Unum Group has launched Unum Pet Insurance. Unum Pet Insurance offers plans that provide coverage employees can count on to keep their pets healthy. With this offering, Unum Group has rounded out its financial benefits portfolio, offering holistic protection for employees and their families, no matter what their family looks like.

Unum Pet Insurance is provided by Nationwide, the pet insurance industry leader with more than four decades of experience and over a million pets protected. Research shows that pet insurance is quickly becoming one of the most desired benefit offerings for today's workforce. As the costs of pet ownership continues to rise, Unum Pet Insurance can help employees manage everything from accidents to illnesses to wellness and preventative care, while also helping employers boost overall engagement and satisfaction with their benefits.

Unum Pet Insurance is a seamless solution for offering pet insurance alongside your Unum voluntary benefits. Unum Pet Insurance covers the big stuff, the small stuff and everything in between. Key coverage features include: Usable through any licensed veterinarian, with anytime mobile claims and digital payments; 50% and 70% reimbursement options available; VetHelpline® ?

24/7 access to live veterinary professionals via video consultation; Discounts on eligible pet prescriptions available through participating pharmacies; Coverage for emergency boarding costs if a human in the house is hospitalized for illness or injury; Optional Wellness coverage for non-accident and illness related costs like physicals, vaccines, flea and tick, microchipping, deworming, etc.; Lost pet support ? Coverage for advertising costs and rewards for finding a lost pet, plus additional coverage if the pet isn't found within two months; Mortality (life insurance) ? Coverage for euthanasia, cremation and burial, and original pet cost (all up to a combined $1,000).Nationwide, the provider of Unum Pet Insurance, originated pet health insurance in the U.S. more than 40 years ago and currently protects more than 1.2 million dogs, cats and exotic pets.

Nationwide was also the first carrier to offer pet insurance as a voluntary benefit through brokers and employee groups more than 20 years ago. Nationwide's wealth of knowledge and experience will support Unum Group's efforts to fully protect workers and their families through the companies' partnership in the Unum Pet Insurance offering.