Company: AFGC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001042046-25-000011
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Company: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 9C
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OLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — CONTINUED

D.    Fair Value Measurements

Accounting standards for measuring fair value are based on inputs used in estimating fair value. The three levels of the hierarchy are as follows:Level 1 — Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets (markets in which transactions occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis). AFG’s Level 1 financial instruments consist primarily of publicly traded equity securities, highly liquid government bonds for which quoted market prices in active markets are available and short-term investments of managed investment entities.Level 2 — Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets (markets in which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, price quotations vary substantially over time or among market makers, or in which little information is released publicly); and valuations based on other significant inputs that are observable in active markets. AFG’s Level 2 financial instruments consist primarily of fixed maturity securities and investments of managed investment entities priced using observable inputs. Level 2 inputs include benchmark yields, reported trades, corroborated broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads and benchmark securities. When non-binding broker quotes can be corroborated by comparison to similar securities priced using observable inputs, they are classified as Level 2.Level 3 — Valuations derived from market valuation techniques generally consistent with those used to estimate the fair values of Level 2 financial instruments in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable or when the market for a security exhibits significantly less liquidity relative to markets supporting Level 2 fair value measurements. The unobservable inputs may include management’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use based on the best information available at the valuation date. Financial instruments whose fair value is estimated based on non-binding broker quotes or internally developed using significant inputs not based on, or corroborated by, observable market information are classified as Level 3. The contingent consideration liability related to the 2021 acquisition of Verikai, was measured using a weighted probability-based income approach which includes significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 and represented the fair value of the up to $50 million in potential acquisition-related contingent consideration. Due to slower than anticipated growth in the business supported by the Verikai technology, the fair value of this liability was reduced to zero in the third quarter of 2023. The $22 million gain from this change in fair value and a goodwill impairment charge of $26