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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report: April 13, 2012</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Date of earliest event reported)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; text-align: center; width: 33%">31&#45;0746871</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction <BR> of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; text-align: center">(Commission<BR> File Number)</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 5.75pt; text-align: center">6200 S. Gilmore Road, Fairfield, Ohio</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">On April 13, 2012, Cincinnati Financial
Corporation issued the attached news release titled &ldquo;</FONT>Cincinnati Financial Corporation Announces Preliminary First-Quarter
Combined Ratio and Posts Its Portfolio Listing as of March 31, 2012<FONT STYLE="color: black">,&rdquo; furnished as Exhibit 99.1
hereto and incorporated herein by reference. This report should not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information
contained in the news release.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In accordance with general instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the
information furnished in this report shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(c) &#9;Exhibits</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 95pt; text-indent: -59pt"><FONT STYLE="color: black"><B>Exhibit
99.1</B> &ndash; News release dated April 13, 2012, &ldquo;</FONT>Cincinnati Financial Corporation Announces Preliminary First-Quarter
Combined Ratio and Posts Its Portfolio Listing as of March 31, 2012<FONT STYLE="color: black">&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 45%; padding: 0">CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding: 0">Date: April 13, 2012</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding: 0">/S/ Michael J. Sewell</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding: 0">Michael J. Sewell, CPA</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: April 13, 2012
(Date of earliest event reported)
CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
0-4604
31-0746871
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6200 S. Gilmore Road, Fairfield, Ohio
45014-5141
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(513) 870-2000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed
        since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On April 13, 2012, Cincinnati Financial
Corporation issued the attached news release titled "
Cincinnati Financial Corporation Announces Preliminary First-Quarter
Combined Ratio and Posts Its Portfolio Listing as of March 31, 2012
," furnished as Exhibit 99.1
hereto and incorporated herein by reference. This report should not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information
contained in the news release.
In accordance with general instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the
information furnished in this report shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) 	Exhibits
Exhibit
99.1
– News release dated April 13, 2012, "
Cincinnati Financial Corporation Announces Preliminary First-Quarter
Combined Ratio and Posts Its Portfolio Listing as of March 31, 2012
"
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Date: April 13, 2012
/S/ Michael J. Sewell
Michael J. Sewell, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, and Treasurer