10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

þ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012

OR

¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from                     to                     

Assurant, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-31978	39-1126612
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 41st Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 859-7000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including

area code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  þ    NO  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    YES  þ    NO  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	þ	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    YES  ¨    NO  þ

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding at October 24, 2012 was 78,708,346.

ASSURANT, INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item Number		Page Number
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1.	Financial Statements of Assurant, Inc.:
	Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011		2
	Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September  30, 2012 and 2011		4
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011		5
	Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited) from December  31, 2011 through September 30, 2012		6
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended September  30, 2012 and 2011		7
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) for the nine months ended September  30, 2012 and 2011		8
2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		44
3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		66
4.	Controls and Procedures		66
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
1.	Legal Proceedings		67
1A.	Risk Factors		67
2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		69
6.	Exhibits		70
	Signatures		71

Amounts are presented in United States of America (“U.S.”) dollars and all amounts are in thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts.

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Assurant, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(in thousands except number of shares and per share amounts)
Assets
Investments:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost—$10,577,963 in 2012 and $10,123,429 in 2011)	$	12,043,931	$	11,192,599
Equity securities available for sale, at fair value (cost—$395,822 in 2012 and $357,411 in 2011)		440,515		362,376
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate, at amortized cost		1,302,373		1,309,687
Policy loans		53,924		54,192
Short-term investments		251,495		441,383
Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements		94,043		95,221
Other investments		578,148		570,707
Total investments		14,764,429		14,026,165
Cash and cash equivalents		1,072,506		1,166,713
Premiums and accounts receivable, net		760,676		649,122
Reinsurance recoverables		5,490,610		5,411,064
Accrued investment income		162,465		153,783
Deferred acquisition costs		2,760,365		2,492,857
Property and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation		246,969		242,908
Deferred income taxes, net		0		44,280
Tax receivable		49,128		0
Goodwill		640,934		639,097
Value of business acquired		64,352		71,014
Other intangible assets, net		269,953		303,832
Other assets		121,418		124,298
Assets held in separate accounts		1,765,818		1,694,729
Total assets	$	28,169,623	$	27,019,862

See the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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Assurant, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(in thousands except number of shares and per share amounts)
Liabilities
Future policy benefits and expenses	$	8,481,404		$	8,359,206
Unearned premiums		5,896,673			5,482,017
Claims and benefits payable		3,360,743			3,437,119
Commissions payable		282,199			260,022
Reinsurance balances payable		113,701			130,144
Funds held under reinsurance		60,703			64,413
Deferred gain on disposal of businesses		120,215			134,033
Obligation under securities agreements		94,024			95,494
Accounts payable and other liabilities		1,608,605			1,486,026
Deferred income taxes, net		183,557			0
Tax payable		0			30,431
Debt		972,368			972,278
Liabilities related to separate accounts		1,765,818			1,694,729
Total liabilities		22,940,010			22,145,912
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 800,000,000 shares authorized, 79,456,860 and 88,524,374 shares outstanding at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively		1,473			1,464
Additional paid-in capital		3,043,121			3,025,477
Retained earnings		3,992,869			3,586,784
Accumulated other comprehensive income		858,859			557,576
Treasury stock, at cost; 67,480,638 and 57,433,178 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively		(2,666,709	)		(2,297,351	)
Total stockholders’ equity		5,229,613			4,873,950
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	28,169,623		$	27,019,862

See the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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Assurant, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011			2012			2011
	(in thousands except number of shares and per share amounts)
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	1,838,481	$	1,777,315		$	5,407,778		$	5,307,635
Net investment income		169,433		172,176			541,042			517,893
Net realized gains on investments, excluding other-than-temporary impairment losses		8,460		5,079			36,018			27,937
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses		0		(4,703	)		(1,936	)		(7,849	)
Portion of net gain recognized in other comprehensive income, before taxes		0		156			97			267
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in earnings		0		(4,547	)		(1,839	)		(7,582	)
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses		4,600		5,114			13,817			15,353
Fees and other income		124,106		106,578			350,478			300,037
Total revenues		2,145,080		2,061,715			6,347,294			6,161,273
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits		895,480		997,431			2,623,865			2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		363,996		340,673			1,040,616			997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		661,907		596,110			1,914,657			1,783,383
Interest expense		15,078		15,078			45,228			45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses		1,936,461		1,949,292			5,624,366			5,703,782
Income before provision for income taxes		208,619		112,423			722,928			457,491
Provision for income taxes		82,331		38,386			264,210			77,687
Net income	$	126,288	$	74,037		$	458,718		$	379,804
Earnings Per Share
Basic	$	1.54	$	0.78		$	5.35		$	3.87
Diluted	$	1.52	$	0.77		$	5.30		$	3.84
Dividends per share	$	0.21	$	0.18		$	0.60		$	0.52
Share Data
Weighted average shares outstanding used in basic per share calculations		82,156,838		95,351,601			85,723,387			98,065,082
Plus: Dilutive securities		802,615		951,411			875,321			895,630
Weighted average shares used in diluted per share calculations		82,959,453		96,303,012			86,598,708			98,960,712

See the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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Assurant, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited)

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011			2012		2011
	(in thousands)
Net income	$	126,288	$	74,037		$	458,718	$	379,804
Other comprehensive income:
Change in unrealized gains on securities, net of taxes of $(82,741), $(88,903), $(146,659) and $(124,660), respectively		160,592		177,985			280,710		244,370
Change in other-than-temporary impairment gains recognized in other comprehensive income, net of taxes of $(1,229), $1,471, $(3,307) and $(1,981), respectively		2,283		(2,732	)		6,142		3,679
Changes in foreign currency translation, net of taxes of $(4,657), $6,415, $(4,436) and $3,348, respectively		15,712		(32,296	)		3,116		(15,625	)
Amortization of pension and postretirement unrecognized net periodic benefit cost and change in funded status, net of taxes of $(2,068), $(1,225), $(6,093) and $(4,347), respectively		3,840		2,274			11,315		8,052
Total other comprehensive income		182,427		145,231			301,283		240,476
Total comprehensive income	$	308,715	$	219,268		$	760,001	$	620,280

See the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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Assurant, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited)

From December 31, 2011 through September 30, 2012

	Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Treasury Stock			Total
	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2011, as previously reported	$	1,464	$	3,025,477		$	3,742,479		$	554,867	$	(2,297,351	)	$	5,026,936
Cumulative effect of adjustment resulting from new accounting guidance		0		0			(155,695	)		2,709		0			(152,986	)
Adjusted balance, December 31, 2011		1,464		3,025,477			3,586,784			557,576		(2,297,351	)		4,873,950
Stock plan exercises		9		(10,590	)		0			0		0			(10,581	)
Stock plan compensation expense		0		25,770			0			0		0			25,770
Change in tax benefit from share-based payment arrangements		0		2,464			0			0		0			2,464
Dividends		0		0			(52,633	)		0		0			(52,633	)
Acquisition of common stock		0		0			0			0		(369,358	)		(369,358	)
Net income		0		0			458,718			0		0			458,718
Total other comprehensive income		0		0			0			301,283		0			301,283
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	1,473	$	3,043,121		$	3,992,869		$	858,859	$	(2,666,709	)	$	5,229,613

See the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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Assurant, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011
	(in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	429,159		$	509,691
Investing activities
Sales of:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale		1,485,221			1,183,324
Equity securities available for sale		92,052			71,798
Other invested assets		66,359			24,293
Property and equipment and other		2,453			2,565
Maturities, prepayments, and scheduled redemption of:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale		784,708			749,210
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate		89,096			79,093
Purchases of:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale		(2,529,934	)		(1,908,896	)
Equity securities available for sale		(130,171	)		(33,326	)
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate		(82,575	)		(66,502	)
Other invested assets		(24,076	)		(49,193	)
Property and equipment and other		(40,042	)		(25,153	)
Subsidiary, net of cash transferred		(3,500	)		(45,080	)
Change in short-term investments		190,257			(155,564	)
Change in policy loans		391			1,489
Change in collateral held/pledged under securities agreements		1,470			26,483
Net cash used in investing activities		(98,291	)		(145,459	)
Financing activities
Repayment of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock		0			(5,000	)
Change in tax benefit from share-based payment arrangements		2,464			(2,963	)
Acquisition of common stock		(370,469	)		(364,943	)
Dividends paid		(52,633	)		(50,858	)
Change in obligation under securities agreements		(1,470	)		(26,482	)
Change in receivables under securities loan agreements		0			14,370
Change in obligations to return borrowed securities		0			(14,281	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(422,108	)		(450,157	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(2,967	)		(5,068	)
Change in cash and cash equivalents		(94,207	)		(90,993	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		1,166,713			1,150,516
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,072,506		$	1,059,523

See the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

1. Nature of Operations

Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) is a holding company whose subsidiaries provide specialized insurance products and related services in North America and select worldwide markets.

The Company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ.

Through its operating subsidiaries, the Company provides debt protection administration, credit-related insurance, warranties and service contracts, pre-funded funeral insurance, lender-placed homeowners insurance, manufactured housing homeowners insurance, individual health and small employer group health insurance, group dental insurance, group disability insurance, and group life insurance.

2. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, these statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted the amendments to existing guidance on accounting for costs associated with acquiring or renewing insurance contracts. This guidance was adopted retrospectively and has been applied to all prior period financial information contained in these consolidated financial statements.

The interim financial data as of September 30, 2012 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is unaudited; in the opinion of management, the interim data includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its wholly owned subsidiaries. All inter-company transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and the rules and regulations thereunder (together, “the Affordable Care Act”) was signed into law in March 2010. One provision of the Affordable Care Act, effective January 1, 2011, established a minimum medical loss ratio (“MLR”) designed to ensure that a minimum level of benefits are paid to health insurance policyholders. The Affordable Care Act established an MLR of 80% for individual and small group business and 85% for large group business. If the actual loss ratios, calculated in a manner prescribed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), are less than the required MLR, rebates are payable to the policyholders by August 1 of the subsequent year.

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012. The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

3. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements—Adopted

On September 30, 2012, the Company adopted the amended intangibles-goodwill and other guidance. This guidance allows an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test for indefinite-lived intangible assets. Under this amended guidance, an entity would not be required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset, unless the entity determines, based on qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amended guidance includes a number of events and circumstances for an entity to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment and did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted the guidance on fair value measurement. This amended guidance changes certain fair value measurement principles and expands required disclosures to include quantitative and qualitative information about unobservable inputs in Level 3 measurements to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted the amendments to existing guidance on accounting for costs associated with acquiring or renewing insurance contracts. The amendments modified the definition of the types of costs incurred by insurance entities that can be capitalized in the acquisition of new and renewal contracts. Under this amended guidance, only direct incremental costs associated with successful insurance contract acquisitions or renewals are deferrable. This guidance was adopted retrospectively and has been applied to all prior period financial information contained in these consolidated financial statements. As of January 1, 2011, the beginning of the earliest period presented, the cumulative effect adjustment recorded to reflect this guidance resulted in a decrease of $148,811 in retained earnings, an increase of $1,411 in accumulated other comprehensive income and a decrease of $147,400 in total stockholders’ equity.

The effect of adoption of this new guidance on the December 31, 2011 consolidated balance sheet was as follows:

	As Previously Reported		Effect of Change			As Currently Reported
Deferred acquisition costs	$	2,632,720	$	(139,863	)	$	2,492,857
Deferred income taxes, net		0		44,280			44,280
Total assets		27,115,445		(95,583	)		27,019,862
Future policy benefits and expenses		8,269,343		89,863			8,359,206
Deferred income taxes, net		32,460		(32,460	)		0
Total liabilities		22,088,509		57,403			22,145,912
Retained earnings		3,742,479		(155,695	)		3,586,784
Accumulated other comprehensive income		554,867		2,709			557,576
Total stockholders’ equity		5,026,936		(152,986	)		4,873,950
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		27,115,445		(95,583	)		27,019,862

The effect of adoption of this new guidance on the consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2011 was as follows:

	As Previously Reported		Effect of Change			As Currently Reported
Policyholder benefits	$	998,875	$	(1,444	)	$	997,431
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		370,107		(29,434	)		340,673
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		562,346		33,764			596,110
Total benefits, losses and expenses		1,946,406		2,886			1,949,292
Income before provision for income taxes		115,309		(2,886	)		112,423
Provision for income taxes		39,326		(940	)		38,386
Net income		75,983		(1,946	)		74,037
Earnings per share
Basic		0.80		(0.02	)		0.78
Diluted		0.79		(0.02	)		0.77

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

The effect of adoption of this new guidance on the consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was as follows:

	As Previously Reported		Effect of Change			As Currently Reported
Policyholder benefits	$	2,881,582	$	(4,279	)	$	2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		1,086,720		(88,908	)		997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		1,685,821		97,562			1,783,383
Total benefits, losses and expenses		5,699,407		4,375			5,703,782
Income before provision for income taxes		461,866		(4,375	)		457,491
Provision for income taxes		78,282		(595	)		77,687
Net income		383,584		(3,780	)		379,804
Earnings per share
Basic		3.91		(0.04	)		3.87
Diluted		3.88		(0.04	)		3.84

Recent Accounting Pronouncements—Not Yet Adopted

In July 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued amendments to the other expenses guidance to address how health insurers should recognize and classify in their income statements fees mandated by the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act imposes an annual fee on health insurers for each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The amendments specify that the liability for the fee should be estimated and recorded in full once the entity provides qualifying health insurance in the applicable calendar year in which the fee is payable with a corresponding deferred cost that is amortized to expense ratably over the calendar year during which it is payable. The guidance is effective for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2013, when the fee initially becomes effective. Therefore, the Company is required to adopt this guidance on January 1, 2014. The Company is currently evaluating the requirements of the amendments and the potential impact on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

4. Investments

The following tables show the cost or amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, fair value and other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) of our fixed maturity and equity securities as of the dates indicated:

	September 30, 2012
	Cost or Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		OTTI in AOCI
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	589,408	$	9,402	$	(149	)	$	598,661	$	0
States, municipalities and political subdivisions		804,345		111,817		(103	)		916,059		0
Foreign governments		673,560		87,152		(1,306	)		759,406		0
Asset-backed		27,614		1,642		(578	)		28,678		1,166
Commercial mortgage-backed		70,293		5,859		0			76,152		0
Residential mortgage-backed		721,897		60,304		(82	)		782,119		12,477
Corporate		7,690,846		1,201,666		(9,656	)		8,882,856		19,477
Total fixed maturity securities	$	10,577,963	$	1,477,842	$	(11,874	)	$	12,043,931	$	33,120
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$	14,037	$	4,079	$	0		$	18,116	$	0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		381,785		47,442		(6,828	)		422,399		0
Total equity securities	$	395,822	$	51,521	$	(6,828	)	$	440,515	$	0

	December 31, 2011
	Cost or Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		OTTI in AOCI
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	148,379	$	8,987	$	(26	)	$	157,340	$	0
States, municipalities and political subdivisions		832,788		96,536		(301	)		929,023		0
Foreign governments		647,133		78,148		(1,368	)		723,913		0
Asset-backed		30,681		2,072		(320	)		32,433		1,118
Commercial mortgage-backed		82,184		5,840		0			88,024		0
Residential mortgage-backed		841,488		56,364		(633	)		897,219		8,240
Corporate		7,540,776		882,628		(58,757	)		8,364,647		14,313
Total fixed maturity securities	$	10,123,429	$	1,130,575	$	(61,405	)	$	11,192,599	$	23,671
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$	14,037	$	2,018	$	(54	)	$	16,001	$	0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		343,374		28,141		(25,140	)		346,375		0
Total equity securities	$	357,411	$	30,159	$	(25,194	)	$	362,376	$	0

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

Our states, municipalities and political subdivisions holdings are highly diversified across the United States and Puerto Rico, with no individual state’s exposure (including both general obligation and revenue securities) exceeding 0.5% of the overall investment portfolio as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the securities include general obligation and revenue bonds issued by states, cities, counties, school districts and similar issuers, including $166,530 and $164,347, respectively, of advance refunded or escrowed-to-maturity bonds (collectively referred to as “pre-refunded bonds”), which are bonds for which an irrevocable trust has been established to fund the remaining payments of principal and interest. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, revenue bonds account for 52% and 51% of the holdings, respectively. Excluding pre-refunded bonds, sales tax, highway, water, fuel sales, transit and miscellaneous (which includes bond banks, finance authorities and appropriations) provide for 82% and 80% of the revenue sources, as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The Company’s investments in foreign government fixed maturity securities are held mainly in countries and currencies where the Company has policyholder liabilities, which allow the assets and liabilities to be more appropriately matched. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, approximately 66%, 15%, 6% and 63%, 13%, 7% of the foreign government securities were held in the Canadian government/provincials and the governments of Brazil and Germany, respectively. No other country represented more than 3% and 5% of our foreign government securities as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The Company has European investment exposure in its corporate fixed maturity and equity securities of $984,651 with an unrealized gain of $111,569 at September 30, 2012 and $868,012 with an unrealized gain of $61,387 at December 31, 2011. Approximately 28% and 31% of the corporate European exposure is held in the financial industry at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. No European country represented more than 5% of the fair value of our corporate securities as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Approximately 5% of the fair value of the corporate European securities are pound and euro-denominated and are not hedged to U.S. dollars, but held to support those foreign-denominated liabilities. Our international investments are managed as part of our overall portfolio with the same approach to risk management and focus on diversification.

The cost or amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturity securities at September 30, 2012 by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers of the securities may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

	Cost or Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	449,538	$	459,149
Due after one year through five years		2,515,039		2,678,968
Due after five years through ten years		2,531,318		2,805,126
Due after ten years		4,262,264		5,213,739
Total		9,758,159		11,156,982
Asset-backed		27,614		28,678
Commercial mortgage-backed		70,293		76,152
Residential mortgage-backed		721,897		782,119
Total	$	10,577,963	$	12,043,931

The following table summarizes the proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities and the gross realized gains and gross realized losses that have been included in earnings as a result of those sales.

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Proceeds from sales	$	628,257	$	332,490	$	1,595,172	$	1,280,982
Gross realized gains		11,017		14,018		45,813		42,453
Gross realized losses		2,396		5,705		10,642		15,012

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

The following table sets forth the net realized gains (losses), including OTTI, recognized in the statements of operations as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net realized gains (losses) related to sales and other:
Fixed maturity securities	$	9,306		$	13,036		$	38,511		$	33,941
Equity securities		(856	)		(4,719	)		(3,165	)		(4,808	)
Mortgage loans		0			0			(256	)		0
Other investments		10			(3,238	)		928			(1,196	)
Total net realized gains related to sales and other		8,460			5,079			36,018			27,937
Net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments:
Fixed maturity securities		0			(4,547	)		(1,283	)		(7,561	)
Equity securities		0			0			(226	)		(21	)
Other investments		0			0			(330	)		0
Total net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments		0			(4,547	)		(1,839	)		(7,582	)
Total net realized gains	$	8,460		$	532		$	34,179		$	20,355

Other-Than-Temporary Impairments

The Company follows the OTTI guidance which requires entities to separate an OTTI of a debt security into two components when there are credit related losses associated with the impaired debt security for which the Company asserts that it does not have the intent to sell, and it is more likely than not that it will not be required to sell before recovery of its cost basis. Under the OTTI guidance, the amount of the OTTI related to a credit loss is recognized in earnings, and the amount of the OTTI related to other, non-credit, factors ( e.g., interest rates, market conditions, etc.) is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income. In instances where no credit loss exists but the Company intends to sell the security or it is more likely than not that the Company will have to sell the debt security prior to the anticipated recovery, the decline in market value below amortized cost is recognized as an OTTI in earnings. In periods after the recognition of an OTTI on debt securities, the Company accounts for such securities as if they had been purchased on the measurement date of the OTTI at an amortized cost basis equal to the previous amortized cost basis less the OTTI recognized in earnings. For debt securities for which OTTI was recognized in earnings, the difference between the new amortized cost basis and the cash flows expected to be collected will be accreted or amortized into net investment income.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company recorded $1,936, of OTTI, of which $1,839 was related to credit losses and recorded as net OTTI losses recognized in earnings, with the remaining $97 related to all other factors and recorded as an unrealized loss component of AOCI. For the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Company did not incur any OTTI. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded $4,703 and $7,848, respectively, of OTTI, of which $4,547 and $7,582, respectively, was related to credit losses and recorded as net OTTI losses recognized in earnings, with the remaining $156 and $266, respectively, related to all other factors and recorded as an unrealized loss component of AOCI.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

The following tables set forth the amount of credit loss impairments recognized within the results of operations on fixed maturity securities held by the Company as of the dates indicated, for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in AOCI, and the corresponding changes in such amounts.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011
Balance, June 30,	$	98,588		$	105,634
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously impaired		0			9
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security		(187	)		(202	)
Reductions for credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period		(816	)		(1,895	)
Balance, September 30,	$	97,585		$	103,546

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011
Balance, January 1,	$	103,090		$	105,245
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities not previously impaired		0			1,455
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously impaired		56			1,567
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security		(1,001	)		(470	)
Reductions for credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period		(4,560	)		(4,251	)
Balance, September 30,	$	97,585		$	103,546

We regularly monitor our investment portfolio to ensure investments that may be other-than-temporarily impaired are identified in a timely fashion, properly valued, and charged against earnings in the proper period. The determination that a security has incurred an other-than-temporary decline in value requires the judgment of management. Assessment factors include, but are not limited to, the length of time and the extent to which the market value has been less than cost, the financial condition and rating of the issuer, whether any collateral is held, the intent and ability of the Company to retain the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for recovery for equity securities and the intent to sell or whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell for fixed maturity securities. Inherently, there are risks and uncertainties involved in making these judgments. Changes in circumstances and critical assumptions such as a continued weak economy, a more pronounced economic downturn or unforeseen events which affect one or more companies, industry sectors, or countries could result in additional impairments in future periods for other-than-temporary declines in value. Any equity security whose price decline is deemed other-than-temporary is written down to its then current market value with the amount of the impairment reported as a realized loss in that period. The impairment of a fixed maturity security that the Company has the intent to sell or that it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell is deemed other-than-temporary and is written down to its market value at the balance sheet date with the amount of the impairment reported as a realized loss in that period. For all other-than-temporarily impaired fixed maturity securities that do not meet either of these two criteria, the Company is required to analyze its ability to recover the amortized cost of the security by calculating the net present value of projected future cash flows. For these other-than-temporarily impaired fixed maturity securities, the net amount recognized in earnings is equal to the difference between the amortized cost of the fixed maturity security and its net present value.

The Company considers different factors to determine the amount of projected future cash flows and discounting methods for corporate debt and residential and commercial mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities. For corporate debt securities, the split between the credit and non-credit losses is driven principally by assumptions regarding the amount and timing of projected future cash flows. The net present value is calculated by discounting the Company’s best estimate of projected future cash flows at the effective

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

interest rate implicit in the security at the date of acquisition. For residential and commercial mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, cash flow estimates, including prepayment assumptions, are based on data from widely accepted third-party data sources or internal estimates. In addition to prepayment assumptions, cash flow estimates vary based on assumptions regarding the underlying collateral including default rates, recoveries and changes in value. The net present value is calculated by discounting the Company’s best estimate of projected future cash flows at the effective interest rate implicit in the fixed maturity security prior to impairment at the balance sheet date. The discounted cash flows become the new amortized cost basis of the fixed maturity security.

In periods subsequent to the recognition of an OTTI, the Company generally accretes the discount (or amortizes the reduced premium) into net investment income, up to the non-discounted amount of projected future cash flows, resulting from the reduction in cost basis, based upon the amount and timing of the expected future cash flows over the estimated period of cash flows.

The investment category and duration of the Company’s gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities and equity securities at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows:

	September 30, 2012
	Less than 12 months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	367,324	$	(149	)	$	0	$	0		$	367,324	$	(149	)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions		0		0			4,564		(103	)		4,564		(103	)
Foreign governments		22,939		(26	)		8,800		(1,280	)		31,739		(1,306	)
Asset-backed		0		0			2,517		(578	)		2,517		(578	)
Residential mortgage-backed		15,811		(64	)		2,103		(18	)		17,914		(82	)
Corporate		180,419		(2,920	)		120,419		(6,736	)		300,838		(9,656	)
Total fixed maturity securities	$	586,493	$	(3,159	)	$	138,403	$	(8,715	)	$	724,896	$	(11,874	)
Equity securities:
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	$	23,794	$	(334	)	$	57,091	$	(6,494	)	$	80,885	$	(6,828	)

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	December 31, 2011
	Less than 12 months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	8,852	$	(26	)	$	0	$	0		$	8,852	$	(26	)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions		0		0			5,503		(301	)		5,503		(301	)
Foreign governments		31,125		(150	)		9,443		(1,218	)		40,568		(1,368	)
Asset-backed		2,624		(320	)		0		0			2,624		(320	)
Residential mortgage-backed		43,141		(513	)		2,368		(120	)		45,509		(633	)
Corporate		718,815		(32,899	)		176,279		(25,858	)		895,094		(58,757	)
Total fixed maturity securities	$	804,557	$	(33,908	)	$	193,593	$	(27,497	)	$	998,150	$	(61,405	)
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$	1,174	$	(54	)	$	0	$	0		$	1,174	$	(54	)
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		51,577		(4,499	)		85,704		(20,641	)		137,281		(25,140	)
Total equity securities	$	52,751	$	(4,553	)	$	85,704	$	(20,641	)	$	138,455	$	(25,194	)

Total gross unrealized losses represent less than 3% and 8% of the aggregate fair value of the related securities at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Approximately 19% and 44% of these gross unrealized losses have been in a continuous loss position for less than twelve months at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The total gross unrealized losses are comprised of 167 and 389 individual securities at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. In accordance with its policy described above, the Company concluded that for these securities an adjustment to its results of operations for other-than-temporary impairments of the gross unrealized losses was not warranted at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. These conclusions are based on a detailed analysis of the underlying credit and expected cash flows of each security. As of September 30, 2012, the gross unrealized losses that have been in a continuous loss position for twelve months or more were concentrated in the Company’s corporate fixed maturity securities and in non-redeemable preferred stocks. Within the Company’s corporate fixed maturity securities, the majority of the loss position relates to securities in the financial industry sector. For these concentrations, gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more were $3,502, or 52%, of the total. The non-redeemable preferred stocks are perpetual preferred securities that have characteristics of both debt and equity securities. To evaluate these securities, we apply an impairment model similar to that used for our fixed maturity securities. As of September 30, 2012, the Company did not intend to sell these securities and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell them and no underlying cash flow issues were noted. Therefore, we did not recognize an OTTI on those perpetual preferred securities that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or more. As of September 30, 2012, the Company did not intend to sell the fixed maturity securities and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell the securities before the anticipated recovery of their amortized cost basis. The gross unrealized losses are primarily attributable to widening credit spreads associated with an underlying shift in overall credit risk premium.

The Company has made commercial mortgage loans, collateralized by the underlying real estate, on properties located throughout the U.S. and Canada. At September 30, 2012, approximately 39% of the outstanding principal balance of commercial mortgage loans was concentrated in the states of California, New York, and Utah. Although the Company has a diversified loan portfolio, an economic downturn could have an adverse impact on the ability of its debtors to repay their loans. The outstanding balance of commercial mortgage loans range in size from $20 to $16,027 at September 30, 2012 and from $36 to $16,285 at December 31, 2011.

Credit quality indicators for commercial mortgage loans are loan-to-value and debt-service coverage ratios. Loan-to-value and debt-service coverage ratios are measures commonly used to assess the credit quality of commercial mortgage loans. The loan-to-value ratio compares the principal amount of the loan to the fair value of the underlying property collateralizing the loan, and is commonly expressed as a percentage. The debt-service coverage ratio compares a property’s net operating income to its debt-service payments and is commonly expressed as a ratio. The loan-to-value and debt-service coverage ratios are generally updated annually in the third quarter.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

The following summarizes our loan-to value and average debt-service coverage ratios as of the dates indicated:

	September 30, 2012
Loan-to-Value	Carrying Value			% of Gross Mortgage Loans			Debt-Service Coverage Ratio
70% and less	$	1,116,418			85.0	%		1.93
71 – 80%		121,930			9.3	%		1.31
81 – 95%		57,711			4.4	%		1.19
Greater than 95%		16,639			1.3	%		1.02
Gross commercial mortgage loans		1,312,698			100.0	%		1.83
Less valuation allowance		(10,325	)
Net commercial mortgage loans	$	1,302,373

	December 31, 2011
Loan-to-Value	Carrying Value			% of Gross Mortgage Loans			Debt-Service Coverage Ratio
70% and less	$	1,018,927			77.1	%		2.09
71 – 80%		188,816			14.3	%		1.37
81 – 95%		74,657			5.7	%		1.16
Greater than 95%		37,697			2.9	%		0.76
Gross commercial mortgage loans		1,320,097			100.0	%		1.90
Less valuation allowance		(10,410	)
Net commercial mortgage loans	$	1,309,687

All commercial mortgage loans that are individually impaired have an established mortgage loan valuation allowance for losses. Changing economic conditions affect our valuation of commercial mortgage loans. Changing vacancies and rents are incorporated into the discounted cash flow analysis that we perform for monitored loans and may contribute to the establishment of (or an increase or decrease in) a commercial mortgage loan valuation allowance for losses. In addition, we continue to monitor the entire commercial mortgage loan portfolio to identify risk. Areas of emphasis are properties that have exposure to earthquakes, have deteriorating credits or have experienced a reduction in debt-service coverage ratio. Where warranted, we have established or increased a valuation allowance based upon this analysis.

Collateralized Transactions

The Company engages in transactions in which fixed maturity securities, especially bonds issued by the U.S. government, government agencies and authorities, and U.S. corporations, are loaned to selected broker/dealers. Collateral, greater than or equal to 102% of the fair value of the securities lent, plus accrued interest, is received in the form of cash and cash equivalents held by a custodian bank for the benefit of the Company. The use of cash collateral received is unrestricted. The Company reinvests the cash collateral received, generally in investments of high credit quality that are designated as available-for-sale. The Company monitors the fair value of securities loaned and the collateral received, with additional collateral obtained, as necessary. The Company is subject to the risk of loss to the extent there is a loss on the re-investment of cash collateral.

As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, our collateral held under securities lending, of which its use is unrestricted, was $94,043 and $95,221, respectively, and is included in the consolidated balance sheets under the collateral held/pledged under securities agreements. Our liability to the borrower for collateral received was $94,024 and $95,494, respectively, and is included in the consolidated balance sheets under the obligation under securities agreements. The difference between the collateral held and obligations under securities lending is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss and is included as part of AOCI. All securities are in an unrealized gain position as of September 30, 2012. All securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2011 had been in a continuous loss position for twelve months or longer. The Company includes the available-for-sale investments purchased with the cash collateral in its evaluation of other-than-temporary impairments.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

Cash proceeds that the Company receives as collateral for the securities it lends and subsequent repayment of the cash are regarded by the Company as cash flows from financing activities, since the cash received is considered a borrowing. Since the Company reinvests the cash collateral generally in investments that are designated as available-for-sale, the reinvestment is presented as cash flows from investing activities.

5. Fair Value Disclosures

Fair Values, Inputs and Valuation Techniques for Financial Assets and Liabilities Disclosures

The fair value measurements and disclosures guidance defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In accordance with this guidance, the Company has categorized its recurring basis financial assets and liabilities into a three-level fair value hierarchy based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique.

The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls has been determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

The levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

• Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company can access.

• Level 2 inputs utilize other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable in the marketplace for the asset. The observable inputs are used in valuation models to calculate the fair value for the asset.

• Level 3 inputs are unobservable but are significant to the fair value measurement for the asset, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset. These inputs reflect management’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset.

A review of fair value hierarchy classifications is conducted on a quarterly basis. Changes in the observability of valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of levels for certain securities within the fair value hierarchy.

The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The amounts presented below for Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements, Other investments, Cash equivalents, Other assets, Assets and Liabilities held in separate accounts and Other liabilities differ from the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets because only certain investments or certain assets and liabilities within these line items are measured at estimated fair value. Other investments are comprised of investments in the Assurant Investment Plan, American Security Insurance Company Investment Plan, Assurant Deferred Compensation Plan, a modified coinsurance arrangement and other derivatives. Other liabilities are comprised of investments in the Assurant Investment Plan and other derivatives. The fair value amount and the majority of the associated levels presented for Other investments and Assets held in separate accounts are received directly from third parties.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	September 30, 2012
Financial Assets	Total		Level 1			Level 2			Level 3
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	598,661	$	0		$	594,482		$	4,179
State, municipalities and political subdivisions		916,059		0			916,059			0
Foreign governments		759,406		778			734,769			23,859
Asset-backed		28,678		0			28,678			0
Commercial mortgage-backed		76,152		0			73,603			2,549
Residential mortgage-backed		782,119		0			773,609			8,510
Corporate		8,882,856		0			8,728,045			154,811
Equity securities:
Common stocks		18,116		17,433			683			0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		422,399		0			422,398			1
Short-term investments		251,495		138,655	b		112,840	c		0
Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements		69,043		64,911	b		4,132	c		0
Other investments		252,136		50,504	a		191,115	c		10,517	d
Cash equivalents		681,504		681,414	b		90	c		0
Other assets		7,430		0			1,123	f		6,307	e
Assets held in separate accounts		1,708,351		1,494,800	a		213,551	c		0
Total financial assets	$	15,454,405	$	2,448,495		$	12,795,177		$	210,733
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	$	52,765	$	50,504	a	$	171	f	$	2,090	f
Liabilities related to separate accounts		1,708,351		1,494,800	a		213,551	c		0
Total financial liabilities	$	1,761,116	$	1,545,304		$	213,722		$	2,090

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	December 31, 2011
Financial Assets	Total		Level 1			Level 2			Level 3
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	157,340	$	0		$	152,940		$	4,400
State, municipalities and political subdivisions		929,023		0			929,023			0
Foreign governments		723,913		1,857			699,343			22,713
Asset-backed		32,433		0			31,980			453
Commercial mortgage-backed		88,024		0			87,120			904
Residential mortgage-backed		897,219		0			895,352			1,867
Corporate		8,364,647		0			8,227,018			137,629
Equity securities:
Common stocks		16,001		15,318			683			0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		346,375		0			346,362			13
Short-term investments		441,383		355,732	b		85,651	c		0
Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements		70,221		56,441	b		13,780	c		0
Other investments		245,280		47,931	a		179,092	c		18,257	d
Cash equivalents		915,339		887,135	b		28,204	c		0
Other assets		9,241		0			720	f		8,521	e
Assets held in separate accounts		1,632,781		1,417,864	a		214,917	c		0
Total financial assets	$	14,869,220	$	2,782,278		$	11,892,185		$	194,757
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	$	50,754	$	47,931	a	$	103	f	$	2,720	f
Liabilities related to separate accounts		1,632,781		1,417,864	a		214,917	c		0
Total financial liabilities	$	1,683,535	$	1,465,795		$	215,020		$	2,720

a. Mainly includes mutual funds.

b. Mainly includes money market funds.

c. Mainly includes fixed maturity securities.

d. Mainly includes fixed maturity securities and other derivatives.

e. Mainly includes the Consumer Price Index Cap Derivatives (“CPI Caps”).

f. Mainly includes other derivatives.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 financial assets during the period. However, there were transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 financial assets during the period, which are reflected in the “Transfers in” and “Transfers out” columns below. Transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 most commonly occur when market observable inputs that were previously available become unavailable in the current period. The remaining unpriced securities are submitted to independent brokers who provide non-binding broker quotes or are priced by other qualified sources.

