Trucking

Great American Insurance Company's Trucking Division is a nationwide program that specializes in insuring the unique exposure of the For Hire Trucker.

We are a progressive department that focuses on the owner operator and small fleet segments.

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Trade Credit & Political Risk

FCIA Management Company, Inc. underwrites and services the trade credit and political risk insurance business of Great American Insurance Company. All policies issued are written in the name of Great American Insurance Company.

If you are a company selling products or services on credit terms or a financial institution financing those sales, you are providing trade credit. When you provide trade credit, non-payment by your buyer or borrower is always a possibility. FCIA’s trade credit insurance products protect you against losses resulting from that non-payment, for both domestic and international sales. Trade credit insurance is also a useful tool for managing financial performance, increasing sales, optimizing balance sheet efficiency and facilitating the financing of receivables.

Strategic Comp

At Strategic Comp we believe that workers’ compensation is a controllable cost. Since 1992 we have successfully worked with hundreds of clients to dramatically reduce both losses and workers’ compensation expenses.

Specialty Human Services

The Specialty Human Services Division manages Great American's Insurance Program for Social Service Agencies & Non-Profit Organizations. The Division has been serving the needs of agents active in the Human and Social Services niche since 1980.

The Division's Claim, Loss Prevention, Marketing and Underwriting personnel work hand-in-hand with contracted retail agencies to serve nearly 5000 social service organizations and non-profit agencies in most states.

At the foundation of Specialty Human Service's Program is a desire to provide its producer partners with the Products, Services, Tools, and Compensation to successfully prosper in the world of the non-profit.

Agents have come to rely on Great American's Insurance Program for Social Service Agencies & Non-Profit Organizations for: Exemplary Customer Service, Expanded Program Eligibility, Innovative Product Portfolio and Comprehensive Beyond-The-Policy insured and agency services, e.g., Dedicated Claims, Loss Prevention, Training, Marketing and Sales Management.

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Specialty Equipment Services

The Specialty Equipment Services Division is focused on easing the burden of risk for our key customer segments. Whether it's financial institutions, public or private academia, healthcare facilities, or global corporations, we have unique solutions to help manage risk, lessen the administrative load and reduce overall expense.

Our focused business lines are:

EQUIPMENT FINANCE SOLUTIONS provides products and services to manage risk, create revenue opportunities, and ensure customer satisfaction for our clients in the equipment finance industry. Multiple products are customized and bundled with unique systems and flexible options to help organizations streamline processes and achieve greater efficiencies. Our focus on service makes it easy for clients to differentiate and grow their business through customer loyalty and niche-market solutions. Physical damage and liability insurance for equipment, property insurance for commercial titled vehicles and equipment residual value insurance are our hallmarks.

Benefits include:

• Web-based system for easy beginning-to-end insurance coverage enrollment and ongoing account management at the client’s convenience

Specialty E&S Division

Specialty Excess & Surplus (E&S) Division is a nationwide excess & surplus underwriting unit based in Cincinnati, Ohio. We specialize in primary products liability and excess casualty written on a non-admitted basis. Our experienced underwriters support wholesale insurance brokers located throughout the United States

Specialty Automotive Services

Specialty Automotive Services provides risk management and fee income tools for lenders, lessors and dealers in the US and Canada. Automobile and recreational vehicle lenders and lessors use its insurance products and services to protect portfolio assets against physical damage losses and liability claims. In addition, Specialty Automotive Services partners with agents and third party administrators to insure service contracts, warranties and loyalty programs sold through vehicle dealers.

A guiding principle is to make business easier, more secure and more profitable for its customers and business partners through the application of information analysis, risk management and insurance solutions. Aligning its interests with those of its clients helps Specialty Automotive Services be an industry leader in responding to the ever‐changing needs in the markets we serve.

Markets we serve include:

• Captive Finance Companies
• Commercial Banks

Property & Inland Marine

Great American writes property and inland marine coverage for the following industries:

• Communications
  
• Construction
  
• Education
  
• Manufacturing
  
• Medical/Health Services
  
• Municipalities
  
• Professional Services
  
• Retail/Wholesale
  
• Transportation
  

Preferred Markets

The Preferred Markets Division of Great American Insurance is dedicated to developing program business opportunities produced by Program Administrators (PAs). We provide specialty commercial property and casualty insurance programs nationwide by aligning interests with qualified production source partners with proven track records of profitability, underwriting execution, distribution advantage, or other business expertise.

