National Interstate Corporation, founded in 1989, is a specialty property and casualty insurance holding company. Products include insurance for transportation companies, alternative risk transfer, or captive insurance programs for commercial risks, specialty personal lines consisting of insurance products focused primarily on recreational vehicle owners and small commercial vehicle accounts, and transportation and general commercial insurance in Hawaii and Alaska. The company offers its insurance products through multiple distribution channels including independent agents and brokers, affiliated agencies and agent Internet initiatives. National Interstate is an independently operated subsidiary of Great American Insurance Company, a property-casualty subsidiary of American Financial Group, Inc.