Assurant - Insurance Companies

About Assurant

Assurant, Inc. is one of the insurance companies in Georgia, with headquarters in Atlanta. The firm describes itself as a global provider of risk management products and services, offering specialty and niche-market insurance in property, casualty, extended device protection, and related sectors. Its two main operating segments are Global Housing and Global Lifestyle. The company was formerly known as Fortis, Inc. and was spun off from the Dutch and Belgian financial-services company Fortis Insurance N.V. in 2004, when it took its current name. Its initial public offering on February 5, 2004, at $1.76 billion, was the fourth largest of that year. As a public company, its shares form part of the publicly traded insurance stocks category. Assurant ranked 325 on the Fortune 500 list by revenue as of 2022 and reports more than 13,500 experts across 21 countries. It has also been recognized as a Great Place to Work in 13 countries and appeared on Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies list for a second consecutive year. Other insurers are listed in the directory of US insurance companies.