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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) November 1, 2023
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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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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 November 1, 2023 in which it reported its 2023 third quarter results herein as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The Company is also furnishing its third quarter supplemental earnings materials as Exhibit 99.2 to this report.
On November 1, 2023, 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 2023 third 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 November 1, 2023
Financial Supplement for Third Quarter 2023
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
November 1, 2023     /s/ June Howard
    (June Howard)
    Senior Vice President, Financial Services
    Chief Accounting Officer


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News Release


Aflac Incorporated Announces Third Quarter Results,
Reports Third Quarter Net Earnings of $1.6 Billion,
Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend,
Increases First Quarter 2024 Dividend 19%


COLUMBUS, Ga. - November 1, 2023 - Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) today reported its third quarter results.

Total revenues were $5.0 billion in the third quarter of 2023, compared with $4.7 billion in the third quarter of 2022. Net earnings were $1.6 billion, or $2.64 per diluted share, compared with $1.8 billion, or $2.82 per diluted share a year ago.

Net earnings in the third quarter of 2023 included net investment gains of $423 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, compared with net investment gains of $199 million, or $0.31 per diluted share a year ago. These net investment gains were driven by net gains on certain derivatives and foreign currency activities of $381 million, largely driven by changes in exchange rates, a $47 million gain from an increase in the fair value of equity securities and $24 million of net gains from sales and redemptions. Net investment losses included a $29 million increase in the company's current expected credit losses (CECL) reserves and impairments.

Adjusted earnings* in the third quarter were $1.1 billion, compared with $910 million in the third quarter of 2022, reflecting an increase of 20.3%. Adjusted earnings per diluted share* increased 27.8% to $1.84 in the quarter. Variable investment income ran $13 million, or $0.02 per share, below the company's long-term return expectations. The weaker yen/dollar exchange rate negatively impacted adjusted earnings per share by $0.06.

The average yen/dollar exchange rate in the third quarter of 2023 was 144.97, or 5.4% weaker than the average rate of 137.08 in the third quarter of 2022. For the first nine months, the average exchange rate was 138.38, or 8.5% weaker than the rate of 126.65 a year ago.

Total investments and cash at the end of September 2023 were $111.3 billion, compared with $114.5 billion at September 30, 2022. The decline in the carrying amount of the portfolio is principally driven by the rise in interest rates and weakening of yen exchange rates.

Shareholders’ equity was $22.7 billion, or $38.63 per share, at September 30, 2023, compared with $19.9 billion, or $31.97 per share, at September 30, 2022. Shareholders’ equity at the end of the third quarter included a cumulative decrease of $866 million for the effect of the change in discount rate assumptions on insurance reserves, compared with a corresponding cumulative decrease of $4.1 billion at September 30, 2022 and a net unrealized loss on investment securities and derivatives of $427 million, compared with a net unrealized gain of $1.1 billion at September 30, 2022. Shareholders’ equity at the end of the third quarter also included an unrealized foreign currency translation loss of $4.5 billion, compared with an unrealized foreign currency translation loss of $4.4 billion at September 30, 2022. The annualized return on average shareholders’ equity in the third quarter was 29.1%.

For the first nine months of 2023, total revenues were down 1.8% to $14.9 billion, compared with $15.2 billion in the first nine months of 2022. Net earnings were $4.4 billion, or $7.28 per diluted share, compared with $4.2 billion, or $6.57 per diluted share, for the first nine months of 2022. Adjusted earnings for the first nine months of 2023 were $3.0 billion, or $4.97 per diluted share, compared with $2.8 billion, or $4.35 per diluted share, in 2022. Excluding the negative impact of $0.17 per share from the weaker yen/dollar exchange rate, adjusted earnings per diluted share increased 18.2% to $5.14 for the first nine months of 2023.




    



Shareholders’ equity excluding AOCI (or adjusted book value*) was $28.4 billion, or $48.44 per share at September 30, 2023, compared with $27.5 billion, or $44.00 per share, at September 30, 2022. The annualized adjusted return on equity excluding foreign currency impact* in the third quarter was 16.1%.

AFLAC JAPAN

In yen terms, Aflac Japan's net earned premiums were ¥285.3 billion for the quarter, or 2.8% lower than a year ago, mainly due to limited pay products reaching paid-up status and a reinsurance transaction in the first quarter partially offset by an unlock of future deferred profit liability assumptions. Adjusted net investment income increased 7.2% to ¥98.9 billion, mainly due to higher variable investment income and floating rate income. Total adjusted revenues in yen declined 0.5% to ¥385.4 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings in yen for the quarter increased 11.4% on a reported basis to ¥126.4 billion, primarily due to lower benefits and expenses partially offset by decreased revenue during the quarter. Pretax adjusted earnings increased 7.0% on a currency-neutral basis. The pretax adjusted profit margin for the Japan segment increased to 32.8%, compared with 29.3% a year ago.

For the first nine months, net earned premiums in yen were ¥855.7 billion, or 5.0% lower than a year ago. Adjusted net investment income increased 0.9% to ¥267.8 billion. Total adjusted revenues in yen were down 3.6% to ¥1.1 trillion. Pretax adjusted earnings were ¥344.1 billion, or 4.9% higher than a year ago.

In dollar terms, net earned premiums decreased 7.2% to $2.0 billion in the third quarter. Adjusted net investment income increased 2.4% to $679 million. Total adjusted revenues declined by 4.9% to $2.7 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings increased 6.4% to $869 million.

For the first nine months, net earned premiums in dollars were $6.2 billion, or 12.4% lower than a year ago. Adjusted net investment income decreased 6.7% to $1.9 billion. Total adjusted revenues were down 11.1% to $8.2 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings were $2.5 billion, or 3.2% lower than a year ago.

For the quarter, total new annualized premium sales (sales) increased 12.4% to ¥15.6 billion, or $108 million, primarily reflecting the continued rollout of the new cancer product through alliance partners, driven largely by a 23% increase in cancer insurance sales. For the first nine months, total new sales increased 16.6% to ¥44.9 billion, or $325 million.

AFLAC U.S.

Aflac U.S. net earned premiums increased 3.2% to $1.4 billion in the third quarter compared to the prior year, reflecting the strong contribution from growth initiatives. Adjusted net investment income increased 13.0% to $209 million, largely due to higher variable investment income and a shift to higher-yielding fixed-income investments as well as increased floating rate income. Total adjusted revenues were up 3.9% to $1.7 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings were $478 million, 38.6% higher than a year ago, primarily due to lower benefits driven by actuarial assumption unlocks and higher adjusted net investment income, partially offset by higher adjusted expenses. Higher expenses reflected ongoing investments in the U.S. platform, as well as a write-off of certain capitalized software development costs in the third quarter of 2023. The pretax adjusted profit margin for the U.S. segment was 28.8%, compared with 21.6% a year ago.

For the first nine months, net earned premiums increased 2.2% to $4.3 billion. Adjusted net investment income increased 8.2% to $609 million. Total adjusted revenues were up 2.4% to $5.0 billion. Pretax adjusted earnings were $1.2 billion, or 17.5% higher than a year ago.

Aflac U.S. sales increased 7.5% in the quarter to $359 million, reflecting continued improvement from investment in growth initiatives as well as productivity gains. For the first nine months of the year, total new sales increased 6.4% to $998 million.

CORPORATE AND OTHER

For the quarter, total adjusted revenues increased 57.5% to $115 million compared to the prior year, primarily due to the reinsurance transaction in the first quarter of 2023 resulting in an increase to total net earned premiums, partially offset by lower net investment income driven by a higher volume of tax credit investments. Pretax adjusted earnings were a loss of $49 million, compared with a loss of $56 million a year ago, reflecting the increase in adjusted revenue, partially offset by higher total net benefit and claims and other adjusted expenses.




    



For the first nine months, total adjusted revenues increased 103.2% to $384 million. Pretax adjusted earnings were a loss of $107 million, compared with a loss of $173 million a year ago.

DIVIDEND AND CAPITAL RETURNED TO SHAREHOLDERS

The board of directors declared the fourth quarter dividend of $0.42 per share, payable on December 1, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 15, 2023, and the first quarter 2024 dividend of $0.50 per share, payable on March 1, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 21, 2024.

In the third quarter, Aflac Incorporated deployed $700 million in capital to repurchase 9.4 million of its common shares. At the end of September 2023, the company had 86.4 million remaining shares authorized for repurchase.

OUTLOOK

Commenting on the company’s results, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel P. Amos stated: "Aflac delivered very strong earnings for both the quarter and the first nine months. We have continued to actively concentrate on numerous initiatives in the U.S. and Japan around new products and distribution strategies to set the stage for future growth.

"Looking at our operations in Japan, I am pleased that our sales results reflect improvements through agencies and alliances, including Japan Post, Dai-ichi Life and Daido Life. While it's too soon to provide details about the new medical product we introduced in mid-September, early indications show that it is being well-received. Additionally, we see products like WAYS and Child Endowment as door-openers to gain new customers, which increases opportunities to sell our third sector products.

"In the U.S., I remain encouraged by the continued improvement in the productivity of our agents and brokers as well as contribution from our growth initiatives, including group life and disability; network dental and vision; and consumer markets. As we enter into the fourth quarter, which is typically our strongest quarter of the year, we continue to work toward accelerating our momentum and reinforcing our leading position.

"We continue to generate strong capital and cash flows while maintaining our commitment to prudent liquidity and capital management. I am very pleased that 2023 marks 41 consecutive years of dividend increases, a record we treasure. Additionally, I am very happy with the Board's decision to increase the first quarter 2024 dividend 19%. We also remained in the market repurchasing shares at the historically high levels of the first three quarters of this year. We intend to continue our balanced approach of investing in growth initiatives and to drive long-term operating efficiencies while preserving the strength of underlying cash flows, which supports our dividend track record and tactical share repurchase."

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration insurance contracts.

*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), a Fortune 500 company, has helped provide financial protection and peace of mind for more than 67 years to millions of policyholders and customers through its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Japan. In the U.S., Aflac is the No. 1 provider of supplemental health insurance products.1 In Japan, Aflac Life Insurance Japan is the leading provider of cancer and medical insurance policies in force. The Company takes pride in being there for its policyholders when they need us most, as well as being included in 2023 in the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for 17 consecutive years, Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 22 years and Bloomberg’s Gender-Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year. In addition, the Company became a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2021 and has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (2022) for nine years. To find out how to get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at aflac.com or aflac.com/espanol. Investors may learn more about Aflac Incorporated and its commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainability at investors.aflac.com under “Sustainability.”
1 LIMRA 2022 U.S. Supplemental Health Insurance Total Market Report




    



A copy of Aflac’s financial 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 November 2, 2023.