The following tables summarize the change in balance sheet carrying value associated with Level 3 financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Balance, beginning of period			Total gains (losses) (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings			Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders’ equity			Sales			Transfers in (1)		Transfers out (1)			Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	4,289		$	0		$	(1	)	$	(109	)	$	0	$	0		$	4,179
Foreign governments		23,367			83			1,091			(682	)		0		0			23,859
Commercial mortgage-backed		823			34			(30	)		(1,172	)		2,894		0			2,549
Residential mortgage-backed		8,535			(5	)		191			(211	)		0		0			8,510
Corporate		141,877			(104	)		5,124			(1,801	)		9,715		0			154,811
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		1			0			0			0			0		0			1
Other investments		10,999			220			173			(248	)		0		(627	)		10,517
Other assets		6,274			33			0			0			0		0			6,307
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities		(1,935	)		(155	)		0			0			0		0			(2,090	)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$	194,230		$	106		$	6,548		$	(4,223	)	$	12,609	$	(627	)	$	208,643

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Balance, beginning of period		Total gains (losses) (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings			Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders’ equity			Purchases			Sales			Transfers in (1)		Transfers out (1)			Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	12,223	$	(1	)	$	(10	)	$	3,980		$	(100	)	$	0	$	(11,682	)	$	4,410
Foreign governments		21,947		(1	)		278			0			0			0		0			22,224
Asset-backed		0		0			(28	)		0						506					478
Commercial mortgage-backed		995		0			(10	)		0			(37	)		0		0			948
Corporate		127,557		(2,471	)		111			13,801			(4,923	)		9,911		0			143,986
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		35		0			(13	)		0			0			0		0			22
Other investments		8,699		7,787			(68	)		4,190			(236	)		0		0			20,372
Other assets		8,623		(716	)		0			0			0			0		0			7,907
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities		0		(189	)		0			(2,675	)		0			0		0			(2,864	)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$	180,079	$	4,409		$	260		$	19,296		$	(5,296	)	$	10,417	$	(11,682	)	$	197,483

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Balance, beginning of period			Total (losses) gains (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings			Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders’ equity			Purchases		Sales			Transfers in (1)		Transfers out (1)			Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	4,400		$	(2	)	$	(6	)	$	0	$	(213	)	$	0	$	0		$	4,179
Foreign governments		22,713			81			1,747			0		(682	)		0		0			23,859
Asset-backed		453			0			0			0		0			0		(453	)		0
Commercial mortgage-backed		904			34			(34	)		0		(1,249	)		2,894		0			2,549
Residential mortgage-backed		1,867			(9	)		241			1,930		(718	)		7,065		(1,866	)		8,510
Corporate		137,629			(290	)		9,337			2,155		(11,268	)		18,701		(1,453	)		154,811
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		13			0			2			0		0			1		(15	)		1
Other investments		18,257			(693	)		592			0		(8,500	)		1,488		(627	)		10,517
Other assets		8,521			(2,214	)		0			0		0			0		0			6,307
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities		(2,720	)		630			0			0		0			0		0			(2,090	)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$	192,037		$	(2,463	)	$	11,879		$	4,085	$	(22,630	)	$	30,149	$	(4,414	)	$	208,643

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Balance, beginning of period		Total gains (losses) (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings			Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders’ equity			Purchases			Sales			Transfers in (1)		Transfers out (1)			Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$	14,506	$	(248	)	$	(47	)	$	3,980		$	(2,099	)	$	0	$	(11,682	)	$	4,410
Foreign governments		25,621		(3	)		726			0			0			0		(4,120	)		22,224
Asset-backed		0		0			(28	)		0			0			506		0			478
Commercial mortgage-backed		4,542		0			17			0			(109	)		0		(3,502	)		948
Corporate		125,685		(2,870	)		4,577			27,427			(25,790	)		17,512		(2,555	)		143,986
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		558		(28	)		67			0			(574	)		6		(7	)		22
Other investments		8,309		8,516			199			4,190			(842	)		0		0			20,372
Other assets		9,825		(1,918	)		0			0			0			0		0			7,907
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities		0		(189	)		0			(2,675	)		0			0		0			(2,864	)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$	189,046	$	3,260		$	5,511		$	32,922		$	(29,414	)	$	18,024	$	(21,866	)	$	197,483

(1) Transfers are primarily attributable to changes in the availability of observable market information and re-evaluation of the observability of pricing inputs.

Three different valuation techniques can be used in determining fair value for financial assets and liabilities: the market, income or cost approaches. The three valuation techniques described in the fair value measurements and disclosures guidance are consistent with generally accepted valuation methodologies. The market approach valuation techniques use prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. When possible, quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets are used as of the period-end date (such as for mutual funds and money market funds). Otherwise, valuation techniques consistent with the market approach including matrix pricing and comparables are used. Matrix pricing is a mathematical technique employed principally to value debt securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for those securities but rather by relying on the securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted securities. Market approach valuation techniques often use market multiples derived from a set of comparables. Multiples might lie in ranges with a different multiple for each comparable. The selection of where within the range the appropriate multiple falls requires judgment, considering both qualitative and quantitative factors specific to the measurement.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

Income approach valuation techniques convert future amounts, such as cash flows or earnings, to a single present amount, or a discounted amount. These techniques rely on current market expectations of future amounts as of the period-end date. Examples of income approach valuation techniques include present value techniques, option-pricing models, binomial or lattice models that incorporate present value techniques and the multi-period excess earnings method.

Cost approach valuation techniques are based upon the amount that would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset at the period-end date, or the current replacement cost. That is, from the perspective of a market participant (seller), the price that would be received for the asset is determined based on the cost to a market participant (buyer) to acquire or construct a substitute asset of comparable utility, adjusted for obsolescence.

While not all three approaches are applicable to all financial assets or liabilities, where appropriate, one or more valuation techniques may be used. For all the classes of financial assets and liabilities included in the above hierarchy, excluding the CPI Caps and certain privately placed corporate bonds, the market valuation technique is generally used. For certain privately placed corporate bonds and the CPI Caps, the income valuation technique is generally used. For the periods ended September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the application of the valuation technique applied to the Company’s classes of financial assets and liabilities has been consistent.

Level 1 Securities

The Company’s investments and liabilities classified as Level 1 as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, consisted of mutual funds and money market funds, foreign government fixed maturities and common stocks that are publicly listed and/or actively traded in an established market.

Level 2 Securities

The Company’s Level 2 securities are valued using various observable market inputs obtained from a pricing service. The pricing service prepares estimates of fair value measurements for our Level 2 securities using proprietary valuation models based on techniques such as matrix pricing which include observable market inputs. The fair value measurements and disclosures guidance defines observable market inputs as the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. The extent of the use of each observable market input for a security depends on the type of security and the market conditions at the balance sheet date. Depending on the security, the priority of the use of observable market inputs may change as some observable market inputs may not be relevant or additional inputs may be necessary. The following observable market inputs (“standard inputs”), listed in the approximate order of priority, are utilized in the pricing evaluation of Level 2 securities: benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data including market research data. Further details for Level 2 investment types follow:

United States Government and government agencies and authorities: United States government and government agencies and authorities securities are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing standard inputs. Included in this category are U.S. Treasury securities which are priced using vendor trading platform data in addition to the standard inputs.

State, municipalities and political subdivisions: State, municipalities and political subdivisions securities are priced by our pricing service utilizing material event notices and new issue data inputs in addition to the standard inputs.

Foreign governments: Foreign government securities are primarily fixed maturity securities denominated in Canadian dollars which are priced by our pricing service utilizing standard inputs. The pricing service also evaluates each security based on relevant market information including relevant credit information, perceived market movements and sector news.

Commercial mortgage-backed, residential mortgage-backed and asset-backed: Commercial mortgage-backed, residential mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing monthly payment information and collateral performance information in addition to standard inputs. Additionally, commercial mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities utilize new issue data while residential mortgage-backed securities utilize vendor trading platform data.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

Corporate: Corporate securities are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing standard inputs. Non-investment grade securities within this category are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing observations of equity and credit default swap curves related to the issuer in addition to standard inputs. Certain privately placed corporate bonds are priced by a non-pricing service source using a model with observable inputs including, but not limited to, the credit rating, credit spreads, sector add-ons, and issuer specific add-ons.

Non-redeemable preferred stocks: Non-redeemable preferred stocks are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing observations of equity and credit default swap curves related to the issuer in addition to standard inputs.

Short-term investments, collateral held/pledged under securities, other investments, cash equivalents, and assets/liabilities held in separate accounts: To price the fixed maturity securities in these categories, the pricing service utilizes the standard inputs.

Valuation models used by the pricing service can change period to period, depending on the appropriate observable inputs that are available at the balance sheet date to price a security. When market observable inputs are unavailable to the pricing service, the remaining unpriced securities are submitted to independent brokers who provide non-binding broker quotes or are priced by other qualified sources. If the Company cannot corroborate the non-binding broker quotes with Level 2 inputs, these securities are categorized as Level 3 securities.

Level 3 Securities

The Company’s investments classified as Level 3 as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, consisted of fixed maturity securities and derivatives. All of the Level 3 fixed maturity and equity securities are priced using non-binding broker quotes which cannot be corroborated with Level 2 inputs. Of our total Level 3 fixed maturity and equity securities, $103,043 and $99,920 were priced by a pricing service using single broker quotes due to insufficient information to provide an evaluated price as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The single broker quotes are provided by market makers or broker-dealers who are recognized as market participants in the markets in which they are providing the quotes. The remaining $98,283 and $82,522 were priced internally using independent and non-binding broker quotes as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The inputs factoring into the broker quotes include trades in the actual bond being priced, trades of comparable bonds, quality of the issuer, optionality, structure and liquidity. Significant changes in interest rates, issuer credit, liquidity, and overall market conditions would result in a significantly lower or higher broker quote. The prices received from both the pricing service and internally are reviewed for reasonableness by management and if necessary, management works with the pricing service or broker to further understand how they developed their price. Further details on Level 3 derivative investment types follow:

Other investments and other liabilities: Swaptions are priced using a Black-Scholes pricing model incorporating third-party market data, including swap volatility data.

Other assets: Non-pricing service source prices the CPI Cap derivatives using a model with inputs including, but not limited to, the time to expiration, the notional amount, the strike price, the forward rate, implied volatility and the discount rate.

Management evaluates the following factors in order to determine whether the market for a financial asset is inactive. The factors include, but are not limited to:

• There are few recent transactions,

• Little information is released publicly,

• The available prices vary significantly over time or among market participants,

• The prices are stale (i.e., not current), and

• The magnitude of the bid-ask spread.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

Illiquidity did not have a material impact in the fair value determination of the Company’s financial assets.

The Company generally obtains one price for each financial asset. The Company performs a monthly analysis to assess if the evaluated prices represent a reasonable estimate of their fair value. This process involves quantitative and qualitative analysis and is overseen by investment and accounting professionals. Examples of procedures performed include, but are not limited to, initial and on-going review of pricing service methodologies, review of the prices received from the pricing service, review of pricing statistics and trends, and comparison of prices for certain securities with two different appropriate price sources for reasonableness. Following this analysis, the Company generally uses the best estimate of fair value based upon all available inputs. On infrequent occasions, a non-pricing service source may be more familiar with the market activity for a particular security than the pricing service. In these cases the price used is taken from the non-pricing service source. The pricing service provides information to indicate which securities were priced using market observable inputs so that the Company can properly categorize our financial assets in the fair value hierarchy.

Disclosures for Non-Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

The Company also measures the fair value of certain assets on a non-recurring basis, generally on an annual basis, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. These assets include commercial mortgage loans, goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets.

The Company utilizes both the income and market valuation approaches to measure the fair value of its reporting units when required. Under the income approach, the Company determined the fair value of the reporting units considering distributable earnings, which were estimated from operating plans. The resulting cash flows were then discounted using a market participant weighted average cost of capital estimated for the reporting units. After discounting the future discrete earnings to their present value, the Company estimated the terminal value attributable to the years beyond the discrete operating plan period. The discounted terminal value was then added to the aggregate discounted distributable earnings from the discrete operating plan period to estimate the fair value of the reporting units. Under the market approach, the Company derived the fair value of the reporting units based on various financial multiples, including but not limited to: price to tangible book value of equity, price to estimated 2012 earnings and price to estimated 2013 earnings, which were estimated based on publicly available data related to comparable guideline companies. In addition, financial multiples were also estimated from publicly available purchase price data for acquisitions of companies operating in the insurance industry. The estimated fair value of the reporting units was more heavily weighted towards the income approach because in the current economic environment the earnings capacity of a business is generally considered the most important factor in the valuation of a business enterprise. This fair value determination was categorized as Level 3 (unobservable) in the fair value hierarchy.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments Disclosures

The financial instruments guidance requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, as defined therein, for which it is practicable to estimate such fair value. Therefore, it requires fair value disclosure for financial instruments that are not recognized or are not carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets. However, this guidance excludes certain financial instruments, including those related to insurance contracts and those accounted for under the equity method and joint ventures guidance (such as real estate joint ventures).

For the financial instruments included within the following financial assets and financial liabilities, the carrying value in the consolidated balance sheets equals or approximates fair value. Please refer to the Fair Value Inputs and Valuation Techniques for Financial Assets and Liabilities Disclosures section above for more information on the financial instruments included within the following financial assets and financial liabilities and the methods and assumptions used to estimate fair value:

• Cash and cash equivalents

• Fixed maturity securities

• Equity securities

• Short-term investments

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

• Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements

• Other investments

• Other assets

• Assets held in separate accounts

• Other liabilities

• Liabilities related to separate accounts

In estimating the fair value of the financial instruments that are not recognized or are not carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets, the Company used the following methods and assumptions:

Commercial mortgage loans: the fair values of mortgage loans are estimated using discounted cash flow models. The model inputs include mortgage amortization schedules and loan provisions, an internally developed credit spread based on the credit risk associated with the borrower and the treasury spot curve. Mortgage loans with similar characteristics are aggregated for purposes of the calculations.

Policy loans: the carrying value of policy loans reported in the balance sheets approximates fair value.

Policy reserves under investment products: the fair values for the Company’s policy reserves under investment products are determined using discounted cash flow analysis. Key inputs to the valuation include projections of policy cash flows, reserve run-off, market yields and risk margins.

Funds held under reinsurance: the carrying value reported approximates fair value due to the short maturity of the instruments.

Debt: the fair value of debt is based upon matrix pricing performed by the pricing service utilizing the standard inputs.

Obligations under securities agreements: obligation under securities agreements is reported at the amount of cash received from the selected broker/dealers.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

The following table discloses the carrying value, fair value amount and hierarchy level of the financial instruments that are not recognized or are not carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets:

	September 30, 2012
			Fair Value
Financial Assets	Carrying Value		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate	$	1,302,373	$	1,464,649	$	0	$	0	$	1,464,649
Policy loans		53,924		53,924		53,924		0		0
Total financial assets	$	1,356,297	$	1,518,573	$	53,924	$	0	$	1,464,649
Financial Liabilities
Policy reserves under investment products (Individual and group annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal)	$	872,438	$	894,480	$	0	$	0	$	894,480
Funds withheld under reinsurance		60,703		60,703		60,703		0		0
Debt		972,368		1,046,368		0		1,046,368		0
Obligation under securities agreements		94,024		94,024		94,024		0		0
Total financial liabilities	$	1,999,533	$	2,095,575	$	154,727	$	1,046,368	$	894,480

	December 31, 2011
			Fair Value
Financial Assets	Carrying Value		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate	$	1,309,687	$	1,439,753	$	0	$	0	$	1,439,753
Policy loans		54,192		54,192		54,192		0		0
Total financial assets	$	1,363,879	$	1,493,945	$	54,192	$	0	$	1,439,753
Financial Liabilities
Policy reserves under investment products (Individual and group annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal)	$	865,021	$	864,068	$	0	$	0	$	864,068
Funds withheld under reinsurance		64,413		64,413		64,413		0		0
Debt		972,278		1,016,562		0		1,016,562		0
Obligation under securities agreements		95,494		95,494		95,494		0		0
Total financial liabilities	$	1,997,206	$	2,040,537	$	159,907	$	1,016,562	$	864,068

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

Only the fair value of the Company’s policy reserves for investment-type contracts (those without significant mortality or morbidity risk) are reflected in the table above.

Reinsurance Recoverables Credit Disclosures

A key credit quality indicator for reinsurance is the A.M. Best financial strength ratings of the reinsurer. The A.M. Best ratings are an independent opinion of a reinsurer’s ability to meet ongoing obligations to policyholders. The A.M. Best ratings for new reinsurance agreements where there is material credit exposure are reviewed at the time of execution. The A.M. Best ratings for existing reinsurance agreements are reviewed on a periodic basis, at least annually. The A.M. Best ratings have not changed significantly since December 31, 2011.

An allowance for doubtful accounts for reinsurance recoverables is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due from reinsurers (net of collateral), reinsurer solvency, management’s experience and current economic conditions. Information about the allowance for doubtful accounts for reinsurance recoverable as of September 30, 2012 is as follows:

Balance as of beginning-of-year	$	10,633
Provision		0
Other additions		0
Direct write-downs charged against the allowance		0
Balance as of the end-of-period	$	10,633

6. Income Taxes

At December 31, 2011, the cumulative amount of undistributed earnings for which the Company had not provided deferred income taxes was $138,248. During the second quarter of 2012, the Company adopted a plan to undergo a legal entity reorganization of its foreign subsidiaries to better align the structure for international growth. As a result of a revised plan of reorganization during the third quarter, the Company does not anticipate a significant change from prior year to the amount of undistributed earnings for which the Company has not provided deferred income taxes.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recognized a cumulative income tax benefit of $80,252 related to the release of a portion of the valuation allowance due to sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character during the period from new planning strategies. The $80,252 consists of $80,000 of capital losses and $252 of operating losses.

7. Debt

In February 2004, the Company issued two series of senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of $975,000 (the “Senior Notes”). The Company received net proceeds of $971,537 from this transaction, which represents the principal amount less the discount. The discount of $3,463 is being amortized over the life of the Senior Notes and is included as part of interest expense on the statement of operations. The first series is $500,000 in principal amount, bears interest at 5.63% per year and is payable in a single installment due February 15, 2014 and was issued at a 0.11% discount. The second series is $475,000 in principal amount, bears interest at 6.75% per year and is payable in a single installment due February 15, 2034 and was issued at a 0.61% discount.

The interest expense incurred related to the Senior Notes was $15,047 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $45,141 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. There was $7,523 of accrued interest at September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Company made interest payments of $30,094 on February 15, 2012 and 2011 and August 15, 2012 and 2011.

Credit Facility

The Company’s commercial paper program requires the Company to maintain liquidity facilities either in an available amount equal to any outstanding notes from the commercial paper program or in an amount sufficient to maintain the ratings assigned to the notes issued from the commercial paper program. The Company’s subsidiaries do not maintain commercial paper or other borrowing facilities at their level. This program is currently backed up by a $350,000 senior revolving credit facility, of which $330,240 was available at September 30, 2012, due to outstanding letters of credit.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

On September 21, 2011, the Company entered into a four-year unsecured $350,000 revolving credit agreement (“2011 Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of banks arranged by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. The 2011 Credit Facility replaced the Company’s prior three-year $350,000 revolving credit facility (“2009 Credit Facility”), which was entered into on December 18, 2009 and was scheduled to expire in December 2012. The 2009 Credit Facility terminated upon the effective date of the 2011 Credit Facility. The 2011 Credit Facility provides for revolving loans and the issuance of multi-bank, syndicated letters of credit and/or letters of credit from a sole issuing bank in an aggregate amount of $350,000 and is available until September 2015, provided the Company is in compliance with all covenants. The 2011 Credit Facility has a sublimit for letters of credit issued thereunder of $50,000. The proceeds of these loans may be used for the Company’s commercial paper program or for general corporate purposes. The Company may increase the total amount available under the 2011 Credit Facility to $525,000 subject to certain conditions. No bank is obligated to provide commitments above their share of the $350,000 facility.

The Company did not use the commercial paper program during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and there were no amounts outstanding relating to the commercial paper program at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The Company made no borrowings using the 2011 Credit Facility and no loans are outstanding at September 30, 2012. The Company had $19,760 of letters of credit outstanding under the 2011 Credit Facility as of September 30, 2012.

The 2011 Credit Facility contains restrictive covenants and requires that the Company maintain certain specified minimum ratios and thresholds. Among others, these covenants include maintaining a maximum debt to capitalization ratio and a minimum consolidated adjusted net worth. At September 30, 2012, the Company was in compliance with all covenants, minimum ratios and thresholds.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

8. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Certain amounts included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income are net of reclassification adjustments. The following table summarizes those reclassification adjustments as of the dates indicated:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012			2011
	(in thousands)
Reclassification of net realized gains on sales of securities included in net income, net of taxes	$	4,029	$	1,241	$	18,004		$	11,092
Reclassification of net realized losses on sales of securities previously written down included in net income, net of taxes	$	0	$	5	$	(92	)	$	(973	)
Reclassification of amortization of prior service cost included in net income, net of taxes	$	3,840	$	2,274	$	11,315		$	8,059

9. Stock Based Compensation

Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan

In May 2008, the Company’s shareholders approved the Assurant, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (“ALTEIP”), which authorized the granting of up to 3,400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to employees, officers and non-employee directors. In May 2010, the Company’s shareholders approved an amended and restated ALTEIP, increasing the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance to 5,300,000. Under the ALTEIP, the Company may grant awards based on shares of its common stock, including stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock (including performance shares), unrestricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance share units (“PSUs”) and dividend equivalents. All future share-based grants will be awarded under the ALTEIP.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) awarded PSUs and RSUs in 2012 and 2011. RSUs and PSUs are promises to issue actual shares of common stock at the end of a vesting period or performance period. The RSUs granted to employees under the ALTEIP were based on salary grade and performance and will vest one-third each year over a three-year period. RSUs granted to non-employee directors also vest one-third each year over a three-year period. RSUs receive dividend equivalents in cash during the restricted period and do not have voting rights during the restricted period. PSUs accrue dividend equivalents during the performance period based on a target payout, and will be paid in cash at the end of the performance period based on the actual number of shares issued.

For the PSU portion of an award, the number of shares a participant will receive upon vesting is contingent upon the Company’s performance with respect to selected metrics, identified below, compared against a broad index of insurance companies and assigned a percentile ranking. These rankings are then averaged to determine the composite percentile ranking for the performance period. The payout levels can vary between 0% and 150% (maximum) of the target (100%) ALTEIP award amount based on the Company’s level of performance against the selected metrics.

PSU Performance Goals. For 2012 and 2011, the Compensation Committee established book value per share (“BVPS”) growth excluding AOCI, revenue growth and total stockholder return as the three performance measures for PSU awards. BVPS growth is defined as the year-over-year growth of the Company’s stockholders’ equity excluding AOCI divided by the number of fully diluted total shares outstanding at the end of the period. Revenue growth is defined as the year-over-year change in GAAP total revenues as disclosed in the Company’s annual statement of operations. Total stockholder return is defined as appreciation in Company stock plus dividend yield to stockholders. For the 2012-2014 and 2011-2013 performance cycles, payouts will be determined by measuring performance against the average performance of companies included in the A.M. Best Insurance Index, excluding those with revenues of less than $1,000,000 or that are not in the health or insurance Global Industry Classification Standard codes.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

Under the ALTEIP, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) is authorized by the Board of Directors to grant common stock, restricted stock and RSUs to employees other than the executive officers of the Company (as defined in Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). The Board of Directors reviews and ratifies these grants quarterly. Restricted stock and RSUs granted under this program may have different vesting periods.

Restricted Stock Units

RSUs granted to employees and to non-employee directors were 25,160 and 23,181 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and 526,051 and 515,746 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The compensation expense recorded related to RSUs was $5,593 and $5,219 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $15,993 and $14,984 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The related total income tax benefit was $1,952 and $1,822 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $5,591 and $5,230 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The weighted average grant date fair value for RSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $41.16 and $38.15, respectively.

As of September 30, 2012, there was $22,618 of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding RSUs. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.25 years. The total fair value of RSUs vested during the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $1,085 and $1,842, respectively, and $21,385 and $16,333 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Performance Share Units

No PSUs were granted during the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. PSUs granted to employees were 407,506 and 401,735 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The compensation expense recorded related to PSUs was $5,484 and $3,982 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $8,691 and $7,854 for the nine months ended September 2012 and 2011, respectively. Portions of the compensation expense recorded during 2012, 2011 and 2010 were reversed in 2012 and 2011, respectively, since the Company’s level of actual performance as measured against pre-established performance goals had declined. The related total income tax benefit was $1,912 and $1,390 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively and $3,041 and $2,740 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The weighted average grant date fair value for PSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $41.68 and $37.83, respectively.

As of September 30, 2012, there was $15,445 of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding PSUs. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.95 years.

The fair value of PSUs with market conditions was estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model, which utilizes multiple variables that determine the probability of satisfying the market condition stipulated in the award. Expected volatilities for awards issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were based on the historical stock prices of the Company’s stock and peer insurance group. The expected term for grants issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was assumed to equal the average of the vesting period of the PSUs. The risk-free rate was based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

Long-Term Incentive Plan

Prior to the approval of the ALTEIP, share based awards were granted under the 2004 Assurant Long-Term Incentive Plan (“ALTIP”), which authorized the granting of up to 10,000,000 new shares of the Company’s common stock to employees and officers under the ALTIP, Business Value Rights Program (“BVR”) and CEO Equity Grants Program. Under the ALTIP, the Company was authorized to grant restricted stock and SARs. Since May 2008, no new grants have been made under this plan and the impact of these grants on the consolidated financial statements is immaterial.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), the Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 new shares to employees who are participants in the ESPP. Eligible employees can purchase shares at a 10% discount applied to the lower of the closing price of the common stock on the first or last day of the offering period. The compensation expense recorded related to the ESPP was $319 and $321 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $1,077 and $985 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

In January 2012, the Company issued 103,243 shares at a discounted price of $32.98 for the offering period of July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. In January 2011, the Company issued 111,414 shares at a discounted price of $31.06 for the offering period of July 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

In July 2012, the Company issued 110,699 shares to employees at a discounted price of $31.36 for the offering period of January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012. In July 2011, the Company issued 106,373 shares to employees at a discounted price of $32.64 for the offering period of January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011.

The fair value of each award under the ESPP was estimated at the beginning of each offering period using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Expected volatilities are based on implied volatilities from traded options on the Company’s stock and the historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The dividend yield is based on the current annualized dividend and share price as of the grant date.

10. Stock Repurchase

The following table shows the shares repurchased during the periods indicated:

Period in 2012	Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid Per  Share		Total Number  of Shares Purchased as Part  of Publicly Announced Programs
January		978,000	$	39.50		978,000
February		528,000		43.37		528,000
March		912,000		41.47		912,000
April		912,800		39.58		912,800
May		1,062,000		34.58		1,062,000
June		2,581,021		33.83		2,581,021
July		1,444,639		34.52		1,444,639
August		180,000		34.78		180,000
September		1,449,000		37.07		1,449,000
Total		10,047,460	$	36.76		10,047,460

On January 18, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $600,000 of its outstanding common stock. On May 14, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to an additional $600,000 of its outstanding common stock, making the total remaining under the authorization $733,275 as of that date.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company repurchased 10,047,460 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock at a cost of $369,157, exclusive of commissions, leaving $536,235 remaining at September 30, 2012 under the total repurchase authorization.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

11. Earnings Per Common Share

The following table presents net income, the weighted average common shares used in calculating basic earnings per common share (“EPS”) and those used in calculating diluted EPS for each period presented below.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Numerator
Net income	$	126,288		$	74,037		$	458,718		$	379,804
Deduct dividends paid		(17,284	)		(17,178	)		(52,633	)		(50,858	)
Undistributed earnings	$	109,004		$	56,859		$	406,085		$	328,946
Denominator
Weighted average shares outstanding used in basic earnings per share calculations		82,156,838			95,351,601			85,723,387			98,065,082
Incremental common shares from :
SARs		119,925			167,924			135,626			193,330
PSUs		676,488			783,487			733,493			702,300
ESPPs		6,202			0			6,202			0
Weighted average shares used in diluted earnings per share calculations		82,959,453			96,303,012			86,598,708			98,960,712
Earnings per common share - Basic
Distributed earnings	$	0.21		$	0.18		$	0.60		$	0.52
Undistributed earnings		1.33			0.60			4.75			3.35
Net income	$	1.54		$	0.78		$	5.35		$	3.87
Earnings per common share - Diluted
Distributed earnings	$	0.21		$	0.18		$	0.60		$	0.52
Undistributed earnings		1.31			0.59			4.70			3.32
Net income	$	1.52		$	0.77		$	5.30		$	3.84

Average SARs totaling 1,825,748 and 2,184,815 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, were outstanding but were anti-dilutive and thus not included in the computation of diluted EPS under the treasury stock method. No SARs were anti-dilutive for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. Average PSUs totaling 191 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were outstanding but were anti-dilutive and thus not included in the computation of diluted EPS under the treasury stock method. There were no anti-dilutive PSUs outstanding during the three months ended September 30, 2012 or the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

12. Retirement and Other Employee Benefits

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the Company’s qualified pension benefits plan, nonqualified pension benefits plan and retirement health benefits plan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

	Qualified Pension Benefits						Nonqualified Pension Benefits (1)				Retirement  Health Benefits
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012		2011		2012			2011
Service cost	$	7,788		$	6,677		$	966	$	763	$	681		$	567
Interest cost		8,211			8,160			1,463		1,475		867			833
Expected return on plan assets		(9,932	)		(10,074	)		0		0		(609	)		(754	)
Amortization of prior service cost		24			24			167		199		(242	)		(238	)
Amortization of net loss (gain)		4,833			3,026			1,126		633		0			(145	)
Curtailment credit / special termination benefits		0			0			0		136		0			0
Net periodic benefit cost	$	10,924		$	7,813		$	3,722	$	3,206	$	697		$	263
	Qualified Pension Benefits						Nonqualified Pension Benefits (1)				Retirement Health Benefits
	For the Nine Months  Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012		2011		2012			2011
Service cost	$	24,038		$	22,177		$	2,816	$	2,213	$	2,081		$	2,667
Interest cost		24,511			24,910			4,163		4,375		2,617			3,083
Expected return on plan assets		(30,132	)		(30,624	)		0		0		(2,159	)		(2,204	)
Amortization of prior service cost		74			74			517		499		(692	)		512
Amortization of net loss (gain)		14,283			9,426			3,226		2,033		0			(145	)
Curtailment credit / special termination benefits		0			0			0		386		0			0
Net periodic benefit cost	$	32,774		$	25,963		$	10,722	$	9,506	$	1,847		$	3,913

(1) The Company’s nonqualified plan is unfunded.

Our qualified pension benefits plan (the “Plan”) was under-funded by $161,939 and $125,517 (based on the fair value of Plan assets compared to the projected benefit obligation) at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. This equates to an 81% and 83% funded status at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The change in under-funded status is mainly due to a decrease in the discount rate used to determine the projected benefit obligation, partially offset by favorable investment returns. During the first nine months of 2012, $37,500 in cash was contributed to the Plan. Additional cash, up to $12,500, is expected to be contributed to the Plan over the remainder of 2012.

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

13. Segment Information

The Company has five reportable segments, which are defined based on the nature of the products and services offered: Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health, Assurant Employee Benefits, and Corporate & Other. Assurant Solutions provides debt protection administration, credit-related insurance, warranties and service contracts, and pre-funded funeral insurance. Assurant Specialty Property provides lender-placed homeowners insurance and manufactured housing homeowners insurance. Assurant Health provides individual health and small employer group health insurance. Assurant Employee Benefits primarily provides group dental insurance, group disability insurance, and group life insurance. Corporate & Other includes activities of the holding company, financing and interest expenses, net realized gains (losses) on investments, interest income earned from short-term investments held and additional costs associated with excess of loss reinsurance programs reinsured and ceded to certain subsidiaries in the London market between 1995 and 1997. Corporate & Other also includes the amortization of deferred gains associated with the sales of Fortis Financial Group and Long-Term Care through reinsurance agreements.

The Company evaluates performance of the operating segments based on segment income (loss) after-tax excluding realized gains (losses) on investments. The Company determines reportable segments in a manner consistent with the way the Company organizes for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing performance.

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

The following tables summarize selected financial information by segment:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Solutions		Specialty Property		Health		Employee Benefits		Corporate  & Other			Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	669,742	$	518,868	$	397,248	$	252,623	$	0		$	1,838,481
Net investment income		97,558		25,022		10,253		31,488		5,112			169,433
Net realized gains on investments		0		0		0		0		8,460			8,460
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses		0		0		0		0		4,600			4,600
Fees and other income		82,866		26,034		7,795		7,043		368			124,106
Total revenues		850,166		569,924		415,296		291,154		18,540			2,145,080
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits		219,430		216,755		287,085		173,309		(1,099	)		895,480
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		271,652		85,629		43		6,672		0			363,996
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		302,399		132,397		105,777		91,297		30,037			661,907
Interest expense		0		0		0		0		15,078			15,078
Total benefits, losses and expenses		793,481		434,781		392,905		271,278		44,016			1,936,461
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax		56,685		135,143		22,391		19,876		(25,476	)		208,619
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		19,983		45,748		11,131		6,630		(1,161	)		82,331
Segment income (loss) after tax	$	36,702	$	89,395	$	11,260	$	13,246	$	(24,315	)
Net income												$	126,288

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Solutions		Specialty Property		Health		Employee Benefits		Corporate & Other			Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	600,679	$	476,712	$	428,971	$	270,953	$	0		$	1,777,315
Net investment income		98,453		25,980		11,703		32,316		3,724			172,176
Net realized gains on investments		0		0		0		0		532			532
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses		0		0		0		0		5,114			5,114
Fees and other income		70,126		21,329		8,989		6,157		(23	)		106,578
Total revenues		769,258		524,021		449,663		309,426		9,347			2,061,715
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits		213,417		265,072		328,235		190,707		0			997,431
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		258,129		76,258		0		6,286		0			340,673
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		245,989		118,722		111,766		92,004		27,629			596,110
Interest expense		0		0		0		0		15,078			15,078
Total benefits, losses and expenses		717,535		460,052		440,001		288,997		42,707			1,949,292
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax		51,723		63,969		9,662		20,429		(33,360	)		112,423
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		18,049		20,604		3,899		6,822		(10,988	)		38,386
Segment income (loss) after tax	$	33,674	$	43,365	$	5,763	$	13,607	$	(22,372	)
Net income												$	74,037

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Solutions		Specialty Property		Health		Employee Benefits		Corporate  & Other			Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	1,942,155	$	1,495,057	$	1,207,750	$	762,816	$	0		$	5,407,778
Net investment income		297,201		77,409		53,659		97,515		15,258			541,042
Net realized gains on investments		0		0		0		0		34,179			34,179
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses		0		0		0		0		13,817			13,817
Fees and other income		231,525		73,662		23,162		21,622		507			350,478
Total revenues		2,470,881		1,646,128		1,284,571		881,953		63,761			6,347,294
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits		639,426		572,352		883,602		529,584		(1,099	)		2,623,865
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		775,996		245,409		181		19,030		0			1,040,616
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		872,276		382,589		312,144		271,574		76,074			1,914,657
Interest expense		0		0		0		0		45,228			45,228
Total benefits, losses and expenses		2,287,698		1,200,350		1,195,927		820,188		120,203			5,624,366
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax		183,183		445,778		88,644		61,765		(56,442	)		722,928
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		62,718		151,057		36,837		20,834		(7,236	)		264,210
Segment income (loss) after tax	$	120,465	$	294,721	$	51,807	$	40,931	$	(49,206	)
Net income												$	458,718
	As of September 30, 2012
Segment assets:
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	$	12,250,912	$	3,450,511	$	936,129	$	2,409,261	$	8,481,876		$	27,528,689
Goodwill													640,934
Total assets												$	28,169,623

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Solutions		Specialty Property		Health		Employee Benefits		Corporate & Other			Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	1,815,305	$	1,409,465	$	1,280,572	$	802,293	$	0		$	5,307,635
Net investment income		295,508		78,370		34,410		97,355		12,250			517,893
Net realized gains on investments		0		0		0		0		20,355			20,355
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses		0		0		0		0		15,353			15,353
Fees and other income		196,976		56,878		26,828		19,095		260			300,037
Total revenues		2,307,789		1,544,713		1,341,810		918,743		48,218			6,161,273
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits		641,140		686,600		962,229		587,334		0			2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		753,059		226,436		0		18,317		0			997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		747,203		347,351		348,530		269,995		70,304			1,783,383
Interest expense		0		0		0		0		45,284			45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses		2,141,402		1,260,387		1,310,759		875,646		115,588			5,703,782
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax		166,387		284,326		31,051		43,097		(67,370	)		457,491
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		56,578		95,895		12,904		14,534		(102,224	)		77,687
Segment income (loss) after tax	$	109,809	$	188,431	$	18,147	$	28,563	$	34,854
Net income												$	379,804
	As of December 31, 2011
Segment assets:
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	$	11,333,833	$	3,387,027	$	1,067,423	$	2,477,192	$	8,115,290		$	26,380,765
Goodwill													639,097
Total assets												$	27,019,862

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Assurant, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

14. Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, letters of credit are issued primarily to support reinsurance arrangements in which the Company is the reinsurer. These letters of credit are supported by commitments under which the Company is required to indemnify the financial institution issuing the letter of credit if the letter of credit is drawn. The Company had $19,760 and $24,296 of letters of credit outstanding as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

In February 2012, the Company and two of its insurance company subsidiaries (American Security Insurance Company and American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida) received subpoenas from the New York Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”) regarding its lender-placed insurance business and related document retention practices. In response to the subpoenas, depositions were conducted in late February involving designated witnesses for the Company and the subsidiaries. In March 2012, the Company received an additional request from the NYDFS for further information relating to its lender-placed insurance program in New York and responded in April. Along with other companies in the industry, the Company participated in public hearings conducted by the NYDFS in mid-May. The Company was subsequently served with an order by the NYDFS requiring the Company to propose and justify amended rates for its lender-placed insurance products sold in the State of New York by July 6, 2012. The Company submitted a response to the order and has since engaged in periodic discussions with the NYDFS concerning its lender-placed insurance program in the State of New York. The Company cannot estimate any possible loss or range of possible losses in connection with this matter. The Company’s discussions with the NYDFS are continuing.

