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Acquisitions of Businesses
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Business Combination [Abstract]  
Acquisitions of Businesses Acquisitions of Businesses
In the third quarter of 2025, AFG acquired the 52% of Radion Insurance Holdings, LLC (“Radion”) that it did not previously own for $7 million in cash, making Radion a wholly-owned subsidiary. Radion, a managing general underwriter, specializes in healthcare coverage for small and midsize businesses. At acquisition, in accordance with accounting guidance, the existing investment in Radion (previously accounted for using the equity method of accounting) was remeasured to fair value resulting in a $3 million realized gain. The acquisition also resulted in the recognition of $5 million of amortizing intangible assets related to technology and $22 million in goodwill (see Note H — “Goodwill and Other Intangibles”).

In the fourth quarter of 2024, AFG acquired an insurance agency business for $6 million, including $5 million in cash, and a consulting company for $4 million in cash. Virtually all of the purchase price for each acquisition was recorded as an amortizing intangible asset representing the fair value of the customer bases at acquisition.

Crop Risk Services   On July 3, 2023, AFG completed the acquisition of Crop Risk Services (“CRS”) from American International Group (“AIG”). CRS is a primary crop insurance general agent based in Decatur, Illinois, that generated crop year 2022 gross written premiums of approximately $1.2 billion and was the seventh largest provider of multi-peril crop insurance in the United States based on 2022 premiums. At closing, AFG paid AIG $234 million (based on $24 million in net tangible assets) using cash on hand.

Expenses related to the acquisition were $3 million and were expensed as incurred. The purchase price was allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities of CRS based on management’s best estimate of fair value as of the acquisition date. The purchase price allocation is shown below (in millions).
July 3, 2023
Cash paid at purchase
$234 
Tangible assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents
$26 
Agents’ balances and premiums receivable
164 
Other assets
Total tangible assets acquired
$193 
Liabilities acquired:
Other liabilities
$169 
Total liabilities acquired
169 
Net tangible assets acquired, at fair value
24 
Excess purchase price over net tangible assets acquired
$210 
Allocation of excess purchase price:
Intangible assets acquired (*)
$124 
Deferred tax asset (*)
Goodwill
85 
$210 
(*)Included in Other assets in AFG’s Balance Sheet.

In the purchase price allocation, $124 million of the purchase price was recognized as finite lived intangible assets primarily related to existing agency relationships, which will be amortized over an average estimated life of approximately 14 years. The acquisition resulted in the recognition of $85 million in GAAP basis goodwill based on the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. The acquisition resulted in $79 million of tax basis goodwill, which is deductible for tax purposes.