Unum Group Stock News

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. , Aug. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Unum Group's (NYSE: UNM) President & CEO Rick McKenney along with EVP and CFO Steve Zabel will represent the company at the 2024 KBW Insurance Conference.

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Unum Group (NYSE:UNM ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 31, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Matt Royal - SVP, IR Rick McKenney - President & CEO Steve Zabel - CFO Tim Arnold - EVP, Voluntary Benefits & President-Colonial Life Chris Pyne - EVP, Group Benefits Mark Till - CEO, Unum International Conference Call Participants Ryan Krueger - KBW Suneet Kamath - Jefferies Joel Hurwitz - Dow...

Net income of $389.5 million ($2.05 per diluted common share) for the second quarter of 2024; after-tax adjusted operating income was $411.4 million ($2.16 per diluted common share). Growing top-line with core operations premium growth of 5.4 percent on a constant currency basis, and robust margins across our businesses.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. , July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 August 1, 2024.

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