AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 14, 2024.
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FY2023 · Filed Feb 14, 2024
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General Insurance
General Insurance is managed by our geographic markets of North America and International. Our global presence is underpinned by our multinational capabilities to provide Commercial Lines and Personal Insurance products within these geographic markets.
PRODUCTS AND DISTRIBUTION
| North America consists of insurance businesses in the United States, Canada and Bermuda, and our global reinsurance business, AIG Re. | International consists of regional insurance businesses in Japan, the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA region), Asia Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and China. International also includes the results of Talbot Holdings Ltd. (Talbot) as well as AIG’s Global Specialty business. |
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Property: Products include commercial and industrial property, including business interruption, as well as package insurance products and services that cover exposures to man-made and natural disasters.
Liability: Products include general liability, environmental, commercial automobile liability, workers’ compensation, excess casualty and crisis management insurance products. Casualty also includes risk-sharing and other customized structured programs for large corporate and multinational customers.
Financial Lines: Products include professional liability insurance for a range of businesses and risks, including directors and officers, mergers and acquisitions, fidelity, employment practices, fiduciary liability, cyber risk, kidnap and ransom, and errors and omissions insurance.
Specialty: Products include marine, energy-related property insurance products, aviation, political risk, trade credit, trade finance and portfolio solutions, as well as our global reinsurance business AIG Re and Crop Risk Services, Inc. (CRS) which includes multi-peril and hail coverages.
On July 3, 2023, AIG completed the sale of CRS to American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) and in substance, AIG exited the crop business. AIG recognized a pre-tax gain of $72 million for theyear ended December 31, 2023. For periods prior to the sale of CRS, the underwriting results are included in adjusted pre-tax income of General Insurance – North America.
On November 1, 2023, AIG completed the sale of Validus Re, including AlphaCat Managers Ltd. and Talbot Treaty reinsurance business to RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (RenaissanceRe). For periods prior to the sale of Validus Re, the underwriting results are included in adjusted pre-tax income of General Insurance – North America.
For additional information, see Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Accident & Health: Products include voluntary and sponsor-paid personal accident and supplemental health products for individuals, employees, associations and other organizations, as well as a broad range of travel insurance products and services for leisure and business travelers.
Personal Lines: Products include personal auto and personal property in selected markets, comprehensive extended warranty, device protection insurance, home warranty and related services, and insurance for high net-worth individuals offered through Private Client Select (PCS) in the U.S. that covers auto, homeowners, umbrella, yacht, fine art and collections.
General Insurance products in North America and International markets are distributed through various channels, including captive and independent agents, brokers, affinity partners, airlines and travel agents, and retailers. Our global platform enables writing multinational and cross-border risks in both Commercial Lines and Personal Insurance.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Profitable Growth: Build on our high-quality portfolio by focusing on targeted growth through continued underwriting discipline, improved retentions and new business development. Deploy capital efficiently to act opportunistically and achieve growth in profitable lines, geographies and customer segments, while taking a disciplined underwriting approach to exposure management, terms and conditions and rate change to achieve our risk/return hurdles. Continue to be open to inorganic growth opportunities in profitable markets and segments to expand our capabilities and footprint.
Reinsurance Optimization: Strategically partner with reinsurers to effectively manage exposure to losses arising from frequency of large catastrophic events and severity from individual risk losses. We strive to optimize our reinsurance program to manage volatility and protect the balance sheet from tail events and unpredictable net losses in support of our profitable growth objectives.
Underwriting Excellence: Continue to enhance portfolio optimization through strength of underwriting framework and guidelines as well as clear communication of risk appetite and rate adequacy. Empower and increase accountability of the underwriter and continue to integrate underwriting, claims and actuarial to enable better decision making. Focus on enhancing risk selection, driving consistent underwriting best practices and building robust monitoring standards to improve underwriting results.
COMPETITION AND CHALLENGES
General Insurance operates in a highly competitive industry against global, national and local insurers and reinsurers and underwriting syndicates in specific market areas and product types. Insurance companies compete through a combination of risk acceptance criteria, product pricing, service levels and terms and conditions. We serve our business and individual customers on a global basis – from the largest multinational corporations to local businesses and individuals. General Insurance seeks to differentiate itself in the markets where we participate by providing leading expertise and insight to clients, distribution partners and other stakeholders, delivering underwriting excellence and value-driven insurance solutions and providing high quality, tailored end-to-end support to stakeholders. In doing so, we leverage our world-class global franchise, multinational capabilities, balance sheet strength and financial flexibility.