For additional information on the potential effects of the outcome of the Company’s discussions with the NYDFS and the potential effects of actions that may be taken by other states, please refer to “Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in this Third Quarter 2012 Form 10-Q.

The Company is involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business, both as a defendant and as a plaintiff. The Company may from time to time be subject to a variety of legal and regulatory actions relating to the Company’s current and past business operations. Although the Company cannot predict the outcome of any pending or future litigation, examination or investigation, it is possible that the outcome of such matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or cash flows for an individual reporting period. However, based on currently available information, management does not believe that any pending matter is likely to have a material adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the Company’s financial condition.

15. Catastrophe Bond Program

On May 5, 2009, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”) entered into two reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re Ltd., an independent special purpose reinsurance company domiciled in the Cayman Islands (“Ibis Re”). The Ibis Re agreements provide up to $150,000 of reinsurance coverage for protection against losses over a three-year period from individual hurricane events in Hawaii and along the Gulf and Eastern Coasts of the United States. Ibis Re financed the property catastrophe reinsurance coverage by issuing catastrophe bonds in an aggregate amount of $150,000 to unrelated investors (the “Series 2009-1 Notes”). The agreements expired in May 2012.

On April 27, 2010, the Subsidiaries entered into two additional reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re providing up to $150,000 of reinsurance coverage for protection against losses over a three-year period from individual hurricane events in Hawaii and along the Gulf and Eastern Coasts of the United States. The agreements expire in May 2013. Ibis Re financed the property catastrophe reinsurance coverage by issuing catastrophe bonds in an aggregate amount of $150,000 to unrelated investors (the “Series 2010-1 Notes”).

On January 30, 2012, the Subsidiaries entered into two reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re II Ltd. (“Ibis Re II”). Ibis Re II, incorporated on December 2, 2011, is an independent special purpose reinsurance company domiciled in the Cayman Islands. The Ibis Re II agreements provide up to $130,000 of reinsurance coverage for protection against losses over a three-year period from individual hurricane events in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and along the Gulf and Eastern Coasts of the United States. The agreements expire in February 2015. Ibis Re II financed the property catastrophe reinsurance coverage by issuing $130,000 in catastrophe bonds to unrelated investors (the “Series 2012-1 Notes”). The Series 2012-1 Notes replace the Series 2009-1 Notes.

Upon expiration of the Series 2009-1 Notes, the remaining $280,000 of coverage represents approximately 20% of the expected first event coverage (net of reimbursements of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund) purchased by the Company in excess of the Company’s anticipated retention.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share amounts)

Under the terms of these reinsurance agreements, the Subsidiaries are obligated to pay annual reinsurance premiums to Ibis Re and Ibis Re II for the reinsurance coverage. The reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re and Ibis Re II utilize a dual trigger that is based upon an index that is created by applying predetermined percentages to insured industry losses in each state in the covered area as reported by an independent party and the Subsidiaries’ covered losses incurred. Reinsurance contracts that have a separate, pre-identified variable (e.g., a loss-based index) are accounted for as reinsurance if certain conditions are met. In the case of the reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re and Ibis Re II, these conditions were met, thus the Company accounted for them as reinsurance in accordance with the guidance for reinsurance contracts.

Amounts payable to the Subsidiaries under the reinsurance agreements will be determined by the index-based losses, which are designed to approximate the Subsidiaries’ actual losses from any covered event. The amount of actual losses and index losses from any covered event may differ. For each covered event, Ibis Re and Ibis Re II pay the Subsidiaries the lesser of the covered index-based losses or the Subsidiaries’ actual losses. The principal amount of the catastrophe bonds will be reduced by any amounts paid to the Subsidiaries under the reinsurance agreements. The Subsidiaries have not incurred any losses subject to the reinsurance agreements since their inception.

As of September 30, 2012, the Company had not ceded any losses to Ibis Re or Ibis Re II.

As with any reinsurance agreement, there is credit risk associated with collecting amounts due from reinsurers. With regard to the Series 2010-1 Notes and Series 2012-1 Notes, the credit risk is mitigated by two reinsurance trust accounts for each Series. Each reinsurance trust account has been funded by Ibis Re (Series 2010-1 Notes) or Ibis Re II (Series 2012-1 Notes) with money market funds that invest solely in direct government obligations backed by the U.S. government with maturities of no more than 13 months. The money market funds must have a principal stability rating of at least AAA by Standard & Poor’s.

At the time the agreements were entered into with Ibis Re and Ibis Re II, the Company evaluated the applicability of the accounting guidance that addresses variable interest entities (“VIEs”). Entities which do not have sufficient equity at risk to allow the entity to finance its activities without additional financial support or in which the equity investors, as a group, do not have the characteristic of a controlling financial interest are referred to as VIEs. A VIE is consolidated by the variable interest holder that is determined to have the controlling financial interest (primary beneficiary) as a result of having both the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The Company determines whether it is the primary beneficiary of an entity subject to consolidation based on a qualitative assessment of the VIE’s capital structure, contractual terms, nature of the VIE’s operations and purpose and the Company’s relative exposure to the related risks of the VIE on the date it becomes initially involved in the VIE. The Company reassesses its VIE determination with respect to an entity on an ongoing basis.

As a result of the evaluation of the reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re and Ibis Re II, the Company concluded that Ibis Re and Ibis Re II are VIEs. However, while Ibis Re and Ibis Re II are VIEs, the Company concluded that it does not have a significant variable interest in Ibis Re or Ibis Re II as the variability in results, caused by the reinsurance agreements, is expected to be absorbed entirely by the bondholders and the Company is not entitled to any residual amounts. Accordingly, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of Ibis Re or Ibis Re II and does not consolidate the entities in the Company’s financial statements.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) addresses the financial condition of Assurant, Inc. and its subsidiaries (which we refer to collectively as “Assurant” or the “Company”) as of September 30, 2012, compared with December 31, 2011, and our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our MD&A and annual audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2011 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the September 30, 2012 unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. The 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Third Quarter 2012 Form 10-Q, and other documents related to the Company are available free of charge through the SEC website at www.sec.gov and through our website at www.assurant.com.

Some of the statements in this MD&A and elsewhere in this report, particularly those anticipating future financial performance, business prospects, growth and operating strategies and similar matters, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by the fact that they may use words such as “will,” “may,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “targets,” “forecasts,” “potential,” “approximately,” or the negative version of those words and other words and terms with a similar meaning. Any forward-looking statements contained in this report are based upon our historical performance and on current plans, estimates and expectations. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. Our actual results might differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or other developments.

In addition to the factors described under “Critical Factors Affecting Results,” the following risk factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those currently estimated by management:

(i) actions by governmental agencies or government sponsored entities or other circumstances, including pending regulatory matters affecting our lender-placed insurance business, that could result in reductions of the premium rates we charge, increases in the claims we pay or other expenses;

(ii) the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and the rules and regulations thereunder, on our health and employee benefits businesses;

(iii) loss of significant client relationships, distribution sources and contracts;

(iv) unfavorable outcomes in litigation and/or regulatory investigations that could negatively affect our business and reputation;

(v) current or new laws and regulations that could increase our costs and decrease our revenues;

(vi) deterioration in the Company’s market capitalization compared to its book value that could result in further impairment of goodwill;

(vii) risks related to outsourcing activities;

(viii) failure to attract and retain sales representatives or key managers;

(ix) losses due to natural or man-made catastrophes;

(x) a decline in our credit or financial strength ratings (including the risk of ratings downgrades in the insurance industry);

(xi) general global economic, financial market and political conditions (including difficult conditions in financial, capital, credit and currency markets, the global economic slowdown, fluctuations in interest rates or a prolonged period of low interest rates, monetary policies, unemployment and inflationary pressure);

(xii) inadequacy of reserves established for future claims;

(xiii) failure to predict or manage benefits, claims and other costs;

(xiv) uncertain tax positions and unexpected tax liabilities;

(xv) fluctuations in exchange rates and other risks related to our international operations;

(xvi) unavailability, inadequacy and unaffordable pricing of reinsurance coverage;

(xvii) diminished value of invested assets in our investment portfolio (due to, among other things, volatility in financial markets, the global economic slowdown, credit , currency and liquidity risk, other than temporary impairments and increases in interest rates);

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(xviii) insolvency of third parties to whom we have sold or may sell businesses through reinsurance or modified co-insurance;

(xix) inability of reinsurers to meet their obligations;

(xx) credit risk of some of our agents in Assurant Specialty Property and Assurant Solutions;

(xxi) cyber security threats and cyber attacks;

(xxii) failure to effectively maintain and modernize our information systems;

(xxiii) data breaches compromising client information and privacy;

(xxiv) failure to find and integrate suitable acquisitions and new ventures;

(xxv) inability of our subsidiaries to pay sufficient dividends;

(xxvi) failure to provide for succession of senior management and key executives;

(xxvii) significant competitive pressures in our businesses; and

(xxviii) cyclicality of the insurance industry.

For a more detailed discussion of the risk factors that could affect our actual results, please refer to “Item 1A—Risk Factors” and “Item 7—MD&A Critical Factors Affecting Results” in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in this Third Quarter 2012 Form 10-Q.

Executive Summary

Assurant has five reportable segments. Our four operating segments are Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health, and Assurant Employee Benefits. These operating segments partner with clients who are leaders in their industries in the United States of America (the “U.S.”) and select worldwide markets. The operating segments provide lender-placed homeowners insurance, manufactured housing homeowners insurance, debt protection administration, credit-related insurance, warranties and service contracts, individual health and small employer group health insurance, group dental insurance, group disability insurance, group life insurance and pre-funded funeral insurance.

Our fifth segment, Corporate & Other, includes activities of the holding company, financing and interest expenses, net realized gains and losses on investments, interest income earned from short-term investments held and additional costs associated with excess of loss reinsurance programs reinsured and ceded to certain subsidiaries in the London market between 1995 and 1997. Corporate & Other also includes the amortization of deferred gains associated with the sales of Fortis Financial Group and Long-Term Care through reinsurance agreements.

The following discussion relates to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 (“Third Quarter 2012” and “Nine Months 2012,” respectively) and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 (“Third Quarter 2011” and “Nine Months 2011,” respectively).

Consolidated net income increased $52,251, or 71%, to $126,288 in Third Quarter 2012, compared with $74,037 for Third Quarter 2011, while net income was $458,718 for Nine Months 2012, an increase of $78,914, or 21%, compared with $379,804 for Nine Months 2011.

Assurant Solutions net income increased to $36,702 for Third Quarter 2012 from $33,674 for Third Quarter 2011, and revenues also increased to $850,166 for Third Quarter 2012 compared with $769,258 for Third Quarter 2011. This increase was primarily due to improved performance in our domestic service contract business, from both automotive and retail clients, and in our Latin America operations. We believe Assurant Solutions’ new business opportunities remain strong, particularly in our mobile business, where growth in the use of mobile devices has expanded the market opportunity for our products worldwide. This is evidenced by the previously announced addition of new clients, both domestically and internationally. In addition, our vehicle service contract business has improved as U.S. auto sales have begun to rebound. In Third Quarter 2012, we assumed a block of automotive warranty business, which added $41,117 to gross written premiums. For full year 2012, we expect to achieve modest growth in net earned premiums, although results will be affected by the previously disclosed loss of a domestic mobile client effective October 1, 2012, which accounted for approximately $100,000 of annual net earned premiums. We will continue to focus on reducing expenses, particularly in areas experiencing market pressures such as Europe and the domestic credit business.

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At Assurant Specialty Property, net income improved for Third Quarter 2012 compared with Third Quarter 2011, reflecting revenue growth in lender-placed homeowners insurance and multi-family housing products and lower catastrophe losses. Loans tracked in our lender-placed homeowners insurance business increased from both new and existing clients. In Third Quarter 2012, we added a new client with a portfolio of approximately one million loans. Placement rates remained elevated compared to historic averages, reflecting the continued impact of seriously delinquent loans. However, we continue to anticipate that placement rates will begin to decline as these seriously delinquent loans move to resolution. The pace of this decline will depend largely on the state of the economy, housing policy and client-specific mortgage loan portfolio characteristics. We expect full year 2012 net earned premiums to increase compared to 2011, reflecting additional loan portfolios from new and existing clients and continued growth in multi-family housing products. For 2013, we expect lender-placed net earned premiums and net income to be lower, primarily reflecting a reduction in placement rates coupled with the impact of the California rate reduction (discussed below), partially offset by an increase in loans tracked. We intend to reduce expenses in this business as the lender-placed homeowners insurance business moves to a steady state over the next few years.

On October 22, 2012 we announced that we reached agreement with the California Department of Insurance to reduce premium rates for our lender-placed hazard insurance product by 30.5%. This reduction reflects continued favorable loss experience and different assumptions about future experience compared to our previous rate filing. These rates will be implemented within 90 days and will apply to new policies issued or renewed with effective dates after implementation. For additional detail on this reduction, including the expected financial impact, please refer to Assurant Specialty Property’s results of operations section further below in this Item 2.

In addition, we have engaged in discussions with state departments of insurance regarding our next generation lender-placed homeowners insurance product, and have begun to introduce this new product in several states. For example, in Florida, which bears a large proportion of our property catastrophe exposure, we are preparing to file this new product in the fourth quarter of 2012. In Florida, net earned premiums before the cost of catastrophe reinsurance, totaled about $270,000 through Nine Months 2012.

Assurant Health continued to make progress in the post-health care reform environment as net income increased to $11,260 for Third Quarter 2012 from $5,763 for Third Quarter 2011. This improvement reflects continued expense reduction and favorable loss experience. A higher effective tax rate in Third Quarter 2012 reflects healthcare reform restrictions on deductible expenses. Revenues declined in Third Quarter 2012 due to ongoing product mix shifts and challenging economic conditions, particularly in our small group business. We are encouraged by continued improvement in sales of our Health Access and supplemental coverage products during Nine Months 2012 compared with the same period last year. In addition our previously disclosed network agreement with Aetna continues to improve the affordability of the individual major medical products and offers a broader choice of network providers. Assurant Health will face additional challenges as the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act”) continues to unfold. For full year 2012, we expect results to improve due to favorable loss experience and continued expense savings. For 2013 we expect that our expense management initiatives will continue, though at a slower pace. In addition, we expect continued weak sales in our small group business as employers feel the full impact of healthcare reform. We expect that these trends, combined with additional expenditures required to prepare for the full requirements of the Affordable Care Act in 2014, will lead to a decline in Assurant Health’s results next year.

At Assurant Employee Benefits, net income of $13,246 for Third Quarter 2012 remained relatively consistent compared with net income of $13,607 for Third Quarter 2011. Results reflect slightly higher disability loss experience, while overall disability incidence rates remained stable. Dental loss experience improved. Our growth priority continues to be on voluntary products, which accounted for nearly half of new sales and a third of net earned premiums in Third Quarter 2012. For full year 2012, we expect lower net earned premiums primarily due to the previously disclosed loss of two assumed disability clients, but we expect continued growth in voluntary and supplemental products. Looking ahead, persistent high unemployment, low payroll growth and low interest rates should continue to present challenges for the segment.

Critical Factors Affecting Results and Liquidity

Our results depend on the adequacy of our product pricing, underwriting and the accuracy of our methodology for the establishment of reserves for future policyholder benefits and claims, returns on and values of invested assets and our ability to manage our expenses. Factors affecting these items, including unemployment, difficult conditions in financial markets and the global economy, may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. For more information on these factors, see “Item 1A—Risk Factors” and “Item 7—MD&A Critical Factors Affecting Results” in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Management believes the Company will have sufficient liquidity to satisfy its needs over the next twelve months including the ability to pay interest on our Senior Notes and dividends on our common stock.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, net cash provided by operating activities, including the effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, totaled $426,192; net cash used in investing activities totaled $(98,291) and net cash used in financing activities totaled $(422,108). We had $1,072,506 in cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2012. Please see “—Liquidity and Capital Resources,” below for further details.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K described the accounting policies and estimates that are critical to the understanding of our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. The accounting policies and estimation process described in the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K were consistently applied to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for Nine Months 2012.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted the amendments to existing guidance on accounting for costs associated with acquiring or renewing insurance contracts. This guidance was adopted retrospectively and has been applied to all prior period financial information contained in these consolidated financial statements. See Note 3 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

The Affordable Care Act was signed into law in March 2010. One provision of the Affordable Care Act, effective January 1, 2011, established a minimum medical loss ratio (“MLR”) designed to ensure that a minimum percentage of premiums is paid for clinical services or health care quality improvement activities. The Affordable Care Act established an MLR of 80% for individual and small group business and 85% for large group business. If the actual loss ratios, calculated in a manner prescribed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), are less than the required MLR, premium rebates are payable to the policyholders by August 1 of the subsequent year.

The Assurant Health loss ratio reported on page 55 (the “GAAP loss ratio”) differs from the loss ratio calculated under the MLR. The most significant differences include the fact that the MLR is calculated separately by state and legal entity; the MLR calculation includes credibility adjustments for each entity, which are not applicable to the GAAP loss ratio; the MLR calculation applies only to some of our health insurance products, while the GAAP loss ratio applies to the entire portfolio, including products not governed by the Affordable Care Act; the MLR includes quality improvement expenses, taxes and fees; changes in reserves are treated differently in the MLR calculation; and the MLR premium rebate amounts are considered adjustments to premiums for GAAP reporting whereas they are reported as additions to incurred claims in the MLR rebate estimate calculations.

Assurant Health has estimated its Third Quarter 2012 impact of this regulation based on definitions and calculation methodologies outlined in the Interim Final Regulation from HHS released December 1, 2010 with Technical Corrections released December 29, 2010 and the HHS Final Regulation released December 7, 2011. An estimate was based on separate projection models for individual medical and small group business using projections of expected premiums, claims, and enrollment by state, legal entity and market for medical business subject to MLR requirements for the MLR reporting year. In addition, the projection models include quality improvement expenses, state assessments and taxes.

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Assurant Consolidated

Overview

The table below presents information regarding our consolidated results of operations:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Revenues:
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	1,838,481	$	1,777,315	$	5,407,778	$	5,307,635
Net investment income		169,433		172,176		541,042		517,893
Net realized gains on investments		8,460		532		34,179		20,355
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses		4,600		5,114		13,817		15,353
Fees and other income		124,106		106,578		350,478		300,037
Total revenues		2,145,080		2,061,715		6,347,294		6,161,273
Benefits, losses and expenses:
Policyholder benefits		895,480		997,431		2,623,865		2,877,303
Selling, underwriting and general expenses (1)		1,025,903		936,783		2,955,273		2,781,195
Interest expense		15,078		15,078		45,228		45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses		1,936,461		1,949,292		5,624,366		5,703,782
Income before provision for income taxes		208,619		112,423		722,928		457,491
Provision for income taxes		82,331		38,386		264,210		77,687
Net income	$	126,288	$	74,037	$	458,718	$	379,804

(1) Includes amortization of deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) and value of business acquired (“VOBA”).

The following discussion provides a general overall analysis of how the consolidated results were affected by our four operating segments and our Corporate and Other segment for Third Quarter 2012 and Nine Months 2012, and Third Quarter 2011 and Nine Months 2011. Please see the discussion that follows, for each of these segments, for a more detailed analysis of the fluctuations.

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

Net Income

The Company reported net income of $126,288 in Third Quarter 2012, an increase of $52,251, or 71%, compared with $74,037 of net income for Third Quarter 2011. The increase was primarily due to improved results in our Assurant Specialty Property segment driven by a $34,466 (after-tax) decrease in reportable catastrophe losses.

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

Net Income

The Company reported net income of $458,718 in Nine Months 2012, an increase of $78,914, or 21%, compared with $379,804 of net income for Nine Months 2011. The increase was primarily due to improved results in all four of our operating segments, in particular Assurant Specialty Property, whose net income increased $106,290 mainly due to a decrease in reportable catastrophe losses of $74,786 (after-tax). These improved operating segment results were partially offset by an $80,000 release of a capital loss valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets in Nine Months 2011. Please see Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Results for further information about the valuation allowance release.

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Assurant Solutions

Overview

The tables below present information regarding Assurant Solutions’ segment results of operations:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	669,742		$	600,679		$	1,942,155		$	1,815,305
Net investment income		97,558			98,453			297,201			295,508
Fees and other income		82,866			70,126			231,525			196,976
Total revenues		850,166			769,258			2,470,881			2,307,789
Benefits, losses and expenses:
Policyholder benefits		219,430			213,417			639,426			641,140
Selling, underwriting and general expenses		574,051			504,118			1,648,272			1,500,262
Total benefits, losses and expenses		793,481			717,535			2,287,698			2,141,402
Segment income before provision for income taxes		56,685			51,723			183,183			166,387
Provision for income taxes		19,983			18,049			62,718			56,578
Segment net income	$	36,702		$	33,674		$	120,465		$	109,809
Net earned premiums and other considerations:
Domestic:
Credit	$	41,201		$	42,438		$	125,316		$	129,926
Service contracts		347,509			284,786			963,891			884,268
Other (1)		10,296			13,644			43,613			38,701
Total domestic		399,006			340,868			1,132,820			1,052,895
International:
Credit		105,293			102,417			321,349			294,352
Service contracts		138,526			126,833			404,557			371,115
Other (1)		7,105			5,827			20,985			17,549
Total international		250,924			235,077			746,891			683,016
Preneed		19,812			24,734			62,444			79,394
Total	$	669,742		$	600,679		$	1,942,155		$	1,815,305
Fees and other income:
Domestic:
Debt protection	$	6,758		$	7,554		$	20,809		$	22,003
Service contracts		41,009			31,296			103,206			91,349
Other (1)		1,123			515			3,346			2,838
Total domestic		48,890			39,365			127,361			116,190
International		7,103			9,947			28,940			24,286
Preneed		26,873			20,814			75,224			56,500
Total	$	82,866		$	70,126		$	231,525		$	196,976
Gross written premiums (2):
Domestic:
Credit	$	101,057		$	102,820		$	292,421		$	294,506
Service contracts		517,088			355,003			1,380,938			1,069,836
Other (1)		29,110			23,643			84,439			63,046
Total domestic		647,255			481,466			1,757,798			1,427,388
International:
Credit		249,561			255,324			745,891			756,579
Service contracts		181,731			161,567			497,092			423,800
Other (1)		10,862			10,468			33,326			33,491
Total international		442,154			427,359			1,276,309			1,213,870
Total	$	1,089,409		$	908,825		$	3,034,107		$	2,641,258
Preneed (face sales)	$	208,907		$	195,223		$	655,057		$	567,106
Combined ratios (3):
Domestic		97.0	%		99.4	%		97.1	%		97.2	%
International		103.4	%		102.2	%		102.1	%		104.0	%

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(1) This includes emerging products and run-off products lines.

(2) Gross written premiums does not necessarily translate to an equal amount of subsequent net earned premiums since Assurant Solutions reinsures a portion of its premiums to insurance subsidiaries of its clients.

(3) The combined ratio is equal to total benefits, losses and expenses divided by net earned premiums and other considerations and fees and other income excluding the preneed business.

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

Net Income

Segment net income increased $3,028, or 9%, to $36,702 for Third Quarter 2012 from $33,674 for Third Quarter 2011, primarily from growth in our domestic service contract business, including a favorable one-time client settlement of $2,600 (after-tax), and improved international results primarily due to improved results in Latin America. Partially offsetting these items was a premium tax accrual of $2,926 (after-tax) in Germany.

Total Revenues

Total revenues increased $80,908, or 10.5%, to $850,166 for Third Quarter 2012 from $769,258 for Third Quarter 2011, mainly as a result of higher net earned premiums and other considerations of $69,063. Domestic net earned premiums increased primarily due to service contract growth among new and existing automotive and retail clients, including $17,123 related to a new block of business assumed during Third Quarter 2012. International retail service contract and credit insurance net earned premiums increased in our Latin American and European regions due to business growth from both new and existing clients. These increases were partially offset by the unfavorable impact of changes in foreign exchange rates. Fees and other income increased $12,740, primarily driven by growth in our domestic service contract business, including a favorable $4,000 one-time client settlement, and growth in our preneed business.

Gross written premiums increased $180,584, or 20%, to $1,089,409 for Third Quarter 2012 from $908,825 for Third Quarter 2011. Gross written premiums from our domestic service contract business increased $162,085 from both new and existing automotive and retail clients, including $41,117 related to a new assumed block of business. Our international service contract business increased $20,164 due to growth in Europe from new clients and products. This increase was partially offset by the unfavorable impact of changes in foreign exchange rates.

Preneed face sales increased $13,684, to $208,907 for Third Quarter 2012 from $195,223 for Third Quarter 2011. This increase was mostly attributable to growth from our exclusive distribution partnership with Service Corporation International (“SCI”), the largest funeral provider in North America. This exclusive distribution partnership is effective through September 29, 2014.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total benefits, losses and expenses increased $75,946, or 10.6%, to $793,481 for Third Quarter 2012 from $717,535 for Third Quarter 2011. Policyholder benefits increased $6,013 primarily from growth in our domestic service contract business, including $14,617 related to a new assumed block of business. Selling, underwriting and general expenses increased $69,933. Commissions, taxes, licenses and fees, of which amortization of DAC is a component, increased $64,181 due to higher revenues in our domestic service contract and international businesses. General expenses increased $5,752 primarily due to a premium tax accrual of $3,865 in Germany, combined with higher costs associated with the growth of our international businesses, primarily in our Latin America region.

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For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

Net Income

Segment net income increased $10,656, or 10%, to $120,465 for Nine Months 2012 from $109,809 for Nine Months 2011 primarily driven by improved results in our international businesses due to growth, client settlements and improved underwriting experience in our European and Latin American regions. Partially offsetting these increases was less favorable domestic mobile underwriting experience as well as lower earnings from certain domestic blocks of business that are in run-off.

Total Revenues

Total revenues increased $163,092, or 7%, to $2,470,881 for Nine Months 2012 from $2,307,789 for Nine Months 2011. The increase was mainly the result of higher net earned premiums of $126,850, primarily attributable to increases in both our domestic service contract and international service contract and credit businesses. Domestic net earned premiums increased primarily due to service contract growth in the automotive and retail markets from both new and existing clients, including $17,123 related to a new block of business assumed during Third Quarter 2012. International service contract and credit businesses net earned premiums increased primarily in our Latin America and European regions from both new and existing clients. These increases were partially offset by the unfavorable impact of changes in foreign exchange rates. Fees and other income increased $34,549, mostly driven by growth in our preneed business and growth in our domestic retail and mobile service contract business, including a favorable $4,000 one-time client settlement.

Gross written premiums increased $392,849, or 15%, to $3,034,107 for Nine Months 2012 from 2,641,258 for Nine Months 2011. Gross written premiums from our domestic service contract business increased $311,101 from both new and existing clients, including $41,117 related to a new assumed block of business and the one-time benefit of $33,200 resulting from the correction of a client reporting error in the second quarter of 2012. This correction had no impact on net income because an offsetting deferred commission amount was recorded. Our international service contract business increased $73,292 due to growth in Europe from new clients and products. This increase was partially offset by the unfavorable impact of changes in foreign exchange rates.

Preneed face sales increased $87,951, to $655,057 for Nine Months 2012 from $567,106 for Nine Months Quarter 2011. This increase was mostly attributable to growth from our exclusive distribution partnership with SCI, as well as new product sales.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total benefits, losses and expenses increased $146,296, or 7%, to $2,287,698 for Nine Months 2012 from $2,141,402 for Nine Months 2011. Policyholder benefits declined $1,714 primarily from improved loss experience in our international business and from a decrease associated with run-off lines in our preneed and domestic businesses, partially offset by higher policyholder benefits in our domestic service contract business related to business growth, $14,617 related to a new assumed block of business and less favorable loss experience. Selling, underwriting and general expenses increased $148,010. Commissions, taxes, licenses and fees, of which amortization of DAC is a component, increased $125,409 due to higher earnings in our domestic service contract and international businesses. General expenses increased $22,601 primarily due to higher costs associated with the growth of our international businesses, primarily in Latin American and Europe, including a premium tax accrual of $3,865 in Germany.

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Assurant Specialty Property

Overview

The tables below present information regarding Assurant Specialty Property’s segment results of operations:

	For the Three  Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine  Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	518,868		$	476,712		$	1,495,057		$	1,409,465
Net investment income		25,022			25,980			77,409			78,370
Fees and other income		26,034			21,329			73,662			56,878
Total revenues		569,924			524,021			1,646,128			1,544,713
Benefits, losses and expenses:
Policyholder benefits		216,755			265,072			572,352			686,600
Selling, underwriting and general expenses		218,026			194,980			627,998			573,787
Total benefits, losses and expenses		434,781			460,052			1,200,350			1,260,387
Segment income before provision for income taxes		135,143			63,969			445,778			284,326
Provision for income taxes		45,748			20,604			151,057			95,895
Segment net income	$	89,395		$	43,365		$	294,721		$	188,431
Net earned premiums and other considerations:
By major product groupings
Homeowners (lender-placed and voluntary)	$	359,563		$	317,796		$	1,025,530		$	940,578
Manufactured housing (lender-placed and voluntary)		52,523			52,796			153,977			163,318
Other (1)		106,782			106,120			315,550			305,569
Total	$	518,868		$	476,712		$	1,495,057		$	1,409,465
Ratios:
Loss ratio (2)		41.8	%		55.6	%		38.3	%		48.7	%
Expense ratio (3)		40.0	%		39.1	%		40.0	%		39.1	%
Combined ratio (4)		79.8	%		92.4	%		76.5	%		86.0	%

(1) This primarily includes flood, miscellaneous specialty property and multifamily housing insurance products.

(2) The loss ratio is equal to policyholder benefits divided by net earned premiums and other considerations.

(3) The expense ratio is equal to selling, underwriting and general expenses divided by net earned premiums and other considerations and fees and other income.

(4) The combined ratio is equal to total benefits, losses and expenses divided by net earned premiums and other considerations and fees and other income.

Pending Regulatory Matters

The Company files rates with the state departments of insurance in the ordinary course of business. In addition, as previously disclosed, the Company has recently been engaged in discussions and proceedings with certain state regulators regarding our lender-placed insurance business. For example, we participated in public hearings conducted by the NYDFS in May 2012 and were subsequently served with an order by the NYDFS requiring us to propose and justify amended rates for our lender-placed insurance products sold in the State of New York. We submitted a response to this order and have engaged in discussions with the NYDFS. Proposed submitted changes to the program would affect annual lender-placed hazard and real estate owned policies issued in the State of New York, which accounted for approximately $64,000 and $56,000 of Assurant Specialty Property’s net earned premiums for the full year 2011 and Nine Months 2012, respectively.

In addition, as the Company disclosed on October 22, 2012 American Security Insurance Company (“ASIC”), a subsidiary of the Company, reached agreement with the California Department of Insurance to reduce the premium rates for its lender-placed hazard insurance product by 30.5%.

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Insurance rates can vary significantly between states based on actual loss experience, catastrophe exposure, state requirements and prospective views of product and market performance. This rate reduction reflects factors specific to California such as continued favorable loss experience in the state and different assumptions about future experience compared to our previous rate filing.

The new rates in California will apply to policies issued or renewed with effective dates on or after January 19, 2013. ASIC recorded approximately $124,000 and $81,000 of net earned premiums for full year 2011 and Nine Months 2012, respectively, for the type of policies subject to the rate reduction and estimates, on the basis of Nine Months 2012 results, that it will record approximately $108,000 in net earned premiums for full year 2012. On the basis of 2012 placement rates and the current book of business, the Company estimates that annualized net earned premiums and net income would be reduced by approximately $33,000 and $18,000, respectively. The actual effect of the California rate decrease on the Company’s net earned premiums and net income over the course of 2013 and beyond will depend on a variety of factors, including the Company’s mix of lender-placed insurance products, lapse rates, rate and timing of renewals, placement rates, changes in client contracts and actual expenses incurred.

It is possible that other state departments of insurance and regulatory authorities may choose to initiate or continue to review the appropriateness of the Company’s premium rates for its lender-placed insurance products. If in the aggregate further reviews by state departments of insurance lead to significant decreases in premium rates for the Company’s lender-placed insurance products, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected. For additional detail on these matters, and a discussion of risks related to regulatory matters, please see “Item 1A—Risk Factors” in this Third Quarter 2012 Form 10-Q.

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011.

Net Income

Segment net income increased $46,030, or 106%, to $89,395 for Third Quarter 2012 from $43,365 for Third Quarter 2011. The increase is primarily driven by a decrease in reportable catastrophe losses of $34,466 (after-tax) coupled with increased lender-placed homeowners net earned premiums due to growth in loan portfolios from both new and existing clients as well as increased revenue in our multi-family housing products.

Total Revenues

Total revenues increased $45,903, or 9%, to $569,924 for Third Quarter 2012 from $524,021 for Third Quarter 2011. Growth in lender-placed homeowners and renters insurance net earned premiums as well as fee income from growth in our resident bond products are the main drivers of the revenue increase. Growth in lender-placed homeowners net earned premiums is primarily due to higher insurance placement rates and increased loans tracked attributable to client loan portfolio acquisitions.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total benefits, losses and expenses decreased $25,271, or 5%, to $434,781 for Third Quarter 2012 from $460,052 for Third Quarter 2011. Policyholder benefits decreased $48,317 primarily due to reportable catastrophe losses in Third Quarter 2012 of $27,473 compared to $80,497 in Third Quarter 2011. Reportable catastrophe losses includes only individual catastrophic events that generated losses to the Company in excess of $5,000, pre-tax and net of reinsurance. Selling, underwriting and general expenses increased $23,046, primarily due to higher operating costs to support business growth.

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011.

Net Income

Segment net income increased $106,290, or 56%, to $294,721 for Nine Months 2012 from $188,431 for Nine Months 2011. The increase is primarily driven by a decrease in reportable catastrophe losses of $74,786 (after-tax) coupled with increased lender-placed homeowners net earned premiums due to growth in loan portfolios from both new and existing clients and growth in our multi-family housing products.

Total Revenues

Total revenues increased $101,415, or 7%, to $1,646,128 for Nine Months 2012 from $1,544,713 for Nine Months 2011. Growth in lender-placed homeowners and renters insurance net earned premiums as well as fee income from growth in our resident bond products are the main drivers of the revenue increase. Growth in lender-placed homeowners net earned premiums is primarily due to higher insurance placement rates and increased loans tracked attributable to client loan portfolio acquisitions.

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Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total benefits, losses and expenses decreased $60,037, or 5%, to $1,200,350 for Nine Months 2012 from $1,260,387 for Nine Months 2011. Policyholder benefits decreased $114,248 primarily due to reportable catastrophe losses in Nine Months 2012 of $42,590 compared to $157,645 in Nine Months 2011. Reportable catastrophe losses includes only individual catastrophic events that generated losses to the Company in excess of $5,000, pre-tax and net of reinsurance. Selling, underwriting and general expenses increased $54,211, primarily due to higher operating costs to support business growth, higher benefit costs and non-recurring assessment refunds in Nine Months 2011.

