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...Aflac, despite its Georgia headquarters, derives more than two-thirds of its profits from Japan....
...Aflac declined to comment further. Japan Post could not be reached on Thursday night for comment....
...The list of companies cut by S&P in the last quarter is a long roster of energy names, but includes investment grade groups such as United Technologies, eBay and Aflac, as well as junk-rated companies such...
...Health insurer AFLAC fell 2.3 per cent to $43.23 as UBS analysts warned “its outsized exposure to debt issued by European financials” makes it particularly vulnerable to a European slowdown....
...US insurers also gained on strong results from Aflac late on Wednesday, which reaffirmed its full-year profit outlook. Shares in the insurer rose 4.2 per cent to $45.98....
...Insurers are unsurprisingly the worst performers with Aflac (Japan accounts for 70 per cent of total earnings, according to Citi) down 9.2 per cent....
...How important is the Aflac duck to you? Ten years ago, I bet my career on the Aflac duck. Fortunately, it paid off....
...General Electric , Aflac and Halliburton were among the many stocks pulled lower as traders sold US equities on worries over the burgeoning nuclear crisis in Japan....
...Aflac was 8.8 per cent lower while Platinum Underwriters lost 4.1 per cent. The KBW property casualty index slid 2 per cent over the week....
...According to officials, in the US the largest waves hit Crescent City, California, where 8.1 feet waves destroyed docks and parts of the harbour. 1930 - The CEO of Aflac, which sells insurance in Japan,...
...Aflac, a leading supplemental health insurer, slipped 0.7 per cent to $53.50 as the stock was cut from “outperform” to “market perform” by Sanford C. Bernstein....
...US insurer Aflac reportedly had a “large amount of exposure” to hybrids, which triggered concern among analysts earlier this year....
...Health insurer Aflac also beat estimates, with a 20 per cent rise in profits being helped by the strength in the yen....
...Aflac said in February that downgrades of such securities could force it to take more writedowns this year....
...The falls endured by the sector since Mr Obama announced his healthcare plan were exacerbated when UBS downgraded Aflac , the insurer, to “sell”. Aflac’s shares were down 14.5 per cent at $11.49....
...Aflac sank 36.9 per cent to $22.90 after Nigel Dally, Morgan Stanley analyst, warned of the group’s exposure to hybrid securities issued by European banks that have slumped in value....
...Aflac‘s beta of 2.03 implies that the spread widening on Aflac’s bond portfolio was 103 per cent more than the already drastic market spread widening....
...Aflac on Friday reassured on its capital position....
...The idea of giving shareholders advisory votes on executive pay – a concept that is practised in the UK and Australia – gained popularity in the US in 2007 with Aflac becoming the first company to voluntarily...
...Aflac’s vote is likely to be one of the least contentious....
...But he also concedes that not every company would follow the path blazed by Aflac....
...Aflac and Verizon adopted similar plans last year....
...Insurers Travelers and Aflac added to that revival, climbing 4 per cent to $50.23 and 4.1 per cent to $67.76, respectively, after both beat first-quarter estimates and raised their full-year forecasts....
...Aflac became the first company to adopt the measure last year and held a vote on its executives’ compensation packages in May. Around 93 per cent of shareholders approved the executives’ pay....
...Only one US company, the health insurer Aflac, has voluntarily agreed to hold an advisory vote on pay but only in 2009....
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