Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
             Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
             Certain Officers.


On January 10, 2020, the Human Capital Committee (the "Committee") of the Board
of Directors of Unum Group appointed Michael Q. Simonds as Executive Vice
President, Chief Operating Officer of Unum Group (the "Company"), effective
February 1, 2020. In the new role, Mr. Simonds, 46, who since July 2013 has
served as an Executive Vice President of the Company and President and Chief
Executive Officer of its Unum US business unit, will be responsible for
optimizing business operations across the enterprise.
Prior to heading the Company's Unum US operations, Mr. Simonds served as Senior
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Unum US from June 2012 to June 2013.
Before that, he served as Senior Vice President, Growth Operations, Unum US from
July 2010 to May 2012 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer,
Unum US from March 2008 to July 2010. Mr. Simonds originally joined a Unum Group
predecessor company in 1994, left the Company in 2000 to pursue his MBA, and
rejoined the Company in 2003 after working at McKinsey & Company, a global
management consulting firm.
In connection with the appointment, the Committee also approved the terms of a
new compensation package for Mr. Simonds. Effective February 1, 2020, his base
salary will increase to $700,000 and his annual and long-term incentive targets
will be set at 130% and 250% of base salary, respectively, for annual targeted
total compensation of $3,360,000. For the 2020 performance year, Mr. Simonds'
incentive compensation (payable in 2021) will be prorated based on the time he
spends in each position during the year.
As previously disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, the Company
employs Charlene Glidden, who currently serves as Vice President, Customer
Operations for Colonial Life and is a sister-in-law of Mr. Simonds. In 2019, she
received compensation of approximately $450,121 and participated in compensation
and benefit arrangements generally applicable to similarly situated employees.
Beginning February 1, 2020, she will be included in Mr. Simonds' organization
and will have an indirect reporting relationship to him, but he will not be
involved in decisions concerning her compensation.
A copy of the news release issued by the Company to announce Mr. Simonds'
appointment is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits.

 Exhibit No.    Description

    99.1          News Release of Unum Group dated January 16, 2020, announcing the
                appointment of Michael Q. Simonds as Chief Operating Officer.

     104        Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
                document).

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