Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

AFG and its subsidiaries lease real estate that is primarily used for office space and, to a lesser extent, equipment under operating lease arrangements. Most of AFG’s real estate leases include an option to extend or renew the lease term at AFG’s option. The operating lease liability includes lease payments related to options to extend or renew the lease term if AFG is reasonably certain of exercising those options. Lease payments are discounted using the implicit discount rate in the lease. If the implicit discount rate for the lease cannot be readily determined, AFG uses an estimate of its incremental secured borrowing rate. AFG did not have any material contracts accounted for as finance leases at December 31, 2019 or January 1, 2019.

At December 31, 2019, AFG’s $158 million operating lease right-of-use asset (presented net of $22 million in deferred rent and lease incentives) and $180 million operating lease liability are included in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, in AFG’s Balance Sheet.

The following table details AFG’s lease activity for the year ended December 31, 2019 (in millions):



	2019
Lease expense:
Operating leases	$	46
Short-term leases	1
Total lease expense	$	47

Other operating lease information for the year ended December 31, 2019 (in millions):



Cash paid for lease liabilities reported in operating cash flows	$	49
Right-of-use assets obtained under new leases	19

The following table presents the undiscounted contractual maturities of AFG’s operating lease liability at December 31, 2019 (in millions):



Operating lease payments:
2020	$	46
2021	41
2022	32
2023	27
2024	20
Thereafter	35
Total lease payments	201
Impact of discounting	(21		)
Operating lease liability	$	180



Weighted-average remaining lease term	5.5 years
Weighted-average discount rate	4.1	%