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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 21, 2026
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.) | ||||||||||||
260 Interstate North Circle SE
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
(770) 763-1000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | ||||||
| Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value | AIZ | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||
| 5.25% Subordinated Notes due 2061 | AIZN | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 21, 2026, Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Assurant, Inc. 2017 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan (the “ALTEIP”; and as amended and restated, the “Amended ALTEIP”), previously approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors subject to stockholder approval, to increase the available share reserve under the ALTEIP by 480,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.
A summary of the Amended ALTEIP was included as Proposal 4 in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2026, and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of the Amended ALTEIP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended ALTEIP, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on five proposals. The final voting results were as follows:
Proposal 1: Elected the 10 nominees listed below to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified.
Nominee | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
Elaine D. Rosen | 43,303,901 | 929,632 | 7,893 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Rajiv Basu | 44,198,453 | 36,607 | 6,366 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Lynn S. Blake | 44,185,714 | 49,368 | 6,344 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
J. Braxton Carter | 44,179,977 | 33,840 | 27,609 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Keith W. Demmings | 44,181,333 | 52,379 | 7,714 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Harriet Edelman | 44,195,292 | 39,611 | 6,523 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Sari Granat | 43,832,151 | 381,355 | 27,920 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Ognjen (Ogi) Redzic | 44,175,579 | 56,882 | 8,965 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Paul J. Reilly | 43,268,855 | 964,048 | 8,523 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Kevin M. Warren | 44,145,652 | 55,782 | 39,992 | 2,506,613 | ||||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 44,144,033 | 2,592,908 | 11,098 | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 3: Approved, by non-binding advisory vote, the fiscal year 2025 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 42,958,812 | 1,244,979 | 37,635 | 2,506,613 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 4: Approved the Amended ALTEIP.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 43,536,600 | 663,805 | 41,021 | 2,506,613 | |||||||||||||||||
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Proposal 5: Did not approve a stockholder proposal entitled “Stockholder right to act by written consent”.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 12,892,508 | 31,302,676 | 46,242 | 2,506,613 | |||||||||||||||||
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Exhibit | ||||
104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. | ||||
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ASSURANT, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: May 22, 2026 | By: | /s/ Jay Rosenblum | |||||||||
| Name: Jay Rosenblum | |||||||||||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer | |||||||||||
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