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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000005513-22-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNM"
cik: "0000005513"
company_name: "Unum Group"
filed_at: "2022-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:54:50.990690+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Unum elects Gale V. King, former Nationwide EVP & CAO, to its Board of Directors

## Summary
- Gale V. King joins Unum board effective March 4, 2022; independent director determination.
- She will serve on Human Capital and Risk and Finance Committees starting May 1, 2022.
- King retired as Nationwide EVP and CAO after 37 years; also a director at AutoZone and J.B. Hunt.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director arrangement with pro-rata cash retainer and RSU.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000005513-22-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNM
- cik: 0000005513
- company_name: Unum Group
- filed_at: 2022-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551322000064/0000005513-22-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551322000064/unm-20220304.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-22-000064
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-22-000064.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-22-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gale V. King was elected as director at Unum Group.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On March 4, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Unum Group (the “Company”) elected Gale V. King as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551322000064/0000005513-22-000064-index.htm

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