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June 20 , 2007
Sacramento Sales Team Earns Office of the Year Award
Assurant Employee Benefits honors team members for outstanding performance
Sacramento, Ca. — (June 20, 2007) — Assurant Employee Benefits has recognized its Sacramento Group Sales Office with its prestigious Office of the Year award for 2006.
Vice President of Sales Fred Cook says the office's achievement is "directly attributable to our great people, their commitment to doing a good job, and the payoffs that have come from having established meaningful relationships with our brokers and home office partners. Every person on the sales team brings commitment and expertise to the table.”
In recognition of the office's accomplishment, a billboard at Business 80, south of Cal-Expo, featuring a photograph of all staff members will be in place for 30 days, beginning July 1.
Assurant Employee Benefits presents three Office of the Year awards, based on sales volume categories and persistency achievement. The Sacramento office, led by Sales Manager Kyle See, was established in 1986. Its six employees have a combined 45 years of experience.
The office provides dental, disability and term life products to companies in northeastern California and most of Nevada. Assurant Employee Benefits recognizes small business owners must find affordable benefits to offer their employees to remain competitive.
Sacramento last claimed the Office of the Year Award in 2000
Assurant Employee Benefits specializes in quality employee benefits and services, including long-term and short-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, dental coverage, and disability reinsurance management services. Assurant Employee Benefits also offers voluntary (employee-paid) disability, life and dental plans. Products and services marketed by Assurant Employee Benefits are underwritten or provided by Union Security Insurance Company, Union Security Life Insurance Company of New York , or an affiliated prepaid dental company. Plans contain limitations and exclusions. Underwriting flexibility allows Assurant Employee Benefits to market tailor-made benefit plans for groups of most any size. Assurant Employee Benefits is located in Kansas City , Missouri .
Assurant Employee Benefits is part of Assurant, which offers specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other markets. Its five key businesses – Assurant Employee Benefits; Assurant Health; Assurant Preneed; 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 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 website is www.assurant.com.
For more information contact:
Liz Dunavant
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
816.512.2246 or dunavanl@fleishman.com