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Assurant Health

Overview

The tables below present information regarding Assurant Health’s segment results of operations:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	397,248		$	428,971		$	1,207,750		$	1,280,572
Net investment income		10,253			11,703			53,659			34,410
Fees and other income		7,795			8,989			23,162			26,828
Total revenues		415,296			449,663			1,284,571			1,341,810
Benefits, losses and expenses:
Policyholder benefits		287,085			328,235			883,602			962,229
Selling, underwriting and general expenses		105,820			111,766			312,325			348,530
Total benefits, losses and expenses		392,905			440,001			1,195,927			1,310,759
Segment income before provision for income taxes		22,391			9,662			88,644			31,051
Provision for income taxes		11,131			3,899			36,837			12,904
Segment net income	$	11,260		$	5,763		$	51,807		$	18,147
Net earned premiums and other considerations:
Individual markets:
Individual markets	$	295,755		$	313,709		$	895,225		$	932,153
Small employer group		101,493			115,262			312,525			348,419
Total	$	397,248		$	428,971		$	1,207,750		$	1,280,572
Insured lives by product line:
Individual markets								647			590
Small employer group								112			132
Total								759			722
Ratios:
Loss ratio (1)		72.3	%		76.5	%		73.2	%		75.1	%
Expense ratio (2)		26.1	%		25.5	%		25.4	%		26.7	%
Combined ratio (3)		97.0	%		100.5	%		97.2	%		100.3	%

(1) The loss ratio is equal to policyholder benefits divided by net earned premiums and other considerations.

(2) The expense ratio is equal to selling, underwriting and general expenses divided by net earned premiums and other considerations and fees and other income.

(3) The combined ratio is equal to total benefits, losses and expenses divided by net earned premiums and other considerations and fees and other income.

The Affordable Care Act

Some provisions of the Affordable Care Act have taken effect already, and other provisions will become effective at various dates before the end of 2014. In December 2010, HHS issued a number of interim final regulations with respect to the Affordable Care Act. In December 2011, HHS issued its final regulation regarding the Minimum Loss Ratio (“MLR”). HHS has also issued technical corrections and Q&As throughout 2010 and 2011. Given the sweeping nature of the changes represented by the Affordable Care Act, our results of operations and financial position could be materially adversely affected. For more information, see “Item 1A—Risk Factors—Risk related to our industry—Reform of the health care industry could make our health insurance business unprofitable” in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

Net Income

Segment net income increased $5,497 to $11,260 for Third Quarter 2012 from $5,763 for Third Quarter 2011. The increase was primarily attributable to favorable loss experience and lower expenses associated with organizational and operational expense reduction initiatives.

Total Revenues

Total revenues decreased $34,367, or 8%, to $415,296 for Third Quarter 2012 from $449,663 for Third Quarter 2011. Net earned premiums and other considerations from our individual markets business decreased $17,954, or 6%, due to a decline in traditional major medical policies, partially offset by increased sales of lower priced products and premium rate increases. Net earned premiums and other considerations from our small employer group business decreased $13,769, or 12%, due to lower sales, partially offset by premium rate increases.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total benefits, losses and expenses decreased $47,096, or 11%, to $392,905 for Third Quarter 2012 from $440,001 for Third Quarter 2011. Policyholder benefits decreased $41,150, or 13%, and the benefit loss ratio decreased to 72.3% from 76.5%. The decrease in policyholder benefits was primarily attributable to a decline in business volume. The decrease in the benefit loss ratio reflects favorable loss experience and a growing proportion of business with lower loss ratios. Selling, underwriting and general expenses decreased $5,946, or 5%, primarily due to reduced employee related expenses, technology costs, and service provider costs.

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

Net Income

Segment net income increased $33,660 to $51,807 for Nine Months 2012 from $18,147 for Nine Months 2011. The increase was primarily attributable to income from a real estate joint venture partnership, which increased net investment income by $13,856 (after-tax), and lower expenses associated with organizational and operational expense reduction initiatives. Nine Months 2011 results included a $4,780 (after-tax) reimbursement from a pharmacy services provider.

Total Revenues

Total revenues decreased $57,239, or 4%, to $1,284,571 for Nine Months 2012 from $1,341,810 for Nine Months 2011. Net earned premiums and other considerations from our individual markets business decreased $36,928, or 4%, due to a decline in traditional major medical policies, partially offset by increased sales of lower priced products and premium rate increases. Net earned premiums and other considerations from our small employer group business decreased $35,894, or 10%, due to lower sales, partially offset by premium rate increases. Partially offsetting these declines was increased net investment income of $19,249, due to income from real estate joint venture partnerships.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total benefits, losses and expenses decreased $114,832, or 9%, to $1,195,927 for Nine Months 2012 from $1,310,759 for Nine Months 2011. Policyholder benefits decreased $78,627, or 8%, and the benefit loss ratio decreased to 73.2% from 75.1%. The decrease in policyholder benefits was primarily attributable to a decline in business volume, partially offset by higher loss experience. The decrease in the benefit loss ratio reflects a growing proportion of business with lower loss ratios, partially offset by higher loss experience on traditional major medical policies. Selling, underwriting and general expenses decreased $36,205, or 10%, primarily due to reduced employee-related expenses, lower technology and service provider costs, and reduced commissions due to lower sales of new policies.

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Assurant Employee Benefits

Overview

The tables below present information regarding Assurant Employee Benefits’ segment results of operations:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$	252,623		$	270,953		$	762,816		$	802,293
Net investment income		31,488			32,316			97,515			97,355
Fees and other income		7,043			6,157			21,622			19,095
Total revenues		291,154			309,426			881,953			918,743
Benefits, losses and expenses:
Policyholder benefits		173,309			190,707			529,584			587,334
Selling, underwriting and general expenses		97,969			98,290			290,604			288,312
Total benefits, losses and expenses		271,278			288,997			820,188			875,646
Segment income before provision for income taxes		19,876			20,429			61,765			43,097
Provision for income taxes		6,630			6,822			20,834			14,534
Segment net income	$	13,246		$	13,607		$	40,931		$	28,563
Net earned premiums and other considerations:
By major product grouping:
Group dental	$	100,958		$	104,045		$	304,516		$	313,936
Group disability single premiums for closed blocks (3)		0			4,936			0			4,936
All other group disability		105,212			112,534			316,547			336,962
Group life		46,453			49,438			141,753			146,459
Total	$	252,623		$	270,953		$	762,816		$	802,293
Ratios:
Loss ratio (1)		68.6	%		70.4	%		69.4	%		73.2	%
Expense ratio (2)		37.7	%		35.5	%		37.0	%		35.1	%

(1) The loss ratio is equal to policyholder benefits divided by net earned premiums and other considerations.

(2) The expense ratio is equal to selling, underwriting and general expenses divided by net earned premiums and other considerations and fees and other income.

(3) This represents single premium on closed blocks of group disability business. For closed blocks of business we receive a single, upfront premium and in turn we record a virtually equal amount of reserves.

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For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

Net Income

Segment net income of $13,246 for Third Quarter 2012 remained relatively consistent compared with net income of $13,607 for Third Quarter 2011. Results for the Third Quarter 2012 reflect less favorable disability and life loss experience and lower net investment income compared to Third Quarter 2011, while more favorable dental loss experience improved results.

Total Revenues

Total revenues decreased 5.9% to $291,154 for Third Quarter 2012 from $309,426 for Third Quarter 2011. Excluding $4,936 of single premiums for closed blocks of business in Third Quarter 2011, Third Quarter 2012 net earned premiums decreased $13,394 or 5.0%. The decrease in net earned premiums was driven primarily by the previously disclosed loss of two assumed disability clients.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total benefits, losses and expenses decreased 6.1% to $271,278 for Third Quarter 2012 from $288,997 for Third Quarter 2011. The loss ratio decreased to 68.6% from 70.4%, primarily driven by more favorable dental experience. Selling, underwriting and general expenses remained flat; however, the expense ratio increased to 37.7% from 35.5% attributable to the decrease in net earned premiums.

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

Net Income

Segment net income increased 43.3% to $40,931 for Nine Months 2012 from $28,563 for Nine Months 2011. Results for Nine Months 2012 were driven by favorable loss experience across all major product lines.

Total Revenues

Total revenues decreased 4.0% to $881,953 for Nine Months 2012 from $918,743 for Nine Months 2011. Excluding $4,936 of single premium for closed blocks of business in Nine Months 2011, Nine Months 2012 net earned premiums decreased $34,541 or 4.3%. The decrease in net earned premiums was driven primarily by the previously disclosed loss of two assumed disability clients.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total benefits, losses and expenses decreased 6.3% to $820,188 for Nine Months 2012 from $875,646 for Nine Months 2011. The loss ratio decreased to 69.4% from 73.2%, primarily driven by favorable disability, life and dental loss experience. The expense ratio increased to 37.0% from 35.1% as a result of decreased net earned premiums.

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Assurant Corporate & Other

The table below presents information regarding the Corporate & Other segment’s results of operations:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
Net investment income	$	5,112		$	3,724		$	15,258		$	12,250
Net realized gains on investments		8,460			532			34,179			20,355
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of business		4,600			5,114			13,817			15,353
Fees and other income		368			(23	)		507			260
Total revenues		18,540			9,347			63,761			48,218
Benefits, losses and expenses:
Policyholder benefits		(1,099	)		—			(1,099	)		—
Selling, underwriting and general expenses		30,037			27,629			76,074			70,304
Interest expense		15,078			15,078			45,228			45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses		44,016			42,707			120,203			115,588
Segment loss before benefit for income taxes		(25,476	)		(33,360	)		(56,442	)		(67,370	)
Benefit for income taxes		(1,161	)		(10,988	)		(7,236	)		(102,224	)
Segment net (loss) income	$	(24,315	)	$	(22,372	)	$	(49,206	)	$	34,854

For The Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to The Three Months Ended September 30, 2011.

Net Loss

Segment net loss increased $1,943 to a net loss of $(24,315) for Third Quarter 2012 compared with a net loss of $(22,372) for Third Quarter 2011. The increase is primarily related to increased employee related benefits and new business investments in areas targeted for growth. Third Quarter 2012 also includes additional tax expense of $7,434 associated with a settlement of the 2005-2008 federal Internal Revenue Service audit cycle. These amounts were partially offset by increased net realized gains on investments.

Total Revenues

Total revenues increased $9,193 to $18,540 for Third Quarter 2012 compared with $9,347 for Third Quarter 2011. The increase in revenues is primarily due to a $7,928 increase in net realized gains on investments.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total expenses increased $1,309 to $44,016 for Third Quarter 2012 compared with $42,707 for Third Quarter 2011. The increase in expenses is primarily due to increased employee related benefits and new business investments in areas targeted for growth, partially offset by a claim reserve release associated with a previously discontinued business.

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For The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011.

Net (Loss) Income

Segment results declined $84,060 to a net loss of $(49,206) for Nine Months 2012 compared with net income of $34,854 for Nine Months 2011. The decline is mainly due to an $80,000 release of a capital loss valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets during Nine Months 2011.

Total Revenues

Total revenues increased $15,543 to $63,761 for Nine Months 2012 compared with $48,218 for Nine Months 2011. The increase in revenues is mainly due to a $13,824 increase in net realized gains on investments.

Total Benefits, Losses and Expenses

Total expenses increased $4,615 to $120,203 in Nine Months 2012 compared with $115,588 in Nine Months 2011. The increase in expenses is mainly due to increased employee related benefits and new business investments for areas targeted for growth.

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Investments

The Company had total investments of $14,764,429 and $14,026,165 as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. For more information on our investments see Note 4 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.

The following table shows the credit quality of our fixed maturity securities portfolio as of the dates indicated:

	As of
Fixed Maturity Securities by Credit Quality (Fair Value)	September 30, 2012				December 31, 2011
Aaa / Aa / A	$	7,217,584	59.9	%	$	6,620,808	59.1	%
Baa		3,921,885	32.6	%		3,692,709	33.0	%
Ba		604,027	5.0	%		648,817	5.8	%
B and lower		300,435	2.5	%		230,265	2.1	%
Total	$	12,043,931	100.0	%	$	11,192,599	100.0	%

Major categories of net investment income were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Fixed maturity securities	$	136,505		$	139,846		$	417,083		$	424,865
Equity securities		6,008			7,356			18,028			23,319
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate		19,957			20,271			59,187			60,829
Policy loans		900			843			2,375			2,319
Short-term investments		1,069			1,326			3,630			4,259
Other investments		6,663			6,501			46,236			15,178
Cash and cash equivalents		3,875			1,891			11,292			5,334
Total investment income		174,977			178,034			557,831			536,103
Investment expenses		(5,544	)		(5,858	)		(16,789	)		(18,210	)
Net investment income	$	169,433		$	172,176		$	541,042		$	517,893

Net investment income decreased $2,743, or 1.6%, to $169,433 for Third Quarter 2012 from $172,176 for Third Quarter 2011 primarily due to lower investment yields in 2012. Net investment income increased $23,149, or 4.5%, to $541,042 for Nine Months 2012 from $517,893 for Nine Months 2011. Nine Months 2012 includes $30,542 of net investment income from real estate joint venture partnerships compared with $3,885 for Nine Months 2011. Excluding the net investment income from real estate joint venture partnerships, net investment income decreased $3,508, reflecting lower investment yields.

As of September 30, 2012, the Company owned $237,383 of securities guaranteed by financial guarantee insurance companies. Included in this amount was $219,866 of municipal securities, whose credit rating was A both with and without the guarantee.

The Company has exposure to sub-prime and related mortgages within our fixed maturity security portfolio. At September 30, 2012, approximately 3.2% of our residential mortgage-backed holdings had exposure to sub-prime mortgage collateral. This represented approximately 0.2% of the total fixed income portfolio and 0.8% of the total unrealized gain position. Of the securities with sub-prime exposure, approximately 15.5% are rated as investment grade. All residential mortgage-backed securities, including those with sub-prime exposure, are reviewed as part of the ongoing other-than-temporary impairment monitoring process.

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Collateralized Transactions

The Company engages in transactions in which fixed maturity securities, especially bonds issued by the U.S. government, government agencies and authorities, and U.S. corporations, are loaned to selected broker/dealers. Collateral, greater than or equal to 102% of the fair value of the securities lent, plus accrued interest, is received in the form of cash and cash equivalents held by a custodian bank for the benefit of the Company. The use of cash collateral received is unrestricted. The Company reinvests the cash collateral received, generally in investments of high credit quality that are designated as available-for-sale. The Company monitors the fair value of securities loaned and the collateral received, with additional collateral obtained, as necessary. The Company is subject to the risk of loss to the extent there is a loss on the re-investment of cash collateral.

As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, our collateral held under securities lending, of which its use is unrestricted, was $94,043 and $95,221, respectively, and is included in the consolidated balance sheets under the collateral held/pledged under securities agreements. Our liability to the borrower for collateral received was $94,024 and $95,494, respectively, and is included in the consolidated balance sheets under the obligation under securities agreements. The difference between the collateral held and obligations under securities lending is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss and is included as part of AOCI. All securities are in an unrealized gain position as of September 30, 2012. All securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2011 had been in a continuous loss position for twelve months or longer. The Company includes the available-for-sale investments purchased with the cash collateral in its evaluation of other-than-temporary impairments.

Cash proceeds that the Company receives as collateral for the securities it lends and subsequent repayment of the cash are regarded by the Company as cash flows from financing activities, since the cash received is considered a borrowing. Since the Company reinvests the cash collateral generally in investments that are designated as available-for-sale, the reinvestment is presented as cash flows from investing activities.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Regulatory Requirements

Assurant, Inc. is a holding company and, as such, has limited direct operations of its own. Our holding company’s assets consist primarily of the capital stock of our subsidiaries. Accordingly, our future cash flows depend upon the availability of dividends and other statutorily permissible payments from our subsidiaries, such as payments under our tax allocation agreement and under management agreements with our subsidiaries. The ability to pay such dividends and to make such other payments will be limited by applicable laws and regulations of the states in which our subsidiaries are domiciled, which subject our subsidiaries to significant regulatory restrictions. The dividend requirements and regulations vary from state to state and by type of insurance provided by the applicable subsidiary. These laws and regulations require, among other things, our insurance subsidiaries to maintain minimum solvency requirements and limit the amount of dividends these subsidiaries can pay to the holding company. Along with solvency regulations, the primary driver in determining the amount of capital used for dividends is the level of capital needed to maintain desired financial strength ratings from A.M. Best.

It is possible that regulators or rating agencies could become more conservative in their methodology and criteria, including increasing capital requirements for our insurance subsidiaries which, in turn, could negatively affect our capital resources. Ratings organizations periodically review the financial strength of insurers, including our insurance subsidiaries. If our ratings are lowered from their current levels by A.M. Best, Moody’s or S&P, our competitive position in the respective insurance industry segments could be materially adversely impacted and it could be more difficult for us to sell our products. For further information on our ratings and the risks of ratings downgrades, see “Item 1—Business” and “Item 1A—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Company—A.M. Best, Moody’s and S&P rate the financial strength of our insurance company subsidiaries, and a decline in these ratings could affect our standing in the insurance industry and cause our sales and earnings to decrease” in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. For 2012, the maximum amount of dividends our U.S. domiciled insurance subsidiaries could pay, under applicable laws and regulations without prior regulatory approval, is approximately $504,000. During Nine Months 2012, we took dividends or returns of capital, net of infusions, of $392,608 from our subsidiaries. We anticipate that we will be able to take dividends in 2012 of at least equal to insurance subsidiary earnings.

Liquidity

As of September 30, 2012, we had $617,606 in holding company capital. The Company uses the term “holding company capital” to represent cash and other liquid marketable securities held at Assurant, Inc., out of a total of $892,893, that we are not otherwise holding for a specific purpose as of the balance sheet date, but can be used for stock repurchases, stockholder dividends, acquisitions, and other corporate purposes. $250,000 of the $617,606 of holding company capital is intended to serve as a buffer

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against remote risks (such as large-scale hurricanes). Dividends or returns of capital, net of infusions, made to the holding Company from its operating companies were $392,608 and $523,881 for Nine Months 2012 and the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively. We use these cash inflows primarily to pay expenses, to make interest payments on indebtedness, to make dividend payments to our stockholders, to make subsidiary capital contributions, to fund acquisitions and to repurchase our outstanding shares.

In addition to paying expenses and making interest payments on indebtedness, our capital management strategy provides for several uses for the cash generated by our subsidiaries, including without limitation, returning capital to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends; investing in our businesses to support growth in targeted areas; and making prudent and opportunistic acquisitions. We made share repurchases and paid dividends to our stockholders of $421,991 and $600,314 during Nine Months 2012 and the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively.

The primary sources of funds for our subsidiaries consist of premiums and fees collected, proceeds from the sales and maturity of investments and net investment income. Cash is primarily used to pay insurance claims, agent commissions, operating expenses and taxes. We generally invest our subsidiaries’ excess funds in order to generate investment income.

We conduct periodic asset liability studies to measure the duration of our insurance liabilities, to develop optimal asset portfolio maturity structures for our significant lines of business and ultimately to assess that cash flows are sufficient to meet the timing of cash needs. These studies are conducted in accordance with formal company-wide Asset Liability Management (“ALM”) guidelines.

To complete a study for a particular line of business, models are developed to project asset and liability cash flows and balance sheet items under a large, varied set of plausible economic scenarios. These models consider many factors including the current investment portfolio, the required capital for the related assets and liabilities, our tax position and projected cash flows from both existing and projected new business.

Alternative asset portfolio structures are analyzed for significant lines of business. An investment portfolio maturity structure is then selected from these profiles given our return hurdle and risk preference. Sensitivity testing of significant liability assumptions and new business projections is also performed.

Our liabilities generally have limited policyholder optionality, which means that the timing of payments is relatively insensitive to the interest rate environment. In addition, our investment portfolio is largely comprised of highly liquid fixed maturity securities with a sufficient component of such securities invested that are near maturity which may be sold with minimal risk of loss to meet cash needs. Therefore, we believe we have limited exposure to disintermediation risk.

Generally, our subsidiaries’ premiums, fees and investment income, along with planned asset sales and maturities, provide sufficient cash to pay claims and expenses. However, there may be instances when unexpected cash needs arise in excess of that available from usual operating sources. In such instances, we have several options to raise needed funds, including selling assets from the subsidiaries’ investment portfolios, using holding company cash (if available), issuing commercial paper, or drawing funds from our revolving credit facility. In addition, we have filed an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC. This registration statement allows us to issue equity, debt or other types of securities through one or more methods of distribution. The terms of any offering would be established at the time of the offering, subject to market conditions. If we decide to make an offering of securities, we will consider the nature of the cash requirement as well as the cost of capital in determining what type of securities we may offer.

We paid dividends of $0.21 per common share on September 11, 2012 to stockholders of record as of August 27, 2012, $0.21 per common share on June 12, 2012 to stockholders of record as of May 29, 2012, and $0.18 per common share on March 12, 2012 to stockholders of record as of February 27, 2012. Any determination to pay future dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will be dependent upon: our subsidiaries’ payment of dividends and/or other statutorily permissible payments to us; our results of operations and cash flows; our financial position and capital requirements; general business conditions; any legal, tax, regulatory and contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends; and any other factors our Board of Directors deems relevant.

On May 14, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to an additional $600,000 of its outstanding common stock, making its total authorization $733,275 at that date. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we repurchased 10,047,460 shares of our outstanding common stock at a cost of $369,157, exclusive of commissions. As of September 30, 2012, $536,235 remained under the total repurchase authorization. The timing and the amount of future repurchases will depend on market conditions and other factors.

Management believes the Company will have sufficient liquidity to satisfy its needs over the next twelve months, including the ability to pay interest on our Senior Notes and dividends on our common shares.

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Retirement and Other Employee Benefits

Our qualified pension benefits plan (the “Plan”) was under-funded by $161,939 and $125,517 (based on the fair value of Plan assets compared to the projected benefit obligation) at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. This equates to an 81% and 83% funded status at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The change in under-funded status is mainly due to a decrease in the discount rate used to determine the projected benefit obligation, partially offset by favorable investment returns.

In prior years we established a funding policy in which service cost plus 15% of qualified plan deficit will be contributed annually. During Nine Months 2012, we contributed $37,500 in cash to the Plan. Additional cash, up to $12,500, is expected to be contributed to the Plan over the remainder of 2012.

Commercial Paper Program

Our commercial paper program requires us to maintain liquidity facilities either in an available amount equal to any outstanding notes from the program or in an amount sufficient to maintain the ratings assigned to the notes issued from the program. Our commercial paper is rated AMB-2 by A.M. Best, P-2 by Moody’s and A-2 by S&P. Our subsidiaries do not maintain commercial paper or other borrowing facilities. This program is currently backed up by a $350,000 senior revolving credit facility, of which $330,240 was available at September 30, 2012, due to outstanding letters of credit.

On September 21, 2011, we entered into a four-year unsecured $350,000 revolving credit agreement (“2011 Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of banks arranged by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. The 2011 Credit Facility replaced the Company’s prior three-year $350,000 revolving credit facility (“2009 Credit Facility”), which was entered into on December 18, 2009 and was scheduled to expire in December 2012. The 2009 Credit Facility terminated upon the effective date of the 2011 Credit Facility. Due to the termination, the Company wrote off $1,407 of unamortized upfront arrangement fees. The 2011 Credit Facility provides for revolving loans and the issuance of multi-bank, syndicated letters of credit and/or letters of credit from a sole issuing bank in an aggregate amount of $350,000 and is available until September 2015, provided we are in compliance with all covenants. The 2011 Credit Facility has a sublimit for letters of credit issued thereunder of $50,000. The proceeds of these loans may be used for our commercial paper program or for general corporate purposes. The Company may increase the total amount available under the 2011 Credit Facility to $525,000 subject to certain conditions. No bank is obligated to provide commitments above their current share of the $350,000 facility.

We did not use the commercial paper program during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 or 2011, and there were no amounts outstanding relating to the commercial paper program at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. We made no borrowings using the 2011 Credit Facility and no loans are outstanding at September 30, 2012. We had $19,760 of letters of credit outstanding under the 2011 Credit Facility as of September 30, 2012.

The 2011 Credit Facility contains restrictive covenants and requires that the Company maintain certain specified minimum ratios and thresholds. Among others, these covenants include maintaining a maximum debt to capitalization ratio and a minimum consolidated adjusted net worth. At September 30, 2012, we were in compliance with all covenants, minimum ratios, and thresholds.

Senior Notes

We have two series of senior notes outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of $975,000 (the “Senior Notes”). The first series is $500,000 in principal amount, bears interest at 5.63% per year and is due February 15, 2014. The second series is $475,000 in principal amount, bears interest at 6.75% per year and is due February 15, 2034.

Interest on our Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The interest expense incurred related to the Senior Notes was $15,047 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $45,141 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. There was $7,523 of accrued interest at September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Senior Notes are unsecured obligations and rank equally with all of our other senior unsecured indebtedness. The Senior Notes are not redeemable prior to maturity.

In management’s opinion, dividends from our subsidiaries, together with our income and gains from our investment portfolio will provide sufficient liquidity to meet our needs in the ordinary course of business.

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Cash Flows

We monitor cash flows at the consolidated, holding company and subsidiary levels. Cash flow forecasts at the consolidated and subsidiary levels are provided on a monthly basis, and we use trend and variance analyses to project future cash needs, making adjustments to the forecasts when needed.

The table below shows our recent net cash flows:

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
Net cash provided by (used in):	2012			2011
Operating activities (1)	$	426,192		$	504,623
Investment activities		(98,291	)		(145,459	)
Financing activities		(422,108	)		(450,157	)
Net change in cash	$	(94,207	)	$	(90,993	)

(1) Includes effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents.

We typically generate operating cash inflows from premiums collected from our insurance products and income received from our investments while outflows consist of policy acquisition costs, benefits paid, and operating expenses. These net cash flows are then invested to support the obligations of our insurance products and required capital supporting these products. Our cash flows from operating activities are affected by the timing of premiums, fees, and investment income received and expenses paid.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $426,192 and $504,623 for Nine Months 2012 and Nine Months 2011, respectively. The decreased operating activity cash flow was primarily due to changes in the timing of payments, including commissions and the Company’s defined contribution plan match, partially offset by increased net written premiums.

Net cash used in investing activities was $98,291 and $145,459 for Nine Months 2012 and Nine Months 2011, respectively. The decrease in investing activities was mainly due to changes in short term investments and an increase in sales of fixed maturity securities.

Net cash used in financing activities was $422,108 and $450,157 for Nine Months 2012 and Nine Months 2011, respectively. The decrease in financing activities was primarily due to changes in our obligation under securities agreements.

The table below shows our cash outflows for interest and dividends for the periods indicated:

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011
Interest paid on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock and debt	$	60,188	$	60,244
Common stock dividends		52,633		50,858
Total	$	112,821	$	111,102

Letters of Credit

In the normal course of business, we issue letters of credit primarily to support reinsurance arrangements. These letters of credit are supported by commitments with financial institutions. We had $19,760 and $24,296 of letters of credit outstanding as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements, see Note 3 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K described our Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. There were no material changes to the assumptions or risks during Third Quarter 2012.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of September 30, 2012. Based on that review, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information the Company is required to disclose in its reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported accurately including, without limitation, ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended September 30, 2012, we made no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

The Company is involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business, both as a defendant and as a plaintiff and may from time to time be subject to a variety of legal and regulatory actions relating to our current and past business operations. See Note 14 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of certain matters. Although the Company cannot predict the outcome of any pending or future litigation, examination or investigation, it is possible that the outcome of such matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or cash flows for an individual reporting period. However, based on currently available information, management does not believe that any pending matter is likely to have a material adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the Company’s financial condition.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Certain factors may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and you should carefully consider them. It is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. For discussion of our potential risks or uncertainties, please refer to “Item 1A—Risk Factors” included in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Except as set forth in the following updated risk factor, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our business is subject to risks related to litigation and regulatory actions.

From time to time, we may be subject to a variety of legal and regulatory actions relating to our current and past business operations, including, but not limited to:

• actions by regulatory authorities that may challenge our ability to increase or maintain our premium rates, require us to reduce premium rates and/or result in other fees;

• disputes over coverage or claims adjudication including, but not limited to, pre-existing conditions in individual medical contracts and rescissions of policies;

• disputes over our treatment of claims, in which states or insureds may allege that we failed to make required payments or to meet prescribed deadlines for adjudicating claims;

• disputes regarding sales practices, disclosures, premium refunds, licensing, regulatory compliance, underwriting and compensation arrangements;

• disputes with agents, brokers or network providers over compensation and termination of contracts and related claims;

• disputes alleging packaging of credit insurance products with other products provided by financial institutions;

• disputes with tax and insurance authorities regarding our tax liabilities;

• disputes relating to customers’ claims that the customer was not aware of the full cost or existence of the insurance or limitations on insurance coverage; and

• industry-wide investigations regarding business practices including, but not limited to, the use and the marketing of certain types of insurance policies or certificates of insurance.

As previously disclosed, in fall 2011, Assurant, along with other insurers and with mortgage servicers, received a request for information from the NYDFS regarding its lender-placed insurance business. In February 2012, the Company and two of its wholly owned insurance subsidiaries, ASIC and American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, received subpoenas from the

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NYDFS regarding its lender-placed insurance business and related document retention practices. In response to the subpoenas, depositions were conducted in late February involving designated witnesses for the Company and the subsidiaries. In March 2012, the Company received an additional request from the NYDFS for further information relating to its lender-placed insurance program in New York and responded in April. Along with other companies in the industry, the Company participated in public hearings conducted by the NYDFS in mid-May. The Company was subsequently served with an order by the NYDFS requiring the Company to propose and justify amended rates for its lender-placed insurance products sold in the State of New York by July 6, 2012. The Company submitted a response to the order and has since engaged in periodic discussions with the NYDFS concerning its lender-placed insurance program in the State of New York. Proposed submitted changes to the program would affect annual lender-placed hazard and real estate owned policies issued in the State of New York, which accounted for approximately $64,000 and $56,000 of Assurant Specialty Property’s net earned premiums for the full year 2011 and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. The Company’s discussions with the NYDFS concerning this matter are continuing.

As the Company disclosed on October 22, 2012, ASIC reached an agreement with the California DOI to reduce premium rates for lender-placed hazard insurance products by 30.5%. Insurance rates can vary significantly between states based on actual loss experience, catastrophe exposure, state requirements and prospective views of product and market performance. This rate reduction reflects factors specific to California such as continued favorable loss experience in the state and different assumptions about future experience compared to our previous rate filing.

The new rates in California will apply to policies issued or renewed with effective dates on or after January 19, 2013. ASIC recorded approximately $124,000 and $81,000 of net earned premiums for full year 2011 and Nine Months 2012, respectively, for the type of policies subject to the rate reduction and estimates, based on Nine Months 2012 results, that it will record approximately $108,000 in net earned premiums for full year 2012. On the basis of 2012 placement rates and the current book of business, the Company estimates that annualized net earned premiums and net income would be reduced by approximately $33,000 and $18,000, respectively. The actual effect of the California rate decrease on the Company’s net earned premiums and net income over the course of 2013 and beyond will depend on a variety of factors, including the Company’s mix of lender-placed insurance products, lapse rates, rate and timing of renewals, placement rates, changes in client contracts and actual expenses incurred.

As previously disclosed, Assurant Specialty Property’s business strategy has been to pursue long-term growth in lender-placed homeowners insurance and adjacent markets with similar characteristics, such as lender-placed flood insurance and lender-placed mobile home insurance. Lender-placed insurance products accounted for approximately 70% of Assurant Specialty Property’s net earned premiums for both the full year 2011 and the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The approximate corresponding contributions to segment net income in these periods were 100% and 89%, respectively. The portion of total segment net income attributable to lender-placed products may vary substantially over time depending on the frequency, severity and location of catastrophic losses, the cost of catastrophe reinsurance and reinstatement coverage, the variability of claim processing costs and client acquisition costs, and other factors. In addition, we expect placement rates for these products to decline.

The Company files rates with the state departments of insurance in the ordinary course of business. As previously disclosed, in addition to this routine correspondence, the Company has been engaged in discussions and proceedings with certain state regulators regarding our lender-placed insurance business. Because assumptions used in rate filings vary by state as a result of differing regulatory requirements, expected loss experience and catastrophe exposure, the results of such reviews may vary widely. It is possible that other state departments of insurance and regulatory authorities may choose to initiate or continue to review the appropriateness of the Company’s premium rates for its lender-placed insurance products. If in the aggregate further reviews by state departments of insurance lead to significant decreases in premium rates for the Company’s lender-placed insurance products, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Unfavorable outcomes in litigation or regulatory proceedings, or significant problems in our relationships with regulators, could materially adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, our reputation, our ratings, and our ability to continue to do business. They could also expose us to further investigations or litigations. In addition, certain of our clients in the mortgage and credit card and banking industries are the subject of various regulatory investigations and/or litigation regarding mortgage lending practices, credit insurance, debt-deferment and debt cancelation products, and the sale of ancillary products, which could indirectly affect our businesses.

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Item 2. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Repurchase of Equity Securities:

Period in 2012	Total Number of Shares  Purchased		Average Price Paid Per  Share		Total Number  of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs(1)		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be  Purchased Under the Programs
January 1-31		978,000	$	39.50		978,000	$	266,777,096
February 1-29		528,000		43.37		528,000		243,889,747
March 1-31		912,000		41.47		912,000		206,083,388
April 1-30		912,800		39.58		912,800		169,973,149
May 1-31		1,062,000		34.58		1,062,000		133,274,920
June 1-30		2,581,021		33.83		2,581,021		646,017,002
July 1-31		1,444,639		34.52		1,444,639		596,169,955
August 1-31		180,000		34.78		180,000		589,913,949
September 1-30		1,449,000		37.07		1,449,000		536,235,429
Total		10,047,460	$	36.76		10,047,460	$	536,235,429

(1) Shares purchased pursuant to the January 22, 2011 publicly announced share repurchase authorization of up to $600,000 of outstanding common stock, which was increased by an authorization on May 14, 2012 for the repurchase of up to an additional $600,000 of outstanding common stock.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company has filed or incorporated by reference certain agreements as exhibits to this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. These agreements may contain representations and warranties by the parties. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other party or parties to such agreements and (i) may have been qualified by disclosures made to such other party or parties, (ii) were made only as of the date of such agreements or such other date(s) as may be specified in such agreements and are subject to more recent developments, which may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosure, (iii) may reflect the allocation of risk among the parties to such agreements and (iv) may apply materiality standards different from what may be viewed as material to investors. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the Company’s actual state of affairs at the date hereof and should not be relied upon.

The following exhibits either (a) are filed with this report or (b) have previously been filed with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference to those prior filings. Exhibits are available upon request at the investor relations section of our website at www.assurant.com. Our website is not a part of this report and is not incorporated by reference in this report.

12.1	Computation of Ratio of Consolidated Earnings to Fixed Charges.
31.1	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer.
31.2	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Assurant, Inc. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Assurant, Inc. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	ASSURANT, INC.
Date: October 29, 2012	By:	/s/    ROBERT B. POLLOCK
	Name:	Robert B. Pollock
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: October 29, 2012	By:	/s/    MICHAEL J. PENINGER
	Name:	Michael J. Peninger
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-12.1

EXHIBIT 12.1

ASSURANT, INC.

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(in millions of U.S. dollars except for ratio amounts)

	2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		September 30, 2012
Income before income taxes	$	1,011.0	$	563.6	$	714.3	$	606.5	$	706.2	$	722.9
Fixed charges		73.9		73.5		74.6		73.8		70.2		52.2
Income as adjusted	$	1,084.9	$	637.1	$	788.9	$	680.3	$	776.4	$	775.1
Fixed charges:
Interest expense, including discount amortization and preferred stock dividends (1)	$	61.2	$	61.0	$	60.7	$	60.6	$	60.4	$	45.2
Portion of rents representative of an appropriate interest factor		12.7		12.5		13.9		13.2		9.8		7.0
Total fixed charges	$	73.9	$	73.5	$	74.6		73.8	$	70.2	$	52.2
Ratio of consolidated earnings to fixed charges		14.68		8.67		10.58		9.22		11.06		14.85

(1) Preferred stock issued is recorded as a liability, thus the corresponding dividend is recorded as interest expense.

EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Robert B. Pollock, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Assurant, Inc. for the period ended September 30, 2012;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 29, 2012

/s/ Robert B. Pollock

Robert B. Pollock

President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Michael J. Peninger, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Assurant, Inc. for the period ended September 30, 2012;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 29, 2012

/s/ Michael J. Peninger

Michael J. Peninger

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF

ASSURANT, INC.

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

§ 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert B. Pollock, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: October 29, 2012

/s/ Robert B. Pollock

Robert B. Pollock

President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF

ASSURANT, INC.

