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Chattanooga area companies make Forbes list

Chattanooga-based Unum is the nation's largest provider of short- and long-term disability insurance. The company paid $5.6 billion in benefits to more than 525,000 individuals in 2014, according to Unum. / Staff file photo
Chattanooga-based Unum is the nation's largest provider of short- and long-term disability insurance. The company paid $5.6 billion in benefits to more than 525,000 individuals in 2014, according to Unum. / Staff file photo

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photo The Unum building is seen from the Republic Centre building Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Republic Centre is the tallest building in Chattanooga.
photo File Photo The BlueCross and BlueShield logos hang on the company’s old building in downtown Chattanooga.

For the second year in a row, Chattanooga-based insurer Unum has made the list of America’s Best Employers published by Forbes.

The disability insurer is ranked No. 159 out of 500 and sits in the No. 3 slot for the insurance industry.

Also making the list were Chattanooga-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, which was 10th in the insurance sector and No. 312 overall.

In addition, North Georgia-based Shaw Industries and Mohawk Industries made the list.

“The best thing about this recognition is that it is an unsolicited endorsement by our employees,” said Diane Garofalo, Unum’s senior vice president of corporate human resources, in a statement. “I’m extremely pleased that our culture here and business success are appreciated by the most important ingredient of our work – our people.”