 12 months) and the long-term (beyond 12 months) resulting from contractual obligations as of December 31, 2025:
• Policyholder liabilities, which exclude the effect of change in discount rate assumptions on future policy benefits and therefore differs from the amounts shown in the consolidated balance sheet, totaled $46,488.8 million, of which $4,354.2 million is estimated to be paid in 2026. We also maintain reinsurance agreements for which the recoverable under those agreements totaled $15,420.7 million of which $1,384.7 million is estimated to offset related policyholder liability payments in 2026. Policyholder liabilities and the related reinsurance recoverable represent the projected payout of the current in-force policyholder liabilities and the expected cash inflows from reinsurers for liabilities ceded and therefore incorporate uncertainties as to the timing and amount of claim payments. We utilize extensive liability modeling to project future cash flows from the in-force business. The primary assumptions used to project future cash flows are discount rate, claim resolution rate, incidence rate, and policyholder lapse and mortality. These cash flows are discounted to determine the current value of the projected claim payments. The timing and amount of payments on policyholder liabilities may vary significantly over time.
• Payments related to our debt and our facility agreements, which include contractual principal and interest payments and therefore exceeds the amount shown in the consolidated balance sheets, totaled $7,548.1 million, of which $210.8 million in interest and principal payments is estimated to be paid in 2026.
• Investment commitments include $87.5 million to fund certain private placement fixed maturity securities, which is estimated to be paid in 2026 based on the expiration date of the commitments. In addition, $756.7 million is committed in additional capital contributions to certain private equity partnerships which are due upon satisfaction of contractual notice from the partnership. These commitments may or may not be funded and are therefore not recorded on our consolidated balance sheets.
• Pensions and OPEB, which include commitments related to our defined benefit pension and postretirement plans for our employees, including our non-qualified pension plan, totaled $544.9 million, of which $35.5 million is estimated to be paid in 2026. Pension plan obligations, other than the non-qualified plan, represent our contributions to the pension plans and are projected based on the expected future minimum contributions as required under current U.S. and U.K. legislative funding requirements. Non-qualified pension plan and other postretirement benefit obligations represent the expected benefit payments related to these plans which we expect to pay, as incurred, from our general assets.
• Amounts owed to reinsurers totaled $383.7 million of which $131.1 million is estimated to be paid in 2026.
• Payables for general operating expenses and deferred compensation liabilities totaled $497.6 million of which $326.4 million is estimated to be paid in 2026.
• Obligations to return advances received from the FHLB and to return unrestricted cash collateral to our securities lending and derivative counterparties totaled $721.4 million of which $126.5 million is estimated to be repaid in 2026.
• Commissions due totaled $165.5 million all of which is estimated to be paid in 2026.
• We also have obligations with outside parties for computer data processing services, software maintenance agreements, and consulting services of $239.7 million, of which $107.7 million is estimated to be paid in 2026.
• Operating lease payments representing the amount of undiscounted minimum lease payments due totaled $90.8 million of which $22.4 million is estimated to be paid in 2026.
See "Critical Accounting Estimates" and "Investments" contained herein in this Item 7 and Notes 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 14, and 17 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for additional information on our various commitments and obligations.
Transfers of Financial Assets
Our investment policy permits us to lend f ixed maturity securities to unaffiliated financial institutions in short-term securities lending agreements, which increases our investment income with minimal risk. We account for all of our securities lending agreements and repurchase agreements as secured borrowings. As of December 31, 2025, w e held $76.1 million of cash collateral from securities lending agreements. The average balance for securities lending agreements which were collateralized by cash during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $57.2 million, a nd the maximum amount outstanding at any month end
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was $109.0 million. In addition, at December 31, 2025, we had $34.1 million o f off-balance sheet securities lending agreements which were collateralized by securities that we were neither permitted to sell nor control. The average balance of these off-balance sheet transactions during the year ended December 31, 2025 w as $30.2 million, an d the maximum amount outstanding at any month end w as $41.2 million.
To manage our cash position more efficiently, we may enter into securities repurchase agreements with unaffiliated financial institutions. We generally use securities repurchase agreements as a means to finance the purchase of invested assets or for short-term general business purposes until projected cash flows become available from our operations or existing investments. We ha d no securities re purchase agreements outstanding at December 31, 2025 , nor did we utilize any securities repurchase agreements during 2025. Our use of securities repurchase agreements and securities lending agreements can fluctuate during any given period and will depend on our liquidity position, the availability of long-term investments that meet our purchasing criteria, and our general business needs.
Certain of our U.S. insurance subsidiaries are members of regional FHLBs. As of December 31, 2025, we ow ned $40.7 million of FHLB common stock and had outstanding advances of $643.8 million from the regional FHLBs which were used for the purpose of investing in either short-term investments, matched fixed maturity securities, or matched commercial mortgage loans. As of December 31, 2025, we have additional borrowing capacity of approximately $707.0 million from the FHLBs.
See Note 3 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for additional information.
Consolidated Cash Flows
(in millions of dollars)
Year Ended December 31
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Investing Activities
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Bank Deposits
Operating Cash Flows
Operating cash flows are primarily attributable to the receipt of premium and investment income, offset by payments of claims, commissions, expenses, and income taxes. Premium income growth is dependent not only on new sales, but on policy renewals and growth of existing business, renewal price increases, and persistency. Investment income growth is dependent on the growth in the underlying assets supporting our insurance liabilities and capital and on the earned yield. The level of commissions and operating expenses is attributable to the level of sales and the first year acquisition expenses associated with new business as well as the maintenance of existing business. The level of paid claims is affected partially by the growth and aging of the block of business and also by the general economy, as previously discussed in the operating results by segment.
