Chris Pyne was named executive vice president, group benefits of Unum Group in February 2020. In this role, Pyne leads the company’s U.S. group benefits business lines across all client segments and is also responsible for Unum’s U.S. distribution organization.
In his over 30 years with Unum, Pyne has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as senior vice president, growth operations and distribution from June 2018 to January 2020 and as senior vice president, sales and client management from June 2011 to June 2018. During his career, he has consistently focused on growing business by creating value for customers, leveraging Unum’s robust product portfolio, capabilities and expertise in the leave management category.
Pyne holds a bachelor’s degree in government and legal studies from Bowdoin College.