– USA, OH – American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) announced the elections of Craig Lindner and David Thompson to its Board of Directors.
In addition, James E. Evans has notified the Board that he will not stand for reelection at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders but will continue to advise the Company as Executive Consultant, a role he has held since transitioned from a senior officer and employee the Company in 2014. Mr. Evans will continue to serve through the remainder of his current term.
About Craig Lindner Jr.
Craig Lindner serves as the Divisional President of AFG Real Estate Investments, a position he has held since 2017. In this role, he manages the portfolio of apartments, resort and marina property,ies, and other commercial real estate, in addition to its extensive portfolio of commercial mortgages. Craig Lindner joined AFG in 2002. Throughout a 20-year career in real estate investing and the insurance industry, he has played a key role in overseeing the management and operations of the Company’s investments in real estate equity and debt. During much of this time, he also served as a member of the executive team of AFG’s Annuity Group until the time of its sale in 2021.
Craig Lindner earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from Palm Beach Atlantic University. He served on the Board of Directors of Cranemere, a long-term industrial holding company, from 2017-2020.
About David L. Thompson Jr.
Mr. Thompson currently serves as Chairman of the Board, President, and COO of Great American Insurance Company, AFG’s flagship property and casualty insurance company. Since joining Great American in 2006, he has served in various senior management capacities and has had direct executive oversight of many of Great American’s specialty property and casualty businesses, as well as its corporate reinsurance operations, the Company’s wholly owned retail agency, Dempsey & Siders, and was instrumental in the formation of its Predictive Analytics function. Raised in a multi-lingual, international household, David Thompson spent his formative years in Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and Russia before returning to the United States and earning a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics from Wheaton College. David Thompson serves on the Board of Directors of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
About American Financial Group, Inc.
American Financial Group is an insurance holding company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Through the operations of Great American Insurance Group, AFG is engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for businesses. Great American Insurance Group’s roots go back to 1872 with the founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company.
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