Our challenges include:
ensuring adequate business pricing given passage of time to reporting and settlement for insurance business, particularly with respect to long-tail Commercial Lines exposures;
impact of social and economic inflation on claim frequency and severity; and
volatility in claims arising from natural and man-made catastrophes and other aggregations of risk exposure.
INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC FACTORS
The results of General Insurance for the year ended December 31, 2023 reflect continued strong performance from our Commercial Lines portfolio and focused execution on our portfolio management strategies within Personal Insurance. Across our North America and International Commercial Lines of business we have seen increased demand for our insurance products with continued positive rate change and improvement in terms and conditions. We continue to monitor the impact of inflation, ongoing labor force and supply chain disruptions and volatile commodity prices, among other factors, on rate adequacy and loss cost trends. Similarly, we are monitoring the responsive monetary policy actions taken or anticipated to be taken by central banks, to curb inflation and the corresponding impact on market interest rates.
General Insurance – North America
North America Commercial remains in a firm market amidst a backdrop of increasing claims severity due to elevated economic and social inflation, as well as a higher frequency and severity of natural catastrophe losses over recent years. While market discipline continues to support price increases across most lines, we are seeing capacity move back into the market in certain segments given the improved pricing levels which is putting pressure on rates. We have focused on retaining our best accounts which has led to improving retention across the portfolio. These retention rates are often coupled with an exposure limit management strategy to reduce volatility within the portfolio. We continue to proactively identify segment growth areas as market conditions warrant through effective portfolio management, while non-renewing unprofitable business.
Personal Insurance growth prospects are supported by the need for full life cycle products and coverage, increases in personal wealth accumulation, and awareness of insurance protection and risk management. We compete in the high net worth market, accident and health insurance, travel insurance, and warranty services.
General Insurance – International
We are continuing to pursue growth in our most profitable lines of business and diversify our portfolio across all regions by expanding key business lines while remaining a market leader in key developed and developing markets. Overall, Commercial Lines continue to show positive rate change, particularly in our Property, Casualty, Marine and Energy portfolios and across international markets where market events or withdrawal of capability and capacity have favorably impacted pricing. We are maintaining our underwriting discipline, reducing gross and net limits where appropriate, utilizing reinsurance to reduce volatility, as well as continuing our risk selection strategy to improve profitability.
Personal Insurance focuses on individual customers, as well as group and corporate clients. Although market competition within Personal Insurance has increased, we continue to benefit from the underwriting quality and portfolio diversity.
GENERAL INSURANCE RESULTS
| Years Ended December 31, | Change | ||||||
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| (in millions) · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2023 vs 2022 · 2022 vs 2021 | |||||||
| Underwriting results: | |||||||
| Net premiums written | $26,719 | $25,512 | $25,890 | 5 | % | (1) | % |
| Increase in unearned premiums | (1,628) | (172) | (833) | NM | 79 | ||
| Net premiums earned | 25,091 | 25,340 | 25,057 | (1) | 1 | ||
| Losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred(a) | 14,775 | 15,407 | 16,097 | (4) | (4) | ||
| Acquisition expenses: | |||||||
| Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs | 3,623 | 3,533 | 3,530 | 3 | — | ||
| Other acquisition expenses | 1,279 | 1,365 | 1,373 | (6) | (1) | ||
| Total acquisition expenses | 4,902 | 4,898 | 4,903 | — | — | ||
| General operating expenses | 3,065 | 2,987 | 3,002 | 3 | — | ||
| Underwriting income | 2,349 | 2,048 | 1,055 | 15 | 94 | ||
| Net investment income | 3,022 | 2,382 | 3,304 | 27 | (28) | ||
| Adjusted pre-tax income | $5,371 | $4,430 | $4,359 | 21 | % | 2 | % |
| Loss ratio(a) | 58.9 | 60.8 | 64.2 | (1.9) | (3.4) | ||
| Acquisition ratio | 19.5 | 19.3 | 19.6 | 0.2 | (0.3) | ||
| General operating expense ratio | 12.2 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 0.4 | (0.2) | ||
| Expense ratio | 31.7 | 31.1 | 31.6 | 0.6 | (0.5) | ||
| Combined ratio(a) | 90.6 | 91.9 | 95.8 | (1.3) | (3.9) | ||
| Adjustments for accident year loss ratio, as adjusted and accident year combined ratio, as adjusted: | |||||||
| Catastrophe losses and reinstatement premiums | (4.3) | (5.0) | (5.4) | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||
| Prior year development, net of reinsurance and prior year premiums | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | (0.4) | 1.2 | ||
| Accident year loss ratio, as adjusted | 56.0 | 57.6 | 59.4 | (1.6) | (1.8) | ||
| Accident year combined ratio, as adjusted | 87.7 | 88.7 | 91.0 | (1.0) | (2.3) | ||
(a)Consistent with our definition of APTI, excludes net loss reserve discount and the portion of favorable or unfavorable prior year reserve development for which we have ceded the risk under retroactive reinsurance agreements and related changes in amortization of the deferred gain.
