Assurant Board of Directors Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.14 per Share

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Assurant, Inc. ("Assurant")
(NYSE: AIZ), a premier provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related
products and services, announced today that its board of directors has
declared a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per common share. The dividend will be
payable on September 9, 2008 to shareholders of record as of August 25, 2008.
Future dividend declarations will be made at the discretion of the board
of directors and will be based on such factors as the company's earnings,
financial condition, cash requirements, future prospects and other factors.
Assurant is a premier provider of specialized insurance products and
related services in North America and selected international markets. Its four
key businesses -- Assurant Employee Benefits, Assurant Health, Assurant
Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property -- have partnered with clients who
are leaders in their industries and have built leadership positions in a
number of specialty insurance market segments worldwide.
Assurant, a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, is traded on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. Assurant has more than $26
billion in assets and $8 billion in annual revenue. Assurant has approximately
14,000 employees worldwide and is headquartered in New York's financial
district. www.assurant.com.
SOURCE Assurant, Inc.

Press, Drew Guthrie, Manager, Communications and Media Relations,
+1-212-859-7002, drew.guthrie@assurant.com, or Investor Relations, Melissa
Kivett, Vice President, Investor Relations, +1-212-859-7029,
melissa.kivett@assurant.com, or John Egan, Vice President, Investor Relations,
+1-212-859-7197, john.egan@assurant.com, all of Assurant, Fax +1-212-859-5893