<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-19-014454.txt : 20190228
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190228161006
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-19-014454
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190226
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190228
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190228

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Martin Mary Beth
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001769239

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13653
		FILM NUMBER:		19643273

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7836 CONCORD HILLS PLACE
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45243

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001042046
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				311544320
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP TOWER
		STREET 2:		301 E. 4TH STREET
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5135792121

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP TOWER
		STREET 2:		301 E. 4TH STREET
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970709
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3 SUBMISSION
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-02-26</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001042046</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AFG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001769239</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Martin Mary Beth</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>301 E. FOURTH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CINCINNATI</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>45202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Mary Beth Martin
by: Karl J. Grafe as Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-02-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24.3_837470
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Karl J. Grafe and Mark A. Weiss as the true and lawful attorney
or attorneys-in-fact, with the full power of substitution and revocation, for
the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and
all capacities, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, any and all statements
or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, no par
value, of American Financial Group, Inc., including, without limitation, all
initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements of changes
in beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual statements of changes in
beneficial ownership of securities on Form 5, all successor or similar forms and
any and all other documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments
or supplements to any such statements, reports or forms, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do so and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and each of
them, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming any of the responsibilities of the undersigned to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other legal requirement.  This
Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	/s/Mary Beth Martin
	Mary Beth Martin


Date:  February 26, 2019


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