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Shareholders' Equity | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Shareholders' Equity | Shareholders’ Equity AFG is authorized to issue 12.5 million shares of Voting Preferred Stock and 12.5 million shares of Nonvoting Preferred Stock, each without par value. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax (“AOCI”) Comprehensive income is defined as all changes in Shareholders’ Equity except those arising from transactions with shareholders. Comprehensive income includes net earnings and other comprehensive income, which consists primarily of changes in net unrealized gains or losses on available for sale securities. The progression of the components of accumulated other comprehensive income follows (in millions):
|  |  | Other Comprehensive Income |  |  |
| AOCI Beginning Balance |  | Pretax |  | Tax |  | Net of tax |  | Attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | Attributable to shareholders |  | AOCI Ending Balance |
Three months ended March 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gains on securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on securities arising during the period |  |  | $ | 106 |  |  | $ | (37 | ) |  | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 68 |  |  |  |  |
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses included in net earnings (a) |  |  | (19 | ) |  | 7 |  |  | (12 | ) |  | — |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  |  |
Total net unrealized gains on securities (b) | $ | 743 |  |  | 87 |  |  | (30 | ) |  | 57 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 56 |  |  | $ | 799 |  |
Net unrealized gains on cash flow hedges | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | (8 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |  | (16 | ) |
Pension and other postretirement plans adjustments | (8 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |
Total | $ | 727 |  |  | $ | 80 |  |  | $ | (30 | ) |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | 776 |  |
Three months ended March 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gains on securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on securities arising during the period |  |  | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | (74 | ) |  | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | 134 |  |  |  |
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses included in net earnings (a) |  |  | (18 | ) |  | 6 |  |  | (12 | ) |  | — |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  |
Total net unrealized gains on securities | $ | 563 |  |  | 193 |  |  | (68 | ) |  | 125 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | 122 |  |  | $ | 685 |  |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 1 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | (4 | ) |
Pension and other postretirement plans adjustments | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |
Total | $ | 560 |  |  | $ | 188 |  |  | $ | (68 | ) |  | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | 677 |  |
(a) | The reclassification adjustment out of net unrealized gains on securities affected the following lines in AFG’s Consolidated Statement of Earnings:
| OCI component |  | Affected line in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings |
| Pretax |  | Realized gains on securities |
| Tax |  | Provision for income taxes |
| Attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | Net earnings (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(b) | Includes net unrealized gains of $57 million at March 31, 2015 compared to $58 million at December 31, 2014 related to securities for which only the credit portion of an other-than-temporary impairment has been recorded in earnings.
Stock Incentive Plans Under AFG’s stock incentive plans, employees of AFG and its subsidiaries are eligible to receive equity awards in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and stock awards. In the first three months of 2015, AFG issued 171,130 shares of restricted Common Stock (fair value of $63.15 per share) and granted stock options for 716,818 shares of Common Stock (at an exercise price of $63.15) under the Stock Incentive Plan. In addition, AFG issued 54,732 shares of Common Stock (fair value of $62.55 per share) in the first quarter of 2015 under the Equity Bonus Plan. AFG uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the fair value of its option grants. The expected dividend yield is based on AFG’s current dividend rate. To determine expected volatility, AFG considers its daily historical volatility as well as implied volatility on traded options. The expected term was estimated based on historical exercise patterns and post vesting cancellations. The risk-free rate for periods associated with the expected term is based upon the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect on the grant date.
| Three months ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Exercise price | $ | 63.15 |  |  | $ | 56.44 |
Expected dividend yield | 1.6 | % |  | 1.6 | %
Expected volatility | 25 | % |  | 26 | %
Expected term (in years) | 7.25 |  |  | 7.25 |
Risk-free rate | 1.88 | % |  | 2.20 | %
Grant date fair value | $ | 15.29 |  |  | $ | 14.65 |
Total compensation expense related to stock incentive plans of AFG and its subsidiaries was $6 million and $7 million, respectively, in the first three months of 2015 and 2014.

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