Cincinnati Insurance Co. and Cincinnati Financial Corp. founder dies

Robert Schiff, founder of Cincinnati Insurance Co. and Cincinnati Financial Corp., died Jan. 7, at the age of 86.

Schiff began as an insurance agent after graduating from Ohio State University in 1946. He was a founder and director of Cincinnati Insurance Co. since it was established in 1950, and a director of Cincinnati Financial, an outgrowth of Cincinnati Insurance, from its incorporation in 1968, to his retirement from the board in 2004.