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Total revenues $ 4,950  $ 4,704  5.2  %
Benefits and claims, net 1,860  2,076  (10.4)
Total acquisition and operating expenses 1,285  1,299  (1.1)
Earnings before income taxes 1,805  1,329  35.8 
Income taxes 236  (452)
Net earnings $ 1,569  $ 1,781  (11.9) %
Net earnings per share – basic $ 2.65  $ 2.83  (6.4) %
Net earnings per share – diluted 2.64  2.82  (6.4)
Shares used to compute earnings per share (000):
Basic 591,246  629,350  (6.1) %
Diluted 593,596  631,946  (6.1)
Dividends paid per share $ 0.42  $ 0.40  5.0  %

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.





    



AFLAC INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER-SHARE AMOUNTS)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Total revenues $ 14,923  $ 15,192  (1.8) %
Benefits and claims, net 6,108  6,833  (10.6)
Total acquisition and operating expenses 3,843  4,028  (4.6)
Earnings before income taxes 4,972  4,331  14.8 
Income taxes 581  109 
Net earnings $ 4,391  $ 4,222  4.0  %
Net earnings per share – basic $ 7.31  $ 6.60  10.8  %
Net earnings per share – diluted 7.28  6.57  10.8 
Shares used to compute earnings per share (000):
Basic 600,991  639,862  (6.1) %
Diluted 603,419  642,597  (6.1)
Dividends paid per share $ 1.26  $ 1.20  5.0  %

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.



    



AFLAC INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AMOUNTS)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Assets:
Total investments and cash $ 111,306  $ 114,528  (2.8) %
Deferred policy acquisition costs 8,771  8,666  1.2 
Other assets 5,034  5,521  (8.8)
Total assets $ 125,111  $ 128,715  (2.8) %
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity:
Policy liabilities $ 86,028  $ 92,586  (7.1) %
Notes payable and lease obligations 6,961  7,518  (7.4)
Other liabilities 9,453  8,665  9.1 
Shareholders’ equity 22,669  19,946  13.7 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 125,111  $ 128,715  (2.8) %
Shares outstanding at end of period (000) 586,897  623,868  (5.9) %

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.



    



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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Net earnings $ 1,569  $ 1,781  (11.9) %
Items impacting net earnings:
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (504) (222)
Other and non-recurring (income) loss
(3) (1)
Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded
from adjusted earnings 1
33  (648)
Adjusted earnings 1,095  910  20.3  %
Current period foreign currency impact 2
33  N/A
Adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign
currency impact 3
$ 1,128  $ 910  24.0  %
Net earnings per diluted share $ 2.64  $ 2.82  (6.4) %
Items impacting net earnings:
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (0.85) (0.35)
Other and non-recurring (income) loss
(0.01) — 
Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded
from adjusted earnings 1
0.06  (1.03)
Adjusted earnings per diluted share 1.84  1.44  27.8  %
Current period foreign currency impact 2
0.06  N/A
Adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding
current period foreign currency impact 3
$ 1.90  $ 1.44  31.9  %

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.

1    Primarily reflects release of $695 million in deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2022.
2    Prior period foreign currency impact reflected as “N/A” to isolate change for current period only.
3    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)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Net earnings $ 4,391  $ 4,222  4.0  %
Items impacting net earnings:
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (1,363) (923)
Other and non-recurring (income) loss
(38) (1)
Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded
from adjusted earnings 1
12  (501)
Adjusted earnings 3,001  2,797  7.3  %
Current period foreign currency impact 2
100  N/A
Adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign
currency impact 3
$ 3,101  $ 2,797  10.9  %
Net earnings per diluted share $ 7.28  $ 6.57  10.8  %
Items impacting net earnings:
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (2.26) (1.44)
Other and non-recurring (income) loss
(0.06) — 
Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded
from adjusted earnings 1
0.02  (0.78)
Adjusted earnings per diluted share 4.97  4.35  14.3  %
Current period foreign currency impact 2
0.17  N/A
Adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign
currency impact 3
$ 5.14  $ 4.35  18.2  %

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.

1 Primarily reflects release of $695 million in deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2022.
2    Prior period foreign currency impact reflected as “N/A” to isolate change for current period only.
3    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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Net investment (gains) losses $ (423) $ (199) 112.6  %
Items impacting net investment (gains) losses:
Amortized hedge costs (26) (28)
Amortized hedge income 25  19 
Net interest cash flows from derivatives associated
     with certain investment strategies
(88) (26)
Interest rate component of the change in fair value of foreign
     currency swaps on notes payable1
13 
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses $ (504) $ (222) 127.0  %
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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Net investment income $ 1,004  $ 920  9.1  %
Items impacting net investment income:
Amortized hedge costs (26) (28)
Amortized hedge income 25  19 
Net interest cash flows from derivatives associated
     with certain investment strategies
(88) (26)
Adjusted net investment income $ 915  $ 885  3.4  %




    



RECONCILIATION OF NET INVESTMENT (GAINS) LOSSES TO ADJUSTED NET INVESTMENT (GAINS) LOSSES
(UNAUDITED – IN MILLIONS)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Net investment (gains) losses $ (1,101) $ (885) 24.4  %
Items impacting net investment (gains) losses:
Amortized hedge costs (148) (84)
Amortized hedge income 92  44 
Net interest cash flows from derivatives associated
     with certain investment strategies
(239) (36)
Interest rate component of the change in fair value of foreign
     currency swaps on notes payable1
32  38 
Adjusted net investment (gains) losses $ (1,363) $ (923) 47.7  %
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)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
Net investment income $ 2,946  $ 2,760  6.7  %
Items impacting net investment income:
Amortized hedge costs (148) (84)
Amortized hedge income 92  44 
Net interest cash flows from derivatives associated
     with certain investment strategies
(239) (36)
Adjusted net investment income $ 2,651  $ 2,684  (1.2) %



    



RECONCILIATION OF U.S. GAAP BOOK VALUE TO ADJUSTED BOOK VALUE
(UNAUDITED - IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER-SHARE AMOUNTS)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022 % Change
U.S. GAAP book value $ 22,669  $ 19,946 
Less:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)
(4,484) (4,374)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives
(427) 1,102 
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions (866) (4,075)
Pension liability adjustment
17  (158)
Total AOCI
(5,760) (7,505)
Adjusted book value $ 28,429  $ 27,451 
Add:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)
(4,484) (4,374)
Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) $ 23,945  $ 23,077 
Number of outstanding shares at end of period (000) 586,897  623,868 
U.S. GAAP book value per common share $ 38.63  $ 31.97  20.8  %
Less:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share
(7.64) (7.01)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives per common share
(0.73) 1.77 
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
     per common share
(1.48) (6.53)
Pension liability adjustment per common share
0.03  (0.25)
Total AOCI per common share
(9.81) (12.03)
Adjusted book value per common share $ 48.44  $ 44.00  10.1  %
Add:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share
(7.64) (7.01)
Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share $ 40.80  $ 36.99  10.3  %

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.




    



RECONCILIATION OF U.S. GAAP RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE) TO ADJUSTED ROE
(EXCLUDING IMPACT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY)
THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022
U.S. GAAP ROE - Net earnings1
29.1  % 36.1  %
Impact of excluding unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)
(4.5) (5.1)
Impact of excluding unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives
0.8  2.7 
Impact of excluding effect of changes in discount rate assumptions (3.1) (7.1)
Impact of excluding pension liability adjustment
—  (0.2)
Impact of excluding AOCI
(6.8) (9.7)
U.S. GAAP ROE - less AOCI 22.3  26.4 
Differences between adjusted earnings and net earnings2
(6.7) (12.9)
Adjusted ROE - reported 15.6  13.5 
Less: Impact of foreign currency3
(0.5) N/A
Adjusted ROE, excluding impact of foreign currency 16.1  13.5 

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.

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)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 2022
U.S. GAAP ROE - Net earnings1
27.4  % 30.4  %
Impact of excluding unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)
(4.0) (3.7)
Impact of excluding unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives
(0.6) 6.2 
Impact of excluding effect of changes in discount rate assumptions (1.5) (11.5)
Impact of excluding pension liability adjustment
—  (0.2)
Impact of excluding AOCI
(6.1) (9.2)
U.S. GAAP ROE - less AOCI 21.3  21.3 
Differences between adjusted earnings and net earnings2
(6.7) (7.2)
Adjusted ROE - reported 14.6  14.1 
Less: Impact of foreign currency3
(0.5) N/A
Adjusted ROE, excluding impact of foreign currency 15.0  14.1 

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 Including
Currency
Changes
Excluding
Currency
Changes2
Net earned premiums3
(1.7) % 2.4  %
Adjusted net investment income4
3.4  5.4 
Total benefits and expenses (6.7) (3.0)
Adjusted earnings 20.3  24.0 
Adjusted earnings per diluted share 27.8  31.9 

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.

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)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 Including
Currency
Changes
Excluding
Currency
Changes2
Net earned premiums3
(5.6) % (0.6) %
Adjusted net investment income4
(1.2) 1.3 
Total benefits and expenses (8.0) (3.2)
Adjusted earnings 7.3  10.9 
Adjusted earnings per diluted share 14.3  18.2 

All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration
insurance contracts.

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 inflation and the continued effects 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 interpretations 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
•major public health issues, including COVID-19 and any resulting or coincidental economic effects, 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 and on successful execution of revenue growth and expense management initiatives
•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; 800.235.2667 or dyoung@aflac.com

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


EX-99.2 3 afl93023-fabdocument.htm EX-99.2 Document

FINAL                     11/1/2023
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Financial Supplement
Third Quarter 2023

This document is a statistical supplement to Aflac’s quarterly earnings release. 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.

The Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standard Update 2018-12 Financial Services - Insurance: Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts, as clarified and amended by (i) ASU 2019-09 Financial Services - Insurance: Effective Date, and (ii) ASU 2020-11 Financial Services - Insurance: Effective Date and Early Application (collectively, “LDTI”) as of January 1, 2023. The amended guidance is applied as of the beginning of the earliest period presented in the Company’s quarterly and annual financial statements, which results in a January 1, 2021 Transition Date. In conjunction with the adoption of LDTI, the Company changed its practice of recording the change in the deferred profit liability (DPL) on products with limited-payment features from the benefits and claims, net line item to the net earned premiums line item in the consolidated statement of earnings. This change in presentation has no impact on net earnings. All quarterly and annual amounts for 2021 and 2022 presented herein reflect these changes for LDTI and DPL.
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
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 
634,526  258  144  11,057  623,868  629,350  2,597  631,946  639,862  2,735  642,597 
623,868  222  120  8,938  16  615,256  619,845  3,149  622,994  634,816  2,839  637,655 
2023 615,256  239  1,152  10,348  347  605,952  611,205  2,745  613,950  611,205  2,745  613,950 
605,952  259  225  10,461  595,969  600,742  2,187  602,929  605,945  2,466  608,411 
595,969  210  115  9,390  586,897  591,246  2,350  593,596  600,992  2,427  603,419 
















(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 September 30, 9 Months Ended September 30,
% %
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 Change 2022 2023 Change
Aflac Japan $ 3,208  $ 3,261  $ 3,263  $ 3,755  $ 3,281  $ 817  $ 869  6.4  $ 2,560  $ 2,479  (3.2)
Aflac U.S. 1,285  1,272  1,268  1,356  1,359  345  478  38.6  1,020  1,199  17.5 
Corporate and other (1)
(139) (72) (115) (293) (218) (56) (49) (173) (107)
Pretax adjusted earnings 4,354  4,461  4,416  4,819  4,422  1,106  1,298  17.4  3,407  3,571  4.8 
Income taxes (1)
1,129  1,147  864  893  808  196  203  3.6  610  570  (6.6)
Adjusted earnings (2)
3,226  3,314  3,552  3,925  3,614  910  1,095  20.3  2,797  3,001  7.3 
Reconciling items:
Adjusted net investment gains (losses) (297) (15) (229) 462  447  222  504  923  1,363 
Other and non-recurring income (loss) (3)
(75) (1) (28) (73) 38 
Income tax benefit (expense) on items excluded from adjusted earnings (4)
83  72  (83) 357  648  (33) 501  (12)
Tax reform adjustment (5)
(18) —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Tax valuation allowance release (6)
—  —  1,411  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Net earnings $ 2,920  $ 3,304  $ 4,778  $ 4,231  $ 4,418  $ 1,781  $ 1,569  (11.9) $ 4,222  $ 4,391  4.0 
Effective Tax rate 26.7  % 25.7  % (14.9) % 18.7  % 9.3  % (34.0) % 13.1  % 2.5  % 11.7  %
Earnings per share of common stock:
Net earnings (basic) $ 3.79  $ 4.45  $ 6.69  $ 6.28  $ 6.96  $ 2.83  $ 2.65  (6.4) $ 6.60  $ 7.31  10.8 
Net earnings (diluted) 3.77  4.43  6.67  6.25  6.93  2.82  2.64  (6.4) 6.57  7.28  10.8 
Adjusted earnings (basic) (2)
$ 4.20  $ 4.46  $ 4.98  $ 5.83  $ 5.69  $ 1.45  $ 1.85  27.6  $ 4.37  $ 4.99  14.2 
Adjusted earnings (diluted) (2)
4.16  4.44  4.96  5.80  5.67  1.44  1.84  27.8  4.35  4.97  14.3 
(1) The change in value of federal historic rehabilitation and solar investments in partnerships of $64 and $19 for the three-month periods and $169 and $61 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively, is included as a reduction to net investment income. Tax credits on these investments of $63 and $19 for the three-month period and $171 and $63 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023, and 2022, 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) Primarily reflects release of $695 in deferred taxes in 2022
(5) 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.
(6) 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 September 30, 9 Months Ended September 30,
% %
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 Change 2022 2023 Change
Revenues:
Net earned premiums
  Gross premiums $ 19,018  $ 19,122  $ 18,955  $ 17,305  $ 15,025  $ 3,565  $ 3,524  $ 11,472  $ 10,885 
  Assumed (ceded) (341) (342) (333) (210) (124) (30) (48) (93) (148)
    Total net earned premiums 18,677  18,780  18,622  17,095  14,901  3,535  3,476  (1.7) 11,379  10,737  (5.6)
Net investment income 3,442  3,578  3,638  3,818  3,656  920  1,004  9.1  2,760  2,946  6.7 
Net investment gains (losses) (1)
(430) (135) (270) 468  363  199  423  885  1,101 
Other income (1)
69  84  157  173  220  50  47  168  139 
     Total revenues 21,758  22,307  22,147  21,554  19,140  4,704  4,950  5.2  15,192  14,923  (1.8)
Benefits and Claims:
Benefits and claims, net
  Incurred claims -direct 9,121  9,279  9,364  8,949  8,271  2,112  1,871  6,445  6,034 
  Incurred claims -assumed (ceded) (421) (372) (296) (147) (108) (47) (33) (89) (114)
  Increase in FPB (2)-direct
3,167  2,952  2,707  1,819  888  63  231  575  499 
  Increase in FPB (2)-assumed (ceded)
133  83  21  51  41  (4) 54 
Total net benefits and claims, excluding
  reserve remeasurement
N/A N/A N/A 10,623  9,102  2,169  2,065  6,985  6,420 
Reserve remeasurement (gain) loss N/A N/A N/A (147) (215) (93) (205) (152) (312)
    Total net benefits and claims 12,000  11,942  11,796  10,476  8,887  2,076  1,860  (10.4) 6,833  6,108  (10.6)
Acquisition and operating expenses:
   Amortization of DAC (3)
1,245  1,282  1,214  835  792  194  201  598  608 
   Insurance commissions 1,320  1,321  1,316  1,256  1,117  267  250  846  797 
   Insurance expenses 2,988  3,089  3,420  3,541  3,249  779  785  2,413  2,290 
   Interest expense 222  228  242  238  226  59  49  171  148 
     Total acquisition and operating expenses 5,775  5,920  6,192  5,870  5,384  1,299  1,285  (1.1) 4,028  3,843  (4.6)
     Total benefits and expenses 17,775  17,862  17,988  16,346  14,271  3,375  3,145  (6.8) 10,861  9,951  (8.4)
     Pretax earnings 3,983  4,445  4,159  5,208  4,869  1,329  1,805  4,331  4,972 
Income tax expense (benefit) (4)
1,063  1,141  (619) 977  451  (452) 236  109  581 
     Net earnings $ 2,920  $ 3,304  $ 4,778  $ 4,231  $ 4,418  $ 1,781  $ 1,569  (11.9) $ 4,222  $ 4,391  4.0 
(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
(4) Primarily reflects release of $695 in deferred taxes in 2022
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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)
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 4,231  365  (59) (42) 6.25  .54  (.09) (.06)
2022 4,418  803  (262) 6.93  1.26  —  (.41)
2021 1 1,224  240  (5) 1.77  .35  (.01) .01 
2 1,027  67  (42) (6) 1.51  .10  (.06) (.01)
3 915  (136) (7) (12) 1.36  (.20) (.01) (.02)
4 1,065  194  (5) (29) 1.61  .29  (.01) (.04)
2022 1 1,047  106  (1) (35) 1.60  .16  —  (.05)
2 1,394  448  —  (59) 2.17  .70  —  (.09)
3 1,781  871  (97) 2.82  1.38  —  (.15)
4 196  (621) —  (70) .31  (1.00) —  (.11)
2023 1 1,188  235  —  (41) 1.94  .38  —  (.07)
2 1,634  653  28  (25) 2.71  1.08  .05  (.04)
3 1,569  472  (33) 2.64  .80  —  (.06)
(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, September 30,
Assets: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023
Investments and cash:
Securities available for sale:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale, at fair value $ 78,429  $ 86,950  $ 101,286  $ 94,206  $ 71,936  $ 70,026  $ 66,369 
Fixed maturity securities available for sale - consolidated variable interest entities, at fair value 4,466  4,312  4,596  4,490  3,805  3,617  3,432 
Fixed maturity securities held to maturity, at amortized cost, net of allowance for credit losses 30,318  30,085  24,464  22,000  19,056  17,466  16,899 
Equity securities, at fair value 987  802  1,283  1,603  1,091  1,064  990 
Commercial mortgage and other loans, net of allowance for credit losses 6,919  9,569  10,554  11,786  13,496  13,459  12,873 
Other investments 787  1,477  2,429  3,842  4,070  4,186  5,241 
Cash and cash equivalents 4,337  4,896  5,141  5,051  3,943  4,710  5,502 
   Total investments and cash 126,243  138,091  149,753  142,978  117,397  114,528  111,306 
Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses (1)
844  816  778  672  647  629  712 
Accrued investment income 773  772  780  737  745  684  687 
Deferred policy acquisition costs 9,875  10,128  10,441  9,848  9,239  8,666  8,771 
Property and equipment, net 443  581  601  538  530  488  445 
Other assets, net of allowance for credit losses (1)(2)
2,228  2,380  2,733  3,377  3,180  3,720  3,190 
Total assets $ 140,406  $ 152,768  $ 165,086  $ 158,150  $ 131,738  $ 128,715  $ 125,111 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Liabilities:
Total policy liabilities $ 103,188  $ 106,554  $ 114,391  $ 126,331  $ 96,910  $ 92,586  $ 86,028 
Notes payable 5,778  6,569  7,899  7,956  7,442  7,518  6,961 
Income taxes, primarily deferred 4,020  5,370  4,661  30  698  764  869 
Other liabilities 3,958  5,316  4,576  6,802  6,548  7,901  8,584 
Total liabilities 116,944  123,809  131,527  141,119  111,598  108,769  102,442 
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock 135  135  135  135  135  135  136 
Additional paid-in capital 2,177  2,313  2,410  2,529  2,641  2,615  2,729 
Retained earnings 31,788  34,291  37,984  40,963  44,367  44,680  48,257 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) (1,847) (1,623) (1,109) (1,985) (3,564) (4,374) (4,484)
Unrealized gains (losses) on fixed maturity securities 4,234  8,548  10,361  9,602  (702) 1,131  (403)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives (24) (33) (34) (30) (27) (29) (24)
Effect on change in discount rate assumption(s) N/A N/A N/A (15,832) (2,100) (4,075) (866)
Pension liability adjustment (212) (277) (284) (166) (36) (158) 17 
Treasury stock (12,789) (14,395) (15,904) (18,185) (20,574) (19,979) (22,693)
Total shareholders' equity 23,462  28,959  33,559  17,031  20,140  19,946  22,669 
Total liabilities & shareholders' equity $ 140,406  $ 152,768  $ 165,086  $ 158,150  $ 131,738  $ 128,715  $ 125,111 
(1) Certain reclassifications have been made to prior-year amounts to conform to current-year reporting classifications. These reclassifications had no impact on net earnings or total shareholders' equity.
(2) Includes goodwill of $269 million in 2023, $265 million in 2022, $268 in 2021, $269 in 2020, $140 million in 2019 and $67 million in 2018
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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, Net Adj. Exp. Earn. Earn.
Earn. (1)
Basic Dil. Basic Dil.
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 17,095  3,818  21,554  10,476  5,870  5,208  4,231  3,925  6.28  6.25  5.83  5.80 
2022 14,901  3,656  19,140  8,887  5,384  4,869  4,418  3,614  6.96  6.93  5.69  5.67 
2023 10,737  2,946  14,923  6,108  3,843  4,972  4,391  3,001  7.31  7.28  4.99  4.97 
2021 1 4,434  925  5,710  2,771  1,420  1,519  1,224  989  1.78  1.77  1.44  1.43 
2 4,301  993  5,424  2,672  1,474  1,277  1,027  1,002  1.51  1.51  1.48  1.47 
3 4,229  991  5,098  2,503  1,450  1,146  915  1,058  1.37  1.36  1.58  1.57 
4 4,132  910  5,322  2,529  1,527  1,266  1,065  875  1.62  1.61  1.33  1.32 
2022 1 4,079  903  5,173  2,483  1,396  1,294  1,047  942  1.61  1.60  1.45  1.44 
2 3,764  937  5,315  2,274  1,333  1,708  1,394  945  2.18  2.17  1.47  1.47 
3 3,535  920  4,704  2,076  1,299  1,329  1,781  910  2.83  2.82  1.45  1.44 
4 3,523  896  3,948  2,054  1,356  538  196  817  .32  .31  1.32  1.31 
2023 1 3,688  943  4,800  2,150  1,308  1,342  1,188  953  1.94  1.94  1.56  1.55 
2 3,573  999  5,172  2,098  1,249  1,825  1,634  954  2.72  2.71  1.59  1.58 
3 3,476  1,004  4,950  1,860  1,285  1,805  1,569  1,095  2.65  2.64  1.85  1.84 


















