AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC (AFG) Business

Item 1. Business

Introduction

American Financial Group, Inc. (“AFG” or the “Company”) is an insurance holding company. Through the operations of Great American Insurance Group, AFG is engaged in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for businesses. AFG’s in-house team of investment professionals oversees the Company’s investment portfolio. The members of the Great American Insurance Group have been in business for over 150 years. Management believes that over 55% of the 2025 gross written premiums in AFG’s Specialty property and casualty group are produced by businesses that rank in the “top 10” amongst competitors based on gross written premiums.

AFG’s address is 301 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202; its phone number is (513) 579-2121. SEC filings, news releases, AFG’s Code of Ethics applicable to directors, officers and employees, AFG’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report and other information may be accessed free of charge through AFG’s website at: www.AFGinc.com. (Information on or accessible through AFG’s website is not part of this Form 10-K.) See Note C — “Segments of Operations” to the financial statements for information on AFG’s assets, revenues and earnings before income taxes by segment.

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Top Tier Specialty Property and Casualty Insurer

AFG allows each of its businesses the autonomy to make decisions related to underwriting, claims and policy servicing. This entrepreneurial business model promotes agility, innovative product design, unique applications of pricing segmentation, as well as developing distribution strategies and building relationships in the markets served. Management believes that AFG’s ability to grow book value per share at a double-digit annual rate over time is evidence that the Company’s culture, business model and employee incentive plans create a structure to build long-term value for AFG’s shareholders.

As highlighted in the illustration below, over the past 25 plus years, AFG has sharpened its focus on the businesses that management knows best. This has been accomplished through organic growth, carefully selected acquisitions, start-ups and dispositions.

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Timeline of Selected Start-ups, Acquisitions and Dispositions

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Property and Casualty Insurance Segment

General

AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations provide a wide range of commercial coverages through 36 insurance businesses (at December 31, 2025) that make up the Great American Insurance Group. AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations ultimately report to a single senior executive and operate under a business model that allows local decision-making for underwriting, claims and policy servicing in each of the niche operations. Each business is managed by experienced professionals in particular lines or customer groups and operates autonomously but with certain central controls and accountability. The decentralized approach allows each unit the autonomy necessary to respond to local and specialty market conditions while capitalizing on the efficiencies of centralized investment and administrative support functions. AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations are conducted through the subsidiaries listed in the following table, which includes independent financial strength ratings and 2025 gross written premiums (in millions) for each subsidiary. These ratings are generally based on concerns for policyholders and agents and are not directed toward the protection of investors. AFG believes that maintaining a rating in the “A” category by A.M. Best is important to compete successfully in most lines of business.

The primary objectives of AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations are to achieve solid underwriting profitability and provide excellent service to its policyholders and agents. Underwriting profitability is measured by the combined ratio, which is a sum of the ratios of losses, loss adjustment expenses (“LAE”), underwriting expenses and policyholder dividends to premiums. A combined ratio under 100% indicates an underwriting profit. The combined ratio does not reflect investment income, other income, other expenses or federal income taxes.

While many costs included in underwriting are readily determined (commissions, administrative expenses and many of the losses on claims reported), the process of determining overall underwriting results is highly dependent upon the use of estimates in the case of losses incurred or expected but not yet reported or developed. Management uses actuarial procedures and projections to determine “point estimates” of ultimate losses. While the process is imprecise and develops amounts which are subject to change over time, management believes that the liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses are adequate.

Financial information is reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for shareholder and other investor-related purposes and reported on a statutory basis for U.S. insurance regulatory purposes. Unless indicated otherwise, the financial information presented in this Form 10-K for AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations is presented based on GAAP. Statutory information is only prepared for AFG’s U.S.-based subsidiaries, which represented approximately 98% of AFG’s direct written premiums in 2025, and is provided for industry comparisons or where comparable GAAP information is not readily available.

