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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 1, 2022
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Aflac Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Georgia 001-07434    58-1167100
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission    (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number)    Identification No.)
1932 Wynnton Road Columbus Georgia 31999
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)
706.323.3431
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.10 Par Value AFL New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨



Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Aflac Incorporated (the "Company") is furnishing its press release dated August 1, 2022 in which it reported its 2022 second quarter results herein as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The Company is also furnishing its second quarter supplemental earnings materials as Exhibit 99.2 to this report.
On August 1, 2022, the Company posted to its investor relations website at investors.aflac.com a video presentation by Max Brodén, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, discussing the Company's 2022 second quarter earnings. The Company is furnishing a transcript of Mr. Brodén's comments and a copy of the slides referenced in the presentation as Exhibit 99.3 and Exhibit 99.4, respectively, to this report.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information included or incorporated in this report (Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Exhibit Title or Description
Press release of Aflac Incorporated dated August 1, 2022
Financial Analyst Briefing Supplement for Second Quarter 2022
Transcript of comments in video presentation by Max Brodén, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aflac Incorporated.
Slides referenced in video presentation by Max Brodén, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aflac Incorporated.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
    Aflac Incorporated
August 1, 2022     /s/ June Howard
    (June Howard)
    Senior Vice President, Financial Services
    Chief Accounting Officer


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News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aflac Incorporated Announces Second Quarter Results,
Reports Second Quarter Net Earnings of $1.4 Billion,
Declares Third Quarter Cash Dividend


COLUMBUS, Ga. - August 1, 2022 - Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) today reported its second quarter results.

Total revenues were $5.4 billion in the second quarter of 2022, compared with $5.6 billion in the second quarter of 2021. Net earnings were $1.4 billion, or $2.16 per diluted share, compared with $1.1 billion, or $1.62 per diluted share a year ago.

Net earnings in the second quarter of 2022 included net investment gains of $564 million, or $0.88 per diluted share, compared with net investment gains of $89 million, or $0.13 per diluted share a year ago. The net investment gains were driven by net gains from certain derivatives and foreign currency activities of $618 million and net gains from sales and redemptions of $115 million, both driven by foreign exchange. These gains were partially offset by an increase in the allowance associated with the company's estimate of current expected credit losses (CECL) and impairments of $34 million. These net investment gains included a decrease of $135 million in the fair value of equity securities.

Adjusted earnings* in the second quarter were $939 million, compared with $1.1 billion in the second quarter of 2021, reflecting a decrease of 13.1%. Adjusted earnings per diluted share* decreased 8.2% to $1.46 in the quarter. It included variable investment income from alternative investments, which was $0.06 per share above return expectations. Adjusted earnings per diluted share excluded adjusted net investment gains* of $0.88 per share. The weaker yen/dollar exchange rate impacted adjusted earnings per share by $0.09.

The average yen/dollar exchange rate in the second quarter of 2022 was 129.39, or 15.4% weaker than the average rate of 109.48 in the second quarter of 2021. For the first six months, the average exchange rate was 122.79, or 12.2% weaker than the rate of 107.79 a year ago.

Total investments and cash at the end of June 2022 were $121.4 billion, compared with $146.7 billion at June 30, 2021. In the second quarter, Aflac Incorporated deployed $650 million in capital to repurchase 11.2 million of its common shares. At the end of June 2022, the company had 36.6 million remaining shares authorized for repurchase.

Shareholders’ equity was $26.4 billion, or $41.59 per share, at June 30, 2022, compared with $33.7 billion, or $50.20 per share, at June 30, 2021. Shareholders’ equity at the end of the second quarter included a net unrealized gain on investment securities and derivatives of $2.9 billion, compared with a net unrealized gain of $10.0 billion at June 30, 2021. Shareholders’ equity at the end of the second quarter also included an unrealized foreign currency translation loss of $3.3 billion, compared with an unrealized foreign currency translation loss of $1.7 billion at June 30, 2021. The annualized return on average shareholders’ equity in the second quarter was 19.9%.

For the first six months of 2022, total revenues were down 6.7% to $10.7 billion, compared with $11.4 billion in the first half of 2021. Net earnings were $2.4 billion, or $3.73 per diluted share, compared with $2.4 billion, or $3.49 per diluted share, for the first six months of 2021. Adjusted earnings for the first half of 2022 were $1.9 billion, or $2.88 per diluted share, compared with $2.1 billion, or $3.11 per diluted share, in 2021. Excluding the negative impact of $0.15 per share from the weaker yen/dollar exchange rate, adjusted earnings per diluted share decreased 2.9% to $3.02 for the first six months of 2022.




    



Shareholders’ equity excluding AOCI (or adjusted book value*) was $26.9 billion, or $42.45 per share at June 30, 2022, compared with $25.7 billion, or $38.27 per share, at June 30, 2021. The annualized adjusted return on equity excluding foreign currency impact* in the second quarter was 14.9%.

AFLAC JAPAN

In yen terms, Aflac Japan's net earned premiums were ¥313.2 billion for the quarter, or 4.2% lower than a year ago, mainly due to limited pay products reaching paid-up status and constrained sales from the impact of pandemic conditions. Adjusted net investment income increased 8.4% to ¥94.0 billion, mainly due to higher floating rate income as well as the impact of a weaker yen on the dollar-denominated investment income. Total adjusted revenues in yen declined 1.6% to ¥408.3 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings in yen for the quarter increased 1.6% on a reported basis to ¥111.7 billion, due to higher reserve releases and adjusted net investment income. Pretax adjusted earnings decreased 7.0% on a currency-neutral basis. The pretax adjusted profit margin for the Japan segment increased to 27.4%, compared with 26.5% a year ago.

For the first six months, net earned premiums in yen were ¥629.6 billion, or 4.3% lower than a year ago. Adjusted net investment income increased 7.3% to ¥173.0 billion. Total adjusted revenues in yen were down 2.0% to ¥804.9 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings were ¥211.9 billion, or 4.0% higher than a year ago.

In dollar terms, net earned premiums decreased 19.0% to $2.4 billion in the second quarter. Adjusted net investment income decreased 8.7% to $723 million. Total adjusted revenues declined by 16.8% to $3.2 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings declined 14.3% to $860 million.

For the first six months, net earned premiums in dollars were $5.1 billion, or 15.8% lower than a year ago. Adjusted net investment income decreased 6.3% to $1.4 billion. Total adjusted revenues were down 14.0% to $6.6 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings were $1.7 billion, or 8.9% lower than a year ago.

For the quarter, total new annualized premium sales (sales) decreased 6.4% to ¥12.7 billion, or $98 million, reflecting the January 2021 launch of a new medical product and continued weakness in sales recovery, in part constrained by pandemic conditions. For the first six months, total new sales decreased 10.7% to ¥24.7 billion, or $201 million.

AFLAC U.S.

Aflac U.S. net earned premiums declined 1.0% to $1.4 billion in the second quarter, impacted by lower year-to-date persistency. Adjusted net investment income increased 2.1% to $193 million. Total adjusted revenues were up 0.1% to $1.6 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings were $349 million, 15.5% lower than a year ago, which was driven by higher incurred benefits and elevated expenses reflecting, in part, platform and growth investments. The pretax adjusted profit margin for the U.S. segment was 21.4%, compared with 25.4% a year ago.

For the first six months, net earned premiums declined 0.8% to $2.8 billion. Adjusted net investment income increased 3.0% to $377 million. Total adjusted revenues were up 0.4% to $3.3 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings were $674 million, or 21.5% lower than a year ago.

Aflac U.S. sales increased 15.6% in the quarter to $305 million, reflecting continued investment in growth initiatives as well as productivity gains. For the first half of the year, total new sales increased 17.2% to $604 million.

CORPORATE AND OTHER

For the quarter, total adjusted revenues decreased 16.0% to $42 million. Pretax adjusted earnings were a loss of $75 million, compared with a loss of $76 million a year ago. These results reflect higher adjusted net investment income from higher interest rates offset by lower amortized hedge income and the impact of federal tax credit investments as tax benefits are recognized in a corresponding lower income tax expense. These results also reflect the impact of foreign currency on total net earned premiums and the corresponding benefits.

For the first six months, total adjusted revenues decreased 12.8% to $116 million. Pretax adjusted earnings were a loss of $120 million, compared with a loss of $102 million a year ago.




    



DIVIDEND

The board of directors declared the third quarter dividend of $0.40 per share, payable on September 1, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 24, 2022.

OUTLOOK

Commenting on the company’s results, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel P. Amos stated: "The company generated solid earnings for the first six months, supported in part by the continuation of low benefit ratios associated with pandemic conditions and better-than-expected returns from alternative investments, despite the weakening yen. We continue to remain cautiously optimistic as our efforts focus on growth and efficiency initiatives amid this evolving pandemic backdrop.

"Looking at our operations in Japan, persistency remained strong in the second quarter, but sales were constrained as we continued to operate in evolving pandemic conditions. This impacted our ability to meet face-to-face with customers, which continues to be key to a recovery in sales. Within this context, we continue to expect stronger sales in the second half of the year assuming that those conditions subside, productivity continues to improve at Japan Post, and we execute on our product introduction and refreshment plans.

"In the U.S., I am pleased with the continued momentum in our core voluntary business and contribution from newly acquired growth platforms of dental, vision, and group benefits. We continue to work toward reinforcing our position and generating stronger sales for the year, while we keep an eye on potential headwinds.

"As always, we are committed to prudent liquidity and capital management. We continue to generate strong investment results while remaining in a defensive position as we monitor evolving economic conditions. In addition, we have taken proactive steps in recent years to defend cash flow and deployable capital against a weakening yen. We treasure our 39-year track record of dividend growth and remain committed to extending it, supported by the strength of our capital and cash flows. At the same time, we remain in the market repurchasing shares with a tactical approach, focused on integrating the growth investments we have made in our platform. By doing so, we look to emerge from this period in a continued position of strength and leadership."

*See Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures section for an explanation of foreign exchange and its impact on the financial statements and definitions of the non-U.S. GAAP financial measures used in this earnings release, as well as a reconciliation of such non-U.S. GAAP financial measures to the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures.

ABOUT AFLAC INCORPORATED

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) is a Fortune 500 company helping provide protection to more than 50 million people through its subsidiaries in Japan and the U.S., paying cash fast when policyholders get sick or injured. For more than six decades, insurance policies of Aflac Incorporated's subsidiaries have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress. In the U.S., Aflac is the number one provider of supplemental health insurance products1. Aflac Life Insurance Japan is the leading provider of medical and cancer insurance in Japan, where it insures 1 in 4 households. In 2021, Aflac Incorporated was proud to be included as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 16th consecutive year. Also in 2021, the company was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and became a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). In 2022, Aflac Incorporated was included on Fortune's list of World's Most Admired Companies for the 21st time and Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index for the third consecutive year. To find out how to get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at aflac.com or aflac.com/español. Investors may learn more about Aflac Incorporated and its commitment to ESG and social responsibility at investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability."
1 LIMRA 2021 U.S. Supplemental Health Insurance Total Market Report

A copy of Aflac’s Financial Analysts Briefing (FAB) supplement for the quarter can be found on the “Investors” page at aflac.com.

Aflac Incorporated will webcast its quarterly conference call via the “Investors” page of aflac.com at 8:00 a.m. (ET) on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.

Note: Tables within this document may not foot due to rounding.



    



AFLAC INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER-SHARE AMOUNTS)
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Total revenues $ 5,400  $ 5,564  (2.9) %
Benefits and claims, net 2,298  2,653  (13.4)
Total acquisition and operating expenses 1,401  1,538  (8.9)
Earnings before income taxes 1,701  1,373  23.9 
Income taxes 313  268 
Net earnings $ 1,388  $ 1,105  25.6  %
Net earnings per share – basic $ 2.17  $ 1.63  33.1  %
Net earnings per share – diluted 2.16  1.62  33.3 
Shares used to compute earnings per share (000):
Basic 640,707  678,050  (5.5) %
Diluted 643,243  680,920  (5.5)
Dividends paid per share $ 0.40  $ 0.33  21.2  %






    



AFLAC INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER-SHARE AMOUNTS)
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Total revenues $ 10,672  $ 11,433  (6.7) %
Benefits and claims, net 4,785  5,387  (11.2)
Total acquisition and operating expenses 2,910  3,069  (5.2)
Earnings before income taxes 2,977  2,977  — 
Income taxes 557  579 
Net earnings $ 2,420  $ 2,398  0.9  %
Net earnings per share – basic $ 3.75  $ 3.51  6.8  %
Net earnings per share – diluted 3.73  3.49  6.9 
Shares used to compute earnings per share (000):
Basic 645,205  683,464  (5.6) %
Diluted 648,010  686,400  (5.6)
Dividends paid per share $ 0.80  $ 0.66  21.2  %




    



AFLAC INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AMOUNTS)
JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Assets:
Total investments and cash $ 121,415  $ 146,709  (17.2) %
Deferred policy acquisition costs 8,458  9,810  (13.8)
Other assets 5,756  4,973  15.7 
Total assets $ 135,629  $ 161,492  (16.0) %
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity:
Policy liabilities $ 90,618  $ 108,286  (16.3) %
Notes payable and lease obligations 7,416  8,121  (8.7)
Other liabilities 11,208  11,350  (1.3)
Shareholders’ equity 26,387  33,735  (21.8)
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 135,629  $ 161,492  (16.0) %
Shares outstanding at end of period (000) 634,526  671,990  (5.6) %




    



NON-U.S. GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

This document includes references to the Company’s financial performance measures which are not calculated in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) (non-U.S. GAAP). The financial measures exclude items that the Company believes may obscure the underlying fundamentals and trends in insurance operations because they tend to be driven by general economic conditions and events or related to infrequent activities not directly associated with insurance operations.

Due to the size of Aflac Japan, where the functional currency is the Japanese yen, fluctuations in the yen/dollar exchange rate can have a significant effect on reported results. In periods when the yen weakens, translating yen into dollars results in fewer dollars being reported. When the yen strengthens, translating yen into dollars results in more dollars being reported. Consequently, yen weakening has the effect of suppressing current period results in relation to the comparable prior period, while yen strengthening has the effect of magnifying current period results in relation to the comparable prior period. A significant portion of the Company’s business is conducted in yen and never converted into dollars but translated into dollars for U.S. GAAP reporting purposes, which results in foreign currency impact to earnings, cash flows and book value on a U.S. GAAP basis. Management evaluates the Company's financial performance both including and excluding the impact of foreign currency translation to monitor, respectively, cumulative currency impacts and the currency-neutral operating performance over time. The average yen/dollar exchange rate is based on the published MUFG Bank, Ltd. telegraphic transfer middle rate (TTM).

