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Aflac Taps Affleck for Commercials to Keep Insurance Customers Quacking

It seems as simple as moving a few letters around, but a new collaboration between Aflac, the provider of supplemental insurance and Ben Affleck, the actor and director, has been years in the making. Pairing Aflac, which has thrived with commercials featuring an anthropomorphic duck squawking out its name, and Affleck. the star of “Good […]

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Aflac Taps Affleck for Commercials to Keep Insurance Customers Quacking
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