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Lloyd’s Broker AFL Creates Property Practice, Led by Crouch from Lockton
Oct 16 2017 // Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd (AFL) announced the appointment of Neil Crouch to lead its new wholesale property practice. Previously head of broking at Lockton, Crouch will pioneer the company’s...
Lloyd’s Broker AFL Creates Energy Practice Led by Quick & Pearce from Tysers
Sep 25 2017 // AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. (AFL) has created an energy practice headed by London market broking professionals Dominic Quick and Simon Pearce. AFL’s energy practice will serve both AFL’s clients and customers...
AFL-CIO Chief Vows to Sue If Trump Weakens Overtime Rule
Mar 28 2017 // The AFL-CIO will sue if the Department of Labor tries to water down a boost in overtime eligibility put in place by the Obama administration, the chief of the labor federation said in an interview. “Anything that...
Integro Acquires UK’s AFL Insurance Brokers Aviation Division
Aug 14 2015 // International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. announced that it has acquired AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd.’s Aviation division; a move that it said would enhance “Integro’s global...
North Dakota Oil Boom Brings Surge in Worker Fatalities
May 12 2014 // Oil and gas workers in North Dakota are six times more likely to die on the job than their peers in other states as inexperienced workers join the state’s oil and gas boom, according to a report by a labor group. In...
Worker Death Rate in North Dakota Highest in U.S.: AFL-CIO
May 2 2014 // The nation’s largest labor federation says North Dakota continues to have the highest worker death rate in the U.S., with 17.7 fatalities per 100,000 employees in 2012. The data comes from an AFL-CIO report slated to...
Aflac Claims Workers’ Compensation Claims Drop for Firms Offering Accident, Disability Insurance
Apr 2 2014 // A high percentage — 42 percent on average — of all companies providing access to voluntary accident and disability insurance report declines in their workers’ compensation claims, according to the results of an...
Idaho Reaches Settlement With Insurer Aflac
Jun 5 2012 // State officials say Idaho will receive $200,000 as part of a regulatory settlement with the insurer Aflac Inc. On Monday, the Idaho Department of Insurance said Aflac will have to submit compliance reports to the state...
Texas Family Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Aflac
Nov 17 2011 // Seven family members, including a former Hidalgo County district court probation officer, have been convicted for their roles in a $3 million scheme to defraud American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac). In a news...
10 South Texas Residents Sentenced to Prison for Insurance Fraud
Nov 3 2011 // Ten south Texas residents have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud the American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac) by filing false injury claims under Aflac’s Accident-Only...
Aflac CEO Says Exposure to Japan Quake/Tsunami is ‘Limited’
Mar 14 2011 // U.S. insurer Aflac Inc , which is the largest foreign insurer in Japan, has “rather limited” financial exposure to the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Aflac’s chief executive said. “Are we going...
Aflac Expands Presence in South Carolina
Sep 15 2010 // South Carolina’s governor, Mark Sanford, and its insurance commissioner, Scott Richardson, were both in Columbia this week to help Aflac Group Insurance announce a major expansion of the Group’s presence in the...
Two Accused of Faking $1 Million in Aflac Claims in Georgia
Jul 27 2010 // Two people have been indicted on charges they stole nearly $1 million from insurer Aflac Inc. by filing false insurance claims from 2007 to 2009. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that federal prosecutors are accusing...
Aflac Completes Acquisition of Continental American Insurance
Oct 1 2009 // Insurer Aflac Inc. has completed its acquisition of Continental American Insurance Co. (CAIC). The company said the purchase of CAIC for $100 million was funded with internal capital. The deal adds group workplace policies...
Ratings Roundup: Aflac, Scottish Re (U.S.), Hanover Fire, Omega
Feb 4 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and downgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “aa-” from “aa” of American Family Life Assurance...
Ratings Roundup: Nationwide Financial, AFLAC, Crusader
Jan 29 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of the core life/health subsidiaries of Nationwide Financial Services,...
The Hartford, Allianz, Aflac Named Among World’s ‘Most Ethical’ Firms
Jun 4 2008 // Three insurance industry giants now boast the title as “one of the world’s most ethical companies,” according to a Ethisphere, a think-tank dedicated to the research and promotion of profitable best...
Durant Rejoins Aflac as SVP
Apr 27 2006 // Aflac Inc. announced in Columbus, Ga. that Martin A. Durant III will rejoin Aflac as senior vice president, corporate finance, on July 1. In his new position, Durant will be heavily involved with Aflac’s capital...
Aflac’s Lake Named First Non-Japanese Tokyo Stock Exchange Director
Apr 26 2006 // Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) Chairman and President Taizo Nishimuro announced that Charles Lake, Aflac Japan vice chairman, has been selected as an external director. Lake, 44, will be the first non-Japanese appointed to...
Aflac Announces 90-Day Grace Period For Policyholders in Disaster Areas
Aug 31 2005 // Columbus, Ga.-based Aflac Insurance has announced it will allow a 90-day grace period for premiums due from its policyholders in counties and parishes proclaimed disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