Major differences for statutory accounting include charging policy acquisition costs to expense as incurred rather than spreading the costs over the periods covered by the policies; reporting investment grade bonds and redeemable preferred stocks at amortized cost rather than fair value; netting of reinsurance recoverables and prepaid reinsurance premiums against the corresponding liabilities rather than reporting such items separately; and charging to surplus certain GAAP assets, such as furniture and fixtures and agents’ balances over 90 days old.

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AFG’s statutory combined ratio averaged 90.5% for the period 2016 to 2025 as compared to 98.1% for the property and casualty commercial lines industry over the same period. AFG believes that its specialty niche focus, product line diversification and underwriting discipline have contributed to the Company’s ability to consistently outperform the industry’s underwriting results. Management’s philosophy is to refrain from writing business that is not expected to produce an underwriting profit even if it is necessary to limit premium growth to do so.

(*)The source of the commercial lines industry ratios is ©2026 A.M. Best Company’s Review & Preview Reports.

Property and Casualty Results

Performance measures such as underwriting profit or loss and related combined ratios are often used by property and casualty insurers to help users of their financial statements better understand the company’s performance. See Note C — “Segments of Operations” to the financial statements for the reconciliation of AFG’s earnings before income taxes by significant business segment to the statement of earnings.

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The following table shows the performance of AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations (dollars in millions):

(*)The source of the industry ratios is ©2026 A.M. Best Company’s Review & Preview Reports.

As with other property and casualty insurers, AFG’s operating results can be adversely affected by unpredictable catastrophe losses. Certain natural disasters (hurricanes, severe storms, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, etc.) and other incidents of major loss (explosions, civil disorder, terrorist events, fires, etc.) are classified as catastrophes by industry associations. Losses from these incidents are usually tracked separately from other business of insurers because of their sizable effects on overall operations. Total losses (net of reinsurance) to AFG’s insurance operations from current accident year catastrophes were $137 million in 2025, $180 million in 2024 and $162 million in 2023 and are included in the table above.

AFG generally seeks to reduce its exposure to catastrophes through individual risk selection, including minimizing coastal and known fault-line exposures, and through the purchase of reinsurance. In addition to traditional reinsurance, AFG has purchased coverage through a fully collateralized catastrophe bond. AFG’s net exposure to a catastrophic earthquake or windstorm that industry models indicate should statistically occur once in every 500 years (a “500-year event”) is less than 3% of AFG’s Shareholders’ Equity.

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Property and Casualty Insurance Products

AFG is focused on growth opportunities in what it believes to be more profitable specialty businesses where AFG personnel are experts in particular lines of business or customer groups. AFG believes it is an innovator in risk sharing and alternative risk transfer programs for policyholders and agents. For example, AFG provides: risk sharing alternatives in the passenger transportation, moving and storage and trucking industries, agency and group risk sharing programs, unique coverage options for workers’ compensation accounts that include higher retentions and specialty loss prevention and innovative commission structures for distribution partners who produce profitable business. These programs and offerings help align the interests of customers and distribution partners with AFG’s interests.

The following are examples of AFG’s specialty businesses grouped by sub-segment:

Management believes specialization is the key element to the underwriting success of these business units. These specialty businesses are opportunistic and premium volume will vary based on prevailing market conditions. AFG continually evaluates expansion in existing markets and opportunities in new specialty markets that meet its profitability objectives. Likewise, AFG will withdraw from markets that do not meet its profit objectives or business strategy.

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2025 SPECIALTY PROPERTY AND CASUALTY BY SUB-SEGMENT

(*)Excludes underwriting losses recorded outside of AFG’s Specialty P&C group that AFG no longer writes.

Historically, AFG reported the results of its internal reinsurance facility (that assumes business from several of AFG’s Specialty property and casualty businesses) in an Other Specialty sub-segment. Beginning in 2025, the internal reinsurance results are included within the same sub-segments as the ceding businesses to align with senior management’s evolving view of the program. The overall results for AFG’s Specialty property and casualty insurance operations are not impacted by this change. Information from prior periods has been recast for consistent presentation.

