American Financial Group, Inc.
A Cincinnati-based insurance holding company that sells property and casualty coverage, plus annuities and life insurance, through brands like Great American Insurance Group. Founded by Carl Lindner in the 1950s as American Financial Corporation, it grew from a small savings-and-loan business into one of the country's larger specialty insurers. The company's name reflects its roots in the American Financial Corporation, which it was renamed from in the 1990s.