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Long-Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
Long-Term Debt

The carrying value of long-term debt consisted of the following (in millions): 
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Direct Senior Obligations of AFG:
 
 
 
9-7/8% Senior Notes due June 2019
$
350

 
$
350

6-3/8% Senior Notes due June 2042
230

 
230

5-3/4% Senior Notes due August 2042
125

 
125

7% Senior Notes due September 2050
132

 
132

Other
3

 
3

 
840

 
840

 
 
 
 
Direct Subordinated Obligations of AFG:
 
 
 
6-1/4% Subordinated Debentures due September 2054
150

 
150

 
 
 
 
Subsidiaries:
 
 
 
Notes payable secured by real estate due 2015 through 2016
59

 
59

National Interstate bank credit facility
12

 
12

 
71

 
71

 
$
1,061

 
$
1,061


Scheduled principal payments on debt for the balance of 2015, the subsequent five years and thereafter were as follows: 2015 — $14 million; 2016 — $45 million; 2017 — $12 million; 2018 — none; 2019 — $350 million; 2020 — none and thereafter — $640 million.

As shown below (in millions), the majority of AFG’s long-term debt is unsecured obligations of the holding company and its subsidiaries:
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Senior unsecured obligations
$
852

 
$
852

Subordinated unsecured obligations
150

 
150

Obligations secured by real estate
59

 
59

 
$
1,061

 
$
1,061


 
AFG can borrow up to $500 million under its revolving credit facility which expires in December 2016. Amounts borrowed under this agreement bear interest at rates ranging from 1.00% to 1.875% (currently 1.375%) over LIBOR based on AFG’s credit rating. No amounts were borrowed under this facility at March 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

National Interstate can borrow up to $100 million under its unsecured credit agreement, which expires in November 2017. At March 31, 2015, there was $12 million outstanding under this agreement, bearing interest at 1.20% (six-month LIBOR plus 0.875%).