NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2009 -- Assurant, Inc. ("Assurant") (NYSE: AIZ), a premier provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, announced today that John S. Roberts, interim president and chief executive officer, Assurant Employee Benefits, is scheduled to present at the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts (AIFA) Annual Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. on March 2, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. MT.

Access to this presentation will be available through Assurant's Web site at www.assurant.com. After connecting to the home page, click on Investor Relations, then Events, to access the AIFA Conference webcast. Slides of the presentation will be posted on the company's Web site for viewing shortly before the presentation begins. The webcast presentation will be archived for one year.

Assurant is 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 $24 billion in assets and $8 billion in annual revenue.

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Melissa Kivett
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John Egan
Vice President, Investor Relations
Phone: 212-859-7197
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