secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-06T20:14:30+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-054333
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q2 net earnings up 37.7% to $1.63/sh; adjusted EPS down 1.7% to $1.75; declares $0.61 dividend
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- Net earnings $825M ($1.63 diluted EPS) vs $599M ($1.11) a year ago, up 37.7% due to lower investment losses.
- Adjusted earnings $883M, down 7.7% YoY; adjusted EPS $1.75, down 1.7%; yen headwind of $0.05 per share.
- Japan pretax adjusted earnings in yen up 3.4% to ¥118.2B; net earned premiums down 3.7% in yen.
- U.S. net earned premiums up 2.3% to $1.539B; pretax adjusted earnings down 4.6% to $370M.
- Board declares Q3 dividend $0.61/share, up 5.2% from $0.58; payable Sept 1, record Aug 19.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000162828026054333/0001628280-26-054333-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000162828026054333/afl-20260806.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-054333

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