Assurant Inc. is a global provider of risk management products and services with headquarters in New York City.

Its businesses provide a diverse set of specialty, niche-market insurance products in the property, casualty, extended device protection, and preneed insurance sectors. The company’s three operating segments are Global Housing, Global Lifestyle, and Global Preneed.

The company, formerly known as Fortis, Inc., was spun off from Dutch and Belgian financial-services company Fortis Insurance N.V. in 2004. The company’s initial public offering on Feb. 5, 2004 at $1.76 billion was the fourth largest that year. In connection with the public offering, the company changed its name to Assurant, Inc.

Assurant is 315 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States.

Traded as:           NYSE: AIZ; S&P 500 Component

Industry:              Insurance

Founded:            1892; 128 years ago

Headquarters:   28 Liberty St New York City, New York, U.S.

Products:             Home, renters’, manufactured housing, flood, & credit insurance Extended service contracts

Services:              Risk management

Website:              www.assurant.com