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Colonial Life ranked No. 1 in customer service for disability insurance

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COLUMBIA, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Colonial Life has been recognized as one of America’s Best Companies for Customer Service for 2019 by Newsweek magazine.

Colonial Life was named the top customer service provider in disability insurance.

“We are proud that being one of Newsweek’s America’s Best Companies for Customer Service recognizes our commitment to our customers,” said Tim Arnold, president and CEO of Colonial Life. “We are proud of the way our employees stand behind our promise to protect America’s workers during a difficult time. This award recognizes the great work by our 1,300 employees – each of whom is responsible for delivering customer service.”

In 2017, Colonial Life paid more than 70,000 disability claims to customers, totaling more than $210 million in claim payments.

It is the first time Newsweek has named top customer service providers. For the full results, visit https://www.newsweek.com/americas-best-customer-service-2019. Newsweek’s study evaluated retailers and service providers in 141 categories. The evaluation was based on an independent survey that included 132,954 customer evaluations. Brands were measured on the likelihood of customer recommendation plus evaluation criteria including quality of communications, technical competence, range of services, customer focus, and accessibility.

About Colonial Life
Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company is a market leader in providing financial protection benefits through the workplace, including disability, life, accident, dental, cancer, critical illness and hospital confinement indemnity insurance. The company’s benefit services and education, innovative enrollment technology and personal service support more than 90,000 businesses and organizations, and 3.8 million of America’s workers and their families. For more information visit www.coloniallife.com or connect with the company at www.facebook.com/coloniallifebenefits, www.twitter.com/coloniallife and www.linkedin.com/company/colonial-life. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181126005541/en/

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