Premium Distribution

The following table shows the net written premiums by sub-segment for AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations for 2025, 2024 and 2023 (in millions):

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The geographic distribution of statutory direct written premiums by AFG’s U.S.-based insurers for 2025, 2024 and 2023 is shown below. Approximately 2% of AFG’s direct written premiums in 2025 were derived from non U.S.-based insurers.

2025 STATUTORY DIRECT WRITTEN PREMIUMS

Reinsurance

Consistent with standard practice of most insurance companies, AFG reinsures a portion of its property and casualty business with other insurance companies and assumes a relatively small amount of business from other insurers. AFG uses reinsurance for two primary purposes: (i) to provide higher limits of coverage than it would otherwise be willing to provide (i.e. large line capacity) and (ii) to protect its business by reducing the impact of catastrophes. The availability and cost of reinsurance are subject to prevailing market conditions, which may affect the volume and profitability of business that is written. AFG is subject to credit risk with respect to its reinsurers, as the ceding of risk to reinsurers does not relieve AFG of its liability to its insureds until claims are fully settled.

Reinsurance is provided on either a facultative or treaty basis. Facultative reinsurance is generally provided on a risk-by-risk basis. Individual risks are ceded and assumed based on an offer and acceptance of risk by each party to the transaction. AFG purchases facultative reinsurance, both pro rata and excess of loss, depending on the risk and available

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reinsurance markets. Treaty reinsurance provides for risks meeting prescribed criteria to be automatically ceded and assumed according to contract provisions.

Catastrophe Reinsurance AFG has taken steps to limit its exposure to catastrophes (including those resulting from hurricanes, windstorms, tornadoes, floods, hailstorms, earthquakes, explosions, fires and acts of terrorism and civil unrest) through individual risk selection, including minimizing coastal and known fault-line exposures, and purchasing catastrophe reinsurance. In addition, AFG purchases catastrophe reinsurance for its workers’ compensation businesses. Although the cost of catastrophe reinsurance varies depending on exposure and the level of worldwide loss activity, AFG continues to obtain reinsurance coverage in adequate amounts at acceptable rates.

In January 2026, AFG’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries renewed their catastrophe reinsurance coverages. For AFG’s U.S.-based operations, the Company placed $205 million of coverage in excess of a $70 million per event primary retention in the traditional reinsurance markets.

Through a combination of traditional reinsurance and a fully collateralized catastrophe bond structure with Riverfront Re Ltd., AFG has additional coverage of $350 million for catastrophe losses in excess of $275 million through December 31, 2028.

The commercial marketplace requires large policy limits ($25 million or more) in several of AFG’s lines of business, including certain property, environmental, aviation, executive and professional liability, umbrella and excess liability, and fidelity and surety coverages. Since these limits exceed management’s desired exposure to an individual risk, AFG generally enters into reinsurance agreements to reduce its net exposure under such policies to an acceptable level. Reinsurance continues to be available for this large line capacity exposure with satisfactory pricing and terms.

In addition to the catastrophe and large line capacity reinsurance programs discussed above, AFG purchases reinsurance on a product-by-product basis. AFG regularly reviews the financial strength of its current and potential reinsurers. These reviews include consideration of credit ratings, available capital, claims paying history and expertise. This process periodically results in the transfer of risks to more financially secure reinsurers. Substantially all reinsurance is ceded to companies with investment grade S&P ratings or is secured by “funds withheld” or other collateral. Under “funds withheld” arrangements, AFG retains ceded premiums to fund ceded losses as they become due from the reinsurer. Recoverables from the following companies were individually between 9% and 11% of AFG’s total property and casualty reinsurance recoverable (including prepaid reinsurance premiums and net of payables to reinsurers) at December 31, 2025: Everest Reinsurance Company, Hannover Rueck SE and Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation. No other reinsurers exceeded 5% of AFG’s property and casualty reinsurance recoverable.

