Mr. George A. Shell Jr.

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  www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/0001193125-04-0394 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/12/2004    Last Visited: 3/16/2004  

  George A. Shell
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  Mr. Shell was named Senior Vice President, The Benefits Center - Operations in May 2003.He served as Senior Vice President, Return-to-Work Services - Operations from February 2003 until May 2003.Prior to that time he served as Vice President and Managing Director of the Company's Canadian operations from September 1997.Mr. Shell originally joined a Provident predecessor company in 1985.
  
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  www.unum.org/newsroom/news/corporate/2004/onclaimsuppor - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/3/2004    Last Visited: 6/21/2008  

  "We know that a disability disrupts many aspects of an individual's life," says George Shell, senior vice president of UnumProvident's Benefits Center.

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  Business Week - 12-22-2003 -"Disability Claim Denied- - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/22/2003    Last Visited: 4/19/2004  

  George A. Shell Jr., senior vice-president of UnumProvident's benefits operations, says the award -- which has been discontinued -- was never given to workers for denying claims but simply to exemplary employees to recognize good performance.

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  Concord Monitor Online - Concord, NH 03301 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/15/2005    Last Visited: 9/15/2005  

  "We strive to set the standard for fair and objective claims handling," said Senior Vice President George A. Shell Jr.
  
  As evidence, Shell said UnumProvident paid more than 90 percent of the 450,000 disability claims it received last year, at a cost of $4.2 billion.He said that in an additional 8 percent of cases, the company did not pay because of what he described as technical reasons, as in cases where claimants returned to work before they became eligible for benefits.
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  In an interview, Shell, the UnumProvident senior vice president, emphasized that those states that did settle made no formal finding of wrongdoing against the company.He said the problems that the states uncovered were not representative of the company's overall performance because examiners looked only at "contentious" closed cases.He characterized the changes agreed to by the company as the furthest thing from an admission of failure.
  
  "I look at them as improvements from the past," Shell said.
  
  However, Garamendi said in a recent interview that among his chief complaints about the settlement was that it failed to allege specific violations by the insurer, a deficiency that he said rendered the accord legally useless.

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  Disability claim consultant for physicians, attorneys... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/8/2003    Last Visited: 7/14/2007  

  "We strive to set the standard for fair and objective claims handling," said Senior Vice President George A. Shell Jr.
  
  As evidence, Shell said UnumProvident paid more than 90% of the 450,000 disability claims it received last year, at a cost of $4.2 billion.He said that in an additional 8% of cases, the firm did not pay because of what he described as technical reasons, as in cases where claimants returned to work before they became eligible for benefits.
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  In an interview, Shell, the UnumProvident senior vice president, emphasized that those states that did settle made no formal finding of wrongdoing against the firm.He said the problems that the states uncovered were not representative of the firm's overall performance because examiners looked only at "contentious" closed cases.He characterized the changes agreed to by the company as the furthest thing from an admission of failure.
  
  "I look at them as improvements from the past," Shell said.

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  EDCO Newsletter August 22, 2001 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/22/2001    Last Visited: 10/7/2004  

  George Shell, managing director of UnumProvident and Burlington developer Michael H. DeGroote recently laid the cornerstone for UnumProvident's new Canadian head office in the Westbury Business Park.

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  Insurance Claim Denied! - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/30/2003    Last Visited: 9/22/2006  

  George A. Shell Jr., senior vice-president of UnumProvident's benefits operations, says the award -- which has been discontinued -- was never given to workers for denying claims but simply to exemplary employees to recognize good performance.
  
  UnumProvident officials in interviews dismiss any notion that they cultivated a milieu in which employees were pressured to reject claims."You won't lose your job because you made a decision to pay a claim," says Shell.

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  Knowledge Centre December 15, 2003: Hands on: an... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/15/2003    Last Visited: 3/2/2004  

  By George Shell, Senior Vice President, RTW Operations, UnumProvident Corporation.

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  Levick Strategic Communications Blog » The Safety Net... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/21/2005    Last Visited: 11/4/2005  

  "We strive to set the standard for fair and objective claims handling," said Senior Vice President George A. Shell Jr.
  
  As evidence, Shell said UnumProvident paid more than 90% of the 450,000 disability claims it received last year, at a cost of $4.2 billion.He said that in an additional 8% of cases, the firm did not pay because of what he described as technical reasons, as in cases where claimants returned to work before they became eligible for benefits.
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  In an interview, Shell, the UnumProvident senior vice president, emphasized that those states that did settle made no formal finding of wrongdoing against the firm.He said the problems that the states uncovered were not representative of the firm's overall performance because examiners looked only at "contentious" closed cases.He characterized the changes agreed to by the company as the furthest thing from an admission of failure.
  
  "I look at them as improvements from the past," Shell said.

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  Media Release - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/19/2002    Last Visited: 12/10/2003  

  George Shell, Managing Director of UnumProvident, said he is very pleased to mark the company's move into its new headquarters by partnering with Westbury to help enhance quality health care in the community.
  
  "We made the decision a year and a half ago to stay in Burlington," says George.

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