FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,
Aug. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UVE) announced
today that it will be honored at the Women Executive Leadership
(WEL) Florida 2017 Corporate
Salute Event on September 12,
2017, for helping to accelerate the advancement of gender
diversity in our boardroom and C-Suite. Universal will
receive the Breakthrough Award, which honors companies like
ours who have added a female executive to the board for the first
time since WEL's Census in 2014. For more information on
Corporate Salute please visit:
http://welflorida.org/events/wel-corporate-salute-tampa-save-date-septemberoctober/
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Sean P. Downes commented:
"We are very pleased to receive the Breakthrough Award from
WEL Florida, and believe this accolade is a testament to
Universal's commitment to diversity throughout our entire
organization. We appointed Kimberly
Cooper, who joined the Company in 2007 and currently serves
as Universal's Chief Information Officer and Chief Administrative
Officer, to our Board of Directors earlier this year. Kim has
been a tremendous asset to our Company both as a Director and as a
senior executive, where her insight and leadership ability have
helped Universal become what we are today. We look forward to
attending the WEL Florida 2017 Corporate Salute Event."
About Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc., with its wholly-owned
subsidiaries, is a vertically integrated insurance holding company
performing all aspects of insurance underwriting, distribution and
claims. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company
(UPCIC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is one of the
leading writers of homeowners insurance in Florida and is now fully licensed and has
commenced its operations in North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Hawaii, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Alabama, Virginia, and New
Jersey. American Platinum Property and Casualty Insurance
Company (APPCIC), also a wholly-owned subsidiary, currently writes
homeowners multi-peril insurance on Florida homes valued in excess of $1 million, which are limits and coverages
currently not targeted through its affiliate UPCIC. APPCIC is
additionally licensed and has commenced writing Fire, Commercial
Multi-Peril, and Other Liability lines of business in Florida. For additional information on the
Company, please visit our investor relations website
at www.universalinsuranceholdings.com.
About WEL Florida
Women Executive Leadership, Inc. (WEL) advocates, educates and
connects accomplished women. WEL is a not-for-profit organization
whose primary purpose is to increase the number of women serving on
corporate boards and in the executive suite through
advocating, educating and connecting accomplished leaders. WEL's
membership is reflective of executive women across diverse
businesses in Florida. For more
information, visit www.welflorida.org.
Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," and similar
expressions identify forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date the statement was made. Such statements may include
commentary on plans, products and lines of business, marketing
arrangements, reinsurance programs and other business developments
and assumptions relating to the foregoing. Forward-looking
statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some
of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future results could
differ materially from those described, and the Company undertakes
no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statements.
For further information regarding risk factors that could affect
the Company's operations and future results, refer to the Company's
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2017.
Contacts:
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Investors
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Media
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Dean Evans
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Andy Brimmer /
Mahmoud Siddig
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VP Investor
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Joele Frank,
Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
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954-958-1306
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212-355-4449
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de0130@universalproperty.com
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