The following table presents General Insurance net premiums written by operating segment, showing change on both reported and constant dollar basis:
| Years Ended December 31, · Percentage Change inU.S. dollars · Percentage Change inOriginal Currency | |||||||||||
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| (in millions) · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2023 vs 2022 · 2022 vs 2021 · 2023 vs 2022 · 2022 vs 2021 | |||||||||||
| North America | $13,464 | $12,364 | $11,733 | 9 | % | 5 | % | 9 | % | 6 | % |
| International | 13,255 | 13,148 | 14,157 | 1 | (7) | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Total net premiums written | $26,719 | $25,512 | $25,890 | 5 | % | (1) | % | 6 | % | 4 | % |
The following tables present General Insurance accident year catastrophes(a) by geography and number of events:
| (dollars in millions) · # ofEvents · NorthAmerica · International · Total | ||||||||
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| Flooding, rainstorms and other | 3 | $18 | $84 | $102 | ||||
| Windstorms and hailstorms | 26 | 450 | 258 | 708 | ||||
| Winter storms | 2 | 32 | 13 | 45 | ||||
| Wildfires | 2 | 144 | 19 | 163 | ||||
| Earthquakes | 1 | 20 | 29 | 49 | ||||
| Reinstatement premiums | 32 | (1) | 31 | |||||
| Total catastrophe-related charges | 34 | $696 | $402 | $1,098 | ||||
| Flooding, rainstorms and other | 3 | $53 | $105 | $158 | ||||
| Windstorms and hailstorms | 18 | 531 | 206 | 737 | ||||
| Winter storms | 5 | 154 | 53 | 207 | ||||
| Earthquakes | 1 | — | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Russia / Ukraine | N/A | (b) | 10 | 97 | 107 | |||
| Reinstatement premiums | 53 | 31 | 84 | |||||
| Total catastrophe-related charges | 27 | $801 | $511 | $1,312 | ||||
| Flooding, rainstorms and other | 7 | $136 | $136 | $272 | ||||
| Windstorms and hailstorms | 10 | 541 | 72 | 613 | ||||
| Winter storms | 3 | 283 | 64 | 347 | ||||
| Wildfires | 4 | 67 | — | 67 | ||||
| Earthquakes | 1 | — | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Civil unrest | 1 | 20 | 19 | 39 | ||||
| Reinstatement premiums | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||||
| Total catastrophe-related charges | 26 | $1,054 | $323 | $1,377 | ||||
(a)Natural catastrophe losses are generally weather or seismic events, in each case, having a net impact on AIG in excess of $10 million and man-made catastrophe losses, such as terrorism and civil unrest that exceed the $10 million threshold.
(b)As the Russia/Ukraine conflict continues to evolve the number of events is yet to be determined.
