<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-12-027213.txt : 20120927
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-12-027213.hdr.sgml : 20120927
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120927163756
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-12-027213
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120917
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120927
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120927

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			O'Donnell Peter G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001558734

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11294
		FILM NUMBER:		121113556

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE FOUTAIN SQUARE
		STREET 2:		LAW DEPARTMENT (7S730)
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37402

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Unum Group
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000005513
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCE [6321]
		IRS NUMBER:				621598430
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37402
		BUSINESS PHONE:		423-294-8974

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37402

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNUMPROVIDENT CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990702

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PROVIDENT COMPANIES INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961204

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PROVIDENT LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO OF AMERICA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950407
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-09-17</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000005513</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Unum Group</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>UNM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001558734</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>O'Donnell Peter G</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHATTANOOGA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37402</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>President &amp; CEO, Unum UK</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10705</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>20.31</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2015-05-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-11-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>718</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 9,291 restricted stock units, which may be settled, on a 1-for-1 basis, only in shares of common stock, and 1,414 shares of common stock. Fractional amounts have been rounded to the nearest whole number</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The date on which the option becomes exercisable or expires may be postponed if monthly contribution amounts are not paid when due.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be purchased under the Unum European Holding Company Limited Savings-Related Share Option Scheme 2011, a plan for UK employees similar to a US-based employee stock purchase plan, based on the reporting person's expected contributions to a savings account over a three-year period and a currency exchange rate of ?1 = $1.62132 as of September 17, 2012.  The actual maximum number of shares that may be purchased upon exercise of the option may be higher or lower depending on the currency exchange rate in effect at the time of exercise.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jullienne, J. Paul, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-09-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
		   POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints E. Liston Bishop, III, Susan N. Roth, and J. Paul
Jullienne, or any one of them acting singly, and with full power of
substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

	(a)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
		undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
		Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, including
		amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
		or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, and passphrases
		enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
		SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
		Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), or any rule
		or regulation of the SEC;

	(b)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
		undersigned's capacity as an officer of Unum Group (the
		"Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments
		thereto, "Forms") in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Act
		and the rules thereunder;

	(c)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
		undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
		and execute any Forms and to timely file such Forms with the
		SEC and any securities 	exchange or similar authority; and

	(d)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
		with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any such
		attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
		legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
		the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
		the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
		such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
		attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
		discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purpsoses as the
undersigned might or could do in person, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Act.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of September, 2012.

					/s/  Peter G. O'Donnell
					---------------------------
					Peter G. O'Donnell
</TEXT>
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