Assurant, Inc. announced the formation of its future Management Committee (MCOM), which was named by Assurant president and incoming CEO Keith Demmings and becomes effective in January 2022. The Management Committee will comprise business, centers of excellence (COE) and functional leaders, and will have responsibility for driving the company?s business growth and innovation strategy to deliver outperformance. Three new Management Committee members were named, including Manny Becerra, who was recently named Assurant?s first chief innovation officer, Biju Nair, recently named president, Global Connected Living and Martin Jenns, named president, Global Automotive. The current MCOM members, with the exception of COO Gene Mergelmeyer who recently announced his retirement, will continue as part of Demmings? executive leadership team, as he assumes the CEO role in January 2022. In addition, Kelli Ertel has been appointed chief of staff to accelerate the effectiveness of the MCOM, while creating alignment across the leadership team to enable successful execution of the company?s top priorities. In 2020, Jenns was named to lead transformation and growth for the company?s global automotive business. He had spent 10 years with Assurant, originally beginning in 2003, holding several positions including leading business development, global product management and heading marketing in Europe. After leaving to serve as president of Service Group, he returned to Assurant in 2019 to play a leadership role focused on strategic transformation. His deep knowledge and experience of all aspects of the business, together with his time as president of Service Group, gives him a great foundation as he assumes the role as president, Global Automotive, beginning in January 2022. John Laudenslager will assume a new role of president, US Automotive, enabling him to focus his time exclusively on the company?s US automotive client work, which represents the vast majority of Assurant?s current global automotive business.