Assurant (AIZ) 10-K/A 2010 FY Annual report (amended)

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF

ASSURANT, INC.

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

§ 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report of Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K/A for the period ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert B. Pollock, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: February 25, 2011

/s/ Robert B. Pollock

Robert B. Pollock

President and Chief Executive Officer