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Long-Term Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of long-term debt instruments | Long-term debt consisted of the following (in millions):
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| Principal |  | Discount and Issue Costs |  | Carrying Value |  | Principal |  | Discount and Issue Costs |  | Carrying Value
Direct Senior Obligations of AFG: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
9-7/8% Senior Notes due June 2019 | $ | 350 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 349 |  |  | $ | 350 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 349 |
3-1/2% Senior Notes due August 2026 | 300 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | 296 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
6-3/8% Senior Notes due June 2042 | 230 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | 223 |  |  | 230 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | 223 |
5-3/4% Senior Notes due August 2042 | 125 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | 121 |  |  | 125 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | 121 |
Other | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |
| 1,008 |  |  | (16 | ) |  | 992 |  |  | 708 |  |  | (12 | ) |  | 696 |
Direct Subordinated Obligations of AFG: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6-1/4% Subordinated Debentures due September 2054 | 150 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 145 |  |  | 150 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 145 |
6% Subordinated Debentures due November 2055 | 150 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 145 |  |  | 150 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 145 |
| 300 |  |  | (10 | ) |  | 290 |  |  | 300 |  |  | (10 | ) |  | 290 |
Subsidiaries: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National Interstate bank credit facility | 18 |  |  | — |  |  | 18 |  |  | 12 |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |
| $ | 1,326 |  |  | $ | (26 | ) |  | $ | 1,300 |  |  | $ | 1,020 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 998 |
Summary of secured and unsecured long-term debt | As shown below (principal amount, in millions), the majority of AFG’s long-term debt is unsecured obligations of the holding company and its subsidiaries:
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Senior unsecured obligations | $ | 1,026 |  |  | $ | 720 |
Subordinated unsecured obligations | 300 |  |  | 300 |
| $ | 1,326 |  |  | $ | 1,020 |

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