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Assurant Execs Face Possible SEC Charges
Jul 5 2007 // Specialty insurance carrier Assurant, Inc. reported today that two of its top executives have been notified that they are under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for possibly using certain reinsurance...
Conn. AG Hits Department’s Failure to Penalize Health Insurer
Mar 30 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said the state Department of Insurance (DOI) has failed to hold an insurance company accountable for “repeatedly and unconscionably denying consumers promised health...
Business Moves
Jun 5 2006 // Assurant, Safeco Financial Institution Solutions Assurant Inc., a provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Safeco Finan-cial Institution...
Business Moves
May 22 2006 // Odyssey Investment, York Insurance Services Odyssey Investment Partners LLC completed its acquisition of York Insurance Services Group Inc. in partnership with York Chairman and CEO Thomas C. MacArthur, other members of...
Assurant Acquires Safeco Financial Institution Solutions
May 1 2006 // Assurant, Inc., a provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Safeco Financial Institution Solutions Inc. based in Seattle, Wash., a...
Assurant Specialty Adding 200 Jobs at Ohio Service Center
Dec 6 2005 // Assurant Specialty Property, a provider of lender-placed hazard insurance and outsourcing services to the U.S. mortgage industry, announced plans to create 200 new jobs at its Ohio Service Center in Springfield over the...
Assurant Obtains Added Reinsurance Coverage
Sep 22 2005 // Assurant Inc., a provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, has purchased additional reinsurance coverage as part of its catastrophic reinsurance program. The company is still assessing...
Assurant Names Sack to Lead Chicago Sales Office
May 26 2005 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Assurant Employee Benefits has named Steven Sack sales manager for its Chicago group sales office. Sack brings to Assurant Employee Benefits many years of sales management experience in the Chicago...
Assurant Sees 2004 Net Income of $350.6 Million
Feb 15 2005 // Assurant Inc., a provider of specialized insurance and insurance-related products and services, reported its results for the fourth quarter and the year ended Dec. 31, 2004. J. Kerry Clayton, president and CEO, noted,...
Assurant Assets Being Sold Off By Fortis
Jan 5 2005 // Assurant is about to be spun off by its parent Belgium-based Fortis, which sold off 65 percent of Assurant last year. Fortis has registered to sell the rest of the company in a deal involving the sale of stock and bonds...
Fortis to Sell Part of Assurant Stake
Jan 4 2005 // Fortis, the Belgian-Dutch insurer and financial services group, announced that it plans to sell 27.2 million shares of Assurant Inc. The sale would reduce Fortis’ stake in the U.S. health-care provider from around 36...
A.M. Best Affirms Assurant Subsidiaries’ Ratings
Jun 11 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength ratings of “A” (Excellent) or “A-” (Excellent) of Assurant, Inc.’s subsidiaries. The outlook for all the ratings is...
Assurant Employee Benefits Sells WorkAbility Division
May 10 2004 // Assurant Employee Benefits (formerly Fortis Benefits) announced the sale of its WorkAbility division to Broadspire Services Inc. “This transaction allows Assurant Employee Benefits to continue to build on our...
Best Assigns ‘bbb’ Issuer Credit Rating to Assurant
Jan 26 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned an issuer credit rating of “bbb” to Assurant, Inc. (currently Fortis, Inc.), the U.S. holding company of the Benelux-based Fortis Group. Fortis plans to sell 55...
Assurant Group Completes Lawton, Okla. Expansion
Aug 7 2003 // Assurant Group announced the completion of an 18,000 square-foot, multimillion-dollar addition to its Lawton, Okla., customer contact center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tours for local government and...
Assurant Group Partners with SupportSoft for Automated Customer Service
Aug 4 2003 // SupportSoft Inc. announced that Assurant Group has purchased the Company’s software to support customers benefiting from Assurant’s extended service contracts. Assurant is a global provider of risk management...
Assurant Group to Build New Hazard Service Center in S.C.
Feb 18 2003 // The Assurant Group announced plans to build a $14 million office complex for its flood and hazard insurance tracking center in Florence, S.C. and to create about 560 new jobs over the next two years. The new service center...
Assurant Group to Build New Operations Center in Canada
Oct 4 2002 // Assurant Group, a provider of specialty risk management programs for the financial services industry, and the Kingston Economic Development Corporation have announced plans for Assurant to build a new operations center in...
Assurant Celebrates New Service Center with a Visit by Ohio Governor Taft
Aug 19 2002 // The Assurant Group celebrated the opening of its new $20 million service center in Springfield with style on Saturday, holding an open house for employees and their families, featuring a visit from Ohio Governor Bob...
