Article: Assurant Appoints Lawrence V. Jackson to Board of Directors.

Assurant, Inc. ("Assurant") (NYSE:AIZ), a premier provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, announces the appointment of Lawrence V. Jackson, former president and chief executive officer, global procurement division, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart"), to its board of directors, effective July 1, 2009.

"Lawrence Jackson is a highly respected executive who brings nearly 30 years of management experience to the Assurant board of directors," says Robert B. Pollock, Assurant's president and chief executive officer. "His senior leadership roles with some of the world's biggest and best known consumer-based companies make him a ...

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