The company defines the non-U.S. GAAP financial measures included in this earnings release as follows:

•Adjusted earnings are adjusted revenues less benefits and adjusted expenses. Adjusted earnings per share (basic or diluted) are the adjusted earnings for the period divided by the weighted average outstanding shares (basic or diluted) for the period presented. The adjustments to both revenues and expenses account for certain items that cannot be predicted or that are outside management’s control. Adjusted revenues are U.S. GAAP total revenues excluding adjusted net investment gains and losses. Adjusted expenses are U.S. GAAP total acquisition and operating expenses including the impact of interest cash flows from derivatives associated with notes payable but excluding any nonrecurring or other items not associated with the normal course of the Company’s insurance operations and that do not reflect the Company's underlying business performance. Management uses adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per diluted share to evaluate the financial performance of the Company’s insurance operations on a consolidated basis and believes that a presentation of these financial measures is vitally important to an understanding of the underlying profitability drivers and trends of the Company’s insurance business. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share (basic or diluted) are net earnings and net earnings per share, respectively.

•Adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact are computed using the average foreign currency exchange rate for the comparable prior-year period, which eliminates fluctuations driven solely by foreign currency exchange rate changes. Adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding current period foreign currency impact is adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact divided by the weighted average outstanding diluted shares for the period presented. The Company considers adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact and adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding current period foreign currency impact important because a significant portion of the Company's business is conducted in Japan and foreign exchange rates are outside management’s control; therefore, the Company believes it is important to understand the impact of translating foreign currency (primarily Japanese yen) into U.S. dollars. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact and adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding current period foreign currency impact are net earnings and net earnings per share, respectively.

•Adjusted return on equity is adjusted earnings divided by average shareholders’ equity, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI). Management uses adjusted return on equity to evaluate the financial performance of the Company’s insurance operations on a consolidated basis and believes that a presentation of this financial measure is vitally important to an understanding of the underlying profitability drivers and trends of the Company’s insurance business. The Company considers adjusted return on equity important as it excludes components of AOCI, which fluctuate due to market movements that are outside management's control. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted return on equity is return on average equity (ROE) as determined using net earnings and average total shareholders’ equity.

•Adjusted return on equity excluding foreign currency impact is adjusted earnings excluding the current period foreign currency impact divided by average shareholders’ equity, excluding AOCI. The Company considers adjusted return on equity excluding foreign currency impact important as it excludes changes in foreign currency and components of AOCI, which fluctuate due to market movements that are outside management's control. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted return on equity excluding foreign currency impact is ROE as determined using net earnings and average total shareholders’ equity.

•Amortized hedge costs/income represent costs/income incurred or recognized as a result of using foreign currency derivatives to hedge certain foreign exchange risks in the Company's Japan segment or in Corporate and other. These amortized hedge costs/ income are estimated at the inception of the derivatives based on the specific terms of each contract and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the hedge. The Company believes that amortized hedge costs/income measure the periodic currency risk management costs/income related to hedging certain foreign currency exchange risks and are an important component of net investment income. There is no comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for amortized hedge costs/ income.




    



•Adjusted book value is the U.S. GAAP book value (representing total shareholders’ equity), less AOCI as recorded on the U.S. GAAP balance sheet. Adjusted book value per common share is adjusted book value at the period end divided by the ending outstanding common shares for the period presented. The Company considers adjusted book value and adjusted book value per common share important as they exclude AOCI, which fluctuates due to market movements that are outside management’s control. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for adjusted book value and adjusted book value per common share are total book value and total book value per common share, respectively.

•Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses is adjusted book value plus unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses. Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses per common share is adjusted book value plus unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses at the period end divided by the ending outstanding common shares for the period presented. The Company considers adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses, and its related per share financial measure, important as they exclude certain components of AOCI, which fluctuate due to market movements that are outside management's control; however, it includes the impact of foreign currency as a result of the significance of Aflac’s Japan operation. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses per common share are total book value and total book value per common share, respectively.

•Adjusted net investment income is net investment income adjusted for i) amortized hedge cost/income related to foreign currency exposure management strategies and certain derivative activity, and ii) net interest cash flows from foreign currency and interest rate derivatives associated with certain investment strategies, which are reclassified from net investment gains and losses to net investment income. The Company considers adjusted net investment income important because it provides a more comprehensive understanding of the costs and income associated with the Company’s investments and related hedging strategies. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted net investment income is net investment income.

•Adjusted net investment gains and losses are net investment gains and losses adjusted for i) amortized hedge cost/income related to foreign currency exposure management strategies and certain derivative activity, ii) net interest cash flows from foreign currency and interest rate derivatives associated with certain investment strategies, which are both reclassified to net investment income, and iii) the impact of interest cash flows from derivatives associated with notes payable, which is reclassified to interest expense as a component of total adjusted expenses. The Company considers adjusted net investment gains and losses important as it represents the remainder amount that is considered outside management’s control, while excluding the components that are within management’s control and are accordingly reclassified to net investment income and interest expense. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted net investment gains and losses is net investment gains and losses.





    



RECONCILIATION OF NET EARNINGS TO ADJUSTED EARNINGS
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR PER-SHARE AMOUNTS)
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Net earnings $ 1,388  $ 1,105  25.6  %
Items impacting net earnings:
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (567) (85)
Other and non-recurring (income) loss
—  53 
Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded
from adjusted earnings
119 
Adjusted earnings 939  1,080  (13.1) %
Current period foreign currency impact 1
57  N/A
Adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign
currency impact 2
$ 996  $ 1,080  (7.8) %
Net earnings per diluted share $ 2.16  $ 1.62  33.3  %
Items impacting net earnings:
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (0.88) (0.12)
Other and non-recurring (income) loss
—  0.08 
Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded
from adjusted earnings
0.19  0.01 
Adjusted earnings per diluted share 1.46  1.59  (8.2) %
Current period foreign currency impact 1
0.09  N/A
Adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding
current period foreign currency impact 2
$ 1.55  $ 1.59  (2.5) %
1    Prior period foreign currency impact reflected as “N/A” to isolate change for current period only.
2    Amounts excluding current period foreign currency impact are computed using the average foreign currency exchange rate for the comparable prior-year period, which eliminates fluctuations driven solely by foreign currency exchange rate changes.






    



RECONCILIATION OF NET EARNINGS TO ADJUSTED EARNINGS
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR PER-SHARE AMOUNTS)
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Net earnings $ 2,420  $ 2,398  0.9  %
Items impacting net earnings:
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (701) (388)
Other and non-recurring (income) loss
—  59 
Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded
from adjusted earnings
147  69 
Adjusted earnings 1,866  2,138  (12.7) %
Current period foreign currency impact 1
94  N/A
Adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign
currency impact 2
$ 1,960  $ 2,138  (8.3) %
Net earnings per diluted share $ 3.73  $ 3.49  6.9  %
Items impacting net earnings:
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (1.08) (0.57)
Other and non-recurring (income) loss
—  0.09 
Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded
from adjusted earnings
0.23  0.10 
Adjusted earnings per diluted share 2.88  3.11  (7.4) %
Current period foreign currency impact 1
0.15  N/A
Adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding
current period foreign currency impact 2
$ 3.02  $ 3.11  (2.9) %
1 Prior period foreign currency impact reflected as “N/A” to isolate change for current period only.
2    Amounts excluding current period foreign currency impact are computed using the average foreign currency exchange rate for the comparable prior-year period, which eliminates fluctuations driven solely by foreign currency exchange rate changes.





    



RECONCILIATION OF NET INVESTMENT (GAINS) LOSSES TO ADJUSTED NET INVESTMENT (GAINS) LOSSES
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS)
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Net investment (gains) losses $ (564) $ (89) 533.7  %
Items impacting net investment (gains) losses:
Amortized hedge costs (30) (17)
Amortized hedge income 14  16 
Net interest cash flows from derivatives associated
     with certain investment strategies
(1) (9)
Interest rate component of the change in fair value of foreign
     currency swaps on notes payable1
12  14 
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses $ (567) $ (85) 567.1  %
1    Amounts are included with interest expenses that are a component of adjusted expenses.



RECONCILIATION OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS)
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Net investment income $ 937  $ 993  (5.6) %
Items impacting net investment income:
Amortized hedge costs (30) (17)
Amortized hedge income 14  16 
Net interest cash flows from derivatives associated
     with certain investment strategies
(1) (9)
Adjusted net investment income $ 920  $ 983  (6.4) %




    



RECONCILIATION OF NET INVESTMENT (GAINS) LOSSES TO ADJUSTED NET INVESTMENT (GAINS) LOSSES
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS)
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Net investment (gains) losses $ (686) $ (396) 73.2  %
Items impacting net investment (gains) losses:
Amortized hedge costs (55) (36)
Amortized hedge income 25  33 
Net interest cash flows from derivatives associated
     with certain investment strategies
(10) (17)
Interest rate component of the change in fair value of foreign
     currency swaps on notes payable1
25  27 
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses $ (701) $ (388) 80.7  %
1    Amounts are included with interest expenses that are a component of adjusted expenses.


RECONCILIATION OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS)
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
Net investment income $ 1,840  $ 1,918  (4.1) %
Items impacting net investment income:
Amortized hedge costs (55) (36)
Amortized hedge income 25  33 
Net interest cash flows from derivatives associated
     with certain investment strategies
(10) (17)
Adjusted net investment income $ 1,800  $ 1,898  (5.2) %



    



RECONCILIATION OF U.S. GAAP BOOK VALUE TO ADJUSTED BOOK VALUE
(UNAUDITED - IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER-SHARE AMOUNTS)
JUNE 30, 2022 2021 % Change
U.S. GAAP book value $ 26,387  $ 33,735 
Less:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)
(3,289) (1,661)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives
2,901  9,959 
Pension liability adjustment
(160) (279)
Total AOCI
(548) 8,019 
Adjusted book value $ 26,935  $ 25,716 
Add:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)
(3,289) (1,661)
Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) $ 23,646  $ 24,055 
Number of outstanding shares at end of period (000) 634,526  671,990 
U.S. GAAP book value per common share $ 41.59  $ 50.20  (17.2) %
Less:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share
(5.18) (2.47)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives per common share
4.57  14.82 
Pension liability adjustment per common share
(0.25) (0.42)
Total AOCI per common share
(0.86) 11.93 
Adjusted book value per common share $ 42.45  $ 38.27  10.9  %
Add:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share
(5.18) (2.47)
Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share $ 37.27  $ 35.80  4.1  %





    



RECONCILIATION OF U.S. GAAP RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE) TO ADJUSTED ROE
(EXCLUDING IMPACT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY)
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021
U.S. GAAP ROE - Net earnings1
19.9  % 13.4  %
Impact of excluding unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)
(2.2) (0.9)
Impact of excluding unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives
3.4  4.9 
Impact of excluding pension liability adjustment
(0.1) (0.1)
Impact of excluding AOCI
1.0  3.9 
U.S. GAAP ROE - less AOCI 20.8  17.3 
Differences between adjusted earnings and net earnings2
(6.7) (0.4)
Adjusted ROE - reported 14.1  16.9 
Less: Impact of foreign currency3
(0.9) N/A
Adjusted ROE, excluding impact of foreign currency 14.9  16.9 
1    U.S. GAAP ROE is calculated by dividing net earnings (annualized) by average shareholders' equity.
2    See separate reconciliation of net income to adjusted earnings.
3    Impact of foreign currency is calculated by restating all foreign currency components of the income statement to the weighted average foreign currency exchange rate for the comparable prior year period. The impact is the difference of the restated adjusted earnings compared to reported adjusted earnings. For comparative purposes, only current period income is restated using the weighted average prior period exchange rate, which eliminates the foreign currency impact for the current period. This allows for equal comparison of this financial measure.




    



RECONCILIATION OF U.S. GAAP RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE) TO ADJUSTED ROE
(EXCLUDING IMPACT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY)
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2021
U.S. GAAP ROE - Net earnings1
16.2  % 14.3  %
Impact of excluding unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)
(1.6) (0.8)
Impact of excluding unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives
3.8  5.7 
Impact of excluding pension liability adjustment
(0.1) (0.2)
Impact of excluding AOCI
2.1  4.8 
U.S. GAAP ROE - less AOCI 18.3  19.1 
Differences between adjusted earnings and net earnings2
(4.2) (2.1)
Adjusted ROE - reported 14.1  17.0 
Less: Impact of foreign currency3
(0.7) N/A
Adjusted ROE, excluding impact of foreign currency 14.8  17.0 
1    U.S. GAAP ROE is calculated by dividing net earnings (annualized) by average shareholders' equity.
2    See separate reconciliation of net income to adjusted earnings.
3    Impact of foreign currency is calculated by restating all foreign currency components of the income statement to the weighted average foreign currency exchange rate for the comparable prior year period. The impact is the difference of the restated adjusted earnings compared to reported adjusted earnings. For comparative purposes, only current period income is restated using the weighted average prior period exchange rate, which eliminates the foreign currency impact for the current period. This allows for equal comparison of this financial measure.




    



EFFECT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ON ADJUSTED RESULTS1
(SELECTED PERCENTAGE CHANGES, UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 Including
Currency
Changes
Excluding
Currency
Changes2
Net earned premiums3
(13.3) % (3.4) %
Adjusted net investment income4
(6.4) % (1.4)
Total benefits and expenses (10.6) (0.4)
Adjusted earnings (13.1) (7.8)
Adjusted earnings per diluted share (8.2) (2.5)
1Refer to previously defined adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per diluted share.
2Amounts excluding currency changes were determined using the same foreign currency exchange rate for the current period as the comparable period in the prior year, which eliminates dollar-based fluctuations driven solely from currency rate changes.
3Net of reinsurance
4Refer to previously defined adjusted net investment income.




