{"id":386254,"date":"2020-11-20T17:03:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T22:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=386254"},"modified":"2020-11-20T17:03:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T22:03:20","slug":"statement-from-aflac-incorporated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/statement-from-aflac-incorporated\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Aflac Incorporated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">COLUMBUS, Ga.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 20, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Aflac congratulates President-elect <span class=\"xn-person\">Joe Biden<\/span> and Vice President-elect <span class=\"xn-person\">Kamala Harris<\/span> for their remarkable achievements.\u00a0 We also applaud the historic number of Americans who voted in this election and the dedicated workers who made it possible, demonstrating that our democracy is strong. <\/p>\n<p>We believe in the indomitable American spirit and by working together we can overcome this pandemic, restore public health, revitalize the economy, and achieve health equity for all Americans. <\/p>\n<p>We look forward to working with the new administration and Congress to address these critical issues.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Aflac Incorporated<\/b><br \/>\n        <br \/>Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) is a Fortune 500 company, helping provide protection to more than 50 million people through its subsidiaries in\u00a0Japan\u00a0and the U.S., where it is a leading supplemental insurer by paying cash fast when policyholders get sick or injured. For more than six decades, insurance policies of Aflac Incorporated&#8217;s subsidiaries have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress. Aflac Life Insurance Japan is the leading provider of medical and cancer insurance in\u00a0Japan, where it insures 1 in 4 households. Fortune magazine recognized Aflac as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in America for 20 consecutive years. For 14 consecutive years, Aflac has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the World&#8217;s Most Ethical Companies. In 2020, Fortune included Aflac Incorporated on its list of World&#8217;s Most Admired Companies for the 19th time, and Bloomberg added Aflac Incorporated to its Gender-Equality Index, which tracks the financial performance of public companies committed to supporting gender equality through policy development, representation and transparency. To learn how to get help with expenses health insurance doesn&#8217;t cover, get to know us at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2985649-1&amp;h=42787426&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aflac.com%2F&amp;a=Aflac.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Aflac.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder5672\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/512010\/aflac_logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/512010\/aflac_logo.jpg\" title=\"Aflac Logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Aflac)\" alt=\"Aflac Logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Aflac)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Aflac | Aflac New York | WWHQ | 1932 Wynnton Road |\u00a0Columbus, GA\u00a031999.<\/p>\n<p>Media contact:\u00a0Jon Sullivan, 706.573.7610 or\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:jsullivan@aflac.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">jsullivan@aflac.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Analyst and investor contact:\u00a0David A. Young, 706.596.3264 or\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:dyoung@aflac.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">dyoung@aflac.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder0\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=CL95689&amp;sd=2020-11-20\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/statement-from-aflac-incorporated-301178120.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/statement-from-aflac-incorporated-301178120.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Aflac<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=CL95689&amp;Transmission_Id=202011201700PR_NEWS_USPR_____CL95689&amp;DateId=20201120\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 20, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Aflac congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for their remarkable achievements.\u00a0 We also applaud the historic number of Americans who voted in this election and the dedicated workers who made it possible, demonstrating that our democracy is strong. We believe in the indomitable American spirit and by working together we can overcome this pandemic, restore public health, revitalize the economy, and achieve health equity for all Americans. We look forward to working with the new administration and Congress to address these critical issues. About Aflac Incorporated Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) is a Fortune 500 company, helping provide protection to more than 50 million people through its subsidiaries in\u00a0Japan\u00a0and the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/statement-from-aflac-incorporated\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Statement from Aflac Incorporated&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Statement from Aflac Incorporated - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/statement-from-aflac-incorporated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statement from Aflac Incorporated - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 20, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Aflac congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for their remarkable achievements.\u00a0 We also applaud the historic number of Americans who voted in this election and the dedicated workers who made it possible, demonstrating that our democracy is strong. 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