EX-23 8 g11443exv23.htm EX-23 CONSENT OF KPMG, LLP EX-23 CONSENT OF KPMG, LLP
 

 
EXHIBIT 23
 
 
KPMG LLP
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30308
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
The shareholders and board of directors of Aflac Incorporated:
 
We consent to incorporation by reference in registration statement (No. 33-64535) on Form S-3, and (Nos. 333-135327, 333-135324, 33-41552, 333-27883, and 333-115105) on Form S-8 of Aflac Incorporated of our reports dated February 28, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Aflac Incorporated and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity, cash flows and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and all related financial statement schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which reports appear in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of Aflac Incorporated. Our reports with respect to the financial statements and all related financial statement schedules refer to the adoption by the Company of the provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements, and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R), in 2006.
 
(-s- KPMG LLP)
Atlanta, Georgia
February 28, 2008


EXH 23-1