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Issuer:     AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC (AFG)
CIK:        0001042046
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-24-009919
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AFG elects Roger K. Newport to board; director Terry S. Jacobs to retire at 2024 annual meeting
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- Elected Roger K. Newport as independent director effective Feb. 27, 2024, to serve on Audit Committee.
- Newport former CEO of AK Steel (2016-2020) and CFO; also director at Alliant Energy.
- Director Terry S. Jacobs, board member since 2003, will not stand for re-election at 2024 Annual Meeting and retire.
- Jacobs' retirement not due to any dispute with company; he served on multiple committees including as Compensation Chair.
- Newport receives standard non-employee director compensation per company's policies.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036124009919/0001140361-24-009919-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036124009919/ef20022627_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-009919

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