Superintendent of Financial Services Linda Lacewell announced on August 20 that The Signal, LP, an Assurant Company, has been fined $2.8 million following inadequate consumer disclosures.
Full Article: https://www.informnny.com/top-stories/department-of-financial-services-announces-settlement-with-mobile-insurance-provider/
Assurant announces it has acquired Fixt, a leading provider of on-demand mobile device support and repair.
Full Release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200817005054/en/Assurant-Expands-On-Demand-Mobile-Device-Repair-Acquisition
Full Release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200505005962/en/Assurant-Acquires-American-Financial-Automotive-Services
Full Earnings Release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200505005929/en/Assurant-Reports-Quarter-2020-Financial-Results
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(Florida, April 2020–) The upstart charity F&I Providers Relief Fund for F&I Managers has announced its 7-member board of directors and a $1 million fundraising goal to help professionals in the F&I industry facing hard times.
Founded only two weeks ago by National Auto Care CEO Tony Wanderon, the F&I Providers Relief Fund (F&IPRF) has brought nearly 20 F&I providers together and has now raised close to $300,000 to provide financial grants exclusively to F&I managers who are dealing with financial hardships due to COVID-19.
Continue readingDealerscope article on service contracts in the appliance and electronics retail channel. Executives from AIG, Assurant, Asurion, Centricity, Mack, Marsh, OnPoint, Personal Safeguards Group, SquareTrade and Warrantech share initiatives.
Full Article: https://www.dealerscope.com/article/2019-warranty-roundtable-what-warrants-an-esp-sale/
Under the revised terms, Assurant, Inc. will acquire TWG Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries, and remain a Delaware corporation. This change follows recently enacted U.S. tax legislation and allows Assurant to simplify the overall deal structure and optimize the transaction financing mix.
The transaction values The Warranty Group at $1.9 billion in equity value, or $2.5 billion of enterprise value, including their existing debt.
The deal is expected to yield $60m in pre-tax operating synergies. View Assurant’s presentation on the deal breakdown: http://s1.q4cdn.com/131015182/files/doc_presentations/2017/Assurant’s-Acquisition-of-The-Warranty-Group-Presentation.pdf
American Auto Shield, a leading provider of extended vehicle protection, today announces the launch of the American Auto Shield Powersport Protection Program. The program includes direct-to-consumer extended coverage for on-road and off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
Assurant and MyDigitalShield team up to help protect small businesses against losses from data breaches.
Mandate underscores organization’s drive toward global enterprise model
NEW YORK, June 1, 2016 — Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a global provider of risk management solutions, today announced the appointment of Richard S. Dziadzio to the role of chief financial officer and treasurer, effective July 18, 2016. Dziadzio joins Assurant from QBE North America where he most recently served as CFO, and helped lead the company’s transformation strategy. Continue reading