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You’re stressing me out the door: 78% of workers would quit due to high stress

Unum wins top employer award for health and wellbeing excellence

Unum UK announces record breaking 97% success rate for rehabilitation service

Unum UK appoints Lio Lopez-Welsch as Chief Information and Digital Officer

Unum announces exclusive partnership with Toothfairy alongside enhanced Dental offering

Blue Monday: Unhappy employees experience two weeks a year of presenteeism

Unum UK elevates employee experience by enhancing leave for carers

Nearly half of UK workers received no cost-of-living support from their employer this year

Almost nine in ten negatively impacted by the cost-of-living crisis

Unhappy employees take nine more sick days a year than their happier counterparts

Unum UK launches new fitness and wellbeing benefit for employees

Unum UK appoints Jon Dye as independent Non-Executive Director

Unum UK joins local LGBTQ+ community for Pride in Surrey 2023

Unum UK joins the fight against period poverty with Hey Girls partnership

Unum UK supports employees with right to request flexible working from day one

Unum Dental moves into strategic growth mode with renewal rights acquisition

Unum UK adds Reframe cancer support to Help@hand app as cancer continues to dominate claims

Unum wins Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Wellbeing Award

Unum UK supplies over 12,000 meals for local communities in its annual ‘Heroes for Hunger’ Food Drive

Almost 1 in 3 Help@hand appointments are mental health-related

Unum UK paid claims up 8% to £395m as provider exceeds 2.2 million insured

Unum’s Help@hand app transforms to offer total employee health and wellbeing support

Cost-of-living crisis expected to spark the ‘Great Resignation’ of 2023

Over 8 million UK employees take productivity hit due to financial worries

Unum UK appoints Sarah Davies as independent Non-Executive Director

Unum UK exceeds 2 million insured lives

Unum UK joins LGBTQ+ community for longest ever Surrey Pride parade

Unum’s award-winning Help@hand app hits 100,000 downloads

Unum UK signs Menopause Workplace Pledge

Half of SME line managers have no training to support employees with cancer - Unum data reveals

Statutory Sick Pay reform could boost UK economy by £3.9bn, landmark research from Unum reveals

Putting the Life into Life Insurance

Unum UK pays claims of £366m in 2021 amid growing importance of early intervention and rehabilitation

Unum UK drives sustainable business agenda with new electric vehicle scheme

Unum UK hits Women in Finance Charter targets and reduces median gender and ethnicity pay gaps

In a pickle: UK's estimated 6 million 'sandwich generation' workers need better employer support

Britain prepares for ‘The Great Return’ as an estimated 1.5 million workers plan to ‘boomerang’ back to a previous employer

Unum UK to support staff with new reproductive health policy to help #BreakTheBias

Work from home advice ends but employee back ache lingers: Unum sees 50% jump in digital physio appointments at start of 2022

Unum expands access to Help@hand to every Life Insurance and Critical Illness customer

Unum appoints SEC Newgate to raise its profile in the UK

UK SMEs urged to take employee benefits more seriously — and fast

Employee benefits and flexible working lead the way in the war for talent

Employees hold the cards as businesses face fight to retain staff

Unum UK appoints Stuart Vann as independent Non-Executive Director

1 in 3 appointments via Unum’s Help@hand service mental health related — but fewer men seek help

Unum offers brokers vital insight into impact of COVID-19 on SMEs

Unum UK appoints John Hyde as Chief Marketing Officer

National Eye Health Week 2021

2021 vision: Unum enhances Optical proposition after difficult year for UK eye health and increase in screen time

Remote GP services highly valued by staff despite lockdown lifting

2020 most successful year yet for Unum’s rehabilitation service: 95.1% of employees using it remained in or returned to work

One year on from lockdown: Unum reflects on what employers need to consider post-pandemic

Help@hand sees uptake of appointments for partners and children, even out of hours

Prioritising oral health will be critical in 2021

Unum Dental offers goodwill gesture to policy members in recognition of lockdown appointment delays

Unum announces leadership transition for UK and Poland

Unum Dental covers the cost of PPE

Surge in use of virtual health care since lockdown with twice as many mental health appointments provided

Unum launches new app giving employees access to enhanced health support

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