Aflac Named Top Brand in Insurance and Financial Services Industry
April 16 2009 - 11:42AM
PR Newswire (US)
City Business Journal Network Chooses Aflac Over a Field of 250
Competing Brands COLUMBUS, Ga., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the
Georgia-based insurance giant, announced that it has been selected
as the top brand in the insurance and financial services industry
by City Business Journals Network (CBJN) in 2009. This year marks
the first time Aflac has grabbed first place in the industry,
capturing the American Brand Excellence Award. Aflac and winning
companies in five other categories were chosen by more than 1,400
business owners and managers of small and mid-sized firms as the
brands that best meet the needs of their businesses. More than 250
business brands were rated in the nationwide survey based upon
criteria including industry leaders, forward thinking, growing
popularity and ethical behavior. "The Brand Excellence Award
illustrates Aflac's steadfast commitment to providing the best
products and services to consumers," said Aflac Senior Vice
President and Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Charney. "We are honored
by this recognition, especially as it reflects the opinions of
business leaders across the nation, many of whom offer Aflac
products to their employees." "What makes the American Brand
Excellence Awards unique is that they represent how business owners
and managers feel about the companies that support their businesses
and help them grow," commented CBJN President George M. Conley.
"Aflac is a true leader and CBJN is proud to acknowledge them and
help celebrate their success." About Aflac For more than 50 years,
Aflac products have given policyholders the opportunity to direct
cash where it is needed most when a life-interrupting medical event
causes financial challenges. Aflac is the number one provider of
guaranteed-renewable insurance in the United States and the number
one insurance company in terms of individual insurance policies in
force in Japan. Our insurance products provide protection to more
than 40 million people worldwide. Aflac has been recognized by
Ethisphere magazine as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies
for three consecutive years and was also named by the Reputation
Institute as the Most Respected Company in the Global Insurance
Industry in 2008. In 2009 Fortune magazine recognized Aflac as one
of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the eleventh
consecutive year. Aflac appears on Hispanic Enterprise magazine's
list of the 50 Best Companies for Supplier Diversity and on Black
Enterprise magazine's list of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity.
Aflac was also named by Forbes magazine as America's Best-Managed
Company in the insurance category. Aflac Incorporated is a Fortune
500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
AFL (NYSE:AFL). To find out more about Aflac, visit
http://www.aflac.com/. About City Business Journals Network City
Business Journals Network is an organization of 64 member
publications located in major markets across the country. CBJN's
member publications have a combined circulation of over 750,000 and
a readership approaching four million. Based in Charlotte, NC, CBJN
has sales offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas,
Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. It
is a subsidiary of American City Business Journals, a unit of
Advance Publishing, Inc., whose properties include Conde Nast
Publications and the Fairchild and Golf Digest Companies. CBJN is
located at 120 West Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 29202; phone
1-800-433-4565; http://www.citybiznetwork.com/ (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041202/CLTH019LOGO) Media
Contacts: Analyst and Investment Contact: Laura Kane Kenneth S.
Janke Jr. Aflac Incorporated Aflac Incorporated 706.596.3493
1.800.235.2667, Option 3; Fax: 706.324.6330 Jon A. Sullivan Aflac
Incorporated 706.763.4813 DATASOURCE: Aflac CONTACT: Media: Laura
Kane, +1-706-596-3493, , Jon A. Sullivan, +1-706-763-4813, ,
Analyst and Investment Contact: Kenneth S. Janke Jr.,
1-800-235-2667, Option 3; Fax: +1-706-324-6330, , all of Aflac
Incorporated Web Site: http://www.aflac.com/
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