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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

                                    FORM OF
                             COOPERATION AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                                 ASSURANT, INC.
                         (formerly named FORTIS, INC.),

                              FORTIS INSURANCE N.V.

                                       and

                          FORTIS SA/NV and FORTIS N.V.

                              Dated as of -, 2004.

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01.  Certain Definitions.....................................        2

                                    ARTICLE 2
                    USE OF NAME, TRADEMARKS AND DOMAIN NAMES

Section 2.01.  Grant of License........................................        4
Section 2.02.  Trademark Guidelines and Standards......................        6
Section 2.03.  Retention of Trademark Ownership........................        6
Section 2.04.  Termination of Trademark Licenses.......................        7
Section 2.05.  Representations and Warranties..........................        7
Section 2.06.  Disclaimer..............................................        7

                                    ARTICLE 3
                         FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

Section 3.01. Fifty Percent Threshold..................................        7
Section 3.02. Twenty Percent Threshold.................................        9
Section 3.03. Coordination, Cooperation and Access.....................       10
Section 3.04. Ten Percent Threshold....................................       13

                                    ARTICLE 4
                           RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION

Section 4.01.  General Cross Indemnification...........................       13
Section 4.02.  Procedure...............................................       14
Section 4.03.  Other Matters...........................................       15

                                    ARTICLE 5
                                OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 5.01.  Insurance Maintained by Fortis..........................       15
Section 5.02.  Vendor Purchasing Arrangements..........................       15
Section 5.03.  Services Provided Prior to Trigger Date.................       16
Section 5.04.  Access to Historical Records............................       16
Section 5.05.  Cosmos..................................................       16
Section 5.06.  Miscellaneous...........................................       17
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                                    ARTICLE 6
                             ALLOCATION AND EXPENSES

Section 6.01.  Allocation of Costs and Expenses........................       17
Section 6.02.  Expense Reimbursement...................................       18

                                    ARTICLE 7
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01.  Notices.................................................       18
Section 7.02.  Binding Nature of Agreement.............................       19
Section 7.03.  Descriptive Headings....................................       19
Section 7.04.  Remedies................................................       19
Section 7.05.  Governing Law...........................................       20
Section 7.06.  Counterparts............................................       20
Section 7.07.  Severability............................................       20
Section 7.08.  Confidential Information................................       20
Section 7.09.  Amendment and Modification..............................       21
Section 7.10.  Entire Agreement........................................       21
Section 7.11.  No Assignment...........................................       21
Section 7.12.  No Third Party Beneficiaries............................       21
Section 7.13.  Termination.............................................       21
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                                    SCHEDULES

Schedule 2        Fortis Marks
Schedule 3(a)     Financial Information to be provided by Assurant
Schedule 3(b)     Risk Information to be provided by Assurant
Schedule 3(c)     Compliance Information to be provided by Assurant
Schedule 5        Vendor Purchasing Arrangements

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                              COOPERATION AGREEMENT

         COOPERATION AGREEMENT, dated as of -, 2004, by and among ASSURANT, Inc.
(formerly named Fortis, Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("ASSURANT"), FORTIS
INSURANCE N.V. ("FORTIS INSURANCE"), a naamloze vennootschap established under
the laws of the Netherlands, and FORTIS SA/NV a public company established as a
societe anonyme/naamloze vennootschap under the laws of Belgium and FORTIS N.V.,
a public company established as a naamloze vennootschap under the laws of the
Netherlands (Fortis SA/NV and Fortis N.V., together referred to as "FORTIS")

         WHEREAS, Fortis is the indirect owner of all of the issued and
outstanding common stock of Assurant;

         WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, Assurant is registering Common Shares owned by Fortis Insurance for
sale to the public in an underwritten secondary offering registered under the
Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, File No.
333-109984 (the "IPO REGISTRATION STATEMENT").

         WHEREAS, upon completion of such offering, Fortis Insurance will
continue to own -% of the Common Shares outstanding (or -% if the underwriters'
over allotment option is exercised);

         WHEREAS, Fortis and Assurant will each be publicly held listed
companies subject to applicable listing standards and disclosure obligations;

         WHEREAS, Fortis will continue to account for its investment in Assurant
on a consolidated basis or under the equity method of accounting which will
require sharing of financial and other information between Fortis and Assurant;
and

         WHEREAS, in addition, Assurant and the Fortis Group (defined below)
have agreed to continue to provide certain services and/or information to each
other following the Initial Public Offering.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in contemplation of Assurant ceasing to be wholly owned
by Fortis and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which is acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

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                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

         Section 1.01. Certain Definitions. In addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

         "ACTIONS" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a) hereof.

         "AGREEMENT" and "HEREOF" and "HEREIN" means this Cooperation Agreement,
including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any exhibits or
schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to the Agreement as the same
may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative.

          "ASSURANT AUDITORS" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c).

          "ASSURANT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.03(c).

         "ASSURANT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.03(a).

         "BUSINESS DAY" or "BUSINESS DAY" means any day except a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, Belgium or the
Netherlands are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

         "CAPITAL SECURITIES" means the $150,000,000 8.40% capital securities
issued by Fortis Capital Trust I and the $50,000,000 7.94% capital securities
issued by Fortis Capital Trust II on July 31, 1997.

         "COMMON STOCK" means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
Assurant.

         "DESIGNATED ASSURANT SUBLICENSEE" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.01(a).

         "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         "FAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in Belgium as in
effect from time to time.

         "FORTIS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.03.

         "FORTIS AUDITORS" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c).

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         "FORTIS DESIGNEE" means a member of the board of directors of Assurant
designated by Fortis Insurance and nominated in accordance with the terms of the
Shareholders' Agreement dated as of the date hereof between Assurant and Fortis
Insurance.

         "FORTIS GROUP" means, collectively, Fortis SA/NV and Fortis N.V. and
all of their direct and indirect subsidiaries now or hereafter existing, other
than Assurant and its Subsidiaries (all determinations hereunder to be made
after giving effect to the IPO).

         "FORTIS LICENSE" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

         "FORTIS MARKS" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

         "FORTIS US" means Fortis, Inc., a Nevada corporation and predecessor
company to Assurant.

         "GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

         "IAS" means International Auditing Standards/International Financial
Reporting Standards, as in effect from time to time.

         "IAS REQUIRED INFORMATION" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.03(g).

         "INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING" or "IPO" means the proposed initial public
offering of the Common Stock as contemplated by the IPO Registration Statement.

         "LOSSES" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).

         "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, association or other business entity and any trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.

         "PRIVILEGE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(f).

         "PROSPECTUS" means the prospectus or prospectuses included in any
Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement
and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including
post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such
prospectus or prospectuses.

         "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the registration rights agreement
dated -, 2004 between Assurant and Fortis Insurance

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         "REGULATION S-K" means Regulation S-K of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Act.

         "REGULATION S-X" means Regulation S-X of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Act.

         "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

         "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         "SUBSIDIARY" or "SUBSIDIARY" of Assurant shall include all
corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies,
associations and other entities (a) in which Assurant owns (directly or
indirectly) 50% or more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power,
partnership interests or similar ownership interests, (b) of which Assurant
otherwise directly or indirectly controls or directs the policies or operations
and (c) which would be considered subsidiaries of Assurant within the meaning of
Regulation S-K or Regulation S-X.

         "TENDER OFFER" means the tender with exit consent offered to holders of
the $150 million trust capital securities issued by Fortis (US) RegCaPS Funding
Trust I and $400 million trust capital securities issued by Fortis (US) RegCaPS
Funding Trust II on March 1, 2000.

         "TRIGGER DATE" means the last day in the fiscal quarter in which Fortis
ceases to beneficially own (excluding for such purposes shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by any member of the Fortis Group but not for its own
account) shares entitled to fifty percent (50%) or more of the votes entitled to
be cast by the then outstanding Common Stock.

                                   ARTICLE 2
                    USE OF NAME, TRADEMARKS AND DOMAIN NAMES

         Section 2.01. Grant of License. (a) Fortis hereby grants to Assurant,
or to the extent another member of the Fortis Group owns the Fortis Marks (as
defined below) Fortis hereby causes such member to grant to Assurant, for the
term set forth in Section 2.04(a) hereof, a non-exclusive worldwide royalty-free
license (the "FORTIS LICENSE") to use the trademarks, company names, trade or
commercial names, domain names and product names set forth in Schedule 2 hereto
(hereinafter collectively referred to as the "FORTIS MARKS"), but only in the
manner identified in Schedule 2 hereto or as otherwise approved in advance in
writing by Fortis, in each case, solely to the extent required for the purpose
of transitioning Assurant's business, products, and services

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and activities related thereto to the Assurant name as set forth on Schedule 2
hereto. Assurant shall only use the Fortis Marks in connection with its
business, products, and services and activities related thereto in the manner
consistent with and of a nature and quality equal to that used by Assurant and
its Subsidiaries in connection with the Fortis Marks as of the date of this
Agreement, and in conformity with past practices regarding quality control and
usage of such marks, including compliance with the Fortis Brand Manual. Assurant
shall have no right to sublicense the Fortis Marks; provided, however, that
Assurant may sublicense the Fortis Marks to any Subsidiary of Assurant (for so
long as such Subsidiary remains a Subsidiary of Assurant) to the extent required
for the purpose of transitioning products and services bearing Fortis Marks to
the Assurant name in accordance with the terms of this Article 2 (a "DESIGNATED
ASSURANT SUBLICENSEE"). A breach by any Assurant Subsidiary or any Designated
Assurant Sublicensee of any of the provisions of this Article 2 shall be deemed
a breach by Assurant of this Article 2. Assurant shall not register or use any
Fortis Mark for any new business, and shall not use the term "Fortis" in the
name of any new product, service, domain name or corporate entity; provided
that, by way of sole exception and subject to Section 2.01(b), Assurant may
continue to use the Fortis name in connection with new products or extensions of
existing products being sold by Assurant subsidiaries permitted to use the
Fortis Marks. Assurant will notify Fortis promptly in writing of any use of the
Fortis name in any new product.

         (b)      Assurant agrees that the Fortis License is a "phase-out"
license and agrees that during the term of the Fortis License its use of the
Fortis Marks shall be consistent with the purposes of such "phase-out" licenses.
Assurant agrees to use its best efforts to cause the change of all of the
company, commercial and trade names to eliminate the Fortis name and/or mark and
always replace it with the Assurant name and/or mark (or such other name or mark
that bears no resemblance to the Fortis name and/or mark) as soon as practicable
and in any case, within the respective terms stipulated in Section 2.04.
Assurant further agrees promptly upon any such name change to cause the
cessation of all use of the Fortis Marks by Assurant subsidiaries concerned,
including but not limited to the cessation of the use of the Fortis name in any
new product or extension of any existing product; provided that Assurant may use
the Fortis Marks in conjunction with a phrase substantially similar to "formerly
known as" for the duration of the term of the license set forth in Schedule 2.

         (c)      Assurant and each Assurant Subsidiary shall have no rights
with respect to the Fortis Marks other than those expressly set forth in this
Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements (whether written, oral
or implied) between any member of the Fortis Group and Assurant or any
Subsidiary of Assurant, with respect to the use of the Fortis Marks.

         (d)      Assurant, each Assurant Subsidiary and each Designated
Assurant Sublicensee shall execute any additional documents which Fortis may
reasonably request (at Fortis' expense), both prior and subsequent to the
expiration or earlier termination of the Fortis License, in order to perfect,
maintain, defend or

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terminate any right of any party in the Fortis Marks in any jurisdiction of the
world.

         Section 2.02. Trademark Guidelines and Standards. Assurant agrees that,
in the conduct of the business and activities of Assurant and its Designated
Assurant Sublicensees under the Fortis License, it shall, and shall cause each
Designated Assurant Sublicensee to, (i) adhere to the appropriate ethical
standards pertaining to Assurant's and its Designated Assurant Sublicensees'
businesses and operations, (ii) comply with the requirements of the Fortis Brand
Manual, (iii) do nothing to bring disrepute to or damage the goodwill symbolized
by the Fortis Marks and (iv) Assurant will and will cause its Designated
Assurant Sublicensees' to inform Fortis of any possible infringement of any
Fortis Mark.

         Section 2.03. Retention of Trademark Ownership. Assurant acknowledges
and agrees that Fortis, and/or such other member of the Fortis Group referred to
in the first sentence of Section 2.01(a) hereof, as the case may be, is the
owner of all of the right, title, and interest in and to the Fortis Marks and
all goodwill associated therewith throughout the world and acknowledges the
validity of the Fortis Marks and of all trademark and service mark registrations
and applications of each member of the Fortis Group pertaining thereto. Assurant
agrees that it shall, and shall cause each Assurant Subsidiary and each
Designated Assurant Sublicensee to, uphold the goodwill inherent in the Fortis
Marks and to assist Fortis (at Fortis' expense) to protect the rights of Fortis
and the other members of the Fortis Group therein. All use of the Fortis Marks
by Assurant, any Assurant Subsidiary and any Designated Assurant Sublicensees
(including all past, present and future use), and the goodwill generated
thereby, shall inure to the benefit of Fortis and shall not vest in Assurant,
any Assurant Subsidiary or in any Designated Assurant Sublicensee. Assurant
shall not, directly or indirectly, contest or challenge the validity or
enforceability of the Fortis Marks and/or Fortis' ownership thereof. To the
extent that Assurant, any Assurant Subsidiary or any Designated Assurant
Sublicensee is deemed to have any ownership rights in the Fortis Marks, Assurant
shall, and shall cause each such Subsidiary or Designated Assurant Sublicensee
to, assign such rights to Fortis or to a member of the Fortis Group designated
by Fortis. To the extent it has not already done so prior to the date of this
Agreement, Assurant together with its Subsidiaries hereby transfers and assigns
any rights in the Fortis Marks that it may have to Fortis and agrees to take all
actions and make any filings required to effect such assignment and transfer
within 10 days of the date of this Agreement. After the date of this Agreement,
if Assurant or Fortis identifies additional marks that were in use as of the
date of this Agreement and should have been included in Schedule 2 hereto, then
the parties agree to amend Schedule 2 to include such marks in the Fortis
License and such marks shall be deemed to be Fortis Marks for all purposes under
this Agreement.