The following table presents (by type of coverage) the amount of each loss above the specified retention covered by treaty reinsurance programs in AFG’s U.S.-based property and casualty insurance operations (in millions) as of January 1, 2026:

(a)Includes the participation of AFG’s internal reinsurance program.

(b)Maximum loss per event for claims up to reinsurance coverage limit.

In addition to the coverage shown above, AFG reinsures its multi-peril crop insurance (“MPCI”) business through the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (“FCIC”) based on the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (“SRA”). The SRA provides a risk-sharing framework between the government and approved insurance providers. Under this framework, AFG can elect the desired retention of risk on a state-by-state, county, crop or plan basis. The SRA also provides for a fixed quota share cession to the FCIC. For the portion of business retained under the SRA, AFG utilizes private-market quota share and excess of loss reinsurance arrangements to manage crop insurance exposure.

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The balance sheet caption “Recoverables from reinsurers” included approximately $222 million on paid losses and LAE and $5.31 billion on unpaid losses and LAE at December 31, 2025. These amounts are net of allowances of approximately $10 million for expected credit losses on reinsurance recoverables. The collectability of a reinsurance balance is based upon the financial condition of a reinsurer as well as individual claim considerations.

Reinsurance premiums ceded and assumed are presented in the following table (in millions):

(*)2024 includes $217 million related to the acquisition of CRS as a result of premium written by the previous owner and assumed by AFG during the transition.

Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves

The consolidated financial statements include the estimated liability for unpaid losses and LAE of AFG’s insurance subsidiaries. This liability represents estimates of the ultimate net cost of all unpaid losses and LAE and is determined by using case-basis evaluations, actuarial projections and management’s judgment. These estimates are subject to the effects of changes in claim amounts and frequency and are periodically reviewed and adjusted as additional information becomes known. In accordance with industry practices, such adjustments are reflected in current year operations. Generally, reserves for reinsurance assumed and involuntary pools and associations are reflected in AFG’s results at the amounts reported by those entities. See Note N — “Insurance — Insurance Reserves” to the financial statements for information on the development of AFG’s liability for unpaid losses and LAE by accident year as well as a progression of the liability on a GAAP basis over the past three years.

A reconciliation of the liability for losses and LAE reported in the annual statements filed with the state insurance departments in accordance with statutory accounting principles (“SAP”) to the liability reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP at December 31, 2025 follows (in millions):

Asbestos and Environmental-related (“A&E”) Insurance Reserves   AFG’s property and casualty group, like many others in the industry, has A&E claims arising in most cases from general liability policies written more than thirty-five years ago. The establishment of reserves for such A&E claims presents unique and difficult challenges and is subject to uncertainties significantly greater than those presented by other types of claims. For a discussion of these uncertainties, see Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — “Uncertainties — Asbestos and Environmental-related (“A&E”) Insurance Reserves” and Note M — “Contingencies” to the financial statements.

The following table (in millions) is a progression of the property and casualty group’s A&E reserves.

AFG annually conducts a comprehensive review of its asbestos and environmental reserves. In connection with these reviews, AFG engages with outside counsel and, as appropriate, engineering and consulting firms and specialty actuarial firms.

An in-depth internal review of AFG’s A&E reserves was completed in the third quarter of 2025 by AFG’s internal A&E claims specialists in consultation with specialty outside counsel. The 2025 internal review identified no new trends and recent claims activity was generally consistent with AFG’s expectations resulting from AFG’s in-depth internal reviews in

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2024 and 2023 and most recent external study in 2020. As a result, the 2025 review resulted in no net change to AFG’s property and casualty insurance segment’s asbestos and environmental reserves.

Marketing

The property and casualty insurance group directs its sales efforts primarily through independent insurance agents and brokers, although small portions are written through employee agents. Independent agents and brokers generally receive a commission on the sale of each policy. Some agents and brokers are eligible for a bonus commission based on the overall profitability of policies or volume of business placed with AFG by the broker or agent in a particular year. The property and casualty insurance group writes insurance through several thousand agents and brokers.

