Aflac Incorporated Announces Promotion of Kan and Lake at Aflac Japan
March 17 2005 - 4:50PM
PR Newswire (US)
Aflac Incorporated Announces Promotion of Kan and Lake at Aflac
Japan COLUMBUS, Ga., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aflac
Incorporated announced today that Akitoshi Kan has been promoted to
president of Aflac Japan. Kan retains his position as chairman of
Aflac International. Charles Lake, current president of Aflac
Japan, has been named vice chairman of Aflac Japan. The management
changes will take effect April 1, 2005. As president of Aflac
Japan, Kan will continue to oversee all of Aflac's operations in
Japan. Lake will continue to concentrate on strategic matters
relating to Japan's financial system reform. Kan and Lake will
remain co- legal representatives in Japan. Commenting on the
management changes, Aflac Incorporated Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Daniel P. Amos said: "I am pleased with the contributions
Aki and Charles have made at Aflac Japan, and I look forward to
their continued leadership. These changes will further strengthen
our organization as we maintain our position as a market leader."
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. Aflac's
innovative products provide protection to more than 40 million
people and go beyond traditional insurance by directly paying
claimants with cash benefits. Aflac's products are primarily sold
at worksites in the United States. In January 2005, Aflac was
included in Fortune magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies to
Work For in America" for the seventh consecutive year. Aflac has
also been included in both Forbes magazine's "Platinum 400 List of
America's Best Big Companies" and in Fortune magazine's listing of
"America's Most Admired Companies" for five consecutive years.
Aflac Incorporated is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac,
visit http://www.aflac.com/. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041202/CLTH019LOGO ) Analyst
and investor contact -- Kenneth S. Janke Jr., 800-235-2667 --
option 3, FAX: 706-324-6330, or Media contact -- Laura Kane,
706-596-3493, FAX: 706-320-2288, or
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041202/CLTH019LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aflac Incorporated CONTACT:
Analysts and investors: Kenneth s. Janke Jr., +1-800-235-2667 -
option 3, fax: +1-706-324-6330, , or Media: Laura Kane,
+1-706-596-3493, fax: +1-706-320-2288, , both of Aflac Incorporated
Web site: http://www.aflac.com/
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