Aflac to Boost Investment Staff in Wall Street Push

Aflac Inc., the largest provider of supplemental health insurance, is adding traders and analysts from the biggest Wall Street firms as Chief Investment Officer Eric Kirsch increases bets on U.S. corporate debt.

“On the surface, you might say that’s no big deal, all the insurers do U.S. corporate investment-grade bonds,” Kirsch, 52, said in an interview. “But Aflac didn’t.”