Unum insuring record 45 million customers in 2023; gives Austin Hatcher Foundation $175,000

Staff photo by Mike Pare / On Friday, Unum representatives toured the Austin Hatcher Foundation's headquarters and presented the nonprofit with a $175,000 check. From left are Amy Jo Osborn, the foundation's president and CEO; Liz Ahmed, Unum's executive vice president of people and communications; Unum CEO Rick McKenney; and Rachel Hargis, Unum manager of corporate social responsibility. Staff photo by Mike Pare / On Friday, Unum representatives toured the Austin Hatcher Foundation's headquarters and presented the nonprofit with a $175,000 check. From left are Amy Jo Osborn, the foundation's president and CEO; Liz Ahmed, Unum's executive vice president of people and communications; Unum CEO Rick McKenney; and Rachel Hargis, Unum manager of corporate social responsibility.

By Mike Pare October 20, 2023 4 min read

Chattanooga-based insurer Unum expects to protect a record number of customers in 2023, with the figure around 45 million, said company Chief Executive Rick McKenney on Friday.

“That’s up from 40 million a few years ago,” McKenney said in an interview at the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer’s offices, where the insurer presented a $175,000 check to mark Unum’s 175th year in business.

McKenney, who toured the foundation’s Holtzclaw Avenue facility, said he lost a nephew to cancer and Austin Hatcher’s work with families fits with Unum.

“Our company is about helping people,” he said of the business that employs 2,800 out of its Chattanooga headquarters and more than 11,000 across the company. “When you think about our community, organizations like this are really what makes it tick.”