Schedule V Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure

SCHEDULE V--VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

Unum Group and Subsidiaries

Description	Balance at Beginning of Year		Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses		Additions Charged to Other Accounts1		Deductions2		Balance at End of Year
	(in millions of dollars)
Year Ended December 31, 2019
Real Estate reserve (deducted from other long-term investments)	$	1.5	$	—	$	—	$	1.2	$	0.3
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts and premiums receivable)	$	9.9	$	5.3	$	0.1	$	6.9	$	8.4
Year Ended December 31, 2018
Real Estate reserve (deducted from other long-term investments)	$	4.2	$	0.6	$	—	$	3.3	$	1.5
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts and premiums receivable)	$	6.4	$	5.6	$	—	$	2.1	$	9.9
Year Ended December 31, 2017
Real Estate reserve (deducted from other long-term investments)	$	4.2	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	4.2
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts and premiums receivable)	$	6.2	$	2.3	$	0.1	$	2.2	$	6.4

¹ Additions charged to other accounts are comprised of amounts related to fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rate.

² Deductions include amounts deemed to reduce exposure of probable losses, amounts deemed uncollectible, and amounts related to fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rate.

See Notes 3 and 7 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained herein in Item 8 for a discussion of the mortgage loan allowance for credit losses and the deferred tax asset valuation allowance not included in the amounts reported above.