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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Jeffrey Schuman &#8211; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Jeffrey Schuman &#8211; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods I had a question about specialty property, I was curious about the placement rate sequentially.  Subprime placement rates continued to increase whereas...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. Operator Instructions. Over to John Nadel of Sterne Agee. John Nadel - Sterne Agee Hey, good morning, everybody. Robert Pollock Good morning, John. John Nadel - Sterne Agee Rob I guess the place that I'd like to start...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assurant Q2 2009 Earnings Transcript]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assurant Inc., Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. Operator Instructions We will take our first question from John Nadel with Sterne, Agee. John Nadel - Sterne, Agee & Leach Good morning, everybody. Rob Pollock Good morning, John. John Nadel - Sterne, Agee & Leach A couple...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report from Assurant Investor Day]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Merkel submits:  I own a number of insurers in my portfolio.  Each of them has hard-to-replicate business models, with strong cultures, and good management teams (excluding HIG, which is merely a speculation at present).  The tickers are listed below.   But Assurant is the best...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assurant, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from John Nadel. John Nadel &#8211; Sterne, Agee & Leach Hi, good morning everybody. Rob Pollock Good morning, John. John Nadel &#8211; Sterne, Agee & Leach So, a couple of questions for you. I think &#8211; thinking about Specialty property, we...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assurant Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line Jukka Lipponen. Jukka Lipponen - KBW Good morning. Robert B. Pollock - President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning Jukka. Jukka Lipponen - KBW A couple of questions, I am sorry if I missed that I have to...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit:   Financials and Retailers have been some of the worst performing stocks of the bear market that started last October.  There are some stocks in these groups that have managed gains in this market, however.  Below we highlight Retailers and Financials in the Russell...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Our first question is coming from Jukka Lipponen from KBW. Robert B. Pollock - President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning, Jukka. Jukka Lipponen - Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Couple of questions: first of all, can you give us a little more color on this...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assurant, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Kevin Walsh of Citi. Robert B. Pollock - President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning, Kevin. Keith Walsh - Smith Barney Citigroup Good morning, how are you? First question for Gene, couple of questions on Specialty Property, if you could just...]]></description>
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