CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - In a forced self-review, the Unum Group agreed to fully or partly reverse 42 percent of previously denied disability claims and paid out $676 million in additional benefits.

A California lawyer investigating insurance fraud for the state has filed a private civil racketeering lawsuit that accuses a West Coast broker and a half-dozen of the nation's largest insurers of cheating employee-benefits plans through a hidden compensation scheme.

A California jury's $31.7 million verdict against Unum Provident, the nation's largest disability insurer, is just one of a number of legal problems the company faces. More than 2,500 policyholders have sued the company accusing it of fraud and breach of contract, there is at least one class-action suit pending and regulators in two states are conducting inquiries.

Beasley Allen is one of the leading civil litigators in the United States with approximately 350 lawsuits currently UnumProvident Corporation and its subsidiary companies. Additional lawsuits against UnumProvident Corporation are being filed at an ever-increasing rate.