Leases

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Leases

AFG and its subsidiaries lease real estate that is primarily used for office space and, to a lesser extent, equipment under operating lease arrangements. Most of AFG’s real estate leases include an option to extend or renew the lease term at AFG’s option. The operating lease liability includes lease payments related to options to extend or renew the lease term if AFG is reasonably certain of exercising those options. Lease payments are discounted using the implicit discount rate in the lease. If the implicit discount rate for the lease cannot be readily determined, AFG uses an estimate of its incremental secured borrowing rate. AFG did not have any material contracts accounted for as finance leases at June 30, 2019 or January 1, 2019.

At June 30, 2019, AFG’s $162 million operating lease right-of-use asset (presented net of $23 million in deferred rent and lease incentives) and $185 million operating lease liability are included in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, in AFG’s Balance Sheet.

The following table details AFG’s lease activity for the six months ended June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):

	Three months ended		Six months ended
	June 30, 2019		June 30, 2019
Lease expense:
Operating leases	$	11	$	22
Short-term leases	1		1
Total lease expense	$	12	$	23
Other operating lease information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities reported in operating cash flows			$	24
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities			8
Weighted-average remaining lease term			5.8 years
Weighted-average discount rate			4.1		%

The following table presents the undiscounted contractual maturities of AFG’s operating lease liability at June 30, 2019 (in millions):

	June 30, 2019
Operating lease payments:
Remainder of 2019	$	24
2020	43
2021	37
2022	29
2023	24
Thereafter	52
Total lease payments	209
Impact of discounting	(24		)
Operating lease liability	$	185