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Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Activity (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Future Policy Benefits $ 38,017.0 $ 36,806.4    
Unum US        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 2,442.7 2,431.4 $ 2,071.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 2,566.0 2,486.9 2,166.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (86.5) (58.7) $ 185.7
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (60.8) (69.6) (90.2)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   2,418.7 2,358.6 2,261.5
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Issuance 555.1 485.0 486.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 94.6 91.0 77.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected (388.6) (368.6) (338.3)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 2,679.8 2,566.0 2,486.9  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax (57.8) (123.3) (55.5)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 2,622.0 2,442.7 2,431.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 11,030.0 11,752.5 11,698.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 11,565.8 11,949.5 12,177.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (232.7) (197.2) 77.8
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (145.3) (309.1) (377.2)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   11,187.8 11,443.2 11,877.9
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [1] 2,042.3 1,991.0 2,007.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 402.9 415.8 442.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (2,267.1) (2,284.2) (2,378.2)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 11,365.9 11,565.8 11,949.5  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (298.6) (535.8) (197.0)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 11,067.3 11,030.0 11,752.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 8,445.3 8,587.3 9,321.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other 32.2 30.4 31.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 8,477.5 8,617.7 9,352.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 421.6 194.0 208.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 8,055.9 8,423.7 9,144.1  
Gross premiums or assessments 6,799.0 6,547.1 6,263.2  
interest accretion 308.3 324.8 364.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 17,453.4 17,621.3 17,926.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 12,029.3 11,657.3 11,175.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 8,176.2 $ 8,027.2 $ 7,830.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 4.40% 4.30% 4.20%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 4.50% 4.90% 4.50%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 7 years 7 years 1 month 6 days 7 years  
Future Policy Benefits [2] $ 8,477.5 $ 8,617.7 $ 9,352.7  
Unum International        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 276.1 270.3 197.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 314.2 298.4 246.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (7.8) (5.9) (5.1)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   6.2 19.9 17.1
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   312.6 312.4 258.8
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Issuance 37.6 34.4 23.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 13.4 11.4 9.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected (33.3) (28.5) (23.0)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Increase (Decrease) for Other Change 47.7 (15.5) 29.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 378.0 314.2 298.4  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax (25.2) (38.1) (28.1)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 352.8 276.1 270.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 2,391.6 2,527.4 2,231.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 2,641.5 2,687.1 2,495.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (15.1) 0.1 17.7
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (10.5) (20.5) 1.3
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   2,615.9 2,666.7 2,514.5
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [3] 424.0 379.0 335.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 74.0 67.9 63.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (433.0) (409.3) (388.3)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Increase (Decrease) for Other Change 242.5 (62.8) 162.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 2,923.4 2,641.5 2,687.1  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (224.4) (249.9) (159.7)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 2,699.0 2,391.6 2,527.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 2,346.2 2,115.5 2,257.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other 49.8 40.7 36.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 2,396.0 2,156.2 2,293.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 70.4 67.9 78.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 2,325.6 2,088.3 2,214.5  
Gross premiums or assessments 1,061.5 957.1 849.0  
interest accretion 60.6 56.5 54.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 4,723.8 4,258.2 4,261.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 1,652.7 1,295.7 1,196.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 1,030.3 $ 823.4 $ 778.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 4.10% 4.10% 4.00%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 4.90% 5.10% 4.60%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 8 years 9 months 18 days 8 years 9 months 18 days 8 years 7 months 6 days  
Future Policy Benefits $ 2,396.0 $ 2,156.2 $ 2,293.2  
Colonial Life        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 3,553.3 3,592.6 3,745.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 3,793.8 3,754.3 4,046.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   0.7 (7.9) (322.7)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (48.9) (57.3) (53.5)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   3,745.6 3,689.1 3,670.2
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Issuance 564.5 555.9 544.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 138.4 132.8 122.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected (597.6) (584.0) (583.5)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 3,850.9 3,793.8 3,754.3  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax (141.9) (240.5) (161.7)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 3,709.0 3,553.3 3,592.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 5,434.9 5,566.0 5,581.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 6,026.2 5,925.2 6,163.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (7.6) (52.7) (402.9)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (71.9) (92.2) (52.0)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   5,946.7 5,780.3 5,709.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance 617.9 610.8 605.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 233.8 224.4 211.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (619.0) (589.3) (601.0)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 6,179.4 6,026.2 5,925.2  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (469.0) (591.3) (359.2)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 5,710.4 5,434.9 5,566.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 2,001.4 1,881.6 1,973.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other 30.6 22.6 24.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 2,032.0 1,904.2 1,997.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 1.3 0.9 1.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 2,030.7 1,903.3 1,996.0  
