Cancer and complications from pregnancy were the top causes of long term disability claims filed with Unum Group Corp. in 2009.
Normal pregnancy was the leading cause of short term disability claims at Unum, Chattanooga, Tenn. (NYSE:UNM), the company says.
Unum timed the release of the report to coincide with Disability Insurance Awareness Month, which started May 1.
Cancer and pregnancy complications each accounted for about 12% of Unum’s group LTD claims in 2009, about the same as in 2007.