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

§ 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael J. Peninger, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: October 29, 2012

/s/ Michael J. Peninger

Michael J. Peninger

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Investments (Net Realized Gains (Losses), Including Other-Than-Temporary Impairments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Net realized gains (losses) related to sales and other	$ 8,460	$ 5,079	$ 36,018	$ 27,937
Net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments	0	(4,547)	(1,839)	(7,582)
Total net realized gains (losses)	8,460	532	34,179	20,355
Other Investments [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Net realized gains (losses) related to sales and other	10	(3,238)	928	(1,196)
Net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments	0	0	(330)	0
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Net realized gains (losses) related to sales and other	9,306	13,036	38,511	33,941
Net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments	0	(4,547)	(1,283)	(7,561)
Equity Securities [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Net realized gains (losses) related to sales and other	(856)	(4,719)	(3,165)	(4,808)
Net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments	0	0	(226)	(21)
Commercial Mortgage Loans On Real Estate [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Net realized gains (losses) related to sales and other	$ 0	$ 0	$ (256)	$ 0

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Earnings Per Common Share (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
PSUs [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Potentially Dilutive Securities	0	0	191	0
SARs [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Potentially Dilutive Securities	0	1,825,748	0	2,184,815

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax [Line Items]
Gross deferred tax asset for cumulative income tax benefit	$ 80,252
Deferred tax asset		0	44,280
Cumulative amount of undistributed earnings		0	138,248
Capital Losses [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Gross deferred tax asset for cumulative income tax benefit	80,000
Operating Losses [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Gross deferred tax asset for cumulative income tax benefit	$ 252

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Earnings Per Common Share (Net Income, Weighted Average Common Shares Used In Calculating Basic Earnings Per Common Share And Diluted EPS) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Net income	$ 126,288	$ 74,037	$ 458,718	$ 379,804
Deduct dividends paid	(17,284)	(17,178)	(52,633)	(50,858)
Undistributed earnings	$ 109,004	$ 56,859	$ 406,085	$ 328,946
Weighted average shares outstanding used in basic earnings per share calculations	82,156,838	95,351,601	85,723,387	98,065,082
Weighted average shares used in diluted earnings per share calculations	82,959,453	96,303,012	86,598,708	98,960,712
Net income - Basic	$ 1.54	$ 0.78	$ 5.35	$ 3.87
Net income - Diluted	$ 1.52	$ 0.77	$ 5.30	$ 3.84
Distributed earnings - Basic	$ 0.21	$ 0.18	$ 0.60	$ 0.52
Undistributed earnings - Basic	$ 1.33	$ 0.60	$ 4.75	$ 3.35
Distributed earnings - Diluted	$ 0.21	$ 0.18	$ 0.60	$ 0.52
Undistributed earnings - Diluted	$ 1.31	$ 0.59	$ 4.70	$ 3.32
PSUs [Member]
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Incremental common shares	676,488	783,487	733,493	702,300
SARs [Member]
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Incremental common shares	119,925	167,924	135,626	193,330
ESPP [Member]
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Incremental common shares	6,202	0	6,202	0

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Fair Value Disclosures (Carrying Value And Fair Value Of The Financial Instruments That Are Not Recognized Or Are Not Carried At Fair Value) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate, Carrying Value	$ 1,302,373	$ 1,309,687
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate, Fair Value	1,464,649	1,439,753
Policy loans, Carrying Value	53,924	54,192
Policy loans, Fair Value	53,924	54,192
Total Financial Assets, Fair Value	1,518,573	1,493,945
Total Financial Assets, Carrying Value	1,356,297	1,363,879
Policy reserves under investment products (Individual and group annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal), Carrying Value	872,438	865,021
Policy reserves under investment products (Individual and group annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal), Fair Value	894,480	864,068
Funds held under reinsurance, Carrying Value	60,703	64,413
Funds withheld under reinsurance, Fair Value	60,703	64,413
Debt, Carrying Value	972,368	972,278
Debt, Fair Value	1,046,368	1,016,562
Obligations under securities agreements, Carrying Value	94,024	95,494
Obligations under securities agreements, Fair Value	94,024	95,494
Total Financial Liabilities, Fair Value	2,095,575	2,040,537
Total Financial Liabilities, Carrying Value	1,999,533	1,997,206
Level 1 [Member]
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate, Fair Value	0	0
Policy loans, Fair Value	53,924	54,192
Total Financial Assets, Fair Value	53,924	54,192
Policy reserves under investment products (Individual and group annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal), Fair Value	0	0
Funds withheld under reinsurance, Fair Value	60,703	64,413
Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Obligations under securities agreements, Fair Value	94,024	95,494
Total Financial Liabilities, Fair Value	154,727	159,907
Level 2 [Member]
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate, Fair Value	0	0
Policy loans, Fair Value	0	0
Total Financial Assets, Fair Value	0	0
Policy reserves under investment products (Individual and group annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal), Fair Value	0	0
Funds withheld under reinsurance, Fair Value	0	0
Debt, Fair Value	1,046,368	1,016,562
Obligations under securities agreements, Fair Value	0	0
Total Financial Liabilities, Fair Value	1,046,368	1,016,562
Level 3 [Member]
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate, Fair Value	1,464,649	1,439,753
Policy loans, Fair Value	0	0
Total Financial Assets, Fair Value	1,464,649	1,439,753
Policy reserves under investment products (Individual and group annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal), Fair Value	894,480	864,068
Funds withheld under reinsurance, Fair Value	0	0
Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Obligations under securities agreements, Fair Value	0	0
Total Financial Liabilities, Fair Value	$ 894,480	$ 864,068

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Effect of Adoption on Consolidated Balance Sheet) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 As Previously Reported [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Effect of Change [Member]	Jan. 02, 2011 Effect of Change [Member]
Deferred acquisition costs	$ 2,760,365	$ 2,492,857	$ 2,632,720	$ (139,863)
Deferred income taxes, net	0	44,280	0	44,280
Total assets	28,169,623	27,019,862	27,115,445	(95,583)
Future policy benefits and expenses	8,481,404	8,359,206	8,269,343	89,863
Deferred income taxes, net		0	32,460	(32,460)
Total liabilities	22,940,010	22,145,912	22,088,509	57,403
Retained earnings	3,992,869	3,586,784	3,742,479	(155,695)	148,811
Accumulated other comprehensive income	858,859	557,576	554,867	2,709	1,411
Total stockholders' equity	5,229,613	4,873,950	5,026,936	(152,986)	147,400
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 28,169,623	$ 27,019,862	$ 27,115,445	$ (95,583)

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Retirement And Other Employee Benefits (Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011
Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	$ 7,788		$ 6,677		$ 24,038		$ 22,177
Interest cost	8,211		8,160		24,511		24,910
Expected return on plan assets	(9,932)		(10,074)		(30,132)		(30,624)
Amortization of prior service cost	24		24		74		74
Amortization of net loss	4,833		3,026		14,283		9,426
Curtailment credit/special termination	0		0		0		0
Net periodic benefit cost	10,924		7,813		32,774		25,963
Nonqualified Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	966	[1]	763	[1]	2,816	[1]	2,213	[1]
Interest cost	1,463	[1]	1,475	[1]	4,163	[1]	4,375	[1]
Expected return on plan assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Amortization of prior service cost	167	[1]	199	[1]	517	[1]	499	[1]
Amortization of net loss	1,126	[1]	633	[1]	3,226	[1]	2,033	[1]
Curtailment credit/special termination	0	[1]	136	[1]	0	[1]	386	[1]
Net periodic benefit cost	3,722	[1]	3,206	[1]	10,722	[1]	9,506	[1]
Retirement Health Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	681		567		2,081		2,667
Interest cost	867		833		2,617		3,083
Expected return on plan assets	(609)		(754)		(2,159)		(2,204)
Amortization of prior service cost	(242)		(238)		(692)		512
Amortization of net loss	0		(145)		0		(145)
Curtailment credit/special termination	0		0		0		0
Net periodic benefit cost	$ 697		$ 263		$ 1,847		$ 3,913

[1] The Company's nonqualified plan is unfunded.

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Investments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Investments [Abstract]

Amortized Cost, Gross Unrealized Gains And Losses, Fair Value And OTTI

	September 30, 2012
	Cost or Amortized Cost	Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		OTTI in AOCI
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and     government agencies and authorities	$     589,408	$     9,402	$        (149)	$      598,661		$                0
States, municipalities and political  subdivisions	804,345	111,817	(103)	916,059		0
Foreign governments	673,560	87,152	(1,306)	759,406		0
Asset-backed	27,614	1,642	(578)	28,678		1,166
Commercial mortgage-backed	70,293	5,859	0	76,152		0
Residential mortgage-backed	721,897	60,304	(82)	782,119		12,477
Corporate	7,690,846	1,201,666	(9,656)	8,882,856		19,477
Total fixed maturity securities	$  10,577,963	$  1,477,842	$     (11,874)	$12,043,931		$     33,120
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$   14,037	$    4,079	$             0	$  18,116		$              0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	381,785	47,442	(6,828)	422,399		0
Total equity securities	$  395,822	$     51,521	$        (6,828)	$    440,515		$              0

	December 31, 2011
	Cost or Amortized Cost	Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses	Fair Value	OTTI in AOCI
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and     government agencies and authorities	$     148,379	$        8,987	$              (26)	$       157,340	$              0
States, municipalities and political  subdivisions	832,788	96,536	(301)	929,023	0
Foreign governments	647,133	78,148	(1,368)	723,913	0
Asset-backed	30,681	2,072	(320)	32,433	1,118
Commercial mortgage-backed	82,184	5,840	0	88,024	0
Residential mortgage-backed	841,488	56,364	(633)	897,219	8,240
Corporate	7,540,776	882,628	(58,757)	8,364,647	14,313
Total fixed maturity securities	$10,123,429	$ 1,130,575	$        (61,405)	$ 11,192,599	$       23,671
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$       14,037	$         2,018	$              (54)	$        16,001	$               0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	343,374	28,141	(25,140)	346,375	0
Total equity securities	$     357,411	$       30,159	$        (25,194)	$      362,376	$               0

Proceeds From Sales Of Available-For-Sale Securities And The Gross Realized Gains And Gross Realized Losses

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Proceeds from sales	$ 628,257	$ 332,490	$ 1,595,172	$ 1,280,982
Gross realized gains	11,017	14,018	45,813	42,453
Gross realized losses	2,396	5,705	10,642	15,012

Net Realized Gains (Losses), Including Other-Than-Temporary Impairments

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Net realized gains (losses) related to sales and other:
Fixed maturity securities	$    9,306	$    13,036	$    38,511	$      33,941
Equity securities	(856)	(4,719)	(3,165)	(4,808)
Mortgage loans	0	0	(256)	0
Other investments	10	(3,238)	928	(1,196)
Total net realized gains related to sales and other	8,460	5,079	36,018	27,937
Net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments:
Fixed maturity securities	0	(4,547)	(1,283)	(7,561)
Equity securities	0	0	(226)	(21)
Other investments	0	0	(330)	0
Total net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments	0	(4,547)	(1,839)	(7,582)
Total net realized gains	$    8,460	$   532	$    34,179	$    20,355

Credit Loss Impairments Recognized

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011
Balance, June 30,	$   98,588	$   105,634
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously                                               impaired	0	9
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(187)	(202)
Reductions for credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period	(816)	(1,895)
Balance, September 30,	$  97,585	$  103,546

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011
Balance, January 1,	$   103,090	$                105,245
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities not previously impaired	0	1,455
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously                                               impaired	56	1,567
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(1,001)	(470)
Reductions for credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period	(4,560)	(4,251)
Balance, September 30,	$  97,585	$      103,546

Duration Of Gross Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturity Securities And Equity Securities

	September 30, 2012
	Less than 12 months		12 Months or More			Total
	Fair Value	Unrealized Losses	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government      agencies and authorities
	$       367,324	$          (149)	$                 0	$              0		$      367,324		$          (149)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	0	0	4,564	(103)		4,564		(103)
Foreign governments	22,939	(26)	8,800	(1,280)		31,739		(1,306)
Asset-backed	0	0	2,517	(578)		2,517		(578)
Residential mortgage-backed	15,811	(64)	2,103	(18)		17,914		(82)
Corporate	180,419	(2,920)	120,419	(6,736)		300,838		(9,656)
Total fixed maturity securities	$       586,493	$      (3,159)	$      138,403	$       (8,715)		$      724,896		$     (11,874)
Equity securities:
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	$         23,794	$        (334)	$        57,091	$      (6,494)		$        80,885		$      (6,828)

	December 31, 2011
	Less than 12 months		12 Months or More			Total
	Fair Value	Unrealized Losses	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government      agencies and authorities
	$         8,852	$      (26)	$                 0	$              0		$       8,852		$       (26)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	0	0	5,503	(301)		5,503		(301)
Foreign governments	31,125	(150)	9,443	(1,218)		40,568		(1,368)
Asset-backed	2,624	(320)	0	0		2,624		(320)
Residential mortgage-backed	43,141	(513)	2,368	(120)		45,509		(633)
Corporate	718,815	(32,899)	176,279	(25,858)		895,094		(58,757)
Total fixed maturity securities	$804,557	$(33,908)	$193,593	$(27,497)		$998,150		$     (61,405)
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$1,174	$(54)	$                 0	$          0		$1,174		$(54)
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	51,577	(4,499)	85,704	(20,641)		137,281		(25,140)
Total equity securities	$52,751	$ (4,553)	$85,704	$(20,641)		$138,455		$ (25,194)

Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of Fixed Maturity Securities By Contractual Maturity

	Cost or Amortized Cost	Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$         449,538	$         459,149
Due after one year through five years	2,515,039	2,678,968
Due after five years through ten years	2,531,318	2,805,126
Due after ten years	4,262,264	5,213,739
Total	9,758,159	11,156,982
Asset-backed	27,614	28,678
Commercial mortgage-backed	70,293	76,152
Residential mortgage-backed	721,897	782,119
Total	$    10,577,963	$    12,043,931

Credit Quality Indicators For Commercial Mortgage Loans

	September 30, 2012
Loan-to-Value	Carrying Value		% of Gross Mortgage Loans			Debt-Service Coverage Ratio
70% and less	$	1,116,418		85.0	%		1.93
71 – 80%		121,930		9.3	%		1.31
81 – 95%		57,711		4.4	%		1.19
Greater than 95%		16,639		1.3	%		1.02
Gross commercial mortgage loans		1,312,698		100.0	%		1.83
Less valuation allowance		(10,325)
Net commercial mortgage loans	$	1,302,373

	December 31, 2011
Loan-to-Value	Carrying Value	% of Gross Mortgage Loans		Debt-Service Coverage Ratio
70% and less	$     1,018,927	77.1	%	2.09
71 – 80%	188,816	14.3	%	1.37
81 – 95%	74,657	5.7	%	1.16
Greater than 95%	37,697	2.9	%	0.76
Gross commercial mortgage loans	1,320,097	100.0	%	1.90
Less valuation allowance	(10,410)
Net commercial mortgage loans	$     1,309,687

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Amounts Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Reclassification of net realized gains on sales of securities included in net income, net of taxes	$ 4,029	$ 1,241	$ 18,004	$ 11,092
Reclassification of net realized losses on sales of securities previously written down included in net income, net of tax	0	5	(92)	(973)
Reclassification of amortization of prior service cost included in net income, net of taxes	$ 3,840	$ 2,274	$ 11,315	$ 8,059

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Investments (Credit Quality Indicators For Commercial Mortgage Loans) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Gross commercial mortgage loans	$ 1,312,698	$ 1,320,097
% of Gross Mortgage Loans	100.00%	100.00%
Debt-Service Coverage ratio	1.83	1.90
Less valuation allowance	(10,325)	(10,410)
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Commercial and Consumer, Net, Total	1,302,373	1,309,687
70% And Less [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Gross commercial mortgage loans	1,116,418	1,018,927
% of Gross Mortgage Loans	85.00%	77.10%
Debt-Service Coverage ratio	1.93	2.09
71 - 80% [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Gross commercial mortgage loans	121,930	188,816
% of Gross Mortgage Loans	9.30%	14.30%
Debt-Service Coverage ratio	1.31	1.37
81 - 95% [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Gross commercial mortgage loans	57,711	74,657
% of Gross Mortgage Loans	4.40%	5.70%
Debt-Service Coverage ratio	1.19	1.16
Greater Than 95% [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Gross commercial mortgage loans	$ 16,639	$ 37,697
% of Gross Mortgage Loans	1.30%	2.90%
Debt-Service Coverage ratio	1.02	0.76

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Investments (Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of Fixed Maturity Securities By Contractual Maturity) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Due in one year or less, Cost or Amortized Cost	$ 449,538
Due after one year through five years, Cost or Amortized Cost	2,515,039
Due after five years through ten years, Cost or Amortized Cost	2,531,318
Due after ten years, Cost or Amortized Cost	4,262,264
Total Fixed Maturity Securities, Contractual Maturity, Cost or Amortized Cost	9,758,159
Total Fixed maturity securities, Cost or Amortized Cost	10,577,963
Due in one year or less, Fair Value	459,149
Due after one year through five years, Fair Value	2,678,968
Due after five years through ten years, Fair Value	2,805,126
Due after ten years, Fair Value	5,213,739
Total Fixed Maturity Securities, Contractual Maturity, Fair Value	11,156,982
Total Fixed Maturity Securities, Fair value	12,043,931	11,192,599
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	721,897
Fair Value	782,119
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	70,293
Fair Value	76,152
Asset-Backed [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	27,614
Fair Value	28,678
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Total Fixed Maturity Securities, Fair value	12,043,931	11,192,599
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Total Fixed Maturity Securities, Fair value	782,119	897,219
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Total Fixed Maturity Securities, Fair value	76,152	88,024
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Asset-Backed [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Total Fixed Maturity Securities, Fair value	$ 28,678	$ 32,433

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Stock Repurchase (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended									9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	May 14, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Aug. 31, 2012	Jul. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	May 31, 2012	Apr. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Feb. 29, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	May 14, 2012 Additional Repurchase Of Equity [Member]	Jan. 18, 2011 Additional Repurchase Of Equity [Member]
Stock Repurchase [Line Items]
Outstanding common stock repurchase authorized, value												$ 600,000	$ 600,000
Number of shares repurchased		1,449,000	180,000	1,444,639	2,581,021	1,062,000	912,800	912,000	528,000	978,000	10,047,460
Shares repurchased, value											369,157
Value remaining under total repurchase authorization	$ 733,275										$ 536,235

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Fair Value Disclosures (Schedule Of Allowance For Doubtful Accounts For Reinsurance Recoverable) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Balance as of beginning-of-year	$ 10,633
Provision	0
Other additions	0
Direct write-downs charged against the allowance	0
Balance as of the end-of-year	$ 10,633

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Nature Of Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Nature Of Operations [Abstract]

Nature Of Operations

1. Nature of Operations

Assurant, Inc. (the "Company") is a holding company whose subsidiaries provide specialized insurance products and related services in North America and select worldwide markets.

The Company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ.

Through its operating subsidiaries, the Company provides debt protection administration, credit-related insurance, warranties and service contracts, pre-funded funeral insurance, lender-placed homeowners insurance, manufactured housing homeowners insurance, individual health and small employer group health insurance, group dental insurance, group disability insurance, and group life insurance.

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Fair Value Disclosures (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 financial assets	0
Goodwill, carrying amount	640,934	639,097
Priced externally [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Level 3 Securities Pricing Valuation	103,043	99,920
Priced internally [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Level 3 Securities Pricing Valuation	98,283	82,522

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Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]

Net Income, Weighted Average Common Shares Used In Calculating Basic Earnings Per Common Share And Diluted EPS

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Numerator
Net income	$        126,288	$        74,037	$        458,718	$     379,804
Deduct dividends paid	(17,284)	(17,178)	(52,633)	(50,858)
Undistributed earnings	$        109,004	$        56,859	$        406,085	$     328,946
Denominator
Weighted average shares outstanding used in
basic earnings per share calculations	82,156,838	95,351,601	85,723,387	98,065,082
Incremental common shares from :
SARs	119,925	167,924	135,626	193,330
PSUs	676,488	783,487	733,493	702,300
ESPPs	6,202	0	6,202	0
Weighted average shares used in diluted earnings per
share calculations	82,959,453	96,303,012	86,598,708	98,960,712
Earnings per common share - Basic
Distributed earnings	$              0.21	$              0.18	$              0.60	$             0.52
Undistributed earnings	1.33	0.60	4.75	3.35
Net income	$              1.54	$              0.78	$              5.35	$             3.87
Earnings per common  share – Diluted
Distributed earnings	$              0.21	$              0.18	$              0.60	$             0.52
Undistributed earnings	1.31	0.59	4.70	3.32
Net income	$              1.52	$              0.77	$              5.30	$             3.84

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Stock Repurchase (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Stock Repurchase [Abstract]

Shares Repurchased

Period in 2012	Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid Per Share	Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs
January	978,000	$              39.50	978,000
February	528,000	43.37	528,000
March	912,000	41.47	912,000
April	912,800	39.58	912,800
May	1,062,000	34.58	1,062,000
June	2,581,021	33.83	2,581,021
July	1,444,639	34.52	1,444,639
August	180,000	34.78	180,000
September	1,449,000	37.07	1,449,000
Total	10,047,460	$   36.76	10,047,460

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Retirement And Other Employee Benefits (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension Contributions		$ 37,500
Funded status percentage		81.00%	83.00%
Expected contribution to Plan over the remainder of 2012	12,500
Qualified Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Funded status at end of year		(161,939)	(125,517)
Qualified pension benefits plan under-funded amount		$ (161,939)	(125,517)

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Fair Value Disclosures (Fair Value For Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	$ 15,454,405		$ 14,869,220
Total financial liabilities	1,761,116		1,683,535
Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	2,448,495		2,782,278
Total financial liabilities	1,545,304		1,465,795
Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	12,795,177		11,892,185
Total financial liabilities	213,722		215,020
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	210,733		194,757
Total financial liabilities	2,090		2,720
Short-Term Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	251,495		441,383
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	138,655	[1]	355,732	[1]
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	112,840	[2]	85,651	[2]
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Assets Held In Separate Accounts [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	1,708,351		1,632,781
Assets Held In Separate Accounts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	1,494,800	[3]	1,417,864	[3]
Assets Held In Separate Accounts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	213,551	[2]	214,917	[2]
Assets Held In Separate Accounts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Cash Equivalents [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	681,504		915,339
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	681,414	[1]	887,135	[1]
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	90	[2]	28,204	[2]
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Equity Securities [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	18,116		16,001
Equity Securities [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	17,433		15,318
Equity Securities [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	683		683
Equity Securities [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Equity Securities [Member] | Non-Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	422,399		346,375
Equity Securities [Member] | Non-Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Equity Securities [Member] | Non-Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	422,398		346,362
Equity Securities [Member] | Non-Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	1		13
United States Government And Government Agencies And Authorities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	598,661		157,340
United States Government And Government Agencies And Authorities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
United States Government And Government Agencies And Authorities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	594,482		152,940
United States Government And Government Agencies And Authorities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	4,179		4,400
State, Municipalities And Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	916,059		929,023
State, Municipalities And Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
State, Municipalities And Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	916,059		929,023
State, Municipalities And Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	759,406		723,913
Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	778		1,857
Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	734,769		699,343
Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	23,859		22,713
Corporate [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	8,882,856		8,364,647
Corporate [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Corporate [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	8,728,045		8,227,018
Corporate [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	154,811		137,629
Asset-Backed [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	28,678		32,433
Asset-Backed [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Asset-Backed [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	28,678		31,980
Asset-Backed [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		453
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	782,119		897,219
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	773,609		895,352
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	8,510		1,867
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	76,152		88,024
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	73,603		87,120
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	2,549		904
Other Aggregated Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	252,136		245,280
Other Aggregated Investments [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	50,504	[3]	47,931	[3]
Other Aggregated Investments [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	191,115	[2]	179,092	[2]
Other Aggregated Investments [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	10,517	[4]	18,257	[4]
Other Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	7,430		9,241
Other Assets [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	0		0
Other Assets [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	1,123	[5]	720	[5]
Other Assets [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	6,307	[6]	8,521	[6]
Other Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial liabilities	52,765		50,754
Other Liabilities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial liabilities	50,504	[3]	47,931	[3]
Other Liabilities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial liabilities	171	[5]	103	[5]
Other Liabilities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial liabilities	2,090	[5]	2,720	[5]
Liabilities Related To Separate Accounts [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial liabilities	1,708,351		1,632,781
Liabilities Related To Separate Accounts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial liabilities	1,494,800	[3]	1,417,864	[3]
Liabilities Related To Separate Accounts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial liabilities	213,551	[2]	214,917	[2]
Liabilities Related To Separate Accounts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial liabilities	0		0
Collateral Held / Pledged Under Securities Agreements [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	69,043		70,221
Collateral Held / Pledged Under Securities Agreements [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	64,911	[1]	56,441	[1]
Collateral Held / Pledged Under Securities Agreements [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	4,132	[2]	13,780	[2]
Collateral Held / Pledged Under Securities Agreements [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total financial assets	$ 0		$ 0

[1] Mainly includes money market funds.

[2] Mainly includes fixed maturity securities.

[3] Mainly includes mutual funds.

[4] Mainly includes fixed maturity securities and other derivatives

[5] Mainly includes other derivatives.

[6] Mainly includes the Consumer Price Index Cap Derivatives ("CPI Caps").

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Retirement And Other Employee Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Retirement And Other Employee Benefits [Abstract]

Amounts Recognized In Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
	(in thousands)
Reclassification of net realized gains on sales of securities   included in net income, net of taxes	$       4,029	$      1,241	$   18,004	$    11,092
Reclassification of net realized losses on sales of securities   previously written down included in net income, net of taxes	$              0	$             5	$       (92)	$      (973)
Reclassification of amortization of prior service cost   included in net income, net of taxes	$       3,840	$      2,274	$   11,315	$      8,059

Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

	Qualified Pension Benefits		Nonqualified Pension Benefits (1)		Retirement Health Benefits
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,		For the Three Months Ended September 30,		For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011
Service cost	$7,788	$   6,677	$                 966	$          763	$           681	$      567
Interest cost	8,211	8,160	1,463	1,475	867	833
Expected return on plan assets	(9,932)	(10,074)	0	0	(609)	(754)
Amortization of prior service cost	24	24	167	199	(242)	(238)
Amortization of net loss (gain)	4,833	3,026	1,126	633	0	(145)
Curtailment credit / special termination benefits	0	0	0	136	0	0
Net periodic benefit cost	$10,924	$ 7,813	$3,722	$     3,206	$          697	$     263

	Qualified Pension Benefits		Nonqualified Pension Benefits (1)		Retirement Health Benefits
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,		For the Nine Months Ended September 30,		For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011
Service cost	$24,038	$ 22,177	$   2,816	$        2,213	$ 2,081	$    2,667
Interest cost	24,511	24,910	4,163	4,375	2,617	3,083
Expected return on plan assets	(30,132)	(30,624)	0	0	(2,159)	(2,204)
Amortization of prior service cost	74	74	517	499	(692)	512
Amortization of net loss (gain)	14,283	9,426	3,226	2,033	0	(145)
Curtailment credit / special termination benefits	0	0	0	386	0	0
Net periodic benefit cost	$32,774	$    25,963	$   10,722	$         9,506	$1,847	$    3,913
(1)The Company's nonqualified plan is unfunded.

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Financial Information By Segment

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Solutions	Specialty Property	Health	Employee Benefits	Corporate & Other	Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other  considerations	$ 669,742	$518,868	$397,248	$252,623	$                0	$     1,838,481
Net investment income	97,558	25,022	10,253	31,488	5,112	169,433
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0	8,460	8,460
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0	4,600	4,600
Fees and other income	82,866	26,034	7,795	7,043	368	124,106
Total revenues	850,166	569,924	415,296	291,154	18,540	2,145,080
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	219,430	216,755	287,085	173,309	(1,099)	895,480
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs     and value of business acquired	271,652	85,629	43	6,672	0	363,996
Underwriting, general and administrative     expenses	302,399	132,397	105,777	91,297	30,037	661,907
Interest expense	0	0	0	0	15,078	15,078
Total benefits, losses and expenses	793,481	434,781	392,905	271,278	44,016	1,936,461
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax	56,685	135,143	22,391	19,876	(25,476)	208,619
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	19,983	45,748	11,131	6,630	(1,161)	82,331
Segment income (loss) after tax	$36,702	$89,395	$11,260	$13,246	$      (24,315)
Net income						$     126,288

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Solutions	Specialty Property	Health	Employee Benefits	Corporate & Other	Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$   600,679	$    476,712	$  428,971	$    270,953	$                0	$   1,777,315
Net investment income	98,453	25,980	11,703	32,316	3,724	172,176
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0	532	532
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0	5,114	5,114
Fees and other income	70,126	21,329	8,989	6,157	(23)	106,578
Total revenues	769,258	524,021	449,663	309,426	9,347	2,061,715
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	213,417	265,072	328,235	190,707	0	997,431
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs    and value of business acquired	258,129	76,258	0	6,286	0	340,673
Underwriting, general and administrative     expenses	245,989	118,722	111,766	92,004	27,629	596,110
Interest expense	0	0	0	0	15,078	15,078
Total benefits, losses and expenses	717,535	460,052	440,001	288,997	42,707	1,949,292
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax	51,723	63,969	9,662	20,429	(33,360)	112,423
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	18,049	20,604	3,899	6,822	(10,988)	38,386
Segment income (loss) after tax	$       33,674	$  43,365	$    5,763	$   13,607	$      (22,372)
Net income						$    74,037

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Solutions	Specialty Property	Health	Employee Benefits	Corporate & Other		Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$ 1,942,155	$1,495,057	$  1,207,750	$ 762,816	$             0		$     5,407,778
Net investment income	297,201	77,409	53,659	97,515	15,258		541,042
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0	34,179		34,179
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0	13,817		13,817
Fees and other income	231,525	73,662	23,162	21,622	507		350,478
Total revenues	2,470,881	1,646,128	1,284,571	881,953	63,761		6,347,294
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	639,426	572,352	883,602	529,584	(1,099)		2,623,865
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	775,996	245,409	181	19,030	0		1,040,616
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	872,276	382,589	312,144	271,574	76,074		1,914,657
Interest expense	0	0	0	0	45,228		45,228
Total benefits, losses and expenses	2,287,698	1,200,350	1,195,927	820,188	120,203		5,624,366
Segment income before provision    (benefit) for income tax	183,183	445,778	88,644	61,765	(56,442)		722,928
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	62,718	151,057	36,837	20,834	(7,236)		264,210
Segment income after  tax	$120,465	$294,721	$      51,807	$   40,931	$    (49,206)
Net income							$     458,718
	As of September 30, 2012
Segment assets:
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	$12,250,912	$  3,450,511	$ 936,129	$2,409,261	$ 8,481,876	$    27,528,689
Goodwill						640,934
Total assets						$      28,169,623

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Solutions	Specialty Property	Health	Employee Benefits	Corporate & Other	Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$1,815,305	$ 1,409,465	$          1,280,572	$  802,293	$            0	$      5,307,635
Net investment income	295,508	78,370	34,410	97,355	12,250	517,893
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0	20,355	20,355
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0	15,353	15,353
Fees and other income	196,976	56,878	26,828	19,095	260	300,037
Total revenues	2,307,789	1,544,713	1,341,810	918,743	48,218	6,161,273
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	641,140	686,600	962,229	587,334	0	2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	753,059	226,436	0	18,317	0	997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	747,203	347,351	348,530	269,995	70,304	1,783,383
Interest expense	0	0	0	0	45,284	45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses	2,141,402	1,260,387	1,310,759	875,646	115,588	5,703,782
Segment income (loss) before provision    (benefit) for income tax	166,387	284,326	31,051	43,097	(67,370)	457,491
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	56,578	95,895	12,904	14,534	(102,224)	77,687
Segment income (loss) after tax	$109,809	$   188,431	$     18,147	$    28,563	$    34,854
Net income						$       379,804
	As of December 31, 2011
Segment assets:
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	$11,333,833	$3,387,027	$1,067,423	$2,477,192	$8,115,290	$26,380,765
Goodwill						639,097
Total assets						$27,019,862

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Consolidated Statement Of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Operating activities
Net cash provided by operating activities	$ 429,159	$ 509,691
Sales of:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale	1,485,221	1,183,324
Equity securities available for sale	92,052	71,798
Other invested assets	66,359	24,293
Property and equipment and other	2,453	2,565
Maturities, prepayments, and scheduled redemption of:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale	784,708	749,210
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate	89,096	79,093
Purchase of:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale	(2,529,934)	(1,908,896)
Equity securities available for sale	(130,171)	(33,326)
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate	(82,575)	(66,502)
Other invested assets	(24,076)	(49,193)
Property and equipment and other	(40,042)	(25,153)
Subsidiaries and warranty business, net of cash transferred (1)	(3,500)	(45,080)
Change in short-term investments	190,257	(155,564)
Change in policy loans	391	1,489
Change in collateral held/pledged under securities agreements	1,470	26,483
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(98,291)	(145,459)
Financing activities
Repayment of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock	0	(5,000)
Change in tax benefit from share-based payment arrangements	2,464	(2,963)
Acquisition of common stock	(370,469)	(364,943)
Dividends paid	(52,633)	(50,858)
Change in obligation under securities agreements	(1,470)	(26,482)
Change in receivables under securities loan agreements	0	14,370
Change in obligations to return borrowed securities	0	(14,281)
Net cash used in financing activities	(422,108)	(450,157)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(2,967)	(5,068)
Change in cash and cash equivalents	(94,207)	(90,993)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,166,713	1,150,516
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 1,072,506	$ 1,059,523

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Basis of Presentation (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Individual And Small Business Group [Member]
Minimum medical loss ratio	80.00%
Large Group Business [Member]
Minimum medical loss ratio	85.00%

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Investments (Credit Loss Impairments Recognized) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Investments [Abstract]
Balance, beginning of period	$ 98,588	$ 105,634	$ 103,090	$ 105,245
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities not previously impaired			0	1,455
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously impaired	0	9	56	1,567
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(187)	(202)	(1,001)	(470)
Reductions for credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period	(816)	(1,895)	(4,560)	(4,251)
Balance, end of period	$ 97,585	$ 103,546	$ 97,585	$ 103,546

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Stock Repurchase (Shares Repurchased) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended									9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Aug. 31, 2012	Jul. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	May 31, 2012	Apr. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Feb. 29, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012
Stock Repurchase [Abstract]
Number of Shares Purchased	1,449,000	180,000	1,444,639	2,581,021	1,062,000	912,800	912,000	528,000	978,000	10,047,460
Average Price Paid Per Share	$ 37.07	$ 34.78	$ 34.52	$ 33.83	$ 34.58	$ 39.58	$ 41.47	$ 43.37	$ 39.50	$ 36.76
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs	1,449,000	180,000	1,444,639	2,581,021	1,062,000	912,800	912,000	528,000	978,000	10,047,460

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Assets
Fixed maturity securities available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost-$10,577,963 in 2012 and $10,123,429 in 2011)	$ 12,043,931	$ 11,192,599
Equity securities available for sale, at fair value (cost-$395,822 in 2012 and $357,411 in 2011)	440,515	362,376
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate, at amortized cost	1,302,373	1,309,687
Policy loans	53,924	54,192
Short-term investments	251,495	441,383
Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements	94,043	95,221
Other investments	578,148	570,707
Total investments	14,764,429	14,026,165
Cash and cash equivalents	1,072,506	1,166,713
Premiums and accounts receivable, net	760,676	649,122
Reinsurance recoverables	5,490,610	5,411,064
Accrued investment income	162,465	153,783
Deferred acquisition costs	2,760,365	2,492,857
Property and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation	246,969	242,908
Deferred income taxes, net	0	44,280
Tax receivable	49,128	0
Goodwill	640,934	639,097
Value of business acquired	64,352	71,014
Other intangible assets, net	269,953	303,832
Other assets	121,418	124,298
Assets held in separate accounts	1,765,818	1,694,729
Total assets	28,169,623	27,019,862
Liabilities
Future policy benefits and expenses	8,481,404	8,359,206
Unearned premiums	5,896,673	5,482,017
Claims and benefits payable	3,360,743	3,437,119
Commissions payable	282,199	260,022
Reinsurance balances payable	113,701	130,144
Funds held under reinsurance, Carrying Value	60,703	64,413
Deferred gain on disposal of businesses	120,215	134,033
Obligation under securities agreements	94,024	95,494
Accounts payable and other liabilities	1,608,605	1,486,026
Deferred income taxes, net	183,557	0
Tax payable	0	30,431
Debt	972,368	972,278
Liabilities related to separate accounts	1,765,818	1,694,729
Total liabilities	22,940,010	22,145,912
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Stockholders' equity
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 800,000,000 shares authorized, 79,456,860 and 88,524,374 shares outstanding at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively	1,473	1,464
Additional paid-in capital	3,043,121	3,025,477
Retained earnings	3,992,869	3,586,784
Accumulated other comprehensive income	858,859	557,576
Treasury stock, at cost; 67,480,638 and 57,433,178 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively	(2,666,709)	(2,297,351)
Total stockholders' equity	5,229,613	4,873,950
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 28,169,623	$ 27,019,862

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Fair Value Disclosures (Change In Balance Sheet Carrying Value Associated With Level 3 Financial Assets Carried At Fair Value) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, net	$ 194,230		$ 180,079		$ 192,037		$ 189,046
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, net	106		4,409		(2,463)		3,260
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	6,548		260		11,879		5,511
Purchases, net			19,296		4,085		32,922
Sales, net	(4,223)		(5,296)		(22,630)		(29,414)
Transfers into Level 3, net	12,609	[1]	10,417	[1]	30,149	[1]	18,024	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, net	(627)	[1]	(11,682)	[1]	(4,414)	[1]	(21,866)	[1]
Balance, end of period, net	208,643		197,483		208,643		197,483
United States Government And Government Agencies And Authorities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets	4,289		12,223		4,400		14,506
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets	0		(1)		(2)		(248)
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets	(1)		(10)		(6)		(47)
Purchases, assets			3,980		0		3,980
Sales, assets	(109)		(100)		(213)		(2,099)
Transfers into Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets	0	[1]	(11,682)	[1]	0	[1]	(11,682)	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	4,179		4,410		4,179		4,410
Foreign Governments [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets	23,367		21,947		22,713		25,621
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets	83		(1)		81		(3)
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets	1,091		278		1,747		726
Purchases, assets			0		0		0
Sales, assets	(682)		0		(682)		0
Transfers into Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	(4,120)	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	23,859		22,224		23,859		22,224
Asset-Backed [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets			0		453		0
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets			0		0		0
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets			(28)		0		(28)
Purchases, assets			0		0		0
Sales, assets			0		0		0
Transfers into Level 3, assets			506	[1]	0	[1]	506	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets			0	[1]	(453)	[1]	0	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	0		478		0		478
Corporate [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets					13
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets					0
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets					2
Purchases, assets					0
Sales, assets					0
Transfers into Level 3, assets					1	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets					(15)	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	1				1
Corporate [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets	141,877		127,557		137,629		125,685
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets	(104)		(2,471)		(290)		(2,870)
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets	5,124		111		9,337		4,577
Purchases, assets			13,801		2,155		27,427
Sales, assets	(1,801)		(4,923)		(11,268)		(25,790)
Transfers into Level 3, assets	9,715	[1]	9,911	[1]	18,701	[1]	17,512	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	(1,453)	[1]	(2,555)	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	154,811		143,986		154,811		143,986
Non-Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets	1		35				558
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets	0		0				(28)
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets	0		(13)				67
Purchases, assets			0				0
Sales, assets	0		0				(574)
Transfers into Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]			6	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]			(7)	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	1		22		1		22
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets	823		995		904		4,542
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets	34		0		34		0
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets	(30)		(10)		(34)		17
Purchases, assets			0		0		0
Sales, assets	(1,172)		(37)		(1,249)		(109)
Transfers into Level 3, assets	2,894	[1]	0	[1]	2,894	[1]	0	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	(3,502)	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	2,549		948		2,549		948
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets	8,535				1,867
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets	(5)				(9)
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets	191				241
Purchases, assets					1,930
Sales, assets	(211)				(718)
Transfers into Level 3, assets	0	[1]			7,065	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets	0	[1]			(1,866)	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	8,510				8,510
Other Aggregated Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets	10,999		8,699		18,257		8,309
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets	220		7,787		(693)		8,516
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets	173		(68)		592		199
Purchases, assets			4,190		0		4,190
Sales, assets	(248)		(236)		(8,500)		(842)
Transfers into Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	1,488	[1]	0	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets	(627)	[1]	0	[1]	(627)	[1]	0	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	10,517		20,372		10,517		20,372
Other Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, assets	6,274		8,623		8,521		9,825
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, assets	33		(716)		(2,214)		(1,918)
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, assets	0		0		0		0
Purchases, assets			0		0		0
Sales, assets	0		0		0		0
Transfers into Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, assets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Balance, end of period, assets	6,307		7,907		6,307		7,907
Other Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance, beginning of period, liabilities	(1,935)		0		(2,720)		0
Total (losses) gains (realized/unrealized) included in earnings, liabilities	(155)		(189)		630		(189)
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity, liabilities	0		0		0		0
Purchases, liabilities			(2,675)		0		(2,675)
Sales, liabilities	0		0		0		0
Transfers into Level 3, liabilities	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Transfers out of Level 3, liabilities	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Balance, end of period, liabilities	$ (2,090)		$ (2,864)		$ (2,090)		$ (2,864)

[1] Transfers are primarily attributable to changes in the availability of observable market information and re-evaluation of the observability of pricing inputs.

