Julie Kadnar Named Divisional Senior Vice President of Great American Insurance Group`s Property and Inland Marine Division

CINCINNATI--(Business Wire)--
The Property & Inland Marine Division announced the promotion of Julie Kadnar to
Divisional Senior Vice President of the P&IM Product Management team, where she
will oversee Business Processing and Product Analysis for the Division.

Ms. Kadnar has been with Great American Insurance for over 20 years. She worked
in Corporate Internal Audit and Specialty Division Product Development and
Compliance before joining the Property & Inland Marine Division in 2004. Most
recently, Ms. Kadnar was responsible for the Ohio Valley Regional Office where
she had profit and loss responsibility for the states of Indiana, Michigan, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.

Rick Beasley, Divisional Vice President, will assume responsibility for the Ohio
Valley Regional Office and the Excess Property operation. Mr. Beasley has been
with Great American Insurance since 1991 and has managed the Residential
Construction operations since 2001.

Robert Beyerle has been promoted to Divisional Assistant Vice President and will
assume responsibility for the Residential Construction operations, where he has
been a member of the team since 2003. Mr. Beyerle served as an Inland Marine
Specialist, Business Developer and most recently as a Property and Inland Marine
Manager.

About Great American`s Property & Inland Marine Division

The Property & Inland Marine Division was established in 1990 and specializes in
products and services for commercial businesses including Inland Marine,
Builders Risk and Commercial and Excess property.

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 December
17, 2007.) The members of the Great American Insurance Group are subsidiaries of
American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) also based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Great American Insurance Group
Diane Weidner, 513-369-5713
Director, Corporate Communications
or
Visit:
www.ga-propertyim.com
www.GreatAmericanInsurance.com
www.AFGinc.com

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