To help provide relief for California policyholders residing in Ventura and San Diego Counties affected by the winter storms, Aflac will provide a premium grace period starting Jan. 22, 2024, and ending Mar. 25, 2024. This grace period also provides an extension of filing deadlines for claims and leniency for any other action required under the policy. Aflac will provide a replacement copy of the policy upon request by the policyholder
To help provide relief for California policyholders residing in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties affected by the winter storms, Aflac will provide a premium grace period starting Feb. 3, 2024, and ending Apr. 4, 2024. This grace period also provides an extension of filing deadlines for claims and leniency for any other action required under the policy. Aflac will provide a replacement copy of the policy upon request by the policyholder.
To help provide relief for California policyholders residing in Alameda, Butte, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Monterey, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, and Sutter Counties affected by the winter storms, Aflac will provide a premium grace period starting Feb. 3, 2024, and ending May 21, 2024. This grace period also provides an extension of filing deadlines for claims and leniency for any other action required under the policy. Aflac will provide a replacement copy of the policy upon request by the policyholder.
On Feb. 21, 2024, the cyber event reported by Change Healthcare, a company that assists healthcare providers with claims submissions and payments, has created a significant impact to health care providers, including hospitals, individual practitioners, practice groups, diagnostic centers, laboratories, and pharmacies. We have determined Aflac’s primary operations are not impacted. Further, Aflac and its subsidiaries do not have any direct connection to Change Healthcare systems in any of Aflac’s systems or applications. At this time, we are not aware of any impact to customer data but we are monitoring for any communications from our critical third-party suppliers. While Change Healthcare’s cyber event was not directed at Aflac, we will provide flexibility with claims submissions related to this incident should it be needed. If you believe you have a claim impacted by Change Healthcare’s event, please contact Aflac at 800-992-3522.
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In conjunction with the earnings release, AFLAC will conduct a webcast of an analyst meeting on February 3. During the webcast, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel P. Amos will discuss AFLAC's fourth quarter results and the company's outlook for 2003. Following Mr. Amos' comments, Kenneth S. Janke Jr., senior vice president of investor relations, will review the company's financial results. Other members of management will also be available for comment including President and Chief Financial Officer Kriss Cloninger; Executive Vice President, Internal Operations, AFLAC U.S., Akitoshi Kan; and Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer Joe Smith.
The webcast will be accessible on the investor relations page of aflac.com. Registration for the event is required and may be done at any time prior to the webcast. The presentations on February 3 are scheduled to start at approximately 7:10 p.m. EST. Participants should be online three to five minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
AFLAC Incorporated is an international holding company. A Fortune 500® company, AFLAC insures more than 40 million people worldwide. It is a leading writer of insurance products marketed at the worksite in the United States, offering policies to employees at 248,100 payroll accounts. The company is also the largest foreign life insurer in Japan in terms of profits, insuring one out of four Japanese households. In January 2003, AFLAC was the number one insurance company in Fortune magazine's list of "The 100 Best Companies to Work For in America" and was included in the overall listing for the fifth consecutive year. In February 2002, Fortune also named AFLAC as the sixth most admired company in the life and health insurance sector in its annual listing of "America's Most Admired Companies." And in July 2002, Fortune named AFLAC to its list of "America's 50 Best Companies for Minorities." AFLAC's Internet address is aflac.com.
Forward-looking information: Certain statements contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although the company believes that these statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct because they are prospective in nature. Actual future results may differ materially from those discussed herein. We caution readers that the following factors, in addition to other factors mentioned from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results to differ materially: regulatory developments, assessments for insurance company insolvencies, competitive conditions, new products, ability to repatriate profits from Japan, general economic conditions in the United States and Japan, changes in U.S. and/or Japanese tax laws or accounting requirements, adequacy of reserves, credit and other risks associated with AFLAC's investment activities, significant changes in interest rates, and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
Analyst and investor contact - Kenneth S. Janke Jr., (800) 235-2667 - option 3, FAX: (706) 324-6330, orkjanke@aflac.com Media contact - Kathelen V. Spencer (706) 596-3789, FAX: (706) 323-1448, orkspencer@aflac.com
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+1-706-596-3789, or fax, +1-706-323-1448, or
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