AM Best: A+
Standard & Poors: AA+

Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern) is a Cincinnati-based diversified family of financial services companies with assets owned, managed and under our care in excess of $52 billion as of March 31, 2011. A Fortune 500 company, Western & Southern has received Standard & Poor's AA+ Very Strong rating (one of the eight highest-rated life insurance groups in the world), A.M. Best's A+ Superior rating, Fitch's AA Very Strong rating and Moody's Aa3 Excellent rating, all with a Stable outlook.

With a heritage dating to 1888, the group's affiliates include The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company; Western-Southern Life Assurance Company; Capital Analysts Incorporated; Columbus Life Insurance Company; Eagle Realty Group, LLC; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.; Fort Washington Savings Company; IFS Financial Services, Inc.; Integrity Life Insurance Company; The Lafayette Life Insurance Company; National Integrity Life Insurance Company; Touchstone Advisors, Inc.; Touchstone Securities, Inc.; and W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc