Recently I had shoulder surgery and I have short and long term disability insurance benefits with Unum Provident, Chattanooga, TN thru my employer here in CA. My surgery was not work related and I provided both my orthopedic surgeons and physical therapy contact information on the paperwork form when I first started the claim September 2023. This Unum company sends me numerous monthly emails wanting ME to contact the surgeon/PT and get copies of treatment, medical updates and when I will return to work. These professionals have patients to take care of and don't have time to be bothered with both me and Unum requesting the same information over and over and over. I spoke with my claim representative over the phone and asked her to stop bothering me with her bothersome emails over a lousy $39.00 weekly benefit. I told her it's not worth my time and she has all the contact information so SHE can contact them to get HER updates. I live in California and required to collect my short term disability thru the state, which I do collect at $2,000.00 a month. Unum picks up the difference so you can understand why I'm not wanting to be bothered by Unum, it's simply not worth my time. I didn't select Unum benefits during our open enrollment for 2024. My claim representative must have thought she was Queen or something because she tried to out talk me, wouldn't listen and finally I had no choice but to hang up on her. It's my opinion that Unum is not worth doing business with and seems like they're only interested in getting their premiums and not concerned about patient recovery. read more