---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-005197"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AFG"
cik: "0001042046"
company_name: "AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T07:56:11.425180+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AFG elects Craig Lindner Jr. and David Thompson to board; Evans not standing for re-election

## Summary
- Board elected Craig Lindner Jr. (President, AFG Real Estate) and David L. Thompson Jr. (Chairman/President/COO of Great American Insurance) as directors effective immediately.
- James E. Evans will not stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting but remains director through term and continues as Executive Consultant.
- Lindner and Thompson are internal executives; Lindner is a family member of co-CEOs, underscoring family's continued involvement as significant shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-005197
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AFG
- cik: 0001042046
- company_name: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036125005197/0001140361-25-005197-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036125005197/ef20043981_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-005197
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-005197.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-005197.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Craig Lindner Jr. was elected as Director at AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 19, 2025, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of American Financial Group, Inc. (“Company”) elected Craig Lindner Jr. and David L. Thompson Jr. as Directors, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036125005197/0001140361-25-005197-index.htm
- Executive change
  David L. Thompson Jr. was elected as Director at AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 19, 2025, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of American Financial Group, Inc. (“Company”) elected Craig Lindner Jr. and David L. Thompson Jr. as Directors, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036125005197/0001140361-25-005197-index.htm
- Executive change
  James E. Evans departed as Director at AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: notified intention not to stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: James E. Evans notified the Board of his intention not to stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036125005197/0001140361-25-005197-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.