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Assurant, Inc. Delaware, United States Broad Industry: Insurance Specific Industry: Insurance: Multi Line Short Term Rating: P-#...</description><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Moody's Global Credit Research</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/T2109682</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ccbn/T2109682</guid><ccbn:index_mode xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">norm</ccbn:index_mode><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">T2109682</ccbn:docid><description>...Good afternoon everyone and thanks for coming out to the group benefits breakout session here. I think we have got a great lineup of companies with Assurant and (inaudible) I just want to thank all the companies for coming out to AIFA and agreeing to present here in this breakout session. We have got a good lineup. Starting it off is Assurant with John Roberts. He is the President and CEO of Assurant Employee Benefits. 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