(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
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 26.12 (12.90) 39.01 9.7% 35.97 5.9%
2022 32.73 (10.45) 43.18 10.7% 37.39 3.9%
2021 1 22.98 (13.60) 36.59 18.3% 34.15 18.7%
2 24.39 (13.18) 37.57 18.3% 35.12 18.2%
3 25.19 (13.20) 38.39 10.0% 35.77 8.1%
4 26.12 (12.90) 39.01 9.7% 35.97 5.9%
2022 1 27.21 (13.09) 40.31 10.1% 36.53 7.0%
2 30.82 (11.00) 41.82 11.3% 36.75 4.6%
3 31.97 (12.03) 44.00 14.6% 36.99 3.4%
4 32.73 (10.45) 43.18 10.7% 37.39 3.9%
2023 1 32.65 (12.01) 44.66 10.8% 38.69 5.9%
2 34.30 (12.31) 46.61 11.5% 39.48 7.4%
3 38.63 (9.81) 48.44 10.1% 40.80 10.3%














(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 September 30, 9 Months Ended September 30,
2018 2019 2020
2021 (4)
2022 2022 2023 2022 2023
U.S. GAAP ROE (1) - Net earnings
12.2  % 12.6  % 15.3  % 26.7  % 23.8  % 36.1  % 29.1  % 30.4  % 27.4  %
Impact of excluding unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) (1.0) (1.0) (0.9) (1.7) (2.5) (5.1) (4.5) (3.7) (4.0)
Impact of excluding unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives 3.0  3.6  6.2  10.7  4.1  2.7  0.8  6.2  (0.6)
Impact of excluding effect on change in discount rate assumptions N/A N/A N/A (18.5) (8.2) (7.1) (3.1) (11.5) (1.5)
Impact of excluding pension liability adjustment (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.2) (0.1) (0.2) —  (0.2) — 
Impact of excluding AOCI 1.8  2.5  5.1  (9.7) (6.8) (9.7) (6.8) (9.2) (6.1)
U.S. GAAP ROE - less AOCI 13.9  15.1  20.3  17.0  17.0  26.4  22.3  21.3  21.3 
Differences between adjusted earnings and net earnings (2)
1.5  0.0  (5.2) (1.2) (3.1) (12.9) (6.7) (7.2) (6.7)
Adjusted ROE - reported (3)
15.4  15.2  15.1  15.8  13.9  13.5  15.6  14.1  14.6 
(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
(4) Return on equity calculations for 2021 use beginning retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income adjusted for the adoption of LDTI.
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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
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 $ 5.80  16.9  % N/A (.06) $ 5.86  18.1  %
2022 $ 5.67  (2.2) % N/A (.41) $ 6.08  4.8  %
2021 1 $ 1.43  18.2  % .01  .01  $ 1.42  17.4  %
2 1.47  14.8  (.01) —  1.48  15.6 
3 1.57  12.9  (.02) (.02) 1.59  14.4 
4 1.32  23.4  (.04) (.06) 1.36  27.1 
$ 5.80  16.9  % $ 5.86  18.1  %
2022 1 $ 1.44  .7  % (.05) (.05) $ 1.50  4.9  %
2 1.47  —  (.09) (.15) 1.56  6.1 
3 1.44  (8.3) (.15) (.30) 1.59  1.3 
4 1.31  (.8) (.11) (.41) 1.43  8.3 
$ 5.67  (2.2) % $ 6.08  4.8  %
2023 1 $ 1.55  7.6  % (.07) (.07) $ 1.62  12.5  %
2 1.58  7.5  (.04) (.11) 1.62  10.2 
3 1.84  27.8  (.06) (.17) 1.90  31.9 
$ 4.97  14.3  % $ 5.14  18.2  %
(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, September 30,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023
Fixed Maturity Securities(1)
$ 107,174  $ 109,456  $ 116,056  $ 107,369  $ 94,525  $ 88,501  $ 86,060 
Commercial mortgage and other loans, net of allowance for credit losses (1)
Transitional Real Estate (floating rate) 4,378  5,450  5,231  5,246  6,455  6,447  6,439 
Middle Market Loans (floating rate) 1,478  2,412  3,635  4,601  5,028  4,995  4,712 
Commercial Mortgage Loans 1,063  1,707  1,688  1,874  2,013  2,017  1,722 
Total Commercial mortgage and other loans, net of allowance for credit losses(1)
6,919  9,569  10,554  11,721  13,496  13,459  12,873 
Equity Securities, at FV through net earnings 987  802  1,283  1,603  1,091  1,064  990 
Alternatives(2)
370  551  919  1,703  2,107  2,004  2,498 
Total Portfolio $ 115,450  $ 120,378  $ 128,812  $ 122,396  $ 111,219  $ 105,028  $ 102,421 
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Invested Assets
(In Millions)
December 31, September 30,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023
Fixed Maturity Securities
     Available For Sale - Gross Gains $ 7,733  $ 12,266  $ 14,771  $ 13,566  $ 4,800  $ 6,162  $ 5,061 
     Available For Sale - Gross Losses (1,694) (375) (481) (239) (4,528) (3,554) (4,421)
     Total Available For Sale 6,039  11,891  14,290  13,327  272  2,608  640 
     Held to Maturity - Gross Gains 6,470  7,519  5,935  4,869  2,154  2,619  1,561 
     Held to Maturity - Gross Losses (66) (10) —  —  —  —  — 
     Total Held to Maturity $ 6,404  $ 7,509  $ 5,935  $ 4,869  $ 2,154  $ 2,619  $ 1,561 
Credit Ratings on Fixed Maturities
(At Amortized Cost)
December 31, September 30,
Credit Rating 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023
AAA 1.0  % 1.1  % 1.0  % 1.0  % 1.6  % 1.6  % 1.5  %
AA 3.9  4.3  4.5  5.1  5.2  5.4  5.7 
A 67.9  68.6  69.3  68.9  68.0  67.6  68.0 
BBB 23.2  23.1  21.9  22.5  23.0  23.0  22.8 
BB or Lower 4.0  2.9  3.3  2.5  2.2  2.4  2.0 
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 funds managed by Global Investments; excludes Corporate driven activity, policy loans, short-term investments, real estate owned assets and FHLB equity balances
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Supplemental Investment Data by Segment
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
December 31, September 30, September 30,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 2022 2023
Aflac Japan:
   Invested assets (in millions)(1)
¥ 11,442,444  ¥ 11,784,586  ¥ 11,936,087  ¥ 12,405,531  ¥ 12,617,181  ¥ 12,920,895  ¥ 12,945,618  ¥ 12,920,895  ¥ 12,945,618 
   Return on average invested assets(2)
2.33  % 2.33  % 2.38  % 2.72  % 2.78  % 2.87  % 3.07  % 2.79  % 2.80  %
   Portfolio book yield at end of period(3)
2.61  % 2.64  % 2.59  % 2.60  % 3.06  % 2.91  % 3.19  % 2.91  % 3.19  %
   Total purchases for period (in millions)(3)
¥ 1,298,376  ¥ 1,003,885  ¥ 714,124  ¥ 952,038  ¥ 716,964  ¥ 142,844  ¥ 70,531  ¥ 637,747  ¥ 317,355 
   New money yield(3)(4)
3.06  % 3.83  % 3.75  % 3.50  % 4.48  % 5.73  % 4.28  % 4.16  % 4.84  %
Aflac U.S.:
   Invested assets (in millions)(1)
$ 13,798  $ 14,036  $ 14,848  $ 15,841  $ 16,772  $ 16,472  $ 16,861  $ 16,472  $ 16,861 
   Return on average invested assets(2)
5.16  % 5.70  % 4.90  % 4.87  % 4.72  % 4.57  % 5.04  % 4.74  % 4.84  %
   Portfolio book yield at end of period(3)
5.55  % 5.40  % 5.18  % 4.94  % 5.39  % 5.21  % 5.52  % 5.21  % 5.52  %
   Total purchases for period (in millions)(3)
$ 2,155  $ 1,835  $ 1,050  $ 2,130  $ 1,701  $ 427  $ 217  $ 1,394  $ 748 
   New money yield(3)(4)
4.55  % 4.51  % 3.04  % 3.41  % 5.16  % 6.24  % 7.21  % 4.90  % 7.38  %
Hedge Costs/Income Metrics (5)(6)
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
December 31, September 30, September 30,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 2022 2023
Aflac Japan:
FX hedged notional at end of period (in billions) - forwards (7)
$ 9.9  $ 8.8  $ 6.0  $ 6.4  $ 4.1  $ 4.1  $ —  $ 4.1  $ — 
FX hedged notional at end of period (in billions) - put options —  9.2  13.1  11.6  13.5  13.5  24.4  13.5  24.4 
Amortized hedge costs for period (in millions) (236) (257) (206) (76) (112) (28) (26) (84) (148)
Corporate and Other (Parent Company):
FX hedged notional at end of period (in billions) - forwards (7)
$ 2.5  $ 4.9  $ 5.0  $ 5.0  $ 5.0  $ 5.0  $ 2.4  $ 5.0  $ 2.4 
FX hedged notional at end of period (in billions) - put options —  2.0  2.0  1.9  2.6  1.7  0.9  1.7  0.9 
Amortized hedge income (costs) for period (in millions) 36  89  97  57  68  19  25  44  92 
(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, and any impacts from hedging
     activities
(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 Incorporated
(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.
(7) Notional is reported net of any offsetting positions within Aflac Japan or the Parent Company, respectively.
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Japan Segment Portfolio Allocation by Currency (1)
(Dollars In Millions, U.S. GAAP Basis)
December 31, 2022 September 30, 2023
Amortized
Cost (3)
Fair
Value
Amortized
Cost (3)
Fair
Value
JGB $ 42,618  $ 44,178  $ 37,858  $ 38,498 
Other 20,930  21,277  18,365  18,976 
Total yen denominated 63,548  65,455  56,223  57,474 
USD Program 27,212  27,885  24,176  25,730 
Other 2,209  2,795  1,974  2,670 
US dollar denominated 29,421  30,680  26,150  28,400 
Total $ 92,969  $ 96,135  $ 82,373  $ 85,874 
Distribution of Consolidated Fixed Maturities by Sector (2)
September 30, 2023
(In millions)
Amortized Cost (3)
% of
Total
Government and agencies $ 38,994  45.3  %
Municipalities 2,412  2.8 
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities 2,847  3.3 
Public utilities 7,027  8.2 
Electric 5,724  6.7 
Natural Gas 771  .9 
Other 532  .6 
Sovereign and supranational 872  1.0 
Banks/financial institutions 8,257  9.5 
Banking 4,940  5.7 
Insurance 1,667  1.9 
Other 1,650  1.9 
Other corporate 25,651  29.9 
Basic Industry 2,220  2.6 
Capital Goods 3,162  3.7 
Communications 2,704  3.1 
Consumer Cyclical 1,954  2.3 
Consumer Non-Cyclical 5,836  6.8 
Energy 2,316  2.7 
Other 1,206  1.4 
Technology 3,442  4.0 
Transportation 2,811  3.3 
        Total fixed maturity securities $ 86,060  100.0  %
(1) The entire U.S. segment investment portfolio is U.S. dollar denominated.
(2)In the first quarter of 2023, the Utility/Energy subsector was combined with the Natural Gas subsector to better reflect the risk characteristics of those issuers and align more closely with industry
  benchmarks.
(3) Net of reserves
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Long-Term Debt Data
Adjusted Leverage Ratios
(In Millions)
December 31, September 30,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023
Notes payable $ 5,778  $ 6,569  $ 7,899  $ 7,956  $ 7,442  $ 7,518  $ 6,961 
50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds (268) (408) (432) (389) (337) (309) (299)
Pre-funding of debt maturities —  (348) —  —  —  (448) — 
Adjusted debt (1)
5,510  5,814  7,467  7,568  7,105  6,762  6,663 