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         Section 2.04. Termination of Trademark Licenses. (a) The Fortis License
granted pursuant to this Article 2 shall automatically expire (subject to
earlier termination in accordance with this Section 2.04) upon the earlier to
occur of (i) the date on which Assurant, Assurant subsidiaries and the
Designated Assurant Sublicensees cease use of all the Fortis Marks with no
intent to resume use (for which Assurant shall notify Fortis in writing as soon
as reasonably practicable thereafter) and (ii) the respective dates set forth in
Schedule 2.

         (b)      Fortis shall have the right to terminate the Fortis License at
any time if Assurant, any Assurant Subsidiary or any Designated Assurant
Sublicensee has breached any term or provision of this Article 2.

         (c)      Upon the applicable expiration or earlier termination date of
the Fortis License, Assurant shall, and shall cause each of the Designated
Assurant Sublicensees to, discontinue all applicable uses of the Fortis Marks.

         (d)      Fortis shall have the right in its sole discretion to continue
to maintain or terminate use of the Fortis Marks.

         Section 2.05. Representations and Warranties. Assurant represents and
warrants that the performance by it of its obligations under this Article 2 will
not conflict with any other agreement or obligation to which it is bound.

         Section 2.06. Disclaimer. FORTIS, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF
THE FORTIS GROUP, HEREBY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, VALIDITY,
REGISTRABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE
OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE), REGARDING THE FORTIS MARKS. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, ASSURANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
LICENSES GRANTED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND THE FORTIS MARKS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS."

                                    ARTICLE 3
                         FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

         Section 3.01. Fifty Percent Threshold. Assurant agrees that during any
period in which the members of the Fortis Group beneficially own, in the
aggregate (excluding for such purposes shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by the Fortis Group but not for its own account) shares entitled to fifty
percent (50%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the then outstanding
Common Stock (or in which, notwithstanding such percentage, any member of

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the Fortis Group is required, in accordance with IAS 27, to fully consolidate
Assurant's financial statements with its financial statements):

         (a)      Financial Information. Assurant shall deliver to Fortis the
financial information listed on Part 1 of Schedule 3(a) hereto by such dates as
are indicated thereon. Assurant agrees to provide in a timely manner all
information required by Fortis for the transition from FAP to IAS.

         (b)      Risk Reporting. Assurant shall deliver to Fortis the risk
information listed on Part 1 of Schedule 3(b) hereto by such dates as are
indicated thereon.

         (c)      Compliance Reporting. Assurant shall deliver to Fortis the
compliance information listed on Schedule 3(c) hereto by such dates as are
indicated thereon. In addition, Assurant shall deliver to Fortis incident
reports relating to material events consistent with past practice.

         (d)      Other Information. Assurant shall provide to Fortis such other
supplemental information and analyses as Fortis may reasonably request on behalf
of any member of the Fortis Group in order to analyze the financial information,
risk management and such other information with respect to Assurant and its
subsidiaries provided in accordance with clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, and
shall permit the Fortis Designees (or members of their staff acting on their
behalf) an opportunity to meet with management of Assurant in connection
therewith.

         (e)      Maintenance of Books and Records. Assurant shall, and shall
cause each of its consolidated subsidiaries to devise and maintain a system of
internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with FAP and any other
criteria applicable to such statements.

         (f)      General Financial Statement Requirements. All information
provided by Assurant or any of its subsidiaries to Fortis pursuant to Sections
3.01(a) (with the exception of the last sentence of Section 3.01(a)), (b), (c)
and (d) shall be consistent in terms of format and detail with the practices in
effect on the date hereof with respect to the provision of such financial and
other information by Assurant and its subsidiaries to Fortis (and where
appropriate, as presently presented in financial and other reports delivered to
the Board of Directors of Fortis), with such changes therein as may be agreed to
by Fortis and Assurant from time to time, such agreement not to be unreasonably
withheld.

         (g)      Change in Accounting Estimates and Principles. Assurant will
give Fortis reasonable notice of any significant change in any accounting
estimate or accounting principle that would impact the FAP reporting to Fortis.
Assurant will not implement any such change with respect to FAP reporting to
Fortis without Fortis' prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Assurant may make

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such changes in accounting estimates or principles under GAAP as it deems
necessary or advisable in its sole discretion.

         (h)      Internal Auditors. Assurant shall provide Fortis' internal
auditors and, as necessary, actuaries working in conjunction with internal audit
at Fortis, upon reasonable notice access to Assurant's and its subsidiaries'
books and records so that Fortis may conduct reasonable audits relating to the
financial statements provided by Assurant pursuant to this Article 3, as well as
to the internal controls and operations of Assurant and its subsidiaries.

         Section 3.02. Twenty Percent Threshold. Assurant agrees that, during
any period in which the members of the Fortis Group beneficially own, in the
aggregate (excluding for such purposes shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by the Fortis Group but not for its own account), shares entitled to twenty
percent (20%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the then outstanding
Common Stock, or during any period in which any member of the Fortis Group is
required to account for its investment in Assurant under the equity method of
accounting (determined in accordance with IAS 28):

         (a)      Financial Information. Assurant shall deliver to Fortis the
financial information listed on Part 2 of Schedule 3(a) hereto by such dates as
are indicated thereon.

         (b)      Risk Reporting. Assurant shall deliver to Fortis the risk
information listed on Part 2 of Schedule 3(b) hereto by such dates as are
indicated thereon.

         (c)      Compliance Reporting. Assurant shall deliver to Fortis
incident reports relating to material events consistent with past practice.

         (d)      Other Information. Assurant shall provide to Fortis such other
supplemental information and analyses as Fortis may reasonably request on behalf
of any member of the Fortis Group in order to analyze the financial information,
risk management and such other information with respect to Assurant and its
subsidiaries, provided in accordance with clauses (a), (b) or (c) above, but
only to the extent such information or analysis has otherwise been prepared by
or on behalf of Assurant, and shall permit the Fortis Designees (or members of
their staff) an opportunity to meet with management of Assurant and its
accountants in connection therewith.

         (e)      General Financial Statement Requirements. All information
provided by Assurant or any of its subsidiaries to Fortis pursuant to Sections
3.02(a), (b) and (d), shall be in the format and with the level of detail
consistent with the procedures and practices utilized by Assurant and its
subsidiaries in connection with the preparation of such financial and other
information at the time the information is provided to Fortis, with such changes

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therein as may be agreed to by Fortis and Assurant from time to time, such
agreement not to be unreasonably withheld.

         Section 3.03. Coordination, Cooperation and Access. In connection with
any Fortis Group member's preparation of its quarterly earnings releases and
quarterly financial statements, audited annual financial statements and its
Annual Reports to Shareholders (collectively the "FORTIS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"),
during any period in which the provisions of Sections 3.01 or 3.02 apply,
Assurant agrees as follows:

         (a)      Public Information and SEC Reports. (i) Assurant and each of
its subsidiaries which files information with the SEC shall send to Fortis no
later than at the time the same are delivered to the Assurant board of directors
or any committee thereof, drafts of all reports, earnings releases, notices and
proxy and information statements to be sent or made available by Assurant or any
of its subsidiaries to their security holders and all regular, periodic and
other reports filed under Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Exchange Act (including
Reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and Annual Reports to Shareholders), and,
subject to any additional obligations pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, all registration statements and prospectuses to be filed by Assurant
or any of its subsidiaries with the SEC or any securities exchange pursuant to
the listed company manual (or similar requirements) of such exchange
(collectively, "ASSURANT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS") and shall use its reasonable best
efforts to send drafts of such Assurant Public Documents to Fortis at least
three (3) business days prior to filing with the SEC. In addition, Assurant and
each of its relevant subsidiaries agree to send final copies of all Assurant
Public Documents no later than the date the same are available to Assurant.

                  (ii)     To the extent practicable and except as otherwise
         provided by clause (i) above, prior to issuance, Assurant shall send to
         Fortis, during normal business hours in Belgium and the Netherlands,
         copies of all press releases and other statements to be made available
         by Assurant or any of its subsidiaries to the public with respect to
         material adverse developments in the business of Assurant or any of its
         subsidiaries. Except as provided in clause (i) above and this clause
         (ii) and below, all other press releases shall be sent to Fortis
         concurrently with their public release.

                  (iii)    No release, report, registration, information or
         proxy statement, prospectus or other document which refers, or contains
         information with respect, to any member of the Fortis Group shall be
         filed with the SEC or otherwise made public by Assurant or any of its
         subsidiaries without the prior written consent of Fortis, which consent
         shall not be unreasonably withheld, with respect to those portions of
         such document which contain information with respect to any member of
         the Fortis Group, except as may be required by law, rule or regulation
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         cases Assurant shall notify the relevant member of the Fortis Group and
         obtain such member's consent before making such a filing with the SEC
         or otherwise making any such information public).

         (b)      Release of Information. Fortis agrees that, unless required by
law, rule or regulation or unless Assurant shall have consented thereto, no
member of the Fortis Group will publicly release any information included in the
Assurant Public Documents sent to Fortis pursuant to this Article 3 prior to the
time that Fortis publicly releases financial information of Fortis for the
relevant period. Assurant and Fortis will consult on the timing of their annual
and quarterly earnings releases and, to the extent practicable, Fortis will give
Assurant an opportunity to review the information therein relating to Assurant
and its subsidiaries and to comment thereon. In the event that any member of the
Fortis Group is required by law to publicly release information included in the
Assurant Public Documents prior to the public release of Fortis' financial
information, Fortis will give Assurant notice of such release of such
information as soon as practicable but no later than two days prior to such
release of such information.

         (c)      Coordination of Auditors' Opinions. Assurant will use its
reasonable best efforts to enable its independent certified public accountants
(the "ASSURANT AUDITORS") to complete their quarterly review and annual audit
such that they will date their report on such quarterly review or opinion on
Assurant's audited annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP
(the "ASSURANT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS") on or before the date that Fortis'
independent certified public accountants (the "FORTIS AUDITORS") date their
report or opinion on the Fortis Financial Statements, and to enable Fortis to
meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of the
Fortis Financial Statements. Assurant will instruct the Assurant Auditors to
perform the work requested by the Fortis Auditors pursuant to this Agreement and
Assurant will use its reasonable best effort to enable the Assurant Auditors to
comply with the instruction received.

         (d)      Cooperation Relating to Regulatory Filings. Each of Fortis and
Assurant will cooperate with each other in connection with the preparation,
printing, filing, and public dissemination of their respective annual and
quarterly statutory statements, their respective audited annual financial
statements, their respective Annual Reports to Shareholders, their respective
annual, quarterly and current reports under the Exchange Act, any registration
statements, prospectuses and other filings made with the SEC, Euronext
Amsterdam, Euronext Brussels, the Commission Bancaire et Financiere, the Federal
Reserve Bank, state insurance requirements or any other required regulatory
filings.

         (e)      Access to Personnel and Working Papers. Upon reasonable
notice, Assurant will authorize the Assurant Auditors to make available to the
Fortis Auditors both the personnel who performed or are performing the quarterly

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review or annual audit of Assurant and, consistent with customary professional
practice and courtesy of such auditors with respect to the furnishing of work
papers, work papers related to the quarterly review or annual audit of Assurant,
in all cases within a reasonable time after the Assurant Auditor's opinion date,
so that the Fortis Auditors are able to perform the procedures they consider
necessary to take responsibility for the work of the Assurant Auditors as it
relates to the Fortis Auditors' report on the Fortis Financial Statements, all
within sufficient time to enable Fortis to meet its timetable for the printing,
filing and public dissemination of the Fortis Financial Statements.

         (f)      Information provided to the Assurant board of directors.
Assurant agrees to deliver to Fortis, subject to Section 7.08, any information,
data or reports prepared for or provided to the Assurant board of directors or
any committee thereof; provided that any information or document provided to the
Assurant board of directors or any committee thereof protected by the
attorney-client privilege (a "PRIVILEGE") and so marked shall not be so
delivered.

