secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-24-000164
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q3 net loss $93M on investment losses; adjusted EPS $2.16; Miller named President
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- Q3 net loss $93M ($0.17/share) vs prior-year net income $1.6B ($2.64); hit by $1.4B net investment losses on yen moves.
- Adjusted earnings $1.2B (+10.6%); adjusted EPS $2.16 (+17.4%); variable investment income $27M below expectations.
- Aflac Japan pretax adjusted earnings up 25.5% in yen; profit margin 44.7% (32.8% a year ago).
- Aflac U.S. net earned premiums +2.8%; pretax adjusted earnings down 26.8% due to higher claims and lower remeasurement gains.
- Q4 dividend $0.50/share (+19% YoY); Q3 repurchased $500M shares; Virgil Miller promoted to President effective Jan 1, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000164/0000004977-24-000164-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000164/afl-20241030.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-24-000164

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