FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Leathers Eric W 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/31/2018 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ASSURANT INC [AIZ] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TPG GLOBAL, LLC, 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) FORT WORTH, TX 76102 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) No securities beneficially owned (1) (2) 0 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Leathers Eric W C/O TPG GLOBAL, LLC 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 FORT WORTH, TX 76102	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Adam Fliss on behalf of Eric W. Leathers (3)		06/08/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Eric W. Leathers is a TPG Senior Advisor. TPG is affiliated with each of (i) TPG VI Wolverine, LP ("TPG VI Wolverine"), which directly holds 4,697,702 shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock") of Assurant, Inc. (the "Issuer"), and (ii) TPG VI Wolverine Co-Invest, LP ("TPG VI Wolverine Co-Invest" and, together with TPG VI Wolverine, the "TPG Funds"), which directly holds 5,371,528 shares of Common Stock.
(2)	Mr. Leathers disclaims beneficial ownership of all of the securities that are or may be beneficially owned by the TPG Funds or any of their affiliates. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), this filing shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Leathers is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any equity securities of the Issuer for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise.
  Remarks: (3) Adam Fliss is signing on behalf of Mr. Leathers pursuant to the authorization and designation letter dated May 11, 2018, which is attached here as an exhibit.

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