NYSE: AFL
Headquarters: 1932 Wynnton Road, Columbus, GA 31999
2009 Profit Growth: 19.4 percent
2009 Revenue Growth: 10.3 percent (annual revenue over $18 billion)
Key Officers: Daniel P. Amos, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; Kriss Cloninger III, Chief Financial Officer, Treasure, Director, Executive Vice President; Paul Shelby Amos II, President of Aflac, Chief Operating Officer, Director of U.S. Operations.
Founded in 1955 by the Amos family, Aflac (which stands for American Family Life Assurance Company) offers health and life insurance policies, including coverage for accidents, intensive care, dental, vision, and short-term disability, and specific conditions such as cancer.
The company is perhaps most recognized by its feathered spokesperson, a duck whose quack sounds like “Aflac!” Both the Aflac Duck and Paul Amos, president of the company, have a social media presence via Facebook and Twitter (the Duck currently has more Twitter followers than Amos).
Aflac is perhaps best known for its payroll deduction insurance coverage, which pays cash benefits when a policyholder has a covered accident or illness. The company has one of the largest field forces with over 7,500 agents in the U.S., and in 2009, Aflac acquired Continental American Insurance Company.
Aflac serves over 50 million people worldwide, and currently sits at number 130 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies based on revenue.
Sources: aflac.com, Twitter, money.cnn.com, Hoover’s
Compiled by Life Quotes, Inc. staff
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