COLUMBUS, Ga.,
June 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Aflac, the leader in
voluntary insurance sales at the worksite in the United States,
announced today that CEO Daniel P.
Amos will serve as a keynote speaker at the CTO
Forum, a premier organization for senior technology
and business leaders, at their eighth annual RETHINK STRATEGY
executive education program. Amos will speak on July 30, 2017, during the program that runs from
July 30 to Aug. 3 at Harvard Business School.
According to CTO Forum, the RETHINK STRATEGY
program is a collaboration of CTO Forum and Harvard Business School. The program aims at
identifying, examining, and overcoming the challenges that senior
technology and business executives face in fostering a culture of
smart innovation, corporate renewal and systemic growth in
well-established organizations. Distinguished leaders
who will present throughout the forum are selected by the
organizers and are by invitation only. Submissions and pitches from
organizations are not accepted. Invitations for attendees at the
RETHINK STRATEGY program are reserved for chief information
officers and chief technology officers of firms ranked by
Fortune.
"It is an honor to be selected to provide a keynote
address at such an important event held in conjunction with one of
our nation's most prestigious institutes of higher learning," Amos
said. "I look forward to sharing the Aflac story and highlighting
our continued innovation in the insurance industry."
Amos has been CEO of Aflac since 1990, when annual
revenues were $2.7 billion. Today,
Aflac annual revenues exceed $22.5
billion and the company is listed at No. 126 on the Fortune
500. He is the second longest-serving CEO in the Fortune 200,
eclipsed only by Warren Buffet. In 2015, Aflac introduced its
transformative One Day PaySM program, which enables the
company to receive, process, approve and disburse
payment for eligible claims in only one business day.
About Aflac
When a policyholder gets sick or hurt, Aflac pays cash
benefits fast. For six decades, Aflac insurance policies have given
policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial
stress. In the United States,
Aflac is the leader in voluntary insurance sales at the worksite.
Through its trailblazing One Day PaySM initiative, Aflac
U.S. can receive, process, approve and disburse payment for
eligible claims in one business day. In Japan, Aflac is the leading provider of
medical and cancer insurance and insures 1 in 4 households. Aflac
insurance products help provide protection to more than 50 million
people worldwide. For 11 consecutive years, Aflac has been
recognized by Ethisphere as one of the World's Most Ethical
Companies. In 2017, Fortune magazine recognized Aflac as one of the
100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the 19th consecutive
year and included Aflac on its list of Most Admired Companies for
the 16th time. In 2015, Aflac's contact centers were recognized by
J.D. Power by providing "An Outstanding Customer Service
Experience" for the Live Phone Channel. Aflac Incorporated is a
Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac and One Day
PaySM, visit aflac.com or espanol.aflac.com.
Aflac herein means American Family Life Assurance Company
of Columbus and American Family
Life Assurance Company of New
York.
Media contact – Jon
Sullivan, 706.763.4813 or
jsullivan@aflac.com
Analyst and
investor contact – David A. Young,
706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667, FAX 706.324.6330, or
dyoung@aflac.com
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