Competition

AFG’s property and casualty insurance businesses compete with other individual insurers, state funds and insurance groups of varying sizes, some of which are mutual insurance companies possessing competitive advantages in that all their profits inure to their policyholders. See Item 1A — Risk Factors. AFG also competes with self-insurance plans, captive programs and risk retention groups. Due to the specialty nature of these coverages, competition is based primarily on service to policyholders and agents, specific characteristics of products offered and reputation for claims handling. Financial strength ratings, price, commissions and profit-sharing terms are also important factors. Management believes that sophisticated data analysis for refinement of risk profiles, extensive specialized knowledge and loss prevention service have helped AFG compete successfully.

Human Capital Resources

Culture

AFG’s principal cultural goal is for all employees to feel included, respected, safe and empowered to perform at their best. The Company helps employees succeed by cultivating specialized knowledge and offering professional education and leadership development in a service-oriented culture. AFG respects human rights, appreciates inclusion and values the unique perspective each employee brings to the workplace.

AFG believes when employees are engaged and aligned with the Company’s mission and strategy, they deliver higher levels of service to its customers and create better results for its business. AFG strives to attract exceptional people with a wide range of attributes, perspectives and experience who can grow within AFG by fostering a workplace culture that inspires and rewards people and by developing a workforce that can help the Company meet its current and future goals.

Attraction and Engagement

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately 8,500 employees (none of which were covered by collective bargaining agreements), including approximately 7,700 employed at Great American Insurance Group.

AFG believes that its strong culture and values, along with the resources, competitive compensation and benefits, training and development and other opportunities afforded its employees, contribute meaningfully to what the Company views as positive retention and recruitment trends over the long-term. The Company’s voluntary turnover rate in 2025 was 8.3%. The Company believes that its overall average employee tenure, which is 10 years, and average tenure of 20 years for the Company’s approximately 200 most senior leaders, evidences the Company’s relative success in growing careers.

To help inform management of employees’ views and perspectives on key matters, AFG generally conducts an employee engagement survey (“Employee Survey”) on a biennial basis. The Employee Survey enables each participant to provide anonymous feedback in response to questions on a broad scope of issues, including culture, engagement, development, benefits, resources and other issues that AFG believes are important measures of long-term employee satisfaction. With the benefit of this direct feedback, management can assess employees’ perspectives on salient issues, thereby informing management’s decisions on which practices should remain unchanged and which should be considered for potential enhancement or revision. AFG’s most recent Employee Survey was conducted in 2024. Employee participation was high, with 92% of the Company’s employees completing the survey. Management was encouraged by this strong engagement and by what management viewed as positive overall results, which on the whole reaffirmed management’s belief that employees appreciate the Company’s culture and the opportunities available to them and understand their link to AFG’s strategy and business. By way of example, some of the Employee Survey results included the following:

•94% of employees agreed that “the organization provides high quality products and services”;

•94% of employees agreed that “I understand how my job contributes to the organization’s strategy and goals”;

•95% of employees agreed that “I understand the results expected of me in my job”; and

•93% of employees agreed that “I am treated with respect as an individual”.

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The results of the Employee Survey are reviewed and discussed by AFG management. Those results serve as an important source of information for management in shaping decisions that impact the Company’s employees.

Investing in Employees

Training and Development   AFG offers training programs designed to encourage people to build careers in insurance and develop professional skills that positively impact employees’ careers as well as AFG’s customers and business. These include tuition reimbursement programs, monetary incentives and extensive personal and professional learning opportunities.

Compensation and Benefits   AFG provides a competitive benefits package that includes an extensive wellness program and paid time away from work for employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance. AFG offers onsite fitness centers at many of its locations, financial incentives for taking care of one’s physical and emotional health and health management programs to increase employees’ engagement with their healthcare providers. AFG also provides six weeks of paid parental leave for employees to care for and bond with their newborn or newly adopted child.

