Assurant 10-Q 2025-03-31

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025

OR

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-31978

Assurant, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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. ☐

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The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding at May 2, 2025 was 50,702,324.

ASSURANT, INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Assurant, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

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(In millions, except number of shares and per share amounts)

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) and the annual audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 and accompanying notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and accompanying notes (the “Consolidated Financial Statements”) included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report”). The following discussion and analysis covers the three months ended March 31, 2025 (“First Quarter 2025”) and the three months ended March 31, 2024 (“First Quarter 2024”).

Some of the statements in this Report, including our business and financial plans and any statements regarding our anticipated future financial performance, business prospects, growth and operating strategies and similar matters, may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “objective,” “will,” “may,” “can,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “targets,” “forecasts,” “potential,” “approximately,” and the negative version of those words and other words and terms with a similar meaning. Any forward-looking statements contained in this Report are based upon our historical performance and on current plans, estimates and expectations. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that our future plans, estimates or expectations will be achieved. Our actual results might differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or other developments. The following factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those currently estimated by management:

(i)the impact of general economic, financial market and political conditions and conditions in the markets in which we operate, including inflation, tariff policies in the United States and abroad, global supply chain impacts and recessionary pressures;

(ii)the loss of significant clients, distributors or other parties with whom we do business, or if we are unable to renew contracts with them on favorable terms, or if they disintermediate us, or if those parties face financial, reputational or regulatory issues;

(iii)significant competitive pressures, changes in customer preferences and disruption;

(iv)the failure to execute our strategy, including through the continuing service of key executives, senior leaders, highly-skilled personnel and a high-performing workforce;

(v)the failure to find suitable acquisitions at attractive prices, integrate acquired businesses or divest of non-strategic businesses effectively or achieve organic growth;

(vi)our inability to recover should we experience a business continuity event;

(vii)the failure to manage vendors and other third parties on whom we rely to conduct business and provide services to our clients;

(viii)risks related to our international operations;

(ix)declines in the value and availability of mobile devices, and regulatory compliance or other risks in our mobile business;

(x)our inability to develop and maintain distribution sources or attract and retain sales representatives and executives with key client relationships;

(xi)risks associated with joint ventures, franchises and investments in which we share ownership and management with third parties;

(xii)the impact of catastrophe and non-catastrophe losses, including as a result of the current inflationary environment and climate change;

(xiii)negative publicity relating to our business, industry or clients;

(xiv)the adequacy of reserves established for claims and our inability to accurately predict and price for claims and other costs;

(xv)a decline in financial strength ratings of our insurance subsidiaries or in our corporate senior debt ratings;

(xvi)fluctuations in exchange rates, including in the current environment;

(xvii)an impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets;

(xviii)the failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting;

(xix)unfavorable conditions in the capital and credit markets;

(xx)a decrease in the value of our investment portfolio, including due to market, credit and liquidity risks, and changes in interest rates;

(xxi)an impairment in the value of our deferred tax assets;

(xxii)the unavailability or inadequacy of reinsurance coverage and the credit risk of reinsurers, including those to whom we have sold business through reinsurance;

(xxiii)the credit risk of some of our agents, third-party administrators and clients;

(xxiv)the inability of our subsidiaries to pay sufficient dividends to the holding company and limitations on our ability to declare and pay dividends or repurchase shares;

(xxv)limitations in the analytical models we use to assist in our decision-making;

(xxvi)the failure to effectively maintain and modernize our technology systems and infrastructure, or the failure to integrate those of acquired businesses;

(xxvii)breaches of our technology systems or those of third parties with whom we do business, or the failure to protect the security of data in such systems, including due to cyberattacks and as a result of working remotely;

(xxviii)the costs of complying with, or the failure to comply with, extensive laws and regulations to which we are subject, including those related to privacy, data security, data protection and tax;

(xxix)the impact of litigation and regulatory actions;

(xxx)reductions or deferrals in the insurance premiums we charge;

(xxxi)changes in insurance, tax and other regulations, including the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022;

(xxxii)volatility in our common stock price and trading volume; and

(xxxiii)employee misconduct.