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Consolidated Statement Of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Statement of Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net change in unrealized gains on securities, taxes	$ (82,741)	$ (88,903)	$ (146,659)	$ (124,660)
Net change in other-than-temporary impairment gains recognized in other comprehensive income, taxes	(1,229)	1,471	(3,307)	(1,981)
Net change in foreign currency translation, taxes	(4,657)	6,415	(4,436)	3,348
Amortization of pension and postretirement unrecognized net periodic benefit cost, taxes	$ (2,068)	$ (1,225)	$ (6,093)	$ (4,347)

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Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]
Letters of credit outstanding	$ 19,760	$ 24,296

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Investments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Investment [Line Items]
Exposure of states, municipalities, political subdivisions holdings as a % of the overall investment portfolio	0.50%		0.50%		0.50%
Advance refunded or escrowed-to-maturity securities	$ 166,530		$ 166,530		$ 164,347
Percentage of revenue securities			52.00%		51.00%
Percentage of highest income revenue sources	82.00%		82.00%		80.00%
European investment exposure in fixed maturity and equity securities			984,651		868,012
Unrealized gain of European investments within corporate fixed maturity and equity securities			111,569		61,387
Percentage of European investments held in financial industry classification			28.00%		31.00%
Percentage of investments in any one European country			5.00%		5.00%
Percentage of pound and euro-denominated European securities held to support foreign-denominatedf liabilities			5.00%
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses	0	4,703	1,936	7,848
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in earnings	0	4,547	1,839	7,582
Portion of net (gain) loss recognized in other comprehensive income, before taxes		156	97	266
Percentage of securities representing gross unrealized losses			3.00%		8.00%
Percentage of gross unrealized losses in a continuous loss position less than twelve months			19.00%		44.00%
Individual securities comprising total gross unrealized losses	167		167		389
Total gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more	3,502		3,502
Total gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more percentage			52.00%
Approximate percentage, outstanding principal balance of commercial mortgage loans			39.00%
Outstanding balance of commercial mortgage loans	1,312,698		1,312,698		1,320,097
Commercial mortgage loan valuation allowance for losses	10,325		10,325		10,410
Other assets	121,418		121,418		124,298
(Loss) gain on investments	8,460	532	34,179	20,355
Value of cash collateral received as a % of FV of the securities lent			102.00%
Collateral held under securities lending	94,043		94,043		95,221
Liability to the borrower for collateral	94,024		94,024		95,494
Minimum [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Outstanding balance of commercial mortgage loans	20		20		36
Maximum [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Outstanding balance of commercial mortgage loans	$ 16,027		$ 16,027		$ 16,285
Canadian Government/Provincials [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Percentage of investments in foreign governments fixed maturity securities			66.00%		63.00%
Governments Of Brazil [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Percentage of investments in foreign governments fixed maturity securities			15.00%		13.00%
Governments Of Germany [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Percentage of investments in foreign governments fixed maturity securities			6.00%		7.00%
Other Country [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Percentage of investments in foreign governments fixed maturity securities			3.00%		5.00%

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Commitments And Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

14. Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, letters of credit are issued primarily to support reinsurance arrangements in which the Company is the reinsurer. These letters of credit are supported by commitments under which the Company is required to indemnify the financial institution issuing the letter of credit if the letter of credit is drawn. The Company had $19,760 and $24,296 of letters of credit outstanding as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The Company is involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business, both as a defendant and as a plaintiff. The Company may from time to time be subject to a variety of legal and regulatory actions relating to the Company's current and past business operations. Although the Company cannot predict the outcome of any pending or future litigation, examination or investigation, it is possible that the outcome of such matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated results of operations or cash flows for an individual reporting period. However, based on current information available, management does not believe that any pending matter is likely to have a material adverse effect individually or in the aggregate, on the Company's financial condition.

In February 2012, the Company and two of its insurance company subsidiaries (American Security Insurance Company and American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida) received subpoenas from the New York Department of Financial Services (the "NYDFS") regarding its lender-placed insurance business and related document retention practices. In response to the subpoenas, depositions were conducted in late February involving designated witnesses for the Company and the subsidiaries. In March 2012, the Company received an additional request from the NYDFS for further information relating to its lender-placed insurance program in New York and responded to these requests in April. Along with other companies in the industry, the Company participated in public hearings conducted by the NYDFS in mid-May. The Company was subsequently served with an order by the NYDFS requiring the Company to propose and justify amended rates for its lender-placed insurance products sold in the State of New York by July 6, 2012. The Company submitted a response to the order and has engaged in discussions with the NYDFS to determine appropriate changes to the existing lender-placed insurance program in the State of New York. The Company is committed to cooperating fully and continuing to work with the NYDFS to resolve this matter.

For additional detail on the Company's discussions with the NYDFS and current and/or potential discussions with other states, please refer to "Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in this Third Quarter 2012 Form 10-Q.

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Investments (Amortized Cost, Gross Unrealized Gains And Losses, Fair Value And OTTI) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 12,043,931	$ 11,192,599
Total equity securities, Fair Value	440,515	362,376
Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost		357,411
Gross Unrealized Gains		30,159
Gross Unrealized Losses		(25,194)
Total equity securities, Fair Value		362,376
OTTI in AOCI		0
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	10,577,963	10,123,429
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,477,842	1,130,575
Gross Unrealized Losses	(11,874)	(61,405)
Fair Value	12,043,931	11,192,599
OTTI in AOCI	33,120	23,671
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | U.S. Government And Government Agencies And Authorities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	589,408	148,379
Gross Unrealized Gains	9,402	8,987
Gross Unrealized Losses	(149)	(26)
Fair Value	598,661	157,340
OTTI in AOCI	0	0
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | State, Municipalities And Political Subdivisions [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	804,345	832,788
Gross Unrealized Gains	111,817	96,536
Gross Unrealized Losses	(103)	(301)
Fair Value	916,059	929,023
OTTI in AOCI	0	0
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Foreign Governments [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	673,560	647,133
Gross Unrealized Gains	87,152	78,148
Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,306)	(1,368)
Fair Value	759,406	723,913
OTTI in AOCI	0	0
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Asset-Backed [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	27,614	30,681
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,642	2,072
Gross Unrealized Losses	(578)	(320)
Fair Value	28,678	32,433
OTTI in AOCI	1,166	1,118
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Corporate Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	7,690,846	7,540,776
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,201,666	882,628
Gross Unrealized Losses	(9,656)	(58,757)
Fair Value	8,882,856	8,364,647
OTTI in AOCI	19,477	14,313
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	70,293	82,184
Gross Unrealized Gains	5,859	5,840
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Value	76,152	88,024
OTTI in AOCI	0	0
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	721,897	841,488
Gross Unrealized Gains	60,304	56,364
Gross Unrealized Losses	(82)	(633)
Fair Value	782,119	897,219
OTTI in AOCI	12,477	8,240
Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	395,822
Gross Unrealized Gains	51,521
Gross Unrealized Losses	(6,828)
Total equity securities, Fair Value	440,515
OTTI in AOCI	0
Non-Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	381,785	343,374
Gross Unrealized Gains	47,442	28,141
Gross Unrealized Losses	(6,828)	(25,140)
Fair Value	422,399	346,375
OTTI in AOCI	0	0
Common Stock [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost or Amortized Cost	14,037	14,037
Gross Unrealized Gains	4,079	2,018
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	(54)
Fair Value	18,116	16,001
OTTI in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Consolidated Balance Sheet [Member]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

	As Previously Reported	Effect of Change	As Currently Reported
Deferred acquisition costs	$               2,632,720	$                (139,863)	$              2,492,857
Deferred income taxes, net	0	44,280	44,280
Total assets	27,115,445	(95,583)	27,019,862
Future policy benefits and expenses	8,269,343	89,863	8,359,206
Deferred income taxes, net	32,460	(32,460)	0
Total liabilities	22,088,509	57,403	22,145,912
Retained earnings	3,742,479	(155,695)	3,586,784
Accumulated other comprehensive income	554,867	2,709	557,576
Total stockholders' equity	5,026,936	(152,986)	4,873,950
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	27,115,445	(95,583)	27,019,862

Consolidated Statement of Operations [Member]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

	As Previously Reported	Effect of Change	As Currently Reported
Policyholder benefits	$               998,875	$          (1,444)	$           997,431
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and     value of business acquired	370,107	(29,434)	340,673
Underwriting, general and administrative     expenses	562,346	33,764	596,110
Total benefits, losses and expenses	1,946,406	2,886	1,949,292
Income before provision for income taxes	115,309	(2,886)	112,423
Provision for income taxes	39,326	(940)	38,386
Net income	75,983	(1,946)	74,037
Earnings per share
Basic	0.80	(0.02)	0.78
Diluted	0.79	(0.02)	0.77

The effect of adoption of this new guidance on the consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was as follows:

	As Previously Reported	Effect of Change	As Currently Reported
Policyholder benefits	$           2,881,582	$              (4,279)	$        2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of       business acquired	1,086,720	(88,908)	997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	1,685,821	97,562	1,783,383
Total benefits, losses and expenses	5,699,407	4,375	5,703,782
Income before provision for income taxes	461,866	(4,375)	457,491
Provision for income taxes	78,282	(595)	77,687
Net income	383,584	(3,780)	379,804
Earnings per share
Basic	3.91	(0.04)	3.87
Diluted	3.88	(0.04)	3.84

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Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders' Equity (USD $) In Thousands	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2010
Cumulative effect of adjustment resulting from new accounting guidance (Effect of Change [Member])	$ 0	$ 0	$ (155,695)	$ 2,709	$ 0	$ (152,986)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2011 (As Previously Reported [Member])	1,464	3,025,477	3,742,479	554,867	(2,297,351)	5,026,936
Balance (Effect of Change [Member])						(152,986)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2011	1,464	3,025,477	3,586,784	557,576	(2,297,351)	4,873,950
Stock plan exercises	9	(10,590)	0	0	0	(10,581)
Stock plan compensation expense	0	25,770	0	0	0	25,770
Change in tax benefit from share-based payment arrangements	0	2,464	0	0	0	2,464
Dividends	0	0	(52,633)	0	0	(52,633)
Acquisition of common stock	0	0	0	0	(369,358)	(369,358)
Net income	0	0	458,718	0	0	458,718
Other comprehensive income, Activity	0	0	0	301,283	0	301,283
Balance at Sep. 30, 2012	$ 1,473	$ 3,043,121	$ 3,992,869	$ 858,859	$ (2,666,709)	$ 5,229,613

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Consolidated Balance Sheets [Abstract]
Fixed maturity securities available for sale, amortized cost	$ 10,577,963	$ 10,123,429
Equity securities available for sale, cost	$ 395,822	$ 357,411
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	800,000,000	800,000,000
Common stock, shares outstanding	79,456,860	88,524,374
Treasury stock, shares outstanding	67,480,638	57,433,178

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Stock Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Stock Based Compensation [Abstract]

Stock Based Compensation

9. Stock Based Compensation

Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan

In May 2008, the Company's shareholders approved the Assurant, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan ("ALTEIP"), which authorized the granting of up to 3,400,000 shares of the Company's common stock to employees, officers and non-employee directors. In May 2010, the Company's shareholders approved an amended and restated ALTEIP, increasing the number of shares of the Company's common stock authorized for issuance to 5,300,000. Under the ALTEIP, the Company may grant awards based on shares of its common stock, including stock options, stock appreciation rights ("SARs"), restricted stock (including performance shares), unrestricted stock, restricted stock units ("RSUs"), performance share units ("PSUs") and dividend equivalents. All future share-based grants will be awarded under the ALTEIP.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee") awarded PSUs and RSUs in 2012 and 2011. RSUs and PSUs are promises to issue actual shares of common stock at the end of a vesting period or performance period. The RSUs granted to employees under the ALTEIP were based on salary grade and performance and will vest one-third each year over a three-year period. RSUs granted to non-employee directors also vest one-third each year over a three-year period. RSUs receive dividend equivalents in cash during the restricted period and do not have voting rights during the restricted period. PSUs accrue dividend equivalents during the performance period based on a target payout, and will be paid in cash at the end of the performance period based on the actual number of shares issued.

For the PSU portion of an award, the number of shares a participant will receive upon vesting is contingent upon the Company's performance with respect to selected metrics, identified below, compared against a broad index of insurance companies and assigned a percentile ranking. These rankings are then averaged to determine the composite percentile ranking for the performance period. The payout levels can vary between 0% and 150% (maximum) of the target (100%) ALTEIP award amount based on the Company's level of performance against the selected metrics.

PSU Performance Goals.For 2012 and 2011, the Compensation Committee established book value per share ("BVPS") growth excluding AOCI, revenue growth and total stockholder return as the three performance measures for PSU awards. BVPS growth is defined as the year-over-year growth of the Company's stockholders' equity excluding AOCI divided by the number of fully diluted total shares outstanding at the end of the period. Revenue growth is defined as the year-over-year change in GAAP total revenues as disclosed in the Company's annual statement of operations. Total stockholder return is defined as appreciation in Company stock plus dividend yield to stockholders. For the 2012-2014 and 2011-2013 performance cycles, payouts will be determined by measuring performance against the average performance of companies included in the A.M. Best Insurance Index, excluding those with revenues of less than $1,000,000 or that are not in the health or insurance Global Industry Classification Standard codes.

Under the ALTEIP, the Company's Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") is authorized by the Board of Directors to grant common stock, restricted stock and RSUs to employees other than the executive officers of the Company (as defined in Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")). The Board of Directors reviews and ratifies these grants quarterly. Restricted stock and RSUs granted under this program may have different vesting periods.

      Restricted Stock Units

RSUs granted to employees and to non-employee directors were 25,160 and 23,181 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and 526,051 and 515,746 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The compensation expense recorded related to RSUs was $5,593 and $5,219 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $15,993 and $14,984 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The related total income tax benefit was $1,952 and $1,822 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $5,591 and $5,230 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The weighted average grant date fair value for RSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $41.16 and $38.15, respectively.

As of September 30, 2012, there was $22,618 of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding RSUs. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.25 years. The total fair value of RSUs vested during the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $1,085 and $1,842, respectively, and $21,385 and $16,333 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

    Performance Share Units

No PSUs were granted during the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. PSUs granted to employees were 407,506 and 401,735 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The compensation expense recorded related to PSUs was $5,484 and $3,982 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $8,691 and $7,854 for the nine months ended September 2012 and 2011, respectively. Portions of the compensation expense recorded during 2012, 2011 and 2010 were reversed in 2012 and 2011, respectively, since the Company's level of actual performance as measured against pre-established performance goals had declined. The related total income tax benefit was $1,912 and $1,390 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively and $3,041 and $2,740 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The weighted average grant date fair value for PSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $41.68 and $37.83, respectively.

As of September 30, 2012, there was $15,445 of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding PSUs. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.95 years.

The fair value of PSUs with market conditions was estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model, which utilizes multiple variables that determine the probability of satisfying the market condition stipulated in the award. Expected volatilities for awards issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were based on the historical stock prices of the Company's stock and peer insurance group. The expected term for grants issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was assumed to equal the average of the vesting period of the PSUs. The risk-free rate was based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

Long-Term Incentive Plan

Prior to the approval of the ALTEIP, share based awards were granted under the 2004 Assurant Long-Term Incentive Plan ("ALTIP"), which authorized the granting of up to 10,000,000 new shares of the Company's common stock to employees and officers under the ALTIP, Business Value Rights Program ("BVR") and CEO Equity Grants Program. Under the ALTIP, the Company was authorized to grant restricted stock and SARs. Since May 2008, no new grants have been made under this plan and the impact of these grants on the consolidated financial statements is immaterial.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"), the Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 new shares to employees who are participants in the ESPP. Eligible employees can purchase shares at a 10% discount applied to the lower of the closing price of the common stock on the first or last day of the offering period. The compensation expense recorded related to the ESPP was $319 and $321 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $1,077 and $985 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

In January 2012, the Company issued 103,243 shares at a discounted price of $32.98 for the offering period of July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. In January 2011, the Company issued 111,414 shares at a discounted price of $31.06 for the offering period of July 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

In July 2012, the Company issued 110,699 shares to employees at a discounted price of $31.36 for the offering period of January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012. In July 2011, the Company issued 106,373 shares to employees at a discounted price of $32.64 for the offering period of January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011.

The fair value of each award under the ESPP was estimated at the beginning of each offering period using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Expected volatilities are based on implied volatilities from traded options on the Company's stock and the historical volatility of the Company's stock. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The dividend yield is based on the current annualized dividend and share price as of the grant date.

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Document And Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Jul. 26, 2012
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2012
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Central Index Key	0001267238
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Registrant Name	ASSURANT INC
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		0
Trading Symbol	AIZ

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Stock Repurchase

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Stock Repurchase [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase

10. Stock Repurchase

The following table shows the shares repurchased during the periods indicated:

Period in 2012	Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid Per Share	Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs
January	978,000	$              39.50	978,000
February	528,000	43.37	528,000
March	912,000	41.47	912,000
April	912,800	39.58	912,800
May	1,062,000	34.58	1,062,000
June	2,581,021	33.83	2,581,021
July	1,444,639	34.52	1,444,639
August	180,000	34.78	180,000
September	1,449,000	37.07	1,449,000
Total	10,047,460	$   36.76	10,047,460

On January 18, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $600,000 of its outstanding common stock. On May 14, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to an additional $600,000 of its outstanding common stock, making the total remaining under the authorization $733,275 as of that date.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company repurchased 10,047,460 shares of the Company's outstanding common stock at a cost of $369,157, exclusive of commissions, leaving $536,235 remaining at September 30, 2012 under the total repurchase authorization.

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Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$ 1,838,481	$ 1,777,315	$ 5,407,778	$ 5,307,635
Net investment income	169,433	172,176	541,042	517,893
Net realized gains on investments, excluding other-than-temporary impairment losses	8,460	5,079	36,018	27,937
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses	0	(4,703)	(1,936)	(7,849)
Portion of gain recognized in other comprehensive income, before taxes	0	156	97	267
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in earnings	0	(4,547)	(1,839)	(7,582)
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	4,600	5,114	13,817	15,353
Fees and other income	124,106	106,578	350,478	300,037
Total revenues	2,145,080	2,061,715	6,347,294	6,161,273
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	895,480	997,431	2,623,865	2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	363,996	340,673	1,040,616	997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	661,907	596,110	1,914,657	1,783,383
Interest expense	15,078	15,078	45,228	45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses	1,936,461	1,949,292	5,624,366	5,703,782
Income before provision for income taxes	208,619	112,423	722,928	457,491
Provision for income taxes	82,331	38,386	264,210	77,687
Net income	$ 126,288	$ 74,037	$ 458,718	$ 379,804
Earnings per share
Basic	$ 1.54	$ 0.78	$ 5.35	$ 3.87
Diluted	$ 1.52	$ 0.77	$ 5.30	$ 3.84
Dividends per share	$ 0.21	$ 0.18	$ 0.60	$ 0.52
Share data:
Weighted average shares outstanding used in basic per share calculations	82,156,838	95,351,601	85,723,387	98,065,082
Plus: Dilutive securities	802,615	951,411	875,321	895,630
Weighted average shares used in diluted per share calculations	82,959,453	96,303,012	86,598,708	98,960,712

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Investments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Investments [Abstract]

Investments

4. Investments

The following tables show the cost or amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, fair value and other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI") of our fixed maturity and equity securities as of the dates indicated:

	September 30, 2012
	Cost or Amortized Cost	Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		OTTI in AOCI
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and     government agencies and authorities	$     589,408	$     9,402	$        (149)	$      598,661		$                0
States, municipalities and political  subdivisions	804,345	111,817	(103)	916,059		0
Foreign governments	673,560	87,152	(1,306)	759,406		0
Asset-backed	27,614	1,642	(578)	28,678		1,166
Commercial mortgage-backed	70,293	5,859	0	76,152		0
Residential mortgage-backed	721,897	60,304	(82)	782,119		12,477
Corporate	7,690,846	1,201,666	(9,656)	8,882,856		19,477
Total fixed maturity securities	$  10,577,963	$  1,477,842	$     (11,874)	$12,043,931		$     33,120
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$   14,037	$    4,079	$             0	$  18,116		$              0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	381,785	47,442	(6,828)	422,399		0
Total equity securities	$  395,822	$     51,521	$        (6,828)	$    440,515		$              0

	December 31, 2011
	Cost or Amortized Cost	Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses	Fair Value	OTTI in AOCI
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and     government agencies and authorities	$     148,379	$        8,987	$              (26)	$       157,340	$              0
States, municipalities and political  subdivisions	832,788	96,536	(301)	929,023	0
Foreign governments	647,133	78,148	(1,368)	723,913	0
Asset-backed	30,681	2,072	(320)	32,433	1,118
Commercial mortgage-backed	82,184	5,840	0	88,024	0
Residential mortgage-backed	841,488	56,364	(633)	897,219	8,240
Corporate	7,540,776	882,628	(58,757)	8,364,647	14,313
Total fixed maturity securities	$10,123,429	$ 1,130,575	$        (61,405)	$ 11,192,599	$       23,671
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$       14,037	$         2,018	$              (54)	$        16,001	$               0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	343,374	28,141	(25,140)	346,375	0
Total equity securities	$     357,411	$       30,159	$        (25,194)	$      362,376	$               0

Our states, municipalities and political subdivisions holdings are highly diversified across the United States and Puerto Rico, with no individual state's exposure (including both general obligation and revenue securities) exceeding 0.5% of the overall investment portfolio as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the securities include general obligation and revenue bonds issued by states, cities, counties, school districts and similar issuers, including $166,530 and $164,347, respectively, of advance refunded or escrowed-to-maturity bonds (collectively referred to as "pre-refunded bonds"), which are bonds for which an irrevocable trust has been established to fund the remaining payments of principal and interest. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, revenue bonds account for 52% and 51% of the holdings, respectively. Excluding pre-refunded bonds, sales tax, highway, water, fuel sales, transit and miscellaneous (which includes bond banks, finance authorities and appropriations) provide for 82% and 80% of the revenue sources, as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The Company's investments in foreign government fixed maturity securities are held mainly in countries and currencies where the Company has policyholder liabilities, which allow the assets and liabilities to be more appropriately matched. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, approximately 66%, 15%, 6% and 63%, 13%, 7% of the foreign government securities were held in the Canadian government/provincials and the governments of Brazil and Germany, respectively. No other country represented more than 3% and 5% of our foreign government securities as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The Company has European investment exposure in its corporate fixed maturity and equity securities of $984,651 with an unrealized gain of $111,569 at September 30, 2012 and $868,012 with an unrealized gain of $61,387 at December 31, 2011. Approximately 28% and 31% of the corporate European exposure is held in the financial industry at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. No European country represented more than 5% of the fair value of our corporate securities as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Approximately 5% of the fair value of the corporate European securities are pound and euro-denominated and are not hedged to U.S. dollars, but held to support those foreign-denominated liabilities. Our international investments are managed as part of our overall portfolio with the same approach to risk management and focus on diversification.

The cost or amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturity securities at September 30, 2012 by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers of the securities may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

	Cost or Amortized Cost	Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$         449,538	$         459,149
Due after one year through five years	2,515,039	2,678,968
Due after five years through ten years	2,531,318	2,805,126
Due after ten years	4,262,264	5,213,739
Total	9,758,159	11,156,982
Asset-backed	27,614	28,678
Commercial mortgage-backed	70,293	76,152
Residential mortgage-backed	721,897	782,119
Total	$    10,577,963	$    12,043,931

The following table summarizes the proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities and the gross realized gains and gross realized losses that have been included in earnings as a result of those sales.

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Proceeds from sales	$ 628,257	$ 332,490	$ 1,595,172	$ 1,280,982
Gross realized gains	11,017	14,018	45,813	42,453
Gross realized losses	2,396	5,705	10,642	15,012

The following table sets forth the net realized gains (losses), including OTTI, recognized in the statements of operations as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Net realized gains (losses) related to sales and other:
Fixed maturity securities	$    9,306	$    13,036	$    38,511	$      33,941
Equity securities	(856)	(4,719)	(3,165)	(4,808)
Mortgage loans	0	0	(256)	0
Other investments	10	(3,238)	928	(1,196)
Total net realized gains related to sales and other	8,460	5,079	36,018	27,937
Net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments:
Fixed maturity securities	0	(4,547)	(1,283)	(7,561)
Equity securities	0	0	(226)	(21)
Other investments	0	0	(330)	0
Total net realized losses related to other-than-temporary impairments	0	(4,547)	(1,839)	(7,582)
Total net realized gains	$    8,460	$   532	$    34,179	$    20,355

Other-Than-Temporary Impairments

The Company follows the OTTI guidance which requires entities to separate an OTTI of a debt security into two components when there are credit related losses associated with the impaired debt security for which the Company asserts that it does not have the intent to sell, and it is more likely than not that it will not be required to sell before recovery of its cost basis. Under the OTTI guidance, the amount of the OTTI related to a credit loss is recognized in earnings, and the amount of the OTTI related to other, non-credit, factors ( e.g., interest rates, market conditions, etc.) is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income. In instances where no credit loss exists but the Company intends to sell the security or it is more likely than not that the Company will have to sell the debt security prior to the anticipated recovery, the decline in market value below amortized cost is recognized as an OTTI in earnings. In periods after the recognition of an OTTI on debt securities, the Company accounts for such securities as if they had been purchased on the measurement date of the OTTI at an amortized cost basis equal to the previous amortized cost basis less the OTTI recognized in earnings. For debt securities for which OTTI was recognized in earnings, the difference between the new amortized cost basis and the cash flows expected to be collected will be accreted or amortized into net investment income.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company recorded $1,936, of OTTI, of which $1,839 was related to credit losses and recorded as net OTTI losses recognized in earnings, with the remaining $97 related to all other factors and recorded as an unrealized loss component of AOCI. For the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Company did not incur any OTTI. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded $4,703 and $7,848, respectively, of OTTI, of which $4,547 and $7,582, respectively, was related to credit losses and recorded as net OTTI losses recognized in earnings, with the remaining $156 and $266, respectively, related to all other factors and recorded as an unrealized loss component of AOCI.

           The following tables set forth the amount of credit loss impairments recognized within the results of operations on fixed maturity securities held by the Company as of the dates indicated, for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in AOCI, and the corresponding changes in such amounts.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011
Balance, June 30,	$   98,588	$   105,634
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously                                               impaired	0	9
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(187)	(202)
Reductions for credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period	(816)	(1,895)
Balance, September 30,	$  97,585	$  103,546

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011
Balance, January 1,	$   103,090	$                105,245
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities not previously impaired	0	1,455
Additions for credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously                                               impaired	56	1,567
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(1,001)	(470)
Reductions for credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period	(4,560)	(4,251)
Balance, September 30,	$  97,585	$      103,546

We regularly monitor our investment portfolio to ensure investments that may be other-than-temporarily impaired are identified in a timely fashion, properly valued, and charged against earnings in the proper period. The determination that a security has incurred an other-than-temporary decline in value requires the judgment of management. Assessment factors include, but are not limited to, the length of time and the extent to which the market value has been less than cost, the financial condition and rating of the issuer, whether any collateral is held, the intent and ability of the Company to retain the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for recovery for equity securities and the intent to sell or whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell for fixed maturity securities. Inherently, there are risks and uncertainties involved in making these judgments. Changes in circumstances and critical assumptions such as a continued weak economy, a more pronounced economic downturn or unforeseen events which affect one or more companies, industry sectors, or countries could result in additional impairments in future periods for other-than-temporary declines in value. Any equity security whose price decline is deemed other-than-temporary is written down to its then current market value with the amount of the impairment reported as a realized loss in that period. The impairment of a fixed maturity security that the Company has the intent to sell or that it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell is deemed other-than-temporary and is written down to its market value at the balance sheet date with the amount of the impairment reported as a realized loss in that period. For all other-than-temporarily impaired fixed maturity securities that do not meet either of these two criteria, the Company is required to analyze its ability to recover the amortized cost of the security by calculating the net present value of projected future cash flows. For these other-than-temporarily impaired fixed maturity securities, the net amount recognized in earnings is equal to the difference between the amortized cost of the fixed maturity security and its net present value.

The Company considers different factors to determine the amount of projected future cash flows and discounting methods for corporate debt and residential and commercial mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities. For corporate debt securities, the split between the credit and non-credit losses is driven principally by assumptions regarding the amount and timing of projected future cash flows. The net present value is calculated by discounting the Company's best estimate of projected future cash flows at the effective interest rate implicit in the security at the date of acquisition. For residential and commercial mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, cash flow estimates, including prepayment assumptions, are based on data from widely accepted third-party data sources or internal estimates. In addition to prepayment assumptions, cash flow estimates vary based on assumptions regarding the underlying collateral including default rates, recoveries and changes in value. The net present value is calculated by discounting the Company's best estimate of projected future cash flows at the effective interest rate implicit in the fixed maturity security prior to impairment at the balance sheet date. The discounted cash flows become the new amortized cost basis of the fixed maturity security.

In periods subsequent to the recognition of an OTTI, the Company generally accretes the discount (or amortizes the reduced premium) into net investment income, up to the non-discounted amount of projected future cash flows, resulting from the reduction in cost basis, based upon the amount and timing of the expected future cash flows over the estimated period of cash flows.

The investment category and duration of the Company's gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities and equity securities at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows:

	September 30, 2012
	Less than 12 months		12 Months or More			Total
	Fair Value	Unrealized Losses	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government      agencies and authorities
	$       367,324	$          (149)	$                 0	$              0		$      367,324		$          (149)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	0	0	4,564	(103)		4,564		(103)
Foreign governments	22,939	(26)	8,800	(1,280)		31,739		(1,306)
Asset-backed	0	0	2,517	(578)		2,517		(578)
Residential mortgage-backed	15,811	(64)	2,103	(18)		17,914		(82)
Corporate	180,419	(2,920)	120,419	(6,736)		300,838		(9,656)
Total fixed maturity securities	$       586,493	$      (3,159)	$      138,403	$       (8,715)		$      724,896		$     (11,874)
Equity securities:
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	$         23,794	$        (334)	$        57,091	$      (6,494)		$        80,885		$      (6,828)

	December 31, 2011
	Less than 12 months		12 Months or More			Total
	Fair Value	Unrealized Losses	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government      agencies and authorities
	$         8,852	$      (26)	$                 0	$              0		$       8,852		$       (26)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions	0	0	5,503	(301)		5,503		(301)
Foreign governments	31,125	(150)	9,443	(1,218)		40,568		(1,368)
Asset-backed	2,624	(320)	0	0		2,624		(320)
Residential mortgage-backed	43,141	(513)	2,368	(120)		45,509		(633)
Corporate	718,815	(32,899)	176,279	(25,858)		895,094		(58,757)
Total fixed maturity securities	$804,557	$(33,908)	$193,593	$(27,497)		$998,150		$     (61,405)
Equity securities:
Common stocks	$1,174	$(54)	$                 0	$          0		$1,174		$(54)
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	51,577	(4,499)	85,704	(20,641)		137,281		(25,140)
Total equity securities	$52,751	$ (4,553)	$85,704	$(20,641)		$138,455		$ (25,194)

Total gross unrealized losses represent less than 3% and 8% of the aggregate fair value of the related securities at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Approximately 19% and 44% of these gross unrealized losses have been in a continuous loss position for less than twelve months at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The total gross unrealized losses are comprised of 167 and 389 individual securities at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. In accordance with its policy described above, the Company concluded that for these securities an adjustment to its results of operations for other-than-temporary impairments of the gross unrealized losses was not warranted at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. These conclusions are based on a detailed analysis of the underlying credit and expected cash flows of each security. As of September 30, 2012, the gross unrealized losses that have been in a continuous loss position for twelve months or more were concentrated in the Company's corporate fixed maturity securities and in non-redeemable preferred stocks. Within the Company's corporate fixed maturity securities, the majority of the loss position relates to securities in the financial industry sector. For these concentrations, gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more were $3,502, or 52%, of the total. The non-redeemable preferred stocks are perpetual preferred securities that have characteristics of both debt and equity securities. To evaluate these securities, we apply an impairment model similar to that used for our fixed maturity securities. As of September 30, 2012, the Company did not intend to sell these securities and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell them and no underlying cash flow issues were noted. Therefore, we did not recognize an OTTI on those perpetual preferred securities that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or more. As of September 30, 2012, the Company did not intend to sell the fixed maturity securities and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell the securities before the anticipated recovery of their amortized cost basis. The gross unrealized losses are primarily attributable to widening credit spreads associated with an underlying shift in overall credit risk premium.

