| Company Name: |
AFLAC-York |
| Headquarters: |
York PA |
| Industry: |
Insurance (Miscellaneous) |
| Sector: |
None |
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Company Background
- Brothers John, Paul and Bill Amos founded Aflac in 1955.
- Aflac is a Fortune 500 company.
- Aflac Incorporated is an international holding company based in Columbus, Georgia.
- Aflac introduced one of the world's first cancer expense insurance policies in 1958.
- Since the 1980s, Aflac has added many new insurance policies, including accident, short-term disability, hospital intensive care, hospital confinement indemnity, long-term care, specified health event, life, dental and vision.
Business Statistics
- Aflac has a presence in all 50 United States and in U.S. territories.
- Aflac has more than 69,000 licensed agents.
- Aflac offers a broad line of insurance policies to more than 400,000 U.S. payroll groups.
- Aflac insures more than 40 million people worldwide.
- Assets at year-end 2007 totaled more than $65 billion with annual revenues of more than $15.4 billion.
- Aflac has received an A+ (Superior) rating from A.M. Best (second of 16 levels, June 26, 2007).
- Standard & Poor's rates Aflac AA in insurer financial strength (second of 21 levels, June 2006).
National Recognition
- In 2008, Aflac was named to Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the tenth consecutive year.
- In March 2007, Fortune magazine named Aflac to its list of America's Most Admired Companies for the seventh consecutive year.
- In July 2008, Black Enterprise magazine named Aflac to its list of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity for the fourth consecutive year.
- In September 2008, Aflac was recognized by The Atlanta Tribune as a Georgia Best Employer for Minorities.
- In February 2007, Aflac was named to Hispanic magazine's list of the 100 companies providing the most opportunities to Hispanics. Aflac has appeared on the annual list since 1993.
- In February 2007, Hispanic Trends magazine named Aflac as one of the 50 leading companies for supplier diversity.
- In February/March 2008, Hispanic Enterprise magazine named Aflac as one of the 50 leading companies for supplier diversity.
- For nine years, Latina Style magazine named Aflac as one of the 50 Best Companies for Latinas to work for in the United States (August 2008).
- In June 2008, CIO magazine named Aflac to its list of the 100 companies offering the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in IT.
- Aflac is on Information Week’s annual list of the 500 most innovative users of corporate technology (September 16, 2008).
- Aflac is No. 34 on Computerworld magazine’s list of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT. Aflac has been included on this annual list since 1999.
- In September 2008, Aflac was named to BusinessWeek magazine’s list of Best Places to Launch a Career.
- In October 2006, Working Mother magazine named Aflac to its list of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers for the fifth time.
- In 2007, for the second year in a row, the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta was ranked in America's top five children’s hospitals for cancer care by Child magazine.
- In July 2008, Aflac was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere magazine for the second consecutive year.
- In June 2008, the Reputation Institute named Aflac as the most respected company in the U.S. insurance industry.
- In September 2007, Aflac and the Aflac Cancer Center were awarded the Partnership Award by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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