Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Financial Information by Segment

The following tables summarize selected financial information by segment:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
	Solutions		Specialty Property		Health			Employee Benefits (1)		Corporate & Other		Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums	$	738,924	$	469,609	$	28,734		$	177,971	$	—	$	1,415,238
Net investment income	88,923		18,344		3,938			17,340		7,162		135,707
Net realized gains on investments (2)	—		—		—			—		161,718		161,718
Amortization of deferred gain on   disposal of businesses (3)	—		—		—			—		47,596		47,596
Gain on pension plan curtailment	—		—		—			—		29,578		29,578
Fees and other income	238,109		107,762		5,118			4,244		2,457		357,690
Total revenues	1,065,956		595,715		37,790			199,555		248,511		2,147,527
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	226,751		179,472		19,112			118,481		—		543,816
Amortization of deferred acquisition   costs and value of business acquired	269,010		59,474		—			5,858		—		334,342
Underwriting, general and   administrative expenses	501,210		241,434		52,955			58,469		63,291		917,359
Interest expense	—		—		—			—		14,503		14,503
Total benefits, losses and   expenses	996,971		480,380		72,067			182,808		77,794		1,810,020
Segment income (loss) before   provision (benefit) for income tax	68,985		115,335		(34,277		)	16,747		170,717		337,507
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	21,851		38,984		(7,104		)	6,277		57,181		117,189
Segment income (loss) after tax	$	47,134	$	76,351	$	(27,173	)	$	10,470	$	113,536
Net income												$	220,318
	As of March 31, 2016
Segment assets:	$	14,778,747	$	3,628,056	$	960,965		$	—	$	10,919,427	$	30,287,195

(1) Assurant Employee Benefits amounts represent January and February results of operations prior to the sale on March 1, 2016.

(2) Includes $146,727 related to assets transferred to Sun Life as part of the Assurant Employee Benefits sale on March 1, 2016.

(3) Includes $44,593 related to the additional deferred gain related to the Assurant Employee Benefits sale on March 1, 2016.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	Solutions		Specialty Property		Health			Employee Benefits		Corporate & Other			Consolidated
Revenues
Net earned premiums	$	754,477	$	528,446	$	609,742		$	266,897	$	—		$	2,159,562
Net investment income	92,191		20,515		7,007			27,821		4,739			152,273
Net realized gains on investments	—		—		—			—		3,955			3,955
Amortization of deferred gain on   disposal of businesses	—		—		—			—		3,258			3,258
Fees and other income	173,068		84,236		15,976			6,274		8			279,562
Total revenues	1,019,736		633,197		632,725			300,992		11,960			2,598,610
Benefits, losses and expenses
Policyholder benefits	215,548		204,603		604,763			185,813		—			1,210,727
Amortization of deferred acquisition   costs and value of business acquired	265,032		92,069		4,273			7,629		—			369,003
Underwriting, general and   administrative expenses	459,284		223,612		129,178			91,339		18,496			921,909
Interest expense	—		—		—			—		13,778			13,778
Total benefits, losses and   expenses	939,864		520,284		738,214			284,781		32,274			2,515,417
Segment income (loss) before   provision (benefit) for income tax	79,872		112,913		(105,489		)	16,211		(20,314		)	83,193
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	25,513		37,826		(21,520		)	6,063		(14,733		)	33,149
Segment income (loss) after tax	$	54,359	$	75,087	$	(83,969	)	$	10,148	$	(5,581	)
Net income													$	50,044
	As of December 31, 2015
Segment assets:	$	14,356,484	$	3,648,738	$	1,437,032		$	2,190,808	$	8,403,340		$	30,036,402