    



EFFECT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ON ADJUSTED RESULTS1
(SELECTED PERCENTAGE CHANGES, UNAUDITED)
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 Including
Currency
Changes
Excluding
Currency
Changes2
Net earned premiums3
(11.1) % (3.3) %
Adjusted net investment income4
(5.2) % (1.1)
Total benefits and expenses (8.4) (0.3)
Adjusted earnings (12.7) (8.3)
Adjusted earnings per diluted share (7.4) (2.9)
1Refer to previously defined adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per diluted share.
2Amounts excluding currency changes were determined using the same foreign currency exchange rate for the current period as the comparable period in the prior year, which eliminates dollar-based fluctuations driven solely from currency rate changes.
3Net of reinsurance
4Refer to previously defined adjusted net investment income.




    



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. The company desires 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,” "outlook" 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.

The company cautions 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, including those caused by COVID-19
•defaults and credit downgrades of investments
•global fluctuations in interest rates and exposure to significant interest rate risk
•concentration of business in Japan
•limited availability of acceptable yen-denominated investments
•foreign currency fluctuations in the yen/dollar exchange rate
•differing judgments applied to investment valuations
•significant valuation judgments in determination of expected credit losses recorded on the Company's investments
•decreases in the Company's financial strength or debt ratings
•decline in creditworthiness of other financial institutions
•concentration of the Company's investments in any particular single-issuer or sector
•the effects of COVID-19 and its variants (both known and emerging), and any resulting economic effects and government interventions, on the Company's business and financial results
•the Company's ability to attract and retain qualified sales associates, brokers, employees, and distribution partners
•deviations in actual experience from pricing and reserving assumptions
•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
•subsidiaries' ability to pay dividends to the Parent Company
•inherent limitations to risk management policies and procedures
•operational risks of third party vendors
•tax rates applicable to the Company may change
•failure to comply with restrictions on policyholder privacy and information security
•extensive regulation and changes in law or regulation by governmental authorities
•competitive environment and ability to anticipate and respond to market trends
•catastrophic events, including, but not limited to, as a result of climate change, epidemics, pandemics (such as COVID-19), tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, war or other military action, terrorism or other acts of violence, and damage incidental to such events
•ability to protect the Aflac brand and the Company's reputation
•ability to effectively manage key executive succession
•changes in accounting standards
•level and outcome of litigation
•allegations or determinations of worker misclassification in the United States



Analyst and investor contact - David A. Young, 706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667 or dyoung@aflac.com

Media contact - Ines Gutzmer, 762.207.7601 or igutzmer@aflac.com


EX-99.2 3 afl63022-fabdocument.htm EX-99.2 Document

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Financial Analysts Briefing Supplement
Second Quarter 2022
This document is a statistical supplement to the Financial Analysts Briefing book. Throughout the presentation, amounts presented may not foot due to rounding. As you review the supplement, please note the non-U.S. GAAP financial measures and definitions found at the back of this document.

Aflac Incorporated Page
11,12,13
Aflac U.S.
20,21
Aflac Japan
22,23
24,25
28,29,30
Corporate and Other
Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures
For more information, contact:
David Young
Phone. 706.596.3264
Aflacir@aflac.com
investors.aflac.com



Aflac Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Share Data
(In Thousands)
Beginning Shares Issued Shares Purchased Ending QTD Weighted Avg. Shares YTD Weighted Avg. Shares
Shares Stk. Bon. Stk. Opt. Treas. Misc. Shares Avg. Dilutive Avg. Avg. Dilutive Avg.
Period Outstanding & DRP & Misc. Shares
Purch.(1)
Outstanding Shares Shares Diluted Shares Shares Diluted
2020 726,793  468  1,613  9,984  508  718,382  724,366  3,146  727,512  724,366  3,146  727,512 
718,382  648  100  5,209  13  713,908  717,889  1,875  719,764  721,128  2,510  723,638 
713,908  468  134  10,916  20  703,574  711,698  2,095  713,793  717,962  2,372  720,333 
703,574  437  235  11,791  692,454  701,016  2,843  703,859  713,702  2,490  716,192 
2021 692,454  387  1,684  13,440  378  680,707  688,938  3,002  691,940  688,938  3,002  691,940 
680,707  330  130  9,174  671,990  678,050  2,871  680,921  683,464  2,936  686,400 
671,990  250  188  9,572  39  662,817  668,762  3,163  671,925  678,509  3,012  681,521 
662,817  249  224  11,140  18  652,132  659,100  3,412  662,512  673,617  3,112  676,729 
2022 652,132  259  1,308  8,007  343  645,349  649,753  3,074  652,827  649,753  3,074  652,827 
645,349  269  101  11,185  634,526  640,707  2,536  643,243  645,205  2,805  648,010 
















(1) Includes previously owned shares used to purchase options (swapped shares) and/or shares purchased for deferred compensation program
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Aflac Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Summary of Adjusted Results by Business Segment
(In Millions, except per-share data and where noted)
Years Ended December 31, 3 Months Ended June 30, 6 Months Ended June 30,
% %
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 Change 2021 2022 Change
Aflac Japan $ 3,054  $ 3,208  $ 3,261  $ 3,263  $ 3,754  $ 1,004  $ 860  (14.3) $ 1,891  $ 1,722  (8.9)
Aflac U.S. 1,245  1,285  1,272  1,268  1,478  413  349  (15.5) 859  674  (21.5)
Corporate and other (1)
(214) (139) (72) (115) (298) (76) (75) (102) (120)
Pretax adjusted earnings 4,086  4,354  4,461  4,416  4,934  1,341  1,134  (15.4) 2,648  2,276  (14.0)
Income taxes (1)
1,370  1,129  1,147  864  915  262  194  (26.0) 510  409  (19.8)
Adjusted earnings (2)
2,716  3,226  3,314  3,552  4,019  1,080  939  (13.1) 2,138  1,866  (12.7)
Reconciling items:
Adjusted net investment gains (losses) —  (297) (15) (229) 462  85  567  388  701 
Other and non-recurring income (loss) (3)
(69) (75) (1) (28) (73) (53) —  (59) — 
Income tax benefit (expense) on items excluded from adjusted earnings 24  83  72  (83) (7) (119) (69) (147)
Tax reform adjustment (4)
1,933  (18) —  —  —  —  —  — 
Tax valuation allowance release (5)
—  —  —  1,411  —  —  —  —  — 
Net earnings $ 4,604  $ 2,920  $ 3,304  $ 4,778  $ 4,325  $ 1,105  $ 1,388  25.6  $ 2,398  $ 2,420  .9 
Effective Tax rate (14.6) % 26.7  % 25.7  % (14.9) % 18.7  % 19.5  % 18.4  % 19.4  % 18.7  %
Earnings per share of common stock:
Net earnings (basic) $ 5.81  $ 3.79  $ 4.45  $ 6.69  $ 6.42  $ 1.63  $ 2.17  33.1  $ 3.51  $ 3.75  6.8 
Net earnings (diluted) 5.77  3.77  4.43  6.67  6.39  1.62  2.16  33.3  3.49  3.73  6.9 
Adjusted earnings (basic) (2)
$ 3.43  $ 4.20  $ 4.46  $ 4.98  $ 5.97  $ 1.59  $ 1.47  (7.5) $ 3.13  $ 2.89  (7.7)
Adjusted earnings (diluted) (2)
3.40  4.16  4.44  4.96  5.94  1.59  1.46  (8.2) 3.11  2.88  (7.4)
(1) The change in value of federal historic rehabilitation and solar investments in partnerships of $31 and $30 for the three-month periods and $42 and $30 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively is included as a reduction to net investment income. Tax credits on these investments of $28 and $12 for the three-month period and $44 and $25 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively, have been recorded as an income tax benefit in the consolidated statement of earnings.
(2) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for definition of adjusted earnings.
(3) Foreign currency gains and losses for all periods have been reclassified from Other and non-recurring income (loss) to Net investment gains and losses.
(4) The impact of Tax Reform was adjusted in 2018 for return-to-provision adjustments, various amended returns filed by the Company, and final true-ups of deferred tax liabilities. Further impacts were recorded in 2019 as a result of additional guidance released by the IRS.
(5) Tax benefit recognized in 2020 represents the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax benefits related to foreign tax credits.
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Aflac Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Earnings - U.S. GAAP
(In Millions, except per-share data)
Years Ended December 31, 3 Months Ended June 30, 6 Months Ended June 30,
% %
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 Change 2021 2022 Change
Revenues:
Net earned premiums
  Gross premiums $ 18,875  $ 19,018  $ 19,122  $ 18,955  $ 17,857  $ 4,490  $ 3,877  $ 9,141  $ 8,091 
  Assumed (ceded) (345) (341) (342) (333) (210) (49) (27) (108) (63)
    Total net earned premiums 18,531  18,677  18,780  18,622  17,647  4,441  3,849  (13.3) 9,034  8,028  (11.1)
Net investment income 3,220  3,442  3,578  3,638  3,818  993  937  (5.6) 1,918  1,840  (4.1)
Net investment gains (losses) (1)
(151) (430) (135) (270) 468  89  564  396  686 
Other income (1)
67  69  84  157  173  41  50  85  118 
     Total revenues 21,667  21,758  22,307  22,147  22,106  5,564  5,400  (2.9) 11,433  10,672  (6.7)
Benefits and Expenses:
Benefits and claims, net
  Incurred claims -direct 8,853  9,121  9,279  9,364  8,947  2,167  1,994  4,562  4,336 
  Incurred claims -assumed (ceded) (446) (421) (372) (296) (148) (37) (18) (81) (42)
  Increase in FPB (2)-direct
3,628  3,167  2,952  2,707  1,759  518  318  897  482 
  Increase in FPB (2)-assumed (ceded)
146  133  83  21  18 
    Total net benefits and claims 12,181  12,000  11,942  11,796  10,576  2,653  2,298  (13.4) 5,387  4,785  (11.2)
Acquisition and operating expenses:
   Amortization of DAC (3)
1,132  1,245  1,282  1,214  1,170  280  268  592  590 
   Insurance commissions 1,316  1,320  1,321  1,316  1,256  315  279  641  579 
   Insurance expenses 2,780  2,988  3,089  3,420  3,544  881  799  1,712  1,629 
   Interest expense 240  222  228  242  238  62  55  124  112 
   Other expenses —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
     Total acquisition and operating expenses 5,468  5,775  5,920  6,192  6,208  1,538  1,401  (8.9) 3,069  2,910  (5.2)
     Total benefits and expenses 17,649  17,775  17,862  17,988  16,784  4,191  3,699  (11.7) 8,456  7,695  (9.0)
     Pretax earnings 4,018  3,983  4,445  4,159  5,322  1,373  1,701  2,977  2,977 
Income tax expense (benefit) (586) 1,063  1,141  (619) 997  268  313  579  557 
     Net earnings $ 4,604  $ 2,920  $ 3,304  $ 4,778  $ 4,325  $ 1,105  $ 1,388  25.6  $ 2,398  $ 2,420  .9 
(1) Foreign currency gains and losses for all periods have been reclassified from Other income to Net investment gains and losses for consistency with current period presentation.
(2) Future policy benefits
(3) Deferred acquisition costs
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Aflac Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Analysis of Net Earnings and Net Earnings Per Diluted Share
(In Millions, except for per-share data)
Other and Foreign
Net Other and Non- Foreign Net Net Non-Recurring Currency
Net Investment Recurring Currency Earnings Investment Items Impact
Period Earnings
Gains (Losses) (1)
Items (1)(3)(4)
Impact (2)
Per Share
Gains (Losses) (1)
Per Share (1)(3)(4)
Per Share (2)
2017 4,604  —  1,888  (41) 5.77  —  2.37  (.05)
2018 2,920  (230) (76) 28  3.77  (.30) (.09) .04 
2019 3,304  (13) 15  4.43  (.02) .01  .02 
2020 4,778  (181) 1,407  31  6.67  (.25) 1.96  .04 
2021 4,325  365  (59) (38) 6.39  .54  (.09) (.06)
2020 1 566  (322) .78  (.44) .01  .01 
2 805  (116) —  1.12  (.16) —  .01 
3 2,456  45  1,418  3.44  .06  1.99  — 
4 951  212  (15) 14  1.35  .30  (.02) .02 
2021 1 1,293  240  (5) 13  1.87  .35  (.01) .02 
2 1,105  67  (42) (6) 1.62  .10  (.06) (.01)
3 888  (136) (7) (14) 1.32  (.20) (.01) (.02)
4 1,039  194  (5) (30) 1.57  .29  (.01) (.05)
2022 1 1,032  106  (1) (37) 1.58  .16  —  (.06)
2 1,388  448  —  (57) 2.16  .70  —  (.09)
(1) Items are presented net of tax.
(2) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for definition of adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact
(3) Foreign currency gains and losses and amortized hedge costs/income for all periods have been reclassified from Other income to Net investment gains and losses for consistency with current period presentation.
(4 )Tax benefit recognized in the third quarter of 2020 represents the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax benefits related to foreign tax credits.

