CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2006--UnumProvident
Corporation (NYSE: UNM) announced today that it will present at the
SunTrust Institutional Conference on April 12, 2006. Mr. Joseph
Zubretsky, senior executive vice president, finance, investment, and
corporate development, will represent UnumProvident and is scheduled
to speak at 2 p.m. (ET).
There will also be a live audio webcast of the presentation at
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/strh16/unm/. This webcast will be archived
for 90 days.
During UnumProvident's presentation, Mr. Zubretsky will focus on
the Company's general business strategy and future growth
opportunities.
UnumProvident is the largest provider of group and individual
income protection insurance in the United States and United Kingdom.
Through its subsidiaries, UnumProvident insures more than 25 million
people and provided $6 billion in total benefits to customers in 2005.
With primary offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Portland, Maine,
the Company employs approximately 11,300 people worldwide. For more
information, visit www.unumprovident.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding
UnumProvident Corporation's business which are not historical facts
are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties.
For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form
10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
CONTACT: UnumProvident CorporationThomas A. H. White, 423-294-8996
or
Linnea R. Olsen, 410-872-8970
SOURCE: UnumProvident Corporation