Great American Insurance Group’s Fidelity and Crime Division Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Great American Insurance Group’s Fidelity and Crime Division proudly celebrates fifteen years of serving the insurance industry. The Fidelity and Crime Division has enjoyed growth since its inception in 1995 and is currently the sixth largest writer of crime insurance in the United States. With $40 million in available capacity, the Fidelity and Crime Division provides coverage for mercantile, governmental and financial institution entities and is a leading provider of specially tailored niche insurance for armored car, gaming, security guards, check cashers and program business. The Division offers the largest capacity for kidnap, ransom and extortion coverage in the industry at $65 million.

“We offer more than just an insurance policy to our customers. We strive to meet their specific needs and to educate them about their exposures. We do this by offering tailored products and loss control engineering to help protect our customers from losses caused by employees and outsiders”

Over the past fifteen years, the Fidelity and Crime Division has grown by providing exceptional customer service and claims handling to its valued customers. “We offer more than just an insurance policy to our customers. We strive to meet their specific needs and to educate them about their exposures. We do this by offering tailored products and loss control engineering to help protect our customers from losses caused by employees and outsiders,” explains Frank Scheckton, Jr., Divisional President.

Headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, the Fidelity and Crime Division has offices in New York City, Richmond, Virginia, Dallas, Texas, Chicago, Illinois and Walnut Creek, California. Great American has a team of dedicated claims professionals strategically located around the country, who specialize in and handle only fidelity and crime claims.

Great American’s Fidelity and Crime Division offers its product through a network of agents and brokers in all states and the District of Columbia.

For more information about the Fidelity and Crime Division’s products and services, please visit www.CrimeInsurance.com.

About Great American Insurance Group

Great American Insurance Group’s roots go back to 1872 with the founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the operations of Great American Insurance Group are engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialty commercial products for businesses, and in the sale of traditional fixed, indexed and variable annuities and a variety of supplemental insurance products. Great American Insurance Company has received an “A” (Excellent) or higher rating from the A.M. Best Company for over 100 years (most recent rating evaluation effective on March 27, 2009). The members of the Great American Insurance Group are subsidiaries of American Financial Group, Inc. (“AFG”), also based in Cincinnati, Ohio. AFG’s common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “AFG.”