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Aflac Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In Millions, except per-share data)
December 31, June 30,
Assets: 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022
Investments and cash:
Securities available for sale:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale, at fair value $ 78,804  $ 78,429  $ 86,950  $ 101,286  $ 94,206  $ 97,791  $ 75,611 
Fixed maturity securities available for sale - consolidated variable interest entities, at fair value 5,509  4,466  4,312  4,596  4,490  4,493  3,820 
Fixed maturity securities held to maturity, at amortized cost, net of allowance for credit losses 31,430  30,318  30,085  24,464  22,000  22,891  18,507 
Equity securities, at fair value 1,023  987  802  1,283  1,603  1,475  1,149 
Commercial mortgage and other loans, net of allowance for credit losses 3,002  6,919  9,569  10,554  11,786  11,332  13,053 
Other investments 400  787  1,477  2,429  3,842  3,258  4,102 
Cash and cash equivalents 3,491  4,337  4,896  5,141  5,051  5,469  5,173 
   Total investments and cash 123,659  126,243  138,091  149,753  142,978  146,709  121,415 
Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses 827  851  828  796  693  788  687 
Accrued investment income 769  773  772  780  737  761  714 
Deferred policy acquisition costs 9,505  9,875  10,128  10,441  9,525  9,810  8,458 
Property and equipment, net 434  443  581  601  538  563  512 
Other assets, net of allowance for credit losses (1)
2,023  2,221  2,368  2,715  3,071  2,861  3,843 
Total assets $ 137,217  $ 140,406  $ 152,768  $ 165,086  $ 157,542  $ 161,492  $ 135,629 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Liabilities:
Total policy liabilities $ 99,147  $ 103,188  $ 106,554  $ 114,391  $ 105,072  $ 108,286  $ 90,618 
Notes payable 5,289  5,778  6,569  7,899  7,956  8,121  7,416 
Income taxes, primarily deferred 4,745  4,020  5,370  4,661  4,339  4,451  2,275 
Other liabilities 3,438  3,958  5,316  4,576  6,922  6,899  8,933 
Total liabilities 112,619  116,944  123,809  131,527  124,289  127,757  109,242 
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock 135  135  135  135  135  135  135 
Additional paid-in capital 2,052  2,177  2,313  2,410  2,529  2,465  2,589 
Retained earnings 29,895  31,788  34,291  37,984  41,381  40,162  43,547 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) (1,750) (1,847) (1,623) (1,109) (2,013) (1,661) (3,289)
Unrealized gains (losses) on fixed maturity securities 5,964  4,234  8,548  10,361  9,602  9,992  2,930 
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives (23) (24) (33) (34) (30) (33) (29)
Pension liability adjustment (163) (212) (277) (284) (166) (279) (160)
Treasury stock (11,512) (12,789) (14,395) (15,904) (18,185) (17,046) (19,336)
Total shareholders' equity 24,598  23,462  28,959  33,559  33,253  33,735  26,387 
Total liabilities & shareholders' equity $ 137,217  $ 140,406  $ 152,768  $ 165,086  $ 157,542  $ 161,492  $ 135,629 
(1) Includes goodwill of $269 million in 2022, $268 in 2021, $269 in 2020, $140 million in 2019, $67 million in 2018 and $67 million in 2017

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Aflac Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Quarterly Financial Results
(Dollars In Millions, except per-share data)
Total
Net Net Benefits Acquisitions Total Net EPS
Adj. EPS (1)
Earned Inv. Total & & Pretax Net Adjusted
Period Premiums Income Revenues Claims Adj. Exp. Earn. Earn.
Earn. (1)
Basic Dil. Basic Dil.
2017 18,531  3,220  21,667  12,181  5,468  4,018  4,604  2,716  5.81  5.77  3.43  3.40 
2018 18,677  3,442  21,758  12,000  5,775  3,983  2,920  3,226  3.79  3.77  4.20  4.16 
2019 18,780  3,578  22,307  11,942  5,920  4,445  3,304  3,314  4.45  4.43  4.46  4.44 
2020 18,622  3,638  22,147  11,796  6,192  4,159  4,778  3,552  6.69  6.67  4.98  4.96 
2021 17,647  3,818  22,106  10,576  6,208  5,322  4,325  4,019  6.42  6.39  5.97  5.94 
2020 1 4,681  904  5,162  2,939  1,503  720  566  882  .78  .78  1.22  1.21 
2 4,664  870  5,407  2,897  1,440  1,070  805  921  1.12  1.12  1.28  1.28 
3 4,623  896  5,665  2,985  1,527  1,153  2,456  994  3.45  3.44  1.40  1.39 
4 4,653  968  5,913  2,974  1,723  1,216  951  755  1.36  1.35  1.08  1.07 
2021 1 4,593  925  5,869  2,735  1,531  1,603  1,293  1,058  1.88  1.87  1.54  1.53 
2 4,441  993  5,564  2,653  1,538  1,373  1,105  1,080  1.63  1.62  1.59  1.59 
3 4,372  991  5,237  2,609  1,515  1,113  888  1,031  1.33  1.32  1.54  1.53 
4 4,242  910  5,433  2,581  1,619  1,233  1,039  850  1.58  1.57  1.29  1.28 
2022 1 4,178  903  5,272  2,487  1,509  1,276  1,032  927  1.59  1.58  1.43  1.42 
2 3,849  937  5,400  2,298  1,401  1,701  1,388  939  2.17  2.16  1.47  1.46 


















(1) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for definition of adjusted earnings.
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Quarterly Book Value Per Share
(Dollars In Millions, except per-share data)
Adjusted BV
Adjusted BV Per Share Incl
Equity AOCI Adjusted BV Per Share Incl Foreign Currency
BV Per BV Per Adjusted BV Per Share Foreign Currency Translation G/(L)
Period Share Share
Per Share (1)
% Change
Translation G/(L)(1)
% Change
2017 31.50 5.16 26.34 19.7% 24.10 23.3%
2018 31.06 2.85 28.22 7.1% 25.77 6.9%
2019 39.84 9.10 30.74 8.9% 28.51 10.6%
2020 48.46 12.90 35.56 15.7% 33.96 19.1%
2021 50.99 11.34 39.65 11.5% 36.57 7.7%
2020 1 36.75 5.83 30.92 7.0% 28.77 8.9%
2 41.21 9.45 31.75 7.5% 29.70 7.7%
3 46.16 11.25 34.91 15.7% 33.08 17.4%
4 48.46 12.90 35.56 15.7% 33.96 19.1%
2021 1 47.16 10.00 37.16 20.2% 34.70 20.6%
2 50.20 11.93 38.27 20.5% 35.80 20.5%
3 50.62 11.56 39.06 11.9% 36.41 10.1%
4 50.99 11.34 39.65 11.5% 36.57 7.7%
2022 1 45.75 4.82 40.93 10.1% 37.08 6.9%
2 41.59 (0.86) 42.45 10.9% 37.27 4.1%














(1) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for definition of adjusted book value and adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses.
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Return on Equity
Year ended December 31, 3 months ended June 30, 6 months ended June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 2021 2022
U.S. GAAP ROE (1) - Net earnings
20.4  % 12.2  % 12.6  % 15.3  % 12.9  % 13.4  % 19.9  % 14.3  % 16.2  %
Impact of excluding unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) (2.0) (1.0) (1.0) (0.9) (0.8) (0.9) (2.2) (0.8) (1.6)
Impact of excluding unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives 5.8  3.0  3.6  6.2  5.1  4.9  3.4  5.7  3.8 
Impact of excluding pension liability adjustment (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.1)
Impact of excluding AOCI 3.6  1.8  2.5  5.1  4.2  3.9  1.0  4.8  2.1 
U.S. GAAP ROE - less AOCI 24.0  13.9  15.1  20.3  17.1  17.3  20.8  19.1  18.3 
Differences between adjusted earnings and net earnings (2)
(9.8) 1.5  0.0  (5.2) (1.2) (0.4) (6.7) (2.1) (4.2)
Adjusted ROE - reported (3)
14.2  15.4  15.2  15.1  15.9  16.9  14.1  17.0  14.1 
(1)
U.S. GAAP ROE is calculated by dividing net earnings (annualized) by average shareholders' equity.
(2)
See separate reconciliation of net income to adjusted earnings.
(3)
See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for definition of adjusted return on equity
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Adjusted Earnings Per Share Excluding Current Period Foreign Currency Impact (1)
(Diluted Basis)
Change
QTD YTD Excluding Excluding
Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign
Adjusted Currency Currency Currency Currency
Period
EPS(1)
Growth
Impact(1)
Impact(1)
Impact(1)
Impact
2017 $ 3.40  4.6  % N/A (.05) $ 3.45  6.2  %
2018 $ 4.16  22.4  % N/A .04  $ 4.13  21.5  %
2019 $ 4.44  6.7  % N/A .02  $ 4.42  6.3  %
2020 $ 4.96  11.7  % N/A .04  $ 4.92  10.8  %
2021 $ 5.94  19.8  % N/A (.06) $ 6.00  21.0  %
2020 1 $ 1.21  8.0  % .01  .01  $ 1.20  7.1  %
2 1.28  13.3  .01  .02  1.27  12.4 
3 1.39  19.8  —  .02  1.39  19.8 
4 1.07  3.9  .02  .04  1.05  1.9 
$ 4.96  11.7  % $ 4.92  10.8  %
2021 1 $ 1.53  26.4  % .02  .02  $ 1.51  24.8  %
2 1.59  24.2  (.01) .01  1.59  24.2 
3 1.53  10.1  (.02) (.01) 1.56  12.2 
4 1.28  19.6  (.05) (.06) 1.33  24.3 
$ 5.94  19.8  % $ 6.00  21.0  %
2022 1 $ 1.42  (7.2) % (.06) (.06) $ 1.48  (3.3) %
2 1.46  (8.2) (.09) —  1.55  (2.5)
$ 2.88  (7.4) % $ 3.02  (2.9) %
(1) See non-U.S.GAAP financial measures for definition of adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact
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Composition of Invested Assets
(In Millions)
December 31, June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022
Fixed Maturity Securities(1)
$ 106,562  $ 107,174  $ 109,456  $ 116,056  $ 107,369  $ 111,353  $ 93,053 
Commercial mortgage and other loans, net of allowance for credit losses (1)
Transitional Real Estate (floating rate) 1,235  4,378  5,450  5,231  5,246  5,216  6,059 
Middle Market Loans (floating rate) 859  1,478  2,412  3,635  4,601  4,262  4,979 
Commercial Mortgage Loans 908  1,063  1,707  1,688  1,874  1,850  1,798 
Total Commercial mortgage and other loans, net of allowance for credit losses(1)
3,002  6,919  9,569  10,554  11,721  11,328  12,836 
Equity Securities, at FV through net earnings 846  987  802  1,283  1,603  1,475  1,149 
Alternatives(2)
113  370  551  919  1,703  1,227  2,008 
Total Portfolio $ 110,523  $ 115,450  $ 120,378  $ 128,812  $ 122,396  $ 125,383  $ 109,046 
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Invested Assets
(In Millions)
December 31, June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022
Fixed Maturity Securities
     Available For Sale - Gross Gains $ 9,985  $ 7,733  $ 12,266  $ 14,771  $ 13,566  $ 14,071  $ 7,326 
     Available For Sale - Gross Losses (804) (1,694) (375) (481) (239) (249) (2,441)
     Total Available For Sale 9,181  6,039  11,891  14,290  13,327  13,822  4,885 
     Held to Maturity - Gross Gains 6,651  6,470  7,519  5,935  4,869  5,263  3,025 
     Held to Maturity - Gross Losses (9) (66) (10) —  —  —  — 
     Total Held to Maturity $ 6,642  $ 6,404  $ 7,509  $ 5,935  $ 4,869  $ 5,263  $ 3,025 
Credit Ratings on Fixed Maturities
(At Amortized Cost)
December 31,
June 30,
Credit Rating 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022
AAA 1.0  % 1.0  % 1.1  % 1.0  % 1.0  % 1.0  % 1.5  %
AA 3.9  3.9  4.3  4.5  5.1  5.0  5.4 
A 65.8  67.9  68.6  69.3  68.9  68.6  67.8 
BBB 24.0  23.2  23.1  21.9  22.5  22.2  23.0 
BB or Lower 5.3  4.0  2.9  3.3  2.5  3.2  2.3 
100.0  % 100.0  % 100.0  % 100.0  % 100.0  % 100.0  % 100.0  %
(1) Presented at amortized cost, net of reserves beginning in 2020

