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Ben Affleck Teams Up With Aflac for New Ad Campaign

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Insurance company Aflac has partnered with Ben Affleck's production company, Artists Equity, for a new advertising campaign set to run through the summer of 2027.

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After being spotted mysteriously tagging Aflac billboards across Los Angeles, the actor is officially joining forces with the insurance company Kayla Christian • 8 minutes ago Turns out, Ben Affleck wasn't just spray painting his name across Aflac billboards for fun. The actor and insurance company have officially teamed up for a new campaign that'll run through the summer of 2027. What started as a string of sightings of the actor's name spray-painted across Aflac billboards throughout Los Angeles later turned into sightings of the actor himself tagging the billboards. TMZ released photos showing the actor in a grey hoodie and jeans spray-painting one of the billboards in an alley, which continued to fuel speculation that a collaboration between Affleck and Aflac was soon to come. Now, the mystery has been solved. The actor's company, Artists Equity, told The Hollywood Reporter that the natural wordplay between the names was inspiration for the campaign. Josh Jefferis of Artists Equity also said part of the team's job is to build a story worthy of the Aflac Duck. According to Aflac, the Aflac Duck and its signature quack were introduced to the world in 2000, and the mascot has appeared in more than 100 commercials since then. The duck started to become so recognizable and closely associated with the company that in 2005 Aflac made the choice to incorporate the duck into...

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What this signalsA new partnership often opens integration and co-selling work.

Companies

  • Artists EquityPartnerartistsequity.com

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90%
Detected
Sep 3, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
partners_with

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  "signal_type": "news",
  "signal_subtype": "partners_with",
  "detected_at": "2026-09-03T22:15:55+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Aflac",
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  },
  "data": {
    "url": "https://lamag.com/arts-and-entertainment/ben-affleck-and-the-aflac-duck-team-up/",
    "title": "Ben Affleck Teams Up With Aflac for New Ad Campaign - LAmag",
    "excerpt": "After being spotted mysteriously tagging Aflac billboards across Los Angeles, the actor is officially joining forces with the insurance company Kayla Christian • 8 minutes ago Turns out, Ben Affleck wasn’t just spray painting his name across Aflac billboards for fun. The actor and insurance company have officially teamed up for a new campaign that’ll run through the summer of 2027. What started as a string of sightings of the actor’s name spray-painted across Aflac billboards throughout Los Angeles later turned into sightings of the actor himself tagging the billboards. TMZ released photos showing the actor in a grey hoodie and jeans spray-painting one of the billboards in an alley, which continued to fuel speculation that a collaboration between Affleck and Aflac was soon to come. Now, the mystery has been solved. The actor’s company, Artists Equity, told The Hollywood Reporter that the natural wordplay between the names was inspiration for the campaign. Josh Jefferis of Artists Equity also said part of the team’s job is to build a story worthy of the Aflac Duck. According to Aflac , the Aflac Duck and its signature quack were introduced to the world in 2000, and the mascot has appeared in more than 100 commercials since then. The duck started to become so recognizable and closely associated with the company that in 2005 Aflac made the choice to incorporate the duck into the...",
    "summary": "Insurance company Aflac has partnered with Ben Affleck's production company, Artists Equity, for a new advertising campaign set to run through the summer of 2027.",
    "planning": true,
    "image_url": "https://lamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/los-angeles-premiere-of-amazon-studios-the-tender-bar-arrivals.jpg",
    "confidence": 0.9,
    "published_at": "2026-09-03T22:15:55Z",
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    "related_company_name": "Artists Equity",
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