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American Financial Group

301 E 4th St, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202, United States

Overview

American Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance products in the United States. The company operates through Property and Casualty Insurance, Annuity, Run-Off Long-Term Care and Life, and Other segments. It offers property and transportation insurance products, such as physical damage and liability coverage for buses, trucks and recreational vehicles, inland and ocean marine, agricultural-related products, and other property coverages; specialty casualty insurance, including primarily excess and surplus, general liability, executive liability, professional liability, umbrella and excess liability, and specialty coverage in targeted markets and customized programs for small to mid-sized businesses; and specialty financial insurance products comprising risk management insurance programs for leasing and financing institutions, surety and fidelity products, and trade credit insurance. The company sells its property and casualty insurance products through independent insurance agents and brokers, as well as through employee agents. It also provides traditional fixed and fixed-indexed annuities to the retail, financial institutions, and education markets; and engages in the commercial real estate operations in Cincinnati, Whitefield, New Hampshire, Chesapeake Bay, Charleston, and Palm Beach. American Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
4

Sector focus

  • Financial Services
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Investment portfolio

  • GeneSight

    Participated · Equity · Dec 2014

    Assurex Health offers GeneSight, a treatment-decision-support test powered by CPGx™, its proprietary combinatorial pharmacogenomics technology, which measures multiple genomic variants and weights them together to provide genetically-driven medication information for each patient. The company recently enhanced the GeneSight Psychotropic test to give providers an expanded range of options for treating depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia and other behavioral health conditions. To date more than 14,000 healthcare providers have used GeneSight to help make treatment decisions for over 230,000 patients across the country. Led by President and CEO Virginia C. Drosos, Assurex will use additional funding to continue to increase adoption of GeneSight. The company also serves chronic pain conditions through its treatment decision support offerings. Assurex Health provides healthcare providers with GeneSight, a treatment decision‑support platform that analyzes how a patient’s genetics affect responses to medications for behavioral health and chronic pain. GeneSight evaluates a patient’s cheek swab against over 785,000 genetic–medication permutations and reports on 38 FDA‑approved medications across depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions. Results are delivered in an actionable color‑coded report available 36 hours after Assurex receives a patient sample. The company also offers financial assistance programs for eligible patients. Led by President and CEO Virginia C. Drosos, Assurex is using proceeds from a $30M equity financing to support increased clinical adoption and further development of its GeneSight products. Assurex Health is a Mason, OH–based personalized medicine company that provides clinically-relevant individualized genetic information to help physicians select medications for depression, anxiety, chronic pain, ADHD and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Its core product is the GeneSight® suite, built on proprietary pharmacogenomics technology combined with evidence-based medicine and clinical pharmacology. The company has licensed patented technology from Mayo Clinic and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Led by CEO James S. Burns, Assurex intends to use the proceeds from its financing to support increasing clinical adoption of its GeneSight products. The company secured a $32M financing comprising a $25M term and revolving credit facility and a $7M equity financing from existing investors.

Team

  • Carl Henry Lindner III

    Co-Chief Executive Officer / Co-President & Director

  • Carl Lindner Jr

    Founder

  • Brian Hertzman

    Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

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  • Shelly Gillis

    Senior Vice President, CHRO, and CAO

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