(2) Presented at carrying value; includes asset classes such as private equity and real estate managed by Global Investments; excludes Corporate driven activity
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Supplemental Investment Data by Segment
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
December 31, June 30, June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 2021 2022
Aflac Japan:
   Invested assets (in millions)(1)
¥ 11,017,560  ¥ 11,442,444  ¥ 11,784,586  ¥ 11,936,087  ¥ 12,405,531  ¥ 12,315,861  ¥ 12,788,885  ¥ 12,315,861  ¥ 12,788,885 
   Return on average invested assets(2)
2.31  % 2.33  % 2.33  % 2.38  % 2.72  % 2.83  % 2.97  % 2.65  % 2.75  %
   Portfolio book yield at end of period(3)
2.56  % 2.61  % 2.64  % 2.59  % 2.60  % 2.61  % 2.74  % 2.61  % 2.74  %
   Total purchases for period (in millions)(3)
¥ 1,078,586  ¥ 1,298,376  ¥ 1,003,885  ¥ 714,124  ¥ 952,038  ¥ 184,717  ¥ 335,615  ¥ 524,107  ¥ 492,313 
   New money yield(3)(4)
1.98  % 3.06  % 3.83  % 3.75  % 3.50  % 4.05  % 3.59  % 3.18  % 3.69  %
Aflac U.S.:
   Invested assets (in millions)(1)
$ 13,764  $ 13,798  $ 14,036  $ 14,848  $ 15,841  $ 15,452  $ 16,209  $ 15,452  $ 16,209 
   Return on average invested assets(2)
5.07  % 5.16  % 5.70  % 4.90  % 4.87  % 4.94  % 4.79  % 4.83  % 4.79  %
   Portfolio book yield at end of period(3)
5.52  % 5.55  % 5.40  % 5.18  % 4.94  % 5.07  % 5.01  % 5.07  % 5.01  %
   Total purchases for period (in millions)(3)
$ 1,434  $ 2,155  $ 1,835  $ 1,050  $ 2,130  $ 544  $ 466  $ 919  $ 988 
   New money yield(3)(4)
4.49  % 4.55  % 4.51  % 3.04  % 3.41  % 3.63  % 4.10  % 3.47  % 4.37  %
Hedge Costs/Income Metrics (5)(6)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
December 31, June 30, June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 2021 2022
Aflac Japan:
FX hedged notional at end of period (in billions)(7)
$ 9.3  $ 9.9  $ 8.8  $ 6.0  $ 6.4  $ 6.4  $ 4.5  $ 6.4  $ 4.5 
Weighted average remaining tenor (in months)(8)
27.7  21.4  8.5  13.0  2.6  6.6  6.8  6.6  6.8 
Amortized hedge costs for period (in millions) $ (228) $ (236) $ (257) $ (206) $ (76) $ (17) $ (30) $ (36) $ (55)
Corporate and Other (Parent Company):
FX hedged notional at end of period (in billions)(7)
$ —  $ 2.5  $ 4.9  $ 5.0  $ 5.0  $ 5.0  $ 5.0  $ 5.0  $ 5.0 
Weighted average remaining tenor (in months)(8)
—  16.1  13.7  12.1  11.5  12.6  13.0  12.6  13.0 
Amortized hedge income (costs) for period (in millions) $ —  $ 36  $ 89  $ 97  $ 57  $ 16  $ 14  $ 33  $ 25 
(1) Invested assets, including cash and short term investments, are stated at amortized cost; except for equities, which are at fair value.
(2) Net of investment expenses and amortized hedge costs, year-to-date number reflected on a quarterly average basis
(3) Includes fixed maturity securities, commercial mortgage and other loans, equity securities, and excludes alternative investments in limited partnerships
(4) Reported on a gross yield basis; excludes investment expenses, external management fees, and amortized hedge costs
(5) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for definition of amortized hedge costs/income. Further, the metrics in this table are split to show the hedging of the market value of a portion of the USD investments in Japan Segment’s "USD Program" in the "Japan Segment Portfolio Allocation by Currency" table on page 13 of this supplement as well as the corporate hedging activities at Aflac Inc.
(6) Aflac Japan and the Parent Company utilize foreign currency forwards and options to hedge foreign currency exchange rate risk. The hedge cost/income on the table above reflects our FX forward protection of the hedged USD portfolio, and hedge costs on one sided options used as caps, and on tail-risk put options. The table does not include the notional amount and weighted average remaining tenor for these options. At June 30, 2022, Aflac Japan caps and put options notional amount was $13.5 billion with a weighted average remaining tenor of 4.9 months. At June 30, 2022, the Parent Company caps notional amount was $2.0 billion with a weighted average remaining tenor of 7.9 months.
(7) Notional is reported net of any offsetting positions within Aflac Japan or the Parent Company, respectively.
(8) Tenor based on period reporting date to settlement date
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Japan Segment Portfolio Allocation by Currency (1)
(Dollars In Millions, U.S. GAAP Basis)
December 31, 2021 June 30, 2022
Amortized
Cost (2)
Fair
Value
Amortized
Cost (2)
Fair
Value
JGB $ 50,186  $ 57,862  $ 41,620  $ 45,262 
Other 23,661  27,684  20,309  21,840 
Total yen denominated 73,847  85,546  61,929  67,102 
USD Program 28,913  31,946  27,286  29,399 
Other 2,236  3,328  2,137  2,915 
US dollar denominated 31,149  35,274  29,423  32,314 
Total $ 104,996  $ 120,820  $ 91,352  $ 99,416 
Distribution of Consolidated Fixed Maturities by Sector
June 30, 2022
(In millions)
Amortized Cost (2)
% of
Total
Government and agencies $ 42,836  46.0  %
Municipalities 2,557  2.7 
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities 1,915  2.1 
Public utilities 7,348  7.9 
Electric 5,966  6.4 
Natural Gas 242  .3 
Other 554  .6 
Utility/Energy 586  .6 
Sovereign and Supranational 1,267  1.4 
Banks/financial institutions 9,172  9.8 
Banking 5,422  5.8 
Insurance 1,757  1.9 
Other 1,993  2.1 
Other corporate 27,958  30.1 
Basic Industry 2,448  2.6 
Capital Goods 3,172  3.4 
Communications 2,830  3.0 
Consumer Cyclical 2,371  2.5 
Consumer Non-Cyclical 6,224  6.8 
Energy 2,749  3.0 
Other 1,312  1.4 
Technology 3,722  4.0 
Transportation 3,130  3.4 
        Total fixed maturity securities $ 93,053  100.0  %
(1) The entire U.S. segment investment portfolio is U.S. dollar denominated.
(2) Net of reserves
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Aflac Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Long-Term Debt Data
Adjusted Leverage Ratios
(In Millions)
December 31, June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022
Notes payable $ 5,289  $ 5,778  $ 6,569  $ 7,899  $ 7,956  $ 8,121  $ 7,416 
50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds (263) (268) (408) (432) (389) (404) (327)
Pre-funding of debt maturities —  —  (348) —  —  —  — 
Adjusted debt (1)
5,026  5,510  5,814  7,467  7,568  7,717  7,089 
Total Shareholders' Equity 24,598  23,462  28,959  33,559  33,253  33,735  26,387 
Accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss:
Unrealized foreign currency translation (gains) losses 1,750  1,847  1,623  1,109  2,013  1,661  3,289 
Unrealized (gains) losses on fixed maturity securities (5,964) (4,234) (8,548) (10,361) (9,602) (9,992) (2,930)
Unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives 23  24  33  34  30  33  29 
Pension liability adjustment 163  212  277  284  166  279  160 
Adjusted book value (1)
20,570  21,311  22,344  24,625  25,860  25,716  26,935 
Adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI (1) (2)
$ 25,859  $ 27,089  $ 28,565  $ 32,524  $ 33,816  $ 33,837  $ 34,351 
Adjusted debt to adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI 19.4  % 20.3  % 20.4  % 23.0  % 22.4  % 22.8  % 20.6  %
Adjusted capitalization (1) (3)
$ 23,946  $ 25,030  $ 26,665  $ 31,131  $ 31,637  $ 31,897  $ 30,902 
Adjusted debt to adjusted capitalization 21.0  % 22.0  % 21.8  % 24.0  % 23.9  % 24.2  % 22.9  %
Debt Maturities(4)
(In Millions)
June 30, 2022
≤ 1 year 1 > 5 years 5 > 10 years 10 > 20 years 20 years + Total
Senior Notes $ —  $ 2,466  $ 2,026  $ 1,086  $ 1,096  $ 6,674 
Subordinated debt —  —  —  —  658  658 
Total $ —  $ 2,466  $ 2,026  $ 1,086  $ 1,754  $ 7,332 

(1) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for definition of: adjusted debt; adjusted book value; adjusted debt, including 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds; and adjusted book value, including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and pension liability adjustment
(2) Adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI is the sum of adjusted debt, including 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds, plus adjusted book value
(3)Adjusted capitalization is sum of adjusted debt, including 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds, plus adjusted book value, including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and pension liability adjustment
(4) Debt maturity amounts do not include discounts, premiums, deferred charges, or capital lease obligations.
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Insurer Financial Strength Ratings
AM Best Moody's S&P JCR R&I
U.S. Operating Companies
Aflac of Columbus A+ Aa3 A+ AA AA
Aflac of New York A+ _ A+ _ _
Continental American Insurance Company A+ _ _ _ _
Japan Operating Company
Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. A+ Aa3 A+ AA AA
Issuer Credit Ratings
AM Best Moody's S&P JCR R&I
Aflac Incorporated
Long-term Senior Debt a A3 A- A+ A+
Junior Subordinated Debt a- Baa1 BBB _ A-
Aflac of Columbus
Long-term Senior Debt aa _ A+ AA _
Aflac Life Insurance Japan, Ltd.
Long-term Senior Debt aa _ A+ AA _
Subordinated Bonds _ _ _ AA- _
The outlook for all ratings assigned by A.M. Best, S&P, Moody's, JCR and R&I is stable.

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Aflac U.S.
Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings
(Before Management Fee)
(In Millions)
Years Ended December 31, 3 Months Ended June 30, 6 Months Ended June 30,
% %
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 Change 2021 2022 Change
Revenues:
Net earned premiums
  Gross premiums $ 5,563  $ 5,711  $ 5,818  $ 5,762  $ 5,540  $ 1,388  $ 1,364  $ 2,793  $ 2,748 
  Assumed (ceded) —  (3) (11) (4) 73  20  30  37  60 
    Total net earned premiums 5,563  5,708  5,808  5,758  5,614  1,408  1,394  (1.0) 2,830  2,807  (.8)
Adjusted net investment income
721  727  720  705  754  189  193  2.1  366  377  3.0 
Other income excl. realized foreign
     exchange gains (losses) 22  102  121  30  41  58  83 
     Total adjusted revenues 6,289  6,443  6,550  6,565  6,489  1,627  1,628  .1  3,254  3,267  .4 
Benefits and claims:
Benefits and claims, net
  Incurred claims -direct 2,526  2,560  2,611  2,498  2,174  525  566  1,018  1,157 
  Incurred claims -assumed (ceded) (4) (4) (5) (1) 89  22  30  41  67 
  Increase in FPB -direct 363  331  268  271  187  66  38  112  32 
  Increase in FPB -assumed (ceded) —  (1) (2) (3) (3) —  (1) (1) (1)
    Total net benefits and claims 2,885  2,887  2,871  2,765  2,447  613  633  3.3  1,169  1,255  7.4 
Adjusted expenses:
Amortization of deferred policy
     acquisition costs 502  534  573  570  517  111  131  18.0  250  299  19.6 
Insurance commissions 580  585  590  576  550  136  137  .7  275  277  .7 
Insurance and other expenses 1,077  1,152  1,244  1,386  1,498  354 378  6.8  701  762  8.7 
Total adjusted expenses 2,159  2,271  2,407  2,532  2,564  601 645  1,226  1,337 
     Total benefits and adjusted expenses 5,044  5,158  5,279  5,297  5,011  1,213  1,278  5.4  2,396  2,593  8.2 
     Pretax adjusted earnings $ 1,245  $ 1,285  $ 1,272  $ 1,268  $ 1,478  $ 413  $ 349  (15.5) $ 859  $ 674  (21.5)

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Aflac U.S.
Balance Sheets
(In Millions)
December 31, June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022
Assets:
Investments and cash $ 15,488  $ 14,518  $ 16,141  $ 17,949  $ 18,324  $ 18,184  $ 16,058 
Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses 505  568  662  685  595  658  616 
Accrued investment income 184  178  174  172  169  172  172 
Deferred policy acquisition costs 3,355  3,491  3,544  3,450  3,292  3,309  3,238 
Other assets 361  345  424  608  726  712  744 
Total assets $ 19,893  $ 19,100  $ 20,945  $ 22,864  $ 23,106  $ 23,033  $ 20,828 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Future policy benefits $ 8,806  $ 9,137  $ 9,404  $ 9,674  $ 9,865  $ 9,791  $ 9,897 
Policy and contract claims 1,700  1,727  1,779  2,010  1,933  1,904  2,010 
Other policy liabilities 119  116  111  126  119  142  135 
Deferred income taxes 982  (397) 51  235  187  215  (425)
Other liabilities 1,625  1,577  1,803  2,016  2,034  1,945  2,137 
Shareholders' equity 6,661  6,939  7,796  8,803  8,968  9,036  7,074 
Total liabilities & shareholders' equity $ 19,893  $ 19,100  $ 20,945  $ 22,864  $ 23,106  $ 23,033  $ 20,828 

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Aflac U.S.
Quarterly Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings and Percentage Changes
(Restated to conform to current classifications)
(Dollars In Millions)
Net Total Total Pretax
Earned % Adjusted % Adjusted % Total % % Adjusted % Adjusted %
Period Premiums Change NII Change Revenues Change Benefits Change Amort. Change Expenses Change Earn. Change
2017 5,563  2.0  721  2.6  6,289  2.0  2,885  .6  502  1.0  2,159  3.3  1,245  3.1 
2018 5,708  2.6  727  .8  6,443  2.4  2,887  .1  534  6.4  2,271  5.2  1,285  3.2 
2019 5,808  1.8  720  (1.0) 6,550  1.7  2,871  (.6) 573  7.3  2,407  6.0  1,272  (1.0)
2020 5,758  (.9) 705  (2.1) 6,565  .2  2,765  (3.7) 570  (.5) 2,532  5.2  1,268  (.3)
2021 5,614  (2.5) 754  7.0  6,489  (1.2) 2,447  (11.5) 517  (9.3) 2,564  1.3  1,478  16.6 
2020 1 1,483  1.5  177  —  1,687  2.9  713  (1.1) 160  .6  648  8.7  326  .9 
2 1,458  (.1) 172  (4.4) 1,656  .9  646  (11.7) 134  2.3  584  2.3  426  26.0 
3 1,407  (2.6) 175  (4.4) 1,606  (1.5) 679  (4.4) 141  1.4  597  2.1  329  (1.8)
4 1,410  (2.3) 182  1.1  1,617  (1.3) 727  2.5  135  (6.3) 703  7.5  187  (32.0)
2021 1 1,422  (4.1) 176  (.6) 1,628  (3.5) 556  (22.0) 139  (13.1) 626  (3.4) 445  36.5 
2 1,408  (3.4) 189  9.9  1,627  (1.8) 613  (5.1) 111  (17.2) 601  2.9  413  (3.1)
3 1,393  (1.0) 191  9.1  1,616  .6  628  (7.5) 123  (12.8) 629  5.4  358  8.8 
4 1,391  (1.3) 197  8.2  1,619  .1  649  (10.7) 143  5.9  709  .9  261  39.6 
2022 1 1,413  (.6) 184  4.5  1,639  .7  622  11.9  168  20.9  692  10.5  325  (27.0)
2 1,394  (1.0) 193  2.1  1,628  .1  633  3.3  131  18.0  645  7.3  349  (15.5)














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Operating Ratios
(Before Management Fee)
12-Mo. Rolling Total Adjusted Combined Pretax
Premium Tot. Ben./ Amort./ Expenses/ Ratio/ Profit
 Period Persistency Premium Premium Total Adj. Rev. Total Adj. Rev. Margin
2017 78.4  51.9  9.0  34.3  80.2  19.8 
2018 78.7  50.6  9.4  35.2  80.1  19.9 
2019 77.7  49.4  9.9  36.7  80.6  19.4 
2020 79.3  48.0  9.9  38.6  80.7  19.3 
2021 79.6  43.6  9.2  39.5  77.2  22.8 
2022 YTD 77.9  44.7  10.7  40.9  79.4  20.6 
2020 1 77.6  48.1  10.8  38.4  80.7  19.3 
2 78.3  44.3  9.2  35.3  74.3  25.7 
3 78.8  48.3  10.0  37.2  79.5  20.5 
4 79.3  51.6  9.6  43.5  88.4  11.6 
2021 1 80.0  39.1  9.8  38.5  72.6  27.3 
2 80.1  43.5  7.9  36.9  74.6  25.4 
3 79.9  45.1  8.8  38.9  77.8  22.2 
4 79.6  46.7  10.3  43.8  83.9  16.1 
2022 1 78.5  44.0  11.9  42.2  80.2  19.8 
2 77.9  45.4  9.4  39.6  78.5  21.4 











