Media room
March 9, 2004
Boston sales team earns Office of the Year Award
Assurant Employee Benefits honors team members for outstanding performance
BOSTON – Assurant Employee Benefits – formerly Fortis Benefits – has recognized the Boston Group Sales Office with its prestigious Office of the Year award for 2003.
Assurant Employee Benefits presents three Office of the Year Awards, based on sales volume categories. Mike Germain is the sales manager of the Boston team.
“The Boston sales team earned this award because of their product expertise and their consultative approach to customer service,” said Chris Calos, senior vice president for distribution. “Each person on the sales team contributes uncommon expertise, effort and commitment to bring forth an exceptional team performance.”
Office of the Year Awards honor superior teamwork among all members of the staff. Teams are selected for their excellence in premium coverage, managed underwriting, budgeting and customer satisfaction, and their success in exceeding their annual company goal.
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