For additional information on factors that could affect our actual results, please refer to “Critical Factors Affecting Results” below and in Item 7 of our 2024 Annual Report, and “Item 1A—Risk Factors” below and in our 2024 Annual Report.

Segment Information

As of March 31, 2025, we had two reportable operating segments which are defined based on the manner in which the Company’s chief operating decision maker, our CEO, reviews the business to assess performance and allocate resources, and which align to the nature of the products and services offered:

• Global Lifestyle: includes mobile device solutions (including extended service contracts, insurance policies and related services), extended service contracts and related services for consumer electronics and appliances, and financial services and other insurance products (referred to as “Connected Living”); and vehicle protection services, commercial equipment services and other related services (referred to as “Global Automotive”); and

• Global Housing: includes lender-placed homeowners, manufactured housing and flood insurance, as well as voluntary manufactured housing, condominium and homeowners insurance (referred to as “Homeowners”); and renters insurance and other products (referred to as “Renters and Other”).

In addition, we report the Corporate and Other segment, which includes corporate employee-related expenses and activities of the holding company.

We define Adjusted EBITDA, our segment measure of profitability, as net income, excluding net realized gains (losses) on investments and fair value changes to equity securities, interest expense, provision (benefit) for income taxes, depreciation expense, amortization of purchased intangible assets, as well as other highly variable or unusual items.

Executive Summary

Summary of Financial Results

Consolidated net income decreased $89.8 million, or 38%, to $146.6 million for First Quarter 2025 from $236.4 million for First Quarter 2024, primarily due to higher reportable catastrophes within Global Housing. The decrease was partially offset by growth within Global Housing, excluding the impact of reportable catastrophes.

Global Lifestyle Adjusted EBITDA decreased $9.9 million, or 5%, to $197.8 million for First Quarter 2025 from $207.7 million for First Quarter 2024, driven primarily by lower results in Connected Living. Excluding a previously disclosed one-time client contract benefit in the First Quarter 2024 of $6.9 million and the impact of unfavorable foreign exchange of $5.7 million, underlying growth was driven by Connected Living, including contributions from a new financial services program, partially offset by lower results in mobile. Global Automotive results were largely stable, as lower investment income and the impact of unfavorable foreign exchange was offset by improved loss experience.

Global Lifestyle net earned premiums, fees and other income increased $118.8 million, or 5%, to $2.31 billion for First Quarter 2025 from $2.19 billion for First Quarter 2024, primarily driven by Connected Living from growth in global mobile device protection and a new financial services program.

Global Housing Adjusted EBITDA decreased $80.1 million, or 42%, to $112.4 million for First Quarter 2025 from $192.5 million for First Quarter 2024, primarily due to $143.8 million of higher pre-tax reportable catastrophes, of which approximately $125 million was from the California wildfires, inclusive of estimated recoveries from subrogation. Excluding reportable catastrophes, Adjusted EBITDA increased $63.7 million, or 31%, primarily from continued top-line growth within Homeowners, including higher policies in-force from voluntary insurance market pressure, and favorable non-catastrophe loss experience from lower claims frequency. Results included $26.4 million of favorable prior year reserve development, compared to $22.0 million in first quarter 2024.

Global Housing net earned premiums, fees and other income increased $84.6 million, or 15%, to $656.8 million for First Quarter 2025 from $572.2 million for First Quarter 2024, mainly driven by Homeowners top-line growth, including growth in policies in-force and higher average premiums within lender-placed, as well as growth across various specialty products.

Corporate and Other Adjusted EBITDA increased $1.5 million, or 5% to $(28.0) million for First Quarter 2025 from $(29.5) million for First Quarter 2024, primarily driven by lower third-party expenses.

Critical Factors Affecting Results

Our results depend on, among other things, the appropriateness of our product pricing, underwriting, the accuracy of our reserving methodology for future policyholder benefits and claims, the frequency and severity of reportable and non-reportable catastrophes, returns on and values of invested assets, our investment income, and our ability to realize greater operational efficiencies and manage our expenses. Our results also depend on our ability to profitably grow our businesses, including our Connected Living, Global Automotive, and Renters and Other businesses, and the performance of our Homeowners business. Factors affecting these items, including tariffs, consumer demand and global supply chain disruptions, conditions in the financial markets, the global economy and recessionary pressures, political conditions and the markets in which we operate, fluctuations in exchange rates, interest rates and inflation (which have impacted claims costs), may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Tariff policies in the U.S. and abroad could impact claims costs and may affect consumer demand for certain products. For more information on these and other factors that could affect our results, see “Item 1A—Risk Factors” below and in our 2024 Annual Report, and “Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Factors Affecting Results” in our 2024 Annual Report.