         (g)      IAS Reporting Obligations. In connection with providing the
required IAS information as set forth in Schedules 3(a) Part I and 3(a) Part II
(the "Required IAS Information"), each of Assurant and Fortis agrees as follows:

                  (i)      Assurant hereby covenants and agrees to provide
         Fortis with all information that Assurant currently has with respect to
         IAS as a result of Assurant having been a part of the IAS project
         developed for the Fortis Group in anticipation of the required
         implementation of IAS by Fortis beginning in 2005;

                  (ii)     Fortis understands and agrees that Assurant may hire
         up to three consultants to prepare the Required IAS Information and
         Fortis hereby agrees to reimburse Assurant for the costs incurred in
         utilizing such consultants; provided that Fortis shall reimburse such
         expense only after approving the engagement letter for such
         consultants, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld;

                  (iii)    The required IAS Information prepared by Assurant (or
         prepared by the consultants referred to in Clause (ii) above on behalf
         of Assurant) must be audited (in connection with any annual financial
         statements or related financial information) or reviewed (in connection
         with any interim financial statements or related financial information)
         by Assurant's then independent auditors. In addition, Assurant hereby
         understands and agrees that the Required IAS Information is the
         responsibility of the management of Assurant and Assurant shall cause
         its management (including its Chief Financial Officer and Chief
         Accounting Officer) to provide its independent auditors and Fortis with
         such representation letters or other undertakings as may be required by
         Fortis in

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         connection with the preparation of its annual (audited) and interim
         (unaudited) consolidated financial statements; and

                  (iv)     Fortis hereby confirms that there will be no
         requirement on the part of Assurant that it implement or become
         familiar with the new consolidation system to be rolled out by the
         Fortis Group for the purpose of preparing IAS consolidated financial
         statements and that the reporting of the Required IAS Information by
         Assurant may be made in paper format so long as such information shall
         be in a form that will permit Fortis to input the IAS Required
         Information onto the Fortis Group's consolidation system.

         Section 3.04. Ten Percent Threshold. Assurant agrees that, during any
period in which the members of the Fortis Group beneficially own, in the
aggregate, (excluding for such purposes shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by Fortis but not for its own account) shares entitled to ten percent
(10%) but less than twenty percent (20%) of the votes entitled to be cast by the
then outstanding Common Stock, Assurant shall:

         (a)      furnish to Fortis as soon as publicly available, copies of all
financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent by Assurant in
a general mailing to all its shareholders; reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K;
final prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and

         (b)      upon reasonable notice, permit representatives of Fortis
internal audit, upon request by any Fortis Designee, to visit and inspect any of
the properties, corporate books, and financial and other records of Assurant and
its subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any such
corporations with the officers of Assurant and the Assurant Auditors, at such
reasonable times as Fortis may reasonably request.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                           RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION

         Section 4.01. General Cross Indemnification. (a) Fortis agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless Assurant and its Subsidiaries and each of the
officers, directors, employees and agents of Assurant and its Subsidiaries
against any and all costs and expenses arising out of third party claims
(including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, interest, penalties and costs
of investigation or preparation for defense), judgments, fines, losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, demands, assessments and amounts paid in settlement
(collectively, "LOSSES"), in each case, based on, arising out of, resulting from
or in connection with any claim, action, cause of action, suit, proceeding or
investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other
(collectively, "ACTIONS"), based

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on, arising out of, pertaining to or in connection with any breach by Fortis of
this Agreement.

         (b)      Assurant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each member of
the Fortis Group and each of the officers, directors, employees and agents of
each member of the Fortis Group against any and all Losses, in each case, based
on, arising out of, resulting from or in connection with any Actions, based on,
arising out of, pertaining to or in connection with (i) any breach by Assurant
or any of its Subsidiaries of this Agreement and (ii) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Filing of any
member of the Fortis Group, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, but only with respect to information, if any,
provided by Assurant or any of its Subsidiaries in writing to any member of the
Fortis Group expressly for use in such Filing and which is, or would be required
to be, included in any Filing of Assurant or any of its Subsidiaries.

         (c)      The indemnity agreement contained in Sections 4.01(a) and (b)
shall be applicable whether or not any Action or the facts or transactions
giving rise to such Action arose prior to, on or subsequent to the date of this
Agreement.

         Section 4.02. Procedure. If any Action shall be brought against any
person entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article 4 (the
"INDEMNITEES") in respect of which indemnity may be sought against Assurant,
such Indemnitee shall promptly notify Assurant, and Assurant shall assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and payment of all fees and
expenses. Such Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person
unless (i) Assurant has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (ii)
Assurant has failed to assume the defense and employ counsel, or (iii) the named
parties to an Action (including any impleaded parties) include both an
Indemnitee and Assurant and such Indemnitee shall have been advised by its
outside counsel that representation of such indemnified party and Assurant by
the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of
professional conduct (whether or not such representation by the same counsel has
been proposed) due to actual or potential differing interests between them (in
which case Assurant shall not have the right to assume the defense of such
Action on behalf of such Indemnitee). It is understood, however, that Assurant
shall, in connection with any one such Action or separate but substantially
similar or related Actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and
expenses of only one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) at any time for all such indemnified persons not having actual or
potential differing interests among themselves, and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Assurant shall not be liable
for

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any settlement of any such Action effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff in any such Action, Assurant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Indemnitee, to the extent provided in the preceding paragraph, from and
against any Losses by reason of such settlement or judgment.

         Section 4.03. Other Matters. (a) No indemnifying party shall, without
the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened Action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of
such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such Action.

         (b)      Any Losses for which an indemnified party is entitled to
indemnification or contribution under this Article 4 shall be paid by the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such Losses are incurred. The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Article 4 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made
by or on behalf of any Indemnitee, Assurant, its directors or officers, or any
person controlling Assurant, and (ii) any termination of this Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                                OTHER PROVISIONS

         Section 5.01. Insurance Maintained by Fortis. Prior to the date of
effectiveness of the IPO Registration Statement, Fortis shall use its best
efforts to continue to maintain the directors' and officers' insurance coverage
for itself and on behalf of Assurant and its Subsidiaries to the extent that
Fortis obtains and maintains such coverage on a company-wide basis and for the
benefit of the members of the Fortis Group generally. Fortis shall have no
obligation to maintain such directors' and officers' insurance coverage on
behalf of Assurant or its Subsidiaries on or after the date of effectiveness of
the IPO Registration Statement provided that it shall use its best efforts to
maintain such insurance coverage subsequent to the IPO Registration Statement
for events which have occurred prior to the date of effectiveness of the IPO
Registration Statement. Assurant shall use its best efforts to obtain directors'
and officers' insurance coverage for itself and its Subsidiaries, such coverage
to be effective on or prior to the date of effectiveness of the IPO Registration
Statement.

         Section 5.02. Vendor Purchasing Arrangements. The parties hereto agree
that all arrangements in existence as of the date hereof pursuant to which
Assurant purchases products and services (e.g., computers, telephones and
certain other services,) that are also used by members of the Fortis Group in
the United States

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(such services and products set forth in Schedule 5 hereto) shall, to the extent
permitted by the underlying vendor or supplier contract continue for their
existing term; provided, that the cost associated with such arrangements are
properly allocated (upon the mutual agreement of the parties) between Assurant
and Fortis.

         Section 5.03. Services Provided Prior to Trigger Date. Until the
Trigger Date (i) Fortis may, or may cause another member of the Fortis Group to,
continue to provide to Assurant and any Subsidiary of Assurant and (ii) Assurant
may, or may cause one or more of its Subsidiaries to, continue to provide to the
members of the Fortis Group, any and all administrative and other services
(unless otherwise specifically agreed by the parties) which have been,
consistent with past practices, provided by any member of the Fortis Group to
Assurant and/or any Subsidiary of Assurant and vice-versa, as requested by the
other party. If such services are so provided, the entity providing such
services shall be reimbursed by the user of such services for all costs, fees
and expenses incurred by such provider, on a basis that is consistent with the
past cost allocation practices of the members of the Fortis Group.

         Section 5.04. Access to Historical Records. For a period of one year
following the Trigger Date, subject to an extension of up to ten years upon the
demonstration of a legal or regulatory requirement for such extension by the
requesting party, Fortis and Assurant will retain the right to access such other
records which exist resulting from Fortis' and Assurant's relationship as
affiliates. Upon reasonable notice and at each party's own expense, Fortis (and
its authorized representatives) and Assurant (and its authorized
representatives) will be afforded access to such records at reasonable times and
during normal business hours and each party (and its authorized representatives)
will be permitted, at its own expense, to make abstracts from, or copies of, any
such records; provided, access to such records may be denied if (i) Fortis or
Assurant, as the case may be, cannot demonstrate a legitimate business need, for
the one year period following the Trigger Date, or a legal or regulatory
requirement, for the extension period described above, for such access to the
records, (ii) the information contained in the records is subject to any
applicable confidentiality commitment to a third party, (iii) a bona fide
competitive reason exists to deny such access, (iv) the records are to be used
for the initiation of, or as part of, a suit or claim against the other party,
(v) such access would serve as a waiver of any Privilege afforded to such
record, and (vi) such access will unreasonably disrupt the normal operations of
Fortis or Assurant, as the case may be.

         Section 5.05. Cosmos. For a period of one year from the Trigger Date,
(a) Assurant shall continue to update the COSMOS data base in a manner
consistent with past practice and (b) Fortis shall provide Assurant with access
to such portions of the COSMOS database relating to Assurant.

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         Section 5.06. Miscellaneous. Fortis and Assurant each agree that, to
the extent that other services provided by Fortis and Assurant to each other, or
other arrangements and practices between Fortis and Assurant, are not otherwise
specifically covered by this Agreement, Fortis and Assurant will cooperate with
each other to mutually agree on how such service, arrangement or practice shall
be discontinued and each of Fortis and Assurant agree to negotiate in good faith
to reach such mutual agreement.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                             ALLOCATION AND EXPENSES

         Section 6.01. Allocation of Costs and Expenses. (a) Assurant shall pay
(or, to the extent paid for by any member of the Fortis Group, will promptly
reimburse such member of the Fortis Group for any and all amounts so paid) all
fees, costs and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel for Assurant,
Fortis US and any Subsidiary of Assurant) incurred by Assurant, Fortis US or any
Subsidiary of Assurant in connection with the IPO and the redemption of the
Capital Securities, including, but not limited to, any and all fees, costs and
expenses related to (i) the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and of
all of the documentation related to the IPO and the redemption of the Capital
Securities, (ii) the preparation and execution or filing of any and all further
documents, agreements, forms, applications, contracts or consents associated
with the IPO and the redemption of the Capital Securities, (iii) Assurant's
organizational documents, (iv) the preparation, printing and filing of the IPO
Registration Statement and any other offering document or solicitation materials
relating to the IPO, including all fees and expenses of complying with
applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws and domestic or foreign
securities exchange rules and regulations, together with fees and expenses of
counsel retained to effect such compliance, (v) the preparation, printing and
distribution of the prospectuses for the Initial Public Offering, (vi) the
redemption of any intercompany indebtedness between Assurant and the Fortis
Group, (vii) change of company names, commercial or trade names, domain names
and product names and assignment of the rights in any trademarks and such names
(viii) the listing of the Common Stock and any other securities of Assurant on
any domestic or foreign securities exchange and (ix) the preparation (including,
but not limited to, the printing of documents) related to implementing
Assurant's employee benefit plans, retirement plans and equity-based plans as a
result of the Initial Public Offering.

         (b)      Fortis shall pay for all fees, costs and expenses incurred by
it or any member of the Fortis Group in connection with the Tender Offer,
including, but not limited to, (i) any and all fees, costs and expenses related
to the preparation and execution or filing of all documents, agreements, forms,
applications,

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contracts or consents associated with the Tender Offer, (ii) the preparation,
printing and filing of the Tender Offer, (iii) the preparation, printing and
distribution of any offering documents or solicitation materials for the Tender
Offer, and (iv) the fees and expenses of counsel in connection therewith.

         Section 6.02. Expense Reimbursement. (a) Fortis agrees to reimburse
Assurant for all costs and expenses it incurs in connection with the preparation
and filing of any reports or other documents required by the Federal Reserve
Bank in connection with Fortis Group's status as a financial holding company.
Such costs and expenses will be reimbursed upon receipt of a reasonably detailed
invoice from Assurant which itemizes the costs and expenses so incurred.

         (b)      Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and in Section
6.01, the parties hereto shall bear any costs and expenses incurred by such
party in connection with compliance with this Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         Section 7.01. Notices. All notices and other communications provided
for hereunder (except for any information and documents to be sent to Fortis by
Assurant pursuant to Article 3 hereof) shall be dated and in writing and shall
be deemed to have been given (a) when delivered, if delivered personally, sent
by confirmed telecopy or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, (b) on the next business day if sent by overnight
courier and (c) when received if delivered otherwise. Such notices shall be
delivered to the address set forth below, or to such other address as a party
shall have furnished to the other party in accordance with this Section.

         If to Fortis or any other member of the Fortis Group, to:

         Fortis                                     Fortis Insurance N.V.
         Rue Royale, 20                             Archimedeslaan 6
         1000 Brussels                              P.O. Box 2049
         Belgium                                    3500 GA Utrecht
         Attention: Gilbert Mittler        and      The Netherlands
         Phone: +32 2 510 5206                      Attention: Monica Roeling
         Fax: +32 2 510 5621                        Phone: +31 30 257 6568
                                                    Fax: +31 30 257 7835

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         If to Assurant, Inc.:

         Assurant, Inc.
         One Chase Manhattan Plaza
         New York, NY 10005
         Attention: Katherine Greenzang
                    Senior Vice President,
                    General Counsel and Secretary

         Phone: (212) 859-7021
         Fax: (212) 859-7034

         All information or documents required to be delivered or sent by
Assurant to Fortis in accordance with Article 3 hereof shall be sent by Email or
facsimile as follows, with a hard copy to be sent promptly to:

         Veronique van Ockenburg                   Christiaan Fornier
         Rue Royal 20                              Archimedeslaan 6
         1000 Brussels                      and    PO Box 2049
         Belgium                                   3500 GA Utrecht
         veronique.vanockenburg@fortis.com         The Netherlands
         Phone: +32 2 510 52 52                    christiaan.fornier@fortis.com
                                                   Phone: +31 30 257 2760

         Section 7.02. Binding Nature of Agreement. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties
hereto or their successors in interest, except as expressly otherwise provided
herein.

