2001
Insurance company Unum launches lobbying group, including some disability charities, to increase its influence.
What: UnumProvident launches its New Beginnings lobbying group, which will include charities Disability Alliance and The Shaw Trust, the Disability Rights Commission, as well as businesses such as Barclays, Scottish Power and HSBC.
Why Significant: Evidence of Unum building its influence.
Citations
'Select Committee on Work and Pensions', Parliament.uk
'New Labour, the market state, and the end of welfare', Jonathan Rutherford