Milwaukee-based Assurant Health, a leading national provider of individual medical, small group and specialty health insurance products, has promoted Laura Hohing to Chief Sales Officer, effective immediately. This position aligns with Assurant Health’s Agents First initiative and supports Assurant Health’s broad distribution system, leading technology resources and underwriting support for agents and their customers and diverse product offerings.
In her expanded role, Hohing will be responsible for leading all Assurant Health distribution channels for both Individual and Group Markets. This newly aligned sales organization will maximize the company’s unique value propositions, thereby expanding and deepening Assurant Health’s strong relationship with agents nationwide.
Hohing is a veteran of the insurance industry. Prior to Assurant Health, she held various operations and sales management positions with Allstate. She holds a bachelor’s degree along with the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation. She joined Assurant Health as a Regional Vice President in 1985, was promoted to Vice President, Sales in 1989, and to Senior Vice President, Sales in 1996. In 1998, Hohing launched the Managing General Agent channel for Assurant Health which has become the largest producing individual medical channel for Assurant Health.
Assurant Health Chief Operating Officer Raj Bal said: “Assurant Health’s distribution system is one of our key advantages. Laura’s new role will positively enhance our agents’ interactions with our company, and her wealth of sales experience and expertise will continue to benefit agents as we focus on them as our first customers.”
About Assurant Health
Assurant Health has been in business since 1892. Assurant Health’s underwriting companies provide health insurance coverage for almost one million people nationwide. The companies’ primary products include individual medical, small group, short-term and student health insurance products, as well as non-insurance products and consumer-choice products such as Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement arrangements. With almost 3,000 employees, Assurant Health is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., and has operations offices in Minnesota, Idaho and Florida, as well as sales offices across the country. Assurant Health is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by one or more of Assurant Health’s underwriting companies –
Time Insurance Company, John Alden Life Insurance Company and Union Security Insurance Company. Each underwriting company is financially responsible for its own insurance products. The Assurant Health Web site is www.assuranthealth.com.
Assurant Health is part of Assurant, a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected international markets. Its four key businesses – Assurant Employee Benefits, Assurant Health, Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property – have partnered with clients who are leaders in their industries and have built leadership positions in a number of specialty insurance market segments worldwide. Assurant, a Fortune 500 company, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. Assurant has over $20 billion in assets and $7 billion in annual revenue. The Assurant Web site is www.assurant.com.