         Section 7.03. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the
several articles and sections of this Agreement are inserted for reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         Section 7.04. Remedies. Without limiting the rights of each party
hereto to pursue any and all other legal and equitable rights available to such
party for the other parties' failure to perform their obligations under this
Agreement, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the remedy at law for
any failure to perform their obligations hereunder would be inadequate and that
each of them, respectively, shall be entitled to specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies in the event of any such failure.

         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Assurant acknowledges
and agrees that: (a) its covenants and obligations hereunder are special, unique
and relate to matters of extraordinary importance to Fortis, that in the event
Assurant fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations under
this agreement Fortis will be irreparably harmed and that no remedy at law will
provide adequate relief to Fortis; and

         (b)      Fortis shall be entitled to a temporary restraining order and
temporary and permanent injunctive and other equitable relief in case of any
failure by Assurant to perform, observe or discharge any of its covenants or
obligations hereunder and without the necessity of proving actual damages. The
remedies provided herein shall be cumulative and shall not preclude assertion by

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any party hereto of any other rights or the seeking of any other remedies,
either legal or equitable, against any other party hereto.

         Section 7.05. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York
applicable to contracts to be performed entirely within such State.

         Section 7.06. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but both of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

         Section 7.07. Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other
respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be in any way
impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the
parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. To
the extent that any such provision is so held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, Fortis and Assurant shall in good faith use their best efforts to
find and effect an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the
same result as that contemplated by such provision.

         Section 7.08. Confidential Information. All information provided by
either party shall, except if the purpose for which such information is
furnished pursuant to this Agreement contemplates such disclosure or is for
disclosure in public documents of Assurant or the Fortis Group and except for
disclosure to the other members of the Fortis Group by Fortis, be kept strictly
confidential and, unless otherwise required by law, rule or regulation, neither
party will disclose such information in any manner whatsoever until such
information otherwise becomes generally available to the public; provided,
however, this Section 7.08 shall not apply to information relating to or
disclosed in the IPO Registration Statement filed in connection with the Initial
Public Offering or in connection with the Exchange Offer or Tender Offer or any
Registration Statement filed in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement. Information shared or provided pursuant to this Agreement
shall be used solely for reporting and risk assessment purposes. In no event
shall either party use material non-public information of the other to acquire
common stock or other publicly traded securities of the other. In addition, each
party agrees that it shall not make public any information received by it
(unless required to do so by law) except to the extent such information is
published or otherwise publicly disclosed by the party providing such
information.

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         Section 7.09. Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be
amended, modified or supplemented only by written agreement executed by the
parties hereto.

         Section 7.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules
or exhibits annexed hereto, embodies the entire agreement and understanding of
the parties hereto in respect of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. There are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties,
covenants or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to
herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

         Section 7.11. No Assignment. Except as otherwise provided for in this
Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations of any party hereto may be assigned by such party without the prior
written consent of the other parties; provided, however, that Fortis may assign
all or part of its rights or obligations hereunder to one or more other members
of the Fortis Group without the prior consent of Assurant.

         Section 7.12. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement
shall convey any rights upon any person or entity which is not a party or a
permitted assignee of a party to this Agreement.

         Section 7.13. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the
later of (x) the date on which the members of the Fortis Group no longer
beneficially own, in the aggregate (excluding for such purposes shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by Fortis but not for its own account) shares entitled
to at least ten percent (10%) of the votes entitled to be cast by the then
outstanding Common Stock and (y) the termination of the Fortis License.

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         IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties have caused this Cooperation Agreement
to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

                                     ASSURANT, INC.

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     FORTIS INSURANCE N.V.

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     FORTIS SA/NV

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     FORTIS N.V.

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

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                            SCHEDULE 2 FORTIS MARKS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                MARK                                   PERMITTED USE                             DURATION OF LICENSE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>                                       <C>
1. TRADEMARKS                               Assurant may continue to use Fortis       License expires with respect to
                                            trademarks for the purpose of             trademarks used by an Assurant
FORTIS BENEFITS ONLINE ADVANTAGE            transitioning to use of the               subsidiary with "Fortis" as part
FORTIS BENEFITS DENTALCARE                  Assurant name                             of its company, commercial or trade
FORTISWORKS                                                                           name 24 (twenty-four) months from
FORTIS BENEFITS SERVICE SOLUTIONS                                                     the date of this Agreement, subject
FORTIS BENEFITS SECURE INCOME                                                         to Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.04.
  SOLUTIONS/PLANS
FORTIS BENEFITS ULTIMATE SECURE
  INCOME SOLUTIONS/PLANS                                                              License expires with respect to
FORTIS BENEFITS ESSENTIAL INCOME                                                      trademarks used by an Assurant
  SOLUTIONS/PLANS                                                                     subsidiary NOT having "Fortis" as part
devicemark (coloured dots)                                                            of its company, commercial or trade
FORTIS (wordmark)                                                                     name 12 (twelve) months from the date
FORTIS (wordmark)                                                                     of this Agreement, subject to Section
FORTIS NEWSPOINTE                                                                     2.01(b) and Section 2.04.
FORTIS ADVANTAGE ONLINE SERVICES
FORTIS ADVANTAGE
FORTIS BENEFITS PLUS PLAN
FORTIS BENEFITS EXECU PLAN
FORTIS BENEFITS PRO PLAN
THE FORTIS BENEFITS ADVANTAGE
FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANY
SOLID PARTNERS, FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS
FORTIS INSURANCE COMPANY
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                MARK                                   PERMITTED USE                             DURATION OF LICENSE
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<S>                                         <C>                                       <C>
FORTIS HEALTH
FORTIS HEALTH FOUNDATION
FORTIS/ FORTIS HEALTH FOUNDATION
FORTISFAMILYLINK
FORTIS BENEFITS-THE BROKER'S
  INSURANCE SOLUTION COMPANY*
FORTIS BENEFITS-THE EMPLOYER'S
  INSURANCE SOLUTION COMPANY*
FORTIS GUARANTEED PAYOUTPLAN*
FORTIS INCOME PREFERRED*
FORTIS REWARDS PREFERRED VARIABLE
  ANNUITY*
FORTIS VALUE PREFERRED VARIABLE
  ANNUITY*
FORTIS ULTIMATE ANNUITY*
THE FORTIS BENEFITS EDGE*
THE FORTIS BENEFITS SOLUTIONS
  PORTFOLIO*
FORTIS CUSTOM ALLOCATION*                   *                                         *

* indicates trademarks that are listed as "dead" in the register of the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office

2. COMPANY NAMES                            Assurant may continue to use Fortis       License expires with respect to
                                            as part of company names to the extent    company names used by an Assurant
Fortis, Inc.                                and in the form that such company name    subsidiary with "Fortis" as part of
First Fortis Life Insurance Company         includes "Fortis" in the charter          its company, commercial or trade name
Fortis Family Inc.                          documents of the relevant company and     24 (twenty-four) months from the date
Fortis Legacy Place, Int.                   to the extent necessary for the purpose   of this Agreement, subject
Fortis Insurance Company                    of transitioning to use of the Assurant   to Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.04.
Fortis Benefits Insurance Company           name
                                                                                      License expires with respect to company
                                                                                      names used by an Assurant subsidiary
                                                                                      NOT having "Fortis" as part of its
                                                                                      company, commercial or trade name 12
                                                                                      (twelve) months from the date of this
                                                                                      Agreement, subject to Section 2.01(b)
                                                                                      and Section 2.04
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                MARK                                   PERMITTED USE                             DURATION OF LICENSE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>                                       <C>
3. COMMERCIAL/TRADE NAMES                   Assurant may continue to use              License expires with respect to
                                            Fortis as part of commercial              commercial or trade names used by
Fortis Preneed                              or trade names to the extent              an Assurant subsidiary with "Fortis"
Fortis Family                               necessary for the purpose of              as part of its company, commercial
Fortis Health                               transitioning to use of the               or trade name 24 (twenty-four) months
First Fortis                                Assurant name                             from the date of this Agreement,
Fortis Benefits                                                                       subject to Section 2.01(b) and
Fortis Inc. Shared Services                                                           Section 2.04.
Fortis Asset Management
                                                                                      License expires with respect to
                                                                                      commercial or trade names used by
                                                                                      an Assurant subsidiary NOT having
                                                                                      "Fortis" as part of its company,
                                                                                      commercial or trade name 12 (twelve)
                                                                                      months from the date of this Agreement,
                                                                                      subject to Section 2.01(b) and
                                                                                      Section 2.04

4.  DOMAIN NAMES                            Assurant may continue to use              License expires with respect to
                                            Fortis domain names for the               domain names used by an Assurant
www.us.fortis.com                           purpose of transitioning to               subsidiary with "Fortis" as part of
                                            Assurant domain names                     its company, commercial or trade
www.us.fortis.com                                                                     name 24 (twenty-four) months from
                                                                                      the date of this Agreement, subject
efortishealth.com                                                                     to Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.04.
fbicflex.com
ffgfeedback.com                                                                       License expires with respect to
ffgfeedback.net                                                                       domain names used by an Assurant
ffgfeedback.org                                                                       subsidiary NOT having "Fortis"
fhcpartners.net                                                                       as part of its company, commercial
firstfortis.com                                                                       or trade name 12 (twelve) months
firstfortis.net                                                                       from the date of this Agreement,
firstfortis.org                                                                       subject to Section 2.01(b) and
firstfortislifeinsurancecompany.com                                                   Section 2.04
firstfortislifeinsurancecompany.net
firstfortislifeinsurancecompany.org

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                MARK                                   PERMITTED USE                             DURATION OF LICENSE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>                                       <C>
fortis-america.com
fortis-america.net
fortis-america.org
fortis-financial.com
fortis-financial.net
fortis-financial.org
fortis-health.net
fortis-inc.com
fortis-insurance.com
fortis-insurance.net
fortis-north-america.com
fortis-north-america.net
fortis-north-america.org
fortis-northamerica.com
fortis-northamerica.net
fortis-northamerica.org
fortis-us.ca
fortis-us.com
fortis-us.net
fortis-us.org
fortis-usa.ca
fortis-usa.com
fortis-usa.net
fortis-usa.org
fortis.us
fortisadvantage.com
fortisadvantage.net
fortisadvantage.org
fortisadvantageonlineservices.com
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                MARK                                   PERMITTED USE                             DURATION OF LICENSE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>                                       <C>
fortisadvantageonlineservices.net
fortisadvantageonlineservices.org
fortisadvisors.com
fortisadvisors.net
fortisadvisors.org
fortisagent.com
fortisagents.com
fortisamerica.ca
fortisamerica.com
fortisamerica.net
fortisamerica.org
fortisbank.ca
fortisbank.us
fortisbenefitmart.com
fortisbenefits.biz
fortisbenefits.com
fortisbenefits.net
fortisbenefits.org
fortisbenefitsdental.com
fortisbenefitsnewspointe.com
fortisbenefitsonline.biz
fortisbenefitsonline.com
fortiscardja.com
fortiscards.com
fortiscardss.com
fortiscardsstm.com
fortiscardstm.com
fortiscareers.com
fortiscareers.net
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                MARK                                   PERMITTED USE                             DURATION OF LICENSE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>                                       <C>
fortiscareers.org
fortisdentalbenefits.com
fortisdentalvisionplan.com
fortisdirect.net
fortisdocsaver.com
fortisdvplan.com
fortisfamily.ca
fortisfamily.com
fortisfinancial.com
fortisfinancial.net
fortisfinancial.org
fortisfinancialinsurance.com
fortisfinancialinsurance.net
fortisfinancialinsurance.org
fortisfoundation.com
fortisfoundation.org
fortisfunds.net
fortisfunds.org
fortisgeneralagent.com
fortishealth.biz
fortishealth.com
fortishealth.info
fortishealth.tv
fortishealthagent.com
fortishealthagents.com
fortishealthdirect.com
fortishealthdirect.net
fortishealthhra.com
fortishealthhsa.com
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                MARK                                   PERMITTED USE                             DURATION OF LICENSE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>                                       <C>
fortishealthmsa.com
fortishealthonedeductible.com
fortishealthsaver.com
fortishealthsucks.com
fortishealthsucks.net
fortishealthsucks.org
fortishealthyventures.com
fortisinsurancedirect.com
fortisinsurancedirect.net
fortisinvestors.com
fortisinvestors.net
fortisinvestors.org
fortisltcsucks.com
fortismedicalcard.com
fortismedicalplus.com
fortismedicalsaver.com
fortismedplus.com
fortismedsaver.com
fortismgas.com
fortisnewspointe.com
fortisnewspointe.net
fortisnewspointe.org
fortisnorthamerica.ca
fortisnorthamerica.com
fortisnorthamerica.net
fortisnorthamerica.org
fortisplanja.com
fortisplans.com
fortisplanss.com
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
               MARK                                 PERMITTED USE                                  DURATION OF LICENSE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>                                              <C>
 fortisplanstm.com
 fortispluscard.com
 fortispreneed.com
 fortisprescriptionplan.com
 fortisrd.com
 fortisrealestate.net
 fortisrealestate.org
 fortisrxplan.com
 fortissales.com
 fortissales.net
 fortissales.org
 fortissaver.com
 fortissaverplans.com
 fortisscholarship.com
 fortisshortterm.com
 fortisstudentselect.com
 fortiswritingagent.com
 myfortis.com
 myfortis.net
 myfortis.org
 myfortisbenefits.com
 thefortiscards.com
 thefortisrxplan.com

