ServerVault Corp., the No. 1-ranked secure managed hosting provider, announced today that it has contracted to host the public Web sites of Western & Southern Financial Group, a diversified financial services company based in Cincinnati with over $28 billion under management. ServerVault is owned by affiliates of Cincinnati-based Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc., a member of Western & Southern Financial Group. ServerVault's headquarters and principal data center are located in Dulles, VA.

"We are especially pleased to extend our advanced capabilities to Western & Southern. Their confidence in us as a portfolio company investment is further evidenced by our ability to provide a very unique service," said Patrick J. Sweeney, president and CEO of ServerVault. "Our award-winning security and reliability make us a natural partner for Western & Southern as it continues to grow and raise its national profile."

Jim Korcykoski, Western & Southern Financial Group's chief technology officer said, "We had an interest in moving our public Web sites to a top-tier hosting provider, and our sponsorship of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tennis tournament this summer made this a higher priority. ServerVault has demonstrated 99.999 percent uptime, best-in-class security and high customer satisfaction so we knew they could support our growth now and in the future."

About ServerVault

ServerVault provides complex hosting solutions that have the best protection against hackers or viruses. ServerVault (ranked No.1 in security by Meta Group, Tier One and other major third parties) delivers the industry's most robust service level agreements with 99.999 percent reliability, and is competitively priced to make it No.1 in value. The company has a growing customer base of Fortune 1000 and global companies including CapitalOne, Carlyle Group, National Football League, United Way, and Citigroup. Built on its platform of security, reliability, value and customer care, ServerVault offers complex Web and intranet hosting, secure outsourced email and VPN and firewall solutions. The company's platform is substantially different from other hosting providers, offering 50 discrete points of protection and extensive proprietary technology. ServerVault operates the first and only commercially available data center built to stringent sensitive compartmented information facility standards set by the Department of Defense. For more information, visit http://www.servervault.com/ or call 1.877.78.VAULT.

About Western & Southern Financial Group

Western & Southern Financial Group is a diversified family of financial services companies with a heritage dating to 1888. It has more than $28 billion in assets owned and under management. The Western & Southern family has been consistently recognized by industry authorities such as Standard & Poor's, Fitch, A.M. Best, Comdex and Ward's Top 50 Benchmark Group for financial strength and sound management. Anchored by The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, the group's affiliates include Columbus Life Insurance Company, The Integrity Companies, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc.(1), Eagle Realty Group, and Touchstone Securities Inc.(2) Dedication to protecting and growing customers' assets and securing their futures unites all members of Western & Southern Financial Group. For more information, visit http://www.westernsouthern.com/ .

1 -- A registered investment advisor
2 -- A registered broker-dealer and member of NASD/SIPC.

Ratings refer to the financial strength of the insurance company and not to the safety, stability, or performance of any investment product.