---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001267238-22-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIZ"
cik: "0001267238"
company_name: "ASSURANT, INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T19:36:01.460276+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Assurant director Montupet to retire; board amends by-laws on stockholder nominations

## Summary
- Jean-Paul L. Montupet resigns from Board effective at 2023 annual meeting per retirement policy.
- Board amended and restated By-laws to update advance notice procedures for stockholder nominations.
- Changes incorporate Rule 14a-19 proxy solicitation requirements and other clarifying updates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001267238-22-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIZ
- cik: 0001267238
- company_name: ASSURANT, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267238/000126723822000042/0001267238-22-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267238/000126723822000042/aiz-20221110.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001267238-22-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001267238-22-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001267238-22-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jean-Paul L. Montupet resigned as Director at ASSURANT, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 10, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) accepted Jean-Paul L. Montupet’s resignation from the Board, effective upon the completion of his current term as of the date of the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267238/000126723822000042/0001267238-22-000042-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  ASSURANT, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws to address advance notice procedures for stockholder nominations and proposals, including proxy solicitation in accordance with Rule 14a-19, and other clarifying changes (effective 2022-11-10).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-10
  source text: On November 10, 2022, the Board amended and restated the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (as so amended and restated, the “By-laws”), effective as of that date, to, among other matters, address the advance notice procedures for stockholder nominations and proposals, including the solicitation of proxies in accordance with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and make other clarifying changes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267238/000126723822000042/0001267238-22-000042-index.htm

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