Cincinnati, Ohio-Based Insurance Company American Financial Group's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was 7.6% Per Year During the Past Ten Years

From annual compensation information contained in Company Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows American Financial Group's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the past ten years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
American Financial Group	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Carl Linder Co-CEO	10,209	9,773		9,773	9,736		9,736	7,642		7,642	7,641		7,641	9,657
Craig Lindner Co-CEO	10,191	9,602		9,602	9,753		9,753	7,696		7,696	7,584		7,584	9,675
Consolino CFO	4,684	4,471		4,471	4,470		4,470	3,530		3,530	3,257		N/A	N/A
Berding President American Money Mgt	4,794	4,538		4,538	4,609		4,609	3,880		3,880	3,420		3,420	3,714
Gillis Chief Administrative Officer	1,048	993		993	1,018		1,018	950		950	909
Peraino General Counsel	1,982	1,948		1,948	1,992		1,992	2,019		2,019	1,912		1,912	2,273
Totals	32,908	31,325		31,325	31,578		31,578	25,717		25,717	24,723		20,557	25,319
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	5.1%			-0.8%			22.8%			4.0%			-18.8%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		2.5%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
American Financial Group	2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010		2010	2009		2009	2008
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Carl Linder Co-CEO	9,657	8,399		8,399	8,518		8,430	8,251		8,251	5,917		5,917	4,382
Craig Lindner Co-CEO	9,675	8,406		8,406	8,616		8,510	8,319		8,319	5,958		5,958	4,395
Berding President American Money Mgt	3,714	2,670
Evans Executive Counsel	2,567	2,616		2,616	2,929		2,929	2,794		2,794	2,587		2,587	2,682
Jensen CFO				1,838	2,259		2,259	2,135		2,135	2,184		2,184	1,843
Mischell SVP				1,564	1,678		1,678	1,552		1,552	1,418		1,418	1,493
Totals	25,613	22,091		22,823	24,000		23,806	23,051		23,051	18,064		18,064	14,795
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	15.9%			-4.9%			3.3%			27.6%			22.1%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		12.8%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		7.6%