Sector: Financials|Industry: Insurance - Property & Casualty|Market Cap: $10.65B|Employees: 14K
Assurant, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides business services that supports, protects, and connects consumer purchases in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through two segments: Global Lifestyle and Global Housing. The Global Lifestyle segment offers mobile device solutions, and extended service contracts and related services for consumer electronics and appliances, and credit and other insurance products; and vehicle protection, commercial equipment, and other related services. The Global Housing segment provides lender-placed homeowners, manufactured housing, and flood insurance; renters insurance and related products; and voluntary manufactured housing, and condominium and homeowners insurance products. The company was formerly known as Fortis, Inc. and changed its name to Assurant, Inc. in February 2004. Assurant, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Net income increased by 132% to $642.5 million, driven by higher Global Housing segment earnings, lower reportable catastrophes, and lower net unrealized losses from changes in the fair value of equity securities. This indicates improved profitability.
Global Lifestyle Adjusted EBITDA decreased by 2% to $792.3 million, driven by Global Automotive due to elevated claims costs, partially offset by higher investment income. This suggests some challenges in managing costs within the Global Automotive segment.
Global Housing Adjusted EBITDA increased by 133% to $574.2 million, driven by Homeowners growth, lower reportable catastrophes, and lower non-catastrophe loss experience. This indicates strong performance in the Global Housing segment.