Assurant, Inc. announced that the company entered into a separation agreement with Ajay Waghray, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, who will be leaving the company effective December 31, 2018. Joe Surber will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Global Technology Officer, effective January 1, 2019, and will report to Gene Mergelmeyer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition, Christopher Pagano, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, will retire effective April 1, 2019. R. David Conner, will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Global Head of Risk, effective January 1, 2019, and will report to Robert Lonergan, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. Gene Mergelmeyer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will assume leadership of the company’s global technology organization and have oversight for driving operations transformation and other large strategic initiatives. Mr. Mergelmeyer will transition his business segment oversight responsibilities to Keith Demmings, Executive Vice President and President, Global Lifestyle, Michael Campbell, Executive Vice President and President, Global Housing, and Tammy Schultz, Executive Vice President and President, Global Preneed. Ms. Schultz, Kathy McDonald, Executive Vice President and President, Global Specialty, and Keith Meier, Executive Vice President and President, International, will be joining the Company’s Management Committee. These changes are effective January 1, 2019.
Assurant, Inc. is a life insurance group organized around 3 areas of activities:
- insurance-credit (78.4% of revenues): including life, disability and unemployment, debt protection administration services, warranties and extended service contracts and life insurance policies;
- specialty property insurance (21.5%): creditor-placed homeowners insurance and manufactured housing homeowners insurance;
- other (0.1%).
ASSURANT, INC. 