Our results may also be impacted by our ability to continue to grow in the markets in which we operate, which will be impacted by our ability to provide a superior customer experience, including from our investments in technology and digital initiatives, capitalize on the connected home opportunity and investments to onboard and ramp-up new business. Our mobile business is subject to volatility in mobile device trade-in volumes and margins based on the actual and anticipated timing of the release of new devices, carrier promotional programs and sales prices for used devices, as well as to changes in consumer preferences. Our Homeowners revenue is impacted by changes in the housing market, as well as the voluntary insurance market. In addition, across many of our businesses, we must respond to competitive pressures, including the threat of disruption and competition for talent, which has increased due to labor shortages and wage inflation. See “Item 1A—Risk Factors—Business, Strategic and Operational Risks—Significant competitive pressures, changes in customer preferences and disruption could adversely affect our results of operations”, “—Our mobile business is subject to the risk of declines in the value and availability of mobile devices, and to regulatory compliance and other risks” and “—The success of our business depends on the execution of our strategy, including through the continuing service of key executives, senior leaders, highly-skilled personnel and a high-performing workforce” in our 2024 Annual Report.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our 2024 Annual Report describes the accounting policies and estimates that are critical to the understanding of our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. The accounting policies and estimation process described in the 2024 Annual Report were consistently applied to the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements for First Quarter 2025.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements, see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Report.

Results of Operations

Assurant Consolidated

The table below presents information regarding our consolidated results of operations for the periods indicated:

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Net income decreased $89.8 million, or 38%, to $146.6 million for First Quarter 2025 from $236.4 million for First Quarter 2024, primarily due to $113.7 million of higher after-tax reportable catastrophes, lower Global Lifestyle earnings and higher net realized losses on investments. The decrease in net income was partially offset by higher Global Housing earnings, excluding the impact of reportable catastrophes.

Global Lifestyle

The table below presents information regarding the Global Lifestyle segment’s results of operations for the periods indicated:

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Adjusted EBITDA decreased $9.9 million, or 5%, to $197.8 million for First Quarter 2025 from $207.7 million for First Quarter 2024, primarily driven by declines in Connected Living from lower domestic device protection results in mobile, a one-time client contract benefit in extended service contracts of $6.9 million in First Quarter 2024 and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange. The decrease was partially offset by higher contributions from a newly launched financial services program.

Total revenues increased $112.6 million, or 5%, to $2.39 billion for First Quarter 2025 from $2.28 billion for First Quarter 2024. Net earned premiums increased $111.3 million, or 6%, primarily driven by growth from global mobile device protection programs, and a newly launched program within financial services in Connected Living, and growth within Global Automotive, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange and a decline in U.S. extended service contracts. Fees and other income increased $7.5 million, or 2%, primarily due to contributions from a newly launched program in financial services. Net investment income decreased $6.2 million, or 7%, primarily due to lower income from real estate and alternatives, and lower cash and short-term investments income.

Total benefits, losses and expenses increased $122.5 million, or 6%, to $2.19 billion for First Quarter 2025 from $2.07 billion for First Quarter 2024. Selling and underwriting expenses increased $83.3 million, or 7%, primarily due to an increase in commission expenses in Connected Living, mainly related to the growth from global mobile device protection programs, and Global Automotive. Policyholder benefits increased $24.7 million, or 6%, primarily due to a newly launched program in financial services. General expenses increased $15.7 million, or 6% primarily due to higher employee-related and information technology expenses to support growth initiatives.