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Aflac U.S. Sales Results
(Dollars In Millions)
Annl. New Annl.
Prem. % Prem. %
Period In Force Change Sales Change
2017 6,052  2.6  1,552  4.7 
2018 6,231  3.0  1,601  3.2 
2019 6,301  1.1  1,580  (1.3)
2020 6,099  (3.2) 1,093  (30.8)
2021 6,003  (1.6) 1,278  16.9 
2020 1 6,224  .7  323  (5.2)
2 6,079  (1.7) 161  (55.6)
3 5,969  (2.9) 221  (35.7)
4 6,099  (3.2) 388  (27.2)
2021 1 6,027  (3.2) 251  (22.1)
2 5,988  (1.5) 264  64.1 
3 5,929  (.7) 299  35.0 
4 6,003  (1.6) 464  19.6 
2022 1 5,942  (1.4) 299  19.0 
2 5,926  (1.0) 305  15.6 



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Aflac U.S. Product Mix
(New Annualized Premium Sales, Dollars in Millions)
% of % of % of Critical % of Hospital % of Dental/ % of
Period Disability Total Life  Total Accident  Total
Care(1)
Total Indemnity Total Vision Total Total
2017 356  22.9  78  5.0  456  29.4  354  22.8  229  14.8  79  5.1  1,552
2018 363  22.7  88  5.5  468  29.2  354  22.1  253  15.8  75  4.7  1,601
2019 355  22.5  97  6.1  450  28.5  346  21.9  263  16.6  69  4.4  1,580
2020 243  22.3  80  7.3  285  26.1  242  22.2  197  18.0  45  4.1  1,093
2021 296  23.1  114  9.0  321  25.1  273  21.3  209  16.4  65  5.1  1,278
2020 1 73  22.6  25  7.7  88  27.3  68  21.1  55  16.9  14  4.4  323
2 38  23.9  14  8.6  41  25.7  33  20.6  28  17.1  4.1  161
3 54  24.2  16  7.1  58  26.4  45  20.5  37  16.8  11  5.0  221
4 79  20.4  26  6.6  98  25.2  95  24.5  77  20.0  13  3.3  388
2021 1 58  23.1  17  6.7  66  26.3  57  22.6  42  16.7  11  4.6  251
2 60  22.7  19  7.3  72  27.2  56  21.0  43  16.4  14  5.4  264
3 79  26.2  27  9.2  76  25.5  57  19.1  45  15.1  15  4.9  299
4 100  21.4  51  11.0  107  23.1  104  22.3  79  17.0  24  5.2  464
2022 1 70  23.3  24  7.9  75  25.3  63  21.2  50  16.7  17  5.6  299
2 77  25.2  26  8.3  75  24.6  63  20.6  45  14.9  19  6.4  305 
Aflac U.S. Sales Force Data
 Average Productivity
Weekly (Production/
Recruited Agents Producer Avg. Weekly
Period Career Broker Total Equivalents Producers)
2017 16,817  3,073  19,890  8,808  176,183 
2018 15,774  3,380  19,154  8,531  187,720 
2019 15,227  3,603  18,830  8,184  193,120 
2020 11,826  1,861  13,687  5,918  184,706 
2021 10,641  5,445  16,086  5,993  213,235 
2020 1 3,436  494  3,930  7,411  43,517 
2 2,190  381  2,571  4,252  37,814 
3 3,136  486  3,622  5,485  40,367 
4 3,064  500  3,564  6,523  59,533 
2021 1 2,890  1,063  3,953  5,643  44,530 
2 2,754  1,355  4,109  5,925  44,540 
3 2,502  1,615  4,117  5,926  50,448 
4 2,495  1,412  3,907  6,477  71,723 
2022 1 1,987  455  2,442  6,061  49,322 
2 2,937  391  3,328  6,067  50,264 


(1) Includes cancer, critical illness, and hospital intensive care products


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Aflac Japan
Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings
(Before Management Fee)
(In Millions)
Years Ended December 31, 3 Months Ended June 30, 6 Months Ended June 30,
% %
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 Change 2021 2022 Change
Revenues:
Net earned premiums
  Gross premiums ¥ 1,493,299  ¥ 1,468,894  ¥ 1,450,586  ¥ 1,409,134  ¥ 1,350,945  ¥ 339,604  ¥ 325,375  ¥ 683,309  ¥ 654,169 
  Assumed (ceded) (62,873) (60,198) (57,974) (55,926) (50,864) (12,533) (12,189) (25,643) (24,553)
    Total net earned premiums 1,430,426  1,408,697  1,392,612  1,353,208  1,300,082  327,071  313,186  (4.2) 657,666  629,615  (4.3)
Net investment income (1)
   Yen denominated 145,114  141,575  142,473  138,397  138,513  34,511  34,154  (1.0) 69,241  68,973  (.4)
   US$ denominated 131,168  149,801  157,717  167,541  202,905  53,985  63,292  17.2  96,008  110,461  15.1 
Net investment income 276,282  291,377  300,191  305,938  341,419  88,497  97,447  10.1  165,250  179,435  8.6 
Amortized hedge costs on foreign investments (2)
(24,528) (25,858) (28,938) (22,816) (8,391) (1,816) (3,444) 89.6  (3,948) (6,389) 61.8 
Adjusted net investment income 251,754  265,519  271,253  283,122  333,028  86,681  94,004  8.4  161,302  173,046  7.3 
Other income excl. realized foreign
currency gains (losses) 4,640  4,636  4,869  4,497  4,512  1,073  1,141  2,363  2,214 
     Total adjusted revenues 1,686,820  1,678,852  1,668,734  1,640,827  1,637,621  414,825  408,331  (1.6) 821,331  804,876  (2.0)
Benefits and claims:
Benefits and claims, net
  Incurred claims -direct 710,251  724,556  727,491  734,471  743,610  180,004  185,927  381,738  389,280 
  Incurred claims -assumed (ceded) (55,691) (51,892) (45,657) (37,806) (31,801) (7,846) (8,531) (15,773) (16,808)
  Increase in FPB -direct 366,376  313,343  292,444  260,200  172,525  49,460  36,178  84,532  55,847 
  Increase in FPB -assumed (ceded) (1,557) (2,000) (6,497) (11,377) (11,132) (2,827) (2,459) (5,742) (5,021)
    Total net benefits and claims 1,019,378  984,007  967,782  945,487  873,202  218,791  211,115  (3.5) 444,756  423,298  (4.8)
Adjusted expenses:
Amortization of deferred policy
    acquisition costs 70,670  78,459  77,286  68,818  71,657  18,541  17,747  (4.3) 36,766  35,629  (3.1)
Insurance commissions 82,495  81,045  79,661  79,036  77,449  19,596  18,352  (6.3) 39,354  37,002  (6.0)
Insurance and other expenses 170,636  181,139  189,203  199,606  203,169  47,951  49,404  3.0  96,701  97,080  .4 
Total adjusted expenses 323,801  340,643  346,150  347,460  352,275  86,088  85,502  172,820  169,711 
     Total benefits and adjusted expenses 1,343,180  1,324,651  1,313,932  1,292,947  1,225,477  304,879  296,617  (2.7) 617,576  593,008  (4.0)
Pretax adjusted earnings ¥ 343,640  ¥ 354,201  ¥ 354,802  ¥ 347,881  ¥ 412,144  ¥ 109,947  ¥ 111,714  1.6  ¥ 203,755  ¥ 211,868  4.0 
(1) Includes the net interest cash flows from derivatives associated with certain investment strategies
(2) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for the definition of amortized hedge costs/income
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Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings
(Before Management Fee)
(In Millions)
Years Ended December 31, 3 Months Ended June 30, 6 Months Ended June 30,
% %
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 Change 2021 2022 Change
Revenues:
Net earned premiums
  Gross premiums $ 13,312  $ 13,307  $ 13,304  $ 13,193  $ 12,317  $ 3,102  $ 2,513  $ 6,349  $ 5,343 
  Assumed (ceded) (561) (546) (532) (524) (463) (114) (94) (238) (200)
    Total net earned premiums 12,752  12,762  12,772  12,670  11,853  2,987  2,419  (19.0) 6,111  5,143  (15.8)
Net investment income (1)
   Yen denominated 1,294  1,283  1,307  1,296  1,262  315  264  (16.2) 643  563  (12.4)
   US$ denominated 1,169  1,356  1,446  1,569  1,845  493  489  (.8) 890  895  .6 
      Net investment income 2,463  2,639  2,753  2,865  3,107  808  752  (6.9) 1,533  1,458  (4.9)
Amortized hedge costs on foreign investments (2)
   
(228) (236) (257) (206) (76) (17) (30) 76.5  (36) (55) 52.8 
Adjusted net investment income 2,235  2,403  2,496  2,659  3,031  792  723  (8.7) 1,497  1,402  (6.3)
Other income excl. realized foreign
currency gains (losses) 41  41  45  42  41  10  22  18 
     Total adjusted revenues 15,028  15,206  15,313  15,371  14,925  3,789  3,151  (16.8) 7,630  6,563  (14.0)
Benefits and claims
Benefits and claims, net
  Incurred claims -direct 6,332  6,566  6,671  6,875  6,783  1,644  1,435  3,549  3,185 
  Incurred claims -assumed (ceded) (497) (471) (419) (354) (290) (72) (66) (147) (137)
  Increase in FPB -direct 3,265  2,836  2,684  2,437  1,572  452  280  785  450 
  Increase in FPB -assumed (ceded) (14) (18) (60) (107) (102) (26) (19) (53) (41)
    Total net benefits and claims 9,087  8,913  8,877  8,851  7,963  1,998  1,630  (18.4) 4,134  3,457  (16.4)
Adjusted expenses:
Amortization of deferred policy
    acquisition costs 630  710  709  644  653  169  137  (18.9) 341  291  (14.7)
Insurance commissions 736  735  731  740  706  179  142  (20.7) 366  302  (17.5)
Insurance and other expenses 1,521  1,640  1,734  1,873  1,849  438  381  (13.0) 898  791  (11.9)
Total adjusted expenses 2,887  3,085  3,174  3,257  3,208  786  660  1,605  1,384 
     Total benefits and adjusted expenses 11,974  11,998  12,051  12,108  11,171  2,785  2,290  (17.8) 5,739  4,841  (15.6)
     Pretax adjusted earnings $ 3,054  $ 3,208  $ 3,261  $ 3,263  $ 3,754  $ 1,004  $ 860  (14.3) $ 1,891  $ 1,722  (8.9)
(1) Includes the net interest cash flows from derivatives associated with certain investment strategies
(2) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for definition of amortized hedge costs/income
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Balance Sheets
(In Millions)
December 31, June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022
Assets:
Investments and cash ¥ 11,854,224  ¥ 12,031,549  ¥ 12,847,994  ¥ 13,080,154  ¥ 13,645,902  ¥ 13,531,551  ¥ 13,490,630 
Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses 37,692  37,083  28,219  20,782  22,439  24,035  24,522 
Accrued investment income 64,439  66,350  65,485  62,722  67,493  64,951  76,644 
Deferred policy acquisition costs 695,025  708,638  721,341  723,579  716,984  718,883  713,438 
Other assets 276,050  292,335  308,411  320,351  331,449  315,390  414,959 
   Total assets ¥ 12,927,431  ¥ 13,135,956  ¥ 13,971,450  ¥ 14,207,588  ¥ 14,784,268  ¥ 14,654,809  ¥ 14,720,193 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Future policy benefits ¥ 8,323,560  ¥ 8,637,152  ¥ 8,924,868  ¥ 9,175,501  ¥ 9,336,894  ¥ 9,254,325  ¥ 9,387,222 
Policy and contract claims 304,248  317,043  315,477  328,778  333,900  333,555  333,875 
Unearned premiums 659,977  552,419  453,133  361,010  284,045  318,231  252,214 
Other policyholders' funds 784,117  793,148  801,588  808,429  812,512  813,566  817,092 
Income taxes (prim. deferred) 431,949  510,528  618,901  478,969  467,877  466,294  329,722 
Other liabilities 150,143  194,949  357,135  253,219  513,580  551,435  815,899 
Shareholders' equity 2,273,438  2,130,718  2,500,349  2,801,682  3,035,460  2,917,402  2,784,170 
   Total liabilities & shareholders' equity ¥ 12,927,431  ¥ 13,135,956  ¥ 13,971,450  ¥ 14,207,588  ¥ 14,784,268  ¥ 14,654,809  ¥ 14,720,193 

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Balance Sheets
(In Millions)
December 31, June 30,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022
Assets:
Investments and cash $ 104,905  $ 108,392  $ 117,269  $ 126,378  $ 118,639  $ 122,369  $ 98,702 
Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses 334  334  258  201  195  217  179 
Accrued investment income 570  598  598  606  587  587  561 
Deferred policy acquisition costs 6,150  6,384  6,584  6,991  6,233  6,501  5,220 
Other assets 2,443  2,634  2,815  3,095  2,882  2,852  3,036 
   Total assets $ 114,402  $ 118,342  $ 127,523  $ 137,271  $ 128,536  $ 132,527  $ 107,698 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Future policy benefits $ 73,661  $ 77,812  $ 81,461  $ 88,652  $ 81,176  $ 83,689  $ 68,680 
Policy and contract claims 2,692  2,856  2,879  3,177  2,903  3,016  2,443 
Unearned premiums 5,840  4,977  4,136  3,488  2,469  2,878  1,845 
Other policyholders' funds 6,939  7,145  7,316  7,811  7,064  7,357  5,978 
Income taxes (prim. deferred) 3,823  4,601  5,650  4,630  4,067  4,222  2,370 
Other liabilities 1,328  1,756  3,260  2,447  4,465  4,987  5,969 
Shareholders' equity 20,119  19,194  22,820  27,068  26,391  26,377  20,412 
   Total liabilities & shareholders' equity $ 114,402  $ 118,342  $ 127,523  $ 137,271  $ 128,536  $ 132,527  $ 107,698 

