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Employees of Michigan’s AF Group Raise Nearly $267K for Charities
Jan 30 2019 // Employees of Lansing, Michigan-based insurer, AF Group, have pledged $266,750 in support of numerous charitable organizations around the country as part of the company’s recent Caring and Sharing Community...
Michigan’s AF Group Promotes 5 in Leadership Positions
Jan 15 2019 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group has promoted five in key leadership positions across the organization. Abel Travis has been promoted to vice president, Underwriting & Product Innovation. Prior to joining AF Group in...
Corless Promoted to CEO of Workers’ Comp Provider AF Group in Michigan
Aug 22 2018 // Lisa Corless has been promoted to president and CEO of AF Group, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Corless assumes CEO duties from Elizabeth Haar, who is now BCBSM executive vice president and president...
AF Group Drives into Commercial Auto with Fundamental
Aug 6 2018 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group is branching out from its traditional base in workers’ compensation into the specialty commercial auto insurance niche, driven by a new operating company, Fundamental...
AF Group Drives into Commercial Auto with Fundamental Underwriters
Jul 11 2018 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group is branching out from its traditional base in workers’ compensation into the specialty commercial auto insurance niche, driven by a new operating company — Fundamental...
Kittmann Named Director, Strategy, Performance & Administration at AF Group
Sep 30 2016 // AF Group, based in Lansing, Michigan, has announced Keri Kittmann as director, Strategy, Performance & Administration. In her new role, Kittmann will guide the strategic planning and implementation efforts for the...
AF Group Names AIG’s Kuss as Sr. VP, Chief Claims Officer
Sep 21 2016 // AF Group, based in Lansing, Michigan, hired Jeff Kuss as senior vice president and chief claims officer. Kuss will lead a team responsible for claims administration, investigative services, medical management, large loss,...
Michigan Based AF Group Announces Britt’s Retirement
Aug 15 2016 // Lansing, Mich.-based AF Group announced the December retirement of Mike Britt, president of one of its member companies, Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America. Al Gileczek, current senior vice president of business...
AFG Rebranding to Associated Benefits and Risk Consulting
Jun 24 2016 // Greenbay, Wis.-based Associated Bank announced that it will rebrand its Associated Financial Group (AFG) subsidiary to Associated Benefits and Risk Consulting (ABRC). The move follows the February 2015 acquisition and...
Zielke Named Senior VP, General Counsel at Michigan’s AF Group
Jun 21 2016 // Lansing, Mich.-based insurance holding company, AF Group, has appointed Kevin Zielke as senior vice president and general counsel. Prior to joining AF Group, Zielke was a member of the litigation department in the Detroit...
American Financial Offers to Buy Rest of Insurer National Interstate for $293M
Mar 8 2016 // About two years after withdrawing a similar offer, American Financial Group Inc. is proposing to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of specialty transportation insurer National Interstate Corp. that its...
Michigan’s Accident Fund Holdings Rebranding as AF Group
Mar 1 2016 // Accident Fund Holdings Inc., based in Lansing, Mich., announced it is rebranding as AF Group. The company said the transition reflects the organization’s unified, collective strength while positioning it for future...
Report: Florida’s Workers’ Comp Market Still Strong but Uncertainty Remains
Jan 26 2016 // The latest workers’ compensation report from Florida’s insurance regulator says the state’s workers’ compensation market remained competitive and well capitalized in 2014, but reforms put in place...
Best Upgrades American Financial Group and Affiliates Ratings
Feb 26 2014 // A.M. Best has upgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a-” from “bbb+” and the debt ratings of American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG). Best has also upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to...
Liberty Mutual Selling Workers’ Comp Unit Summit Southeast to American Financial
Jan 9 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it has agreed to sell Summit Holdings Southeast Inc. and its related companies to American Financial Group (AFG) in an all-cash transaction valued at $250 million. Based in Lakeland, Florida,...
Best Affirms American Financial, Most Subs Ratings; Upgrades Mid-Continent
Feb 25 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” and all debt ratings of American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG), as well as the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent)...
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...
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....
S&P Raises AFG’s Subsidiaries Ratings to ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
Oct 7 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American Financial Group’s (AFG) core insurance subsidiaries to ‘A+’ from...
American Financial Takes 67% Stake in Lloyd’s Marketform
Dec 18 2007 // Lloyds’s insurer, Marketform Group Limited, which specilizes in non-US medical malpractice and other specialty lines, announced that American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) is to become the majority shareholder in its...