Global Housing

The table below presents information regarding the Global Housing segment’s results of operations for the periods indicated:

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Adjusted EBITDA decreased $80.1 million, or 42%, to $112.4 million for First Quarter 2025 from $192.5 million for First Quarter 2024, mainly due to $143.8 million of higher pre-tax reportable catastrophes (of which approximately $125 million were from the California wildfires, inclusive of estimated recoveries from subrogation), higher expenses to support growth and higher catastrophe reinsurance premiums. The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA was partially offset by continued growth from higher policies in-force, premium rates and average insured values within Homeowners, favorable non-catastrophe loss experience, growth in Renters and Other, and higher net investment income.

Total revenues increased $89.8 million, or 15%, to $690.5 million for First Quarter 2025 from $600.7 million for First Quarter 2024. Net earned premiums increased $74.7 million, or 14%, primarily driven by Homeowners from higher lender-placed policies in-force, higher premium rates and average insured values, growth across various Specialty products, and growth in Renters and Other primarily from a block of newly acquired renters policies, partially offset by higher catastrophe reinsurance premiums from the 2024 program restructuring. Fees and other income increased $9.9 million, or 31%, primarily driven by the reclassification of certain service fees from an expense account. Net investment income increased $5.2 million, or 18%, primarily due to higher yields and invested asset balances.

Total benefits, losses and expenses increased $169.9 million, or 42%, to $578.1 million for First Quarter 2025 from $408.2 million for First Quarter 2024. Policyholder benefits increased $132.7 million, or 66%, primarily due to higher reportable catastrophe losses, partially offset by $22.9 million of lower non-catastrophe losses and $4.4 million of favorable year-over-year non-catastrophe prior year reserve development. First Quarter 2025 had $26.4 million of favorable prior year reserve development compared to $22.0 million in First Quarter 2024. General expenses increased $35.8 million, or 21%, primarily due to higher costs associated with growth, the reclassification described above, and one-time assessment expenses for the California FAIR Plan associated with the California wildfires.

Corporate and Other

The tables below present information regarding the Corporate and Other’s segment results of operations for the periods indicated:

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Adjusted EBITDA increased $1.5 million, or 5%, to $(28.0) million for First Quarter 2025 from $(29.5) million for First Quarter 2024. The change in results was primarily due to lower third-party expenses.

Total revenues increased $0.4 million, or 7%, to $6.2 million for First Quarter 2025 from $5.8 million for First Quarter 2024, primarily driven by an increase in net investment income of $0.2 million, or 4%, mostly due to higher invested assets.

Total benefits, losses and expenses decreased $1.1 million, or 3%, to $34.2 million for First Quarter 2025 from $35.3 million for First Quarter 2024, primarily driven by lower third-party expenses.

Investments

We had total investments of $9.04 billion and $8.54 billion as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Net unrealized losses on our fixed maturity securities portfolio decreased $95.0 million during First Quarter 2025, from a $349.7 million unrealized loss at December 31, 2024 to a $254.7 million unrealized loss as of March 31, 2025, primarily due to a decrease in interest rates.

The following table shows the credit quality of our fixed maturity securities portfolio as of the dates indicated:

The following table shows the major categories of net investment income for the periods indicated:

Net investment income decreased $1.9 million, or 1%, to $124.8 million for First Quarter 2025 from $126.7 million for First Quarter 2024. The decrease was primarily driven by reduced partnership income and lower yields on cash and short-term investments, partially offset by an increase in fixed maturity securities related to higher yields and assets.

Net realized losses on investments and fair value changes to equity securities increased $7.2 million, or 82%, to $16.0 million for First Quarter 2025 from $8.8 million for First Quarter 2024. The increase was primarily driven by sales of fixed maturity securities at a loss and lower fair value changes from equity securities due to reduced investments in common stocks, partially offset by fewer impairments recorded in First Quarter 2025.

Catastrophe Reinsurance Program

Effective April 2025, coverage was placed with various reinsurers that are all rated A- or better by A.M. Best. 2025 reinsurance premiums for the total program are estimated to be $222.7 million pre-tax, compared to $188.9 million pre-tax for 2024, reflecting exposure changes, expected Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) program, impacts from changing the timing of program placement to a single placement date (with a premium benefit in 2024), and favorable underlying rates from improved reinsurance market conditions. Actual reinsurance premiums will vary if exposure changes significantly from estimates or if reinstatement premiums are required due to catastrophe events.