The Company has made commercial mortgage loans, collateralized by the underlying real estate, on properties located throughout the U.S. and Canada. At September 30, 2012, approximately 39% of the outstanding principal balance of commercial mortgage loans was concentrated in the states of California, New York, and Utah. Although the Company has a diversified loan portfolio, an economic downturn could have an adverse impact on the ability of its debtors to repay their loans. The outstanding balance of commercial mortgage loans range in size from $20 to $16,027 at September 30, 2012 and from $36 to $16,285 at December 31, 2011.

Credit quality indicators for commercial mortgage loans are loan-to-value and debt-service coverage ratios. Loan-to-value and debt-service coverage ratios are measures commonly used to assess the credit quality of commercial mortgage loans. The loan-to-value ratio compares the principal amount of the loan to the fair value of the underlying property collateralizing the loan, and is commonly expressed as a percentage. The debt-service coverage ratio compares a property's net operating income to its debt-service payments and is commonly expressed as a ratio. The loan-to-value and debt-service coverage ratios are generally updated annually in the third quarter.

The following summarizes our loan-to value and average debt-service coverage ratios as of the dates indicated:

	September 30, 2012
Loan-to-Value	Carrying Value		% of Gross Mortgage Loans			Debt-Service Coverage Ratio
70% and less	$	1,116,418		85.0	%		1.93
71 – 80%		121,930		9.3	%		1.31
81 – 95%		57,711		4.4	%		1.19
Greater than 95%		16,639		1.3	%		1.02
Gross commercial mortgage loans		1,312,698		100.0	%		1.83
Less valuation allowance		(10,325)
Net commercial mortgage loans	$	1,302,373

	December 31, 2011
Loan-to-Value	Carrying Value	% of Gross Mortgage Loans		Debt-Service Coverage Ratio
70% and less	$     1,018,927	77.1	%	2.09
71 – 80%	188,816	14.3	%	1.37
81 – 95%	74,657	5.7	%	1.16
Greater than 95%	37,697	2.9	%	0.76
Gross commercial mortgage loans	1,320,097	100.0	%	1.90
Less valuation allowance	(10,410)
Net commercial mortgage loans	$     1,309,687

All commercial mortgage loans that are individually impaired have an established mortgage loan valuation allowance for losses. Changing economic conditions affect our valuation of commercial mortgage loans. Changing vacancies and rents are incorporated into the discounted cash flow analysis that we perform for monitored loans and may contribute to the establishment of (or an increase or decrease in) a commercial mortgage loan valuation allowance for losses. In addition, we continue to monitor the entire commercial mortgage loan portfolio to identify risk. Areas of emphasis are properties that have exposure to earthquakes, have deteriorating credits or have experienced a reduction in debt-service coverage ratio. Where warranted, we have established or increased a valuation allowance based upon this analysis.

Collateralized Transactions

The Company engages in transactions in which fixed maturity securities, especially bonds issued by the U.S. government, government agencies and authorities, and U.S. corporations, are loaned to selected broker/dealers. Collateral, greater than or equal to 102% of the fair value of the securities lent, plus accrued interest, is received in the form of cash and cash equivalents held by a custodian bank for the benefit of the Company. The use of cash collateral received is unrestricted. The Company reinvests the cash collateral received, generally in investments of high credit quality that are designated as available-for-sale. The Company monitors the fair value of securities loaned and the collateral received, with additional collateral obtained, as necessary. The Company is subject to the risk of loss to the extent there is a loss on the re-investment of cash collateral.

As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, our collateral held under securities lending, of which its use is unrestricted, was $94,043 and $95,221, respectively, and is included in the consolidated balance sheets under the collateral held/pledged under securities agreements. Our liability to the borrower for collateral received was $94,024 and $95,494, respectively, and is included in the consolidated balance sheets under the obligation under securities agreements. The difference between the collateral held and obligations under securities lending is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss and is included as part of AOCI. All securities are in an unrealized gain position as of September 30, 2012. All securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2011 had been in a continuous loss position for twelve months or longer. The Company includes the available-for-sale investments purchased with the cash collateral in its evaluation of other-than-temporary impairments.

Cash proceeds that the Company receives as collateral for the securities it lends and subsequent repayment of the cash are regarded by the Company as cash flows from financing activities, since the cash received is considered a borrowing. Since the Company reinvests the cash collateral generally in investments that are designated as available-for-sale, the reinvestment is presented as cash flows from investing activities.

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9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adopted

On September 30, 2012, the Company adopted the amended intangibles-goodwill and other guidance. This guidance allows an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test for indefinite-lived intangible assets. Under this amended guidance, an entity would not be required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset, unless the entity determines, based on qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amended guidance includes a number of events and circumstances for an entity to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment and did not have an impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted the guidance on fair value measurement. This amended guidance changes certain fair value measurement principles and expands required disclosures to include quantitative and qualitative information about unobservable inputs in Level 3 measurements to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted the amendments to existing guidance on accounting for costs associated with acquiring or renewing insurance contracts. The amendments modified the definition of the types of costs incurred by insurance entities that can be capitalized in the acquisition of new and renewal contracts. Under this amended guidance, only direct incremental costs associated with successful insurance contract acquisitions or renewals are deferrable. This guidance was adopted retrospectively and has been applied to all prior period financial information contained in these consolidated financial statements. As of January 1, 2011, the beginning of the earliest period presented, the cumulative effect adjustment recorded to reflect this guidance resulted in a decrease of $148,811in retained earnings, an increase of $1,411 in accumulated other comprehensive income and a decrease of $147,400 in total stockholders' equity.

The effect of adoption of this new guidance on the December 31, 2011 consolidated balance sheet was as follows:

	As Previously Reported	Effect of Change	As Currently Reported
Deferred acquisition costs	$               2,632,720	$                (139,863)	$              2,492,857
Deferred income taxes, net	0	44,280	44,280
Total assets	27,115,445	(95,583)	27,019,862
Future policy benefits and expenses	8,269,343	89,863	8,359,206
Deferred income taxes, net	32,460	(32,460)	0
Total liabilities	22,088,509	57,403	22,145,912
Retained earnings	3,742,479	(155,695)	3,586,784
Accumulated other comprehensive income	554,867	2,709	557,576
Total stockholders' equity	5,026,936	(152,986)	4,873,950
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	27,115,445	(95,583)	27,019,862

The effect of adoption of this new guidance on the consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2011 was as follows:

	As Previously Reported	Effect of Change	As Currently Reported
Policyholder benefits	$               998,875	$          (1,444)	$           997,431
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and     value of business acquired	370,107	(29,434)	340,673
Underwriting, general and administrative     expenses	562,346	33,764	596,110
Total benefits, losses and expenses	1,946,406	2,886	1,949,292
Income before provision for income taxes	115,309	(2,886)	112,423
Provision for income taxes	39,326	(940)	38,386
Net income	75,983	(1,946)	74,037
Earnings per share
Basic	0.80	(0.02)	0.78
Diluted	0.79	(0.02)	0.77

The effect of adoption of this new guidance on the consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was as follows:

	As Previously Reported	Effect of Change	As Currently Reported
Policyholder benefits	$           2,881,582	$              (4,279)	$        2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of       business acquired	1,086,720	(88,908)	997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	1,685,821	97,562	1,783,383
Total benefits, losses and expenses	5,699,407	4,375	5,703,782
Income before provision for income taxes	461,866	(4,375)	457,491
Provision for income taxes	78,282	(595)	77,687
Net income	383,584	(3,780)	379,804
Earnings per share
Basic	3.91	(0.04)	3.87
Diluted	3.88	(0.04)	3.84

Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Not Yet Adopted

In July 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued amendments to the other expenses guidance to address how health insurers should recognize and classify in their income statements fees mandated by the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act imposes an annual fee on health insurers for each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The amendments specify that the liability for the fee should be estimated and recorded in full once the entity provides qualifying health insurance in the applicable calendar year in which the fee is payable with a corresponding deferred cost that is amortized to expense ratably over the calendar year during which it is payable. The guidance is effective for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2013, when the fee initially becomes effective. Therefore, the Company is required to adopt this guidance on January 1, 2014. The Company is currently evaluating the requirements of the amendments and the potential impact on the Company's financial position and results of operations.

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Catastrophe Bond Program

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Catastrophe Bond Program [Abstract]

Catastrophe Bond Program

15. Catastrophe Bond Program

On May 5, 2009, certain of the Company's subsidiaries (the "Subsidiaries") entered into two reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re Ltd., an independent special purpose reinsurance company domiciled in the Cayman Islands ("Ibis Re"). The Ibis Re agreements provide up to $150,000 of reinsurance coverage for protection against losses over a three-year period from individual hurricane events in Hawaii and along the Gulf and Eastern Coasts of the United States. Ibis Re financed the property catastrophe reinsurance coverage by issuing catastrophe bonds in an aggregate amount of $150,000 to unrelated investors (the "Series 2009-1 Notes"). The agreements expired in May 2012.

On April 27, 2010, the Subsidiaries entered into two additional reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re providing up to $150,000 of reinsurance coverage for protection against losses over a three-year period from individual hurricane events in Hawaii and along the Gulf and Eastern Coasts of the United States. The agreements expire in May 2013. Ibis Re financed the property catastrophe reinsurance coverage by issuing catastrophe bonds in an aggregate amount of $150,000 to unrelated investors (the "Series 2010-1 Notes").

On January 30, 2012, the Subsidiaries entered into two reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re II Ltd. ("Ibis Re II"). Ibis Re II, incorporated on December 2, 2011, is an independent special purpose reinsurance company domiciled in the Cayman Islands. The Ibis Re II agreements provide up to $130,000 of reinsurance coverage for protection against losses over a three-year period from individual hurricane events in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and along the Gulf and Eastern Coasts of the United States . The agreements expire in February 2015. Ibis Re II financed the property catastrophe reinsurance coverage by issuing $130,000 in catastrophe bonds to unrelated investors (the "Series 2012-1 Notes"). The Series 2012-1 Notes replace the Series 2009-1 Notes.

Upon expiration of the Series 2009-1 Notes, the remaining $280,000 of coverage represents approximately 20% of the expected first event coverage (net of reimbursements of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund) purchased by the Company in excess of the Company's anticipated retention.

Under the terms of these reinsurance agreements, the Subsidiaries are obligated to pay annual reinsurance premiums to Ibis Re and Ibis Re II for the reinsurance coverage. The reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re and Ibis Re II utilize a dual trigger that is based upon an index that is created by applying predetermined percentages to insured industry losses in each state in the covered area as reported by an independent party and the Subsidiaries' covered losses incurred. Reinsurance contracts that have a separate, pre-identified variable (e.g., a loss-based index) are accounted for as reinsurance if certain conditions are met. In the case of the reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re and Ibis Re II, these conditions were met, thus the Company accounted for them as reinsurance in accordance with the guidance for reinsurance contracts.

Amounts payable to the Subsidiaries under the reinsurance agreements will be determined by the index-based losses, which are designed to approximate the Subsidiaries' actual losses from any covered event. The amount of actual losses and index losses from any covered event may differ. For each covered event, Ibis Re and Ibis Re II pay the Subsidiaries the lesser of the covered index-based losses or the Subsidiaries' actual losses. The principal amount of the catastrophe bonds will be reduced by any amounts paid to the Subsidiaries under the reinsurance agreements. The Subsidiaries have not incurred any losses subject to the reinsurance agreements since their inception.

As of September 30, 2012, the Company had not ceded any losses to Ibis Re or Ibis Re II.

As with any reinsurance agreement, there is credit risk associated with collecting amounts due from reinsurers. With regard to the Series 2010-1 Notes and Series 2012-1 Notes, the credit risk is mitigated by two reinsurance trust accounts for each Series. Each reinsurance trust account has been funded by Ibis Re (Series 2010-1 Notes) or Ibis Re II (Series 2012-1 Notes) with money market funds that invest solely in direct government obligations backed by the U.S. government with maturities of no more than 13 months. The money market funds must have a principal stability rating of at least AAA by Standard & Poor's.

At the time the agreements were entered into with Ibis Re and Ibis Re II, the Company evaluated the applicability of the accounting guidance that addresses variable interest entities ("VIEs"). Entities which do not have sufficient equity at risk to allow the entity to finance its activities without additional financial support or in which the equity investors, as a group, do not have the characteristic of a controlling financial interest are referred to as VIEs. A VIE is consolidated by the variable interest holder that is determined to have the controlling financial interest (primary beneficiary) as a result of having both the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The Company determines whether it is the primary beneficiary of an entity subject to consolidation based on a qualitative assessment of the VIE's capital structure, contractual terms, nature of the VIE's operations and purpose and the Company's relative exposure to the related risks of the VIE on the date it becomes initially involved in the VIE. The Company reassesses its VIE determination with respect to an entity on an ongoing basis.

As a result of the evaluation of the reinsurance agreements with Ibis Re and Ibis Re II, the Company concluded that Ibis Re and Ibis Re II are VIEs. However, while Ibis Re and Ibis Re II are VIEs, the Company concluded that it does not have a significant variable interest in Ibis Re or Ibis Re II as the variability in results, caused by the reinsurance agreements, is expected to be absorbed entirely by the bondholders and the Company is not entitled to any residual amounts. Accordingly, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of Ibis Re or Ibis Re II and does not consolidate the entities in the Company's financial statements.

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Earnings Per Common Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share

11. Earnings Per Common Share

The following table presents net income, the weighted average common shares used in calculating basic earnings per common share ("EPS") and those used in calculating diluted EPS for each period presented below.

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Numerator
Net income	$        126,288	$        74,037	$        458,718	$     379,804
Deduct dividends paid	(17,284)	(17,178)	(52,633)	(50,858)
Undistributed earnings	$        109,004	$        56,859	$        406,085	$     328,946
Denominator
Weighted average shares outstanding used in
basic earnings per share calculations	82,156,838	95,351,601	85,723,387	98,065,082
Incremental common shares from :
SARs	119,925	167,924	135,626	193,330
PSUs	676,488	783,487	733,493	702,300
ESPPs	6,202	0	6,202	0
Weighted average shares used in diluted earnings per
share calculations	82,959,453	96,303,012	86,598,708	98,960,712
Earnings per common share - Basic
Distributed earnings	$              0.21	$              0.18	$              0.60	$             0.52
Undistributed earnings	1.33	0.60	4.75	3.35
Net income	$              1.54	$              0.78	$              5.35	$             3.87
Earnings per common  share – Diluted
Distributed earnings	$              0.21	$              0.18	$              0.60	$             0.52
Undistributed earnings	1.31	0.59	4.70	3.32
Net income	$              1.52	$              0.77	$              5.30	$             3.84

Average SARs totaling 1,825,748 and 2,184,815 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, were outstanding but were anti-dilutive and thus not included in the computation of diluted EPS under the treasury stock method. No SARs were anti-dilutive for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. Average PSUs totaling 191 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were outstanding but were anti-dilutive and thus not included in the computation of diluted EPS under the treasury stock method. There were no anti-dilutive PSUs outstanding during the three months ended September 30, 2012 or the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

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Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Debt [Abstract]

Debt

7. Debt

In February 2004, the Company issued two series of senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of $975,000 (the "Senior Notes"). The Company received net proceeds of $971,537 from this transaction, which represents the principal amount less the discount. The discount of $3,463 is being amortized over the life of the Senior Notes and is included as part of interest expense on the statement of operations. The first series is $500,000 in principal amount, bears interest at 5.63% per year and is payable in a single installment due February 15, 2014 and was issued at a 0.11% discount. The second series is $475,000 in principal amount, bears interest at 6.75% per year and is payable in a single installment due February 15, 2034 and was issued at a 0.61% discount.

The interest expense incurred related to the Senior Notes was $15,047 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $45,141 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. There was $7,523 of accrued interest at September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Company made interest payments of $30,094 on February 15, 2012 and 2011 and August 15, 2012 and 2011.

Credit Facility

The Company's commercial paper program requires the Company to maintain liquidity facilities either in an available amount equal to any outstanding notes from the commercial paper program or in an amount sufficient to maintain the ratings assigned to the notes issued from the commercial paper program. The Company's subsidiaries do not maintain commercial paper or other borrowing facilities at their level. This program is currently backed up by a $350,000 senior revolving credit facility, of which $330,240 was available at September 30, 2012, due to outstanding letters of credit.

On September 21, 2011, the Company entered into a four-year unsecured $350,000 revolving credit agreement ("2011 Credit Facility") with a syndicate of banks arranged by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. The 2011 Credit Facility replaced the Company's prior three-year $350,000 revolving credit facility ("2009 Credit Facility"), which was entered into on December 18, 2009 and was scheduled to expire in December 2012. The 2009 Credit Facility terminated upon the effective date of the 2011 Credit Facility. The 2011 Credit Facility provides for revolving loans and the issuance of multi-bank, syndicated letters of credit and/or letters of credit from a sole issuing bank in an aggregate amount of $350,000 and is available until September 2015, provided the Company is in compliance with all covenants. The 2011 Credit Facility has a sublimit for letters of credit issued thereunder of $50,000. The proceeds of these loans may be used for the Company's commercial paper program or for general corporate purposes. The company may increase the total amount available under the 2011 Credit Facility to $525,000 subject to certain conditions. No bank is obligated to provide commitments above their share of the $350,000 facility.

The Company did not use the commercial paper program during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and there were no amounts outstanding relating to the commercial paper program at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The Company made no borrowings using the 2011 Credit Facility and no loans are outstanding at September 30, 2012. The Company had $19,760 of letters of credit outstanding under the 2011 Credit Facility as of September 30, 2012.

The 2011 Credit Facility contains restrictive covenants and requires that the Company maintain certain specified minimum ratios and thresholds. Among others, these covenants include maintaining a maximum debt to capitalization ratio and a minimum consolidated adjusted net worth. At September 30, 2012, the Company was in compliance with all covenants, minimum ratios and thresholds.

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Catastrophe Bond Program (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	May 06, 2009 May 5, 2009 Ibis Re Ltd. Agreement [Member]	May 05, 2009 May 5, 2009 Ibis Re Ltd. Agreement [Member]	Apr. 28, 2010 April 27, 2010 Ibis Re Ltd. Agreement [Member]	Apr. 27, 2010 April 27, 2010 Ibis Re Ltd. Agreement [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 January 30, 2012 Ibis Re Ltd. Agreement [Member]	May 06, 2009 Series 2009-1 Notes [Member]	Apr. 28, 2010 Series 2010-1 Notes [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Series 2012-1 Notes [Member]
Reinsurance coverage for protection against losses		$ 150,000		$ 150,000		$ 130,000
Reinsurance coverage by issuing catastrophe bonds							150,000	150,000	130,000
Collateralized hurricane coverage	$ 280,000
Agreements expire			May 2012		May 2013	February 2015
First event coverage percentage	20.00%

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Fair Value Disclosures

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Disclosures

5. Fair Value Disclosures

Fair Values, Inputs and Valuation Techniques for Financial Assets and Liabilities Disclosures

The fair value measurements and disclosures guidance defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In accordance with this guidance, the Company has categorized its recurring basis financial assets and liabilities into a three-level fair value hierarchy based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique.

The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls has been determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

The levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

•         Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company can access.

•         Level 2 inputs utilize other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable in the marketplace for the asset. The observable inputs are used in valuation models to calculate the fair value for the asset.

•         Level 3 inputs are unobservable but are significant to the fair value measurement for the asset, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset. These inputs reflect management's own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset.

A review of fair value hierarchy classifications is conducted on a quarterly basis. Changes in the observability of valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of levels for certain securities within the fair value hierarchy.

The following tables present the Company's fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The amounts presented below for Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements, Other investments, Cash equivalents, Other assets, Assets and Liabilities held in separate accounts and Other liabilities differ from the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets because only certain investments or certain assets and liabilities within these line items are measured at estimated fair value. Other investments are comprised of investments in the Assurant Investment Plan, American Security Insurance Company Investment Plan, Assurant Deferred Compensation Plan, a modified coinsurance arrangement and other derivatives. Other liabilities are comprised of investments in the Assurant Investment Plan and other derivatives. The fair value amount and the majority of the associated levels presented for Other investments and Assets held in separate accounts are received directly from third parties.

	September 30, 2012
Financial Assets	Total	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government          agencies and authorities	$  598,661	$              0		$ 594,482		$ 4,179
State, municipalities and political          subdivisions	916,059	0		916,059		0
Foreign governments	759,406	778		734,769		23,859
Asset-backed	28,678	0		28,678		0
Commercial mortgage-backed	76,152	0		73,603		2,549
Residential mortgage-backed	782,119	0		773,609		8,510
Corporate	8,882,856	0		8,728,045		154,811
Equity securities:
Common stocks	18,116	17,433		683		0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	422,399	0		422,398		1
Short-term investments	251,495	138,655	b	112,840	c	0
Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements	69,043	64,911	b	4,132	c	0
Other investments	252,136	50,504	a	191,115	c	10,517	d
Cash equivalents	681,504	681,414	b	90	c	0
Other assets	7,430	0		1,123	f	6,307	e
Assets held in separate accounts	1,708,351	1,494,800	a	213,551	c	0
Total financial assets	$15,454,405	$  2,448,495		$12,795,177		$   210,733
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	$     52,765	$          50,504	a	$           171	f	$ 2,090	f
Liabilities related to separate accounts	1,708,351	1,494,800	a	213,551	c	0
Total financial liabilities	$      1,761,116	$  1,545,304		$   213,722		$ 2,090

	December 31, 2011
Financial Assets	Total	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government          agencies and authorities	$       157,340	$               0		$    152,940		$       4,400
State, municipalities and political          subdivisions	929,023	0		929,023		0
Foreign governments	723,913	1,857		699,343		22,713
Asset-backed	32,433	0		31,980		453
Commercial mortgage-backed	88,024	0		87,120		904
Residential mortgage-backed	897,219	0		895,352		1,867
Corporate	8,364,647	0		8,227,018		137,629
Equity securities:
Common stocks	16,001	15,318		683		0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	346,375	0		346,362		13
Short-term investments	441,383	355,732	b	85,651	c	0
Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements	70,221	56,441	b	13,780	c	0
Other investments	245,280	47,931	a	179,092	c	18,257	d
Cash equivalents	915,339	887,135	b	28,204	c	0
Other assets	9,241	0		720	f	8,521	e
Assets held in separate accounts	1,632,781	1,417,864	a	214,917	c	0
Total financial assets	$ 14,869,220	$   2,782,278		$ 11,892,185		$   194,757
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	$        50,754	$       47,931	a	$          103	f	$       2,720	f
Liabilities related to separate accounts	1,632,781	1,417,864	a	214,917	c	0
Total financial liabilities	$   1,683,535	$  1,465,795		$   215,020		$       2,720

a. Mainly includes mutual funds. 

b. Mainly includes money market funds.

c. Mainly includes fixed maturity securities.

d. Mainly includes fixed maturity securities and other derivatives.

e. Mainly includes the Consumer Price Index Cap Derivatives ("CPI Caps").

f. Mainly includes other derivatives.

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 financial assets during the period. However, there were transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 financial assets during the period, which are reflected in the "Transfers in" and "Transfers out" columns below. Transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 most commonly occur when market observable inputs that were previously available become unavailable in the current period. The remaining unpriced securities are submitted to independent brokers who provide non-binding broker quotes or are priced by other qualified sources.

The following tables summarize the change in balance sheet carrying value associated with Level 3 financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Balance, beginning of period	Total    gains (losses)  (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings	Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	Sales	Transfers in (1)	Transfers out (1)	Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$    4,289	$         0	$         (1)	$       (109)	$         0	$          0	$      4,179
Foreign governments	23,367	83	1,091	(682)	0	0	23,859
Commercial mortgage-backed	823	34	(30)	(1,172)	2,894	0	2,549
Residential mortgage-backed	8,535	(5)	191	(211)	0	0	8,510
Corporate	141,877	(104)	5,124	(1,801)	9,715	0	154,811
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other investments	10,999	220	173	(248)	0	(627)	10,517
Other assets	6,274	33	0	0	0	0	6,307
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	(1,935)	(155)	0	0	0	0	(2,090)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$ 194,230	$         106	$       6,548	$    (4,223)	$    12,609	$       (627)	$  208,643

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Balance, beginning of period	Total gains (losses) (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings	Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	Purchases	Sales	Transfers in (1)	Transfers out (1)	Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$    12,223	$        (1)	$         (10)	$      3,980	$       (100)	$              0	$  (11,682)	$    4,410
Foreign governments	21,947	(1)	278	0	0	0	0	22,224
Asset-backed	0	0	(28)	0	0	506	0	478
Commercial mortgage-backed	995	0	(10)	0	(37)	0	0	948
Corporate	127,557	(2,471)	111	13,801	(4,923)	9,911	0	143,986
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	35	0	(13)	0	0	0	0	22
Other investments	8,699	7,787	(68)	4,190	(236)	0	0	20,372
Other assets	8,623	(716)	0	0	0	0	0	7,907
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	0	(189)	0	(2,675)	0	0	0	(2,864)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$180,079	$     4,409	$         260	$     19,296	$     (5,296)	$     10,417	$  (11,682)	$ 197,483

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Balance, beginning of period	Total  (losses) gains (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings	Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	Purchases	Sales	Transfers in (1)	Transfers out (1)	Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$  4,400	$         (2)	$         (6)	$         0	$        (213)	$         0	$          0	$      4,179
Foreign governments	22,713	81	1,747	0	(682)	0	0	23,859
Asset-backed	453	0	0	0	0	0	(453)	0
Commercial mortgage-backed	904	34	(34)	0	(1,249)	2,894	0	2,549
Residential mortgage-backed	1,867	(9)	241	1,930	(718)	7,065	(1,866)	8,510
Corporate	137,629	(290)	9,337	2,155	(11,268)	18,701	(1,453)	154,811
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	13	0	2	0	0	1	(15)	1
Other investments	18,257	(693)	592	0	(8,500)	1,488	(627)	10,517
Other assets	8,521	(2,214)	0	0	0	0	0	6,307
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	(2,720)	630	0	0	0	0	0	(2,090)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$  192,037	$     (2,463)	$     11,879	$      4,085	$   (22,630)	$    30,149	$    (4,414)	$  208,643

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Balance, beginning of period	Total  gains (losses) (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings	Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	Purchases	Sales	Transfers in (1)	Transfers out (1)	Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$  14,506	$        (248)	$         (47)	$      3,980	$    (2,099)	$         0	$  (11,682)	$  4,410
Foreign governments	25,621	(3)	726	0	0	0	(4,120)	22,224
Asset-backed	0	0	(28)	0	0	506	0	478
Commercial mortgage-backed	4,542	0	17	0	(109)	0	(3,502)	948
Corporate	125,685	(2,870)	4,577	27,427	(25,790)	17,512	(2,555)	143,986
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	558	(28)	67	0	(574)	6	(7)	22
Other investments	8,309	8,516	199	4,190	(842)	0	0	20,372
Other assets	9,825	(1,918)	0	0	0	0	0	7,907
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	0	(189)	0	(2,675)	0	0	0	(2,864)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$  189,046	$      3,260	$        5,511	$    32,922	$  (29,414)	$    18,024	$  (21,866)	$  197,483

(1) Transfers are primarily attributable to changes in the availability of observable market information and re-evaluation of the observability of pricing inputs.

Three different valuation techniques can be used in determining fair value for financial assets and liabilities: the market, income or cost approaches. The three valuation techniques described in the fair value measurements and disclosures guidance are consistent with generally accepted valuation methodologies. The market approach valuation techniques use prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. When possible, quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets are used as of the period-end date (such as for mutual funds and money market funds). Otherwise, valuation techniques consistent with the market approach including matrix pricing and comparables are used. Matrix pricing is a mathematical technique employed principally to value debt securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for those securities but rather by relying on the securities' relationship to other benchmark quoted securities. Market approach valuation techniques often use market multiples derived from a set of comparables. Multiples might lie in ranges with a different multiple for each comparable. The selection of where within the range the appropriate multiple falls requires judgment, considering both qualitative and quantitative factors specific to the measurement.

Income approach valuation techniques convert future amounts, such as cash flows or earnings, to a single present amount, or a discounted amount. These techniques rely on current market expectations of future amounts as of the period-end date. Examples of income approach valuation techniques include present value techniques, option-pricing models, binomial or lattice models that incorporate present value techniques and the multi-period excess earnings method.

Cost approach valuation techniques are based upon the amount that would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset at the period-end date, or the current replacement cost. That is, from the perspective of a market participant (seller), the price that would be received for the asset is determined based on the cost to a market participant (buyer) to acquire or construct a substitute asset of comparable utility, adjusted for obsolescence.

            While not all three approaches are applicable to all financial assets or liabilities, where appropriate, one or more valuation techniques may be used. For all the classes of financial assets and liabilities included in the above hierarchy, excluding the CPI Caps and certain privately placed corporate bonds, the market valuation technique is generally used. For certain privately placed corporate bonds and the CPI Caps, the income valuation technique is generally used. For the periods ended September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the application of the valuation technique applied to the Company's classes of financial assets and liabilities has been consistent.

Level 1 Securities

The Company's investments and liabilities classified as Level 1 as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, consisted of mutual funds and money market funds, foreign government fixed maturities and common stocks that are publicly listed and/or actively traded in an established market.

Level 2 Securities

The Company's Level 2 securities are valued using various observable market inputs obtained from a pricing service. The pricing service prepares estimates of fair value measurements for our Level 2 securities using proprietary valuation models based on techniques such as matrix pricing which include observable market inputs. The fair value measurements and disclosures guidance defines observable market inputs as the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. The extent of the use of each observable market input for a security depends on the type of security and the market conditions at the balance sheet date. Depending on the security, the priority of the use of observable market inputs may change as some observable market inputs may not be relevant or additional inputs may be necessary. The following observable market inputs ("standard inputs"), listed in the approximate order of priority, are utilized in the pricing evaluation of Level 2 securities: benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data including market research data. Further details for Level 2 investment types follow:

United States Government and government agencies and authorities: United States government and government agencies and authorities securities are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing standard inputs. Included in this category are U.S. Treasury securities which are priced using vendor trading platform data in addition to the standard inputs.

State, municipalities and political subdivisions: State, municipalities and political subdivisions securities are priced by our pricing service utilizing material event notices and new issue data inputs in addition to the standard inputs.

Foreign governments: Foreign government securities are primarily fixed maturity securities denominated in Canadian dollars which are priced by our pricing service utilizing standard inputs. The pricing service also evaluates each security based on relevant market information including relevant credit information, perceived market movements and sector news.

Commercial mortgage-backed, residential mortgage-backed and asset-backed: Commercial mortgage-backed, residential mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing monthly payment information and collateral performance information in addition to standard inputs. Additionally, commercial mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities utilize new issue data while residential mortgage-backed securities utilize vendor trading platform data.

Corporate: Corporate securities are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing standard inputs. Non-investment grade securities within this category are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing observations of equity and credit default swap curves related to the issuer in addition to standard inputs. Certain privately placed corporate bonds are priced by a non-pricing service source using a model with observable inputs including, but not limited to, the credit rating, credit spreads, sector add-ons, and issuer specific add-ons.

Non-redeemable preferred stocks: Non-redeemable preferred stocks are priced by our pricing vendor utilizing observations of equity and credit default swap curves related to the issuer in addition to standard inputs.

Short-term investments, collateral held/pledged under securities, other investments, cash equivalents, and assets/liabilities held in separate accounts: To price the fixed maturity securities in these categories, the pricing service utilizes the standard inputs.

Valuation models used by the pricing service can change period to period, depending on the appropriate observable inputs that are available at the balance sheet date to price a security. When market observable inputs are unavailable to the pricing service, the remaining unpriced securities are submitted to independent brokers who provide non-binding broker quotes or are priced by other qualified sources. If the Company cannot corroborate the non-binding broker quotes with Level 2 inputs, these securities are categorized as Level 3 securities.

Level 3 Securities

The Company's investments classified as Level 3 as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, consisted of fixed maturity securities and derivatives. All of the Level 3 fixed maturity and equity securities are priced using non-binding broker quotes which cannot be corroborated with Level 2 inputs. Of our total Level 3 fixed maturity and equity securities, $103,043 and $99,920 were priced by a pricing service using single broker quotes due to insufficient information to provide an evaluated price as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The single broker quotes are provided by market makers or broker-dealers who are recognized as market participants in the markets in which they are providing the quotes. The remaining $98,283 and $82,522 were priced internally using independent and non-binding broker quotes as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The inputs factoring into the broker quotes include trades in the actual bond being priced, trades of comparable bonds, quality of the issuer, optionality, structure and liquidity. Significant changes in interest rates, issuer credit, liquidity, and overall market conditions would result in a significantly lower or higher broker quote. The prices received from both the pricing service and internally are reviewed for reasonableness by management and if necessary, management works with the pricing service or broker to further understand how they developed their price.Further details on Level 3 derivative investment types follow:

Other investments and other liabilities:Swaptions are priced using a Black-Scholes pricing model incorporating third-party market data, including swap volatility data.

Other assets:Non-pricing service source prices the CPI Cap derivatives using a model with inputs including, but not limited to, the time to expiration, the notional amount, the strike price, the forward rate, implied volatility and the discount rate.

Management evaluates the following factors in order to determine whether the market for a financial asset is inactive. The factors include, but are not limited to:

•        There are few recent transactions,

•        Little information is released publicly,

•        The available prices vary significantly over time or among market participants,

•        The prices are stale (i.e., not current), and

•        The magnitude of the bid-ask spread.

            Illiquidity did not have a material impact in the fair value determination of the Company's financial assets.

            The Company generally obtains one price for each financial asset. The Company performs a monthly analysis to assess if the evaluated prices represent a reasonable estimate of their fair value. This process involves quantitative and qualitative analysis and is overseen by investment and accounting professionals. Examples of procedures performed include, but are not limited to, initial and on-going review of pricing service methodologies, review of the prices received from the pricing service, review of pricing statistics and trends, and comparison of prices for certain securities with two different appropriate price sources for reasonableness. Following this analysis, the Company generally uses the best estimate of fair value based upon all available inputs.  On infrequent occasions, a non-pricing service source may be more familiar with the market activity for a particular security than the pricing service.  In these cases the price used is taken from the non-pricing service source. The pricing service provides information to indicate which securities were priced using market observable inputs so that the Company can properly categorize our financial assets in the fair value hierarchy.

Disclosures for Non-Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

            The Company also measures the fair value of certain assets on a non-recurring basis, generally on an annual basis, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. These assets include commercial mortgage loans, goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets.

The Company utilizes both the income and market valuation approaches to measure the fair value of its reporting units when required. Under the income approach, the Company determined the fair value of the reporting units considering distributable earnings, which were estimated from operating plans. The resulting cash flows were then discounted using a market participant weighted average cost of capital estimated for the reporting units. After discounting the future discrete earnings to their present value, the Company estimated the terminal value attributable to the years beyond the discrete operating plan period. The discounted terminal value was then added to the aggregate discounted distributable earnings from the discrete operating plan period to estimate the fair value of the reporting units. Under the market approach, the Company derived the fair value of the reporting units based on various financial multiples, including but not limited to: price to tangible book value of equity, price to estimated 2012 earnings and price to estimated 2013 earnings, which were estimated based on publicly available data related to comparable guideline companies. In addition, financial multiples were also estimated from publicly available purchase price data for acquisitions of companies operating in the insurance industry. The estimated fair value of the reporting units was more heavily weighted towards the income approach because in the current economic environment the earnings capacity of a business is generally considered the most important factor in the valuation of a business enterprise. This fair value determination was categorized as Level 3 (unobservable) in the fair value hierarchy.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments Disclosures

The financial instruments guidance requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, as defined therein, for which it is practicable to estimate such fair value. Therefore, it requires fair value disclosure for financial instruments that are not recognized or are not carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets. However, this guidance excludes certain financial instruments, including those related to insurance contracts and those accounted for under the equity method and joint ventures guidance (such as real estate joint ventures).