Gross premiums or assessments 1,778.3 1,718.9 1,658.6  
interest accretion 95.4 91.6 88.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 11,058.1 10,409.4 9,796.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 13,212.6 12,618.4 11,903.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 9,336.4 $ 9,049.4 $ 8,702.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 4.50% 4.40% 4.30%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 5.30% 5.50% 4.80%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 17 years 7 months 6 days 17 years 3 months 18 days 17 years  
Future Policy Benefits $ 2,032.0 $ 1,904.2 $ 1,997.8  
Closed Block        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 7,658.5 8,123.5 6,412.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 7,592.9 7,703.6 6,236.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   255.3 145.5 1,641.3
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (119.6) (41.2) 44.1
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   7,728.6 7,807.9 7,921.5
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 392.0 401.8 374.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected (636.3) (616.8) (592.6)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 7,484.3 7,592.9 7,703.6  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax 248.4 65.6 419.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 7,732.7 7,658.5 8,123.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 30,063.6 32,577.7 29,418.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 30,544.7 30,743.9 28,852.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   971.3 1.3 2,009.4
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (20.1) 85.7 117.1
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   31,495.9 30,830.9 30,978.8
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [4] 80.4 101.2 123.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 1,551.1 1,545.0 1,510.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (1,957.6) (1,932.4) (1,868.6)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 31,169.8 30,544.7 30,743.9  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax 36.6 (481.1) 1,833.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 31,206.4 30,063.6 32,577.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 23,473.7 22,405.1 24,454.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other [5] 1,449.5 1,498.0 1,661.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 24,923.2 23,903.1 26,115.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 9,825.0 6,775.9 7,466.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 15,098.2 17,127.2 18,648.5  
Gross premiums or assessments 865.7 884.4 919.9  
interest accretion 1,159.1 1,143.2 1,135.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 69,478.9 71,145.2 73,341.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 12,601.0 13,767.1 14,486.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 7,673.0 $ 8,029.1 $ 8,241.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 5.30% 5.30% 5.20%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 5.40% 5.50% 4.90%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 12 years 4 months 24 days 12 years 10 months 24 days 13 years 2 months 12 days  
Future Policy Benefits [2] $ 24,923.2 $ 23,903.1 $ 26,115.4  
Other Products        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Future Policy Benefits [2] 188.3 225.2 250.3  
Group Disability | Unum US        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Issuance 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 0.0 0.0 0.0  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 4,735.8 5,147.4 5,533.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 4,907.5 5,277.1 5,793.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (93.0) (76.4) (100.2)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (43.6) (168.9) (204.0)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   4,770.9 5,031.8 5,488.9
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [1] 1,081.9 1,093.2 1,094.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 136.7 151.3 171.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (1,332.6) (1,368.8) (1,477.5)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 4,656.9 4,907.5 5,277.1  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (68.8) (171.7) (129.7)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 4,588.1 4,735.8 5,147.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 4,588.1 4,735.8 5,147.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other 0.2 0.4 0.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 4,588.3 4,736.2 5,147.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 24.8 26.4 30.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 4,563.5 4,709.8 5,116.9  
Gross premiums or assessments 3,149.9 3,070.4 2,958.7  
interest accretion 136.7 151.3 171.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 5,634.4 5,953.3 6,376.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 4.30% 4.20% 4.00%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 4.40% 4.90% 4.60%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 4 years 4 years 2 months 12 days 4 years 3 months 18 days  
Group Life and AD&D | Unum US        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Issuance 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 0.0 0.0 0.0  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 835.2 922.0 972.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 852.6 936.5 998.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (7.1) (17.0) 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (44.9) (53.1) (37.0)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   800.6 866.4 961.5
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [1] 363.1 375.4 394.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 16.3 17.7 20.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (372.5) (406.9) (439.2)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 807.5 852.6 936.5  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (5.9) (17.4) (14.5)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 801.6 835.2 922.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 801.6 835.2 922.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other 0.8 0.8 1.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 802.4 836.0 923.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 6.0 5.3 7.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 796.4 830.7 915.8  
Gross premiums or assessments 2,097.2 1,996.0 1,878.0  
interest accretion 16.3 17.7 20.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 910.7 964.5 1,063.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 2.40% 2.30% 2.20%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 2.50% 2.70% 2.60%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 2 years 3 months 18 days 2 years 4 months 24 days 2 years 7 months 6 days  
Voluntary Benefits | Unum US        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year $ 1,240.2 $ 1,134.7 $ 868.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 1,335.3 1,192.5 937.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (29.6) 41.5 180.7
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (41.4) (66.2) (79.8)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   1,264.3 1,167.8 1,038.8
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Issuance 351.6 316.3 288.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 45.7 39.4 29.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected (214.3) (188.2) (163.9)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 1,447.3 1,335.3 1,192.5  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax (61.8) (95.1) (57.8)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 1,385.5 1,240.2 1,134.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 2,362.5 2,334.5 1,999.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 2,614.6 2,422.0 2,141.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (40.8) 51.6 170.1
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (36.5) (68.0) (90.9)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   2,537.3 2,405.6 2,220.4
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [1] 375.3 339.3 303.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 106.6 97.7 86.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (268.1) (228.0) (188.3)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 2,751.1 2,614.6 2,422.0  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (214.2) (252.1) (87.5)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 2,536.9 2,362.5 2,334.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 1,151.4 1,122.3 1,199.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other 4.1 2.8 2.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 1,155.5 1,125.1 1,202.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 12.9 13.0 14.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 1,142.6 1,112.1 1,188.4  
Gross premiums or assessments 871.9 821.7 789.9  
interest accretion 60.9 58.3 57.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 5,838.3 5,590.6 5,173.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 6,205.6 5,799.1 5,450.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 3,975.5 $ 3,815.4 $ 3,717.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 5.00% 5.00% 5.00%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 5.50% 5.50% 4.90%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 18 years 1 month 6 days 18 years 3 months 18 days 18 years 1 month 6 days  
Individual Disability | Unum US        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year $ 1,202.5 $ 1,296.7 $ 1,202.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 1,230.7 1,294.4 1,228.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (56.9) (100.2) 5.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (19.4) (3.4) (10.4)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   1,154.4 1,190.8 1,222.7
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Issuance 203.5 168.7 197.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 48.9 51.6 48.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected (174.3) (180.4) (174.4)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 1,232.5 1,230.7 1,294.4  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax 4.0 (28.2) 2.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 1,236.5 1,202.5 1,296.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 3,096.5 3,348.6 3,192.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 3,191.1 3,313.9 3,244.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (91.8) (155.4) 7.9
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (20.3) (19.1) (45.3)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   3,079.0 3,139.4 3,207.1
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [1] 222.0 183.1 215.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 143.3 149.1 164.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (293.9) (280.5) (273.2)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 3,150.4 3,191.1 3,313.9  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (9.7) (94.6) 34.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 3,140.7 3,096.5 3,348.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 1,904.2 1,894.0 2,051.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other 27.1 26.4 27.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 1,931.3 1,920.4 2,079.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 377.9 149.3 156.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 1,553.4 1,771.1 1,923.0  
Gross premiums or assessments 680.0 659.0 636.6  
interest accretion 94.4 97.5 116.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 5,070.0 5,112.9 5,313.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 5,823.7 5,858.2 5,724.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 4,200.7 $ 4,211.8 $ 4,112.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 5.20% 5.10% 5.10%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 4.90% 5.30% 4.80%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 9 years 4 months 24 days 9 years 4 months 24 days 9 years 7 months 6 days  
Long-term Care | Closed Block        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year $ 7,658.5 $ 8,123.5 $ 6,412.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 7,592.9 7,703.6 6,236.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   255.3 145.5 1,641.3
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (119.6) (41.2) 44.1
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   7,728.6 7,807.9 7,921.5
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 392.0 401.8 374.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected (636.3) (616.8) (592.6)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 7,484.3 7,592.9 7,703.6  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax 248.4 65.6 419.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 7,732.7 7,658.5 8,123.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 22,925.2 24,697.7 21,199.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 22,953.7 22,649.3 20,221.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   974.6 (4.1) 2,009.4
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   16.9 68.3 113.1
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   23,945.2 22,713.5 22,344.1
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [4] 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 1,228.1 1,199.8 1,151.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (1,059.7) (959.6) (846.2)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 24,113.6 22,953.7 22,649.3  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax 307.0 (28.5) 2,048.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 24,420.6 22,925.2 24,697.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 16,687.9 15,266.7 16,574.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other [5] 4.1 1.7 23.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 16,692.0 15,268.4 16,597.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 3,369.4 4.2 4.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 13,322.6 15,264.2 16,592.8  
Gross premiums or assessments 707.2 696.2 696.1  