The Division has a broad underwriting appetite, grants underwriting authority, provides profit sharing opportunities, and offers exclusivity within the Division. We have the ability to tailor each program to specific industry needs and provide coverage enhancements for a more competitive product offering. Business may be written on either an admitted or non-admitted basis.

With an average experience level of over 20 years, the Preferred Markets Division is staffed with an energetic, knowledgeable, and experienced team of professionals empowered to respond quickly and decisively to customer needs, with commitment to service and satisfaction.

Ocean Marine

The Ocean Marine Division offers insurance solutions for marine clients including traditional cargo, hull and liability coverages as well as pollution and complete packages combining marine property and casualty.

The Division also offers Loss Prevention services for its customers

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Great American International

The Great American International Division provides specialized insurance products and services to clients in Europe and other territories outside the USA and Canada. We take pride in understanding the unique requirements of each client’s business to develop bespoke insurance programmes, which generate additional revenue streams whilst protecting our clients and their customers.

The division comprises of:

Great American International Insurance Ltd Established in Ireland to write insurance business throughout Europe, our team has in-depth knowledge of finance and specialized underwriting skills to create new insurance solutions and customized insurance programmes to meet the distinct needs of the finance market.

Lease & Loan Insurance Services Ltd An insurance intermediary and recognized leader in providing products and services to the finance & leasing sectors in Europe since 1991. Lease & Loan Insurance Services Ltd administers multi-national insurance programmes across Europe, which offers high-quality multi-lingual customer service and claims handling support. We form strategic partnerships with clients to maximize the effectiveness of their insurance programmes, both in terms of risk management and revenue generation.

We currently offer a range of insurance solutions, but if you don’t see what you are looking for, please contact us to discuss your requirements in depth:

AI Insurance – Automatic Asset Insurance

Great American Custom

Great American Custom focuses on long-term client relationships and customized business solutions. We specialize in providing primary casualty products as well as umbrella and capacity excess products that meet the needs of the commercial market. We also write miscellaneous errors and omissions liability coverage through wholesale insurance brokers. Our policyholders range from small businesses to complex multi-national corporations and Fortune 1000 accounts. We are a nationwide operation writing both admitted and nonadmitted business from offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Boston.

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Financial Institution Services

Great American Financial Institution Services specializes in providing risk management, fee income and product enhancement programs to vehicle lenders and lessors, commercial equipment lenders and mortgage lenders throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Target clients include commercial banks, credit unions, finance companies, buy-here pay-here dealers and leasing and rental concerns.

Great American Financial Institution Services provides insurance products through agents and General Agents specializing in providing solutions for financial institutions’ needs. With an average experience level of over 20 years, Great American Financial Institution Services is staffed with an energetic team of professionals empowered to respond quickly and decisively to the needs of our target clients and producer partners.

Great America Financial Institution Services proactively develops new products and services from our suburban Chicago headquarters. Our guiding principle is to make business easier, more secure and more profitable for our customers and producer partners through innovative product concepts and insurance solutions. Aligning our interests with those of our clients and producer partners has helped us become industry leaders in responding to the ever changing needs in the financial institution marketplace.

Some of our products include:

• Lender Placed Collateral Protection Insurance (CPI)
• Blanket Lenders Single Interest Insurance (VSI)
• Equipment Physical Damage Insurance
• Guaranteed Automobile Protection (GAP)
• Instant Issue Collateral Protection Insurance
• Lender Placed Mortgage Hazard and Flood Insurance
• Real Estate Owned Property and Liability Insurance
• Blanket Mortgage Fire Insurance
• Credit Involuntary Unemployment / Job Loss Insurance
• Renters Insurance
• Franchise Rental Vehicle Liability and Physical Damage

• Leased Contents and Household Goods

Fidelity and Crime

Fidelity and Crime underwrites fidelity and crime policies throughout the U.S for mercantile businesses, financial institutions, and governmental entities.

Standard fidelity and crime products insuring for Employee Dishonesty, Kidnap & Ransom, Forgery, Computer Fraud and Money & Securities are available. In addition, tailored products and programs are also available.

We tailor policies for specialized classes of business including casinos, armored car companies, and gaming risks. Fiduciary dishonesty and investment companies also have tailored policies. Programs exist for school boards, kidnap & ransom, state and local governments, property management companies and security guards.

