About Us

• Founded in Cincinnati in 1888 as The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is the parent company of a group of diversified financial services businesses. Its assets owned ($57 billion) and managed ($26 billion) totaled $83 billion as of Sept. 30, 2019.
• Western & Southern is one of the strongest life insurance groups in the world. Its seven life insurance subsidiaries (The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western-Southern Life Assurance Company, Columbus Life Insurance Company, Gerber Life Insurance Company, Integrity Life Insurance Company, The Lafayette Life Insurance Company, and National Integrity Life Insurance Company) maintain very strong financial ratings. Other member companies include Eagle Realty Group, LLC; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. (A registered investment adviser); IFS Financial Services, Inc.; Touchstone Advisors, Inc. (A registered investment adviser); Touchstone Securities, Inc. (A registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Review our current financial ratings.); W&S Brokerage Services, Inc.(A registered investment adviser and A registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Review our current financial ratings.); and W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc.
• Western & Southern is the title sponsor of six major community events every year, including the Western & Southern Open, a premier event in the U.S. Open Series played each August by the world's top-ranked professional male and female tennis players.