Specialty Equipment Services

The Specialty Equipment Services Division is focused on easing the burden of risk for our key customer segments. Whether it's financial institutions, public or private academia, healthcare facilities, or global corporations, we have unique solutions to help manage risk, lessen the administrative load and reduce overall expense.

Our focused business lines are:

EQUIPMENT FINANCE SOLUTIONS provides products and services to manage risk, create revenue opportunities, and ensure customer satisfaction for our clients in the equipment finance industry. Multiple products are customized and bundled with unique systems and flexible options to help organizations streamline processes and achieve greater efficiencies. Our focus on service makes it easy for clients to differentiate and grow their business through customer loyalty and niche-market solutions. Physical damage and liability insurance for equipment, property insurance for commercial titled vehicles and equipment residual value insurance are our hallmarks.

Benefits include:

• Web-based system for easy beginning-to-end insurance coverage enrollment and ongoing account management at the client’s convenience
• Full-service program that provides insurance tracking and placement, reducing administrative costs and conserving internal resources
• Residual value insurance that enables accounting compliance for revenue recognition
• Coverages, rates, and structures that are customized to meet a clients’ needs based on asset type, transaction size or distribution source

For more information, please contact Ken Schneider at (513) 763-7091 or kwschneider@gaic.com, or visit EFS on the web at www.GreatAmericanEFS.com.

EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS helps organizations reduce equipment maintenance costs while also ensuring their equipment is properly maintained and serviced. Typically, organizations have multiple maintenance contracts and extended warranties on their equipment. These agreements must be monitored, managed and maintained. The EMS maintenance program consolidates these agreements into one comprehensive multi-vendor service agreement.

Benefits include:

• Immediate reduction in maintenance costs
• A fixed maintenance budget
• Service providers of choice; original equipment manufacturers or independent service organizations to increase savings even more
• Reimbursement for maintenance performed by an organization's in-house technical staff
• Access to complete service histories, enabling fact-based decisions regarding future equipment needs

For more information, please contact Mike St. Hilaire at 513.763-8344 or msthilaire@gaic.com, or visit EMS on the web at www.GreatAmericanEMS.com.

DEBT PROTECTION SOLUTIONS provides lenders and small business borrowers with protection against the risk of loan default resulting from the death or disability of a business owner. Our BizDP^TM offerings utilize new-to-market debt cancelation and credit-related risk transfer solutions and strategies to help eliminate this risk for both parties.

Benefits include:

• Peace of mind protection for small business owners against life- and business-altering events
• Turnkey administration allowing for effective program implementation and ongoing management by the lender
• Balance sheet protection for the lender
• New income opportunity for the lender

For more information, please contact Dave Ferron at (513) 763-8313 or dferron@gaic.com.