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Executive Liability

Great American's Executive Liability Division (ELD) offers independent agents and brokers a specialized facility for Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance (D&O) and related professional liability coverages, including Fiduciary Liability and Employment Practices Liability.

The ELD has the capacity and strength to meet the needs of large, prestigious Insureds, as well as small, local organizations. The Division also has the capability to offer coverage to more difficult or non-standard Directors and Officers (D & O) risks. Limits up to $25 million are available.

Underwriting, claims, accounting and marketing are handled from our main office in Schaumburg, IL, as well as our regional offices located in Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Princeton, NJ; and Toronto, Ontario.

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Excess Liability

The Excess Liability Division of Great American offers significant capacity of up to $50 million dollars for both Lead Umbrella and Excess Liability placements. This protection is made available to companies varying in size from single location light hazard risks to a wide variety of more difficult to place manufacturers and processors.

The Excess Liability Division specializes in offering large limits of liability to protect its clients' corporate assets from catastrophic loss. The Division can tailor coverages to meet specific individual exposures and provide a customized Excess program. The unique Lead Umbrella form includes many of the frequently requested extensions of coverage sought by discriminating buyers.

With an average experience level of over 20 years, the Excess Liability Division is staffed with an energetic team of true professionals empowered to respond quickly, decisively, and enthusiastically.

The Division is located in Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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Equine Mortality

Our Equine Mortality Division is one of the world's leading providers of equine mortality insurance and related coverages through professional equine independent agents. Our underwriting staff is extremely knowledgeable of all breeds and uses to include horse racing, showing and pleasure riding. Our in-house claims staff specializes in efficiently handling equine mortality and injury losses.

The Equine Mortality Division has taken an active industry leadership role through numerous national sponsorships. They have been a Corporate Sponsor of HITS (Horse Shows in the Sun, Inc.) with show venues nationwide, since 1990.

Equine Mortality is a Corporate Sponsor of the NCHA (National Cutting Horse Association). The Equine Farm Center of the AgriBusiness Division joined them in the Title Sponsorship of the USDF (United States Dressage Federation) Regional Championship Series and the newly added USDF Breeder's Championship Series as well as Corporate Sponsorship for the Florida Horse Park.

Environmental

The Environmental Division of the Great American Insurance Group provides a comprehensive portfolio of environmental insurance products to a broad array of industries. All products can be customized to address the specific risks and exposures of the client. The Environmental Division is staffed by only experienced underwriters and claims personnel who are deeply committed to client service and satisfaction.

Products:

· Premises Environmental Liability Insurance

· Indoor Air Quality and Mold Liability Insurance

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Crop

Great American has been an innovative leader in the crop insurance industry since it issued its first crop policy in 1925. Our Crop Insurance Division provides the tools you need in the form of specialized crop insurance coverages, which can insure your revenue stream even if elements outside your control go awry. That means even in the face of a worst-case scenario you will have the guaranteed income you need to keep your operation functioning properly.

Great American allows you to actively manage your farming operation - so you are no longer at the mercy of the wind, rain, hail... or even an unexpected fall in market values for your crops.

Products offered by this Division include the federally reinsured Multiple Peril Crop Insurance policies (MPCI) and numerous Named Peril Insurance Products. MPCI insures against disease and weather related disasters causing crop losses on a unit basis.

Named Peril programs are unique and varied. Included in our family of Named Peril products is Crop-Hail, which provides spot-loss protection against damaging hail or fire.

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Bonds

Great American's Bond Division writes a wide range of surety and fidelity products including standard contract surety, commercial surety and miscellaneous non-contract surety and fidelity. Please visit our website to find the Great American office closest to you.

Standard Contract Surety writes contract surety for general contractors, subcontractors and specialty trade contractors with twenty-nine strategically located contract underwriting marketing offices throughout the United States. Many of these offices can also write non-contract bonds and small fidelity bonds.

Commercial Surety underwrites all bonds associated with commercial accounts, other than contractors. This includes bonds for public officials, court fiduciary, court judicial, government, license and permit, and ERISA (under $500,000 limits) products.

RISICO Claim Services is a claims handling unit within the Bond Claims Department. RISICO Claim Services offers a wide variety of surety and fidelity and crime claim handling services for units within the American Financial Group family and outside companies.

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