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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-25-020947
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250530
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20250530

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001042046
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		EIN:				311544320
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-184913
		FILM NUMBER:		251011486

	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 May 30, 2025</div>
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      <div style="text-align: right;">Registration No. 333-117062</div>
      <div style="text-align: right;">Registration No. 333-184913</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">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</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">TO</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</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;">(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 Registrant&#8217;s 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;">AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">Joseph C. Alter, Esq.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">American Financial Group, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">301 East Fourth Street</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Cincinnati, Ohio 45202</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(513) 362-0158</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">&#160;(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">&#160;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, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
      filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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            <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">Large accelerated filer &#9745;</div>
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            <div>Accelerated filer &#9744;</div>
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            <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</div>
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            <div>Smaller reporting company &#9744;</div>
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            <div>Emerging growth company &#9744;</div>
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    <div>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
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
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    <div>On July 1, 2004, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and on July 2, 2004, the Registrant amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement 333-117062) (the &#8220;2004 Form S-8&#8221;) registering 150,000 of
      the Registrant&#8217;s common shares pursuant to the American Financial Group, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan (the &#8220;2004 Plan&#8221;).</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>On November 13, 2012, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement 333-184913) (the &#8220;2012 Form S-8&#8221; and collectively with the 2004 Form S-8, the &#8220;Registration
      Statements&#8221;) registering an additional 100,000 of the Registrant&#8217;s common shares pursuant to the 2004 Plan, as amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</div>
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      <div>The Registrant has ceased issuing common shares under the Plan.&#160; No additional common shares will be issued to participants under the Plan. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement Nos. 333-117062 and 333-184913 is being
        filed in order to terminate all offerings under the Registration Statements and deregister all common shares that were registered under the Registration Statements and remain unsold under the Plan.</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 of 1933, the Registrant 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
      Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 30, 2025.</div>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</div>
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              <div>By:&#160;</div>
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              <div>Joseph C. Alter</div>
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              <div>Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary</div>
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    <div>Note:&#160; No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to Registration Statement Nos. 333-117062 and 333-184913 in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended.</div>
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