Total Shareholders' Equity 23,462  28,959  33,559  17,031  20,140  19,946  22,669 
Accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss:
Unrealized foreign currency translation (gains) losses 1,847  1,623  1,109  1,985  3,564  4,374  4,484 
Unrealized (gains) losses on fixed maturity securities (4,234) (8,548) (10,361) (9,602) 702  (1,131) 403 
Unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives 24  33  34  30  27  29  24 
Effect on change in discount rate assumptions N/A N/A N/A 15,832  2,100  4,075  866 
Pension liability adjustment 212  277  284  166  36  158  (17)
Adjusted book value (1)
21,311  22,344  24,625  25,442  26,569  27,451  28,429 
Adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI(1)(2)
$ 27,089  $ 28,565  $ 32,524  $ 33,398  $ 34,011  $ 34,521  $ 35,390 
Adjusted debt to adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI 20.3  % 20.4  % 23.0  % 22.7  % 20.9  % 19.6  18.8  %
Adjusted capitalization(1)(3)
$ 25,030  $ 26,665  $ 31,131  $ 31,247  $ 30,411  $ 29,989  $ 30,923 
Adjusted debt to adjusted capitalization 22.0  % 21.8  % 24.0  % 24.2  % 23.4  % 22.5  21.5  %
Debt Maturities(4)
(In Millions)
September 30, 2023
≤ 1 year 1 > 5 years 5 > 10 years 10 > 20 years 20 years + Total
Senior Notes $ —  $ 1,262  $ 2,953  $ 896  $ 1,164  $ 6,275 
Subordinated debt —  —  —  —  602  602 
Total $ —  $ 1,262  $ 2,953  $ 896  $ 1,766  $ 6,877 

(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
Bermuda Operating Company
Aflac Re Bermuda Ltd. _ _ _ 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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Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings
(Before Management Fee)
(In Millions)
Years Ended December 31, 3 Months Ended September 30, 9 Months Ended September 30,
% %
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 Change 2022 2023 Change
Revenues:
Net earned premiums
  Gross premiums $ 5,711  $ 5,818  $ 5,762  $ 5,540  $ 5,467  $ 1,353  $ 1,418  $ 4,101  $ 4,256 
  Assumed (ceded) (3) (11) (4) 73  103  22  81  16 
    Total net earned premiums 5,708  5,808  5,758  5,613  5,570  1,375  1,419  3.2  4,182  4,272  2.2 
Adjusted net investment income 727  720  705  754  755  185  209  13.0  563  609  8.2 
Other income excl. realized foreign
     exchange gains (losses) 22  102  121  161  38  33  120  102 
     Total adjusted revenues 6,443  6,550  6,565  6,489  6,486  1,598  1,661  3.9  4,865  4,983  2.4 
Benefits and claims:
Benefits and claims, net
  Incurred claims -direct 2,560  2,611  2,498  2,183  2,245  563  602  1,719  1,796 
  Incurred claims -assumed (ceded) (4) (5) (1) 89  104  17  84  20 
  Increase in FPB -direct 331  268  271  463  326  75  74  215  234 
  Increase in FPB -assumed (ceded) (1) (2) (3) (11) (1) (3)
Total benefits and claims, net, excluding
  reserve remeasurement
N/A N/A N/A 2,724  2,679  663  682  2,024  2,048 
 Reserve remeasurement (gain) loss N/A N/A N/A (85) (124) (47) (172) (84) (242)
        Total benefits and claims, net 2,887  2,871  2,765  2,639  2,555  616  510  (17.2) 1,940  1,805  (7.0)
Adjusted expenses:
Amortization of deferred policy
     acquisition costs 534  573  570  442  455  114  122  7.0  340  361  6.2 
Insurance commissions 585  590  576  550  553  135  138  2.2  411  420  2.2 
Insurance and other expenses 1,152  1,244  1,386  1,502  1,564  389  414  6.4  1,154  1,198  3.8 
Total adjusted expenses 2,271  2,407  2,532  2,494  2,573  638  674  1,905  1,979 
     Total benefits and adjusted expenses 5,158  5,279  5,297  5,132  5,127  1,254  1,183  (5.7) 3,845  3,784  (1.6)
     Pretax adjusted earnings $ 1,285  $ 1,272  $ 1,268  $ 1,356  $ 1,359  $ 345  $ 478  38.6  $ 1,020  $ 1,199  17.5 
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Balance Sheets
(In Millions)
December 31, September 30,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023
Assets:
Investments and cash $ 14,518  $ 16,141  $ 17,949  $ 18,324  $ 15,987  $ 15.459  $ 15,641 
Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses (1)
561  650  667  574  584  583  681 
Accrued investment income 178  174  172  169  184  174  181 
Deferred policy acquisition costs 3,491  3,544  3,450  3,366  3,463  3,401  3,530 
Other assets (1)
352  436  626  758  784  770  718 
Total assets $ 19,100  $ 20,945  $ 22,864  $ 23,191  $ 21,002  $ 20,386  $ 20,751 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Future policy benefits $ 9,137  $ 9,404  $ 9,674  $ 14,212  $ 10,870  $ 10,553  $ 10,319 
Policy and contract claims 1,727  1,779  2,010  151  200  201  246 
Other policy liabilities 116  111  126  119  117  113  111 
Deferred income taxes (397) 51  235  (328) (243) (329) (226)
Other liabilities 1,577  1,803  2,016  2,010  2,080  2,087  1,845 
Shareholders' equity 6,939  7,796  8,803  7,027  7,978  7,761  8,457 
Total liabilities & shareholders' equity $ 19,100  $ 20,945  $ 22,864  $ 23,191  $ 21,002  $ 20,386  $ 20,751 
(1) Certain reclassifications have been made to prior-year amounts to conform to current-year reporting classifications. These reclassifications had no impact on
net earnings or total shareholders' equity.

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Quarterly Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings and Percentage Changes
(Restated to conform to current classifications)
(Dollars In Millions)
Net Total Benefits Total Pretax
Earned % Adjusted % Adjusted % & % % Adjusted % Adjusted %
Period Premiums Change NII Change Revenues Change Claims, Net Change Amort. Change Expenses Change Earn. Change
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) 2,639  (4.6) 442  (22.5) 2,494  (1.5) 1,356  6.9 
2022 5,570  (.8) 755  .1  6,486  —  2,555  (3.2) 455  2.9  2,573  3.2  1,359  .2 
2021 1 1,422  (4.1) 176  (.6) 1,628  (3.5) 696  (2.4) 111  (30.6) 600  (7.4) 331  1.5 
2 1,408  (3.4) 189  9.9  1,627  (1.8) 690  6.8  111  (17.2) 599  2.6  338  (20.7)
3 1,393  (1.0) 191  9.1  1,616  .6  592  (12.8) 110  (22.0) 618  3.5  405  23.1 
4 1,391  (1.3) 197  8.2  1,619  .1  660  (9.2) 110  (18.5) 676  (3.8) 282  50.8 
2022 1 1,413  (.6) 184  4.5  1,639  .7  666  (4.3) 114  2.7  640  6.7  333  .6 
2 1,394  (1.0) 193  2.1  1,628  .1  658  (4.6) 113  1.8  627  4.7  343  1.5 
3 1,375  (1.3) 185  (3.1) 1,598  (1.1) 616  4.1  114  3.6  638  3.2  345  (14.8)
4 1,388  (.2) 192  (2.5) 1,621  .1  614  (7.0) 115  4.5  667  (1.3) 339  20.2 
2023 1 1,428  1.1  197  7.1  1,660  1.3  651  (2.3) 119  4.4  657  2.7  352  5.7 
2 1,425  2.2  203  5.2  1,663  2.1  645  (2.0) 120  6.2  648  3.3  369  7.6 
3 1,419  3.2  209  13.0  1,661  3.9  510  (17.2) 122  7.0  674  5.6  478  38.6 














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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 (1)
Premium Premium Total Adj. Rev. Total Adj. Rev. Margin
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 79.7  47.0  7.9  38.4  79.1  20.9 
2022 77.3  45.9  8.2  39.7  79.0  21.0 
2023 YTD 78.7  42.3  8.5  39.7  75.9  24.1 
2021 1 80.0  48.9  7.8  36.9  79.6  20.3 
2 80.1  49.0  7.9  36.8  79.2  20.8 
3 80.0  42.5  7.9  38.2  74.9  25.1 
4 79.7  47.4  7.9  41.8  82.6  17.4 
2022 1 78.7  47.1  8.1  39.0  79.7  20.3 
2 78.1  47.2  8.1  38.5  78.9  21.1 
3 77.9  44.8  8.3  39.9  78.4  21.6 
4 77.3  44.2  8.3  41.1  79.1  20.9 
2023 1 77.9  45.6  8.3  39.6  78.8  21.2 
2 78.2  45.3  8.4  39.0  77.8  22.2 
3 78.7  35.9  8.6  40.6  71.2  28.8 
(1) Includes Network Dental & Vision, Consumer Markets, and Group Premier Life, Absence Management, and Disability Solutions products
   beginning in the first quarter of 2021











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Aflac U.S. Sales Results
(Dollars In Millions)
Annl. New Annl.
Prem. % Prem. %
Period In Force Change Sales Change
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 
2022 5,697  (.6) 1,483  16.1 
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 
3 5,889  (.7) 334  11.8 
4 5,967  (.6) 545  17.4 
2023 1 6,023  1.4  315  5.3 
2 6,064  2.3  324  6.4 
3 6,062  2.9  359  7.5 




