Martin Durant to Rejoin Aflac as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance
April 26 2006 - 6:32PM
PR Newswire (US)
COLUMBUS, Ga., April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aflac
Incorporated today announced that Martin A. Durant III will rejoin
Aflac as senior vice president, corporate finance, on July 1, 2006.
In his new position, he will be heavily involved with Aflac's
capital management activities and strategic financial initiatives.
Mr. Durant graduated from the University of West Florida with a
bachelor's degree in accounting. Immediately after college, he had
experience with a venture capital firm and as an accountant with
KPMG/Peat Marwick. He originally joined Aflac in 1990 as vice
president and comptroller of Aflac Incorporated and remained with
Aflac for 10 years, during that time being promoted to senior vice
president, corporate services. In 1999, he accepted a position as
senior vice president and CFO of Carmike Cinemas, Inc., from which
he retired on April 1, 2006. Commenting on the announcement, Aflac
President and Chief Financial Officer Kriss Cloninger said: "We are
excited that Martin is rejoining our financial team here at Aflac.
Martin has a wealth of accounting experience and an extensive
financial knowledge base, as well as a thorough understanding of
Aflac's operations both in the U.S. and Japan. His return to Aflac
adds depth to our senior financial management team, and we look
forward to the many contributions he will make as we at Aflac
pursue our objectives." 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. Aflac's insurance products provide protection to
more than 40 million people worldwide. Aflac has been included in
Fortune magazine's listing of America's Most Admired Companies for
six consecutive years and Forbes magazine's Platinum 400 List of
America's Best Big Companies for five consecutive years. In January
2006, Aflac was included in Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best
Companies to Work For in America for the eighth consecutive year.
Aflac was also included in Fortune magazine's list of the Top 50
Employers for Minorities in August 2005, and in September 2005,
Aflac Japan was named the Life Insurance Company of the Year at the
Asia Insurance Industry Awards, sponsored by the Asia Insurance
Review. 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 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
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aflac Incorporated CONTACT:
Analyst and Investors, Kenneth S. Janke Jr., +1-800-235-2667 -
option 3, or fax, +1-706-324-6330, or , or Media, Laura Kane,
+1-706-596-3493, or fax, +1-706-320-2288, or , both of Aflac
Incorporated Web site: http://www.aflac.com/
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