The variance in the change in insurance liabilities to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities as reported in our consolidated statements of cash flows for 2025, 2024, and 2023 was due primarily to the reserve assumption updates that occurred in the third quarters of 2025, 2024, and 2023. Also included in operating cash flows for 2025 was $945.3 million of cash paid to the reinsurer in the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction. See Notes 6 and 14 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further information on reserve assumption updates and on the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction, respectively.
Investing Cash Flows
Investing cash inflows consist primarily of the proceeds from the sales and maturities of investments. Investing cash outflows consist primarily of payments for purchases of investments. Our investment strategy is to match the cash flows and durations of our assets with the cash flows and durations of our liabilities to meet the funding requirements of our business. When market opportunities arise, we may sell selected securities and reinvest the proceeds to improve the yield and credit quality of our portfolio. We may at times also sell selected securities and reinvest the proceeds to improve the duration matching of our assets and liabilities and/or re-balance our portfolio. As a result, sales before maturity may vary from period to period. The sale and
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purchase of short-term investments is influenced by proceeds received from FHLB funding advances, issuance of debt, our securities lending program, and by the amount of cash which is at times held in short-term investments to facilitate the availability of cash to fund the purchase of appropriate long-term investments, repay maturing debt, and/or to fund our capital deployment program.
During 2025, in preparation for the Fortitude Re reinsurance transaction, fixed maturity securities with a fair value of $151.6 million were sold. Also during 2025, fixed maturity securities with a fair value of $81.8 million were sold related to the funding of an extraordinary dividend from a wholly owned insurance subsidiary to Unum Group.
During 2024, we received proceeds of $271.0 million from the sale of a portfolio of principal and interest strips of U.S. Treasury securities received as a result of exercising our issuance right under the facility agreement with a Delaware statutory trust (the P-Caps Trust).
During 2023, we sold over $700.0 million of shorter duration bonds in our long-term care portfolio and reinvested the proceeds in higher quality, higher yielding, and longer duration bonds that better match our liability cash flows.
See Note 3 and 10 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further information.
Financing Cash Flows
Financing cash flows consist primarily of borrowings and repayments of debt, dividends paid to stockholders, repurchases of common stock, and policyholders' account deposits and withdrawals.
Cash used to repurchase shares of Unum Group's common stock during 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $1,010.3 million, $972.9 million, and $250.1 million, respectively. During 2025, 2024, and 2023 we paid dividends of $306.2 million, $296.5 million, and $277.1 million, respectively, to holders of Unum Group's common stock.
During 2025, we issued $300.0 million of 5.250% senior notes due 2035 and received proceeds of $296.0 million. The net proceeds from the issuance were used to replace cash and cash equivalents used to repay the $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.875% senior notes which matured in November 2025 as well as for other general corporate purposes.
During 2024, we issued $400.0 million of 6.000% senior notes due 2054 and received proceeds of $391.6 million. A portion of the net proceeds of the offering were used to repay the outstanding indebtedness under our senior unsecured delayed draw term loan facility, resulting in a cash outflow of $350.0 million.
See "Debt, Term Loan Facility, Credit Facilities and Other Sources of Liquidity" contained herein in this Item 7, and Notes 10, 12, and 14 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for further information.
Ratings
A.M. Best Company (AM Best), Fitch Ratings (Fitch), Moody's Ratings (Moody's), and S&P Global Ratings (S&P) are among the third parties that assign issuer credit ratings to Unum Group and financial strength ratings to our insurance subsidiaries. We compete based in part on the financial strength ratings provided by rating agencies. A downgrade of our financial strength ratings can be expected to adversely affect us and could potentially, among other things, adversely affect our relationships with distributors of our products and services and retention of our sales force, negatively impact persistency and new sales, particularly large case group sales and individual sales, and generally adversely affect our ability to compete. A downgrade in the issuer credit rating assigned to Unum Group can be expected to adversely affect our cost of capital or our ability to raise additional capital.
We maintain an ongoing dialogue with the four rating agencies that evaluate us in order to inform them of progress we are making regarding our strategic objectives and financial plans as well as other pertinent issues. A significant component of our communications involves our annual review meeting with each of the four agencies. We hold other meetings throughout the year regarding our business, including, but not limited to, quarterly updates.
Agency ratings are not directed toward the holders of our securities and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold our securities. Each rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization, and each rating should be regarded as an independent assessment, not conditional on any other rating. Given the dynamic nature of the ratings
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process, changes by these or other rating agencies may or may not occur in the near-term. We have ongoing dialogue with the rating agencies concerning our insurance risk profile, our financial flexibility, our operating performance, and the quality of our investment portfolios. The rating agencies provide specific criteria and, depending on our performance relative to the criteria, will determine future negative or positive rating agency actions.
The table below reflects the outlook as well as the senior unsecured debt ratings for Unum Group and the financial strength ratings for each of our traditional insurance subsidiaries as of the date of this filing.
AM Best
Fitch
Moody's
Outlook
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Senior Unsecured Debt Ratings
bbb+
BBB
Baa2
BBB
Financial Strength Ratings
Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
Unum Life Insurance Company of America
First Unum Life Insurance Company
Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company
The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company
Unum Insurance Company
Provident Life and Casualty Insurance Company
Starmount Life Insurance Company
Unum Limited
NR = not rated
In September 2025, Fitch revised its outlook to stable from positive. The revision reflects earnings trends in 2025 and the expectation for normalizing capital levels over the rating horizon driven by significant capital return to shareholders.
There have been no other changes in the rating agencies' outlooks or ratings during 2025 or in 2026 prior to the date of this filing.
See "Ratings" contained herein in Item 1 and "Risk Factors" contained herein in Item 1A for further discussion.
