Mark Calkin Promoted to Divisional President of Great American Insurance Group

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Great American Insurance Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Mark Calkin to Divisional President of its Trucking Division. Mr. Calkin has been with the Company since 1980 and joined the Trucking Division in 2004. Over the last eight years, he has held various positions of increasing responsibility for the product management, underwriting, IT, actuarial and financial functions and has served as part of the Division’s management team.

Mark Calkin Promoted to Divisional President of Great American Insurance Group (Photo: Business Wire)

Mr. Calkin has 32 years of experience in the insurance industry and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from the University of Tennessee.

Great American’s Trucking Division is a leading provider of insurance products for the long-haul trucking industry and specializes in service to independent owner-operators.

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 and indexed annuities and a variety of supplemental insurance products such as Medicare supplement. 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 February 14, 2011). 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 the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol AFG.

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