The Assurant Employee Benefits Alternate Distribution team distributes customized employee benefits and services to employers and employees through select insurance carriers, insurance brokers, and third-party professional marketing companies. All products are issued and underwritten by Union Security Insurance Company.

Assurant Employee Benefits is part of Assurant, a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other markets. Products and services marketed by Assurant Employee Benefits are underwritten by Union Security Insurance Company of New York, which is licensed in New York and has its principal place of business in Syracuse, New York. Assurant, a Fortune 500 company, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. It has more than $25 billion in assets * and $8 billion in revenue as of December 31, 2006.

* Total liabilities are $21,332,551 (in thousands) as of 12/31/2006