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This week we celebrate World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders.According to the CDC*, this damaging condition affects roughly 100,000 Americans at any time. For years, Aflac has been committed to helping combat not only cancer, but various blood disorders—including sickle cell disease.In 2022, Aflac expanded its award-winning My Special Aflac Duck® program for kids with cancer to include kids with sickle cell disease as well, providing the comforting robotic duck, free of charge, to help ease the distress children with the condition experience.Learn more about this robotic duck and how to request one for a child with cancer or sickle cell at https://bit.ly/48uPZ4S.*Source CDC. "Data & Statistics on Sickle Cell Disease." Accessed 7/10/2023

With people working longer, it's not unusual for a workplace to include multiple generations of employees, with different needs and values, but people are still people. And their benefits needs don't differ across generations as much as you might imagine.Read on to learn which four benefits will have your employees thinking you are on top of their needs, and wants.#AflacforBusiness

According to the Cost of Dying 2024 report, 94.5% of people reported suffering from at least one negative physical or mental symptom after a loss of a loved one, and 84% said these symptoms had a harmful effect on their daily life. Grief and loss can continue to affect families for 10 months, well after they have returned to work.1To assist with this need, Aflac Group Life, Absence, and Disability Solutions have partnered with Empathy, an innovative technology company that specializes in providing compassionate and comprehensive on-demand support for bereaved families to assist with the challenges they face after losing a loved one. Effective July 1, Empathy's loss support services will be available to Aflac Group Life, Absence, and Disability Solutions covered insureds and their beneficiaries under life insurance, to better manage grief and administrative burdens associated with the loss of a loved one. These services align with Aflac's commitment to provide care and value to our customers."Grief and loss are one of the most challenging times for families, and Aflac is committed to provide comprehensive support when our insureds and their families experience the loss of a loved one," said Aflac Senior Vice President, Group Life, Absence and Disability Solutions, Scott A. Beeman. "Our partnership with Empathy allows us to provide these needed support services to the beneficiaries and also extend the same services to our insureds."