[March 16, 2014]

American Financial Group, Inc. Terminates Tender Offer for National Interstate Shares

American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE/NASDAQ: AFG) announced today that on Friday, March 14, 2014 at a hearing held by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the court stated that it would grant a motion for preliminary injunction enjoining the consummation of the tender offer of AFG's wholly-owned subsidiary Great American Insurance Company (GAIC) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of National Interstate Corporation common stock not currently owned by AFG and GAIC.

In light of the court's stated intention, AFG announced that GAIC has terminated the tender offer. The tender offer was previously scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on March 17, 2014.

AFG believes that the $30 per share all-cash tender offer would have provided National Interstate's shareholders with compelling value at a significant premium to the market price prior to the announcement of the offer.

AFG continues to be the majority shaeholder of National Interstate and highly values National Interstate's business, management team and employees. National Interstate continues to represent an important strategic component of AFG's overall operations.

GAIC will instruct its depositary, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, to return promptly all shares tendered in the offer prior to termination.

About American Financial Group, Inc.

American Financial Group is an insurance holding company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio with assets in excess of $40 billion. Through the operations of Great American Insurance Group, AFG is engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for businesses, and in the sale of fixed and fixed-indexed annuities in the retail, financial institutions and education markets. Great American Insurance Group's roots go back to 1872 with the founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company.

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