GREAT AMERICAN NAMES BEARLEY AS PRESIDENT OF BOND DIVISION

American Financial Group’s Great American Insurance subsidiary has appointed Kenneth Bearley as divisional president of its property/casualty segment’s bond division. With the Ohio-based group since 1994, Bearley most recently served as divisional executive vice-president, overseeing all Great American contract surety business written in the US and Europe. He joined the group as a bond manager in its Pittsburgh office before transferring to Cincinnati and serving in a series of leadership posts with increasing responsibility.