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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-22-040895
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221110
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20221110

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-91945
		FILM NUMBER:		221376583

	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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    <div style="text-align: center;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2022</div>
    <div style="text-align: right;">Registration No. <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-91945</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">UNDER</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Ohio</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">31-1544320</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">301 East Fourth Street</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Cincinnati, Ohio&#160; 45202</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(513) 579-2121</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2022</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Full title of the plan)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Karl J. Grafe, Esq.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Secretary</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">American Financial Group, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">301 East Fourth Street</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Cincinnati, Ohio 45202</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(513) 579-2540</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Facsimile:&#160; (513) 579-0108</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, </div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">of agent for service of process) </div>
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    <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting
      company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Large accelerated filer &#9745;</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Accelerated filer &#9744;</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">(Do not check if a</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">smaller reporting</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">company)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Smaller reporting</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">company &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
      provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">The Registrant is filing this post-effective amendment (the &#8220;Post-Effective Amendment&#8221;) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-91945) filed with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission on December 2, 1999 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) to deregister 320,412 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, no par value per share, registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the Registration Statement.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">Therefore, in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, the securities registered under the
      Registration Statements that have not been sold, the Company hereby amends the Registration Statement to deregister 320,412 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, no par value per share, registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the
      Registration Statement.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
      Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on November 10, 2022. The following person is signing this Post-Effective Amendments on behalf of the registrant in reliance
      upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act.</div>
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                <div style="font-weight: bold;">AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</div>
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              <td style="width: 3%; padding-bottom: 2px;">By:</td>
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                <div>/s/ Mark A. Weiss</div>
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                <div>Mark A. Weiss</div>
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                <div>Vice President</div>
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