Martin Durant Promoted to Executive Vice President and Deputy CFO; Sue Blanck Promoted to First Senior Vice President of A...( COLUMBUS Ga. June 1 /- Aflac Inco...),Health

COLUMBUS, Ga., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aflac Incorporated announced today that Martin A. Durant III has been promoted to executive vice president and deputy chief financial officer. Susan R. Blanck has been promoted to first senior vice president of Aflac Japan. Both promotions are effective June 1, 2008.

Durant first joined Aflac in 1990 as vice president and comptroller of Aflac Incorporated. He was with Aflac for 10 years, eventually serving as senior vice president of Corporate Services. In 1999, he accepted a position with Carmike Cinemas, Inc. as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Following his retirement from Carmike, Durant rejoined Aflac in July 2006 as senior vice president of Corporate Finance. In his new position of deputy CFO, he will continue to work closely with Aflac Incorporated president and chief financial officer, Kriss Cloninger III, on capital management, risk management and other financial matters.

Blanck joined Aflac's Actuarial Department in 1993 in the U.S. pricing area. She was named senior vice president and deputy corporate actuary in March 2004 and was promoted to corporate actuary in January 2006. She will continue in her capacity as senior vice president and corporate actuary, reporting to Martin Durant. In her new position as first senior vice president of Aflac Japan, she will report to Tohru Tonoike, president of Aflac Japan, and she will continue her work in Aflac Japan's product development area as well as other strategic marketing initiatives.

Commenting on the announcement, Aflac Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel P. Amos said: "I'm very pleased to announce the promotions of these two deserving individuals and valuable members of our management team. Martin has certainly earned this recognition and is a tremendous asset to Aflac. In addition to Sue's responsibility of leading our global actuarial staff, she has spent an increasing amount of time on Aflac Japan market
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