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Acquisitions and Sale of Businesses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Acquisitions and Sale of Businesses | Acquisitions and Sale of Businesses Neon Lloyd’s Business On December 29, 2017, AFG completed the sale of an indirect noncontrolling interest in Neon, its United Kingdom-based Lloyd’s insurer, to certain Neon executives for cash equal to the fair value of the interest sold as determined by a third-party valuation firm. Because AFG continues to have a controlling interest in Neon, the sale was accounted for as an equity transaction with the excess of the carrying value of the net assets attributable to the noncontrolling interest sold over the consideration received recorded as a $3 million reduction in AFG’s Capital Surplus. As discussed in Note L — “Income Taxes,” the sale of the noncontrolling interest also resulted in the recognition of a $56 million tax benefit, including a $48 million tax benefit previously deferred in the 2016 restructuring of the Neon Lloyd’s operations. Acquisition of Noncontrolling Interest in National Interstate Corporation On November 10, 2016, AFG acquired the 49% of National Interstate Corporation (“NATL”) not previously owned by AFG’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Great American Insurance Company for $315 million ($32.00 per share) in a merger transaction. In addition, NATL paid a one-time special cash dividend of $0.50 per share to its shareholders immediately prior to the merger closing ($5 million was paid to noncontrolling shareholders). Expenses related to the merger were approximately $10 million and were expensed as incurred. Because NATL was already a consolidated subsidiary of AFG prior to the merger, the acquisition was accounted for as an equity transaction. As a result, the excess of the consideration paid over the carrying value of the noncontrolling interest acquired was recorded as a $137 million reduction in AFG’s Capital Surplus. In addition, the merger allowed NATL and its subsidiaries to become members of the AFG consolidated tax group, which resulted in a tax benefit of $66 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. Sale of Long-term Care Business In December 2015, AFG completed the sale of substantially all of its run-off long-term care insurance business (which was included in the run-off long-term care and life segment) to HC2 Holdings, Inc. (“HC2”) for approximately $13 million in net proceeds. AFG may also receive up to $13 million of additional proceeds from HC2 in the future contingent upon the release of certain statutory-basis liabilities of the legal entities sold by AFG. In connection with obtaining regulatory approval for the transaction, AFG agreed to provide up to an aggregate of $35 million of capital support for the insurance companies, on an as-needed basis to maintain specified surplus levels, subject to immediate reimbursement by HC2 through a five-year capital maintenance agreement. The legal entities involved in the transaction, United Teacher Associates Insurance Company (“UTA”) and Continental General Insurance Company (“CGIC”), contained substantially all of AFG’s long-term care insurance reserves (96% as measured by net statutory reserves as of November 30, 2015), as well as smaller blocks of annuity and life insurance business. Following the sale of these subsidiaries, AFG has only a small block of long-term care insurance (1,600 policies) with approximately $39 million in reserves at December 31, 2017. AFG had ceased new sales of long-term care insurance in January 2010, but continued to accept renewal premiums on its outstanding policies, which are guaranteed renewable. In addition to the net proceeds received at closing and the $13 million of potential additional proceeds in the future from the release of statutory liabilities, AFG received a total of $97 million in tax benefits in 2016 related to the sale through reduced estimated tax payments and a tax refund resulting from the carryback of the tax-basis capital loss. The receivables for these tax benefits were reflected in AFG’s financial statements at December 31, 2015. Based on the status of ongoing negotiations at the end of the first quarter of 2015, management determined that the potential sale of the run-off long-term care insurance business met the GAAP “held for sale” criteria as of March 31, 2015. Accordingly, AFG recorded a $162 million pretax loss ($105 million loss after tax) in the first quarter of 2015 to establish a liability equal to the excess of the net carrying value of the assets and liabilities to be disposed over the estimated net sale proceeds. At the closing date, the loss was adjusted to $166 million ($108 million loss after tax) based on the actual proceeds received and the final carrying value of the net assets disposed. In the second quarter of 2016, AFG received additional proceeds based on the final closing balance sheet and adjusted certain accrued expense estimates associated with the sale, resulting in a $2 million pretax gain. At March 31, 2015 and at the sale date, the carrying value of the assets and liabilities disposed represented approximately 4% of both AFG’s assets and liabilities. Under accounting guidance effective in January 2015, only disposals of components of an entity that represent a strategic shift and that have a major effect on a reporting entity’s operations and financial results are reported as discontinued operations. Due to the run-off nature of the business and the immaterial expected impact on AFG’s results of operations, the sale of AFG’s long-term care insurance business has not been reported as a discontinued operation. The impact of the sale of the run-off long-term care insurance business is shown below (in millions):
| December 24, 2015
Net sale proceeds (*) |  |  | $ | 13 |
Assets of businesses sold: |  |  |
Cash and investments | $ | 1,334 |  |  |  |
Recoverables from reinsurers | 630 |  |  |  |
Deferred policy acquisition costs | 16 |  |  |  |
Other receivables | 16 |  |  |  |
Other assets | (4 | ) |  |  |
Goodwill | 2 |  |  |  |
Total assets |  |  | 1,994 |
Liabilities of businesses sold: |  |  |
Annuity benefits accumulated | 261 |  |  |  |
Life, accident and health reserves | 1,525 |  |  |  |
Other liabilities | 7 |  |  |  |
Total liabilities |  |  | 1,793 |
Reclassify net unrealized gain on marketable securities |  |  | 22 |
Net assets of businesses sold |  |  | 179 |
Loss on subsidiaries, pretax |  |  | (166 | )
Tax benefit |  |  | 58 |
Loss on subsidiaries, net of tax |  |  | $ | (108 | )
(*) | Includes the fair value of the potential additional consideration and capital maintenance agreement and is shown net of estimated expenses.
Revenues, costs and expenses, and earnings before income taxes for the subsidiaries sold were (in millions):
| Year ended
| December 31, 2015
Life, accident and health net earned premiums: |
Long-term care | $ | 73 |
Life operations | 11 |
Net investment income | 73 |
Realized gains (losses) on securities and other income | (11 | )
Total revenues | 146 |
Annuity benefits | 8 |
Life, accident and health benefits: |
Long-term care | 91 |
Life operations | 11 |
Annuity and supplemental insurance acquisition expenses | 12 |
Other expenses | 16 |
Total costs and expenses | 138 |
Earnings before income taxes | $ | 8 |
Other In addition to the loss on the sale of substantially all of AFG’s run-off long-term care insurance business (discussed above), AFG recorded a $5 million pretax realized gain in the third quarter of 2015 representing an adjustment to a previously recognized realized loss on a small property and casualty subsidiary sold several years ago.

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