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Aflac Incorporated Announces First Quarter Results, Affirms 2018 Outlook, Declares Second Quarter Cash Dividend

April 25, 2018 4:28 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ga., April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated today reported its first quarter results.

Total revenues were $5.5 billion during the first quarter of 2018, compared with $5.3 billion in the first quarter of 2017. Net earnings were $717 million, or $0.91 per diluted share, compared with $592 million, or $0.73 per diluted share a year ago.

Net earnings in the first quarter of 2018 included pretax net realized investment losses of $98 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared with pretax net losses of $109 million, or $0.14 per diluted share a year ago. Pretax net realized losses for the first quarter of 2018 included $7 million of... More