EXHIBIT 24.1
ASSURANT, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers of Assurant, Inc., a Delaware corporation , hereby constitute and appoint J. Kerry Clayton, Robert B. Pollock, John Sondej, Katherine Greenzang and Douglas R. Lowe, and each of them, the individual’s true and lawful attorneys-in –fact and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Assurant, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority, as fully as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
| Signature | Title | |
/s/ J. Kerry Clayton J. Kerry Clayton | President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ Robert B. Pollock Robert B. Pollock | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |
/s/ John A. Sondej John A. Sondej | Senior Vice President, Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ John Michael Palms | Director | |
| John Michael Palms |
Assurant, Inc.
Power of Attorney
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/s/ Michel Baise | Director | |
| Michel Baise | ||
/s/ Robert J. Blendon | Director | |
| Robert J. Blendon | ||
/s/ Beth L. Bronner | Director | |
| Beth L. Bronner | ||
/s/ Howard L. Carver | Director | |
| Howard L. Carver | ||
/s/ Allen R. Freedman | Director | |
| Allen R. Freedman | ||
/s/ H. Carroll Mackin | Director | |
| H. Carroll Mackin | ||
/s/ Michele Coleman Mayes | Director | |
| Michele Coleman Mayes | ||
/s/ Gilbert Mittler | Director | |
| Gilbert Mittler |