CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
For the second year, Unum (NYSE: UNM) tops the list as Business
Insurance magazine recognizes the Best Places to Work in Insurance. Unum
was No. 1 in the category for large carriers, one of 54 companies who
were recognized in the program.
“The recognition from Business Insurance is especially gratifying
because it focuses on our industry and evaluates us in our professional
peer group,” said Eileen Farrar, senior vice president of human
resources for Unum. “While awards like these certainly aren’t the only
measure of success, we do take great pride in receiving this
recognition.”
This honor from Business Insurance follows a number of recent accolades
for Unum. It is a “Best Place to Work” in its primary states of
Tennessee, Maine and South Carolina and received the Best Employers for
Healthy Lifestyles Award from the National Business Group on Health.
This is the second year for the Best Places to Work in Insurance
recognition program. It was open to all publicly or privately held
insurers, agents and brokers with at least 25 employees working in the
United States and serving the commercial market.
The assessment is a two-part process designed to gather detailed data
about each participating company. It includes a questionnaire for the
employer to complete and a survey of randomly selected employees.
“One of the most meaningful aspects of the best employer awards is that
they weigh heavily what our employees say about the company, which makes
winning all the more gratifying,” said Farrar. “It tells us that our
employees are genuinely satisfied with our work environment.”
To make the Best
Places to Work in Insurance list, each company had to demonstrate “a
minimum standard of excellence,” said Peter B. Burke, president of
co-sponsor organization Best Companies Group. “We do have our eyes set
on an overall level of satisfaction that we want to see,” he said.
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
Contact:
Unum
MC Guenther, 423-294-6108
mguenther@unum.com