5. PRODUCT NAMES                     Assurant may offer and sell products containing  License expires with respect to product names
                                     the Fortis name to the extent necessary for the  used by an Assurant subsidiary with "Fortis"
Same as part 1.                      purpose of transitioning to use of the Assurant  as part of its company, commercial or trade
Trademarks                           name.                                            name 24 (twenty-four) months from the date of
                                                                                      this Agreement, subject to Section 2.01(b)
                                                                                      and Section 2.04.
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
               MARK                                 PERMITTED USE                                  DURATION OF LICENSE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>                                              <C>
                                                                                      License expires with respect to product names
                                                                                      used by an Assurant subsidiary NOT having
                                                                                      "Fortis" as part of its company, commercial or
                                                                                      trade name 12 (twelve) months from the date of
                                                                                      this Agreement, Section 2.01(b) and subject to
                                                                                      Section 2.04
</TABLE>

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                       SCHEDULE 3(a) FINANCIAL INFORMATION

                   PART 1: 50% OR FULL CONSOLIDATION THRESHOLD

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED:                   CONTENT:                                 DEADLINE:
---------------------------                   --------                                 ---------
<S>                           <C>                                       <C>
2004 FAP REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS

-   quarterly internal GAAP   -   as prepared for Assurant's internal   -   within 20 Business Days of the
    accounts and management       purposes                              end of each quarter
    commentary

-   FAP quarterly reporting   -   as currently provided including       -   within 20 Business Days of the
                                  quarterly updates of forecast         end of each of the first three quarters
                                                                        and within 25 Business Days after the
                                                                        end of the fourth quarter

IAS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
BEGINNING IN 2004

-   IAS information           -   2004 opening balance sheet            -   April 23, 2004

                              -   quarterly P&L, balance sheet and      -   Q1: July 23, 2004
                                  cash flow information, level of       -   Q2: October 10, 2004
                                  detail to be provided is the same     -   Q3: December 11, 2004
                                  as under FAP and reconciliation       -   Q4: February 6, 2005
                                  of results, equity, the main          -   2005: tbd
                                  balance sheet and P&L items
                                  from FAP to IAS per quarter for
                                  2004

BUDGET INFORMATION

-   Budget                    -   Based on Assurant models,             -   By the last Business Day in the
                                  including reconciliation to FAP       first full week of November each
                                                                        year (each week beginning on a Monday)
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

                       SCHEDULE 3(a) FINANCIAL INFORMATION

                   PART 2: 20% OR EQUITY ACCOUNTING THRESHOLD

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED:                      CONTENT:                                DEADLINE:
---------------------------                      --------                                ---------
<S>                               <C>                                       <C>
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

-  quarterly internal GAAP        -   as prepared for Assurant's internal   -   within 20 Business Days of the
   accounts and management            purposes                                  end of each quarter
   commentary

-  Reconciliation from GAAP       -   only required until end of 2004       -   within 20 Business Days of the
   to FAP of shareholders                                                       end of each of the first three
   equity, net income and                                                       quarters and within 25 Business
   equity roll forward and                                                      Days after the end of the fourth
   forecast result for                                                          quarter
   whole year through 2004

-  Reconciliation from GAAP       -   required quarterly for 2004 and       -   within 20 Business Days of the
   to IFRS/IAS of shareholders        thereafter                                end of each quarter
   equity, net income and
   equity roll forward in
   IAS/IFRS and forecast for
   results for whole year

BUDGET INFORMATION

-  Budget                         -   Based on Assurant models,             -   By the last Business Day in the first
                                      including reconciliation to FAP           full week of November each year (each
                                      of shareholders equity, net income        week beginning on a Monday)
                                      and equity roll forward through
                                      2004 and to IAS thereafter
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

                         SCHEDULE 3(b) RISK INFORMATION

                   PART 1: 50% OR FULL CONSOLIDATION THRESHOLD

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED:                              DEADLINE:
       ---------------------------                              ---------

<S>                                            <C>
-   Fair Value Reporting                       -   within 5 weeks of the end of each quarter

-   Annual Risk Based Capital (RBC) data       -   within 2 months of year end

-   Quarterly Asset Reporting                  -   within 1 month of the end of each quarter

-   Bi-weekly Report on Capital Gains          -   Report through the last Business Day of
                                                   every other week due within 2 Business Days
                                                   later (each week beginning on a Monday)

</TABLE>

                   PART 2: 20% OR EQUITY ACCOUNTING THRESHOLD

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
        INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED:                             DEADLINE:
        ---------------------------                             ---------
<S>                                            <C>
-   Risk management and investment policy      -   Promptly after preparation thereof
    reports prepared for the Assurant Board
    of Directors or any Committee of the
    Board of Directors
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

                      SCHEDULE 3(c) COMPLIANCE INFORMATION

                       50% OR FULL CONSOLIDATION THRESHOLD

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED:                   CONTENT:               DEADLINE:
---------------------------                   --------               ---------
<S>                                <C>                             <C>
-   Compliance Reports             -   As currently provided to    -   No later than the
    covering period from               Fortis Compliance               last Business Day
    April 1 - March 31 each            Department                      in the first full
    year                                                               week of May (each week
                                                                       beginning on a Monday),
                                                                       unless otherwise agreed
                                                                       between the parties
</TABLE>

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                                   SCHEDULE 5

U.S. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENROLLMENTS UNDER EUROPE-HELD CONTRACTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    CONTRACT NAME:                TYPE:            TERMINATION DATE:
    --------------                ----             ----------------
<S>                             <C>                <C>
IBM Passport Advantage          Software           Evergreen
Citrix PLP                      Software           July 31, 2004
Hewlett-Packard                 Hardware           August 31, 2004
</TABLE>

EUROPEAN ENROLLMENTS UNDER U.S.-HELD CONTRACTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   CONTRACT NAME:                         TYPE:                            TERMINATION DATE:
   -------------                          ----                             ----------------
<S>                      <C>                                           <C>
Microsoft Select 5.1     Software - European companies that            June 30, 2004
                         enrolled under the U.S. Microsoft select
                         5.1 agreement are:
                         Beta Capital, S.V.B. (Spain)
                         Fortis AG (Belgium)
                         MeesPierson (CI) Ltd (Channel Islands)
                         Fortis Financial Services, LLC (NYC -
                         part of Fortis Bank)

Corporate Express        Strategic Sourcing Group ("SSG") for          May 1, 2005
                         office supplies - Fortis Clearing House
                         and Fortis Capital

Boise                    SSG for paper Fortis Clearing House           April 31, 2004
                         and Fortis Capital

UPS                      SSG - for overnight delivery - Fortis         September, 2006
                         Clearing House and Fortis Capital

FedEx                    SSG - for overnight delivery - Fortis         Evergreen
                         Clearing House and Fortis Capital

National Car Rental      SSG - car rental (to be implemented           September 1, 2004
                         soon) Fortis Clearing House and Fortis
                         Capital

AT&T                     Voice services - Fortis Financial             August 31, 2005
                         Services

Guardian Travel          SSG - travel services - Fortis Capital        Approval for Travel
                         (to be implemented soon)                      policy & permission to
                                                                       move travel to Guardian
                                                                       Travel is in NY -
                                                                       timeline to be determined
</TABLE>

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

               --------------------------------------------------

                                 ASSURANT, INC.

                          2004 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

               --------------------------------------------------

<PAGE>

                                 ASSURANT, INC.

                          2004 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

      ARTICLE 1  PURPOSE..................................................1

            1.1   General.................................................1

      ARTICLE 2  DEFINITIONS..............................................1

            2.1   Definitions.............................................1

      ARTICLE 3  TERM OF PLAN.............................................6

            3.1   Effective Date..........................................6

            3.2   Termination of Plan.....................................6

      ARTICLE 4  ADMINISTRATION...........................................6

            4.1   Committee...............................................6

            4.2   Actions and Interpretations by the Committee............7

            4.3   Authority of Committee..................................7

            4.4   Award Certificates......................................8

      ARTICLE 5  SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN...............................8

            5.1   Number of Shares........................................8

            5.2   Lapsed Awards...........................................8

            5.3   Stock Distributed.......................................9

      ARTICLE 6  ELIGIBILITY..............................................9

            6.1   General.................................................9

      ARTICLE 7  STOCK OPTIONS............................................9

            7.1   General.................................................9

            7.2   Incentive Stock Options.................................10

      ARTICLE 8  STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS................................11

            8.1   Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights......................11

      ARTICLE 9  PERFORMANCE AWARDS.......................................12

            9.1   Grant of Performance Awards.............................12

            9.2   Performance Goals.......................................12

            9.3   Right to Payment........................................12

            9.4   Other Terms.............................................12

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      ARTICLE 10  RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS.................................13

            10.1  Grant of Restricted Stock...............................13

            10.2  Issuance and Restrictions...............................13

            10.3  Forfeiture..............................................13

            10.4  Certificates for Restricted Stock.......................13

      ARTICLE 11  DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS....................................13

            11.1  Grant of Dividend Equivalents...........................13

      ARTICLE 12  STOCK OR OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS.......................13

            12.1  Grant of Stock or Other Stock-Based Awards..............13

      ARTICLE 13  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS.........................14

            13.1  Stand-Alone, Tandem, and Substitute Awards..............14

            13.2  Term of Awards..........................................14

            13.3  Form of Payment of Awards...............................14

            13.4  Limits on Transfer......................................14

            13.5  Beneficiaries...........................................14

            13.6  Stock Certificates......................................15

            13.7  Acceleration upon Death or Disability...................15

            13.8  Acceleration upon a Change of Control...................15

            13.9  Acceleration for Other Reasons..........................15

            13.10 Effect of Acceleration..................................15

            13.11 Termination of Employment...............................16

      ARTICLE 14  CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE............................16

            14.1  General.................................................16

      ARTICLE 15  AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION.................16

            15.1  Amendment, Modification and Termination.................16

            15.2  Awards Previously Granted...............................17

      ARTICLE 16  GENERAL PROVISIONS......................................17

            16.1  No Rights to Awards; Non-Uniform
                  Determinations..........................................17

            16.2  No Stockholder Rights...................................18

            16.3  Withholding.............................................18

            16.4  No Right to Continued Service...........................18

            16.5  Unfunded Status of Awards...............................18

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            16.6  Indemnification.........................................18

            16.7  Relationship to Other Benefits..........................18

            16.8  Expenses................................................19

            16.9  Titles and Headings.....................................19

            16.10 Gender and Number.......................................19

            16.11 Fractional Shares.......................................19

            16.12 Government and Other Regulations........................19

            16.13 Governing Law...........................................19

            16.14 Additional Provisions...................................19

            16.15 No Limitations on Rights of Company.....................20

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                                 ASSURANT, INC.

                          2004 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                     PURPOSE

      1.1 GENERAL. The purpose of the Assurant, Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (the "Plan") is to promote the success, and enhance the value, of Assurant,
Inc. (the "Company"), by linking the personal interests of employees, officers,
directors and consultants of the Company or any Affiliate (as defined below) to
those of Company stockholders and by providing such persons with an incentive
for outstanding performance. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility
to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the services of
employees, officers, directors and consultants upon whose judgment, interest,
and special effort the successful conduct of the Company's operation is largely
dependent. Accordingly, the Plan permits the grant of incentive awards from time
to time to selected employees, officers, directors and consultants of the
Company and its Affiliates.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                                   DEFINITIONS

      2.1 DEFINITIONS. When a word or phrase appears in this Plan with the
initial letter capitalized, and the word or phrase does not commence a sentence,
the word or phrase shall generally be given the meaning ascribed to it in this
Section or in Section 1.1 unless a clearly different meaning is required by the
context. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

            (a) "Affiliate" means (i) any Subsidiary or Parent, or (ii) an
      entity that directly or through one or more intermediaries controls, is
      controlled by or is under common control with, the Company, as determined
      by the Committee.

            (b) "Award" means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted
      Stock Award, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent Award, or Other
      Stock-Based Award, or any other right or interest relating to Stock or
      cash, granted to a Participant under the Plan.

            (c) "Award Certificate" means a written document, in such form as
      the Committee prescribes from time to time, setting forth the terms and
      conditions of an Award.

            (d)   "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company or,
      in the case of the initial approval of the Plan, the Board of
      Directors of Fortis, Inc., the predecessor of the Company.

            (e) "Cause" as a reason for a Participant's termination of
      employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment
      agreement, if any, between such Participant and the Company or an
      Affiliate, provided, however that if there is no such employment agreement
      in which such term is defined, and unless otherwise defined in the
      applicable Award Certificate, "Cause" shall mean any of the following acts
      by the Participant, as determined by the Board: gross neglect of duty,
      prolonged absence from

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      duty without the consent of the Company, intentionally engaging in any
      activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the business or other
      interests of the Company, or willful misconduct, misfeasance or
      malfeasance of duty which is reasonably determined to be detrimental to
      the Company.

