Ex-McKinsey Worker With Long Covid Sues Unum for Disability Pay

A former McKinsey & Co. consultant sued Unum Life Insurance Co. of America for disability benefits, saying the severe fatigue and brain fog she’s experiencing after a “relatively mild” bout of Covid-19 prevents her from working.

The consultant says that nearly two years after her infection, she continues to need more than 12 hours of sleep per night and remains “severely limited in terms of her daily energy budget for either physical or mental tasks.” She says Unum initially approved her for disability benefits but improperly terminated those benefits in 2022, despite the unanimous agreement of her treating physicians that ...