UNUM

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Unum is an insurance company operating in several countries including the United States and the United Kingdom.

ME/CFS and UK Welfare Reform Policy[edit | edit source]

  • in 2007 Malcolm Hooper claimed to the UK parliament that UNUM's CFS Management Plan Stated "UNUM stands to lose millions if we do not move quickly to address this increasing problem".[1]
  • In 2007 the BBC reported on the connections between UNUM in relation to the UK welfare reforms [2]. It was removed later when researchers began referencing it but the transcript was preserved.
  • In 2008 Jonathan Rutherford examined the connections between Unum and the UK government to reduce eligibility for sickness benefits in New Labour, the market state,and the end of welfare and in the Guardian article E pluribus Unum .
  • In 2011 Private Eye examined Unum's media campaign promoted as the answer to the latest tough welfare reforms [3].
  • In January 2015 Mo Steward published The influence of the private insurance industry on the UK welfare reforms which examines the insurance industry and in particular Unum's connection to the BPS model and welfare reforms.

Litigation and US Regulatory Settlement in 2005[edit | edit source]

Online presence[edit | edit source]

Learn more[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

Mansel Aylward

References[edit | edit source]