            (f) "Change of Control" means and includes the occurrence of any one
      of the following events but shall specifically exclude a Public Offering:

                  (i) individuals who, on the Effective Date, constitute the
            Board of Directors of the Company (the "Incumbent Directors") cease
            for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such Board,
            provided that any person becoming a director after the Effective
            Date and whose election or nomination for election was approved by a
            vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors then on the
            Board shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no
            individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the
            Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with
            respect to the election or removal of directors ("Election Contest")
            or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by
            or on behalf of any "Person" (such term for purposes of this
            definition being as defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the 1934 Act and
            as used in Section 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act) other than
            the Board ("Proxy Contest"), including by reason of any agreement
            intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest,
            shall be deemed an Incumbent Director; or

                  (ii) any Person is or becomes a "beneficial owner" (as defined
            in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of either
            (A) 30% or more of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of
            the Company ("Company Common Stock") or (B) securities of the
            Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the
            Company's then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the
            election of directors (the "Company Voting Securities"); provided,
            however, that for purposes of this subsection (ii), the following
            acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (v) an
            acquisition directly from the Company, (w) an acquisition by the
            Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, (x) an acquisition by a
            Person who is on the Effective Date the beneficial owner, directly
            or indirectly, of 50% or more of the Company Common Stock or the
            Company Voting Securities, (y) an acquisition by any employee
            benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the
            Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or (z) an acquisition
            pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in subsection
            (iii) below); or

                  (iii) the consummation of a reorganization, merger,
            consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate
            transaction involving the Company or a Subsidiary (a
            "Reorganization"), or the sale or other disposition of all or
            substantially all of the Company's assets (a "Sale") or the
            acquisition of assets or stock of another corporation (an
            "Acquisition"), unless immediately following such Reorganization,
            Sale or Acquisition: (A) all or substantially all of the individuals
            and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the
            outstanding Company Common Stock and outstanding Company Voting
            Securities immediately prior to such Reorganization, Sale or
            Acquisition beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60%
            of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and
            the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
            entitled to vote generally in the election of directors,

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            as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such
            Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition (including, without limitation,
            a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company
            or all or substantially all of the Company's assets or stock either
            directly or through one or more subsidiaries, the "Surviving
            Corporation") in substantially the same proportions as their
            ownership, immediately prior to such Reorganization, Sale or
            Acquisition, of the outstanding Company Common Stock and the
            outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, and (B)
            no Person (other than (x) the Company or any Subsidiary of the
            Company, (y) the Surviving Corporation or its ultimate parent
            corporation, or (z) any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
            sponsored or maintained by any of the foregoing is the beneficial
            owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the total common
            stock or 30% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding
            voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving
            Corporation, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board
            of directors of the Surviving Corporation were Incumbent Directors
            at the time of the Board's approval of the execution of the initial
            agreement providing for such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition
            (any Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition which satisfies all of the
            criteria specified in (A), (B) and (C) above shall be deemed to be a
            "Non-Qualifying Transaction"); or

                  (iv)  approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
            complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

            (g) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
      time to time.

            (h) "Committee" means the committee of the Board described in
      Article 4.

            (i) "Company" means Assurant, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

            (j) "Continuous Status as a Participant" means the absence of any
      interruption or termination of service as an employee, officer, consultant
      or director of the Company or any Affiliate, as applicable; provided
      however, that for purposes of an Incentive Stock Option, or a SAR issued
      in tandem with an Incentive Stock Option, "Continuous Status as a
      Participant" means the absence of any interruption or termination of
      service as an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, as
      applicable. Continuous Status as a Participant shall not be considered
      interrupted in the case of any leave of absence authorized in writing by
      the Company prior to its commencement.

            (k) "Disability" or "Disabled" has the same meaning as provided in
      the long-term disability plan or policy maintained by the Company or if
      applicable, most recently maintained, by the Company or if applicable, an
      Affiliate, for the Participant, whether or not such Participant actually
      receives disability benefits under such plan or policy. If no long-term
      disability plan or policy was ever maintained on behalf of Participant or
      if the determination of Disability relates to an Incentive Stock Option,
      Disability means Permanent and Total Disability as defined in Section
      22(e)(3) of the Code. In the event of a dispute, the determination whether
      a Participant is Disabled will be made by the Committee and may be
      supported by the advice of a physician competent in the area to which such
      Disability relates.

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            (l) "Dividend Equivalent" means a right granted to a Participant
      under Article 11.

            (m) "Effective Date" has the meaning assigned such term in Section
      3.1.

            (n) "Eligible Participant" means an employee, officer, consultant or
      director of the Company or any Affiliate. To the extent necessary to
      preserve the employee benefits plan exemption under applicable state
      securities laws or regulations, until such time, if any, as the Company's
      common stock shall be traded on an Exchange, the term "Eligible
      Participant" shall exclude any person who is not an employee of the
      Company or an Affiliate.

            (o) "Exchange" means the New York Stock Exchange or any other
      national securities exchange or, if applicable, the Nasdaq National Market
      on which the Stock may from time to time be listed or traded.

            (p) "Fair Market Value", on any date, means (i) if the Stock is
      listed on a securities exchange or is traded over the Nasdaq National
      Market, the closing sales price on the immediately preceding date on which
      sales were reported, or (ii) if the Stock is not listed on a securities
      exchange or traded over the Nasdaq National Market, the mean between the
      bid and offered prices as quoted by Nasdaq for such immediately preceding
      trading date, provided that if it is determined that the fair market value
      is not properly reflected by such Nasdaq quotations, Fair Market Value
      will be determined by such other method as the Committee determines in
      good faith to be reasonable.

            (q) "Good Reason" has the meaning assigned such term in the
      employment agreement, if any, between a Participant and the Company or an
      Affiliate, provided, however that if there is no such employment agreement
      in which such term is defined, and unless otherwise defined in the
      applicable Award Certificate, "Good Reason" shall mean any of the
      following acts by the Company or an Affiliate without the consent of the
      Participant (in each case, other than an isolated, insubstantial and
      inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the
      Company or an Affiliate promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by
      the Participant): (i) the assignment to the Participant of duties
      materially inconsistent with, or a material diminution in, the
      Participant's position, authority, duties or responsibilities as in effect
      immediately prior to a Change of Control, (ii) a reduction by the Company
      or an Affiliate in the Participant's base salary, (iii) the Company or an
      Affiliate requiring the Participant, without his or her consent, to be
      based at any office or location more than 35 miles from the location at
      which the Participant was stationed immediately prior to a Change of
      Control, or (iv) the continuing material breach by the Company or an
      Affiliate of any employment agreement between the Participant and the
      Company or an Affiliate after the expiration of any applicable period for
      cure.

            (r) "Grant Date" means the date an Award is made by the Committee.

            (s) "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option that is intended to be
      an incentive stock option and meets the requirements of Section 422 of the
      Code or any successor provision thereto.

            (t) "Non-Employee Director" means a director of the Company who is
      not a common law employee of the Company or any Affiliate.

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            (u) "Nonstatutory Stock Option" means an Option that is not an
      Incentive Stock Option.

            (v) "Option" means a right granted to a Participant under Article 7
      of the Plan to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time
      periods. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a
      Nonstatutory Stock Option.

            (w) "Other Stock-Based Award" means a right, granted to a
      Participant under Article 12, that relates to or is valued by reference to
      Stock or other Awards relating to Stock.

            (x) "Parent" means a corporation, limited liability company,
      partnership or other entity which owns or beneficially owns a majority of
      the outstanding voting stock or voting power of the Company.
      Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option,
      Parent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(e) of the Code.

            (y) "Participant" means a person who, as an employee, officer,
      director or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate, has been granted
      an Award under the Plan; provided that in the case of the death of a
      Participant, the term "Participant" refers to a beneficiary designated
      pursuant to Section 13.5 or the legal guardian or other legal
      representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Participant
      under applicable state law and court supervision.

            (z) "Performance Award" means Performance Shares or Performance
      Units granted pursuant to Article 9.

            (aa) "Performance Share" means any right granted to a Participant
      under Article 9 to a unit to be valued by reference to a designated number
      of Shares to be paid upon achievement of such performance goals as the
      Committee establishes with regard to such Performance Share.

            (bb) "Performance Unit" means a right granted to a Participant under
      Article 9 to a unit valued by reference to a designated amount of cash or
      property other than Shares to be paid to the Participant upon achievement
      of such performance goals as the Committee establishes with regard to such
      Performance Unit.

            (cc) "Person" means any individual, entity or group, within the
      meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act.

            (dd) "Plan" means this 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended
      from time to time.

            (ee) "Public Offering" shall occur on the closing date of a public
      offering of any class or series of the Company's equity securities
      pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933
      Act.

            (ff) "Restricted Stock Award" means Stock granted to a Participant
      under Article 10 that is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of
      forfeiture.

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            (gg) "Shares" means shares of the Company's Stock. If there has been
      an adjustment or substitution pursuant to Section 14.1, the term "Shares"
      shall also include any shares of stock or other securities that are
      substituted for Shares or into which Shares are adjusted pursuant to
      Section 14.1.

            (hh) "Stock" means the $0.01 par value common stock of the Company
      and such other securities of the Company as may be substituted for Stock
      pursuant to Article 14.

            (ii) "Stock Appreciation Right" or "SAR" means a right granted to a
      Participant under Article 8 to receive a payment equal to the difference
      between the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of exercise of the
      SAR over the grant price of the SAR, all as determined pursuant to Article
      8.

            (jj) "Subsidiary" means any corporation, limited liability company,
      partnership or other entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting
      stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the
      Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock
      Option, Subsidiary shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of
      the Code.

            (kk) "1933 Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
      time to time.

            (ll) "1934 Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended from time to time.

                                    ARTICLE 3
                                  TERM OF PLAN

      3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan was adopted by the Board on October 15, 2003.
The Plan was approved by the sole stockholder of the Company on October 15,
2003. The Plan will become effective on the closing date of the initial Public
Offering of the Stock, which is anticipated to occur in 2004.

      3.2 TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Plan shall terminate on October 15, 2013,
which is ten (10) years after the date on which the Board adopted the Plan. The
termination of the Plan on such date shall not affect the validity of any Award
outstanding on the date of termination.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                                 ADMINISTRATION

      4.1. COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee appointed by
the Board (which Committee shall consist of at least two directors) or, at the
discretion of the Board from time to time, the Plan may be administered by the
Board. It is intended that at least two of the directors appointed to serve on
the Committee shall be "non-employee directors" (within the meaning of Rule
16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act)"" and that any such members of the
Committee who do not so qualify shall abstain from participating in any decision
to make or administer Awards that are made to Eligible Participants who at the
time of consideration for such Award are persons subject to the short-swing
profit rules of Section 16 of the 1934 Act. However, the mere fact that a
Committee member shall fail to qualify under the foregoing

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requirements or shall fail to abstain from such action shall not invalidate any
Award made by the Committee which Award is otherwise validly made under the
Plan. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by, and may be changed at
any time and from time to time in the discretion of, the Board. The Board may
reserve to itself any or all of the authority and responsibility of the
Committee under the Plan or may act as administrator of the Plan for any and all
purposes. To the extent the Board has reserved any authority and responsibility
or during any time that the Board is acting as administrator of the Plan, it
shall have all the powers of the Committee hereunder, and any reference herein
to the Committee (other than in this Section 4.1) shall include the Board. To
the extent any action of the Board under the Plan conflicts with actions taken
by the Committee, the actions of the Board shall control.

      4.2 ACTION AND INTERPRETATIONS BY THE COMMITTEE. For purposes of
administering the Plan, the Committee may from time to time adopt rules,
regulations, guidelines and procedures for carrying out the provisions and
purposes of the Plan and make such other determinations, not inconsistent with
the Plan, as the Committee may deem appropriate. The Committee's interpretation
of the Plan, any Awards granted under the Plan, any Award Certificate and all
decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan are
final, binding, and conclusive on all parties. Each member of the Committee is
entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information
furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any
Affiliate, the Company's or an Affiliate's independent certified public
accountants, Company counsel or any executive compensation consultant or other
professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the
Plan.

      4.3 AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE. Except as provided below, the Committee has
the exclusive power, authority and discretion to:

            (a) Grant Awards;

            (b) Designate Participants;

            (c) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each
      Participant;

            (d) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number of
      Shares to which an Award will relate;

            (e) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under
      the Plan, including but not limited to, the exercise price, grant price,
      or purchase price, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any
      schedule for lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the
      exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers thereof, based in
      each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion
      determines;

            (f) Accelerate the vesting, exercisability or lapse of restrictions
      of any outstanding Award, in accordance with Article 13, based in each
      case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion
      determines;

            (g) Determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances
      an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid
      in, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be
      canceled, forfeited, or surrendered;

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            (h) Prescribe the form of each Award Certificate, which need not be
      identical for each Participant;

            (i) Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection
      with an Award;

            (j) Establish, adopt or revise any rules, regulations, guidelines or
      procedures as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;

            (k) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be required
      under the Plan or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to
      administer the Plan;

            (l) Amend the Plan or any Award Certificate as provided herein; and

            (m) Adopt such modifications, procedures, and subplans as may be
      necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of non-U.S.
      jurisdictions in which the Company or any Affiliate may operate, in order
      to assure the viability of the benefits of Awards granted to participants
      located in such other jurisdictions and to meet the objectives of the
      Plan.

