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January 24, 2005

Assurant Solutions to Sponsor Georgia Tech's Spring 2005 IMPACT Speaker Series

ATLANTA: The College of Management at Georgia Institute of Technology announced that specialty insurer Assurant Solutions has been named title sponsor for the business school's fifth annual IMPACT Speaker Series. The 14-week series will feature presentations by business icons like former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus and Chic-fil-A founder and CEO Truett Cathy.

Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will held Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. in the LeCraw Auditorium on the first floor of the College of Management building (corner of West Peachtree and Fifth streets). All sessions are open to the public. No reservations are required. The weekly IMPACT series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta community an opportunity to network and learn from high-tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business leaders.

In addition to IMPACT sponsor Assurant Solutions, partners supporting the series include the Program for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Public Broadcasting Atlanta. To review the series schedule go to http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/centers_initiatives/speaker.html

About Assurant Solutions

Assurant Solutions companies develop, underwrite, and market specialty insurance, extended service contracts and other risk management solutions in collaborative relationships with leading financial institutions, retailers, manufactured housing and automobile dealers, utilities, and other entities. Assurant Solutions, whose executive offices are in Atlanta, serves clients and their customers throughout North America, the Caribbean, and selected countries in South America and Europe.

Assurant Solutions is part of Assurant, a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other markets. Assurant trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ.

Media contact

James A. Sykes
Director, Corporate Communications
Assurant Solutions
260 Interstate N. Circle, SE
Atlanta, Ga. 30339-2111
Telephone: 770.763.1015
FAX: 770.859.4325
E-mail: james.sykes@assurant.com