American Financial Group reports recurring developments tied to its role as an insurance holding company focused on specialty property and casualty coverage for businesses. News commonly covers quarterly and annual results, GAAP net earnings, core net operating earnings, underwriting profit, alternative investment returns and performance across specialty commercial insurance lines.
Company updates also include regular and special dividends, share capital actions, conference calls, investor meeting materials and participation in insurance and financial-services conferences. The recurring themes connect AFG's operating results with its property and casualty underwriting, investment portfolio returns and shareholder capital returns.
American Financial Group (AFG) management will participate in the Raymond James and BMO Capital Markets conferences on November 9 and 10, 2026, respectively.
Co-CEOs Carl H. Lindner III and S. Craig Lindner and CFO Brian S. Hertzman will attend. AFG will hold one-on-one and group investor meetings, with no company presentation. Meeting materials will be posted under Events on its Investor Relations website just before each conference.
American Financial Group (AFG) will hold a conference call on November 4, 2026, to discuss its third quarter results. The company expects to release those results after 5:00 p.m. ET on November 3, with the call scheduled for 11:30 a.m. ET the following day. A live webcast with slides will be available on its website, followed by a replay approximately two hours after the call ends.
American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.97 per common share, payable on October 23, 2026.
Holders of record on October 15, 2026, will receive the payment. The dividend reflects a previously announced 10.2% increase over the annual rate in effect since the fourth quarter of 2025.
American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG) has closed the previously announced sale of the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina. The property had been owned equally by AFG’s parent company and its Great American Insurance Company subsidiary.
According to American Financial Group, the company expects to recognize pretax core operating earnings of approximately $125 million, or about $1.20 per share after tax, from the transaction, subject to final cost accounting and customary closing adjustments. The gain will be reported as net investment income and split equally between the parent and the subsidiary. AFG continues to operate primarily in specialized commercial property and casualty insurance through Great American Insurance Group.
American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG) announced that Co-CEOs Carl H. Lindner III and S. Craig Lindner, and CFO Brian S. Hertzman will participate in the 2026 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. AFG will host investor meetings, with related materials posted under Events on its Investor Relations webpage just prior to the conference.
American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG) reported that its Board of Directors approved an increase in the regular annual common stock dividend to $3.88 from $3.52 per share, a 10.2% rise. The dividend will be paid quarterly at $0.97 per share beginning in October 2026.
This marks AFG’s twenty-first consecutive year of dividend increases. According to the company, the ten-year compound annual growth rate of its regular annual dividends is 12.1%, and the increase aligns with its capital management focus on returning excess capital to shareholders.
American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG) reported 2026 Q2 net earnings of $248 million, or $2.99 per share, up from $174 million, or $2.07 per share, in 2025. Core net operating earnings rose to $234 million, or $2.82 per share, driving a 19.2% core operating ROE.
Pretax P&C core operating earnings reached a record $350 million, supported by a 91.5% combined ratio and 6% growth in net written premiums. Net investment income in P&C operations increased 23%, largely from stronger alternative investment returns of 7.1% versus 1.2% a year earlier.
Book value per share was $58.14 (or $59.85 excluding AOCI), with book value plus dividends growing 4.8% in Q2. AFG repurchased $26 million of stock and paid $0.88 per share in dividends. The company also agreed to sell Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina, expecting a pretax core operating gain of about $125 million at closing, subject to approvals.
American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG) plans to release its 2026 second quarter results after 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, with the release posted on its website. AFG will host a related conference call and webcast at 11:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, accessible by telephone with advance registration for a unique PIN, or via live internet webcast through the company’s event calendar page. A replay of the webcast will be available about two hours after the call.
American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.88 per share on its common stock. The dividend will be paid on July 24, 2026 to shareholders of record as of July 15, 2026.
American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) promoted Andrea I. Raible to Assistant Vice President & Controller, effective with the planned June retirement of Robert A. Dee after 41 years of service.
Raible, a CPA who joined AFG in 2005, will oversee GAAP accounting policies and SEC financial reporting.