UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  June 27, 2008

Unum Group
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(423) 294-1011
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

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 (d)       On June 27, 2008, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Unum Group (the “Company”) elected Kevin T. Kabat as a director of the Company.  Mr. Kabat is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fifth Third Bancorp, based in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Mr. Kabat has been determined by the Board to be an independent director and has been appointed to serve, effective August 1, 2008, on the Finance Committee and the Regulatory Compliance Committee of the Board of the Company.  Mr. Kabat was elected to fill a newly created position on the Board, which is now comprised of 12 members, and will serve as a Class II director with a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Kabat is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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