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Assurant, Inc. is a holding company with headquarters in New York City. Its businesses provide a diverse set of specialty, niche-market insurance products in the property, casualty, life and health insurance sectors. The company’s four operating segments are Assurant Employee Benefits, Assurant Health, Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property. 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.〔(Dutch insurer Amev is buying VSB Groep NV bank )〕〔(Assurant’s IPO Debut Leads Quintet )〕 Assurant is 285 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States.〔(Fortune 500 list )〕 ==History== Assurant can trace its roots back to the founding of the La Crosse Mutual Aid Association, which was established to sell disability insurance in Wisconsin in the early 1890s. La Crosse Mutual Aid Association would later become the Time Insurance Company.〔Usher, Ellis, Wisconsin: Its Story and Biography 1848-1913, Vol. 8, p. 2297〕 In 1978, N.V. AMEV of the Netherlands acquired the Time Insurance Company (now Assurant Health) via its U.S. holding company AMEV Holdings, Inc. During the next 12 years, AMEV Holdings, Inc. would expand through acquisition, buying American Security Insurance (credit-related insurance, now Assurant Solutions); United Family (funeral insurance, now Assurant Solutions - Preneed Division); Western Insurance Company (mutual funds, now part of Assurant Employee Benefits); and Superior Insurance (auto insurance).〔http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/28/business/business-people-new-top-posts-filled-by-amev-holdings.html Cuff, Daniel (November 28, 1990). “New Top Posts Filled By AMEV Holdings.” The New York Times.〕 In 1990, N.V. AMEV of the Netherlands acquired VSB Groep NV bank to become the Netherlands first financial conglomerate combining an insurer and a bank, creating Fortis.〔http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-01-23/business/9001060788_1_netherlands-insurer-amev (January 23, 1990). “Dutch insurer Amev is buying VSB Groep NV bank for...” Chicago Tribune online〕 In 1991, AMEV acquired the group life, accident and health insurance of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company (now part of Assurant Employee Benefits). AMEV Holdings, Inc. was rebranded Fortis, Inc. in 1991. Superior Insurance was sold in 1996.〔( FORTIS, INC. TO SELL U.S. AUTO INSURANCE AFFILIATE )〕 Fortis acquired John Alden in 1998 and American Bankers Insurance in 1999.〔(Fortis completes acquisition of American Bankers Insurance Group (ABI) )〕 Fortis' American business was subsequently renamed as Assurant and spun off from the parent company.〔http://www.insuranceinsider.com/Fortis-to-spin-off-US-insurance-arm (September 1, 2003) “Fortis to spin-off US insurance arm.” The Insurance Insider.〕 On June 10, 2015, Assurant Health’s parent company, Assurant, Inc., announced an exit from the health insurance marketplace to focus on housing and lifestyle specialty protection products and services.〔http://www.assuranthealth.com/about-assurant-health/news-articles/assurant-to-exit-health-insurance-market-to-support-specialty-protection-products-and-services (June 10, 2015) “Assurant to Exit Health Insurance Market to Support Strategic Focus on Housing and Lifestyle Specialty Protection Products and Services” Press Release. Retrieved October 25, 2015〕 Assurant will wind down its major medical operations and not participate in the next Affordable Care Act open enrollment period beginning in November 2015.〔 On October 1, 2015, Assurant Health’s parent company, Assurant, Inc., announced it had completed the sale of certain assets and business lines to National General Holdings Corporation. National General will acquire Assurant Health’s existing supplemental and self-funded business lines.〔http://www.assuranthealth.com/about-assurant-health/news-articles/ng-announcement (October 1, 2015) “Assurant Completes Sale of Supplemental and Small Group Self-Funded Health Insurance Business Lines to National General Holdings Corp.” Press Release. Retrieved October 25, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Assurant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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