Being a responsible employer and contributing to communities’ economic sustainability includes providing employees the opportunity to have the ability and access to achieve their financial goals. AFG maintains competitive and equitable pay by conducting regular market comparisons. AFG offers an employee stock purchase program, a retirement savings plan with employer matching contributions and company-wide profit sharing programs. In addition, employees have access to professional investment and retirement planning advisors to help prepare for their financial future.

Safety and Security   AFG prioritizes workplace safety and is dedicated to minimizing employees’ risk of accident or injury. AFG’s obligations and procedures are outlined in its Workplace Safety and Security Policy along with its Safety and Accident Reporting Policy. AFG is firmly committed to and maintains a policy of providing a work environment free from harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment. This includes intentional and unintentional harassment based on any legally protected classification under applicable federal, state or local law.

Succession Planning   As AFG’s success is driven principally by the efforts of its employees, many of whom are specialized experts in their field or area of practice, the Company views succession planning as critical to continuing its track record of strong financial performance. The Company maintains a consistent and methodical approach to succession planning, aimed at identifying successors to senior leaders and identifying and developing future leaders. Succession planning with regard to senior positions is also reviewed with AFG’s Board of Directors.

Board and Committee Oversight   AFG’s Board of Directors or its Committees discuss with its Co-CEOs and other senior management members, including directly with the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer, a range of human capital management issues, including succession planning and development, compensation, benefits, labor trends, including recruitment and retention, engagement and employee feedback.

Investment Portfolio

AFG’s in-house team of investment professionals have followed a consistent strategy over many years and changing economic conditions. Management believes that AFG’s investment expertise has been the driver of strong investment results and effective portfolio risk management over many years.

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The following chart shows the allocation of AFG’s $17.18 billion investment portfolio at December 31, 2025:

Investment Portfolio

For additional information on AFG’s investments, see Note E — “Investments” to the financial statements and Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — “Investments.” AFG’s earned yield (investment income divided by average invested assets) on fixed maturities was 5.1% for 2025, 5.0% for 2024 and 4.7% for 2023.

The table below compares the total return, which includes changes in fair value, on AFG’s fixed maturities to a comparable public index. While there is no directly comparable index to AFG’s portfolio, shown below is a widely used benchmark in the financial services industry.

The following table shows AFG’s available for sale fixed maturity investments by S&P or comparable rating as of December 31, 2025 (dollars in millions).

(*)Amortized cost, net of allowance for expected credit losses.

At December 31, 2025, 97% (based on statutory carrying value of $10.78 billion) of AFG’s fixed maturity investments held by its insurance companies had a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) designation of 1 or 2 (the highest of the six designations) based not only on the probability of loss but also on the severity of loss.

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Regulation

AFG’s insurance company subsidiaries are subject to U.S. and international regulation in the jurisdictions where they do business. In general, the insurance laws of the various jurisdictions establish regulatory agencies with broad administrative powers governing, among other things, premium rates, solvency standards, licensing of insurers, agents and brokers, trade practices, forms of policies, maintenance of specified reserves and capital for the protection of policyholders, deposits of securities for the benefit of policyholders, investment activities and relationships between insurance subsidiaries and their parents and affiliates. Such regulatory agencies perform periodic examinations of the insurance subsidiaries’ financial condition and their practices in the marketplace. In addition, various transactions between insurance subsidiaries and their parents and affiliates must receive prior approval of the applicable insurance regulatory authorities and be disclosed.

U.S. Regulation

Holding Company Statutes   AFG is subject to state statutes governing insurance holding company systems. Typically, those statutes require that AFG periodically file information with the appropriate state insurance commissioner, including information concerning capital structure, ownership, financial condition, dividend payments and other certain transactions with affiliates and general business operations.

Risk Based Capital Requirements   The NAIC and state insurance departments use a risk-based capital (“RBC”) formula that is designed to measure the adequacy of an insurer’s statutory surplus in relation to the risks inherent in its business. The RBC formula develops risk adjusted target levels of adjusted statutory capital by applying certain factors to various asset, premium and reserve items. The insurance company’s state of domicile imposes RBC requirements.

