Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

Videos from this campaign

Young girl holding her Aflac My Special Duck
Box of sidewalk chalk.
My Special Aflac Duck.
Young boy shown holding his Aflac Duck.
Coach Prime and Piper.
Coach Prime and Piper.
Aflac Northern Ireland was presented the Community CSR Award at the Business Eye Awards in recognition for their meaningful contributions to the community.
Aflac 2024 Holiday Duck.
My Special Aflac Duck delivery to a pediatric patient at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx.
Wellness Matters: Dean Holmes.

Content from this campaign

Health & Healthcare

Celebrating Child Life Month
The hospital setting is specifically designed for healing, both physically and mentally. But for young patients, the experience can still be unsettling. That’s where child life specialists come in.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

With Basic Needs Met, Students Can Soar
Community giving, close to home — that’s what the Employee Engagement Team’s Philanthropy Committee at Aflac’s Premier Life, Absence and Disability Solutions (PLADS) wanted. And they made it happen, streamlining the donation process so that they could more quickly get needed item

Health & Healthcare

Love, Care, Compassion — And a Career Shift
When O’Shea Guillory stepped off the elevator at the Egleston campus of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, it was the first time she connected Aflac with her son’s battle against sickle cell disease.

Diversity & Inclusion

Reliving Aflac’s Early Days With Company’s First African American Officer
As Black History Month comes to a close, Aflac shares a key moment in company history by highlighting James Jackson, a distinguished veteran who spent his second career with Aflac, becoming the company’s first-ever African American officer.

Health & Healthcare

Finding My Light in the Darkness of Cancer
For those of you who have heard the words “you have cancer” or been there with a loved one who has heard them, my heart goes out to you. Because I know. I know the fear, confusion, anger and, of course, uncertainty. After additional testing, my doctor confirmed it was cancer.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Little Boy’s Cancer Diagnosis Launches Dad’s New Career
Has this ever happened to you? When people know you work for a certain company, sometimes they’ll tell you how much it means to them — or to someone they know — and how it changes lives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arizona Families Celebrate Aflac Holiday Duck Each Year With Neighborhood Tradition
It was December 2005 and Julie Goodhue of Scottsdale, Arizona, was in the middle of an otherwise routine visit to the hair salon when something caught her eye. A gentleman sat down in the chair next to hers and handed his hairstylist a gift; a small, stuffed duck wearing a scarf.

Health & Healthcare

Aflac Encourages You to #TagTwo To Remind Others To Get Their Regular Checkups
Gold medalist, two-time Olympian, two-time Olympic Hall of Fame inductee and cancer survivor Shannon Miller recommends thinking twice before you cancel that doctor’s appointment.

Diversity & Inclusion

Tera Ladner Named Women in IT Security Power Player
In October, Tera Ladner, vice president of Risk Management and Governance with Aflac Global Security, was named one of SC Media’s 2023 Women in IT Security Power Players, a distinction among cybersecurity leaders in North America.

Health & Healthcare

How One Wellness Exam Helped Save Two Lives
Shawn and Nikki Cannon are firm believers in getting their routine wellness exams, and their story is an excellent reminder to stay on top of regular screenings — and nudging your friends and loved ones to do the same.

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