COLUMBUS, Ga., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aflac today announced that Jeffrey M. Herbert has resigned as senior vice president and chief marketing officer of the company's U.S. insurance operation. Herbert joined Aflac in October 2006 and cited personal reasons for his departure from the company.

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Commenting on Herbert's resignation, Aflac president and chief operating officer for Aflac U.S., Paul S. Amos II stated: "Although Jeff's tenure with Aflac was short, we are appreciative of his contributions to our company, and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.

"When we hired Jeff a year ago, we did so after deciding to split the senior level responsibilities of marketing and sales. We still believe that is an effective organization for our business and to that end, we will begin an immediate search for a replacement to work closely with our director of sales, Ron Kirkland. Due in great part to Ron's effective leadership of our sales force, I believe we are on track to achieve our sales targets for the year, and I believe 2007 will be another record year for Aflac U.S."

For more than 50 years, Aflac products have given policyholders the opportunity to direct cash where it is needed most when a life-interrupting medical event causes financial challenges. Aflac is the number one provider of guaranteed-renewable insurance in the United States and the number one insurance company in terms of individual insurance policies in force in Japan. Our insurance products provide protection to more than 40 million people worldwide. Aflac has been included in Fortune magazine's listing of America's Most Admired Companies for seven consecutive years and in Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America for nine consecutive years. Aflac has also been recognized three times by both Fortune magazine's listing of the Top 50 Employers for Minorities and Working Mother magazine's listing of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. Aflac Incorporated is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac, visit aflac.com.

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" to encourage companies to provide prospective information, so long as those informational statements are identified as forward-looking and are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements. We desire to take advantage of these provisions. This document contains cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected herein, and in any other statements made by company officials in communications with the financial community and contained in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Forward-looking statements are not based on historical information and relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Furthermore, forward- looking information is subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. In particular, statements containing words such as "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "goal," "objective," "may," "should," "estimate," "intends," "projects," "will," "assumes," "potential," "target," or similar words as well as specific projections of future results, generally qualify as forward-looking. Aflac undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

We caution readers that the following factors, in addition to other factors mentioned from time to time could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements: legislative and regulatory developments; assessments for insurance company insolvencies; competitive conditions in the United States and Japan; new product development and customer response to new products and new marketing initiatives; ability to attract and retain qualified sales associates; ability to repatriate profits from Japan; changes in U.S. and/or Japanese tax laws or accounting requirements; credit and other risks associated with Aflac's investment activities; significant changes in investment yield rates; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; deviations in actual experience from pricing and reserving assumptions including, but not limited to, morbidity, mortality, persistency, expenses, and investment yields; level and outcome of litigation; downgrades in the company's credit rating; changes in rating agency policies or practices; subsidiary's ability to pay dividends to parent company; ineffectiveness of hedging strategies used to minimize the exposure of our shareholders' equity to foreign currency translation fluctuations; catastrophic events; and general economic conditions in the United States and Japan.

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CONTACT: Analyst and investor contact, Kenneth S. Janke Jr., +1-800-235-2667 option 3, Fax +1-706-324-6330, kjanke@aflac.com; or Media contact, Laura Kane, +1-706-596-3493, Fax +1-706-320-2288, lkane@aflac.com, both of Aflac