Media room
May 26, 2008
Assurant Employee Benefits Announces Staff Additions and Promotions
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 26, 2008) – Assurant Employee Benefits, a leading provider of non-medical group employee benefits based in Kansas City, Mo., announces the following staffing changes.
Deena Harrington has been promoted to Officer, Regional Team Leader of Risk Operations, effective May 1. Harrington joined Assurant Employee Benefits in 1996 as a Renewal Underwriter, later becoming a New Business Underwriter, followed in 2000 with an appointment as Risk Team Supervising Team Leader. She holds a bachelor of business administration degree from Washburn University.
Joi Tillman has been promoted to Vice President, Voluntary Business effective May 8. Tillman joined Assurant Employee Benefits in 1989 as a human resources consultant. Since that time she has excelled in many positions within the company, and has been a leader and key participant in several critical initiatives. She continues to report directly to Assurant Employee Benefits' interim president, John Roberts.
Brian Shade has joined Assurant Employee Benefits as Manager, Marketing Analytics. He will be responsible for enhancing the company's analytic skills to grow top line sales and increase marketing program effectiveness. Prior to joining the company, Shade was the director of Marketing Analytics with NovaStar Mortgage. He holds a degree in Economics and Mathematical Methods from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
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 or an affiliated prepaid dental company. In New York, group insurance products and services are marketed by Assurant Employee Benefits and underwritten by Union Security Life Insurance Company of New York, which is licensed in New York and has its principal place of business in Syracuse, New York. 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, a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected international markets. Its four key businesses – Assurant Solutions; Assurant Specialty Property; Assurant Health; and Assurant Employee Benefits – 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 and a member of the S&P 500, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. Assurant has over $25 billion in assets and $7 billion in annual revenue (www.assurant.com).
For more information contact:
Jacquie Hill
Assurant Employee Benefits
816.881.8968
or jacquie.hill@assurant.com
