Latest AFG Headlines
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Great American Insurance Group Launches Professional Liability Division
Apr 2 2013 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced the launch of a new professional liability division. This division will offer errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance coverage for non-medical...
Erhart Promoted to Corporate VP at Great American Insurance Group
Mar 26 2013 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Sue Erhart to corporate vice president of its property and casualty operations. Erhart joined Great American’s legal department in 2010. Prior...
People – Midwest
Apr 16 2012 // Jeff Menary has been named as vice president of direct underwriting and production at Iowa-based Grinnell Mutual. During Menary’s 32-year career at Grinnell Mutual he has served in a variety of roles including...
Louisiana Man Wins Great American Insurance Group’s “Big Rig”
Apr 10 2012 // A trucking company service manager from the New Orleans, La.-area has won a customized Peterbilt “big rig” in Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s annual giveaway. Todd Turner’s first trip to...
Great American Insurance Group Opens Regional Office in New York
Apr 3 2012 // Great American Insurance Group’s environmental division opened a regional office in New York City. The expansion complements the environmental division’s home office located in Plymouth Meeting, Penn., and its...
Organizational Changes for Ohio’s American Financial Group
Mar 22 2012 // American Financial Group, an insurance holding company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio announced the promotions of Vito C. Peraino and Michelle “Shelly” A. Gillis. The company also announced that James E....
Berger, Hoboth Promoted at Great American Insurance Group
Mar 21 2012 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, recently promoted Sarah Berger and Stephanie Hoboth. Berger is now divisional vice president of Great American’s alternative markets division; Hoboth was...
American Financial Group Founder, Carl Lindner Jr., Passes
Oct 20 2011 // Carl Lindner Jr., chairman of Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group, died on Oct. 17, 2011, at age 92. Lindner was surrounded by his wife, sons and other family members when he died of causes related to age, his...
Great American Insurance Named ‘Healthiest Company,” Top Workplace
Jun 30 2010 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has been recognized as one of the “Healthiest Companies in America” and one of Cincinnati’s 2010 Top Workplaces. For the second consecutive year,...
Great American Insurance Group Promotes Bull and Lonneman
May 27 2010 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Kirk A. Bull and Mark R. Lonneman. Bull was promoted to divisional president of the Great American Custom Division. Bull has served as divisional...
People
May 3 2010 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Co. (AESLIC) has named Frederick J. Woebse president and chief operating officer. He succeeds Robert Nelson, who was named chairman and chief executive...
Great American Insurance Group Promotes Weber, Kohl
Apr 16 2010 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Timothy C. “Tim” Weber and Jeffery D. “Jeff” Kohl. Weber, was named divisional president of Great American’s Crop...
Great American Insurance Group Adds Grey to Atlanta Office
Jun 18 2008 // Illinois-based Great American Insurance Group added Adam Grey to its Atlanta office as marketing representative for the firm’s executive liability division. Grey previously worked with the banking sector in providing...
Ohio Great American Opens Liability Division Branch in Canada
Aug 15 2006 // Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division recently announced the opening of a new branch office in Toronto, Canada. The Executive Liability Division adds Michael Shore, CRM and Oren Schemool, MBA...
Ohio American Financial Group Posts Quarterly Dividend
Jul 5 2006 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group, Inc. announced a July 1, 2006, quarterly dividend of $0.13-3/4 per share of American Financial Group Common Stock. The dividend is payable on July 25 to holders of record on...
American Financial Group Announces 2006 1st Quarter Conference Call
Apr 19 2006 // American Financial Group, Inc. expects to release its 2006 first quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 25. The earnings release will be available shortly thereafter on AFG’s website at...
American Financial Group Inc. Offers Option for Senior Convertible Notes
Apr 4 2006 // American Financial Group, Inc. announced that through June 30, 2006, holders of its Senior Convertible Notes are entitled to convert their notes to AFG common stock resulting from the increased trading value of AFG’s...
American Financial Group Announces Agreement to Sell Puerto Rico Subsidiary
Dec 20 2005 // Cincinnati-based American Financial Group, Inc.recently announced that its 82 percent owned subsidiary, Great American Financial Resources, Inc. has reached an agreement to sell Great American Life Assurance Company of...
Witzgall Named VP, Treasurer at American Financial Group
May 25 2005 // Ohio-based American Financial Group Inc. announced that David Witzgall has been named vice president and treasurer of the company. Witzgall joined American Financial in 1976 and held a number of accounting and finance...
Great American Insurance Group Joins AIA
May 12 2004 // The American Insurance Association announced that Great American Insurance Group has become its newest member. “We are extremely pleased that Great American has chosen to join AIA,” stated President Robert E....
