Aflac outsources IT jobs, impacting 45 employees
The supplemental health and life insurer, headquartered on
Aflac, which does business in the
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The insurer, which also operates a large campus in east Columbus named in honor of
"Aflac, like all other businesses, has a fiduciary responsibility to consistently reevaluate processes and technology to ensure that we continue to provide the best services and products to our key stakeholders," the company said in a statement issued Thursday through
"We are upgrading our business processes as part of a natural evolution resulting from technological advancements to create greater operational efficiencies and to protect our business from potential threats," the company statement said. "As part of this plan, we do anticipate some reorganization that could impact certain positions. We will offer training and other potential opportunities for existing employees who are interested."
Sullivan, when asked, confirmed that the "potential threats" are possible hackers that might attempt to steal its customers' vital information. He also said the impacted workers are a "small portion" of Aflac's overall information technology department.
Aflac, known for its popular duck advertising campaign, employed 4,141 staffers in
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The insurer last week reported a second-quarter profit of
"As we continue to focus on initiatives designed to drive future growth, our expectation is to increase spending, particularly related to IT and promotional expenditures," he said, stressing the firm is "on track to produce stable operating earnings per diluted share of
"As always, we are working very hard to achieve our earnings-per-share objective while also making sure we deliver on our promise to policyholders," Amos said.
Aflac shares, like the overall stock market, have been moving steadily higher this year. They topped
Aflac was founded in
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