AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC

AFG’s principal sources of cash include insurance premiums, income from its investment portfolio and proceeds from the maturities, redemptions and sales of investments. Insurance premiums in excess of acquisition expenses and operating costs are invested until they are needed to meet policyholder obligations or made available to the parent company through dividends to cover debt obligations and corporate expenses, and to provide returns to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends. Cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities as detailed in AFG’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows are shown below (in millions):

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations typically produce positive net operating cash flows as premiums collected and investment income exceed policy acquisition costs, claims payments and operating expenses. AFG’s net cash provided by operating activities is impacted by the level and timing of property and casualty premiums, claim and expense payments and recoveries from reinsurers. Cash flows provided by operating activities also include the activity of AFG’s managed investment entities (collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”)) other than those activities included in investing or financing activities. The changes in the assets and liabilities of the managed investment entities included in operating activities reduced cash flows from operating activities by $80 million in 2024, increased cash flows from operating activities by $305 million in 2023 and reduced cash flows from operating activities by $183 million in 2022, resulting in a $385 million decrease in cash flows from operating activities in 2024 compared to 2023 and a $488 million increase in cash flows from operating activities in 2023 compared to 2022. As discussed in Note A — “Accounting Policies — Managed Investment Entities” to the financial statements, AFG has no right to use the CLO assets and no obligation to pay the CLO liabilities and such assets and liabilities are shown separately in AFG’s Balance Sheet. Excluding the impact of the managed investment entities, net cash provided by operating activities was $1.23 billion, $1.67 billion and $1.34 billion in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities AFG’s investing activities consist primarily of the investment of funds provided by its property and casualty businesses. Investing activities also include the purchase and disposal of managed investment entity investments, which are presented separately in AFG’s Balance Sheet. Net investment activity in the managed investment entities was a $377 million source of cash in 2024 compared to $762 million in 2023, resulting in a $385 million decrease in net cash provided by investing activities in 2024 compared to 2023. See Note A — “Accounting Policies — Managed Investment Entities” and Note G — “Managed Investment Entities” to the financial statements. Investing activities for 2024 include the fourth quarter acquisitions of an insurance agency and a consulting business for $9 million in cash. Investing activities for 2023 include the July 2023 acquisition of Crop Risk Services (“CRS”) for $234 million in cash. Excluding these acquisitions and the activity of the managed investment entities, investing activities resulted in uses of cash of $273 million in 2024 and $114 million in 2023.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $414 million in 2023 compared to net cash used by investing activities of $1.05 billion in 2022, an increase in cash provided by investing activities of $1.47 billion. Net investment activity in the managed investment entities was a $762 million source of cash in 2023 compared to a $180 million use of cash in 2022, resulting in a $942 million increase in net cash provided by investing activities in 2023 compared to 2022. Excluding the acquisition of CRS in 2023 and the activity of the managed investment entities, investing activities resulted in uses of cash of $114 million in 2023 and $871 million in 2022, reflecting the opportunistic investment of cash on hand in the property and casualty operations during the rising interest rate environment in 2022.

Net Cash Used In Financing Activities AFG’s financing activities consist primarily of issuances and retirements of long-term debt, issuances and repurchases of common stock and dividend payments. Net cash used in financing activities was $1.07 billion in 2024 compared to $2.03 billion in 2023, a decrease of $965 million. AFG paid cash dividends totaling $788 million in 2024 compared to $684 million in 2023, resulting in a $104 million increase in net cash used in financing activities in 2024 compared to 2023. There were no debt retirements in 2024 compared to $21 million in debt retirements in 2023. In 2024, AFG did not repurchase any of its Common Stock compared to repurchases of $213 million in 2023. Financing activities also include issuances and retirements of managed investment entity liabilities, which are nonrecourse to AFG and presented separately in AFG’s Balance Sheet. Retirements of managed investment entity liabilities exceeded issuances by $295 million in 2024 compared to $1.13 billion in 2023, resulting in an $833 million decrease in net cash used in financing activities in 2024 compared to 2023. See Note A — “Accounting Policies — Managed Investment Entities”and Note G — “Managed Investment Entities” to the financial statements.

Net cash used in financing activities was $2.03 billion in 2023 compared to $1.36 billion in 2022, an increase of $670 million. Debt retirements were a $21 million use of cash in 2023 compared to $477 million in 2022, a decrease of $456 million. In 2023, AFG repurchased $213 million of its Common Stock compared to $11 million in 2022, resulting in a $202 million increase in net cash used in financing activities in 2023 compared to 2022. AFG paid cash dividends totaling $684 million in 2023 compared to $1.21 billion in 2022, resulting in a $529 million decrease in net cash used in financing activities in 2023 compared to 2022. Retirements of managed investment entity liabilities exceeded issuances by $1.13 billion in 2023 compared to issuances exceeding retirements by $324 million in 2022, resulting in a $1.45 billion increase in net cash used in financing activities in 2023 compared to 2022.