---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001267238-21-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIZ"
cik: "0001267238"
company_name: "ASSURANT, INC."
filed_at: "2021-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:54:24.806769+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Assurant names Keith Meier COO effective Jan 1, 2022; Mergelmeyer retiring

## Summary
- Gene Mergelmeyer, COO since 2016, will retire at year-end after 34 years at Assurant.
- Keith Meier, previously President of International, appointed COO; base salary $610,000.
- Federico Bunge promoted to President of Assurant International, reporting to Biju Nair.
- Meier receives target annual incentive of 100% of base salary and LTI target of 230%.
- Appointments align organization to accelerate business strategy in connected living.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001267238-21-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIZ
- cik: 0001267238
- company_name: ASSURANT, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267238/000126723821000038/0001267238-21-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267238/000126723821000038/aiz-20210922.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001267238-21-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001267238-21-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001267238-21-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gene Mergelmeyer departed as Chief Operating Officer at ASSURANT, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Mr. Mergelmeyer has notified the Company on September 22, 2021 that he intends to retire in January 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267238/000126723821000038/0001267238-21-000038-index.htm
- Executive change
  Keith Meier was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at ASSURANT, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Keith Meier was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on September 22, 2021, effective January 1, 2022, succeeding Gene Mergelmeyer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267238/000126723821000038/0001267238-21-000038-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.