Assurant, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides risk management solutions for housing and lifestyle markets in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.
The company operates through three segments: Global Housing, Global Lifestyle, and Global Preneed.
Its Global Housing segment provides lender-placed homeowners, manufactured housing, and flood insurance; and renters insurance and related products, as well as voluntary manufactured housing insurance, homeowners insurance, and other products.
The Global Lifestyle segment offers mobile device protection products and related services, and extended service contracts for consumer electronics and appliances, as well as assistance services; vehicle protection and related services; and credit and other insurance services.
Its Global Preneed segment provides pre-funded funeral insurance and annuity products.
The company was formerly known as Fortis, Inc. and changed its name to Assurant, Inc. in February 2004.
Assurant, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in New York, New York.