The U.S. per-occurrence catastrophe coverage includes a main reinsurance program providing $1.76 billion of coverage in excess of a $160.0 million retention. Layers 1 through 6 of the program allow for one automatic reinstatement. When combined with the FHCF, the U.S. program protects against gross Florida losses of up to approximately $2.04 billion, in excess of retention.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following section discusses our ability to generate cash flows from each of our subsidiaries, borrow funds at competitive rates and raise new capital to meet our operating and growth needs. Management believes that we will have sufficient liquidity to satisfy our needs over the next twelve months, including the ability to pay interest on our debt and dividends on our common stock.

On January 22, 2025, we entered into an agreement to sell our Miami, Florida property for a purchase price of $126.0 million, subject to the buyer receiving the requisite development approvals, which could take 18 to 24 months. If the transaction is consummated pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we expect to record a gain above the current carrying value of $46.0 million as of March 31, 2025, less estimated costs to sell. We do not anticipate that any such gain will impact our capital deployment priorities. There can be no assurance that the transaction will be consummated.

Regulatory Requirements

Assurant, Inc. is a holding company and, as such, has limited direct operations of its own. Our assets consist primarily of the capital stock of our subsidiaries. Accordingly, our future cash flows depend upon the availability of dividends and other statutorily permissible payments from our subsidiaries, such as payments under our tax allocation agreement and under management agreements with our subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries’ ability to pay such dividends and make such other payments is regulated by the states and territories in which our subsidiaries are domiciled. These dividend regulations vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and by type of insurance provided by the applicable subsidiary, but generally require our insurance subsidiaries to maintain minimum solvency requirements and limit the amount of dividends they can pay to the holding company. See “Item 1—Business—Regulation—U.S. Insurance Regulation” and “Item 1A—Risk Factors—Legal and Regulatory Risks—Changes in insurance regulation may reduce our profitability and limit our growth” in our 2024 Annual Report. Along with solvency regulations, the primary driver in determining the amount of capital used for dividends from insurance subsidiaries is the level of capital needed to maintain desired financial strength ratings from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”). For the year ending December 31, 2025, the maximum amount of dividends our regulated U.S. domiciled insurance subsidiaries could pay us, under applicable laws and regulations without prior regulatory approval, is approximately $524.2 million. Our international and non-insurance subsidiaries provide additional sources of dividends.

Regulators or rating agencies could become more conservative in their methodology and criteria, increasing capital requirements for our insurance subsidiaries or the enterprise. For further information on our ratings and the risks of ratings downgrades, see “Item 1—Business—Ratings” and “Item 1A—Risk Factors—Financial Risks—A decline in the financial strength ratings of our insurance subsidiaries could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition” in our 2024 Annual Report.

Holding Company

As of March 31, 2025, we had approximately $501.2 million in holding company liquidity, $276.2 million above our targeted minimum level of $225.0 million. The target minimum level of holding company liquidity, which can be used for unforeseen capital needs at our subsidiaries or liquidity needs at the holding company, is calibrated based on approximately one year of pre-tax corporate operating losses and interest expenses. We use the term “holding company liquidity” to represent the portion of cash and other liquid marketable securities held at Assurant, Inc. (out of a total of $601.4 million as of March 31, 2025) which we are not otherwise holding for a specific purpose as of the balance sheet date. We can use such assets for stock repurchases, stockholder dividends, acquisitions and other corporate purposes.

Dividends or returns of capital paid by our subsidiaries, net of infusions of liquid assets and excluding amounts used for or as a result of acquisitions or received from dispositions, were $66.6 million and $804.7 million for First Quarter 2025 and Twelve Months 2024, respectively. We use these cash inflows primarily to pay holding company operating expenses, to make interest payments on indebtedness, to make dividend payments to our common stockholders, to fund investments and acquisitions, and to repurchase our common stock. From time to time, we may also seek to purchase outstanding debt in open market repurchases or privately negotiated transactions.