Statutory Accounting Principles   Each U.S. insurance subsidiary is required to file detailed quarterly and annual reports, including financial statements, in accordance with prescribed statutory accounting rules, with regulatory officials in the jurisdictions in which they conduct business. The quarterly and annual financial reports filed with the state insurance departments utilize statutory accounting principles (“SAP”) that are different from U.S. GAAP. In developing SAP, insurance regulators were primarily concerned with monitoring the solvency of insurance companies to assure an insurer’s ability to pay all its current and future obligations to policyholders.

Cybersecurity Regulations   Numerous states have enacted laws that require certain regulated entities to implement and maintain comprehensive information security programs to safeguard the personal information of insureds. For example, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) cybersecurity regulation requires banks, insurance companies and other financial services institutions regulated by the NYDFS to establish and maintain a cybersecurity program “designed to protect consumers and ensure the safety and soundness of New York State’s financial services industry.” The NAIC adopted an Insurance Data Security Model Law which, when adopted by the states, requires licensed insurance entities to comply with detailed information security requirements. To date, the Insurance Data Security Model Law has been enacted by a number of states, including Ohio, where several of AFG’s insurance subsidiaries are domiciled.

Certain states are developing or have developed regulations related to privacy and data security. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, broadly regulates the collection, processing and disclosure of California residents’ personal information, imposes limits on the “sale” and “sharing” of personal information and grants California residents certain rights to, among other things, access and delete data about them in certain circumstances.

Own Risk and Solvency Assessment   AFG must submit an Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Summary Report (“ORSA”) at least annually to its lead state insurance regulator. The ORSA, which is a component of an insurer’s enterprise risk management framework, is a confidential internal assessment of the material and relevant risks associated with an insurer’s current business plan and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks.

Dividends   The laws of the domiciliary states of AFG’s U.S. insurance subsidiaries govern the amount of dividends that may be paid to its shareholders in any twelve-month period, generally based on net earnings or statutory surplus. Under applicable restrictions, the maximum amount of dividends available to AFG in 2026 from its insurance subsidiaries without seeking prior regulatory approval is approximately $1.08 billion.

Investment Regulation   Investments must comply with applicable laws and regulations that prescribe the kind, quality and concentration of investments. In general, these laws and regulations permit investments in federal, state and

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municipal obligations, corporate bonds, preferred and common equity securities, mortgage loans, real estate and certain other investments, subject to specified limits and certain other qualifications.

Federal Regulation

Although the federal government and its regulatory agencies generally do not directly regulate the business of insurance, federal legislation and administrative rules adopted apply to AFG’s business. For instance, privacy laws, such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, affect AFG’s day-to-day operations. AFG is also subject to other federal laws, such as the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the rules and regulations of the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank”), contains insurance industry-specific provisions, including establishment of the Federal Insurance Office (“FIO”) and streamlining the regulation and taxation of surplus lines insurance and reinsurance among the states. The FIO, part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has limited authority and no direct regulatory authority over the business of insurance. The FIO’s principal mandates include monitoring the insurance industry, monitoring the extent to which traditionally underserved communities and consumers have access to affordable non-health insurance products, collecting insurance industry information and data and representing the U.S. with international insurance regulators.

International Regulation

AFG operates in limited foreign jurisdictions where its operations are subject to regulation and supervision of the various jurisdictions. These regulations, which vary depending on the jurisdiction, include, among others, solvency and market conduct regulations, including Solvency II; anti-corruption and anti-terrorist financing guidelines, laws and regulations; various privacy, insurance, tax, tariff, trade and sanctions laws and regulations, including the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and corporate, employment, intellectual property and investment laws and regulations. AFG has foreign insurance company subsidiaries domiciled in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands and branch operations in Canada and Singapore, all of which are subject to regulation by the insurance regulator of such jurisdiction.