NORTH AMERICA RESULTS
| Years Ended December 31, | Change | |||||||
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| (in millions) · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2023 vs 2022 · 2022 vs 2021 | ||||||||
| Underwriting results: | ||||||||
| Net premiums written | $13,464 | $12,364 | $11,733 | 9 | % | 5 | % | |
| Increase in unearned premiums | (1,543) | (293) | (744) | (427) | 61 | |||
| Net premiums earned | 11,921 | 12,071 | 10,989 | (1) | 10 | |||
| Losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred(a) | 7,288 | 8,096 | 8,134 | (10) | — | |||
| Acquisition expenses: | ||||||||
| Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs | 1,671 | 1,585 | 1,333 | 5 | 19 | |||
| Other acquisition expenses | 539 | 520 | 440 | 4 | 18 | |||
| Total acquisition expenses | 2,210 | 2,105 | 1,773 | 5 | 19 | |||
| General operating expenses | 1,216 | 1,222 | 1,129 | — | 8 | |||
| Underwriting income (loss) | $1,207 | $648 | $(47) | 86 | % | NM | % | |
| Loss ratio(a) | 61.1 | 67.1 | 74.0 | (6.0) | (6.9) | |||
| Acquisition ratio | 18.5 | 17.4 | 16.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |||
| General operating expense ratio | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | (0.2) | |||
| Expense ratio | 28.7 | 27.5 | 26.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | |||
| Combined ratio(a) | 89.8 | 94.6 | 100.4 | (4.8) | (5.8) | |||
| Adjustments for accident year loss ratio, as adjusted and accident year combined ratio, as adjusted: | ||||||||
| Catastrophe losses and reinstatement premiums | (5.7) | (6.5) | (9.5) | 0.8 | 3.0 | |||
| Prior year development, net of reinsurance and prior year premiums | 3.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | (0.2) | |||
| Accident year loss ratio, as adjusted | 59.2 | 61.6 | 65.7 | (2.4) | (4.1) | |||
| Accident year combined ratio, as adjusted | 87.9 | 89.1 | 92.1 | (1.2) | (3.0) | |||
(a)Consistent with our definition of APTI, excludes net loss reserve discount and the portion of favorable or unfavorable prior year reserve development for which we have ceded the risk under retroactive reinsurance agreements and related changes in amortization of the deferred gain.
Net Premiums Written Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
Net premiums written increased by $1.1 billion primarily due to:
growth in Commercial Lines ($533 million), particularly in AIG Re and Property driven by continued positive rate change, higher renewal retentions and strong new business production, partially offset by decreases in Crop as a consequence of the CRS sale and Financial Lines; and
growth in Personal Insurance ($567 million) driven by PCS resulting from changes in our reinsurance program, partially offset by decreases in Travel and Warranty.
Net Premiums Written Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
Net premiums written increased by $631 million primarily due to growth in Commercial Lines ($673 million), particularly in Property, Casualty and AIG Re, driven by continued positive rate change, higher renewal retentions and strong new business production, as well as growth in CRS driven by higher commodity prices, partially offset by a decrease in Financial Lines due to volatility in capital markets and uncertain economic conditions.
This increase was partially offset by lower production in Personal Insurance ($42 million), particularly in Warranty as well as underwriting actions taken in PCS to improve profitability, partially offset by an increase in Travel.
Underwriting Income (Loss) Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
Underwriting income increased by $559 million primarily due to:
improvement in the accident year loss ratio, as adjusted (2.4 points) primarily driven by changes in business mix along with continued positive rate change, focused risk selection and improved terms and conditions;
higher net favorable prior year reserve development (2.8 points or $340 million), primarily due to lower unfavorable development in Financial Lines, partially offset by lower favorable development in Casualty; and
lower catastrophe losses (0.8 points or $105 million).
This increase was partially offset by
a higher expense ratio of 1.2 points reflecting a higher acquisition ratio (1.1 points) primarily driven by changes in business mix as well as an increase in general operating expense ratio (0.1 points).
Underwriting Income (Loss) Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
Underwriting income of $648 million in 2022 compared to an underwriting loss of $47 million in 2021 primarily reflected:
premium growth with improvement in the accident year loss ratio, as adjusted (4.1 points) primarily driven by changes in business mix along with continued positive rate change, focused risk selection and improved terms and conditions; and
lower catastrophe losses (3.0 points or $253 million).
This improvement was partially offset by:
higher expense ratio of 1.1 points reflecting a higher acquisition ratio (1.3 points) primarily driven by changes in business mix and reinsurance, partially offset by a lower general operating expense ratio (0.2 points) resulting from continued general expense discipline as we grow the portfolio; and
lower net favorable prior year reserve development in 2022 compared to 2021 (0.2 points or $34 million), primarily due to lower favorable development in PCS and higher unfavorable development within Financial Lines, partially offset by higher favorable development in Property, Casualty and CRS.
INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
| Years Ended December 31, | Change | ||||||
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| (in millions) · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2023 vs 2022 · 2022 vs 2021 | |||||||
| Underwriting results: | |||||||
| Net premiums written | $13,255 | $13,148 | $14,157 | 1 | % | (7) | % |
| (Increase) decrease in unearned premiums | (85) | 121 | (89) | NM | NM | ||
| Net premiums earned | 13,170 | 13,269 | 14,068 | (1) | (6) | ||
| Losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred | 7,487 | 7,311 | 7,963 | 2 | (8) | ||
| Acquisition expenses: | |||||||
| Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs | 1,952 | 1,948 | 2,197 | — | (11) | ||
| Other acquisition expenses | 740 | 845 | 933 | (12) | (9) | ||
| Total acquisition expenses | 2,692 | 2,793 | 3,130 | (4) | (11) | ||
| General operating expenses | 1,849 | 1,765 | 1,873 | 5 | (6) | ||
| Underwriting income | $1,142 | $1,400 | $1,102 | (18) | % | 27 | % |
| Loss ratio | 56.8 | 55.1 | 56.6 | 1.7 | (1.5) | ||
| Acquisition ratio | 20.4 | 21.0 | 22.2 | (0.6) | (1.2) | ||
| General operating expense ratio | 14.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 0.7 | — | ||
| Expense ratio | 34.4 | 34.3 | 35.5 | 0.1 | (1.2) | ||
| Combined ratio | 91.2 | 89.4 | 92.1 | 1.8 | (2.7) | ||
| Adjustments for accident year loss ratio, as adjusted and accident year combined ratio, as adjusted: | |||||||
| Catastrophe losses and reinstatement premiums | (3.0) | (3.7) | (2.3) | 0.7 | (1.4) | ||
| Prior year development, net of reinsurance and prior year premiums | (0.7) | 2.5 | 0.1 | (3.2) | 2.4 | ||
| Accident year loss ratio, as adjusted | 53.1 | 53.9 | 54.4 | (0.8) | (0.5) | ||
| Accident year combined ratio, as adjusted | 87.5 | 88.2 | 89.9 | (0.7) | (1.7) | ||
Net Premiums Written Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
Net premiums written, excluding the impact of foreign exchange ($317 million), increased by $424 million due to:
growth in Commercial Lines ($370 million), notably in Property and Specialty driven by continued positive rate change and strong new business production, partially offset by a decrease in Financial Lines; and
growth in Personal Insurance ($54 million) driven by Personal Auto and Individual Travel, partially offset by lower production in PCS.
Net Premiums Written Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
Net premiums written, excluding the impact of foreign exchange ($1,287 million), increased by $278 million due to growth in Commercial Lines ($417 million), notably Specialty, Property and Casualty driven by continued positive rate change and strong new business production.
This increase was partially offset by lower production in Personal Insurance ($139 million), where declines in Warranty and Personal Auto were partially offset by growth in Travel and Accident & Health.
Underwriting Income (Loss) Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
Underwriting income decreased by $258 million primarily due to:
net unfavorable prior year reserve development of $95 million in 2023 compared to net favorable development in 2022 of $349 million (3.2 points or $444 million), primarily as a result of lower favorable development in Specialty and Personal Auto, unfavorable development in Property and higher unfavorable development in Casualty, partially offset by favorable development in Financial Lines; and
a higher expense ratio (0.1 points) reflecting an increase in the general operating expense ratio (0.7 points), partially offset by a lower acquisition ratio (0.6 points) primarily driven by changes in business mix and improved commission terms.
This decrease was partially offset by:
improvement in the accident year loss ratio, as adjusted (0.8 points) primarily driven by changes in business mix along with continued positive rate change, focused risk selection and improved terms and conditions; and
lower catastrophe losses (0.7 points or $109 million).
Underwriting Income (Loss) Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
Underwriting income increased by $298 million primarily due to:
higher net favorable prior year reserve development in 2022 compared to 2021 (2.4 points or $346 million), primarily as a result of lower unfavorable development in Financial Lines and higher favorable development in Specialty, partially offset by lower favorable development in Accident & Health;
a lower expense ratio (1.2 points) from a lower acquisition ratio (1.2 points) primarily driven by changes in business mix, improved commission terms and reinsurance program changes; and
improvement in the accident year loss ratio, as adjusted (0.5 points) primarily driven by changes in business mix along with continued positive rate change, focused risk selection and improved terms and conditions.
These increases were partially offset by higher catastrophe losses (1.4 points or $188 million).
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