aid: western-and-southern-financial-group
name: Western & Southern Financial Group
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/western-and-southern-financial-group/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
modified: '2026-05-03'
description: >-
  Western & Southern Financial Group is a Fortune 500 diversified family of
  financial services companies headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in
  1888, the group offers life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, asset
  management, retirement planning, and investment management through a family
  of subsidiaries including Western & Southern Life, Columbus Life, Gerber Life,
  Integrity Life, Lafayette Life, Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Touchstone
  Investments, and W&S Financial Group Distributors, with over $112 billion in
  assets under management.
tags:
  - Insurance
  - Financial Services
  - Annuities
  - Life Insurance
  - Retirement
  - Investment Management
  - Fortune 500
created: '2026-03-24'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/western-and-southern-financial-group-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.westernsouthern.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.westernsouthern.com/wslife/log-in
    title: Customer Account Login
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.westernsouthern.com/financial-professionals
    title: Financial Professionals Portal
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.westernsouthern.com/distributors/products/annuities
    title: Distributor Annuity Products Portal
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.westernsouthern.com/
  - type: Features
    data:
      - name: Life Insurance Products
        description: >-
          Comprehensive life insurance portfolio including whole life, universal
          life, term life, key person, critical illness, and buy-sell agreement
          coverage across multiple subsidiaries.
      - name: Annuity Products
        description: >-
          Fixed, indexed, variable, immediate, and deferred annuities for
          retirement accumulation and income through Integrity Life, Lafayette
          Life, and W&S Financial Group Distributors.
      - name: Investment Management
        description: >-
          Institutional and high-net-worth investment management through Fort
          Washington Investment Advisors, and mutual fund offerings through
          Touchstone Investments.
      - name: Digital Insurance Platform
        description: >-
          Columbus Life operates a fully digital platform for faster
          submission-to-commission processing for independent financial
          service representatives.
      - name: Direct-to-Consumer Digital Channel
        description: >-
          Fabric by Gerber Life provides affordable term life insurance,
          will creation, and family financial organization via mobile app
          and digital platform.
      - name: Wholesale Distribution
        description: >-
          W&S Financial Group Distributors serves as a wholesale distributor
          of annuities and life insurance to financial institutions, banks,
          and independent advisors.
      - name: Retirement Planning Tools
        description: >-
          Online calculators for life insurance needs, retirement income,
          college savings, 401(k) projections, and withdrawal strategy planning.
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: Agent/Producer Integration
        description: >-
          Independent agents and financial service representatives access
          product information, submit applications, and manage policies
          through the financial professionals portal.
      - name: Institutional Distribution
        description: >-
          Banks, broker-dealers, and financial institutions distribute W&S
          annuity and life insurance products through wholesale partnership
          agreements.
      - name: Retirement Income Planning
        description: >-
          Advisors and clients use online tools and product solutions to
          build retirement income strategies using annuities and managed accounts.
      - name: Digital Life Insurance
        description: >-
          Consumers purchase and manage term life insurance and estate planning
          documents digitally through the Fabric by Gerber Life mobile platform.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: DTCC Insurance & Retirement Services
        description: >-
          Integration with DTCC's insurance and retirement services platform
          for producer authorization, annuity processing, and lifecycle
          management using ACORD standards.
      - name: ACORD Standards
        description: >-
          Life and annuity data standards compliance using ACORD Next-Generation
          Digital Standards (NGDS) including JSON and YAML-based exchange
          formats for insurance transactions.
      - name: Fidelity Institutional
        description: >-
          Product distribution partnership with Fidelity for annuity and
          insurance product offerings through Fidelity's advisor platform.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com