interest accretion 836.1 798.0 776.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 59,239.1 60,051.5 61,447.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 12,601.0 13,767.1 14,486.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 7,673.0 $ 8,029.1 $ 8,241.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 5.60% 5.60% 5.60%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 5.50% 5.60% 5.00%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 14 years 8 months 12 days 15 years 8 months 12 days 16 years 4 months 24 days  
Other Insurance Product Line | Closed Block        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   0.0 0.0 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 0.0 0.0 0.0  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 7,138.4 7,880.0 8,218.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 7,591.0 8,094.6 8,630.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   (3.3) 5.4 0.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (37.0) 17.4 4.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   7,550.7 8,117.4 8,634.7
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [4] 80.4 101.2 123.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 323.0 345.2 358.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (897.9) (972.8) (1,022.4)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 7,056.2 7,591.0 8,094.6  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (270.4) (452.6) (214.6)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 6,785.8 7,138.4 7,880.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 6,785.8 7,138.4 7,880.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other [5] 1,445.4 1,496.3 1,638.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 8,231.2 8,634.7 9,518.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 6,455.6 6,771.7 7,462.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 1,775.6 1,863.0 2,055.7  
Gross premiums or assessments 158.5 188.2 223.8  
interest accretion 323.0 345.2 358.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 10,239.8 11,093.7 11,893.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 4.60% 4.60% 4.60%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 5.00% 5.40% 4.90%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 7 years 1 month 6 days 7 years 2 months 12 days 7 years 3 months 18 days  
Operating Segments        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year $ 13,930.6 $ 14,417.8 $ 12,426.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance beginning of year 14,266.9 14,243.2 12,695.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   161.7 73.0 1,499.2
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (223.1) (148.2) (82.5)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   14,205.5 14,168.0 14,112.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Issuance 1,157.2 1,075.3 1,054.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Interest Income 638.4 637.0 584.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Net Premium Collected (1,655.8) (1,597.9) (1,537.4)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Increase (Decrease) for Other Change 47.7 (15.5) 29.7  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance end of period 14,393.0 14,266.9 14,243.2  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Tax 23.5 (336.3) 174.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Net Premium, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 14,416.5 13,930.6 14,417.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit [Roll Forward]        
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance beginning of year 48,920.1 52,423.6 48,929.4  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at beginning of year 50,778.2 51,305.7 49,689.0  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) from Cash Flow Change   715.9 (248.5) 1,702.0
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Actual Variance from Expected Experience   (247.8) (336.1) (310.8)
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Reinsurance, after Cash Flow Change   51,246.3 50,721.1 $ 51,080.2
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Issuance [6] 3,164.6 3,082.0 3,072.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Interest Expense 2,261.8 2,253.1 2,227.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Benefit Payment (5,276.7) (5,215.2) (5,236.1)  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Increase (Decrease) for Other Change 242.5 (62.8) 162.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Original Discount Rate, before Cash Flow and Reinsurance, balance at end of period 51,638.5 50,778.2 51,305.7  
AOCI, Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Tax (955.4) (1,858.1) 1,117.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, balance end of period 50,683.1 48,920.1 52,423.6  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, before Other 36,266.6 34,989.5 38,005.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Other [7] 1,562.1 1,591.7 1,753.3  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, before Reinsurance, after Other 37,828.7 36,581.2 39,759.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Reinsurance Recoverable, after Allowance 10,318.3 7,038.7 7,756.1  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, after Reinsurance 27,510.4 29,542.5 32,003.0  
Gross premiums or assessments 10,504.5 10,107.5 9,690.7  
interest accretion 1,623.4 1,616.1 1,643.2  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Policy Benefit, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 102,714.2 103,434.1 105,325.8  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Undiscounted, before Reinsurance 39,495.6 39,338.5 38,761.5  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Expected Future Gross Premium, Discounted, before Reinsurance $ 26,215.9 $ 25,929.1 $ 25,552.9  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Interest Accretion Rate 5.00% 4.90% 4.80%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Current Weighted-Average Discount Rate 5.10% 5.30% 4.80%  
Liability for Future Policy Benefit, Weighted-Average Duration 11 years 2 months 12 days 11 years 4 months 24 days 11 years 6 months  
Future Policy Benefits $ 38,017.0 $ 36,806.4 $ 40,009.4  
[1]
1Issuances include new policy issuances for most product lines. Issuances for Unum US group disability and Unum US group life and AD&D represents new claim incurrals.
[2]
1Unum US excludes the dental and vision product line and medical stop-loss products, Unum International excludes certain products in our supplemental product line and Closed Block excludes our participating fund account, which represents policies issued by one of our subsidiaries prior to its 1986 conversion from a mutual stock life insurance company. The liabilities associated with these products are included within Other products.
[3]
1Issuances for Unum International primarily represent new claim incurrals.
[4]
1Issuances for Closed Block - All Other represents new claim incurrals.
[5]
2Other for Closed Block - All Other primarily includes our closed block group pension products and certain of our ceded closed block individual life products.
[6]
1Issuances include new policy issuances for most product lines. For our Unum US group disability, Unum US group life and AD&D and Closed Block - All Other product lines and certain of our Unum International product lines, this line represents new claim incurrals.
[7]
2Other primarily relates to our Closed Block - All Other product line.