Company Timeline

2013							Assurant Specialty Property launches the largest solar installation in Springfield, Ohio Assurant Health Wins Two ClearMark Awards for Clear, Consumer-Friendly Communications Assurant Solutions wins a Gold Steve Award for Innovation in Customer Service
2012							Assurant Solar Project Insurance, a new comprehensive insurance solution for commercial solar project developments, is introduced. Assurant celebrates 120th anniversary by honoring its enduring values and ringing the NYSE closing bell.
2011							Assurant Specialty Property acquires SureDeposit, the leading provider of security deposit alternatives to the multifamily renters industry. Assurant Solutions wins the Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service in the Innovation in Customer Service category.
2010							Assurant Employee Benefits celebrates its 100th anniversary. Elaine D. Rosen is named Chair of Assurant's Board of Directors.
2009							Assurant celebrates five years as a public company. Mike Peninger, formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Assurant Employee Benefits, becomes Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Assurant, Inc. Assurant Employee Benefits and Aetna renew dental PPO network access agreement.
2008							Assurant Solutions continues international growth by expanding its business operations into Asia. Assurant strengthens leadership position in service contract market by acquiring GE Consumer and Industrial’s Warranty Management Group. Assurant Health and State Farm renew national distribution alliance. Assurant expands client portfolio and servicing capabilities in wireless service contract marketplace by acquiring Signal Holdings, LLC. Signal and Assurant Solutions partner to launch AssureConnectionSM, a service contract-based protection program that can be customized to provide coverage for almost any wireless product and priced by market.
2007							Assurant expands distribution in UK through acquisitions of Swansure and Centrepoint Insurance. Assurant extends exlclusive distribution agreement with SCI to 2013; Completes acquisition of Mayflower National Life Insurance Company. Assurant, Inc. (AIZ) added to S&P 500 stock index.
2006							Kerry Clayton announces retirement; Robert Pollock, former President and Chief Operating Officer, is new President and Chief Executive Officer. Assurant Solutions begins operating as two separate businesses -- Assurant Specialty Property and Assurant Solutions. Assurant strengthens leadership position in creditor-placed homeowners by acquiring Safeco Financial Institution Solutions. Assurant Employee Benefits announces larger combined dental PPO network through network access agreement with Aetna. Assurant completes the sale of its equity interest in Private Health Care Systems, Inc. (PHCS).
2005							Assurant realigns its funeral pre-funding and preplanning business segment, Assurant Preneed, under its Assurant Solutions business segment. Robert Pollock becomes President and Chief Operating Officer of Assurant. Fortis takes steps to divest its remaining interest in Assurant through secondary offering of common stock. Acquisition of Recreational Finance, LLC, developer of finance and insurance technology for RV market.
2004							As a result of the Medicare Prescription & Modernization Act, Assurant Health becomes one of the first companies to offer the tax-advantaged Health Savings Account – a tax-deductible savings account that is paired with a high deductible insurance plan to cover current and future medical expenses. Assurant’s Board of Directors declares first quarterly cash divided of $0.07 per common share. Assurant is born when Fortis, Inc. completes its initial public offering process. Assurant begins to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ.
2003							Dr. John Palms is named Chairman of Assurant's Board of Directors. Fortis announces its intention to sell Fortis, Inc. via an initial public offering. Fortis, Inc. begins process of becoming Assurant -- a publicly traded company.
2002							Assurant Solutions continues international growth by expanding its business operations into Latin America.
2001							Acquisition of Protective Life’s indemnity dental business and prepaid dental subsidiaries, positioning Assurant Employee Benefits as the leader in the voluntary (employee-paid) dental benefits market. Fortis Financial Group, the company’s variable life insurance and annuity businesses and its proprietary mutual fund complex, is sold when variable products outgrow their specialty insurance status. Acquisition of CORE, INC., a leading provider of employee absence management and disability reinsurance management services.
2000							Acquisition of American Memorial Life Insurance Company (now part of Assurant Preneed) expands the company's market share and management expertise in the preneed funeral insurance market.
1999							American Bankers Insurance Group in Miami, Florida, one of the two leading U.S. credit-related insurers, is acquired. American Bankers is combined with American Security Group to form Assurant Group (now Assurant Solutions). Fortis Health develops an exclusive arrangement with State Farm to sell insurance through their agents. Assurant Group (a predecessor to Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property) creates SmartFlow technology to identify documents submitted for hazard insurance processing, data extraction and verification against a central data base.
1998							Acquisition of Insureco Inc., a mortgage market managing general agency and service provider, strengthening American Security Group (now Assurant Solutions). Pierce National Life Insurance, a U.S. funeral insurance company, is acquired strengthening Assurant Preneed. John Alden Financial Corporation, an independent provider of group health insurance and health-care services, is acquired, making Assurant Health the leading independent carrier in the small group health-care market.
1997							Time Insurance Company changes its name to Fortis Health.
1996							Fortis starts using the internet to market insurance.
1995							Assurant Solutions continues international growth by expanding its business operations in Europe.
1992							Time Insurance Company (now Assurant Health) celebrates its 100th birthday.
1991							Acquisition of Mutual Benefit Life Group division (now Assurant Employee Benefits). AMEV Holdings is renamed Fortis, Inc. (now Assurant)
1990							AMEV/VSB of the Netherlands and AG, Belgium’s biggest insurer, join forces in the first cross-border European merger in the financial sector, creating Fortis. Fortis is a Latin word meaning "strong, steadfast and determined."
1984							Acquisition of Western Life, creating Fortis Financial Group.
1980							Acqusition of Interfinancial, composed of American Security Group (now Assurant Solutions) and United Family Life (now Assurant Preneed).
1978							N.V. AMEV of the Netherlands makes its first acquisition in the U.S., Time Insurance Company (now Assurant Health), via the U.S. holding company AMEV Holdings, Inc.
1956							First major medical policies introduced by Time Insurance Company.
1952							American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida, a sister company to American Bankers Insurance and another predecessor of Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property is launched.
1947							American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, another predecessor to Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property, is launched.
1946							Time Insurance Company starts selling group health insurance. They’re one of the first entrants to market and a leader in the market.
1938							American Security Insurance Company, a predecessor to Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property, is formed.
1910							Montana Life Insurance Company, a predecessor to Assurant Employee Benefits, is incorporated in Montana. (The company later changes its name to Western Life Insurance Company.)
1892							LaCrosse Mutual Aid Association, the forerunner of Assurant Health, is established to sell disability insurance. (The company later changes its name Time Insurance Company.)