Who knew a funny-sounding duck would become so famous and successful? No, we’re not talking about Daffy or Donald. Aflac, America’s favorite spokes-duck, is turning 25, and the company is taking a ...

In the 1970s, Linda Kaplan Thaler was fired from her job as an actor in a road show production of “Hair” after she refused to take off her clothes onstage. She taught music for a short while, and then ...

The late Gilbert Gottfried, who was the original voice of Aflac’s Duck mascot, was fired in 2011 by the insurance company, and fans have since been curious about why it happened. Before his firing, ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – In 2000, the American Family Life Assurance Company, or AFLAC, wanted to find a way to stand out. Aflac Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dan Amos, wanted to find a new path ...

Aflac CMO Garth Knutson was driving around Seattle late last year when he had an epiphany about his company’s most enduring pitchman. The Aflac duck is a celebrity, he thought, and we pay celebrities ...

And the Aflac duck, who's been quacking the company's name for 20 years, is a big reason why. The first Aflac duck commercial aired on January 1, 2000. Geico's gecko debuted a few months before the ...

To understand Dan Amos’ approach to leadership, consider the first role he took at Aflac after graduating from the University of Georgia in 1973. As son of cofounder Paul Amos, one of three brothers ...

Nick Saban, Deion Sanders and the Aflac Duck are back for another season of college football. For the fifth straight year, college football most unlikely trio will rock blue jackets with a twist. The ...

As summer transitioned to fall - a time when most kids are heading back to school - pediatric patients at Corewell Health Children's Hospital also enjoyed a little change of pace with the arrival of ...