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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒			ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

or

☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number: 001-07434

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 706.323.3431

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbols(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $.10 Par Value

AFL

New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:    None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    þ Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    ¨  Yes    þ  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.            þ  Yes  ¨  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    þ  Yes  ¨  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). ☐ Yes    ☑  No

The aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2020, was $25,577,863,783.

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding at February 17, 2021, with $.10 par value, was 688,587,083. 

Documents Incorporated By Reference

Certain information contained in the Notice and Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated by reference into Part III hereof.

Aflac Incorporated

Annual Report on Form 10-K

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

Table of Contents

PART I									Page
			Item 1.			Business			2
			Item 1A.			Risk Factors			12
			Item 1B.			Unresolved Staff Comments			27
			Item 2.			Properties			27
			Item 3.			Legal Proceedings			27
			Item 4.			Mine Safety Disclosures			27
PART II
			Item 5.			Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			28
			Item 6.			Selected Financial Data			31
			Item 7.			Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			33
			Item 7A.			Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			74
			Item 8.			Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			82
			Item 9.			Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			179
			Item 9A.			Controls and Procedures			179
			Item 9B.			Other Information			179
PART III
			Item 10.			Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			180
			Item 11.			Executive Compensation			180
			Item 12.			Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			180
			Item 13.			Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence			180
			Item 14.			Principal Accounting Fees and Services			180
PART IV
			Item 15.			Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			181
			Item 16.			Form 10-K Summary			182
Glossary of Select Terms									183