The products, looks, distribution and even the ownership of many of Chattanooga’s biggest and best-known companies and brands have changed over the past century.
But the local legacy businesses have adapted to changing markets while surviving wars, recessions and buyouts to continue their brands and operations in the Chattanooga area.
UNUM GROUP
Insuring success and staying in Chattanooga
In 1998, Chattanooga-based Provident Life and Accidental Insurance Co. agreed to merge with Unum Corp. of Portland, Maine, in a $5.2 billion stock purchase that created the nation’s largest seller of worker-disability insurance.