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Quarterly Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings and Percentage Changes
(Yen In Millions)
Net Total Total Pretax
Earned % Adjusted % Adjusted % Total % % Adjusted % Adjusted %
Period Premiums Change NII Change Revenues Change Benefits Change Amort. Change Expense Change Earn. Change
2017 1,430,426  (2.7) 251,754  (2.0) 1,686,820  (2.5) 1,019,378  (4.5) 70,670  1.2  323,801  .5  343,640  .6 
2018 1,408,697  (1.5) 265,519  5.5  1,678,852  (.5) 984,007  (3.5) 78,460  11.0  340,642  5.2  354,201  3.1 
2019 1,392,612  (1.1) 271,253  2.2  1,668,734  (.6) 967,782  (1.6) 77,286  (1.5) 346,150  1.6  354,802  .2 
2020 1,353,208  (2.8) 283,122  4.4  1,640,827  (1.7) 945,487  (2.3) 68,818  (11.0) 347,459  .4  347,881  (2.0)
2021 1,300,082  (3.9) 333,028  17.6  1,637,621  (.2) 873,202  (7.6) 71,657  4.1  352,275  1.4  412,144  18.5 
2020 1 343,054  (2.1) 69,812  4.0  414,045  (1.1) 238,148  (1.7) 18,842  (5.9) 82,939  (2.0) 92,958  1.2 
2 339,891  (2.5) 68,036  2.0  409,126  (1.8) 237,328  (1.2) 16,697  (14.3) 81,648  (4.1) 90,150  (1.2)
3 336,488  (3.3) 70,219  (.2) 407,874  (2.8) 240,025  (1.4) 16,001  (16.5) 88,661  2.5  79,188  (11.6)
4 333,775  (3.5) 75,054  11.9  409,782  (1.0) 229,986  (4.9) 17,277  (7.2) 94,211  4.9  85,585  4.2 
2021 1 330,595  (3.6) 74,621  6.9  406,505  (1.8) 225,965  (5.1) 18,225  (3.3) 86,732  4.6  93,808  .9 
2 327,071  (3.8) 86,681  27.4  414,825  1.4  218,791  (7.8) 18,541  11.0  86,088  5.4  109,947  22.0 
3 323,072  (4.0) 84,035  19.7  408,185  .1  213,430  (11.1) 17,011  6.3  87,234  (1.6) 107,521  35.8 
4 319,344  (4.3) 87,690  16.8  408,105  (.4) 215,016  (6.5) 17,880  3.5  92,221  (2.1) 100,868  17.9 
2022 1 316,429  (4.3) 79,042  5.9  396,545  (2.5) 212,182  (6.1) 17,882  (1.9) 84,208  (2.9) 100,154  6.8 
2 313,186  (4.2) 94,004  8.4  408,331  (1.6) 211,115  (3.5) 17,747  (4.3) 85,502  (.7) 111,714  1.6 




















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Operating Ratios
(Before Management Fee)
12-Mo. Rolling Tot. Ben./ Tot. Adj. Combined Pretax
Premium Tot. Ben./ Premiums Amort./ Expenses/ Ratio/ Profit
 Period
Persistency(1)
Premium (3rd sector) Premium Total Adj. Rev. Total Adj. Rev. Margin
2017 94.9 71.3 60.5 4.9 19.2 79.6 20.4
2018 94.1 69.9 59.2 5.6 20.3 78.9 21.1
2019 94.4 69.5 59.3 5.5 20.7 78.7 21.3
2020 95.1 69.9 59.7 5.1 21.2 78.8 21.2
2021 94.3 67.2 56.6 5.5 21.5 74.8 25.2
2022 YTD 94.3 67.2 56.9 5.7 21.1 73.7 26.3
2020 1 94.5 69.4 59.0 5.5 20.0 77.5 22.5
2 94.8 69.8 59.6 4.9 20.0 78.0 22.0
3 95.0 71.3 61.7 4.8 21.7 80.6 19.4
4 95.1 68.9 58.6 5.2 23.0 79.1 20.9
2021 1 95.0 68.4 58.0 5.5 21.3 76.9 23.1
2 94.7 66.9 56.5 5.7 20.8 73.5 26.5
3 94.5 66.1 55.0 5.3 21.4 73.7 26.3
4 94.3 67.3 57.0 5.6 22.6 75.3 24.7
2022 1 94.3 67.1 56.4 5.7 21.2 74.7 25.3
2 94.3 67.4 57.5 5.7 20.9 72.6 27.4















(1) Premium persistency presented on a 12-month rolling basis for all periods, rather than year to date

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Aflac Japan Sales Results
(Yen In Millions, unless otherwise noted)
Annl. Third Sector
Prem. New Annl. Total
In Force % Prem. % New Annual. %
Period (Billions) Change Sales Change Premium Sales Change
2017 1,552.2  (3.4) 87,417  4.1  94,851  (16.6)
2018 1,527.1  (1.6) 88,813  1.6  95,894  1.1 
2019 1,489.3  (2.5) 72,836  (18.0) 79,697  (16.9)
2020 1,426.5  (4.2) 45,110  (38.1) 50,852  (36.2)
2021 1,360.0  (4.7) 48,977  8.6  54,764  7.7 
2020 1 1,474.3  (2.8) 12,486  (26.7) 14,021  (25.4)
2 1,457.7  (3.4) 8,656  (60.9) 9,827  (58.8)
3 1,441.9  (.5) 11,167  (33.7) 12,601  (32.0)
4 1,426.5  (4.2) 12,801  (23.8) 14,404  (22.2)
2021 1 1,410.0  (4.4) 12,492  —  13,998  (.2)
2 1,391.7  (4.5) 12,125  40.1  13,602  38.4 
3 1,375.0  (4.6) 11,275  1.0  12,605  — 
4 1,360.0  (4.7) 13,084  2.2  14,559  1.1 
2022 1 1,345.6  (4.6) 10,679  (19.0) 11,925  (14.8)
2 1,332.0  (4.3) 11,372  (6.2) 12,731  (6.4)

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Aflac Japan Product Mix
(New Annualized Premium Sales, Yen In Billions)
% of % of Income    % of Child    % of % of Ordinary % of % of
Period Cancer Total Medical Total Support Total Endowment Total WAYS Total Life Other Total Other Total Total
2017 53.0  55.8  32.4  34.1  2.2  2.3  .5  .5  .6  .6  5.6  6.0  .6  .7  94.9 
2018 63.1  65.8  23.9  25.0  1.7  1.8  .3  .3  .5  .5  5.9  6.1  .5  .5  95.9 
2019 47.2  59.2  24.6  31.0  1.0  1.2  .2  .2  .4  .5  5.9  7.4  .4  .5  79.7 
2020 28.8  56.6  15.9  31.2  .5  1.0  .2  .4  .4  .7  4.8  9.5  .3  .6  50.9 
2021 27.0  49.2  20.4  37.2  .3  .5  .2  .3  .4  .8  4.9  9.0  1.6  3.0  54.8 
2020 1 7.8  55.5  4.5  32.4  .2  1.2  —  .3  .1  .6  1.3  9.3  .1  .7  14.0 
2 5.4  54.7  3.2  32.5  .1  .9  —  .4  .1  .8  1.0  10.0  —  .7  9.8 
3 7.0  55.7  4.0  32.0  .1  .9  .1  .4  .1  .8  1.2  9.6  .1  .6  12.6 
4 8.6  59.7  4.1  28.4  .1  .8  .1  .3  .1  .8  1.3  9.3  .1  .7  14.4 
2021 1 6.4  45.4  6.1  43.3  .1  .6  —  .3  .1  .7  1.2  8.9  .1  .8  14.0 
2 6.7  48.9  5.4  39.7  .1  .6  —  .4  .1  .8  1.2  8.9  .1  .7  13.6 
3 6.3  49.9  4.6  36.3  .1  .5  —  .3  .1  .7  1.1  9.0  .4  3.3  12.6 
4 7.7  52.7  4.4  29.9  .1  .4  —  .3  .1  .8  1.2  8.6  1.1  7.3  14.6 
2022 1 6.4  53.0  3.8  31.4  .1  1.1  —  .3  .1  .7  1.1  9.0  .5  4.5  11.9 
2 6.8  53.4  3.8  29.9  .3  2.2  —  .2  .1  .8  1.2  9.2  .6  4.3  12.7 


















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Aflac Japan Sales Force Data
Number of Agencies by Type Sales Contribution by Agency Type
Period  Individual/ Independent Corporate Affiliated
Corporate
Bank Total  Individual/ Independent Corporate Affiliated
Corporate
Bank
Licensed Sales
Associates(1)
Recruited
Agencies
2017 9,492  1,455  374  11,321  42.8  52.0  5.2  109,197  174 
2018 8,453  1,392  371  10,216  40.1  55.3  4.6  109,482  85 
2019 7,683  1,343  367  9,393  45.7  50.0  4.3  109,265  77 
2020 7,231  1,312  361  8,904  52.3  42.6  5.1  111,886  48 
2021 6,779  1,283  360  8,422  51.1  43.7  5.2  111,854  62 
2020 1 7,537  1,332  364  9,233  52.8  42.7  4.5  110,129  17 
2 7,426  1,329  364  9,119  53.8  42.8  3.4  109,850 
3 7,312  1,317  364  8,993  51.7  41.4  6.9  111,016  19 
4 7,231  1,312  361  8,904  51.3  43.4  5.3  111,886 
2021 1 7,142  1,308  360  8,810  54.3  40.6  5.1  112,252  13 
2 7,055  1,305  359  8,719  51.1  44.0  4.9  113,259  22 
3 6,898  1,299  360  8,557  49.9  43.8  6.3  112,100  13 
4 6,779  1,283  360  8,422  49.2  46.3  4.5  111,854  14 
2022 1 6,447  1,266  360  8,073  48.9  46.5  4.6  109,873 
2 6,335  1,255  359  7,949  48.4  48.1  3.5  110,096  12 













(1) Excludes Dai-ichi Life, banks, Japan Post Group and Daido Life
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Aflac Japan
Yen/Dollar Exchange Rates
Yearly
Closing Qtr Cum %
Period
Rate(1)
Avg Avg Change
2017 113.00  N/A 112.16  (3.1)
2018 111.00  N/A 110.39  1.6 
2019 109.56  N/A 109.07  1.2 
2020 103.50  N/A 106.86  2.1 
2021 115.02  N/A 109.79  (2.7)
2020 1 108.83  108.84  108.84  1.3 
2 107.74  107.65  108.25  1.7 
3 105.80  106.23  107.63  1.4 
4 103.50  104.57  106.86  2.1 
2021 1 110.71  105.88  105.88  2.8 
2 110.58  109.48  107.79  .4 
3 111.92  110.11  108.58  (.9)
4 115.02  113.70  109.79  (2.7)
2022 1 122.39  116.18  116.18  (8.9)
2 136.68  129.39  122.79  (12.2)
(1) Closing rate is based on the latest available and published MUFG Bank Ltd. TTM mid-day exchange rate.
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Corporate and Other

Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings
(Before Management Fee)
(In Millions)
Years Ended December 31, 3 Months Ended June 30, 6 Months Ended June 30,
% %
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 Change 2021 2022 Change
Revenues:
Total net earned premiums $ 216  $ 208  $ 200  $ 194  $ 180  $ 45  $ 36  (20.0) $ 93  $ 77  (17.2)
Net investment income (1)
35  77  88  80  (73) (13) (9) (30.8) (5) (266.7)
    Amortized hedge income (2)
—  36  89  97  57  16  14  (12.5) 33  25  (24.2)
Adjusted net investment income 35  113  177  177  (16) 66.7  36  20  (44.4)
Other income 21  18  15  13  11  —  —  18  260.0 
     Total adjusted revenues 272  339  393  384  175  50  42  (16.0) 133  116  (12.8)
Benefits and expenses:
Total net benefits and claims 209  199  194  180  166  41  34  (17.1) 84  73  (13.1)
Interest expense 122  120  133  164  165  43  40  (7.0) 87  80  (8.0)
Other adjusted expenses 154  159  137  155  142  42  44  4.8  65  84  29.2 
     Total benefits and adjusted expenses 486  478  464  499  473  126  117  (7.1) 236  237  .4 
     Pretax adjusted earnings $ (214) $ (139) $ (72) $ (115) $ (298) $ (76) $ (75) 1.3  $ (102) $ (120) (17.6)
(1) The change in value of federal historic rehabilitation and solar investments in partnerships of $31 and $30 for the three-month periods and $42 and $30 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively is included as a reduction to net investment income. Tax credits on these investments of $28 and $12 for the three-month period and $44 and $25 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively, have been recorded as an income tax benefit in the consolidated statement of earnings.
(2) See non-U.S. GAAP financial measures for the definition of amortized hedge cost/income


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Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures

This document includes references to the Company’s financial performance measures which are not calculated in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) (non-U.S. GAAP). The financial measures exclude items that the Company believes may obscure the underlying fundamentals and trends in insurance operations because they tend to be driven by general economic conditions and events or related to infrequent activities not directly associated with insurance operations.

Due to the size of Aflac Japan, where the functional currency is the Japanese yen, fluctuations in the yen/dollar exchange rate can have a significant effect on reported results. In periods when the yen weakens, translating yen into dollars results in fewer dollars being reported. When the yen strengthens, translating yen into dollars results in more dollars being reported. Consequently, yen weakening has the effect of suppressing current period results in relation to the comparable prior period, while yen strengthening has the effect of magnifying current period results in relation to the comparable prior period. A significant portion of the Company’s business is conducted in yen and never converted into dollars but translated into dollars for U.S. GAAP reporting purposes, which results in foreign currency impact to earnings, cash flows and book value on a U.S. GAAP basis. Management evaluates the Company's financial performance both including and excluding the impact of foreign currency translation to monitor, respectively, cumulative currency impacts and the currency-neutral operating performance over time. The average yen/dollar exchange rate is based on the published MUFG Bank, Ltd. telegraphic transfer middle rate (TTM).

