NEW YORK, March 16, 2007 -- Assurant, Inc. ("Assurant") (NYSE: AIZ), a premier provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, announced today that it will host an investor day in New York City on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 8:15 am EDT. The event will focus on Assurant's diversified specialty insurance strategy and disciplined approach to long-term profitable growth.

Assurant will host an invited audience of institutional investors and financial analysts and will also webcast the event. Speakers will include: Robert B. Pollock, Assurant's president and chief executive officer; P. Bruce Camacho, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Assurant; Lesley Silvester, executive vice president, Assurant; Jerome A. Atkinson, executive vice president and chief compliance officer, Assurant; Craig Lemasters, president and chief executive officer, Assurant Solutions; John B. Owen, president and chief executive officer, Assurant Specialty Property; Donald Hamm, president and chief executive officer, Assurant Health; Michael J. Peninger, president and chief executive officer, Assurant Employee Benefits; and Christopher J. Pagano, president and chief investment officer, Assurant Asset Management.

Access to this presentation will be available through Assurant's Web site at www.assurant.com. After connecting to the home page, click on Investor Relations, then Events, to access the Investor Day webcast. Slides of the presentation will be posted on the company's Web site for viewing shortly before the presentation begins. A replay of the webcast will be available beginning March 22, 2007.

Assurant is a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected international markets. Its four key businesses—Assurant Employee Benefits, Assurant Health, Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property—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, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. Assurant has more than $20 billion in assets and $7 billion in annual revenue. The Assurant Web site is www.assurant.com.

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John Egan
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