# Assurant

> Assurant is a Fortune 500 protection company that works mostly behind other brands, underwriting and administering programs for connected devices, vehicles, homes, appliances, commercial equipment and cardholders. Its advantage is the breadth of the work surrounding a claim: pricing risk, embedding protection at checkout, handling customer support and repair, moving traded-in devices through inspection and resale, and turning those services into a loyalty tool for carriers, retailers, automakers, property managers, lenders and financial institutions.

- **Founded:** 1892
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States
- **Team size:** Approximately 14,800 employees as of December 31, 2025
- **Products:** Mobile device protection and support, Trade-in, upgrade and asset-value recovery, Extended service contracts, Vehicle and commercial-equipment protection, Global Housing insurance
- **Notable:** Ranked No. 345 on the 2026 Fortune 500, its 21st consecutive year on the list., Supports more than 325 million customers across 21 countries., Held 146 global patents across multiple industries, according to its 2026 corporate site.

## Products & services

- **Mobile device protection and support** — Embedded insurance and service contracts, claims administration, repair, replacement, diagnostics and premium technical support for carriers, OEMs and retailers.
- **Trade-in, upgrade and asset-value recovery** — Omnichannel intake, valuation, inspection, refurbishment, logistics and resale services that return device value to consumers and supply secondary markets.
- **Extended service contracts** — Protection programs for consumer electronics, appliances, home-improvement products and other household purchases, usually distributed through retailers and manufacturers.
- **Vehicle and commercial-equipment protection** — Vehicle service contracts, ancillary products, administration, training and protection for automobiles, heavy trucks and commercial equipment.
- **Global Housing insurance** — Lender-placed homeowners, manufactured-housing, flood, renters, condominium and selected voluntary property products for lenders, servicers, property managers and residents.
- **Assurant Home Warranty** — Home-system and appliance coverage with claims support and a nationwide service network, expanded into the U.S. real-estate channel in 2026.
- **Financial-services protection** — Travel, purchase-protection and other card benefits, including underwriting and claims processing, for banks and credit-card providers.

## Achievements

- Ranked No. 345 on the 2026 Fortune 500, its 21st consecutive year on the list.
- Supports more than 325 million customers across 21 countries.
- Held 146 global patents across multiple industries, according to its 2026 corporate site.
- Repurposed more than 17 million mobile devices through trade-in and upgrade programs in 2025.
- Returned $1.63 billion to U.S. consumers through smartphone trade-in and upgrade programs in the first quarter of 2026, up 31% year over year.
- Completed the $2.5 billion acquisition of The Warranty Group in 2018, then its largest acquisition as a public company.
- Reported record second-quarter earnings in August 2026 and raised its full-year outlook.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Assurant reported record second-quarter earnings and raised its 2026 outlook to mid-single-digit Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS growth, or roughly 10% underlying growth excluding reportable catastrophes.
- **2026-06** — Its study of more than 11,000 consumers in 10 countries found that 80% said connected technology improves their lives while expectations for reliability, support and transparent costs are rising.
- **2026-06** — Assurant ranked No. 345 on the 2026 Fortune 500, moving up 11 places.
- **2026-06** — Q1 smartphone trade-in programs returned $1.63 billion to U.S. consumers, 31% more than a year earlier.
- **2026-02** — Assurant entered the real-estate home-warranty channel through a long-term relationship with six Compass International Holdings brands.

## Links

- Website: https://www.assurant.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/assurant
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Assurant
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@assurantinc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/assurantinc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssurantInc/

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Last updated: 2026-08-12