AFLAC Incorporated is a general business holding company and acts as a management company, overseeing the operations of its subsidiaries by providing management services and making capital available. Its principal business is supplemental health and life insurance, which is marketed and administered primarily through its subsidiary, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (AFLAC). AFLAC operates in the United States (AFLAC U.S.) and as a branch in Japan (AFLAC Japan). AFLAC Japan sells cancer plans, care plans, general medical expense plans, medical/sickness riders to the Companys cancer plan, a living benefit life plan and an accident plan. AFLAC U.S. sells cancer plans and various types of health insurance, including accident and disability, fixed-benefit dental, personal sickness and hospital indemnity, hospital intensive care, long-term care and short-term disability plans. The Company also offers several life insurance plans in Japan and the United States.