Latest AFG Headlines
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People Moves: Great American Insurance Group Promotes Gambrell to Divisional President, Excess Liability
Nov 19 2024 // Todd Gambrell Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, promoted Todd D. Gambrell to divisional president, excess liability, effective Jan.1, 2025. Gambrell will succeed John V. Bracca, who will retire...
Amwins Program Underwriters Forms New Carrier Relationship with Great American Insurance Group
Jun 20 2024 // CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 3, 2024) – Amwins Program Underwriters (APU), part of Amwins’ Underwriting division, announced a new carrier relationship with Great American Insurance Group, whose lead insurer, Great...
American Financial Group Names Berding President
Jun 27 2023 // American Financial Group, Inc. said John B. Berding has been elected president of AFG, effective immediately. Berding will continue to serve as president of American Money Management Corporation (AMMC), AFG’s...
American Financial Group to Acquire Crop Risk Services From AIG for $240M
May 3 2023 // American Financial Group Inc. and American International Group announced they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby AFG will purchase Crop Risk Services (CRS) from AIG. Under the terms of the transaction, AFG...
Dee Promoted to Asst. VP, Controller at American Financial Group in Ohio
Jan 8 2021 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group Inc. has promoted Robert (Bob) A. Dee to assistant vice president and controller. Dee joined AFG in 1985 and has held positions of increasing responsibility within the...
American Financial Group Agrees to Sell Run-Off Lloyd’s Insurer Neon to RiverStone
Sep 28 2020 // American Financial Group Inc. announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell GAI Holding Bermuda and its subsidiaries, comprising the legal entities that own its Lloyd’s of London insurer, Neon, to...
American Financial Group Promotes Hertzman to Sr. VP, CFO
Sep 1 2020 // American Financial Group Inc., headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Brian S. Hertzman to senior vice president and chief financial officer. Hertzman joined AFG in 1991 and has held positions of increasing...
American Financial Group Promotes Weidner to VP
Jul 24 2020 // American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Diane P. Weidner to vice president. Weidner joined AFG in 1987 and has held positions of increasing responsibility across the company over her 33-year...
Great American Insurance Group’s Stoik Joins Texas-Based Overhaul
Jul 15 2020 // Overhaul, an Austin, Texas-based supply chain visibility and risk management technology provider, has added former senior vice president of Great American Insurance Group, Lloyd J. “Pat” Stoik as chief risk...
Consolino Resigns as Executive VP, CFO at American Financial Group
Jun 12 2020 // Joseph E. (Jeff) Consolino has resigned from his position of executive vice president and CFO at Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group Inc., the company said. Effective June 12, Consolino leaves AFG to pursue...
Great American Group Promotes Smith to Trucking Division President
Jun 10 2020 // Great American Insurance Group in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Randal M. Smith to divisional president within its Trucking Division. Smith first joined Great American in 1992. After leaving the company to co-founded,...
Great American Insurance Group Hires Lewis as Divisional Vice President
May 18 2020 // Great American Insurance Group has hired Gordon M. Lewis as a divisional vice president within its Ocean Marine division. Lewis has more than 28 years of experience in numerous lines of business within the marine insurance...
Bearley Promoted at Great American Insurance Group in Ohio
Apr 8 2020 // Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Kenneth (Ken) R. Bearley to divisional executive vice president within its Bond Division. Bearley joined Great American in 1994 as an...
American Financial Group Decides to Exit Lloyd’s, Putting Neon into Run-off
Jan 7 2020 // American Financial Group (AFG) disclosed it will exit the Lloyd’s of London insurance marketplace in 2020, which it joined in 2008 through an acquisition. AFG will place its Lloyd’s subsidiaries including its...
Gordon, Reynolds Promoted Within Great American’s Property/Casualty Group
Nov 27 2019 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Roy Reynolds to divisional president and Garry Gordon to divisional senior vice president within its Property & Casualty Group, Mergers &...
American Financial Group Names Pater Asst. VP – Internal Audit
Dec 18 2018 // American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) appointed Jerome (Jerry) P. Pater as assistant vice president – Internal Audit for the Cincinnati, Ohio-based company and its subsidiaries. Pater joined AFG in 2003 as audit director...
American Financial Group Hires Dunn as VP, Internal Audit
Nov 20 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) has hired Anthony W. Dunn as vice president, overseeing the internal audit function for the company and its subsidiaries. Dunn has 20 years of experience in the...
Business Moves
Nov 5 2018 // Hays Cos., Brown & Brown Brown & Brown Inc. has agreed to acquire the assets of the Hays Companies insurance operations. The deal for the Minnesota-based insurance broker with $200 million in revenue marks the...
American Financial Group to Acquire ABA Insurance Services
Oct 15 2018 // American Financial Group Inc., based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is acquiring ABA Insurance Services Inc. (ABAIS) from American Bankers Mutual Insurance Ltd. (ABMI). Based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, ABAIS provides directors and...
Chubb’s Kelder Named Divisional VP of Great American Insurance Group
May 14 2018 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has hired Greg A. Kelder as divisional vice president of its Environmental Division. Kelder will manage the Division’s claims department and serve as a...
