• Voices, not Violence

    Jan 12, 2021, 11:53 AM by Andrew Dechellis
    The events of January 6 at the US Capitol serve as an important reminder that no matter the question, regardless of the opinion, violence is never the answer.
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  • Assurant to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results

    Jan 11, 2021, 16:16 PM by Andrew Dechellis
    NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2021 – Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, will release fourth quarter and full year 2020 financial results on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, after the market closes.
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  • Assurant Acquires EPG Insurance, Inc.

    Dec 17, 2020, 16:45 PM by Andrew Dechellis
    NEW YORK – December 17, 2020 - Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced the acquisition of EPG Insurance, Inc. (EPG) for $43 million in cash. EPG is a leading provider of service contracts and insurance sold through heavy equipment dealers and manufacturers.
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  • Assurant Closes Its Acquisition of HYLA Mobile

    Dec 1, 2020, 17:10 PM by User Not Found
    HYLA’s patented software technology joins Assurant’s end-to-end mobile device lifecycle management capabilities, creating a comprehensive solution that is built to increase trade-in attachment rates, provide better customer experiences, improve inventory supply to lower device support costs, and maximize disposition values and new revenue streams. In addition, the combination of both companies’ trade-in and upgrade programs will further sustainability practices by extending the life of mobile devices.
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  • Assurant Announces Closing of Public Offering of Subordinated Notes

    Nov 19, 2020, 16:15 PM by Andrew Dechellis
    NEW YORK, November 19, 2020 - Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ) (“Assurant”), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced the closing of a public offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.25% Subordinated Notes due 2061 (the “Notes”).
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  • Assurant Employee Stories: Volunteer First Responder Making a Positive Community Impact

    Nov 18, 2020, 16:45 PM by User Not Found
    Since the beginning of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, first responders have gotten a lot of attention, and for good reason. These are people who expose themselves to infection risk every time they answer a call. Darren Hall works as a business analyst in supply chain at Assurant, but also volunteers as a first responder in the town of Crewe, England.
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  • Assurant Employee Stories: Helping the Homeless in Sao Paulo

    Nov 18, 2020, 16:43 PM by User Not Found
    Assurant employee and Client Relationship Manager, Mariana Roth loves to volunteer. Together with the Brazil employee Engagement Champion Team (ECT), she has worked to raise funds for charitable organizations in her Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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  • CPR Leverages Investments by Assurant to Expand Services, Capabilities and Expertise to Improve the Customer Experience

    Nov 11, 2020, 15:20 PM by User Not Found
    CPR Cell Phone Repair (CPR), the nation’s largest mobile repair franchise according to Franchise.com, recently has added several new services and customer experience-driven capabilities to one of the most comprehensive set of offerings in the industry.
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  • Assurant Board of Directors Approves Common Stock Dividend Increase of 5%

    Nov 11, 2020, 14:17 PM by Andrew Dechellis
    Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend increase of $0.03 to $0.66 per share of common stock.
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  • Assurant Global Automotive Continues to Enhance Virtual Training Offering with Addition of American Financial & Automotive Services Sales Course

    Nov 4, 2020, 10:25 AM by User Not Found
    NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2020 – Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases like automobiles announced that a Sales Professional Blueprint course is now available in the Assurant Virtual Learning Platform.
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  • Assurant Employee Stories: A Pattern of Caring

    Nov 3, 2020, 11:41 AM by User Not Found
    Compassion takes many different forms. For Kirsten Hale, it took shape in a simple strip of crochet. Kirsten, a true crochet maven in her spare time, works for Assurant in Health and Safety as an assistant office manager and says that looking after her colleagues is the part of her job she absolutely loves.
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  • Assurant Reports Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results

    Nov 2, 2020, 16:17 PM by User Not Found
    NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2020 — Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020.
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  • Assurant Acquires Mobile Device Trade-In Innovator HYLA Mobile

    Oct 28, 2020, 00:00 AM by User Not Found
    NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2020 - Assurant (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HYLA Mobile, a leading provider of smartphone software, trade-in and upgrade services.
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  • Assurant Further Aligns Strategic Focus on Market-leading Lifestyle and Housing Businesses

    Oct 28, 2020, 00:00 AM by User Not Found
    NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2020 -- Assurant (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced its decision to focus resources on its market-leading lifestyle and housing portfolio to capitalize on the attractive growth opportunities resulting from the convergence of the connected mobile device, car and home.
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  • Assurant to Announce Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results

    Oct 13, 2020, 17:27 PM by User Not Found
    NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2020 – Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, will release third quarter 2020 financial results on Monday, November 2, 2020, after the market closes.
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  • Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Assurant Employee Observations

    Oct 12, 2020, 11:58 AM by User Not Found
    At Assurant, we’re proud that our global team is comprised of a broad array of individuals representing different backgrounds, ethnicities and ideologies. Our differences are often our greatest strengths, which is why we celebrate those differences and uplift the voices of our valued employees.
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  • Assurant Global Automotive Launches Enhanced Version of Virtual Learning Platform, Making it Most Robust in Industry

    Oct 7, 2020, 09:37 AM by User Not Found
    Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases like automobiles has continued to expand its content library by adding 50 new “soft skill” modules to the Assurant Virtual Learning Platform – an on-demand eLearning platform.
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  • Assurant Executor Assist Wins Top Innovation Honor at Wealthmanagment.com’s 2020 Industry Awards

    Sep 14, 2020, 11:08 AM by User Not Found
    Assurant a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced that its Executor Assist, powered by ProtectHeir, offering won the Technology Providers - Innovation New Applications award at the 2020 WealthManagement.com industry awards program.
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  • Assurant Names Dimitry DiRienzo Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

    Sep 11, 2020, 12:36 PM by User Not Found
    NEW YORK, September 14, 2020 – Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced that Dimitry DiRienzo has been named senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller. He will report to Richard Dziadzio, executive vice president, chief financial officer.
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  • Assurant Employee Stories: Crowdsourcing masks for essential health care workers

    Aug 31, 2020, 11:14 AM by User Not Found
    The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our way of life and the way the world does business. But, despite the challenge of being apart, we’ve continued working together to serve our customers, support our employees and uplift our communities. Assurant is celebrating employees who are making a difference in their communities and sharing their stories, showing us how a small gesture can have a huge impact. Because, while we might be apart, we’re still working together.
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