Press Release

13 August 2009

Assurant Solutions Offers Free Service to Help Unemployed

Assurant Solutions has announced today that it is offering a free advice service to its MPPI policy holders to help them get back on the career ladder as quickly as possible. The service will be provided by JobCare, a company that specialises in providing personal advice and guidance on a range of employment issues.

Drazen Jaksic, Managing Director of Assurant Solutions in the UK and Ireland, commented: “Although MPPI brings financial peace of mind when a person is made redundant, it’s still important to get back to work as quickly as possible; being made redundant is emotionally distressing and puts a great strain on everyone in the family. JobCare are experts in this field and have a great track record: people get back to work up to 30% quicker than those without any support.”

JobCare operates an independent and confidential telephone and website-based employment advice service designed to help customers find a new job or plan a change of career. It has successfully helped over 785,000 people with career advice and job search support. Some of the benefits of the service include:

• A comprehensive back to work guide
• A personal employment advisor
• Access to national job vacancy databases
• Information about alternative employment options including self-employment, franchising, consultancy and part-time work.

Mike Ison, Managing Director at JobCare commented: “Unemployment in the UK is now at its highest level since 1995 with 2.44 million people now out of work. There has never been a time in recent history when this service has been needed more. Assurant Solutions has shown great initiative in putting the two offerings together. I think it will be a fantastic value-added benefit for their customers.”

Assurant Solutions specialises in creating, underwriting and administering niche insurance protection products that provide consumers with protection against life’s events that can cause financial hardship. The business works with financial institutions, intermediaries, brokers and high street and home shopping retailers to design, develop, underwrite, administer and market these niche insurance lines.

MEDIA CONTACT

Media contact: Lesley Russell at Spotlight Communications
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NOTES TO EDITORS

Assurant Solutions

Assurant Solutions businesses develop, underwrite, market and administer specialty insurance, extended service contracts and other risk management solutions through collaborative relationships with leading financial institutions, retailers, automobile dealers, funeral homes, utilities and other entities. With operations in 25 locations, including executive offices in Atlanta, Ga., Assurant Solutions serves clients and their customers in 13 countries throughout North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
Visit: www.assurantsolutions.com

Assurant Solutions is part of Assurant Inc., a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected international markets/territories. Its four key businesses - Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health and Assurant Employee Benefits - partner with clients who are leaders in their industries and who 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 $23 billion in assets and $8 billion in annual revenue. Visit: www.assurantsolutions.co.uk