Abilities@Assurant

Employee resource group supporting diverse abilities in the workplace

Accessibility and Empowerment

Abilities@Assurant aims to drive awareness, education, and accessibility to foster an inclusive environment where employees of all abilities are supported, understood, and valued. The employee resource group (ERG) strives to break down barriers and stigma surrounding visible and invisible disabilities, while embracing the unique role of caregivers. 

Abilities@Assurant Goals

Abilities@Assurant aims to drive awareness and promote a sense of belonging for those with visible and invisible disabilities, their allies, and caregivers through:
Abilities Icons - Recrutiment and Retention
Recruitment and retention efforts
Abilities Icons - Pro Growth and Development
Professional growth and development opportunities
Abilities Icons - Organizational Education
Organizational education, awareness, and caregiver support
Abilities Icons - Community Engagement
Community engagement and support

Meet the Abilities@Assurant ERG Members

Insights from a few of our Abilities@Assurant ERG members

Why is Abilities@Assurant Important to you?

John Noonan

 VP Digital & Social Marketing

Chris Woolnough

UK Managing Director Connect Living Connected Living & European Commercial

Michelle Galvani

Business Unit Systems Analyst

The Current Landscape

As a society, we’ve come a long way toward making businesses, communities, websites, experiences, and languages more accessible and inclusive to people with both visible and invisible disabilities. But there’s more we can do.

  • 21.3%

    of people with a disability are employed (as of 2022)

  • 2x

    Unemployment rate for people with a disability is two times as high as those without

  • 36.3%

    of employed people with a disability work in management, professional, or related occupations

  • 21.3%

    of people with a disability are employed (as of 2022)

  • 2x

    Unemployment rate for people with a disability is two times as high as those without

  • 36.3%

    of employed people with a disability work in management, professional, or related occupations
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Assurant Employee Resource Groups

Building community and promoting belonging

Assurant’s Inclusive Work Environment

At Assurant, we strive to celebrate, advocate for, and support the unique and diverse talents and abilities that make up our dynamic workforce.
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Assurant Culture & Innovations

Assurant STARS: Pushing for Workplace Disability Inclusion

Our workforce is stronger when it’s made of the people it serves, including people of all abilities. This National Disabilities Employment Awareness M...

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Assurant CEO Signs Disability:IN Letter on Disability Inclusion

Assurant, Inc., announced that president and CEO Keith Demmings has signed the Disability:IN CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion. CEOs who sign the letter commit to benchmarking
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Disability Inclusion In The Workplace: Assurant’s Francesca Luthi On How Businesses Make Accommodations For Customers and Employees Who Have A Disability

As we all know, over the past several years there has been a great deal of discussion about inclusion and diversity in the workplace. One aspect of inclusion that is not discussed enough, is how…
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Disability Inclusion: What it Means to Enable the Assurant Workforce

The Assurant Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team held a Courageous Conversations panel series. Hear from some of our participants.
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Assurant Helps Gift a Mobility-Modified Truck for Veteran

We proudly teamed up with Wounded Warriors Family Support (WWFS) to present combat-wounded veteran, Sean Adams with a mobility-modified 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 truck.
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Valuing Every Voice

Find your next opportunity at Assurant

We strive to create a trusting place to have complex, sometimes difficult, conversations.  Explore roles where you could join us in ongoing open dialogue to build trust, encourage compassion and reinforce our commitment to inclusivity.
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