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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
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
2022 378  25.5  156  10.5  338  22.8  299  20.1  226  15.3  85  5.8  1,483
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
3 97  28.9  33  10.0  76  22.6  60  18.1  47  14.1  21  6.3  334
4 135  24.9  73  13.4  112  20.5  112  20.6  84  15.4  28  5.2  545
2023 1 79  25.2  26  8.3  74  23.5  64  20.5  50  15.9  21  6.6  315
2 80  24.8  35  10.7  73  22.4  66  20.4  46  14.3  24  7.4  324 
3 101  28.2  54  15.0  72  19.9  67  18.6  45  12.6  20  5.7  359 
Aflac U.S. Sales Force Data
 Average Productivity
Weekly (Production/
Recruited Agents Producer Avg. Weekly
Period Career Broker Total Equivalents Producers)
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 
2022 9,550  1,500  11,050  6,186  239,786 
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 
3 2,358  339  2,697  6,010  55,599 
4 2,268  315  2,583  6,607  82,538 
2023 1 2,676  348  3,024  6,108  51,525 
2 2,801  399  3,200  6,196  52,361 
3 2,407  431  2,838  6,044  59,425 




(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 September 30, 9 Months Ended September 30,
% %
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 Change 2022 2023 Change
Revenues:
Net earned premiums
  Gross premiums ¥ 1,468,894  ¥ 1,450,586  ¥ 1,409,134  ¥ 1,290,527  ¥ 1,246,657  ¥ 305,702  ¥ 304,456  ¥ 937,352  ¥ 913,996 
  Assumed (ceded) (60,198) (57,974) (55,926) (50,864) (48,578) (12,034) (19,151) (36,588) (58,265)
    Total net earned premiums 1,408,697  1,392,612  1,353,208  1,239,663  1,198,079  293,667  285,305  (2.8) 900,765  855,731  (5.0)
Net investment income (1)
   Yen denominated 141,575  142,473  138,397  138,513  149,449  46,205  35,175  (23.9) 115,178  104,158  (9.6)
   US$ denominated 149,801  157,717  167,541  202,905  215,171  49,323  67,001  35.8  159,785  182,941  14.5 
Net investment income 291,377  300,191  305,938  341,419  364,621  95,528  102,176  7.0  274,964  287,100  4.4 
Amortized hedge costs on foreign investments (2)
(25,858) (28,938) (22,816) (8,391) (13,155) (3,288) (3,310) .7  (9,677) (19,340) 99.9 
Adjusted net investment income 265,519  271,253  283,122  333,028  351,466  92,241  98,866  7.2  265,287  267,760  .9 
Other income excl. realized foreign
currency gains (losses) 4,636  4,869  4,497  4,512  4,442  1,205  1,192  3,420  3,561 
     Total adjusted revenues 1,678,852  1,668,734  1,640,827  1,577,203  1,553,988  387,113  385,363  (.5) 1,169,471  1,127,052  (3.6)
Benefits and claims:
Benefits and claims, net
  Incurred claims -direct 724,556  727,491  734,471  743,247  788,602  215,167  184,015  604,350  584,820 
  Incurred claims -assumed (ceded) (51,892) (45,657) (37,806) (31,798) (36,170) (12,232) (14,754) (29,050) (47,148)
  Increase in FPB -direct 313,343  292,444  260,200  149,084  73,592  1,352  22,311  47,723  36,954 
  Increase in FPB -assumed (ceded) (2,000) (6,497) (11,377) (11,425) (5,618) (871) (690) (4,931) (681)
   Total benefits and claims, net, excluding reserve
      remeasurement
N/A N/A N/A 849,108  820,405  203,416  190,881  618,093  573,945 
   Reserve remeasurement (gain) loss N/A N/A N/A (6,879) (13,337) (7,295) (5,027) (10,275) (9,510)
            Total benefits and claims, net 984,007  967,782  945,487  842,229  807,068  196,121  185,855  (5.2) 607,818  564,435  (7.1)
Adjusted expenses:
Amortization of deferred policy
    acquisition costs 78,459  77,286  68,818  43,131  44,123  11,073  11,435  3.3  32,922  34,074  3.5 
Insurance commissions 81,045  79,661  79,036  77,449  73,482  18,326  16,113  (12.1) 55,327  51,934  (6.1)
Insurance and other expenses 181,139  189,203  199,606  202,586  198,493  48,100  45,521  (5.4) 145,366  132,493  (8.9)
Total adjusted expenses 340,643  346,150  347,460  323,166  316,097  77,498  73,068  233,616  218,501 
      Total benefits and adjusted expenses 1,324,651  1,313,932  1,292,947  1,165,395  1,123,165  273,619  258,923  (5.4) 841,434  782,935  (7.0)
Pretax adjusted earnings ¥ 354,201  ¥ 354,802  ¥ 347,881  ¥ 411,808  ¥ 430,823  ¥ 113,494  ¥ 126,440  11.4  ¥ 328,037  ¥ 344,117  4.9 
(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 September 30, 9 Months Ended September 30,
% %
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 Change 2022 2023 Change
Revenues:
Net earned premiums
  Gross premiums $ 13,307  $ 13,304  $ 13,193  $ 11,765  $ 9,558  $ 2,212  $ 2,105  $ 7,371  $ 6,629 
  Assumed (ceded) (546) (532) (524) (463) (372) (87) (132) (287) (422)
    Total net earned premiums 12,762  12,772  12,670  11,301  9,186  2,125  1,973  (7.2) 7,084  6,207  (12.4)
Net investment income (1)
   Yen denominated 1,283  1,307  1,296  1,262  1,140  335  243  (27.5) 898  755  (15.9)
   US$ denominated 1,356  1,446  1,569  1,845  1,641  357  462  29.4  1,251  1,320  5.5 
      Net investment income 2,639  2,753  2,865  3,107  2,782  692  705  1.9  2,149  2,075  (3.4)
Amortized hedge costs on foreign investments (2)
(236) (257) (206) (76) (112) (28) (26) (7.1) (84) (148) 76.2 
Adjusted net investment income 2,403  2,496  2,659  3,031  2,669  663  679  2.4  2,066  1,927  (6.7)
Other income excl. realized foreign
currency gains (losses) 41  45  42  41  35  26  26 
     Total adjusted revenues 15,206  15,313  15,371  14,373  11,889  2,797  2,660  (4.9) 9,176  8,160  (11.1)
Benefits and claims
Benefits and claims, net
  Incurred claims -direct 6,566  6,671  6,875  6,776  6,038  1,550  1,273  4,736  4,250 
  Incurred claims -assumed (ceded) (471) (419) (354) (290) (275) (88) (102) (225) (342)
  Increase in FPB -direct 2,836  2,684  2,437  1,356  562  157  381  265 
  Increase in FPB -assumed (ceded) (18) (60) (107) (104) (43) (6) (9) (40) (9)
Total benefits and claims, net, excluding reserve
      remeasurement
N/A N/A N/A 7,738  6,282  1,465  1,319  4,852  4,164 
Reserve remeasurement (gain) loss N/A N/A N/A (62) (91) (45) (33) (69) (68)
Total benefits and claims, net 8,913  8,877  8,851  7,675  6,191  1,420  1,286  (9.4) 4,783  4,097  (14.3)
Adjusted expenses:
Amortization of deferred policy
    acquisition costs 710  709  644  393  338  80  55 79  (1.3) 258  247  (4.3)
Insurance commissions 735  731  740  706  563  132  112  (15.2) 435  377  (13.3)
Insurance and other expenses 1,640  1,734  1,873  1,843  1,517  347  315  (9.2) 1,140  960  (15.8)
Total adjusted expenses 3,085  3,174  3,257  2,942  2,417  560  506  1,833  1,585 
     Total benefits and adjusted expenses 11,998  12,051  12,108  10,618  8,609  1,980  1,791  (9.5) 6,616  5,682  (14.1)
     Pretax adjusted earnings $ 3,208  $ 3,261  $ 3,263  $ 3,755  $ 3,281  $ 817  $ 869  6.4  $ 2,560  $ 2,479  (3.2)
(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, September 30,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023
Assets:
Investments and cash ¥ 12,031,549  ¥ 12,847,994  ¥ 13,080,154  ¥ 13,645,902  ¥ 12,777,746  ¥ 13,468,243  ¥ 13,282,202 
Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses 37,083  28,219  20,782  22,439  23,138  22,386  21,270 
Accrued investment income 66,350  65,485  62,722  67,493  76,489  74,789  73,446 
Deferred policy acquisition costs 708,638  721,341  723,579  745,510  766,506  762,434  783,890 
Other assets 292,335  308,411  320,351  386,832  387,065  419,835  708,507 
   Total assets ¥ 13,135,956  ¥ 13,971,450  ¥ 14,207,588  ¥ 14,868,176  ¥ 14,030,944  ¥ 14,747,687  ¥ 14,869,316 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Future policy benefits ¥ 8,637,152  ¥ 8,924,868  ¥ 9,175,501  ¥ 11,755,704  ¥ 10,315,140  ¥ 10,760,419  ¥ 10,264,585 
Policy and contract claims 317,043  315,477  328,778  —  28  —  433 
Unearned premiums 552,419  453,133  361,010  284,045  227,732  240,184  200,677 
Other policyholders' funds 793,148  801,588  808,429  877,690  880,989  882,823  879,922 
Income taxes (prim. deferred) 510,528  618,901  478,969  36,166  114,688  121,155  136,978 
Other liabilities 194,949  357,135  253,219  502,633  575,554  766,420  1,010,041 
Shareholders' equity 2,130,718  2,500,349  2,801,682  1,411,938  1,916,812  1,976,686  2,376,680 
   Total liabilities & shareholders' equity ¥ 13,135,956  ¥ 13,971,450  ¥ 14,207,588  ¥ 14,868,176  ¥ 14,030,944  ¥ 14,747,687  ¥ 14,869,316 

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Balance Sheets
(In Millions)
December 31, September 30,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023
Assets:
Investments and cash $ 108,392  $ 117,269  $ 126,378  $ 118,639  $ 96,290  $ 93,006  $ 88,797 
Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses 334  258  201  195  174  155  142 
Accrued investment income 598  598  606  587  576  516  491 
Deferred policy acquisition costs 6,384  6,584  6,991  6,482  5,776  5,265  5,241 
Other assets 2,634  2,815  3,095  3,363  2,917  2,900  4,737 
   Total assets $ 118,342  $ 127,523  $ 137,271  $ 129,266  $ 105,734  $ 101,842  $ 99,407 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Future policy benefits $ 77,812  $ 81,461  $ 88,652  $ 102,206  $ 77,733  $ 74,307  $ 68,623 
Policy and contract claims 2,856  2,879  3,177  —  —  — 
Unearned premiums 4,977  4,136  3,488  2,470  1,716  1,659  1,341 
Other policyholders' funds 7,145  7,316  7,811  7,631  6,639  6,096  5,883 
Income taxes (prim. deferred) 4,601  5,650  4,630  314  781  768  876 
Other liabilities 1,756  3,260  2,447  4,369  4,337  5,293  6,753 
Shareholders' equity 19,194  22,820  27,068  12,276  14,528  13,719  15,929 
   Total liabilities & shareholders' equity $ 118,342  $ 127,523  $ 137,271  $ 129,266  $ 105,734  $ 101,842  $ 99,407 

