Great American's Insurance Group's roots go back to 1872 with the founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company. Based in Cincinnati, OH the operations of Great American Insurance Group are engaged primarily in property and casualth insurance, focusing on speciality commerical products for businessess, and in the sale of traditional fixed, indexed and variable annuities ans supplemental insurance products. Great American Insurance Company has received and "A" (Excellent) or higher rating from the A.M. Best Company for 100 consectuive years (most recently 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, OH. AFG's common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and Nasdaq under the symbol ("AFG")