Leases Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Disclosure of supplemental Balance Sheet information related to leases

AFG’s operating lease right-of-use asset (net of deferred rent and lease incentives) and operating lease liability are included in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, in AFG’s Balance Sheet at December 31 and are presented in the following table (in millions):

	2021		2020
Right-of-use asset (*)	$	118	$	139
Lease liability	136		159

(*)Net of deferred rent and lease incentives of $18 million at December 31, 2021 and $20 million at December 31, 2020.

Lease activity

The following table details AFG’s lease activity for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

	2021		2020		2019
Lease expense:
Operating leases	$	41	$	47	$	46
Short-term leases	—		—		1
Total lease expense included in other expenses	41		47		47
Sublease income (*)	(2)		—		—
Total lease expense, net of sublease income	$	39	$	47	$	47

(*)Sublease income consists of rent from third parties of office space and is included in other income in AFG’s Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

Other operating lease liability information

Other operating lease information for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

	2021		2020		2019
Cash paid for lease liabilities reported in operating cash flows	$	43	$	50	$	49
Right-of-use assets obtained under new leases	10		25		19

Undiscounted contractual maturities of operating lease liabilities

The following table presents the undiscounted contractual maturities of AFG’s operating lease liability at December 31, 2021 (in millions):

Operating lease payments:
2022	$	38
2023	32
2024	26
2025	22
2026	18
Thereafter	13
Total lease payments	149
Impact of discounting	(13)
Operating lease liability	$	136

Schedule of weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate

Weighted-average remaining lease term	5.1 years
Weighted-average discount rate	3.7	%