Partnership delivers best-in-class protection product through Assurant’s growing commercial equipment business
ATLANTA, July 23, 2024 – Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global business services company that supports, protects, and connects major consumer purchases like automobiles, as well as commercial equipment, is partnering with HEVI Corp., a manufacturer of all-electric heavy construction equipment. Through this partnership, HEVI customers will be able to purchase an Assurant Extended Service Contract (ESC) to protect covered equipment beyond the manufacturer’s base warranty period.
"We are pleased to offer industry-leading protection products for the rapidly expanding HEVI industrial vehicle franchise," said Dan Lenczner, SVP, Affinity & Commercial Equipment, Assurant Global Automotive. "As a leader in both heavy equipment and automotive electric vehicle (EV) protection solutions, Assurant is well positioned to support HEVI in bringing innovative solutions to their electric heavy equipment business. This also aligns with our mutual sustainability goal of bringing solutions that help minimize the carbon impact on our global climate.”
“We are constantly enhancing and simplifying the purchasing and ownership experience of HEVI’s all-electric heavy equipment,” said Raymond Wang, CEO of HEVI. “Customers are our top priority and, by partnering with Assurant, we can give them even higher confidence with a top-tier extended service contract that ensures long-term coverage. We expect this extra layer of protection will serve as another positive catalyst as we work to increase sales and build long-term value to our shareholders.”
About Assurant Global Automotive
Assurant Global Automotive is a leading global solutions provider in the automobile and commercial equipment industries. Automotive industry partners span manufacturers, large group and independent dealers, agents, third-party administrators, financial institutions, insurance providers, and vehicle technology companies. With over 50 years of automotive industry experience, Assurant protects 55 million motor vehicles in 19 countries by providing innovative solutions like vehicle service contracts, guaranteed asset protection, and ancillary products, while providing dealer performance management and training, participation options, and more. Assurant Global Automotive is also a market leader in protection products for the commercial equipment industry, with more than 30 years of equipment protection expertise with the acquisition of EPG in 2020. Assurant provides a full suite of protection products and services for equipment dealers and financial institutions supporting commercial equipment. These include extended service protection plans, physical damage protection, guaranteed asset protection, automatic insurance, portfolio protection, insurance tracking services and more.
About Assurant
Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ) is a leading global business services company that supports, protects and connects major consumer purchases. A Fortune 500 company with a presence in 21 countries, Assurant supports the advancement of the connected world by partnering with the world’s leading brands to develop innovative solutions and to deliver an enhanced customer experience through mobile device solutions, extended service contracts, vehicle protection services, renters insurance, lender-placed insurance products and other specialty products.
Learn more at assurant.com.
About HEVI Corporation
HEVI is a developer and manufacturer of sustainable heavy machinery such as all-electric heavy construction and farm machinery. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenland Technologies Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: GTEC). Information on the Company’s clean industrial heavy equipment can be found at HEVI at HEVI Corp.
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Assurant Media Contact:
David Biss
(973) 953-0721
For HEVI Corporation:
Josh Centanni
(888) 827-4832
Global IR Partners (for HEVI Corporation):
David Pasquale
(914) 337-8801