Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded a net tax benefit of $16,025 in the Assurant Corporate & Other segment, which decreased the consolidated effective tax rate by 1,762 basis points. The tax benefit was a result of the sale of certain non-insurance legal entities to National General and is reflected in the provision for income taxes line item in the consolidated statements of operations. See Note 5 for more information. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded a net tax benefit of $8,448 in the Assurant Solutions segment, which decreased the consolidated effective tax rate by 929 basis points. The tax benefit was primarily a result of an international reorganization and is reflected in the provision for income taxes line item in the consolidated statements of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company converted the Canadian branch operations of certain U.S. companies to foreign corporate entities. This conversion is an election for U.S. tax classification purposes only and requires the Company to record deferred taxes at local tax rates. As a result of this conversion, the Company recorded a one-time benefit of $20,753 in the Assurant Corporate & Other segment, which decreased the consolidated effective tax rate by 317 basis points and is reflected in the provision for income taxes line item in the consolidated statements of operations. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company increased its estimated amount of compensation expenses that are non-tax deductible under the Affordable Care Act. Due to this change in estimate, the Company recorded $5,749 of income tax expense in the Assurant Health segment, which increased the consolidated effective tax rate by 88 basis points.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded a net tax benefit of $16,025 in the Assurant Corporate & Other segment, which decreased the consolidated effective tax rate by 1,762 basis points. The tax benefit was a result of the sale of certain non-insurance legal entities to National General and is reflected in the provision for income taxes line item in the consolidated statements of operations. See Note 5 for more information.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded a net tax benefit of $8,448 in the Assurant Solutions segment, which decreased the consolidated effective tax rate by 929 basis points. The tax benefit was primarily a result of an international reorganization and is reflected in the provision for income taxes line item in the consolidated statements of operations.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company converted the Canadian branch operations of certain U.S. companies to foreign corporate entities. This conversion is an election for U.S. tax classification purposes only and requires the Company to record deferred taxes at local tax rates. As a result of this conversion, the Company recorded a one-time benefit of $20,753 in the Assurant Corporate & Other segment, which decreased the consolidated effective tax rate by 317 basis points and is reflected in the provision for income taxes line item in the consolidated statements of operations.

In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company increased its estimated amount of compensation expenses that are non-tax deductible under the Affordable Care Act. Due to this change in estimate, the Company recorded $5,749 of income tax expense in the Assurant Health segment, which increased the consolidated effective tax rate by 88 basis points.