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TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Small and mid-sized businesses in Florida now have access to Simply Unum, a new approach to employee benefits that can help control costs, simplify administration and offer flexible benefits choice.

"Unum (NYSE:UNM) has a long history of serving Florida, and our sales and service professionals in Tampa are excited to be able to offer Simply Unum in the state," said Tony Romano, Unum's Senior Market Manager in Tampa.

Created specifically for employers with fewer than 500 employees, Simply Unum provides a base of group disability and life insurance coupled with voluntary benefits. With more than 28,000 product combinations possible, an employer can offer benefit options that best meet the specific needs of their workforce at a price that doesn't strain the bottom line. And Simply Unum operates on a single technology platform, creating one path from benefit package design to quoting to enrollment to ongoing billing and administration.

The advantages of simple, online benefits administration and faster turnaround for policy booklets helped sell the first Simply Unum case in Florida on the first day it was available in the state.

"The administrative ease of Simply Unum has created a lot of buzz," said Bryan Shannon, the sales representative in Unum'sTampa office who sold the first case of Simply Unum in Florida. "It is great to be able to offer a solution that takes some of the administrative burden off of Human Resources."

Across the benefits industry, the needs of small to mid-size companies are driving a focus on flexible benefits choices, said Dave Mosher, Unum's Senior Market Manager in Fort Lauderdale.

"Simply Unum offers these choices in a package that provides effective education to employees, keeps plan administration simple and costs contained," he said.

Simply Unum also offers employee education, enrollment and service in Spanish to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse workforce.

Unum provides benefits to more than 425,000 employees in Florida, including more than 130,000 educators and schools administrators; 56,000 health care professionals; and 22,000 legal professionals.

A commitment to responsive local service, benefits industry expertise and strong relationships drives Unum's philosophy, Romano said.

"Unum has 50 professionals who live and work in Florida to serve benefits brokers across the state," he said.

Simply Unum launched in states across the country beginning in April 2008 after a highly successful pilot phase in target markets. Now, more than 2,500 lines of coverage have been sold through Simply Unum nationwide, and the benefits solution is available in 46 states.

"It has never been more important for benefits providers to offer innovative products that can help employers make the most of their budgets while giving their employees access to benefits that can help protect them from the unexpected," Romano said. "At Unum, we're proud to be able to offer that, along with a strong commitment to local service in the communities we call home."

For more information about Simply Unum, visit www.unum.com/simplyunum.

About Unum

Unum (www.unum.com) is one of the leading providers of employee benefits products and services in the United States and the United Kingdom. Through its subsidiaries, Unum Group provided nearly $6 billion in total benefits to customers in 2008.

    Source: Unum