Item 2. Properties

We lease our corporate headquarters located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York. We operate from approximately 140 offices in the United States and approximately 260 offices in approximately 50 foreign countries. We own 13 office buildings in the United States.

Our General Insurance companies own offices in 11 foreign countries including Bermuda, Ecuador, Japan, Mexico, the UK and Venezuela. The remainder of the office space we use is leased. We believe that our leases and properties are sufficient for our current purposes.

LOCATIONS OF CERTAIN ASSETS

As of December 31, 2021, approximately 8 percent of our consolidated assets were located outside the U.S. and Canada, including $2.2 billion of cash and securities on deposit with regulatory authorities in those locations.

For additional information on geographic locations see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

For information regarding total carrying values of cash and securities deposited by our insurance subsidiaries under requirements of regulatory authorities see Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Operations outside the U.S. and Canada and assets held abroad may be adversely affected by political developments in foreign countries, including tax changes, nationalization and changes in regulatory policy, as well as by consequence of hostilities and unrest. The risks of such occurrences and their overall effect upon us vary from country to country and cannot be predicted. If expropriation or nationalization does occur, our policy is to take all appropriate measures to seek recovery of any affected assets. Certain of the countries in which our business is conducted have currency restrictions that generally cause a delay in a company’s ability to repatriate assets and profits.

For additional information see Item 1A. Risk Factors – Business and Operations and – Regulation.