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High Dividends	raised its quarterly dividend by one cent to 15 cents, a 7 percent increase from the previous dividend of 14 cents per share. The dividend will be payable June 9 to stockholders of record as of May 26.	Love	May 15, 2009
barrons3	Q: What are the other business lines? Witmer: It issues warranty-service contracts on appliances, consumer electronics and the like, another attractive business. It also has a nice employee-benefit business, which focuses on helping small and mid-sized businesses provide insurance for employees. It has a health-insurance business for individuals and small businesses. Trailing earnings per share is more than $6, so the stock trades for less than five times earnings. Even if you take out what may be excess earnings from the home-insurance business, which we estimate would bring earnings down to $4.25, the stock trades for seven times earnings. But the high level of earnings could persist for many years. Plus, Assurant has other growth initiatives, such as the auto business, and some international opportunities. Book value was more than $31 a share as of Sept. 30, after taking write-downs on the portfolio. Assurant traded above 70 per share in the past, but 50 is a reasonable target in the next year or so.	Love	January 10, 2009
barrons2	At 68, the shares have rallied 161% since Assurant was spun off from Fortis in 2004, but there's still more upside as the housing market continues to weaken: May's foreclosure filings were up 48% from a year ago, according to RealtyTrac. Today, the stock trades at 10.4 times projected 2008 earnings -- no pricier than the 10.6 times commanded by its slumping peer group. At the least, Assurant is a good hedge against further housing weakness, especially for bottom-fishers combing the financials' murky depths.	Love	June 14, 2008
High Dividends	17%	Love	May 17, 2008
BUCKSHOT46	PLAYING PUTS	Love	February 16, 2008
pinoleropuro	super fundies	Love	November 06, 2007
jves002	Love this stock	Love	May 19, 2007
Omid Malekan	Spun-ff on Febuary 4 2004 from Dutch financial services provider Fortis Group. Since then the stock has appreciated by 135%.	Love	December 18, 2006