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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced today that its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program authorizing the company to repurchase up to $1 billion of its common stock from time to time beginning on April 1, 2025. The board of directors also authorized the termination of the company's current share repurchase program as of March 31, 2025, with any unused amount under that program expiring as of that date. The timing and amount of share repurcha.

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UNM's fourth-quarter results reflect continued strong operating performance, favorable benefit experience, premium growth and increased sales in Unum U.K.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 5, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Matt Royal - Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations and Treasury Rick McKenney - President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Zabel - Chief Financial Officer Chris Pyne - Executive Vice President, Group Benefits Tim Arnold - Executive Vice President, Voluntary Benefits & President-Colonial Life Conference Call Participants Tom Gallagher - Evercore ISI Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo Wes Carmichael - Autonomous Research Joel Hurwitz - Dowling & Partners John Barnidge - Piper Sandler Ryan Krueger - KBW Alex Scott - Barclays Suneet Kamath - Jeffries Josh Shanker - Bank of America Mark Hughes - Truist Securities Jack Matten - BMO Capital Markets Jimmy Bhullar - JPMorgan Michael Ward - UBS Operator Hello and welcome to Unum Group Fourth Quarter 2025 Results and 2025 Outlook Conference Call. Please note that this call is being recorded.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unum Group's (NYSE: UNM) President & CEO, Rick McKenney, will represent the company at the 2025 UBS Financial Services Conference. McKenney is scheduled to speak at the conference at 3:30 p.m. ET on Monday, February 10, 2025. He will discuss the company's business strategy and future growth prospects. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investors section of Unum's website, www.investors.unum.com, on the News and Events page.

The headline numbers for Unum (UNM) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Unum (UNM) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.03 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.13 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.79 per share a year ago.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) today reported net income of $348.7 million ($1.92 per diluted common share) for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to net income of $330.6 million ($1.69 per diluted common share) for the fourth quarter of 2023. Included in net income for the fourth quarter of 2024 is the after-tax amortization of the cost of reinsurance of $8.1 million ($0.04 per diluted common share), the after-tax impact of non-contemporaneous reinsurance of $3.9.

Better pricing, exposure growth, accelerated digitalization and sturdy capital are expected to help PLMR, AIZ, BHF and UNM outperform fourth-quarter estimates.