COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that Chak Raghunathan has been named managing director and global chief investment risk officer, reporting to J. Todd Daniels, global chief risk officer. Raghunathan will be responsible for identifying and assessing investment risks in an evolving regulatory environment while developing strategies to address those risks. He will assume management of the existing investment risk team and will be based in the Aflac Global Investments office in New York.
Prior to joining Aflac, Raghunathan was global head of risk management and chief risk officer at Apollo Management, where he was responsible for implementing Apollo's enterprisewide risk management framework, formulating detailed risk policies and internal guidelines for funds, and providing optimal risk management solutions. Prior to his role at Apollo Management, Raghunathan held positions of increasing responsibility at TD Bank Financial Group, most recently serving as senior vice president; global head of trading risk and quantitative analytics. He also held positions at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada in the Capital Markets Division and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec in the Tactical Investments Group. Raghunathan earned his bachelor of science degree in Pure Mathematics from the University of Madras and his master's degree in Applied Mathematics at Concordia University.
Commenting on Raghunathan's appointment, Daniels said, "We believe Chak's expertise in sound risk management principles and practices, coupled with his leadership experience and quantitative background, will be tremendously beneficial as Aflac continually strives to better our asset liability risk management. I look forward to Chak's contributions and believe he will be instrumental to the future success of Aflac's Global Risk Management function."
About Aflac
When a policyholder gets sick or hurt, Aflac pays cash benefits fast. For nearly six decades, Aflac insurance policies have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress. In the United States, Aflac is the leading provider of voluntary insurance at the worksite. In Japan, Aflac is the number one life insurance company in terms of individual policies in force. Aflac individual and group insurance products help provide protection to more than 50 million people worldwide. For eight consecutive years, Aflac has been recognized by Ethisphere magazine as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. In 2014, FORTUNE magazine recognized Aflac as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the 16th consecutive year. Also, in 2014, FORTUNE magazine included Aflac on its list of Most Admired Companies for the 13th time, ranking the company number one in the life and health insurance category. Aflac Incorporated is a FORTUNE 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac, visit aflac.com or espanol.aflac.com.
Forward-Looking Information
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" to encourage companies to provide prospective information, so long as those informational statements are identified as forward-looking and are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements. We desire to take advantage of these provisions. This document contains cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected herein, and in any other statements made by company officials in communications with the financial community and contained in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Forward-looking statements are not based on historical information and relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Furthermore, forward-looking information is subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. In particular, statements containing words such as "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "goal," "objective," "may," "should," "estimate," "intends," "projects," "will," "assumes," "potential," "target" or similar words as well as specific projections of future results, generally qualify as forward-looking. Aflac undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. We caution readers that the following factors, in addition to other factors mentioned from time to time, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements: difficult conditions in global capital markets and the economy; governmental actions for the purpose of stabilizing the financial markets; defaults and credit downgrades of securities in our investment portfolio; exposure to significant financial and capital markets risk; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; significant changes in investment yield rates; credit and other risks associated with Aflac's investment in perpetual securities; differing judgments applied to investment valuations; significant valuation judgments in determination of amount of impairments taken on our investments; limited availability of acceptable yen-denominated investments; concentration of our investments in any particular single-issuer or sector concentration of business in Japan; decline in creditworthiness of other financial institutions; deviations in actual experience from pricing and reserving assumptions; subsidiaries' ability to pay dividends to Aflac Incorporated; changes in law or regulation by governmental authorities; ability to attract and retain qualified sales associates and employees; decreases in our financial strength or debt ratings; ability to continue to develop and implement improvements in information technology systems; interruption in telecommunication, information technology and other operational systems, or a failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data residing on such systems; changes in U.S. and/or Japanese accounting standards; failure to comply with restrictions on patient privacy and information security; inability to recognize tax benefits associated with capital loss carryforwards; level and outcome of litigation; ability to effectively manage key executive succession; catastrophic events including, but not necessarily limited to, epidemics, pandemics, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, acts of terrorism and damage incidental to such events; ongoing changes in our industry; events that damage our reputation; and failure of internal controls or corporate governance policies and procedures.
Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100423/CL92305LOGO
Analyst and investor contact – Robin Y. Wilkey, 706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667; FAX: 706.324.6330, or rwilkey@aflac.com
Media contact – Catherine Blades, 706.596.3014; FAX: 706.320.2288 or cblades@aflac.com
SOURCE Aflac Incorporated