Western & Southern Financial Group

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Western & Southern Financial Group
Type Mutual
GenreFinancial Services
Founded1888;135 years ago (1888) as Western and Southern Life Insurance
Headquarters
Cincinnati, Ohio
,
United States
Key people
John F. Barrett
ProductsInsurance, Annuities, Mutual Funds
Revenue$5.9 billion (2021) [1]
535,230,000 United States dollar (2021)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Total assets $111.6 billion (2021) [2]
Number of employees
2,226 [3]  (2017)
Subsidiaries Gerber Life Insurance Company
Website www.westernsouthern.com

Western & Southern Financial Group, also commonly referred to as Western & Southern, is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based diversified company of financial services subsidiaries with $111.6 billion in assets owned and managed as of December 2021. [2] As of 2022, it held a "AA- Very Strong" rating from Standard & Poor's, a "A+ Superior" from A.M. Best, a "AA Very Strong" from Fitch, a "Aa3 Excellent" from Moody's, and a "96 out of 100" Comdex ranking. [1]

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Through its subsidiaries, Western & Southern offers a variety of financial services such as life insurance, annuities, mutual funds and investment management. Subsidiaries include Western & Southern Life Insurance Co, Western-Southern Life Assurance Co, Columbus Life Insurance Co, Gerber Life Insurance Company, Integrity Life Insurance Co, National Integrity Life Insurance Co, Lafayette Life Insurance Co, IFS Financial Services, Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Touchstone Investments, and Eagle Realty Group. [4]

History

Western & Southern hosts the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament. This tennis event has contributed more than $5.5 million to charities in the Greater Cincinnati community. [5]

Western & Southern played a key role in the development of the Great American Tower at Queen City Square project in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. [6]

In May 2013, Western & Southern signed a controversial agreement with Cincinnati Union Bethel to purchase the historic Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati. [7] In 2014, Western & Southern Financial Group, owner of many properties within the Lytle Park Historic District asked the city to remove the historic status of several historic buildings. The company hopes to remove sections of the district in order to build new office space. [8] [9]

In 2015, Western & Southern became the title sponsor of the annual WEBN fireworks show at Fountain Square. [10]

In 2018, Western & Southern acquired the Gerber Life Insurance Company from Nestle for $1.55 billion, [11] [12] along with a long-term intellectual property license in connection with financial services. [13]

In November 2019, Western & Southern Financial Group promoted John Bultema as CEO of Lafayette Life Insurance Co. [14]

On 9 March 2020, Legacy Marketing Group formed a strategic partnership with Western & Southern Financial Group to create and sell Western & Southern subsidiary Integrity Life Insurance Company's proprietary fixed indexed annuity products. [15]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Watkins, Steve (March 17, 2022). "Western & Southern profits bounced back big time in 2021; here's how". American City Business Journals. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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