Allen R Freedman

Allen R. Freedman, Director. Mr. Freedman has been a member of our Board of Directors since its inception in 1979. Mr. Freedman is also a director of Union Security Life Insurance Company of New York, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Freedman is currently the owner and principal of arfreedman&co, a corporate strategy development firm and is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, where he served as Chief Executive Officer until May 2000 and Chairman until his retirement in July 2000. In 1979, Mr. Freedman became the Company's President and first employee, initiating the Company's initial strategy and orchestrating its growth over the next 21 years. Beginning in 1978, he initiated and supervised most aspects of Assurant's U.S. operations. Since his retirement as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, he has served as a Director of StoneMor Partners LP (formerly Cornerstone Family Services) and as Chairman of its Audit Committee and a member of its Investment Committee. Until January 2007, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Indus International, Inc. Mr. Freedman also serves as trustee of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds and is on the Board of Directors of the Association of Audit Committee Members, Inc.