Media room
March 9, 2004
National Sales Award earned by Cincinnati sales executive
Assurant Employee Benefits honors Terry Boggs for exceptional achievement
CINCINNATI – Assurant Employee Benefits – formerly Fortis Benefits – has recognized Sales Executive Terry Boggs in the Cincinnati Group Sales Office with the True Group Product Line Solutions Award for excellence in sales and customer service in 2003.
“Terry earned this award because of his vast knowledge of insurance products and his exemplary leadership in providing consultative customer service,” said Chris Calos, senior vice president for distribution. “Terry's success demonstrates the added value of the consultative service approach – and that approach is what sets Assurant Employee Benefits apart in the insurance industry.”
Product Line Solutions Awards are presented in two categories – Voluntary and True Group. Voluntary products are sold to employees via payroll deduction. True group products are sold to companies that provide them to employees as part of a compensation package. In 2003, Boggs submitted more than $5.7 million in new true group premium.
Assurant Employee Benefits -- The Benefits Solutions PeopleSM -- specializes in non-medical employee benefits. Assurant Employee Benefits provides long-term and short-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage, dental insurance, employee absence management services and disability reinsurance management services. Assurant Employee Benefits also offers voluntary (employee-paid) disability, life and dental plans. Underwriting flexibility allows Assurant Employee Benefits to develop tailor-made benefit plans for groups of any size.
Assurant Employee Benefits is part of Assurant, a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other markets. Its four key business units -- Assurant Employee Benefits; Assurant Health; Assurant Preneed; and Assurant Solutions -- have partnered with clients who are leaders in their industries and have built leadership positions in a number of specialty insurance market segments in the U.S. and selected international markets.
Assurant is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. The Assurant Web site is www.assurant.com.
For more information contact:
Jama Akers or John Martellaro
Corporate Communications Group
800-726-2990 or jakers@ccgcorp.com