      To the extent permitted under Delaware law, the Board or the Committee may
expressly delegate to any individual or group of individuals some or all of the
Committee's authority under subsections (a) through (i) above, except that no
delegation of its duties and responsibilities may be made with respect to Awards
to Eligible Participants who are subject to the short-swing profit rules of
Section 16 of the 1934 Act. The acts of such delegates shall be treated
hereunder as acts of the Committee and such delegates shall report to the
Committee regarding the delegated duties and responsibilities.

      4.4. AWARD CERTIFICATES. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award
Certificate. Each Award Certificate shall include such provisions, not
inconsistent with the Plan, as may be specified by the Committee.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                           SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

      5.1. NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14.1
and 5.2, the aggregate number of Shares reserved and available for issuance
pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be 10,000,000.

      5.2. LAPSED AWARDS.

            (a) To the extent that an Award is canceled, terminates, expires, is
      forfeited or lapses for any reason, any unissued Shares subject to the
      Award will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted
      under the Plan.

            (b) Shares subject to Awards settled in cash will again be available
      for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.

            (c) If the exercise price of an Option is satisfied by delivering
      Shares to the Company (by either actual delivery or attestation), only the
      number of Shares issued in

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      excess of the delivery or attestation shall be considered for purposes of
      determining the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant
      to Awards granted under the Plan.

            (d) To the extent that the full number of Shares subject to an
      Option is not issued upon exercise of the Option for any reason (other
      than Shares used to satisfy an applicable tax withholding obligation),
      only the number of Shares issued and delivered upon exercise of the Option
      shall be considered for purposes of determining the number of Shares
      remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the
      Plan. Nothing in this subsection shall imply that any particular type of
      cashless exercise of an Option is permitted under the Plan, that decision
      being reserved to the Committee.

      5.3. STOCK DISTRIBUTED. Any Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may
consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Stock, treasury Stock,
or Stock purchased on the open market.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                                   ELIGIBILITY

      6.1. GENERAL. Awards may be granted only to Eligible Participants; except
that Incentive Stock Options may not be granted to Eligible Participants who are
not employees of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary as defined in Section
424(e) and (f) of the Code.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                                  STOCK OPTIONS

      7.1. GENERAL. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants
on the following terms and conditions:

            (a) EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per Share under an Option
      shall be determined by the Committee, subject to Section 7.2(a) with
      respect to an Incentive Stock Option.

            (b) TIME AND CONDITIONS OF EXERCISE. The Committee shall determine
      the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part,
      subject to Section 7.1(d). The Committee shall also determine the
      performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all
      or part of an Option may be exercised or vested. The Committee may waive
      any exercise or vesting provisions at any time in whole or in part based
      upon factors as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion so that
      the Option becomes exercisable or vested at an earlier date. The Committee
      may permit an arrangement whereby receipt of Stock upon exercise of an
      Option is delayed until a specified future date.

            (c) PAYMENT. The Committee shall determine the methods by which the
      exercise price of an Option may be paid, the form of payment, including,
      without limitation, cash, Shares, or other property (including "cashless
      exercise" arrangements), and the methods by which Shares shall be
      delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants; provided, however,
      that if Shares are used to pay the exercise price of an Option, such
      Shares must have been held by the Participant for such period of time, if
      any, as necessary to avoid variable accounting for the Option.

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            (d) EXERCISE TERM. In no event may any Option be exercisable for
      more than ten years from the Grant Date.

            (e) ADDITIONAL OPTIONS UPON EXERCISE. The Committee may, in its sole
      discretion, provide in an original Award Certificate for the automatic
      grant of a new Option to any Participant who delivers Shares as full or
      partial payment of the exercise price of the original Option. Any new
      Option granted in such a case (i) shall be for the same number of Shares
      as the Participant delivered in exercising the original Option, (ii) shall
      have an exercise price of 100% of the Fair Market Value of the surrendered
      Shares on the date of exercise of the original Option (the grant date for
      the new Option), and (iii) shall have a term equal to the unexpired term
      of the original Option.

      7.2. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. The terms of any Incentive Stock Options
granted under the Plan must comply with the following additional rules:

            (a) EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price of an Incentive Stock Option
      shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of the Grant Date.

            (b) LAPSE OF OPTION. An Incentive Stock Option shall lapse upon the
      earliest of the following circumstances; provided, however, that the
      Committee may, prior to the lapse of the Incentive Stock Option under the
      circumstances described in subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) below,
      provide in writing that the Option will extend until a later date, but if
      an Option is so extended and is exercised after the dates specified in
      subsections (3) and (4) below or more than three months after termination
      of employment for any other reason, it will automatically become a
      Nonstatutory Stock Option:

                  (1) The expiration date set forth in the Award Certificate.

                  (2) The tenth anniversary of the Grant Date.

                  (3) Three months after termination of the Participant's
            Continuous Status as a Participant for any reason other than the
            Participant's Disability, death or termination by the Company for
            Cause.

                  (4) One year after the termination of the Participant's
            Continuous Status as a Participant by reason of the Participant's
            Disability.

                  (5) One year after the termination of the Participant's death
            if the Participant dies while employed, or during the three-month
            period described in paragraph (3) or during the one-year period
            described in paragraph (4) and before the Option otherwise lapses.

                  (6) The termination of the Participant's Continuous Status as
            a Participant if such termination is for Cause.

            Unless the exercisability of the Incentive Stock Option is
      accelerated as provided in Article 13, if a Participant exercises an
      Option after termination of employment, the Option may be exercised only
      with respect to the Shares that were otherwise vested on the Participant's
      termination of employment. Upon the Participant's death, any

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      exercisable Incentive Stock Options may be exercised by the Participant's
      beneficiary, determined in accordance with Section 13.5.

            (c) INDIVIDUAL DOLLAR LIMITATION. The aggregate Fair Market Value
      (determined as of the Grant Date) of all Shares with respect to which
      Incentive Stock Options are first exercisable by a Participant in any
      calendar year may not exceed $100,000.00.

            (d) TEN PERCENT OWNERS. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted
      to any individual who, at the Grant Date, owns stock possessing more than
      ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of
      the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary unless the exercise price per
      Share of such Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share
      at the Grant Date and the Option expires no later than five years after
      the Grant Date.

            (e) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. No
      Incentive Stock Option may be granted pursuant to the Plan after the day
      immediately prior to the tenth anniversary of date the Plan was adopted by
      the Board, or the termination of the Plan, if earlier.

            (f) RIGHT TO EXERCISE. During a Participant's lifetime, an Incentive
      Stock Option may be exercised only by the Participant or, in the case of
      the Participant's Disability, by the Participant's guardian or legal
      representative.

            (g) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES. The Committee may not grant an Incentive
      Stock Option to a person who is not at the Grant Date an employee of the
      Company or a Parent or Subsidiary.

                                    ARTICLE 8
                            STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

      8.1. GRANT OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The Committee is authorized to
grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants on the following terms and
conditions:

            (a) RIGHT TO PAYMENT. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation
      Right, the Participant to whom it is granted has the right to receive the
      excess, if any, of:

                  (1) The Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of
            exercise; over

                  (2) The grant price of the Stock Appreciation Right as
            determined by the Committee, which shall not be less than the Fair
            Market Value of one Share on the Grant Date in the case of any Stock
            Appreciation Right related to an Incentive Stock Option.

            (b) OTHER TERMS. All awards of Stock Appreciation Rights shall be
      evidenced by an Award Certificate. The terms, methods of exercise, methods
      of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, and any other
      terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined
      by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award and shall be
      reflected in the Award Certificate.

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                                    ARTICLE 9
                               PERFORMANCE AWARDS

      9.1. GRANT OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. The Committee is authorized to grant
Performance Shares or Performance Units to Participants on such terms and
conditions as may be selected by the Committee. The Committee shall have the
complete discretion to determine the number of Performance Shares or Performance
Units granted to each Participant and to designate the provisions of such
Performance Awards as provided in Section 4.3.

      9.2. PERFORMANCE GOALS. The Committee may establish performance goals for
Performance Awards which may be based on any criteria selected by the Committee.
Such performance goals may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or
in terms of objectives that relate to the performance of an Affiliate or a
division, region, department or function within the Company or an Affiliate. If
the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate
structure or capital structure of the Company or the manner in which the Company
or an Affiliate conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render
performance goals to be unsuitable, the Committee may modify such performance
goals in whole or in part, as the Committee deems appropriate. If a Participant
is promoted, demoted or transferred to a different business unit or function
during a performance period, the Committee may determine that the performance
goals or performance period are no longer appropriate and may (i) adjust, change
or eliminate the performance goals or the applicable performance period as it
deems appropriate to make such goals and period comparable to the initial goals
and period, or (ii) make a cash payment to the participant in amount determined
by the Committee.

      9.3. RIGHT TO PAYMENT. The grant of a Performance Share to a Participant
will entitle the Participant to receive at a specified later time a specified
number of Shares, or the equivalent cash value, if the performance goals
established by the Committee are achieved and the other terms and conditions
thereof are satisfied. The grant of a Performance Unit to a Participant will
entitle the Participant to receive at a specified later time a specified dollar
value in cash or other property, including Shares, variable under conditions
specified in the Award, if the performance goals in the Award are achieved and
the other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied. The Committee shall set
performance goals and other terms or conditions to payment of the Performance
Awards in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met,
will determine the number and value of the Performance Awards that will be paid
to the Participant.

      9.4. OTHER TERMS. Performance Awards may be payable in cash, Stock, or
other property, and have such other terms and conditions as determined by the
Committee and reflected in the Award Certificate. For purposes of determining
the number of Shares to be used in payment of a Performance Award denominated in
cash but payable in whole or in part in Shares or Restricted Stock, the number
of Shares to be so paid will be determined by dividing the cash value of the
Award to be so paid by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of
determination by the Committee of the amount of the payment under the Award, or,
if the Committee so directs, the date immediately preceding the date the Award
is paid.

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                                   ARTICLE 10

                             RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

      10.1. GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK. The Committee is authorized to make
Awards of Restricted Stock to Participants in such amounts and subject to such
terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee.

      10.2. ISSUANCE AND RESTRICTIONS. Restricted Stock shall be subject to such
restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Committee may
impose (including, without limitation, limitations on the right to vote
Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock).
These restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under
such circumstances, in such installments, upon the satisfaction of performance
goals or otherwise, as the Committee determines at the time of the grant of the
Award or thereafter. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Certificate, the
Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the
Restricted Stock.

      10.3. FORFEITURE. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the
time of the grant of the Award or thereafter, upon termination of Continuous
Status as a Participant during the applicable restriction period or upon failure
to satisfy a performance goal during the applicable restriction period,
Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to restrictions shall be
forfeited; provided, however, that the Committee may provide in any Award
Certificate that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted
Stock will be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting
from specified causes, and the Committee may in other cases waive in whole or in
part restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock.

      10.4. CERTIFICATES FOR RESTRICTED STOCK. An Award of Restricted Stock
shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate setting forth the terms, conditions,
and restrictions applicable to share of Restricted Stock. Shares of Restricted
Stock shall be delivered to the Participant at the time of grant either by
book-entry registration or by delivering to the Participant, or a custodian or
escrow agent (including, without limitation, the Company or one or more of its
employees) designated by the Committee, a stock certificate or certificates
registered in the name of the Participant. If physical certificates representing
shares of Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, such
certificates must bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions,
and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

                                   ARTICLE 11
                              DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS

      11.1 GRANT OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. The Committee is authorized to grant
Dividend Equivalents to Participants subject to such terms and conditions as may
be selected by the Committee. Dividend Equivalents shall entitle the Participant
to receive payments equal to dividends with respect to all or a portion of the
number of Shares of Stock subject to an Award, as determined by the Committee.
The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents be paid or distributed when
accrued or be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares of Stock, or
otherwise reinvested.

                                   ARTICLE 12
                        STOCK OR OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS

      12.1. GRANT OF STOCK OR OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. The Committee is
authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to
Participants such other

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Awards that are payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or
otherwise based on or related to Shares, as deemed by the Committee to be
consistent with the purposes of the Plan, including without limitation Shares
awarded purely as a "bonus" and not subject to any restrictions or conditions,
convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or
exchangeable into Shares, and Awards valued by reference to book value of Shares
or the value of securities of or the performance of specified Parents or
Subsidiaries. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such
Awards.

                                   ARTICLE 13
                         PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS

      13.1. STAND-ALONE, TANDEM, AND SUBSTITUTE AWARDS. Awards granted under the
Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in
addition to, in tandem with, or (subject to Section 15.2(c)) in substitution
for, any other Award granted under the Plan. If an Award is granted in
substitution for another Award, the Committee may require the surrender of such
other Award in consideration of the grant of the new Award. Awards granted in
addition to or in tandem with other Awards may be granted either at the same
time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards.

      13.2. TERM OF AWARD. The term of each Award shall be for the period as
determined by the Committee, provided that in no event shall the term of any
Incentive Stock Option or a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with the
Incentive Stock Option exceed a period of ten years from its Grant Date (or, if
Section 7.2(d) applies, five years from its Grant Date).

      13.3. FORM OF PAYMENT FOR AWARDS. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any
applicable law or Award Certificate, payments or transfers to be made by the
Company or an Affiliate on the grant or exercise of an Award may be made in such
form as the Committee determines at or after the Grant Date, including without
limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, or any combination,
and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a
deferred basis, in each case determined in accordance with rules adopted by, and
at the discretion of, the Committee.

