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Long-Term Debt | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | Long-Term Debt The carrying value of long-term debt consisted of the following (in millions):
| September 30, 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 |
Other | 3 |  |  | 3 |
| 708 |  |  | 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 | 10 |  |  | 59 |
National Interstate bank credit facility | 12 |  |  | 12 |
| 22 |  |  | 71 |
| $ | 880 |  |  | $ | 1,061 |
To achieve a desired balance between fixed and variable rate debt, AFG entered into an interest rate swap in June 2015, which effectively converts its 9-7/8% Senior Notes to a floating rate of three-month LIBOR plus 8.099% (8.4362% at September 30, 2015). The fair value of the interest rate swap (an asset of $7 million at September 30, 2015) and the offsetting adjustment to the carrying value of the notes are both included in the carrying value of the 9-7/8% Senior Notes in the table above. On September 30, 2015, AFG used cash on hand to redeem the $132 million in outstanding AFG 7% Senior Notes due September 2050 at par value. Scheduled principal payments on debt for the balance of 2015, the subsequent five years and thereafter were as follows: 2015 — less than $1 million; 2016 — $10 million; 2017 — $12 million; 2018 — none; 2019 — $350 million; 2020 — none and thereafter — $508 million. As shown below (in millions), the majority of AFG’s long-term debt is unsecured obligations:
| September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Senior unsecured obligations | $ | 720 |  |  | $ | 852 |
Subordinated unsecured obligations | 150 |  |  | 150 |
Obligations secured by real estate | 10 |  |  | 59 |
| $ | 880 |  |  | $ | 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 September 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014. National Interstate can borrow up to $100 million under its unsecured credit agreement, which expires in November 2017. At September 30, 2015, there was $12 million outstanding under this agreement, bearing interest at 1.28% (six-month LIBOR plus 0.875%).

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