Fortune Names Aflac to 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials List

COLUMBUS, Ga., July 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the leader in voluntary insurance sales at the worksite in the United States, announced today that the company has been named one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials by Fortune Magazine. This is the third year that Fortune has published this list and the third time that Aflac has held a coveted spot. Aflac placed No. 82 in the inaugural year of 2015 and landed at No. 53 in 2017.

"Just as we are pleased to be among Fortune's 100 Best Places to Work for the past 19 years, we are very happy to be held in such high esteem by millennials, who now make up the largest segment of our nation's workforce," Aflac Chairman and CEO Dan Amos said. "Competition for the best and brightest minds is always steep, so it is a great advantage to have this validation of our company as a great place for millennials to consider for a rewarding career."

According to Fortune, to compile this list of the Best Workplaces for Millennials, Great Place to Work surveyed more than 398,000 U.S. employees from Great Place to Work-certified companies and ranked them. Surveys were conducted anonymously, and millennials' results achieved at least 95 percent confidence level and 7 percent margin of error for each organization. Companies were required to employ at least 50 millennials to be considered. Click here for complete methodology and to read more about this year's list.

Aflac offers several benefits that are appealing to millennials, including competitive salaries, employer-sponsored health care coverage, 50 percent matching 401(k) contributions up to 6 percent of salary, on-site health care services and on-site fitness centers. Since 1995, Aflac has contributed more than $116 million to the treatment and research of childhood cancer. In 2013, the company initiated its Duckprints program (aflacduckprints.com), designed to promote public and employee engagement in the fight against childhood cancer. For every social activity, including posts or shares that use the hashtag #Duckprints, Aflac contributes $2 to the cause, up to $1.5 million. The company also offers an annual volunteer program to construct homes for the underprivileged through Habitat for Humanity. 

Millennials currently make up approximately 30 percent of Aflac's workforce. To read more about what makes Aflac a great place to work for millennials and to see what employees are saying, please click here.

About Aflac

When a policyholder gets sick or hurt, Aflac pays cash benefits fast. For more than 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 Pay^SM 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 Pay^SM, 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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