EXHIBIT 15
LETTER RE: UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Unum Group
We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:
1. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-81669) pertaining to: |
a. | Provident Companies, Inc. Stock Plan of 1999 |
b. | Provident Companies, Inc. Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan of 1998 |
c. | Employee Stock Option Plan of 1998 |
d. | Amended and Restated Annual Management Incentive Compensation Plan of 1994, |
2. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-85882) pertaining to: |
a. | UnumProvident Corporation Stock Plan of 1999 |
b. | UnumProvident Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan (as amended on February 15, 2002) |
c. | UnumProvident Corporation Broad-Based Stock Plan of 2001 (as amended on February 8, 2001) |
d. | UnumProvident Corporation Broad-Based Stock Plan of 2002 |
e. | UnumProvident Corporation Employee Stock Option Plan, |
3. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-123422) of Unum Group (formerly UnumProvident Corporation) pertaining to: |
a. | UnumProvident Corporation Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
b. | UnumProvident Corporation Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan of 2004, |
4. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-145400) of Unum Group pertaining to the Unum Group Stock Incentive Plan of 2007, |
5. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-158885) of Unum Group pertaining to the Unum Limited Savings-Related Share Option Scheme of 2008, and |
6. | Registration Statement (Form S-3 ASR No. 333-177892) |
of our report dated May 2, 2012 relating to the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Unum Group and subsidiaries that are included in this Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chattanooga, Tennessee
May 2, 2012