Aflac Tops Fortune's Most Admired List as Best Innovator Among Life and Health Insurers
March 06 2007 - 2:51PM
PR Newswire (US)
Aflac maintains its position as one of America's most admired
companies for seven straight years. COLUMBUS, Ga., March 6
/PRNewswire/ -- For the seventh consecutive year, Aflac has been
named by FORTUNE magazine as one of America's Most Admired
Companies, maintaining its number one spot as the most innovative
company in the life and health insurance category. The only
Columbus, Ga.-based corporation to make the list, Aflac ranked
among the top five companies within its industry. The complete list
of the companies will appear in FORTUNE magazine's March 19
edition. "It is always an honor to be recognized as a most admired
company," Aflac Chairman and CEO Dan Amos said. "Aflac's mission of
providing the best value to our customers by combining innovation
with quality insurance products remains a priority for our
organization." Published annually by FORTUNE, the Most Admired list
serves as a definitive report card on corporate reputations. To
create the list, executives, directors, and analysts were asked to
rate companies in their own industry on eight criteria --
innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social
responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness,
long-term investment, and quality of products/services. A total of
616 companies in 68 industries were surveyed over the fourth
quarter of 2006. Aflac was one of 15 Georgia companies to make the
list. In January, FORTUNE named Aflac as one of the best places to
work for the ninth consecutive year. 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 included in
Fortune magazine's listing of America's Most Admired Companies for
seven consecutive years and in Fortune magazine's list of the 100
Best Companies to Work For in America for nine consecutive years.
Aflac has also been recognized three times by both Fortune
magazine's listing of the Top 50 Employers for Minorities and
Working Mother magazine's listing of the 100 Best Companies for
Working Mothers. 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:
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Contact: Mechell Clark Aflac Incorporated (706) 243-8004 (706)
320-2288 (Fax) DATASOURCE: Aflac CONTACT: Mechell Clark of Aflac
Incorporated, +1-706-243-8004, or fax +1-706-320-2288, or Web site:
http://www.aflac.com/
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