The Company defines the non-U.S. GAAP financial measures included in this document as follows:

Adjusted book value is the U.S. GAAP book value (representing total shareholders’ equity), less AOCI as recorded on the U.S. GAAP balance sheet. Adjusted book value per common share is adjusted book value at the period end divided by the ending outstanding common shares for the period presented. The Company considers adjusted book value and adjusted book value per common share important as they exclude AOCI, which fluctuates due to market movements that are outside management’s control. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for adjusted book value and adjusted book value per common share are total book value and total book value per common share, respectively.
Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses is adjusted book value plus unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses. Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses per common share is adjusted book value plus unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses at the period end divided by the ending outstanding common shares for the period presented. The Company considers adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses, and its related per share financial measure, important as they exclude certain components of AOCI, which fluctuate due to market movements that are outside management's control; however, it includes the impact of foreign currency as a result of the significance of Aflac’s Japan operation. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses per common share are total book value and total book value per common share, respectively.
Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and pension liability adjustment is adjusted book value plus unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and pension liability adjustment. The Company considers adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and pension liability adjustment important as it excludes certain components of AOCI, which fluctuates due to market movements that are outside management's control; however, it includes the impact of foreign currency as a result of the significance of Aflac’s Japan operation. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and pension liability adjustment is total book value.

Adjusted debt is the sum of notes payable, as recorded on the U.S. GAAP balance sheet, excluding 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds and all pre-funding of debt maturities. The Company considers adjusted debt important as it measures outstanding debt consistently with expectations of the Company’s rating agency stakeholders. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted debt is notes payable.
Adjusted debt including 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds is the sum of notes payable, as recorded on the U.S. GAAP balance sheet, excluding pre-funding of debt maturities. The Company considers adjusted debt including 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds important as it measures outstanding debt consistently with expectations of the Company’s rating agency stakeholders. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted debt including 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds is notes payable.
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Adjusted earnings are adjusted revenues less benefits and adjusted expenses. Adjusted earnings per share (basic or diluted) are the adjusted earnings for the period divided by the weighted average outstanding shares (basic or diluted) for the period presented. The adjustments to both revenues and expenses account for certain items that cannot be predicted or that are outside management’s control. Adjusted revenues are U.S. GAAP total revenues excluding adjusted net investment gains and losses. Adjusted expenses are U.S. GAAP total acquisition and operating expenses including the impact of interest cash flows from derivatives associated with notes payable but excluding any nonrecurring or other items not associated with the normal course of the Company’s insurance operations and that do not reflect the Company's underlying business performance. Management uses adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per diluted share to evaluate the financial performance of the Company’s insurance operations on a consolidated basis and believes that a presentation of these financial measures is vitally important to an understanding of the underlying profitability drivers and trends of the Company’s insurance business. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share (basic or diluted) are net earnings and net earnings per share, respectively.
Adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact are computed using the average foreign currency exchange rate for the comparable prior-year period, which eliminates fluctuations driven solely by foreign currency exchange rate changes. Adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding current period foreign currency impact is adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact divided by the weighted average outstanding diluted shares for the period presented. The Company considers adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact and adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding current period foreign currency impact important because a significant portion of the Company's business is conducted in Japan and foreign exchange rates are outside management’s control; therefore, the Company believes it is important to understand the impact of translating foreign currency (primarily Japanese yen) into U.S. dollars. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact and adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding current period foreign currency impact are net earnings and net earnings per share, respectively.
Amortized hedge costs/income represent costs/income incurred or recognized as a result of using foreign currency derivatives to hedge certain foreign exchange risks in the Company's Japan segment or in Corporate and other. These amortized hedge costs/ income are estimated at the inception of the derivatives based on the specific terms of each contract and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the hedge. The Company believes that amortized hedge costs/income measure the periodic currency risk management costs/income related to hedging certain foreign currency exchange risks and are an important component of net investment income. There is no comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for amortized hedge costs/ income.
Adjusted net investment gains and losses are net investment gains and losses adjusted for i) amortized hedge cost/income related to foreign currency exposure management strategies and certain derivative activity, ii) net interest cash flows from foreign currency and interest rate derivatives associated with certain investment strategies, which are both reclassified to net investment income, and iii) the impact of interest cash flows from derivatives associated with notes payable, which is reclassified to interest expense as a component of total adjusted expenses. The Company considers adjusted net investment gains and losses important as it represents the remainder amount that is considered outside management’s control, while excluding the components that are within management’s control and are accordingly reclassified to net investment income and interest expense. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted net investment gains and losses is net investment gains and losses.
Adjusted net investment income is net investment income adjusted for i) amortized hedge cost/income related to foreign currency exposure management strategies and certain derivative activity, and ii) net interest cash flows from foreign currency and interest rate derivatives associated with certain investment strategies, which are reclassified from net investment gains and losses to net investment income. The Company considers adjusted net investment income important because it provides a more comprehensive understanding of the costs and income associated with the Company’s investments and related hedging strategies. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted net investment income is net investment income.
Adjusted return on equity is adjusted earnings divided by average shareholders’ equity, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI). Management uses adjusted return on equity to evaluate the financial performance of the Company’s insurance operations on a consolidated basis and believes that a presentation of this financial measure is vitally important to an understanding of the underlying profitability drivers and trends of the Company’s insurance business. The Company considers adjusted return on equity important as it excludes components of AOCI, which fluctuate due to market movements that are outside management's control. The most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure for adjusted return on equity is return on average equity (ROE) as determined using net earnings and average total shareholders’ equity.

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Second Quarter 2022
Earnings Call
Video Update
Max K. Brodén







August 1, 2022



For more information contact:
Investor and Rating Agency Relations
800.235.2667
aflacir@aflac.com
Aflac Worldwide Headquarters
1932 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31999



Preliminary note: Forward-Looking Information and Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures

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. The company desires to take advantage of these provisions. This transcript 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,” "outlook" 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.

The company cautions 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, including those caused by COVID-19
•defaults and credit downgrades of investments
•global fluctuations in interest rates and exposure to significant interest rate risk
•concentration of business in Japan
•limited availability of acceptable yen-denominated investments
•foreign currency fluctuations in the yen/dollar exchange rate
•differing judgments applied to investment valuations
•significant valuation judgments in determination of expected credit losses recorded on the Company's investments
•decreases in the Company's financial strength or debt ratings
•decline in creditworthiness of other financial institutions
•concentration of the Company's investments in any particular single-issuer or sector
•the effects of COVID-19 and its variants (both known and emerging), and any resulting economic effects and government interventions, on the Company's business and financial results
•the Company's ability to attract and retain qualified sales associates, brokers, employees, and distribution partners
•deviations in actual experience from pricing and reserving assumptions
•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
•subsidiaries' ability to pay dividends to the Parent Company
•inherent limitations to risk management policies and procedures
•operational risks of third party vendors
•tax rates applicable to the Company may change
•failure to comply with restrictions on policyholder privacy and information security
•extensive regulation and changes in law or regulation by governmental authorities
•competitive environment and ability to anticipate and respond to market trends
•catastrophic events, including, but not limited to, as a result of climate change, epidemics, pandemics (such as COVID-19), tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, war or other military action, terrorism or other acts of violence, and damage incidental to such events
•ability to protect the Aflac brand and the Company's reputation
•ability to effectively manage key executive succession
•changes in accounting standards
•level and outcome of litigation
•allegations or determinations of worker misclassification in the United States




Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations

This document includes references to the Company’s financial performance measures which are not calculated in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) (non-U.S. GAAP). The financial measures exclude items that the Company believes may obscure the underlying fundamentals and trends in insurance operations because they tend to be driven by general economic conditions and events or related to infrequent activities not directly associated with insurance operations.

Definitions of the Company’s non-U.S. GAAP financial measures and applicable reconciliations to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measures are provided in the presentation slides that accompany this transcript.

Due to the size of Aflac Japan, where the functional currency is the Japanese yen, fluctuations in the yen/dollar exchange rate can have a significant effect on reported results. In periods when the yen weakens, translating yen into dollars results in fewer dollars being reported. When the yen strengthens, translating yen into dollars results in more dollars being reported. Consequently, yen weakening has the effect of suppressing current period results in relation to the comparable prior period, while yen strengthening has the effect of magnifying current period results in relation to the comparable prior period. A significant portion of the Company’s business is conducted in yen and never converted into dollars but translated into dollars for U.S. GAAP reporting purposes, which results in foreign currency impact to earnings, cash flows and book value on a U.S. GAAP basis. Management evaluates the Company's financial performance both including and excluding the impact of foreign currency translation to monitor, respectively, cumulative currency impacts and the currency-neutral operating performance over time. The average yen/dollar exchange rate is based on the published MUFG Bank, Ltd. telegraphic transfer middle rate (TTM).





Max K. Brodén
2Q22 CFO Video Update
August 1, 2022

Hello, and thank you for joining me as I provide a financial update on Aflac Incorporated’s results for the second quarter of 2022.

For the quarter, adjusted earnings per diluted share decreased 8.2% year over year to $1.46, with a $0.09 negative impact from FX in the quarter. The quarter a year ago benefited from low claims utilization and strong variable investment income. Adjusting for these factors, we view the financial performance in Q2 as solid and on track to meet our full year objectives.

Variable investment income ran $47 million above our long-term return expectations. Adjusted book value per share including foreign currency translation gains and losses grew 4.1%, and the adjusted ROE was a strong 14.1%, or 14.9% excluding the impact of foreign currency, both of which remain a significant spread to our cost of capital.

Starting with our Japan segment, net earned premium for the quarter declined 4.2%, and policies in-force declined 1.8%. Both of these numbers are key metrics for us when analyzing the underlying business.

Japan’s total benefit ratio came in at 67.4% for the quarter, up 50 basis points year over year, and the third sector benefit ratio was 57.5%, up 100 basis points year over year. We continue to experience favorable actual-to-expected incurred claims on our well-priced, large and mature in-force block. With COVID infection rates higher, we did see our medical claims increase as COVID is deemed an infectious disease and insurance companies are required by law to pay out hospitalization benefits even for self-quarantined policyholders diagnosed with COVID. In the quarter, we estimate that this added 190 basis points to the total benefit ratio in the quarter. Adjusting for greater-than-normal IBNR releases and higher-than-normal medical claims, we estimate our normalized benefit ratio for Q2 to be 69.8%

Persistency remained strong with a rate of 94.3%, but was down 40 basis points year over year.

Our expense ratio in Japan was 20.9%, up 10 basis points year over year. Constrained business activity due to pandemic conditions impacted our sales and marketing expenses in Q2, which we expect to be a temporary phenomenon. We anticipate increased spending on key initiatives to continue, especially in the second half of the year as we tend to see some seasonality in spending.

Adjusted net investment income increased 8.4% in yen terms, primarily driven by favorable returns on our growing private equity portfolio and favorable FX translation on our U.S. dollar-denominated investments, partially offset by lower reinvestment yield on our fixed rate yen portfolio.

The pretax margin for Japan in the quarter was 27.4%, up 90 basis points year over year; a very good result for the quarter.

Turning to U.S. results, net earned premium was down 1.0%, as lapses were higher than sales despite an uptick in our new business written. Persistency declined 220 basis points to 77.9%. This is a 12-month rolling metric, and in Q1 we did see a greater movement of the U.S. labor force with a fairly immediate impact on our in-force as individuals shift jobs in between enrollment cycles or move to an employer not offering Aflac. This increase was broad and across the whole book, with no specific concentrations by geography, industry or policyholder duration. In Q2, lapses stabilized to a more normal level, but the 12-month rolling metric continued to decline as previous years' high persistency quarters fell out of the measured window.

Our total benefit ratio came in lower than expected at 45.4%, but 190 basis points higher than Q2 2021. We estimate that the net IBNR adjustments in the quarter and COVID incurred claims had a net 350 basis points favorable impact, leading to an underlying benefit ratio of 48.9% Our expense ratio in the U.S. was 39.6%, up 270 basis points year over year, primarily driven by higher IT spend and higher DAC amortization as we grow new sales.





Our continued build-out of growth initiatives – group life & disability, network dental and vision and direct to consumer – accounted for 280 basis points of our U.S. expense ratio. We would expect this impact to decrease over time as these businesses grow to scale and improve their profitability.

Adjusted net investment income in the U.S. was up 2.1%, mainly driven by favorable variable investment income in the quarter and floating rate assets.

Profitability in the U.S. segment was solid, with a pretax margin of 21.4% driven primarily by the low benefit ratio.

In our corporate segment, we recorded a pretax loss of $75 million as adjusted net investment income was $2 million greater than last year as higher rates are starting to earn in, but partially offset by the change in value of certain tax credit investments. These tax credit investments run through the net investment income line for U.S. GAAP purposes with an associated credit to the tax line. The net combined impact is a net neutral impact to our P&L bottom line. To date, these investments are performing well and in line with expectations.

Our capital position remains strong, and we ended the quarter with an SMR north of 900% in Japan and a combined RBC north of 600% Unencumbered Holding company liquidity stood at $4.0 billion, $1.6 billion above our minimum balance.

Leverage, which includes the sustainability bond, remains at a comfortable 20.6%, toward the lower end of our leverage corridor of 20% to 25%. In this quarter alone, the weaker yen lowered our leverage by 100 basis points as roughly $4.2 billion of debt is denominated in yen.

I would also note that we recently received ratings upgrades from both A.M. Best and R&I, recognizing our strong enterprise risk management as well as stability in operations and strength in profitability and cash flow generation.

We repurchased $650 million of our own stock and paid dividends of $256 million in Q2, offering good relative IRR on these capital deployments. We will continue to be flexible and tactical in how we manage the balance sheet and deploy capital in order to drive strong risk-adjusted ROE with a meaningful spread to our cost of capital.

Finally, I would like to address how we approach and manage FX exposure and hedging, given the recent strength of the USD. We fundamentally believe that the best approach is to strategically hedge our economic exposure to the yen to protect the long-term value of Aflac Japan as well as the dividends the holding company receives, reducing both volatility and the cost of capital.

We do this through holding unhedged U.S. dollar assets in the Japan general account, which stood at about $24.9 billion on an amortized cost basis, entering into FX forwards at the holding company with a notional balance of $5 billion and borrowing in yen, which we have about $4.2 billion of USD equivalent of yen debt outstanding. These are economic hedges on which market value changes do not run through adjusted GAAP EPS, but protect the shareholder from changes in the yen/dollar exchange rate.

Adjusted GAAP EPS is protected by the translation impact from U.S. dollar-denominated net investment income, but not by fair value adjustments of the economic hedge instruments mentioned.

Taking the FX impact in Q2, we would expect every 5 yen move to the dollar to have about a $0.02 to $0.03 impact to our annualized adjusted EPS going forward.

I appreciate your attention, and look forward to discussing our results in further detail on tomorrow's earnings call. Thank you.



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