30-year group insurance industry veteran will
leverage his carrier and benefits consulting experience to further
deepen Aflac's distribution model and drive profitable
growth
COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 11,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the leading provider of
supplemental health insurance in the U.S.1, today
announced the hiring of JR Shamley for the newly created position
of senior vice president, National Account Business Development and
Growth Solutions. In this role, Shamley will be responsible for
aligning distribution and business strategies to drive profitable
growth in the national accounts segment. With a proven track record
in consulting for large employers, Shamley brings more than three
decades of experience to further enhance Aflac's employer benefits
solutions for large employers.
"JR is a strategic thinker with extensive experience developing
solutions for the group benefits marketplace," said Scott Beeman, senior vice president, National
Accounts. "His leadership and industry insights, as well as his
innovative approach, will help strengthen Aflac's value proposition
across our expansive suite of group insurance plans, helping Aflac
lead our industry by helping better meet the needs of large
employers and their workforces. We are both fortunate and thrilled
to have him join our team."
Shamley joins Aflac from Aon, where he most recently served as
senior vice president, Time Away and Life Solutions Practice
Leader. In this role, he was responsible for leading consulting for
large employers in the Absence, Life and Disability space while
driving voluntary and executive benefit sales into each of those
solutions. Prior to that, Shamley served as a health and benefits
practice leader and an account executive at Aon. Before joining
Aon, he held senior level positions at an eclectic group of
well-known companies, including Prudential, AIG and the
Hartford.
"I'm very excited to join Aflac and bring my ideas and years of
experience to help develop and execute industry-leading growth
solutions alongside an extremely talented National Accounts team,"
said Shamley. "The national accounts platform presents a tremendous
opportunity in the market for Aflac to provide our brokers and
customers with a robust and innovative set of product
solutions."
Aflac's national accounts segment serves employers with 5,000 or
more covered lives with supplemental health, life insurance,
disability insurance and absence management solutions.
ABOUT AFLAC INCORPORATED
Aflac Incorporated
(NYSE: AFL), a Fortune 500 company, has helped provide financial
protection and peace of mind for nearly seven decades 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 in terms of policies in force. The company takes
pride in being there for its policyholders when they need us most,
as well as being included in the World's Most Ethical Companies by
Ethisphere for 18 consecutive years (2024), Fortune's World's Most
Admired Companies for 23 years (2024) and Bloomberg's
Gender-Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year (2023). 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 (2023) for 10 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 2023 U.S. Supplemental Health Insurance Total
Market Report
Media contact: Jon
Sullivan, 706-763-4813 or jsullivan@aflac.com
Analyst and investor contact: David A. Young, 706-596-3264, 800-235-2667 or
dyoung@aflac.com
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