POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Karl J. Grafe and Mark A. Weiss as the true and lawful attorney
or attorneys-in-fact, with the full power of substitution and revocation, for
the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and
all capacities, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, any and all statements
or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, no par
value, of American Financial Group, Inc., including, without limitation, all
initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements of changes
in beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual statements of changes in
beneficial ownership of securities on Form 5, all successor or similar forms and
any and all other documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments
or supplements to any such statements, reports or forms, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do so and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
      The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming any of the responsibilities of the undersigned to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other legal
requirement.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	/s/Keith A. Jensen
	KEITH A. JENSEN


Date  October 28, 2010

Power of Attorney Form
Section 16