Social Responsibility

Our products and services touch people's lives in sickness and health, life and death, disability and rehabilitation. In everything we do, we remember that people count on us.

Assurant's mission is to be the premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and select worldwide markets. We provide creditor-placed homeowners insurance; manufactured housing homeowners insurance; debt protection administration; credit insurance; warranties and extended services contracts; individual health and small employer group health insurance; group dental insurance; group disability insurance; group life insurance; and pre-funded funeral insurance. Assurant's strategy is to manage a select portfolio of specialty businesses that are leaders in their markets.

Our values - Common Sense, Common Decency, Uncommon Thinking, Uncommon Results - extend to our relationships not only with our customers but with one another.

A commitment to a sustainable environment

Assurant is committed to continually improving our environmental performance. We endeavor to make sound business decisions and wherever feasible integrate environmental considerations into all aspects of our business. We continue to research best practices and to explore the possibility of partnerships with other companies, environmental organizations, and local communities, all with the intent of strengthening our environmental stewardship.

We respect forest ecosystems and biodiversity. We require that our paper suppliers have made a commitment to responsible forestry practices and avoid paper from sources that are known to log unsustainably or illegally managed forests. We strive to design and print our advertisements and other communications in an environmentally responsible manner. We expect continual improvement in our company and partners by rewarding and encouraging suppliers who meet or exceed industry standards.

Assurant is dedicated to reducing our environmental impact by introducing energy saving measures at all of our facilities. By taking steps such as supporting recycling programs, implementing power management policies, sponsoring car pool programs, and educating our employees we strive to make a real environmental impact at all of our locations.

A commitment to our customers

Our businesses provide a unique variety of products and services that assure opportunity, security and peace of mind for our customers. Assurant believes in a proactive approach to customer service and outreach, delivering superior value through innovative and differentiated solutions that advance and secure the lives of our customers.

A responsibility to our employees

Our employees are our most valuable asset. That is why we strive to provide our employees with a creative, flexible, exciting and caring work environment by fostering open communication at all levels of the company.

Assurant has established a tradition of encouraging its employees to focus on their own professional development. Our fundamental belief is that when people have the opportunity to thrive and grow, we all benefit - the person, the business and our customers. This is the best way we know how to attract and retain the finest people from a variety of diverse backgrounds.

Accountability to shareholders

Assurant is distinguished by its leading positions in specialty insurance businesses. Although each business is unique and diverse, they share three things in common: risk management expertise, strong distribution partnerships and complex administrative skills. Each business leverages these core capabilities to gain a competitive advantage in their selected markets. Combined with our disciplined and conservative investment and capital management philosophy, Assurant is well-positioned for future profitable growth which will benefit our customers, our employees -- and deliver long term value to our shareholders.

Sound corporate governance principles are the foundation upon which the trust of investors is built. These principles are critical to growing the reputation that we have established over decades as a company dedicated to excellence in both performance and integrity.

This trust and respect are fostered by both the Assurant Board of Directors and management team who work together under the guidance of our Corporate Governance Guidelines. These guidelines, as adopted by the Board of Directors, present the framework of responsibility for directors in accordance with the guidelines as set forth by the New York Stock Exchange.

Our commitment to the highest business standards and effective governance is essential to achieving respect from key Assurant stakeholders, as well as Assurant communities, government officials and the general public. Together, the Board members ensure that Assurant remains a company of uncompromised integrity and performance.

We believe in our employees' diverse abilities and support the principles of equal employment opportunity. We abide by all applicable federal, state and local laws prohibiting discrimination. All hiring and employment practices at Assurant are governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.

Dedication to the communities where we live and work

At Assurant, we have deep roots in diverse communities across the United States and abroad. Through participation in community-based programs such as sponsorships, donations and employee volunteer programs, we work to fight illness and disease, promote education, aid and protect children, and prevent hunger and homelessness.

We encourage our employees to give back to their communities and commend those who actively take time to assist and support those around them. We offer the opportunity for employees to volunteer during businesses hours and an added incentive to donate their time, as well as offer to match employee donations to charitable organizations.

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