Unum Group

The Unum International segment is comprised of our operations in both the United Kingdom and Poland. Our Unum UK products include insurance for group long-term disability, group life, and supplemental lines of business, which includes dental, critical illness, and individual disability products. Our Unum Poland products include insurance for individual and group life with accident and health riders. Unum International's products are sold primarily through field sales personnel and independent brokers and consultants.

Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for the Unum International segment.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currencies of Unum UK and Unum Poland are the British pound sterling and Polish zloty, respectively. Premium income, net investment income, claims, and expenses are received or paid in the functional currency, and we hold functional currency-denominated assets to support functional currency-denominated policy liabilities. We translate functional currency-denominated financial statement items into dollars for our consolidated financial reporting. We translate income statement items using an average exchange rate for the reporting period, and we translate balance sheet items using the exchange rate at the end of the period. We report unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive income in our consolidated balance sheets.

Fluctuations in exchange rates impact Unum International's reported financial results and our consolidated financial results. In periods when the functional currency strengthens relative to the preceding period, translation increases current period results relative to the prior period. In periods when the functional currency weakens, translation decreases current period results relative to the prior period.

Unum UK Operating Results

Shown below are financial results and key performance indicators for the Unum UK product lines in functional currency.

Premium income was higher in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 due primarily to sales across all product lines.

Net investment income was lower in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 due to lower income from inflation index-linked bonds. Our investments in inflation index-linked bonds support the claim liabilities associated with certain group policies that provide for inflation-linked increases in policy benefits. The change in net investment income attributable to these index-linked bonds is partially offset by a change in policy benefits related to the inflation index-linked group long-term disability and group life policies.

Other income primarily relates to fees earned related to certain administrative services.

The benefit ratio was unfavorable in the first quarter of 2026 relative to the same period of 2025 due primarily to higher average claim size and higher claim incidence in the group long-term disability product line.

Commissions and the deferral of acquisition costs were higher in the first quarter of 2026 relative to the same period of 2025 due primarily to new business. The amortization of deferred acquisition costs was higher during the first quarter of 2026 relative to the same period of 2025 due to growth in the level of the deferred asset.

The other expense ratio was lower during the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 primarily due to our focus on expense management and operating efficiencies.

Sales

The following discussion of sales results relates only to our Unum UK product lines and is based on functional currency.

Group sales increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025, driven primarily by higher sales to new customers in the large case market, which we define as employee groups with more than 500 employees, and higher sales to existing customers in the core market, partially offset by lower sales to new customers in the core market.

Supplemental sales increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025, driven primarily by higher sales of our group critical illness product, partially offset by lower sales of our dental product.

We are committed to driving growth in the Unum International segment and will build on the capabilities that we believe will generate growth and profitability in our businesses over the long term. In 2026, we will focus on scaling our business across our existing product portfolio. For our Unum UK line of business, we will continue to focus on delivering a best in class health and wellbeing service to improve retention of our key customers and drive growth across our product offerings. We also expect to deliver continued premium growth by focusing on both the broker experience and customer engagement, while maintaining our disciplined approach to pricing. We expect group long-term disability claim experience to be mostly stable, but may experience some quarterly claims volatility. We expect to maintain expense discipline with a decrease in our other expense ratio. Within our Unum Poland line of business, we expect to drive growth by continuing to expand our existing distribution channels. We will also continue to invest in digital capabilities, technology, and product enhancements which we believe will drive sustainable growth over the long term. We continuously monitor key indicators to assess our risks and adjust our business plans accordingly.