name american financing type public traded as nyse afg industry financial services founded 1872 headquarters great american tower at queen city square cincinnati oh key people carl h. lindner founder s. craig lindner co ceo co president & director carl h. lindner iii co ceo co president & director products insurance revenue us 4.75 billion fy 2011 1 net income us 343 million fy 2011 1 total assets us 36.0 billion fy 2011 2 total equity us 4.55 billion fy 2011 2 number of employees 6 700 2015 3 website http www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com american financial group incorporated is an american financing holding company based in cincinnati ohio whose primary business is insurance and investments . contents 1 history 2 awards honors and publications 3 references 4 external links history edit american financial group s major insurance division operates as the great american insurance company founded in 1872 and focuses on property and casualty insurance services . other affiliates and subsidiaries include great american custom mid continent group national interstate and republic indemnity . additional insurance specialties include but are not limited to equine trucking executive liability fidelity and crime and agribusiness . great american financial resources is a wholly owned subsidiary of american financial group and supplies a range of annuities life insurance products and supplemental insurances to individuals and enterprises . the parent company afg is owned principally by the family of financier carl lindner jr. who bought the company in 1973 and served as its chairman until his death in 2011 . the senior lindner s sons carl h. lindner iii and s. craig lindner serve as co chief executive officers . awards honors and publications edit american financial group was ranked 486th on the fortune 500 list in 2004 . through the years american financial group has owned a number of subsidiaries real estate properties and companies including the mountain view grand resort & spa in whitefield new hampshire the cincinnatian in cincinnati ohio the biltmore in coral gables florida le pavillon in new orleans louisiana and the charleston harbor resort and marina in charleston south carolina . great american insurance group partnered with the baseball team the cincinnati reds and hamilton county to purchase naming rights for great american ball park . on december 6 2006 american financial sold assets acquired from successors to the dissolution of the penn central railroad including the land under grand central terminal and the 156 miles 251 km of metro north track leading to the new york city landmark to argent ventures . the company announced in december 2007 that they will combine their offices and move their headquarters to the brand new great american insurance building at queen city square in 2011 . american financial group was one of the first publicly traded fortune 500 companies to make political donations after corporations freedom of speech rights were expanded to include donations as a result of the citizens united v. federal election commission decision . carl linder jr is a longtime top republican donor comfortably donating millions of his personal income to candidates and political action committees 4 which sent ripples in campaign finance circles during the 2010 mid term elections . american financial of which linder has a non majority 42 % share donated 400 000 to the republican allied pac american crossroads . 5 references edit a b american financial group afg annual sec income statement filing via wikinvest . a b american financial group afg annual sec balance sheet filing via wikinvest . http www.afginc.com phoenix.zhtml c 89330 & p index carl h. lindner jr. . retrieved 20 december 2014 . new super pacs bringing millions into campaigns . retrieved 20 december 2014 . external links edit companies portal american financial group incorporated website great american insurance company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american financial group & oldid 743395474 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangeholding companies established in 1872companies based in cincinnatifinancial services companies of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 13 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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