Dividends and Repurchases

During First Quarter 2025, we made common stock repurchases and paid dividends to our common stockholders of $103.4 million. We paid dividends of $0.80 per common share on March 31, 2025 to stockholders of record as of February 3, 2025. Any determination to pay future dividends will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and will be dependent upon various factors, including: our subsidiaries’ payments of dividends and other statutorily permissible payments to us; our results of operations and cash flows; our financial condition and capital requirements; general business conditions and growth prospects; any legal, tax, regulatory and contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends; and any other factors the Board deems relevant. The Credit Facility (as defined below) also contains limitations on our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders and repurchase capital stock if we are in default, or such dividend payments or repurchases would cause us to be in default, of our obligations thereunder. In addition, if we elect to defer the payment of interest on our 7.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due March 2048 or our 5.25% Subordinated Notes due January 2061 (refer to “—Senior and Subordinated Notes” below), we generally may not make payments on or repurchase any shares of our capital stock.

During First Quarter 2025, we repurchased 298,946 shares of our outstanding common stock at a cost of $62.5 million, exclusive of commissions. In November 2023, the Board authorized an additional share repurchase program for up to $600.0 million of our outstanding common stock. As of March 31, 2025, $312.1 million aggregate cost at purchase remained unused

under the repurchase authorization. The timing and the amount of future repurchases will depend on various factors, including those listed above.

Assurant Subsidiaries

The primary sources of funds for our subsidiaries consist of premiums and fees collected, proceeds from the sales and maturity of investments and net investment income. Cash is primarily used to pay insurance claims, agent commissions, operating expenses and taxes. We generally invest our subsidiaries’ funds in order to generate investment income.

We conduct periodic asset liability studies to measure the duration of our insurance liabilities, to develop optimal asset portfolio maturity structures for our significant lines of business and ultimately to assess that cash flows are sufficient to meet the timing of cash needs. These studies are conducted in accordance with formal company-wide Asset Liability Management guidelines.

To complete a study for a particular line of business, models are developed to project asset and liability cash flows and balance sheet items under a varied set of plausible economic scenarios. These models consider many factors including the current investment portfolio, the required capital for the related assets and liabilities, our tax position and projected cash flows from both existing and projected new business. For risks related to modeling, see “Item 1A – Risk Factors – Financial Risks –Actual results may differ materially from the analytical models we use to assist in our decision-making in key areas such as pricing, catastrophe risks, reserving and capital management.” in our 2024 Annual Report.

Alternative asset portfolio structures are analyzed for significant lines of business. An investment portfolio maturity structure is then selected from these profiles given our return hurdle and risk appetite. Scenario testing of significant liability assumptions and new business projections is also performed.

Our liabilities generally have limited policyholder optionality, which means that the timing of payments is generally insensitive to the interest rate environment. In addition, our investment portfolio is largely comprised of highly liquid public fixed maturity securities with a sufficient component of such securities invested that are near maturity which may be sold with minimal risk of loss to meet cash needs.

Generally, our subsidiaries’ premiums, fees and investment income, along with planned asset sales and maturities, provide sufficient cash to pay claims and expenses. However, there may be instances when unexpected cash needs arise in excess of that available from usual operating sources. In such instances, we have several options to raise needed funds, including selling assets from the subsidiaries’ investment portfolios, using holding company cash (if available), issuing commercial paper, or drawing funds from the Credit Facility.

Senior and Subordinated Notes

The following table shows the principal amount and carrying value of our outstanding debt, less unamortized discount and issuance costs as applicable, as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

In the next five years, we have two debt maturities in February 2026 and March 2028 when the 2026 Senior Notes and the 2028 Senior Notes, respectively, become due and payable.

Credit Facility and Commercial Paper Program

We have a $500.0 million five-year senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of banks arranged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. The Credit Facility provides for revolving loans and the issuance of multi-bank, syndicated letters of credit and letters of credit from a sole issuing bank in an aggregate amount of $500.0 million, which may be increased up to $700.0 million. The Credit Facility is available until

December 2026, provided we are in compliance with all covenants. The Credit Facility has a sublimit for letters of credit issued thereunder of $50.0 million. The proceeds from these loans may be used for our commercial paper program or for general corporate purposes.

We made no borrowings under the Credit Facility during First Quarter 2025 and no loans were outstanding as of March 31, 2025.

