1994 headquarters nashville tennessee united states area served worldwide key people kevin taweel ceo products insurance number of employees 17 000 website asurion.com asurion llc is a privately held company based in nashville tennessee 1 that provides device protection and support services for smartphones tablets consumer electronics appliances satellite receivers and jewelry . the company operates in 14 countries and has 49 offices worldwide with 17 000 employees serving 280 million consumers . 2 contents 1 history 2 services 3 mergers and acquisitions 4 criticism 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1995 stanford graduates kevin taweel and jim ellis used a search fund to acquire the houston based roadside assistance company road rescue . 3 the roadside assistance service was sold through local wireless carriers . four years later they purchased nashville based merrimac group which was offering specialty insurance to cover cellphones . 3 the company began expanding its operations globally in 2003 with an expansion into asia followed by expansions into europe 2008 and australia 2013 . 4 the company expanded into latin america in 2014 with a partnership with america movil . in 2006 asurion became the first company to offer a full 50 state compliant accidental damage from handling adh product to retailers . 2 the company s products services and clients have expanded since founding due in part to acquisitions . 5 with the acquisition of lumitrend and soluto the company expanded its product portfolio to support the connected home and a consumers connected life . 6 services edit the company s insurance plans are sold through mobile phone carriers direct broadcast satellite service providers and retailers such as at & t verizon wireless sprint t mobile ntt docomo . asurion s extended warranty plans are sold through major retailer such as directv walmart amazon costco and target . the company was recognized by the consumer electronics association in 2015 with a ces innovation award for its support and protection apps that combine live support and instant notifications to keep devices running and mobile secure . 7 asurion offers a phone application that allows a user to run virus scans on your mobile device . asurion s tech coach services has the ability to remote control a user s desktop or android phone . mergers and acquisitions edit 1995 road rescue 2 1999 the merrimac group 2 2006 lock line 5 2006 lumitrend 6 2006 warranty corporation of america waca 8 2008 national electronics warranty new customer service company 9 2013 soluto 10 criticism edit references edit asurion to grow in nashville . the commercial appeal . december 17 2010 . retrieved 24 june 2014 . a b c d as mobile use climbs asurion grows . the tennessean . september 25 2014 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . a b paying entrepreneurs to find the right business . new york times . march 11 2009 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . asurion australia invest 30m to create 300 jobs . zdnet . june 3 2014 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . a b asurion completes lock line deal . nashville business journal . january 3 2006 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . a b asurion wraps up deal for lumitrend . nashville business journal . june 21 2006 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . jerusalem start up wins top tech prize for robo printer . the times of israel . january 9 2015 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . asurion plans big new atlanta software . atlanta business journal . december 16 2011 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . n.e.w. merges with asurion . private equity hub . may 23 2008 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . cloud based device management startup soluto acquired by device insurer asurion . techcrunch . october 30 2013 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title asurion & oldid 741301886 categories companies based in nashville tennesseeprivate equity portfolio companiesprivately held companies based in tennesseemadison dearborn partners companiesprovidence equity partners companiesinsurance companies1994 establishments in the united stateshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 16 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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