Assurant Affirms Long-Standing Commitment to Social Responsibility - Seite 2

Social Responsibility/ESG Annual Highlights and Accomplishments

Assurant’s Social Responsibility Strategic Framework and ESG Guiding Principles center on four pillars against which the company measures progress year-over-year. Highlights and accomplishments in each area described in the Company’s 2021 Report include:

Responsible Employer

• Conducted a multi-step pay equity initiative leveraging third-party expertise and objectivity to help ensure equitable compensation across employees with similar job skills and responsibilities; results confirmed fair administration of pay with no evidence of systemic or material pay equity issues
• Launched a multi-phase process to increase all U.S. hourly-paid employees of Assurant to at least $15 an hour in July 2021
• Further expanded Assurant’s global diversity, equity and inclusion programs and accountability, including the rollout of diverse slate requirements and ongoing unconscious bias training
• Reported diverse representation in Assurant’s global workforce with 60 percent comprised of women as of year-end 2020; 52 percent of Assurant’s U.S. workforce is diverse in race or ethnicity; women comprise 33 percent of the Management Committee; 50 percent of the Board of Directors is diverse in gender, race and/or ethnicity
• Throughout COVID-19 pandemic, activated protocols to safeguard employee health and support employees’ emotional, physical and financial wellbeing while sustaining operations in 21 countries worldwide and did so without job eliminations caused by the pandemic.

Impact on Society

• Formed a new Assurant Investment Committee to provide a forum for discussion of ESG topics in balance with other investment considerations to further the company’s responsible investing practices
• Completed climate-related scenario analysis and included an expanded Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Index to describe Assurant’s risk management, governance and overall climate-related considerations
• Sustained a “B” score, for the third consecutive year, on the annual CDP Climate Survey; reduced annual paper consumption by about 52.5 tons in 2020, and reduced energy consumption at facilities by 67 million kilowatt hours during the past decade
• Launched an expanded Supplier Diversity and Inclusion registration portal, and enhanced Assurant’s infrastructure and network of support to increase opportunities in its supply chain for certified diverse businesses
• Donated $4.7 million in grants, upholding all commitments and supporting nearly 1,700 charities globally with grants or employee matching gifts from the Assurant Foundation in 2020
• Through the Assurant Cares Employee Support Fund awarded more than $1.1 million in support of employees facing financial hardships triggered as their family members lost their jobs or other household income due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Mobilized employee engagement globally to provide charitable and community support during the COVID-19 pandemic with nearly 17,300 recorded employee volunteer hours during 2020.

Customer Commitment