Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President · CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP (CINF)

John Kellington

A named executive officer of CINCINNATI FINANCIAL in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,719,460

FY2023: $3,397,639

4th of 5 named executive officers at Cincinnati Financial by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 18, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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John Kellington compensation by year

CINCINNATI FINANCIAL Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CINCINNATI FINANCIAL reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Salary$642,029$638,507$657,662$694,161$748,297
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$454,159$575,617$861,273$1,054,377$799,736
Option awards$303,567$360,854$619,305$656,505$704,960
Non-equity incentive$140,107$962,071$825,777$875,324$281,977
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$106,865$74,597$124,229$117,272$184,490
Total$1,646,727$2,611,646$3,088,246$3,397,639$2,719,460

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP DEF 14A filed March 18, 2026, accession 0000020286-26-000015, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP filed document, accession 0000020286-26-000015. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 18, 2026.

$1.6M
$2.6M
$3.1M
$3.4M
$2.7M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU6,077$992,496—
PSU5,229$854,000—
PSU5,125$837,015—
RSU1,367$223,258—
RSU1,081$176,549—
RSU465$75,944—
Option5,726—$125.57
Option13,743—$112.36
Option16,000—$137.56

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

6 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 18, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-08Tax withholding—17,536$163.73127,051.66
2026-06-08Exercise or conversion—24,221$85.67144,587.66
2026-06-08Exercise or conversion derivative—24,221$0.000
2026-04-29Exercise or conversion—28,156$71.19138,736.37
2026-04-29Tax withholding—18,935$163.92120,366.66
2026-04-29Exercise or conversion derivative—28,156$0.000

The 6 most recent of 6 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

CINCINNATI FINANCIAL’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Stephen SprayPresident and Chief Executive Officer$5,943,492
Michael SewellChief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer$3,948,482
Steven JohnstonExecutive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer$2,776,442
John Kellington · this pageChief Information Officer and Executive Vice President$2,719,460
Teresa CracasChief Risk Officer and Executive Vice President$2,498,212

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