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Quarterly Statements of Pretax Adjusted Earnings and Percentage Changes
(Yen In Millions)
Net Total Benefits Total Pretax
Earned % Adjusted % Adjusted % & % % Adjusted % Adjusted %
Period Premiums Change NII Change Revenues Change Claims, Net Change Amort. Change Expense Change Earn. Change
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 1,239,663  (8.4) 333,028  17.6  1,577,203  (3.9) 842,229  (10.9) 43,131  (37.3) 323,166  (7.0) 411,808  18.4 
2022 1,198,079  (3.4) 351,466  5.5  1,553,988  (1.5) 807,068  (4.2) 44,123  2.3  316,097  (2.2) 430,823  4.6 
2021 1 313,769  (8.5) 74,621  6.9  389,679  (5.9) 215,445  (9.5) 10,534  (44.1) 77,715  (6.3) 96,519  3.8 
2 311,733  (8.3) 86,681  27.4  399,488  (2.4) 212,617  (10.4) 10,700  (35.9) 79,234  (3.0) 107,637  19.4 
3 307,350  (8.7) 84,035  19.7  392,463  (3.8) 206,023  (14.2) 10,762  (32.7) 80,760  (8.9) 105,680  33.5 
4 306,812  (8.1) 87,690  16.8  395,573  (3.5) 208,143  (9.5) 11,134  (35.6) 85,457  (9.3) 101,973  19.1 
2022 1 304,884  (2.8) 79,042  5.9  385,000  (1.2) 206,890  (4.0) 10,886  3.3  77,095  (.8) 101,015  4.7 
2 302,213  (3.1) 94,004  8.4  397,358  (.5) 204,807  (3.7) 10,964  2.5  79,022  (.3) 113,529  5.5 
3 293,667  (4.5) 92,241  9.8  387,113  (1.4) 196,121  (4.8) 11,073  2.9  77,498  (4.0) 113,494  7.4 
4 297,315  (3.1) 86,180  (1.7) 384,517  (2.8) 199,250  (4.3) 11,201  .6  82,482  (3.5) 102,785  .8 
2023 1 287,048  (5.9) 80,931  2.4  369,145  (4.1) 192,270  (7.1) 11,281  3.6  72,625  (5.8) 104,251  3.2 
2 283,377  (6.2) 87,963  (6.4) 372,544  (6.2) 186,310  (9.0) 11,359  3.6  72,808  (7.9) 113,426  (.1)
3 285,305  (2.8) 98,866  7.2  385,363  (.5) 185,855  (5.2) 11,435  3.3  73,068  (5.7) 126,440  11.4 




















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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
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 67.9 58.7 3.5 20.5 73.9 26.1
2022 94.1 67.4 58.5 3.7 20.3 72.3 27.7
2023 YTD 93.5 66.0 56.2 4.0 19.4 69.5 30.5
2021 1 95.0 68.7 59.6 3.4 19.9 75.2 24.8
2 94.7 68.2 59.0 3.4 19.8 73.1 26.9
3 94.5 67.0 57.8 3.5 20.6 73.1 26.9
4 94.3 67.8 58.4 3.6 21.6 74.2 25.8
2022 1 94.3 67.9 58.5 3.6 20.0 73.8 26.2
2 94.3 67.8 58.5 3.6 19.9 71.4 28.6
3 94.3 66.8 59.4 3.8 20.0 70.7 29.3
4 94.1 67.0 57.7 3.8 21.5 73.3 26.7
2023 1 93.9 67.0 57.7 3.9 19.7 71.8 28.2
2 93.8 65.7 56.2 4.0 19.5 69.6 30.4
3 93.5 65.1 54.8 4.0 19.0 67.2 32.8















(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
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 1,360.6  (4.7) 48,977  8.6  54,764  7.7 
2022 1,301.0  (4.4) 47,998  (2.0) 54,765  — 
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 1,360.6  (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)
3 1,315.7  (4.3) 12,639  12.1  13,884  10.2 
4 1,301.0  (4.4) 13,308  1.7  16,224  11.4 
2023 1 1,281.4  (4.8) 10,952  2.6  13,213  10.8 
2 1,268.4  (4.8) 13,964  22.8  16,112  26.6 
3 1,257.4  (4.4) 13,606  7.7  15,600  12.4 

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Aflac Japan
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
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 
2022 30.9  56.5  14.6  26.6  .7  1.3  .2  .3  1.9  3.5  4.5  8.1  2.0  3.7  54.8 
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  .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 
3 8.4  60.1  3.7  26.4  .2  1.2  —  .2  .1  .6  1.0  7.7  .5  3.8  13.9 
4 9.5  58.2  3.4  20.8  .1  .8  .1  .4  1.6  10.1  1.1  7.2  .4  2.5  16.2 
2023 1 7.9  59.9  2.7  20.8  .1  .6  .1  .6  1.2  8.9  1.0  7.3  .2  1.9  13.2 
2 10.9  67.7  2.8  17.5  .1  .4  .1  .4  1.0  6.6  1.0  6.1  .2  1.3  16.1 
3 10.3  65.6  3.1  20.0  .1  .4  .1  .4  .9  6.0  .9  6.1  .2  1.5  15.6 


















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Aflac Japan

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
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 
2022 6,159  1,239  359  7,757  49.5  46.5  4.0  110,259  38 
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 
3 6,260  1,246  359  7,865  49.3  46.2  4.5  110,400  12 
4 6,159  1,239  359  7,757  51.2  45.4  3.4  110,259 
2023 1 6,056  1,232  359  7,647  50.9  45.4  3.7  109,769 
2 5,947  1,219  360  7,526  44.8  52.5  2.7  112,593 
3 5,843  1,211  360  7,414  44.4  51.9  3.7  112,795 
















(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
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)
2022 132.70  N/A 130.17  (15.7)
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)
3 144.81  137.08  126.65  (14.3)
4 132.70  141.87  130.17  (15.7)
2023 1 133.53  132.30  132.30  (12.2)
2 144.99  137.53  134.97  (9.0)
3 149.58  144.97  138.38  (8.5)
(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 September 30, 9 Months Ended September 30,
% %
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 Change 2022 2023 Change
Revenues:
Total net earned premiums $ 208  $ 200  $ 194  $ 180  $ 145  $ 35  $ 83  137.1  $ 112  $ 258  130.4 
Net investment income (1)
77  88  80  (73) 30  16  (87.5) 11  24  118.2 
    Amortized hedge income (2)
36  89  97  57  68  19  25  31.6  44  92  109.1 
Adjusted net investment income 113  177  177  (16) 98  35  27  (22.9) 55  116  110.9 
Other income 18  15  13  11  24  33.3  22  (59.1)
     Total adjusted revenues 339  393  384  175  267  73  115  57.5  189  384  103.2 
Benefits and expenses:
Total net benefits and claims 199  194  180  161  141  40  65  62.5  110  206  87.3 
Interest expense 120  133  164  165  162  44  39  (11.4) 123  109  (11.4)
Other adjusted expenses 159  137  155  142  181  45  59  31.1  129  176  36.4 
     Total benefits and adjusted expenses 478  464  499  469  485  129  163  26.4  362  490  35.4 
     Pretax adjusted earnings $ (139) $ (72) $ (115) $ (293) $ (218) $ (56) $ (49) 12.5  $ (173) $ (107) 38.2 
(1) The change in value of federal historic rehabilitation and solar investments in partnerships of $64 and $19 for the three-month periods and $169 and $61 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively, is included as a reduction to net investment income. Tax credits on these investments of $63 and $19 for the three-month period and $171 and $63 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023, and 2022, 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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Third Quarter 2023
Earnings Call
Video Update
Max K. Brodén







November 1, 2023



For more information contact:
Investor and Rating Agency Relations
800.235.2667
aflacir@aflac.com
Aflac Worldwide Headquarters
1932 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31999
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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 inflation and the continued effects 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 interpretations 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
•major public health issues, including COVID-19 and any resulting or coincidental economic effects, 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 and on successful execution of revenue growth and expense management initiatives
•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
Q3 2023 CFO Video Update
November 1, 2023

Thank you for joining me as I provide a financial update on Aflac Incorporated's results for the third quarter of 2023.

For the third quarter, adjusted earnings per diluted share increased 27.8% year over year to $1.84 , with a $0.06 negative impact from FX in the quarter. With this being the third quarter under the new LDTI accounting regime, we evaluate our reserve assumptions for morbidity, persistency and mortality at least annually to see if an update is needed. If necessary, these assumptions will be unlocked on a prospective basis, as they were in this quarter, leading to remeasurement gains of $205 million. Variable investment income ran $13 million, or $0.02 per share, below our long-term return expectations. We also wrote down certain software intangibles in our U.S. segment impacting our results by $0.04 per share.

Adjusted book value per share including foreign currency translation gains and losses increased 10.3%, and the adjusted ROE was 15.6%, a significant spread to our cost of capital. Overall, we view these results in the quarter as solid.

Starting with our Japan segment, net earned premium for the quarter declined 2.8%, reflecting the impacts of paid up policies, our January 1st reinsurance transaction and deferred profit liability. Lapses were somewhat elevated but within our expectations. However, if adjusting for all these factors, the earned premium declined an estimated 1.7%.

Japan’s total benefit ratio came in at 65.1% for the quarter, down 170 basis points year over year, and the third sector benefit ratio was 54.8%, down approximately 460 basis points year over year. We continue to experience favorable actual to expected on our well-priced, large and mature in-force block. We estimate the impact from remeasurement gains to be 260 basis points favorable to the benefit ratio in Q3. Long-term experience trends, as it relates to treatment of cancer and hospitalization, continue to be in place, leading to continued favorable underwriting experience.

Persistency remained solid with a rate of 93.5%, but was down 80 basis points year over year. With product refreshments, we tend to experience some elevation in lapses as customers update and refresh their coverage, which was the case with the recently refreshed cancer and first sector products.

Our expense ratio in Japan was 19.0%, down 100 basis points year over year, driven primarily by good expense control and to some extent, by expense allowance from reinsurance transactions and a DAC commission true-up. For the full year, we would expect to end up towards the low end of our expense ratio range of 20 to 22%.

Adjusted net investment income in yen terms was up 7.2%, as we experienced higher yields on our USD-denominated investments and related favorable FX, and a return on our Alternatives portfolio more in line with long-term return expectations. This was offset by transfer of assets due to reinsurance.

In the quarter, we reduced our FX forwards and increased FX put options notional, leading to lower run-rate hedge costs and a more efficient use of our investment risk capital.

The pretax margin for Japan in the quarter was 32.8%, up 350 basis points year over year; a very good result for the quarter.

