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Aflac Incorporated / ˈ æ f l æ k / (American Family Life Assurance Company) is an American insurance company and is the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. [3] It was founded in 1955 and is based in Columbus, Georgia .
Dan Amos has spent his 34 years as CEO of Aflac selling insurance against illness and death, but there are some endings that all the insurance in the world can’t prevent.
But Aflac's success began long before the duck made its debut. Originally known as the American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, the company adopted the acronym Aflac in 1989, a year ...
When most people hear Aflac , they think of the brilliant marketing campaign featuring a duck that annoyingly quacks the insurance company's name at prospective policyholders. But there's ...
Amos joined Aflac in 1973, working in sales for 10 years, during which time, he was the company's top sales person. He was named president of Aflac in 1983, chief operating officer in 1987, chief executive officer of Aflac Incorporated in 1990(2), and chair in 2001(3). Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, insures more than 50 million people worldwide.
As early as 1979, Feldman had sold more life insurance than anyone in history. [3] He sold life insurance policies with a total face value of about $1.5-billion [4] for New York Life from 1942 to his death in 1993. He once held the world record for the most products sold (by value) by a salesman in a career, a year ($100,000,000), and in a ...
The man behind one of the most famous mascots in advertising history, the Aflac duck, Amos was "a nervous wreck" when the first commercial launched on New Year's Day of 2000.
After running Aflac for 34 years, “it feels like one of my children,” Amos told me. “I believe I’m a better CEO because of the family connection.” Read my full story here .