COLUMBUS, Ga., June 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the
leading provider of voluntary insurance at the worksite in
the United States, announced today
it ranked No. 5 on FORTUNE magazine's list of the Best Workplaces
in the Fortune 500. One of only 16 Fortune 500 companies to appear
on Fortune's 100 Best Places to Work list in 2016, the company,
which has 18 consecutive appearances on that list, was compared to
other companies in the Fortune 500 in a recent article published at
Fortune.com.
"This ranking is a tribute to our founding principle that says
if you treat employees right, they will take care of the business,"
Aflac Chairman and CEO Dan Amos
said. "It validates the notion that being a company that exercises
ethical and employee-friendly practices will have a strong impact
on the bottom line. In today's environment, how you do business is
as important to consumers and investors as the products you
produce."
The employee survey is conducted annually by the Great Place to
Work Institute® on behalf of FORTUNE magazine, and the
review is based on 1,134 employee surveys with 96 percent
confidence level and a margin of error of plus or minus 2.58
percentage points.
"We are a business that sells a promise to our customers that if
they trust us to protect their financial security, we will be there
for them in their times of need," Amos said. "The first step toward
fulfilling this promise is to ensure our employees believe in the
company. I am pleased that these results demonstrate content
workers who are proud to consider themselves part of the Aflac
family."
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 leading provider of voluntary
insurance 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 individual and group insurance products help
provide protection to more than 50 million people worldwide. For 10
consecutive years, Aflac has been recognized by Ethisphere as one
of the World's Most Ethical Companies. In 2016, Fortune magazine
recognized Aflac as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in
America for the 18th consecutive year and included Aflac on its
list of Most Admired Companies for the 15th time, ranking the
company No. 1 in innovation for the insurance, life and health
category for the second consecutive year. 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.
About Great Place to Work
Great Place to Work® is the
global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace
cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services
and employer branding programs, including Best Companies lists and
workplace reviews, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks,
framework and expertise needed to create, sustain and recognize
outstanding workplace cultures. Great Place to Work®'s Trust
Index©, a 58-question employee survey that measures trust, is used
around the world to help companies increase the levels of trust
across their organizations and improve business results. Annually,
Great Place to Work® produces the research for the annual Fortune
100 Best Companies to Work For® list and the Great Place to Work®
Best Small and Medium Workplaces list. Follow Great Place to Work®
online at www.greatplacetowork.com and on Twitter at
@GPTW_US.
About FORTUNE
Fortune is a global leader in
business journalism with a combined audience of more than 9 million
readers in print and online. Fortune covers bold innovators,
smart companies, new ideas and innovative strategies that inspire
the Fortune audience to accelerate their business success.
Fortune's major franchises include the Fortune 500, the 100
Best Companies to Work For, World's Most Admired Companies, 40
Under 40 and Fastest-Growing Companies. Fortune hosts a wide range
of annual conferences, including Fortune Most Powerful
Women, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, Fortune Brainstorm E
and the Fortune Global Forum. Fortune was the first
business magazine with an iPad app and has more than 1.5 million
followers on Twitter. Fortune.com launched on June 1, 2014, and has seen rapid growth since its
launch, reaching an average of over 7 million monthly unique
visitors. See the latest from Fortune online at
Fortune.com and on Twitter
@FortuneMagazine.
Aflac herein means American Family Life Assurance Company of
Columbus and American Family Life
Assurance Company of New York.
Media contacts – Jon Sullivan,
706.763.4813 or jsullivan@aflac.com
Analyst and investor contact – Robin Y.
Wilkey, 706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667, FAX: 706.324.6330, or
rwilkey@aflac.com
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