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Group in Brussels. Since returning to the United States in 1999, Ms. Silvester has had responsibility for Human Resources for the Company
and, in 2001, assumed Executive Committee responsibility for Assurant PreNeed. Ms. Silvester’s professional career spans more than three
decades, much of which has been in the insurance industry in human resources management, organization development and strategy.
Ms. Silvester’
s experience includes 20 years in different parts of the Company in the United States and with Fortis in Europe, focusing recently
on world-wide senior management development, company learning, human resources strategy and post-merger integration. Ms. Silvester is a
Graduate Member of the Institute of Personnel Management in the United Kingdom and holds both her F.L.M.I. and American Compensation
Association Certification.
Michael J. Peninger, Executive Vice President; President and Chief Executive Officer, Assurant Employee Benefits. Mr. Peninger
has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Assurant Employee Benefits since January 1999. Mr. Peninger began his career at
Northwestern National Life in 1977 as an actuary. He then joined Assurant Employee Benefits in 1985 as a corporate actuary and has held
various positions within the Company. In 1991, Mr. Peninger was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and in 1993 he
became Senior Vice President of Finance and Claims of Assurant Employee Benefits. In 1998, Mr. Peninger was appointed Executive Vice
President. Mr. Peninger is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Alan W. Feagin, Executive Vice President; President and Chief Executive Officer, Assurant PreNeed. Mr. Feagin is President and
Chief Executive Officer of Assurant PreNeed and Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Memorial Life Insurance
Company, positions he has held since January 1995. Mr. Feagin joined United Family Life Insurance Company (now part of Assurant
PreNeed) in 1989 as Senior Vice President, Marketing. He also served as Senior Vice President of Sales of United Family Life before being
named President and Chief Executive Officer in 1995. Mr. Feagin has more than 20 years of experience in the marketing, advertising and sales
arenas, beginning his career in the soft drink industry. He has served in various senior marketing positions with the McCann-Erickson
advertising agency, RJ Reynolds Industries and Canada Dry/ Sunkist Corporation prior to joining the Company.
Donald Hamm, Executive Vice President; President and Chief Executive Officer, Assurant Health.
Mr. Hamm has been President and
Chief Executive Officer of Assurant Health since January 2003. Mr. Hamm first joined Assurant Health in 1982, holding several executive
positions until 1993. He then worked as a principal with William M. Mercer, as a consultant with Tillinghast-Towers Perrin and as Vice
President of the Southeast Region for Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of Wisconsin prior to rejoining Assurant Health in 1999 as Chief Financial
Officer. Mr. Hamm is a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Life
Management Institute.
Philip Bruce Camacho, Executive Vice President; President and Chief Executive Officer, Assurant Solutions.
Mr. Camacho has been
President since August 2000 and Chief Executive Officer of Assurant Solutions since January 2003. Prior to his appointment as President,
Mr. Camacho served as Assurant Group’s Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing. Mr. Camacho joined American Bankers
Insurance Group in 1990 as Vice President of Information Systems. At the time of the Company’s acquisition of American Bankers, he was
Executive Vice President, Investor Relations, with responsibility for legal and regulatory affairs, marketing services, licensing, state filings and
client administration, as well as investor relations. A certified public accountant, before joining American Bankers, Mr. Camacho worked as an
accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, specializing in insurance in the United States, United Kingdom and the Caribbean.
Katherine Greenzang, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Ms. Greenzang has been our Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary since June 2001. Ms. Greenzang joined the Company in August 1994 as Corporate Counsel. She was named
Assistant Vice President and Corporate Counsel in 1995 and Vice President, Corporate Counsel in 1996 before assuming her current position.
Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Greenzang worked as an associate at Dewey Ballantine LLP. She is a member of the American Bar
Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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