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Assurant, Inc.

A provider of specialty insurance and protection plans, Assurant is best known for mobile phone protection, extended warranties on appliances and electronics, and lender-placed insurance that covers homes when a mortgage borrower's own policy lapses. The company was born in 2004 when the Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis spun off its US insurance operations, and its name blends "assurance" with "insurant." Its mobile protection business grew so large that it now covers devices for major wireless carriers around the world.