      13.4. LIMITS ON TRANSFER. No right or interest of a Participant in any
unexercised or restricted Award may be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to
or in favor of any party other than the Company or an Affiliate, or shall be
subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant to any other
party other than the Company or an Affiliate. No unexercised or restricted Award
shall be assignable or transferable by a Participant other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution or, except in the case of an Incentive Stock
Option, pursuant to a domestic relations order that would satisfy Section
414(p)(1)(A) of the Code if such Section applied to an Award under the Plan;
provided, however, that the Committee may (but need not) permit other transfers
where the Committee concludes that such transferability (i) does not result in
accelerated taxation, (ii) does not cause any Option intended to be an Incentive
Stock Option to fail to be described in Code Section 422(b), and (iii) is
otherwise appropriate and desirable, taking into account any factors deemed
relevant, including without limitation, state or federal tax or securities laws
applicable to transferable Awards.

      13.5 BENEFICIARIES. Notwithstanding Section 13.4, a Participant may, in
the manner determined by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to exercise the
rights of the Participant and to receive any distribution with respect to any
Award upon the Participant's death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal
representative, or other person claiming any rights under the

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Plan is subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award
Certificate applicable to the Participant, except to the extent the Plan and
Award Certificate otherwise provide, and to any additional restrictions deemed
necessary or appropriate by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated
or survives the Participant, payment shall be made to the Participant's estate.
Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by
a Participant at any time provided the change or revocation is filed with the
Committee.

      13.6. STOCK CERTIFICATES. All Stock issuable under the Plan is subject to
any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary
or advisable to comply with federal or state securities laws, rules and
regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted, or traded. The Committee
may place legends on any Stock certificate or issue instructions to the transfer
agent to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock.

      13.7 ACCELERATION UPON DEATH OR DISABILITY. Except as otherwise provided
in the Award Certificate or special plan document governing an Award, upon the
Participant's death or Disability during his or her Continuous Status as a
Participant, all of such Participant's outstanding Options, SARs, and other
Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully
exercisable and all restrictions on his or her outstanding Awards shall lapse.
Any exercisable Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the
other provisions of the Plan and the Award Certificate or special plan document
governing the Award. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock
Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Section 7.2(c), the excess
Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.

      13.8. ACCELERATION UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL. Except as otherwise provided
in the Award Certificate or special plan document governing an Award, all of a
Participant's outstanding Options, SARs and other Awards in the nature of rights
that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable and all restrictions on his
or her outstanding Awards shall lapse if the Participant's employment is
terminated without Cause or the Participant resigns for Good Reason within two
years after the effective date of a Change of Control.

      13.9. ACCELERATION FOR OTHER REASONS. Regardless of whether an event has
occurred as described in Section 13.7 or 13.8 above, the Committee may in its
sole discretion at any time determine that all or a portion of a Participant's
Options, SARs and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised
shall become fully or partially exercisable, and/or that all or a part of the
restrictions on all or a portion of a Participant's outstanding Awards shall
lapse, in each case, as of such date as the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, declare. The Committee may discriminate among Participants and among
Awards granted to a Participant in exercising its discretion pursuant to this
Section 13.9.

      13.10 EFFECT OF ACCELERATION. If an Award is accelerated under Section
13.8 or Section 13.9, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide (i)
that the Award will expire after a designated period of time after such
acceleration to the extent not then exercised, (ii) that the Award will be
settled in cash rather than Stock, (iii) that the Award will be assumed by
another party to a transaction giving rise to the acceleration or otherwise be
equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, (iv)
that the Award may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to
the excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a specified
date associated with the transaction, over the exercise price of the Award, or
(v) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee's determination need not be
uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not such
Participants are similarly situated. To

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the extent that such acceleration causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the
dollar limitation set forth in Section 7.2(c), the excess Options shall be
deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.

      13.11 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Whether military, government or other
service or other leave of absence shall constitute a termination of employment
shall be determined in each case by the Committee at its discretion, and any
determination by the Committee shall be final and conclusive. A Participant's
Continuous Status as a Participant shall not be deemed to terminate (i) in a
circumstance in which a Participant transfers from the Company to an Affiliate,
transfers from an Affiliate to the Company, or transfers from one Affiliate to
another Affiliate, or (ii) in the discretion of the Committee as specified at or
prior to such occurrence, in the case of a spin-off, sale or disposition of the
Participant's employer from the Company or any Affiliate. To the extent that
this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to extend beyond three months from
the date a Participant is deemed to be an employee of the Company, a Parent or
Subsidiary for purposes of Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Code, the Options
held by such Participant shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.

                                   ARTICLE 14
                          CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

      14.1. GENERAL. In the event of a corporate event or transaction involving
the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split,
extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares), the
authorization limits under Section 5.1 shall be adjusted proportionately, and
the Committee may adjust Awards to preserve the benefits or potential benefits
of the Awards. Action by the Committee may include: (i) adjustment of the number
and kind of shares which may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the
number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) adjustment of the
exercise price of outstanding Awards or the measure to be used to determine the
amount of the benefit payable on an Award; and (iv) any other adjustments that
the Committee determines to be equitable. In addition, the Committee may, in its
sole discretion, provide (i) that Awards will be settled in cash rather than
Stock, (ii) that Awards will become immediately vested and exercisable and will
expire after a designated period of time to the extent not then exercised, (iii)
that Awards will be assumed by another party to a transaction or otherwise be
equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, (iv)
that outstanding Awards may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents
equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a
specified date associated with the transaction, over the exercise price of the
Award, or (v) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee's determination
need not be uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or
not such Participants are similarly situated. Without limiting the foregoing, in
the event of a subdivision of the outstanding Stock (stock-split), a declaration
of a dividend payable in Shares, or a combination or consolidation of the
outstanding Stock into a lesser number of Shares, the authorization limits under
Section 5.1 shall automatically be adjusted proportionately, and the Shares then
subject to each Award shall automatically be adjusted proportionately without
any change in the aggregate purchase price therefor.

                                   ARTICLE 15
                     AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION

      15.1. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION. The Board or the Committee
may, at any time and from time to time, amend, modify or terminate the Plan
without stockholder approval; provided, however, that if an amendment to the
Plan would, in the reasonable opinion of the Board or the Committee, (i)
materially increase the number of Shares available under

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the Plan, (ii) expand the types of awards available under the Plan, (iii)
materially extend the term of the Plan, or (iv) otherwise constitute a material
change requiring stockholder approval under applicable laws, policies or
regulations or the applicable listing or other requirements of an Exchange, then
such amendment shall be subject to stockholder approval; and provided further,
that the Board or Committee may condition any other amendment or modification on
the approval of stockholders of the Company for any reason, including by reason
of such approval being necessary or deemed advisable to (i) permit Awards made
hereunder to be exempt from liability under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, (ii)
to comply with the listing or other requirements of an Exchange, or (iii) to
satisfy any other tax, securities or other applicable laws, policies or
regulations.

      15.2. AWARDS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED. At any time and from time to time, the
Committee may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award without approval
of the Participant; provided, however:

            (a) Subject to the terms of the applicable Award Certificate, such
      amendment, modification or termination shall not, without the
      Participant's consent, reduce or diminish the value of such Award
      determined as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or
      otherwise settled on the date of such amendment or termination (with the
      per-share value of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right for this purpose
      being calculated as the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value as of the
      date of such amendment or termination over the exercise or base price of
      such Award);

            (b) The original term of an Option may not be extended without the
      prior approval of the stockholders of the Company;

            (c) Except as otherwise provided in Article 14, the exercise price
      of an Option may not be reduced, directly or indirectly, without the prior
      approval of the stockholders of the Company; and

            (d) No termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall
      adversely affect any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the
      written consent of the Participant affected thereby. An outstanding Award
      shall not be deemed to be "adversely affected" by a Plan amendment if such
      amendment would not reduce or diminish the value of such Award determined
      as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled
      on the date of such amendment (with the per-share value of an Option or
      Stock Appreciation Right for this purpose being calculated as the excess,
      if any, of the Fair Market Value as of the date of such amendment over the
      exercise or base price of such Award).

                                   ARTICLE 16
                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

      16.1. NO RIGHTS TO AWARDS; NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATIONS. No Participant or
any Eligible Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the
Plan. Neither the Company, its Affiliates nor the Committee is obligated to
treat Participants or Eligible Participants uniformly, and determinations made
under the Plan may be made by the Committee selectively among Eligible
Participants who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or not
such Eligible Participants are similarly situated).

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      16.2. NO STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. No Award gives a Participant any of the
rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until Shares are in fact
issued to such person in connection with such Award.

      16.3. WITHHOLDING. The Company or any Affiliate shall have the authority
and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the
Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes
(including the Participant's FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld
with respect to any exercise, lapse of restriction or other taxable event
arising as a result of the Plan. If Shares are surrendered to the Company to
satisfy withholding obligations in excess of the minimum withholding obligation,
such Shares must have been held by the Participant as fully vested shares for
such period of time, if any, as necessary to avoid variable accounting for the
Award. With respect to withholding required upon any taxable event under the
Plan, the Committee may, at the time the Award is granted or thereafter, require
or permit that any such withholding requirement be satisfied, in whole or in
part, by withholding from the Award Shares having a Fair Market Value on the
date of withholding equal to the minimum amount (and not any greater amount)
required to be withheld for tax purposes, all in accordance with such procedures
as the Committee establishes.

      16.4. NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED SERVICE. Nothing in the Plan, any Award
Certificate or any other document or statement made with respect to the Plan,
shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any
Affiliate to terminate any Participant's employment or status as an officer,
director or consultant at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to
continue as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any
Affiliate, whether for the duration of a Participant's Award or otherwise.

      16.5. UNFUNDED STATUS OF AWARDS. The Plan is intended to be an "unfunded"
plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not
yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or
any Award Certificate shall give the Participant any rights that are greater
than those of a general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate.

      16.6. INDEMNIFICATION. To the extent allowable under applicable law, each
member of the Committee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company
from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including, but not limited to,
attorneys fees) that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such member
in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to
which such member may be a party or in which he may be involved by reason of any
action or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts
paid by such member in satisfaction of judgment in such action, suit, or
proceeding against him provided he gives the Company an opportunity, at its own
expense, to handle and defend the same before he undertakes to handle and defend
it on his own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be
exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be
entitled under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter
of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them
or hold them harmless.

      16.7. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BENEFITS. No payment under the Plan shall be
taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement,
savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or benefit plan of the Company
or any Affiliate unless provided otherwise in such other plan.

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      16.8. EXPENSES. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by
the Company and its Affiliates.

      16.9. TITLES AND HEADINGS. The titles and headings of the Sections in the
Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict,
the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.

      16.10 GENDER AND NUMBER. Except where otherwise indicated by the context,
any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall
include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

      16.11 FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional Shares shall be issued and the
Committee shall determine, in its discretion, whether cash shall be given in
lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares shall be eliminated
by rounding up or down.

      16.12 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS.

            (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no Participant
      who acquires Shares pursuant to the Plan may, during any period of time
      that such Participant is an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning
      of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      under the 1933 Act), sell such Shares, unless such offer and sale is made
      (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act,
      which is current and includes the Shares to be sold, or (ii) pursuant to
      an appropriate exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933
      Act, such as that set forth in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act.

            (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if at any time
      the Committee shall determine that the registration, listing or
      qualification of the Shares covered by an Award upon any Exchange or under
      any foreign, federal, state or local law or practice, or the consent or
      approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as
      a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Award or the
      purchase or receipt of Shares thereunder, no Shares may be purchased,
      delivered or received pursuant to such Award unless and until such
      registration, listing, qualification, consent or approval shall have been
      effected or obtained free of any condition not acceptable to the
      Committee. Any Participant receiving or purchasing Shares pursuant to an
      Award shall make such representations and agreements and furnish such
      information as the Committee may request to assure compliance with the
      foregoing or any other applicable legal requirements. The Company shall
      not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for
      Shares under the Plan prior to the Committee's determination that all
      related requirements have been fulfilled. The Company shall in no event be
      obligated to register any securities pursuant to the 1933 Act or
      applicable state or foreign law or to take any other action in order to
      cause the issuance and delivery of such certificates to comply with any
      such law, regulation or requirement.

      16.13 GOVERNING LAW. To the extent not governed by federal law, the Plan
and all Award Certificates shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of Delaware.

      16.14 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. Each Award Certificate may contain such other
terms and conditions as the Committee may determine; provided that such other
terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

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      16.15 NO LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS OF COMPANY. The grant of any Award shall
not in any way affect the right or power of the Company to make adjustments,
reclassification or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its
business or assets. The Plan shall not restrict the authority of the Company,
for proper corporate purposes, to draft or assume awards, other than under the
Plan, to or with respect to any person. If the Committee so directs, the Company
may issue or transfer Shares to an Affiliate, for such lawful consideration as
the Committee may specify, upon the condition or understanding that the
Affiliate will transfer such Shares to a Participant in accordance with the
terms of an Award granted to such Participant and specified by the Committee
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.

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      The foregoing is hereby acknowledged as being the Assurant, Inc. 2004
Long-Term Incentive Plan as adopted by the Board on October 15, 2003 and
approved by the sole stockholder on October 15, 2003.

                                    By:   /s/ Robert Haertel
                                       ---------------------------------
                                    Its:  Senior Vice President

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