Latest Assurant Headlines
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Henry Named Director of Solar Underwriting for Assurant in Southern California
Sep 11 2012 // Assurant’s solar group named Cindy Henry as the new director of Solar Underwriting and Account Management. Henry will be based in Fountain Valley, Calif. and support the company’s solar insurance business and...
GCube, Assurant Partner on Solar Project Insurance Program
Jul 12 2012 // GCube Insurance Services, Inc., the a provider of insurance for the renewable energy industry and Assurant, Inc., a provider of specialty insurance, have signed a distribution agreement to provide U.S. commercial solar...
Indiana Finds Assurant Subsidiaries Overcharged Small Businesses
May 29 2012 // Three subsidiaries of Assurant Health will provide refunds to small group health insurance policyholders that Indiana insurance regulators say the companies overcharged. Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson...
Assurant Specialty to Hire Up to 100 Workers in Gwinnett County, Ga.
May 23 2012 // Assurant Specialty Property, a provider of insurance services, said this week it is hiring as many as 100 new employees at its customer service centers in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The company is hiring part-time and...
Assurant Launches Solar Project Insurance
May 2 2012 // Assurant Inc. has unveiled an insurance product for commercial solar project developments designed specifically for the 100 kilowatts to three megawatts solar market. It allows developers of commercial and industrial scale...
N.Y.-Based Specialty Insurer Assurant Turns 120 Years Old
Apr 19 2012 // Assurant, a New York-based provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, celebrated its 120th anniversary Wednesday by ringing the ceremonial closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange,...
Ratings Roundup: Torus Specialty, Assurant, National American
Nov 10 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Torus Specialty Insurance Company and Torus National Insurance Company, both of...
Assurant Appoints Colberg
Feb 15 2011 // New York-based specialty insurer Assurant appointed Alan Colberg to the newly created position of executive vice president of marketing and business development. Colberg, whose assumes his new position on March 28, joins...
Ratings Roundup: Assurant, Brickstreet
Feb 2 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings on Assurant Inc. (BBB/Stable/A-2) and its related companies were unaffected by the announcement that Assurant will take a noncash goodwill impairment...
Best Affirms Assurant and Subsidiaries Ratings; Outlook Stable
Nov 22 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of the property/casualty and life/health insurance subsidiaries of Assurant, Inc. Best also affirmed the ICR of...
Assurant Names Koppy as Investor Relations Exec
Aug 24 2010 // New York-based specialty insurer Assurant Inc. has named Brian D. Koppy as vice president of investor relations. Koppy most recently as director of investor relations and communications at Barnes Group Inc., a diversified...
Kangas Joins Assurant Inc.
Feb 23 2010 // Paul Kangas has joined specialty insurer Assurant Inc. as vice president of federal policy and government relations, based in Washington, D.C. Kangas will be responsible for federal legislative and regulatory issues as...
Ratings Recap: Assurant, PacWest, New Mexico Casualty, Campmed
Jan 22 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings on “U.S.-based Assurant Inc. (BBB/Negative/A-2) and related entities are not affected by the settlement of an SEC investigation regarding...
Best Affirms Ratings of Assurant and Its Subsidiaries; Several Upgraded
Nov 20 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of the P/C and life/health insurance subsidiaries of Assurant, Inc. Best also affirmed the ICR of “bbb” and debt...
Survey: Buyers Prefer Agents When Purchasing Medical Insurance
Jul 23 2009 // A recent online survey of more than 1,000 consumers found that those who purchased individual medical (IM) insurance through a professional agent were significantly more satisfied with their health plans than those who...
Assurant Offers ID Theft Protection for Financial Institutions
Sep 15 2008 // Assurant Specialty Property and National ID Recovery (NIDR) have launched a Red Flag ID fraud detection, notification and protection program for financial institutions and credit unions. Red Flag ID Fraud Solutions is a...
Ratings Recap: Hanover, Assurant, Wadena/IMT, Berkshire Hathaway, Finial
Aug 1 2008 // A.M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have both reacted positively to The Hanover Insurance Group’s (THG) announcement that has reached agreement to sell its remaining run-off life insurance...
Atlanta-based Assurant Expands Benefit Choices to Homeowners
Apr 3 2008 // Atlanta-based Assurant Specialty Property, expanded the benefit choices available through its First Protector® mortgage protection product and launched a redesigned Web site. Recent enhancements to the supplemental...
Ratings Roundup: Assurant, Dongbu (U.S.), Home Pointe
Oct 29 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘BBB+’ counterparty credit rating on Assurant Inc., removed it from CreditWatch negative, and assigned a negative outlook to the company. S&P...
Ratings Recap: Assurant
Jul 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it revised its outlook on American Bankers Insurance Co. of FL, American Security Insurance Co., and American Bankers Life Assurance Co. of FL (collectively...
