POWER OF ATTORNEY


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


	(a)	prepare, executed 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 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 thereunder;

	(b)	executed and file on behalf of the undersigned all Forms 3, 4
		and 5 (including any amendments thereto, "Forms") that the
		undersigned may be required to file with the SEC or other
		regulatory bodies as a result of the undersinged's ownership of
		or transactions in Unum Group (the "Company"), including any
		filing required as a result of any indirect ownership of
		securities attributed to the undersigned under applicable laws;
		and

	(c)	do and perform each and every act and thing for and on behalf
		of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
		complete the execution and timely filing of such Forms with
		the SEC and any securities exchange or similar authority.

	The undersigned grants said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to act and perform on behalf of the undersigned all and every act and thing
whatsoever required to be done in the exercise of the rights and powers granted
herein, as fully to all intents and purposes as said attorneys-in-fact might or
could do in person, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or their substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned hereby
acknowledges that neither the Company nor any of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact,in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Act or any rule or regulation of the SEC.  The authority
of said attorneys-in-fact under this Power of Attorney shall continue until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with regard to the undersigned's
ownership of or transaction in securities of the Company, unless earlier
revoked in writing.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 22nd day of July, 2010.



					/s/  John F. McGarry
					--------------------------------------
					John F. McGarry