---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000005513-24-000093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNM"
cik: "0000005513"
company_name: "Unum Group"
filed_at: "2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T04:58:26.784736+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Unum Q1 net income $395.2M ($2.04 EPS) beats year ago; raises dividend 15% to $0.42 quarterly

## Summary
- Net income $395.2M ($2.04 diluted EPS) vs $358.3M ($1.80) in Q1 2023; after-tax adj. op. income $409.9M ($2.12).
- Core premium growth 6.6% constant currency; Unum US adj. op. income up 23.3%, driven by group disability and group life.
- Dividend increased 15% to $0.42/quarter ($1.68 annual), effective Q3 2024.
- Repurchased 2.5M shares for $123M; book value per share $53.38, up 13.9% YoY.
- FY2024 outlook: after-tax adjusted op. income per share up 7-9% vs 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000005513-24-000093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNM
- cik: 0000005513
- company_name: Unum Group
- filed_at: 2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551324000093/0000005513-24-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551324000093/unm-20240430.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-24-000093.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Unum Group reported the first quarter of 2024 results: net income $395.2 million ($2.04 per diluted common share).
  - Period: the first quarter of 2024
  - Net income: $395.2 million ($2.04 per diluted common share)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 30, 2024, Unum Group (the "Company") issued a news release reporting its results for the first quarter of 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551324000093/0000005513-24-000093-index.htm

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