 American Financial Group, Inc. NYSE: AFG today reported 2020 second quarter net earnings attributable to shareholders of 177 million 1.97 per share, compared to 210 million 2.31 per share in the 2019 second quarter. Net earnings for the 2020 second quarter included net favorable after-tax non-core items aggregating 82 million 0.92 per share. These items included 161 million 1.80 per share in non-core after-tax net realized gains on securities, partially offset by after-tax annuity non-core losses of 47 million 0.52 per share loss, and 32 million 0.36 per share loss for costs associated with the runoff of Neon, our Lloyds-based insurer. By comparison, net earnings in the 2019 second quarter included 18 million 0.19 per share in net favorable after-tax non-core items. Other details may be found in the table on the following page. AFGs book value per share was 69.10 at June 30, 2020. Annualized return on equity was 14.1 and 16.0 for the second quarters of 2020 and 2019, respectively. 