Monday, February 2, 2009
Assurant announced that it has promoted Robyn H. Price Stonehill to the position of senior vice president, compensation and benefits, effective immediately. Ms. Price Stonehill, 36, most recently served as vice president, executive compensation and retirement plans at Assurant. In her expanded role, Ms. Price Stonehill will continue to oversee Assurant’s executive compensation and retirement programs. She will also oversee Assurant’s health and welfare plans working to optimize synergies across the compensation and benefits function.-PR Newswire
Friday, January 16, 2009
Assurant appointed Andy Mills as international compliance officer. Mr. Mills was previously European compliance director for Assurant Solutions. In his new role, he will have responsibility for compliance across Assurant’s international businesses. Mr. Mills was previously at Grant Thornton UK where he spent two years as director of its financial markets group.-Post Magazine
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Assurant announced that it has appointed Stephen W. Gauster as senior vice president and chief corporate counsel effective immediately. Mr. Gauster, 38, will report to Bart Schwartz, Assurant’s executive vice president and chief legal officer, and will oversee Assurant’s public company legal work, its risk management function and its corporate law practice group.
Before joining Assurant, Mr. Gauster was vice president, corporate counsel and assistant secretary of Prudential Financial and general counsel and secretary of Prudential Funding. Before that, he was an associate in the international law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where he represented underwriters and issuers in a wide variety of public and private financings, complex securities law and corporate matters.
Mr. Gauster earned his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Harvard College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, his Master of Arts degree from Harvard University, and his law degree cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating from law school, he clerked for Hon. Jane Roth, United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in Wilmington, Del.-PR Newswire
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Assurant announced that it has appointed Jay M. Cohen to the position of senior vice president and chief compliance officer effective immediately. Mr. Cohen, will report to Bart Schwartz, Assurant’s executive vice president and chief legal officer, and will lead all of Assurant’s domestic and international regulatory and compliance functions. Prior to joining Assurant, Mr. Cohen was the global compliance leader and chief privacy officer at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (D&B). -PR Newswire
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Assurant announced that Jerome Atkinson, executive vice president and chief compliance officer will be retiring from the company on July 1, 2008. Due to the early completion of the transition of his responsibilities, Mr. Atkinson has decided to retire as of June 16, 2008.-SEC Form 8k
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Assurant announced that Bart Schwartz has joined the firm as executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary, effective April 28, 2008. Mr. Schwartz will be responsible for Assurant’s legal department and its compliance, government relations and internal audit functions. He succeeds Jerome A. Atkinson, Assurant’s executive vice president and chief compliance officer, who will work to transition his responsibilities prior to his retirement from Assurant on July 1.
Earlier this month, Katherine Greenzang, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Assurant had announced her intention to leave to spend more time with her family and will provide assistance with the transition. Mr. Schwartz has practiced law for 30 years with leading law firms and major public companies. Most recently, he served as chief corporate governance officer, corporate secretary and chief securities counsel at The Bank of New York, where he played an important role in legal matters related to The Bank of New York’s merger with Mellon Financial Corporation. -PR Newswire
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Assurant announced that its board of directors has unanimously voted to reinstate Robert B. Pollock as president and chief executive officer, effective January 28, 2008, and that J. Kerry Clayton, who has held those positions on an interim basis, will transition with Mr. Pollock and will remain in an emeritus status through the end of February. -PR Newswire
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Assurant, a provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, announced today that Michele Coleman Mayes has stepped down from the company’s board of directors effective today. Ms. Mayes informed Assurant that due to her recent appointment to the position of vice president and general counsel at The Allstate Corporation and the potential for a future actual or perceived conflict of interest, she would no longer be able to serve on the company’s board. -PR Newswire
Monday, September 3, 2007
Assurant Health promoted Kevin Whaley to vice president of litigation and risk management. He previously was an attorney at Foley & Lardner. -Journal Sentinel