Our commercial paper program requires us to maintain liquidity facilities either in an available amount equal to any outstanding notes from the program or in an amount sufficient to maintain the ratings assigned to the notes issued from the program. Our commercial paper is rated AMB-1+ by A.M. Best, P-2 by Moody’s and A-2 by S&P. Our subsidiaries do not maintain commercial paper or other borrowing facilities. This program is currently backed up by the Credit Facility, of which $500.0 million was available as of March 31, 2025.

We did not use the commercial paper program during First Quarter 2025 and there were no amounts relating to the commercial paper program outstanding as of March 31, 2025.

Cash Flows

We monitor cash flows at the consolidated, holding company and subsidiary levels. Cash flow forecasts at the consolidated and subsidiary levels are provided on a monthly basis, and we use trend and variance analyses to project future cash needs making adjustments to the forecasts when needed.

The table below shows our net cash flows for the periods indicated:

We typically generate operating cash inflows from premiums collected from our insurance products, fees received for services and income received from our investments, while outflows consist of policy acquisition costs, benefits paid and operating expenses. These net cash flows are then invested to support the obligations of our insurance products and required capital supporting these products. Our cash flows from operating activities are affected by the timing of premiums, fees, and investment income received and expenses paid.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $392.4 million for First Quarter 2025 compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $82.5 million for First Quarter 2024. The change in net operating cash flows was largely attributable to business growth in Homeowners, growth in global mobile device protection programs and a newly launched program in financial services. Also contributing to the increase was the timing of vendor payments. This was partially offset by higher net paid claims.

Net cash used in investing activities was $421.6 million for First Quarter 2025 compared to net cash used in investing activities of $328.2 million for First Quarter 2024. The change in net investing cash flows was primarily driven by the increased investment of net cash provided by operating activities and the reinvestment of proceeds from the sale of fixed maturity securities. Also contributing to the change was a decrease in sales of short-term investments due to the timing of working capital needs.

Net cash used in financing activities was $118.7 million for First Quarter 2025 compared to net cash used in financing activities of $96.2 million for First Quarter 2024. The change in net financing cash flows was primarily due to higher share repurchases for First Quarter 2025.

The table below shows our cash outflows for interest and dividends for the periods indicated:

Letters of Credit

In the normal course of business, letters of credit are issued primarily to support reinsurance arrangements in which we are the reinsurer. These letters of credit are supported by commitments under which we are required to indemnify the financial institution issuing the letter of credit if the letter of credit is drawn. We had $1.6 million and $1.8 million of letters of credit outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Limited Recourse Note

In 2024, we entered into a financing arrangement pursuant to which we are able to issue a $100 million limited recourse note and, in return, obtain a $100 million asset-backed note from a Delaware master trust. As of March 31, 2025, no notes have been issued under this arrangement.

For our market risk disclosures, please refer to “Item 7A—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our 2024 Annual Report and “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Investments” in this Report.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of March 31, 2025. Based on such evaluation, management, including our CEO and CFO, has concluded that as of March 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in our reports pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and forms. Our CEO and CFO also have concluded that as of March 31, 2025, information that we are required to disclose in our reports under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

For a description of any material pending legal proceedings in which we are involved, see “Commitments and Contingencies—Legal and Regulatory Matters” in Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Report, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Certain factors may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, and you should carefully consider them. It is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. For a discussion of potential risks or uncertainties affecting us, please refer to the information under the heading “Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our 2024 Annual Report. Additional risks and uncertainties that are not yet identified or that we currently believe to be immaterial may also materially harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities:

(1)Shares repurchased pursuant to the November 2023 publicly announced share repurchase authorization of up to $600.0 million aggregate cost at purchase of outstanding common stock. As of March 31, 2025, $312.1 million aggregate cost at purchase remained unused under the repurchase authorization.

Rule 10b5-1 and non-Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangements

On March 10, 2025, Keith W. Demmings, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and a director on our Board, adopted a plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act (a “Plan”). Mr. Demmings’s Plan provides for the sale of up to 18,000 shares of our common stock, and terminates on the earlier of: (i) February 27, 2026, (ii) the date all shares are sold thereunder or (iii) such date that the Plan is otherwise terminated according to its terms.

The following exhibits either (a) are filed with this Report or (b) have previously been filed with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference to those prior filings.

SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 8, 2025