Great American Insurance Group Receives 2008 “Healthiest Companies in America” Award from Interactive Health Solutions
10 7월 2009 - 5:36AM
Business Wire
Great American Insurance Group is pleased to announce that it
has been recognized as one of the �Healthiest Companies in America�
by Interactive Health Solutions (IHS), a national provider of
employee health management programs. The award recognizes companies
who are committed to the health and well being of employees, along
with creating a corporate culture that encourages individuals to be
responsible for their own health and to take an active role in
their preventative care.
Great American Insurance Group launched a six-month health
challenge (�Challenge�) in early 2008 to encourage its employees to
improve their health through walking and weight management programs
subsidized by the Company. Employees were incentivized to
participate and reach goals, both individual and Company-wide, in
order to earn entries to win a variety of prizes, provided by Great
American�s parent company, American Financial Group, Inc. A 2009
Saturn� Sky convertible was awarded as the grand prize to one lucky
employee.
�We were very pleased with how our employees stepped up to meet
the Challenge. We encouraged them to improve their health, provided
them opportunities to do so and they took action. Overall, we know
a healthier workforce is a more productive workforce. The award
from IHS just validates all our employees� hard work and our
investment in them. It is rewarding to know all our efforts have
paid off,� said Spencer Stooksbury, Director, Corporate
Benefits.
The AFGreatHealth Challenge was an overwhelming success as over
75% of the Company�s 5,500 benefit-eligible employees participated
in some aspect of the Challenge. Even more significant is that
employees� scores in the health screenings improved as well. In
2007, Great American had an aggregate health score of +1. In 2008,
due to employee efforts, the aggregate health score improved to -4,
a five point improvement. More significantly, of those employees
who had high cholesterol, blood glucose or triglycerides in 2007,
approximately 70% improved their scores when retested in 2008. In
addition, employees participating in the weight management program
lost an average of 18 lbs. and employees participating in the
walking program averaged over 8,200 steps per day for the six-month
Challenge period. This is about 5,000 more steps (more than 2
miles) than the typical office worker walks in a day.
�Due to the first Challenge�s success, we kicked off a second
Challenge in April 2009. In 2009, we hope to sustain our wellness
efforts and maintain our status as one of the �Healthiest Companies
in America.� We are committed to a culture that encourages our
employees to embrace good health and take advantage of available
preventative care. It all adds up to a win-win for employees and
us. They enjoy better health. We get a more productive work force,�
explained Stooksbury.
About Great American Insurance Group
Great American Insurance Group�s roots go back to 1872 with the
founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company.
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the operations of Great American
Insurance Group are engaged primarily in property and casualty
insurance, focusing on specialty commercial products for
businesses, and in the sale of traditional fixed, indexed and
variable annuities and a variety of supplemental insurance
products. Great American Insurance Company has received an �A�
(Excellent) or higher rating from the A.M. Best Company for over
100 years (most recent rating evaluation effective on March 27,
2009). The members of the Great American Insurance Group are
subsidiaries of American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) (NYSE: AFG)
(NASDAQ: AFG), also based in Cincinnati, Ohio. AFG�s common stock
is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq
Global Select Market under the symbol (�AFG�).
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