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		<title>Aflac Says 22.6M People Affected by Cyber Incident Earlier This Year</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/12/29/852454.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Aflac said its investigation has revealed a cybersecurity incident discovered six months ago affected more than 22.6 million individuals. The Columbus, Georgia-based health and life insurer said in a statement earlier this month that it has started to notify impacted &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aflac Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach of Customer Info</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/06/25/829012.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 05:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An Alabama law firm wasted little time in filing a proposed class-action lawsuit against Aflac Inc., claiming the supplemental insurance giant knew the risks of a cyberattack and failed to protect policyholders&#8217; private information. &#8220;Defendant disregarded the rights of Plaintiff &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Weeks Later, Erie and Philadelphia Insurance Still Working to Restore Networks</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2025/06/24/828919.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Erie Insurance reports that it has made progress in reconnecting several business systems and applications as it continues to recover from a network outage that is now 17 days old. The insurer said the network and system outage it initiated &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurer Aflac Investigating Possible Data Breach</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/06/20/828640.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cyber]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Health and life insurer Aflac on Friday said it is investigating a breach on its U.S. network that may have exposed customers&#8217; personal information, making it the latest insurance provider to be targeted in a cyberattack. Aflac said the attack &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michigan Resident Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Prosecution</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2022/06/23/673078.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 05:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Midwest News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced that a Plainwell resident was sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to comply with future court-ordered restitution for submitting roughly $47,000 in fraudulent insurance claims. A restitution hearing is &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>14 Charged in Michigan in $3M Insurance Fraud Scheme</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2021/10/12/636619.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[false claims]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Fourteen people have been charged in conjunction with an insurance fraud and theft scheme uncovered by a joint investigation by the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) and the Ogemaw County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. The Michigan DIFS said the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s Post Holdings Buys 7% of Insurer Aflac</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/12/19/512496.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2018 M&A]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. on Wednesday said it will buy 7 percent of U.S. insurer Aflac Inc. for about $2.4 billion, as the postal and financial conglomerate seeks new profit-drivers to counter weak growth prospects. Japan Post, majority-owned by &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>13 New York City Workers Arrested in $500K Insurance Fraud Scheme</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2016/12/15/435319.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[disability insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Thirteen current and former New York City employees have been arrested in a $500,000 insurance fraud scheme. Authorities say 10 FDNY emergency medical technicians and paramedics, including EMS officers, and three NYPD traffic enforcement agents were arraigned Tuesday on charges &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Former California Probation Officer Nabbed For Fraud While on Probation &#8211; for Fraud</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2015/08/28/379984.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allstate Insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A former Los Angeles County probation officer, Robyn Palmer, 29, of Long Beach, Calif. was arrested Thursday on six felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly forging documents to illegally collect disability insurance benefits while serving probation for another insurance &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aflac Claims Workers&#8217; Compensation Claims Drop for Firms Offering Accident, Disability Insurance</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2014/04/02/325118.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accident Insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[disability insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A high percentage — 42 percent on average — of all companies providing access to voluntary accident and disability insurance report declines in their workers&#8217; compensation claims, according to the results of an online survey released by Aflac, a leading &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Port Authority Police Officer Accused of Insurance Fraud in New York</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/06/26/296897.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Port Authority police officer has been charged with insurance fraud for claiming he was disabled while moonlighting in a rock band. Authorities say Christopher Inserra defrauded the AFLAC insurance company and the Port Authority of New York and New &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>North Carolina Pastor Charged with Insurance Fraud</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/06/25/252773.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A pastor in North Carolina has been arrested and accused of taking about $23,000 in an insurance scam. The Hickory Daily Record reported that 47-year-old Chuck Hager was arrested and charged with 13 felonies. The pastor of New Beginnings Christian &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Oklahoma Agent Sentenced for Fraud in McCurtain County</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/04/09/242562.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak and McCurtain County District Attorney Mark Matloff announced the conviction and subsequent sentencing of Matthew Hammer, a formerly licensed insurance agent in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Insurance Department&#8217;s Anti-Fraud Unit led the investigation of Hammer, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Texas Family Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Aflac</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2011/11/17/224456.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[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 release from the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>10 South Texas Residents Sentenced to Prison for Insurance Fraud</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2011/11/03/222740.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Accident-Only Insurance Plan, U. S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>20 in South Texas Plead Guilty to Insurance Fraud</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2011/08/01/208814.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Federal authorities say 20 South Texas residents have been convicted for their roles in a scheme to defraud the American Family Life Assurance Co. In mid-June, 36 people were indicted on accusations they participated in the scheme designed to defraud &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aflac CEO Says Exposure to Japan Quake/Tsunami is &#8216;Limited&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2011/03/14/190103.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[U.S. insurer Aflac Inc , which is the largest foreign insurer in Japan, has &#8220;rather limited&#8221; financial exposure to the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Aflac&#8217;s chief executive said. &#8220;Are we going to be hit in terms of earnings or major &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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