Turning to U.S. results, net earned premium was up 3.2%. Persistency increased 80 basis points year over year to 78.7%. This is a function of poor persistency quarters falling out of the metric and stabilization across numerous product categories, especially Group voluntary benefits.

Our total benefit ratio came in lower than expected at 35.9%, a full 890 basis points lower than Q3 2022. We estimate that remeasurement gains impacted the benefit ratio by 12.1 percentage points in the quarter. Claims utilization remained subdued, and as we incorporate more recent experience into our reserve models, we have released some reserves. For the full year, we now estimate our benefit ratio to be materially below our outlook range of 47 to 50%. Excluding remeasurement gains, however, we are tracking well within the 47 to 50% outlook range.




Our expense ratio in the U.S. was 40.6%, up 70 basis points year over year. This includes a 190 basis points impact from a software intangibles writedown. Adjusting for this writedown, we are trending in the right direction.

Our growth initiatives – group life & disability, network dental and vision and direct to consumer – increased our total expense ratio by 330 basis points. We would expect this impact to decrease over time as these businesses grow to scale and improve their profitability. For the full year, we now expect our expense ratio to come in slightly above our outlook range of 37 to 40%.

Adjusted net investment income in the U.S. was up 13.0%, mainly driven by higher yields on both our fixed and floating rate portfolios, and variable investment income in the quarter more in line with long-term return expectations.

Profitability in the U.S. segment was solid, with a pretax margin of 28.8%, driven primarily by the remeasurement gains from unlocking.

As you know, the commercial real estate markets are going through their worst cycle in decades, especially in the office sub-sector. We are seeing most property values quoted down 25 to 40%, but some distressed situations are driving market values down as much as 60%, far exceeding the 35 to 40% declines of the financial crisis. Our total commercial real estate watchlist remains approximately $1.0 billion, with around two-thirds of these in active foreclosure proceedings. As a result of these current low valuation marks, we increased our CECL reserves associated with these loans by $34 million this quarter. We also moved two properties into real estate owned, which resulted in a $53 million write-down. We do not believe the current distressed market is indicative of the true intrinsic economic value of the underlying properties currently undergoing a foreclosure process. We continue to believe our ability to take ownership of these quality buildings and manage them through this cycle will allow us to maximize our recoveries.

In our corporate segment, we recorded a pretax loss of $49 million, which is somewhat smaller than a year ago primarily due to our reinsurance transaction. Adjusted net investment income was $8 million lower than last year due to an increased volume of tax credit investments. Higher rates began to earn in, and amortized hedge income increased. These tax credit investments impacted the corporate net investment income line for U.S. GAAP purposes negatively by $64 million with an associated credit to the tax line. The net impact to our bottom line was a positive $3.8 million in the quarter. To date, these investments are performing well and in line with expectations.

We are continuing to build out our reinsurance platform and I am pleased with the outcome and performance. In Q4 we intend to execute another tranche with similar structure and economics to our first transaction from January this year.

Our capital position remains strong, and we ended the quarter with an SMR above 1,000% in Japan, and our combined RBC, while not finalized, we estimate to be greater than 650%. Unencumbered holding company liquidity stood at $3.3 billion, $1.6 billion above our minimum balance. These are strong capital ratios, which we actively monitor, stress and manage to withstand credit cycles as well as external shocks. U.S. stat impairments were $4 million, and Japan FSA impairments, JPY 2.9 billion, or roughly $20 million. This is well within our expectations and with limited impact to both earnings and capital.

Leverage remains at a comfortable 18.8%, just below our leverage corridor of 20% to 25%. The decline in the quarter is primarily driven by the weakening yen. As we hold approximately two-thirds of our debt denominated in yen, our leverage will fluctuate with movements in the yen/dollar rate. This is intentional and part of our enterprise hedging program –- protecting the economic value of Aflac Japan in U.S. dollar terms.

We repurchased $700 million of our own stock and paid dividends of $248 million in Q3, 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.

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

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Forward-Looking Statements and Non-GAAP Financial Measures 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: 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 as appropriate. 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). • difficult conditions in global capital markets and the economy, including inflation and the continued effects 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 interpretations 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 • major public health issues, including COVID-19 and any resulting or coincidental economic effects, 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 and on successful execution of revenue growth and expense management initiatives • 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


 
Max K. Brodén Executive Vice President CFO, Aflac Incorporated


 
Third quarter net earnings per diluted share $2.64


 
Third quarter adjusted earnings per diluted share* *Non-GAAP measure $1.84


 
ROE 29.1% Adj. ROE* 15.6% Adj. ROE ex-FX* 16.1% *Non-GAAP measure


 
Third quarter benefit ratio for Aflac Japan 65.1%


 
Third quarter third sector benefit ratio for Aflac Japan 54.8%


 
Third quarter premium persistency for Aflac Japan 93.5%


 
Third quarter total adjusted expense ratio for Aflac Japan 19.0%


 
Third quarter pretax profit margin for Aflac Japan 32.8%


 
Third quarter premium persistency for Aflac U.S. 78.7%


 
Third quarter benefit ratio for Aflac U.S. 35.9%


 
Third quarter total adjusted expense ratio for Aflac U.S. 40.6%


 
Third quarter pretax profit margin for Aflac U.S. 28.8%


 
Strong capital position at the end of Q3 >1,000% SMR >650% Combined RBC


 
Third quarter pretax Leverage* 18.8% *Adjusted debt to adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI, these are non-GAAP measures.


 
Third quarter share repurchase $700 million


 
Third quarter dividends $248 million


 




Appendix


 
Glossary of Non-U.S. GAAP Measures The Company defines these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures 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 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 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.


 
Glossary of Non-U.S. GAAP Measures (cont’d) The Company defines these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures as follows: • Aflac Japan’s Underlying net earned premium is a measure that adjusts Aflac Japan’s net earned premiums under U.S. GAAP for significant variables including the increase in paid-up policies, the change in deferred profit liability (DPL) on limited payment contracts and the ceded premiums that are part of the Company’s internal reinsurance strategy initiated in January 2023. The most comparable U.S. GAAP measure is net earned premiums. The Company feels this measure is useful for investors to understand the impacts these items have on Aflac Japan's net earned premiums. • 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. • 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.


 
Reconciliation of Net Earnings Per Diluted Share to Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share Three Months Ended September 30 2023 2022 %Change Net Earnings per diluted share $2.64 $2.82 (6.4)% Items impacting net earnings Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (0.85) (0.35) Other and non-recurring (income) loss (0.01) — Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded from adjusted earnings 0.06 (1.03) Adjusted earnings per diluted share 1.84 1.44 27.8% Current period foreign currency impact1 0.06 N/A Adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding current period foreign currency impact2 $1.90 $1.44 31.9% All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration insurance contracts 1Prior period foreign currency impact reflected as “N/A” to isolate change for current period only 2 Amounts excluding current period foreign currency impacts 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.


 
All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration insurance contracts 1Prior period foreign currency impact reflected as “N/A” to isolate change for current period only 2 Amounts excluding current period foreign currency impacts 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 Earnings1 Three Months Ended September 30, in millions of Dollars 2023 2022 %Change Net Earnings $1,569 $1,781 (11.9)% Items impacting net earnings Adjusted net investment (gains) losses (504) (222) Other and non-recurring (income) loss (3) (1) Income tax (benefit) expense on items excluded from adjusted earnings 33 (648) Adjusted earnings 1,095 910 20.3% Current period foreign currency impact1 33 N/A Adjusted earnings excluding current period foreign currency impact2 $1,128 $910 24.0%


 
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Return on Equity to Adjusted ROE1 Three Months Ended September 30, in millions of Dollars All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration insurance contracts 1Amounts presented may not foot due to rounding 2 U.S. GAAP ROE is calculated by dividing net earnings (annualized) by average shareholders’ equity 3See separate reconciliation of net income to adjusted earnings 4Impact 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 2023 2022 U.S. GAAP ROE - Net earnings2 29.1% 36.1% Impact of excluding unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) (4.5) (5.1) Impact of excluding unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives 0.8 2.7 Impact of excluding effect of changes in discount rate assumptions (3.1) (7.1) Impact of excluding pension liability adjustment — (0.2) Impact of excluding AOCI (6.8) (9.7) U.S. GAAP ROE - less AOCI 22.3 26.4 Differences between adjusted earnings and net earnings3 (6.7) (12.9) Adjusted ROE - reported 15.6 13.5 Less: Impact of foreign currency4 (0.5) N/A Adjusted ROE, excluding impact of foreign currency 16.1 13.5


 
All relevant prior-year amounts have been adjusted for the adoption of accounting guidance on January 1, 2023 related to accounting for long-duration insurance contracts 1Amounts may not foot due to rounding 2 Adjusted book value in the U.S. GAAP book value (representing total shareholder’s equity), excluding AOCI (as recorded on the U.S. GAAP balance sheet). 3Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) is adjusted book value plus unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses). Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Book Value per Share1 Three Months Ended September 30, in millions of Dollars 2023 2022 %Change U.S. GAAP book value per common share $38.63 $31.97 20.8% Less: Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share (7.64) (7.01) Unrealized gains (losses) on securities and derivatives per common share (0.73) 1.77 Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions per common share (1.48) (6.53) Pension liability adjustment per common share 0.03 (0.25) Total AOCI per common share (9.81) (12.03) Adjusted book value per common share2 $48.44 $44.00 10.1% Add: Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share (7.64) (7.01) Adjusted book value including unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) per common share3 $40.80 $36.99 10.3%


 
Adjusted Leverage Ratios (In millions) 2023 2022 Notes Payable $6,961 $7,518 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds (299) (309) Pre-funding of debt maturities — (448) Adjusted debt1 6,663 6,762 Total Shareholders’ Equity 22,669 19,946 Accumulated other comprehensive (income)loss: Unrealized foreign currency translation (gains) losses 4,484 4,374 Unrealized (gains) losses on fixed maturity securities 403 (1,131) Unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives 24 29 Effect on change in discount rate assumptions 866 4,075 Pension liability adjustment (17) 158 Adjusted book value1 28,429 27,451 Adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI 1,2 $35,390 $34,521 Adjusted debt to adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI 18.8% 19.6% 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; adjusted book value, including unrealized foreign currency translation gains and losses and pension liability adjustment; and adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI 2) Adjusted capitalization ex-AOCI is the sum of adjusted debt, including 50% of subordinated debentures and perpetual bonds, plus adjusted book value


 
Aflac Japan’s Underlying Net Earned Premium Three Months Ended September 30, in millions of Yen 2023 2022 %Change Aflac Japan’s Net Earned Premium - as reported ¥285,305 ¥293,667 (2.8)% Estimated impacts of quarterly significiant variables: Increase in paid-up policies 8,300 Impact of reinsurance 7,700 Change in Deferred Policy Liability 3,500 16,200 Other 100 Aflac Japan’s Underlying Net Earned Premium ¥304,705 ¥309,867 (1.7)%