Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Aflac Inc., the world’s largest supplemental health insurer, said its business in Japan had “tremendous sales momentum” in the third quarter.

Sales of the company’s products in Japanese banks exceeded expectations, said Dan Amos, chief executive officer of Columbus, Georgia-based Aflac, in a conference call today with investors and analysts.

--Editor: Dan Kraut

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