Assurant Elects Elaine D. Rosen to its Board of Directors
February 10 2009 - 4:15PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Assurant, Inc.
("Assurant") (NYSE:AIZ), a premier provider of specialty insurance
and insurance-related products and services, announced today that
it has elected Elaine D. Rosen, 56, chair of the board of the
Kresge Foundation and former president of UNUM Life Insurance
Company of America, a subsidiary of UNUM Corporation, to its board
of directors. Ms. Rosen will also serve on the Assurant board's
nominating and corporate governance committee. "It is a pleasure to
welcome Elaine to our board of directors," said Robert B. Pollock,
Assurant's president and chief executive officer. "She is a highly
regarded executive with extensive insurance management and
operational experience. We look forward to her contributions and
believe that her insights will be of great benefit to the company
and its shareholders." Over a 25-year career with UNUM Corporation,
Ms. Rosen held a number of senior leadership roles in various
areas, having most recently served as executive vice president,
customer operations from 1999 to 2001. She was president of UNUM
Life Insurance Company of America from 1997 to 1999. Ms. Rosen's
other board affiliations include: DownEast Energy Corporation;
Kforce, Inc., where she serves as chairperson for the compensation
committee; and AAA Northern New England, where she serves as
chairperson of the strategic planning committee. From 2001-2004,
Ms. Rosen was volunteer chair of the capital campaign for Preble
Street Resource Center, a collaborative for the homeless and low
income community in Portland, Maine. She also serves as a business
consultant for a diverse range of clients. A resident of Falmouth,
Maine, Ms. Rosen earned a bachelor of arts degree from Colgate
University in 1975. In addition to Ms. Rosen, the other current
members of Assurant's board are: Dr. John Michael Palms, chairman
of the board of directors of Assurant and a distinguished
university professor emeritus and president emeritus of the
University of South Carolina; Dr. Robert J. Blendon, professor of
health policy at Harvard University's School of Public Health and
professor of political analysis at Harvard University's Kennedy
School of Government; Beth L. Bronner, managing director of Mistral
Equity Partners; Howard L. Carver, retired office managing partner
of Ernst & Young LLP; Juan N. Cento, president, Latin American
and Caribbean Division, FedEx Express; Allen R. Freedman, owner and
principal of arfreedman&co., and former chairman and chief
executive officer of Fortis, Inc. (predecessor to Assurant); David
B. Kelso, financial advisor for Kelso Advisory Services; Charles J.
Koch, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of
Charter One Financial, Inc.; H. Carroll Mackin, principal owner of
Great Northern Manufacturing, LLC and former executive vice
president and treasurer of Fortis, Inc. (predecessor to Assurant);
and Robert B. Pollock, president and chief executive officer of
Assurant. Assurant is a premier provider of specialized insurance
products and related services in North America and selected
international markets. Its four key businesses -- Assurant
Solutions; Assurant Specialty Property; Assurant Health; and
Assurant Employee Benefits -- have partnered with clients who are
leaders in their industries and have built leadership positions in
a number of specialty insurance market segments worldwide.
Assurant, a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, is
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ.
Assurant has over $24 billion in assets and $8 billion in annual
revenue. http://www.assurant.com/ DATASOURCE: Assurant, Inc.
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