For the financial instruments included within the following financial assets and financial liabilities, the carrying value in the consolidated balance sheets equals or approximates fair value. Please refer to the Fair Value Inputs and Valuation Techniques for Financial Assets and Liabilities Disclosures section above for more information on the financial instruments included within the following financial assets and financial liabilities and the methods and assumptions used to estimate fair value:

•      Cash and cash equivalents

•      Fixed maturity securities

•      Equity securities

•      Short-term investments

•      Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements

•      Other investments

•      Other assets

•      Assets held in separate accounts

•      Other liabilities

•      Liabilities related to separate accounts

In estimating the fair value of the financial instruments that are not recognized or are not carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets, the Company used the following methods and assumptions:

Commercial mortgage loans: the fair values of mortgage loans are estimated using discounted cash flow models. The model inputs include mortgage amortization schedules and loan provisions, an internally developed credit spread based on the credit risk associated with the borrower and the treasury spot curve. Mortgage loans with similar characteristics are aggregated for purposes of the calculations.

Policy loans: the carrying value of policy loans reported in the balance sheets approximates fair value.

Policy reserves under investment products: the fair values for the Company's policy reserves under investment products are determined using discounted cash flow analysis. Key inputs to the valuation include projections of policy cash flows, reserve run-off, market yields and risk margins.

Funds held under reinsurance: the carrying value reported approximates fair value due to the short maturity of the instruments.

Debt: the fair value of debt is based upon matrix pricing performed by the pricing service utilizing the standard inputs.

Obligations under securities agreements: obligation under securities agreements is reported at the amount of cash received from the selected broker/dealers.

The following table discloses the carrying value, fair value amount and hierarchy level of the financial instruments that are not recognized or are not carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets:

	September 30, 2012
		Fair Value
Financial Assets	Carrying Value	Total	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate	$      1,302,373	$       1,464,649	$                   0	$         0	$   1,464,649
Policy loans	53,924	53,924	53,924	0	0
Total financial assets	$       1,356,297	$        1,518,573	$          53,924	$         0	$   1,464,649
Financial Liabilities
Policy reserves under investment products     (Individual and group    annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal)	$          872,438	$           894,480	$                   0	$                  0	$      894,480
Funds withheld under reinsurance	60,703	60,703	60,703	0	0
Debt	972,368	1,046,368	0	1,046,368	0
Obligation under securities agreements	94,024	94,024	94,024	0	0
Total financial liabilities	$       1,999,533	$       2,095,575	$       154,727	$   1,046,368	$      894,480

	December 31, 2011
		Fair Value
Financial Assets	Carrying Value	Total	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate	$        1,309,687	$        1,439,753	$                   0	$                  0	$    1,439,753
Policy loans	54,192	54,192	54,192	0	0
Total financial assets	$        1,363,879	$        1,493,945	$         54,192	$                  0	$    1,439,753
Financial Liabilities
Policy reserves under investment products     (Individual and group    annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal)	$           865,021	$          864,068	$        0	$         0	$       864,068
Funds withheld under reinsurance	64,413	64,413	64,413	0	0
Debt	972,278	1,016,562	0	1,016,562	0
Obligation under securities agreements	95,494	95,494	95,494	0	0
Total financial liabilities	$      1,997,206	$     2,040,537	$     159,907	$  1,016,562	$     864,068

Only the fair value of the Company's policy reserves for investment-type contracts (those without significant mortality or morbidity risk) are reflected in the table above.

Reinsurance Recoverables Credit Disclosures

A key credit quality indicator for reinsurance is the A.M. Best financial strength ratings of the reinsurer. The A.M. Best ratings are an independent opinion of a reinsurer's ability to meet ongoing obligations to policyholders. The A.M. Best ratings for new reinsurance agreements where there is material credit exposure are reviewed at the time of execution. The A.M. Best ratings for existing reinsurance agreements are reviewed on a periodic basis, at least annually. The A.M. Best ratings have not changed significantly since December 31, 2011.

An allowance for doubtful accounts for reinsurance recoverables is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due from reinsurers (net of collateral), reinsurer solvency, management's experience and current economic conditions. Information about the allowance for doubtful accounts for reinsurance recoverable as of September 30, 2012 is as follows:

Balance as of beginning-of-year	$    10,633
Provision	0
Other additions	0
Direct write-downs charged against the allowance	0
Balance as of the end-of-period	$    10,633

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

6. Income Taxes

At December 31, 2011, the cumulative amount of undistributed earnings for which the Company had not provided deferred income taxes was $138,248. During the second quarter of 2012, the Company adopted a plan to undergo a legal entity reorganization of its foreign subsidiaries to better align the structure for international growth. As a result of a revised plan of reorganization during the third quarter, the Company does not anticipate a significant change to the amount of undistributed earnings for which the Company has not provided deferred income taxes.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recognized a cumulative income tax benefit of $80,252 related to the release of a portion of the valuation allowance due to sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character during the period from new planning strategies. The $80,252 consists of $80,000 of capital losses and $252 of operating losses.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

8. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Certain amounts included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income are net of reclassification adjustments.  The following table summarizes those reclassification adjustments as of the dates indicated:

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
	(in thousands)
Reclassification of net realized gains on sales of securities   included in net income, net of taxes	$       4,029	$      1,241	$   18,004	$    11,092
Reclassification of net realized losses on sales of securities   previously written down included in net income, net of taxes	$              0	$             5	$       (92)	$      (973)
Reclassification of amortization of prior service cost   included in net income, net of taxes	$       3,840	$      2,274	$   11,315	$      8,059

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Effect of Adoption on Consolidated Statement of Operations) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Policyholder benefits	$ 895,480	$ 997,431	$ 2,623,865	$ 2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	363,996	340,673	1,040,616	997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	661,907	596,110	1,914,657	1,783,383
Total benefits, losses and expenses	1,936,461	1,949,292	5,624,366	5,703,782
Income before provision for income taxes	208,619	112,423	722,928	457,491
Provision for income taxes	82,331	38,386	264,210	77,687
Net income	126,288	74,037	458,718	379,804
Basic	$ 1.54	$ 0.78	$ 5.35	$ 3.87
Diluted	$ 1.52	$ 0.77	$ 5.30	$ 3.84
As Previously Reported [Member]
Policyholder benefits		998,875		2,881,582
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		370,107		1,086,720
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		562,346		1,685,821
Total benefits, losses and expenses		1,946,406		5,699,407
Income before provision for income taxes		115,309		461,866
Provision for income taxes		39,326		78,282
Net income		75,983		383,584
Basic		$ 0.80		$ 3.91
Diluted		$ 0.79		$ 3.88
Effect of Change [Member]
Policyholder benefits		(1,444)		(4,279)
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		(29,434)		(88,908)
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses		33,764		97,562
Total benefits, losses and expenses		2,886		4,375
Income before provision for income taxes		(2,886)		(4,375)
Provision for income taxes		(940)		(595)
Net income		$ (1,946)		$ (3,780)
Basic		$ (0.02)		$ (0.04)
Diluted		$ (0.02)		$ (0.04)

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Stock Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified		3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Performance Share Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Performance Share Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Performance Share Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Performance Share Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan [Member]	May 31, 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan [Member]	May 31, 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]	Jul. 31, 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]	Jan. 31, 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Revenues benchmark for performance payout	1,000,000
Company's common stock authorized to employees												10,000,000	5,300,000	3,400,000					5,000,000		5,000,000
Vesting period (in years)				3 years			3 years
Percentage of payout level minimum		0.00%
Percentage of payout level maximum		150.00%
Percentage of payout level target		100.00%
Compensation expense			$ 5,593		$ 5,219	$ 15,993	$ 14,984	$ 5,484	$ 3,982	$ 8,691	$ 7,854								$ 319	$ 321	$ 1,077	$ 985
Compensation expenses income tax benefit			1,952		1,822	5,591	5,230	1,912	1,390	3,041	2,740
Weighted average grant date fair value						$ 41.16	$ 38.15			$ 41.68	$ 37.83
Unrecognized compensation cost			22,618			22,618		15,445		15,445
Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period (in years)			1.25					0.95
Fair value of stock vested during the period			$ 1,085		$ 1,842	$ 21,385	$ 16,333
Common shares issued															110,699	103,243	106,373	111,414
Purchase shares at discount																			10.00%
Common shares issued under discount price under this plan															$ 31.36	$ 32.98	$ 32.64	$ 31.06
Stock units granted			25,160		23,181	526,051	515,746	0	0	407,506	401,735

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

13. Segment Information

The Company has five reportable segments, which are defined based on the nature of the products and services offered: Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health, Assurant Employee Benefits, and Corporate & Other. Assurant Solutions provides debt protection administration, credit-related insurance, warranties and service contracts, and pre-funded funeral insurance. Assurant Specialty Property provides lender-placed homeowners insurance and manufactured housing homeowners insurance. Assurant Health provides individual health and small employer group health insurance. Assurant Employee Benefits primarily provides group dental insurance, group disability insurance, and group life insurance. Corporate & Other includes activities of the holding company, financing and interest expenses, net realized gains (losses) on investments, interest income earned from short-term investments held and additional costs associated with excess of loss reinsurance programs reinsured and ceded to certain subsidiaries in the London market between 1995 and 1997. Corporate & Other also includes the amortization of deferred gains associated with the sales of Fortis Financial Group and Long-Term Care through reinsurance agreements.

The Company evaluates performance of the operating segments based on segment income (loss) after-tax excluding realized gains (losses) on investments. The Company determines reportable segments in a manner consistent with the way the Company organizes for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing performance.

The following tables summarize selected financial information by segment:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Solutions	Specialty Property	Health	Employee Benefits	Corporate & Other	Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other  considerations	$ 669,742	$518,868	$397,248	$252,623	$                0	$     1,838,481
Net investment income	97,558	25,022	10,253	31,488	5,112	169,433
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0	8,460	8,460
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0	4,600	4,600
Fees and other income	82,866	26,034	7,795	7,043	368	124,106
Total revenues	850,166	569,924	415,296	291,154	18,540	2,145,080
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	219,430	216,755	287,085	173,309	(1,099)	895,480
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs     and value of business acquired	271,652	85,629	43	6,672	0	363,996
Underwriting, general and administrative     expenses	302,399	132,397	105,777	91,297	30,037	661,907
Interest expense	0	0	0	0	15,078	15,078
Total benefits, losses and expenses	793,481	434,781	392,905	271,278	44,016	1,936,461
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax	56,685	135,143	22,391	19,876	(25,476)	208,619
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	19,983	45,748	11,131	6,630	(1,161)	82,331
Segment income (loss) after tax	$36,702	$89,395	$11,260	$13,246	$      (24,315)
Net income						$     126,288

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Solutions	Specialty Property	Health	Employee Benefits	Corporate & Other	Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$   600,679	$    476,712	$  428,971	$    270,953	$                0	$   1,777,315
Net investment income	98,453	25,980	11,703	32,316	3,724	172,176
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0	532	532
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0	5,114	5,114
Fees and other income	70,126	21,329	8,989	6,157	(23)	106,578
Total revenues	769,258	524,021	449,663	309,426	9,347	2,061,715
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	213,417	265,072	328,235	190,707	0	997,431
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs    and value of business acquired	258,129	76,258	0	6,286	0	340,673
Underwriting, general and administrative     expenses	245,989	118,722	111,766	92,004	27,629	596,110
Interest expense	0	0	0	0	15,078	15,078
Total benefits, losses and expenses	717,535	460,052	440,001	288,997	42,707	1,949,292
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax	51,723	63,969	9,662	20,429	(33,360)	112,423
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	18,049	20,604	3,899	6,822	(10,988)	38,386
Segment income (loss) after tax	$       33,674	$  43,365	$    5,763	$   13,607	$      (22,372)
Net income						$    74,037

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Solutions	Specialty Property	Health	Employee Benefits	Corporate & Other		Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$ 1,942,155	$1,495,057	$  1,207,750	$ 762,816	$             0		$     5,407,778
Net investment income	297,201	77,409	53,659	97,515	15,258		541,042
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0	34,179		34,179
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0	13,817		13,817
Fees and other income	231,525	73,662	23,162	21,622	507		350,478
Total revenues	2,470,881	1,646,128	1,284,571	881,953	63,761		6,347,294
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	639,426	572,352	883,602	529,584	(1,099)		2,623,865
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	775,996	245,409	181	19,030	0		1,040,616
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	872,276	382,589	312,144	271,574	76,074		1,914,657
Interest expense	0	0	0	0	45,228		45,228
Total benefits, losses and expenses	2,287,698	1,200,350	1,195,927	820,188	120,203		5,624,366
Segment income before provision    (benefit) for income tax	183,183	445,778	88,644	61,765	(56,442)		722,928
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	62,718	151,057	36,837	20,834	(7,236)		264,210
Segment income after  tax	$120,465	$294,721	$      51,807	$   40,931	$    (49,206)
Net income							$     458,718
	As of September 30, 2012
Segment assets:
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	$12,250,912	$  3,450,511	$ 936,129	$2,409,261	$ 8,481,876	$    27,528,689
Goodwill						640,934
Total assets						$      28,169,623

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Solutions	Specialty Property	Health	Employee Benefits	Corporate & Other	Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$1,815,305	$ 1,409,465	$          1,280,572	$  802,293	$            0	$      5,307,635
Net investment income	295,508	78,370	34,410	97,355	12,250	517,893
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0	20,355	20,355
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0	15,353	15,353
Fees and other income	196,976	56,878	26,828	19,095	260	300,037
Total revenues	2,307,789	1,544,713	1,341,810	918,743	48,218	6,161,273
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	641,140	686,600	962,229	587,334	0	2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	753,059	226,436	0	18,317	0	997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	747,203	347,351	348,530	269,995	70,304	1,783,383
Interest expense	0	0	0	0	45,284	45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses	2,141,402	1,260,387	1,310,759	875,646	115,588	5,703,782
Segment income (loss) before provision    (benefit) for income tax	166,387	284,326	31,051	43,097	(67,370)	457,491
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	56,578	95,895	12,904	14,534	(102,224)	77,687
Segment income (loss) after tax	$109,809	$   188,431	$     18,147	$    28,563	$    34,854
Net income						$       379,804
	As of December 31, 2011
Segment assets:
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	$11,333,833	$3,387,027	$1,067,423	$2,477,192	$8,115,290	$26,380,765
Goodwill						639,097
Total assets						$27,019,862

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Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)

6 Months Ended

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Sep. 30, 2012

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value For Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis

	September 30, 2012
Financial Assets	Total	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government          agencies and authorities	$  598,661	$              0		$ 594,482		$ 4,179
State, municipalities and political          subdivisions	916,059	0		916,059		0
Foreign governments	759,406	778		734,769		23,859
Asset-backed	28,678	0		28,678		0
Commercial mortgage-backed	76,152	0		73,603		2,549
Residential mortgage-backed	782,119	0		773,609		8,510
Corporate	8,882,856	0		8,728,045		154,811
Equity securities:
Common stocks	18,116	17,433		683		0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	422,399	0		422,398		1
Short-term investments	251,495	138,655	b	112,840	c	0
Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements	69,043	64,911	b	4,132	c	0
Other investments	252,136	50,504	a	191,115	c	10,517	d
Cash equivalents	681,504	681,414	b	90	c	0
Other assets	7,430	0		1,123	f	6,307	e
Assets held in separate accounts	1,708,351	1,494,800	a	213,551	c	0
Total financial assets	$15,454,405	$  2,448,495		$12,795,177		$   210,733
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	$     52,765	$          50,504	a	$           171	f	$ 2,090	f
Liabilities related to separate accounts	1,708,351	1,494,800	a	213,551	c	0
Total financial liabilities	$      1,761,116	$  1,545,304		$   213,722		$ 2,090

	December 31, 2011
Financial Assets	Total	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Fixed maturity securities:
United States Government and government          agencies and authorities	$       157,340	$               0		$    152,940		$       4,400
State, municipalities and political          subdivisions	929,023	0		929,023		0
Foreign governments	723,913	1,857		699,343		22,713
Asset-backed	32,433	0		31,980		453
Commercial mortgage-backed	88,024	0		87,120		904
Residential mortgage-backed	897,219	0		895,352		1,867
Corporate	8,364,647	0		8,227,018		137,629
Equity securities:
Common stocks	16,001	15,318		683		0
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	346,375	0		346,362		13
Short-term investments	441,383	355,732	b	85,651	c	0
Collateral held/pledged under securities agreements	70,221	56,441	b	13,780	c	0
Other investments	245,280	47,931	a	179,092	c	18,257	d
Cash equivalents	915,339	887,135	b	28,204	c	0
Other assets	9,241	0		720	f	8,521	e
Assets held in separate accounts	1,632,781	1,417,864	a	214,917	c	0
Total financial assets	$ 14,869,220	$   2,782,278		$ 11,892,185		$   194,757
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	$        50,754	$       47,931	a	$          103	f	$       2,720	f
Liabilities related to separate accounts	1,632,781	1,417,864	a	214,917	c	0
Total financial liabilities	$   1,683,535	$  1,465,795		$   215,020		$       2,720

a. Mainly includes mutual funds. 

b. Mainly includes money market funds.

c. Mainly includes fixed maturity securities.

d. Mainly includes fixed maturity securities and other derivatives.

e. Mainly includes the Consumer Price Index Cap Derivatives ("CPI Caps").

f. Mainly includes other derivatives.

Change In Balance Sheet Carrying Value Associated With Level 3 Financial Assets Carried At Fair Value

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Balance, beginning of period	Total    gains (losses)  (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings	Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	Sales	Transfers in (1)	Transfers out (1)	Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$    4,289	$         0	$         (1)	$       (109)	$         0	$          0	$      4,179
Foreign governments	23,367	83	1,091	(682)	0	0	23,859
Commercial mortgage-backed	823	34	(30)	(1,172)	2,894	0	2,549
Residential mortgage-backed	8,535	(5)	191	(211)	0	0	8,510
Corporate	141,877	(104)	5,124	(1,801)	9,715	0	154,811
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other investments	10,999	220	173	(248)	0	(627)	10,517
Other assets	6,274	33	0	0	0	0	6,307
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	(1,935)	(155)	0	0	0	0	(2,090)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$ 194,230	$         106	$       6,548	$    (4,223)	$    12,609	$       (627)	$  208,643

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Balance, beginning of period	Total gains (losses) (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings	Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	Purchases	Sales	Transfers in (1)	Transfers out (1)	Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$    12,223	$        (1)	$         (10)	$      3,980	$       (100)	$              0	$  (11,682)	$    4,410
Foreign governments	21,947	(1)	278	0	0	0	0	22,224
Asset-backed	0	0	(28)	0	0	506	0	478
Commercial mortgage-backed	995	0	(10)	0	(37)	0	0	948
Corporate	127,557	(2,471)	111	13,801	(4,923)	9,911	0	143,986
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	35	0	(13)	0	0	0	0	22
Other investments	8,699	7,787	(68)	4,190	(236)	0	0	20,372
Other assets	8,623	(716)	0	0	0	0	0	7,907
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	0	(189)	0	(2,675)	0	0	0	(2,864)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$180,079	$     4,409	$         260	$     19,296	$     (5,296)	$     10,417	$  (11,682)	$ 197,483

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Balance, beginning of period	Total  (losses) gains (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings	Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	Purchases	Sales	Transfers in (1)	Transfers out (1)	Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$  4,400	$         (2)	$         (6)	$         0	$        (213)	$         0	$          0	$      4,179
Foreign governments	22,713	81	1,747	0	(682)	0	0	23,859
Asset-backed	453	0	0	0	0	0	(453)	0
Commercial mortgage-backed	904	34	(34)	0	(1,249)	2,894	0	2,549
Residential mortgage-backed	1,867	(9)	241	1,930	(718)	7,065	(1,866)	8,510
Corporate	137,629	(290)	9,337	2,155	(11,268)	18,701	(1,453)	154,811
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	13	0	2	0	0	1	(15)	1
Other investments	18,257	(693)	592	0	(8,500)	1,488	(627)	10,517
Other assets	8,521	(2,214)	0	0	0	0	0	6,307
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	(2,720)	630	0	0	0	0	0	(2,090)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$  192,037	$     (2,463)	$     11,879	$      4,085	$   (22,630)	$    30,149	$    (4,414)	$  208,643

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Balance, beginning of period	Total  gains (losses) (realized/ unrealized) included in earnings	Net unrealized gains (losses) included in stockholders' equity	Purchases	Sales	Transfers in (1)	Transfers out (1)	Balance, end of period
Fixed Maturity Securities
United States Government and government agencies and authorities	$  14,506	$        (248)	$         (47)	$      3,980	$    (2,099)	$         0	$  (11,682)	$  4,410
Foreign governments	25,621	(3)	726	0	0	0	(4,120)	22,224
Asset-backed	0	0	(28)	0	0	506	0	478
Commercial mortgage-backed	4,542	0	17	0	(109)	0	(3,502)	948
Corporate	125,685	(2,870)	4,577	27,427	(25,790)	17,512	(2,555)	143,986
Equity Securities
Non-redeemable preferred stocks	558	(28)	67	0	(574)	6	(7)	22
Other investments	8,309	8,516	199	4,190	(842)	0	0	20,372
Other assets	9,825	(1,918)	0	0	0	0	0	7,907
Financial Liabilities
Other liabilities	0	(189)	0	(2,675)	0	0	0	(2,864)
Total level 3 assets and liabilities	$  189,046	$      3,260	$        5,511	$    32,922	$  (29,414)	$    18,024	$  (21,866)	$  197,483

(1) Transfers are primarily attributable to changes in the availability of observable market information and re-evaluation of the observability of pricing inputs.

Carrying Value And Fair Value Of The Financial Instruments That Are Not Recognized Or Are Not Carried At Fair Value

	September 30, 2012
		Fair Value
Financial Assets	Carrying Value	Total	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate	$      1,302,373	$       1,464,649	$                   0	$         0	$   1,464,649
Policy loans	53,924	53,924	53,924	0	0
Total financial assets	$       1,356,297	$        1,518,573	$          53,924	$         0	$   1,464,649
Financial Liabilities
Policy reserves under investment products     (Individual and group    annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal)	$          872,438	$           894,480	$                   0	$                  0	$      894,480
Funds withheld under reinsurance	60,703	60,703	60,703	0	0
Debt	972,368	1,046,368	0	1,046,368	0
Obligation under securities agreements	94,024	94,024	94,024	0	0
Total financial liabilities	$       1,999,533	$       2,095,575	$       154,727	$   1,046,368	$      894,480

	December 31, 2011
		Fair Value
Financial Assets	Carrying Value	Total	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Commercial mortgage loans on real estate	$        1,309,687	$        1,439,753	$                   0	$                  0	$    1,439,753
Policy loans	54,192	54,192	54,192	0	0
Total financial assets	$        1,363,879	$        1,493,945	$         54,192	$                  0	$    1,439,753
Financial Liabilities
Policy reserves under investment products     (Individual and group    annuities, subject to discretionary withdrawal)	$           865,021	$          864,068	$        0	$         0	$       864,068
Funds withheld under reinsurance	64,413	64,413	64,413	0	0
Debt	972,278	1,016,562	0	1,016,562	0
Obligation under securities agreements	95,494	95,494	95,494	0	0
Total financial liabilities	$      1,997,206	$     2,040,537	$     159,907	$  1,016,562	$     864,068

Schedule Of Allowance For Doubtful Accounts For Reinsurance Recoverable

Balance as of beginning-of-year	$    10,633
Provision	0
Other additions	0
Direct write-downs charged against the allowance	0
Balance as of the end-of-period	$    10,633

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Debt (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Aug. 15, 2012	Feb. 15, 2012	Aug. 15, 2011	Feb. 15, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Feb. 29, 2004	Sep. 30, 2012 Letters Of Credit [Member]	Feb. 29, 2004 First Series [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 First Series [Member]	Feb. 29, 2004 Second Series [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Second Series [Member]	Dec. 18, 2009 Credit Facility 2009 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Credit Facility 2011 [Member]	Sep. 21, 2011 Credit Facility 2011 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Credit Facility 2011 [Member] Letters Of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Senior notes with an aggregate principal amount										$ 975,000,000
Net principal amount										971,537,000		500,000,000		475,000,000
Senior notes amortized discount										3,463,000
Senior notes interest rate												5.63%		6.75%
Senior notes discount rate												0.11%		0.61%
Senior notes maturity date													Feb. 15, 2014		Feb. 15, 2034
Senior notes interest expenses					15,047,000	15,047,000	45,141,000	45,141,000
Senior notes accrued interest					7,523,000	7,523,000
Senior notes interest payment	30,094,000	30,094,000	30,094,000	30,094,000
Senior revolving credit facility											330,240,000					350,000,000	350,000,000	350,000,000	19,760,000
Sublimit for letters of credit issued																		50,000,000
Commercial paper outstanding									0
Maximum borrowing capacity																		$ 525,000,000

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Investments (Duration Of Gross Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturity Securites And Equity Securities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Total equity securities, Fair Value	$ 440,515	$ 362,376
Equity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value		52,751
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value		85,704
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total		138,455
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses		(4,553)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses		(20,641)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total		(25,194)
Total equity securities, Fair Value		362,376
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	586,493	804,557
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value	138,403	193,593
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total	724,896	998,150
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses	(3,159)	(33,908)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(8,715)	(27,497)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	(11,874)	(61,405)
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Corporate Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	180,419	718,815
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value	120,419	176,279
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total	300,838	895,094
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses	(2,920)	(32,899)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(6,736)	(25,858)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	(9,656)	(58,757)
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	15,811	43,141
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value	2,103	2,368
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total	17,914	45,509
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses	(64)	(513)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(18)	(120)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	(82)	(633)
Equity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Total equity securities, Fair Value	440,515
Non-Redeemable Preferred Stocks [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	23,794	51,577
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value	57,091	85,704
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total	80,885	137,281
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses	(334)	(4,499)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(6,494)	(20,641)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	(6,828)	(25,140)
Common Stock [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value		1,174
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value		0
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total		1,174
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses		(54)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses		0
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total		(54)
U.S. Government And Government Agencies And Authorities [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	367,324	8,852
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value	0	0
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total	367,324	8,852
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses	(149)	(26)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	0	0
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	(149)	(26)
State, Municipalities And Political Subdivisions [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	0	0
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value	4,564	5,503
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total	4,564	5,503
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses	0	0
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(103)	(301)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	(103)	(301)
Foreign Government Debt [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	22,939	31,125
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value	8,800	9,443
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total	31,739	40,568
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses	(26)	(150)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(1,280)	(1,218)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	(1,306)	(1,368)
Asset-Backed [Member] | Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	0	2,624
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Fair Value	2,517	0
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Fair Value, Total	2,517	2,624
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized Losses	0	(320)
Gross unrealized losses on securities, 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(578)	0
Gross unrealized losses on securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ (578)	$ (320)

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Consolidated Statement Of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Statement of Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 126,288	$ 74,037	$ 458,718	$ 379,804
Other comprehensive income:
Change in unrealized gains on securities, net of taxes of $(82,741), $(88,903), $(146,659) and $(124,660), respectively	160,592	177,985	280,710	244,370
Change in other-than-temporary impairment gains recognized in other comprehensive income, net of taxes of $(1,229), $1,471, $(3,307) and $(1,981), respectively	2,283	(2,732)	6,142	3,679
Changes in foreign currency translation, net of taxes of $(4,657), $6,415, $(4,436) and $3,348, respectively	15,712	(32,296)	3,116	(15,625)
Amortization of pension and postretirement unrecognized net periodic benefit cost, net of taxes of $(2,068), $(1,225), $(6,093) and $(4,347), respectively	3,840	2,274	11,315	8,052
Total other comprehensive income	182,427	145,231	301,283	240,476
Total comprehensive income	$ 308,715	$ 219,268	$ 760,001	$ 620,280

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Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis Of Presentation

2. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information. Accordingly, these statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted the amendments to existing guidance on accounting for costs associated with acquiring or renewing insurance contracts. This guidance was adopted retrospectively and has been applied to all prior period financial information contained in these consolidated financial statements.

The interim financial data as of September 30, 2012 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is unaudited; in the opinion of management, the interim data includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its wholly owned subsidiaries. All inter-company transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and the rules and regulations thereunder (together, "the Affordable Care Act") was signed into law in March 2010. One provision of the Affordable Care Act, effective January 1, 2011, established a minimum medical loss ratio ("MLR") designed to ensure that a minimum level of benefits are paid to health insurance policyholders. The Affordable Care Act established an MLR of 80% for individual and small group business and 85% for large group business. If the actual loss ratios, calculated in a manner prescribed by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), are less than the required MLR, rebates are payable to the policyholders by August 1 of the subsequent year.

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012. The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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Segment Information (Financial Information By Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net earned premiums and other considerations	$ 1,838,481	$ 1,777,315	$ 5,407,778	$ 5,307,635
Net investment income	169,433	172,176	541,042	517,893
Net realized gains on investments	8,460	532	34,179	20,355
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	4,600	5,114	13,817	15,353
Fees and other income	124,106	106,578	350,478	300,037
Total revenues	2,145,080	2,061,715	6,347,294	6,161,273
Policyholder benefits	895,480	997,431	2,623,865	2,877,303
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	363,996	340,673	1,040,616	997,812
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	661,907	596,110	1,914,657	1,783,383
Interest expense	15,078	15,078	45,228	45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses	1,936,461	1,949,292	5,624,366	5,703,782
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax and goodwill impairment	208,619	112,423	722,928	457,491
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	82,331	38,386	264,210	77,687
Net income	126,288	74,037	458,718	379,804
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	27,528,689		27,528,689		26,380,765
Goodwill	640,934		640,934		639,097
Total assets	28,169,623		28,169,623		27,019,862
Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net earned premiums and other considerations	669,742	600,679	1,942,155	1,815,305
Net investment income	97,558	98,453	297,201	295,508
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0
Fees and other income	82,866	70,126	231,525	196,976
Total revenues	850,166	769,258	2,470,881	2,307,789
Policyholder benefits	219,430	213,417	639,426	641,140
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	271,652	258,129	775,996	753,059
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	302,399	245,989	872,276	747,203
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Total benefits, losses and expenses	793,481	717,535	2,287,698	2,141,402
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax and goodwill impairment	56,685	51,723	183,183	166,387
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	19,983	18,049	62,718	56,578
Segment income (loss) before goodwill impairment	36,702	33,674	120,465	109,809
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	12,250,912		12,250,912		11,333,833
Specialty Property [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net earned premiums and other considerations	518,868	476,712	1,495,057	1,409,465
Net investment income	25,022	25,980	77,409	78,370
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0
Fees and other income	26,034	21,329	73,662	56,878
Total revenues	569,924	524,021	1,646,128	1,544,713
Policyholder benefits	216,755	265,072	572,352	686,600
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	85,629	76,258	245,409	226,436
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	132,397	118,722	382,589	347,351
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Total benefits, losses and expenses	434,781	460,052	1,200,350	1,260,387
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax and goodwill impairment	135,143	63,969	445,778	284,326
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	45,748	20,604	151,057	95,895
Segment income (loss) before goodwill impairment	89,395	43,365	294,721	188,431
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	3,450,511		3,450,511		3,387,027
Health [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net earned premiums and other considerations	397,248	428,971	1,207,750	1,280,572
Net investment income	10,253	11,703	53,659	34,410
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0
Fees and other income	7,795	8,989	23,162	26,828
Total revenues	415,296	449,663	1,284,571	1,341,810
Policyholder benefits	287,085	328,235	883,602	962,229
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	43	0	181	0
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	105,777	111,766	312,144	348,530
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Total benefits, losses and expenses	392,905	440,001	1,195,927	1,310,759
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax and goodwill impairment	22,391	9,662	88,644	31,051
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	11,131	3,899	36,837	12,904
Segment income (loss) before goodwill impairment	11,260	5,763	51,807	18,147
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	936,129		936,129		1,067,423
Employee Benefits [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net earned premiums and other considerations	252,623	270,953	762,816	802,293
Net investment income	31,488	32,316	97,515	97,355
Net realized gains on investments	0	0	0	0
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	0	0	0	0
Fees and other income	7,043	6,157	21,622	19,095
Total revenues	291,154	309,426	881,953	918,743
Policyholder benefits	173,309	190,707	529,584	587,334
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	6,672	6,286	19,030	18,317
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	91,297	92,004	271,574	269,995
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Total benefits, losses and expenses	271,278	288,997	820,188	875,646
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax and goodwill impairment	19,876	20,429	61,765	43,097
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	6,630	6,822	20,834	14,534
Segment income (loss) before goodwill impairment	13,246	13,607	40,931	28,563
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	2,409,261		2,409,261		2,477,192
Corporate & Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net earned premiums and other considerations	0	0	0	0
Net investment income	5,112	3,724	15,258	12,250
Net realized gains on investments	8,460	532	34,179	20,355
Amortization of deferred gain on disposal of businesses	4,600	5,114	13,817	15,353
Fees and other income	368	(23)	507	260
Total revenues	18,540	9,347	63,761	48,218
Policyholder benefits	(1,099)	0	(1,099)	0
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired	0	0	0	0
Underwriting, general and administrative expenses	30,037	27,629	76,074	70,304
Interest expense	15,078	15,078	45,228	45,284
Total benefits, losses and expenses	44,016	42,707	120,203	115,588
Segment income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax and goodwill impairment	(25,476)	(33,360)	(56,442)	(67,370)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	(1,161)	(10,988)	(7,236)	(102,224)
Segment income (loss) before goodwill impairment	(24,315)	(22,372)	(49,206)	34,854
Segment assets, excluding goodwill	$ 8,481,876		$ 8,481,876		$ 8,115,290

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Amounts Recognized In Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
	(in thousands)
Reclassification of net realized gains on sales of securities   included in net income, net of taxes	$       4,029	$      1,241	$   18,004	$    11,092
Reclassification of net realized losses on sales of securities   previously written down included in net income, net of taxes	$              0	$             5	$       (92)	$      (973)
Reclassification of amortization of prior service cost   included in net income, net of taxes	$       3,840	$      2,274	$   11,315	$      8,059

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Investments (Proceeds From Sales Of Available-For-Sale Securities And The Gross Realized Gains And Gross Realized Losses) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Investments [Abstract]
Proceeds from sales	$ 628,257	$ 332,490	$ 1,595,172	$ 1,280,982
Gross realized gains	11,017	14,018	45,813	42,453
Gross realized losses	$ 2,396	$ 5,705	$ 10,642	$ 15,012

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Retirement And Other Employee Benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Retirement And Other Employee Benefits [Abstract]

Retirement And Other Employee Benefits

12. Retirement and Other Employee Benefits

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the Company's qualified pension benefits plan, nonqualified pension benefits plan and retirement health benefits plan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

	Qualified Pension Benefits		Nonqualified Pension Benefits (1)		Retirement Health Benefits
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,		For the Three Months Ended September 30,		For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011
Service cost	$7,788	$   6,677	$                 966	$          763	$           681	$      567
Interest cost	8,211	8,160	1,463	1,475	867	833
Expected return on plan assets	(9,932)	(10,074)	0	0	(609)	(754)
Amortization of prior service cost	24	24	167	199	(242)	(238)
Amortization of net loss (gain)	4,833	3,026	1,126	633	0	(145)
Curtailment credit / special termination benefits	0	0	0	136	0	0
Net periodic benefit cost	$10,924	$ 7,813	$3,722	$     3,206	$          697	$     263

	Qualified Pension Benefits		Nonqualified Pension Benefits (1)		Retirement Health Benefits
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,		For the Nine Months Ended September 30,		For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011
Service cost	$24,038	$ 22,177	$   2,816	$        2,213	$ 2,081	$    2,667
Interest cost	24,511	24,910	4,163	4,375	2,617	3,083
Expected return on plan assets	(30,132)	(30,624)	0	0	(2,159)	(2,204)
Amortization of prior service cost	74	74	517	499	(692)	512
Amortization of net loss (gain)	14,283	9,426	3,226	2,033	0	(145)
Curtailment credit / special termination benefits	0	0	0	386	0	0
Net periodic benefit cost	$32,774	$    25,963	$   10,722	$         9,506	$1,847	$    3,913
(1)The Company's nonqualified plan is unfunded.

Our qualified pension benefits plan (the "Plan") was under-funded by $161,939 and $125,517 (based on the fair value of Plan assets compared to the projected benefit obligation) at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. This equates to an 81% and 83% funded status at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The change in under-funded status is mainly due to a decrease in the discount rate used to determine the projected benefit obligation, partially offset by favorable investment returns. During the first nine months of 2012, $37,500 in cash was contributed to the Plan. Additional cash, up to $12,500, is expected to be contributed to the Plan over the remainder of 2012.