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August 18, 2009
Assurant Employee Benefits opens nomination processfor annual national award to producers
Assurant Employee Benefits, a national provider of non-medical group employee benefits including disability insurance, has opened nominations for its 2010 Shining Star of Perseverance award to producers. Nominations are now being accepted for consideration through October 9, 2009. The award will be presented on May 5 in Kansas City, Mo.
The Shining Star of Perseverance award was established in 2003 to be given annually to an individual or group of individuals making a recent significant contribution toward demonstrating perseverance through disabling illness or injury. Nominees should be working-age adults who have shown outstanding perseverance despite disability and who can inspire others with their stories. They must be willing and able to travel, motivate a large, live audience and participate in media interviews.
Past Shining Star award recipients include Army veteran and “All My Children” actor J.R. Martinez, who was severely burned while fighting in the Iraq war and today uses his scars to inspire others; the authors of Nordie’s at Noon a book about coming together to reach the common goal of beating cancer, and former U.S. Senator Robert Dole, whose achievements following devastating battlefield injuries sustained during World War II inspired a generation of Americans.
To learn more about the Shining Star of Perseverance award or to submit a nomination, visit www.assurantemployeebenefits.com/shiningstar.
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About Assurant Employee Benefits
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, products 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, Mo. (www.assurantemployeebenefits.com)
Assurant Employee Benefits is part of Assurant, which offers specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected international markets. Its four key businesses – Assurant Employee Benefits, Assurant Health, 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 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 approximately 14,000 employees worldwide and is headquartered in New York’s financial district. (www.assurant.com)
Media contact:
Jacquie Hill, Public
Relations Specialist
Assurant Employee Benefits
2323 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64108
Ph: 816.881.8968
jacquie.hill@assurant.com
