AIG exceeds profit estimates on strong underwriting gains
Reuters
Published Aug 08, 2022 04:19PM ET
Updated Aug 09, 2022 09:21AM ET
(Reuters) -Insurer American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) beat market estimates for quarterly profit on Monday as a jump in underwriting income cushioned the blow from lower investment returns.
Net premiums written in the company's general insurance business rose 5% on a constant currency basis in the April-June quarter to $6.9 billion, while underwriting income climbed 73%.
That helped AIG - one of the world's biggest commercial insurers - report adjusted after-tax income attributable to common shareholders of $1.19 per share. Analysts had expected a figure of $1.10 a share, according to Refinitiv IBES data.
But the insurer's consolidated net investment income fell 29% to $2.6 billion, partly hurt by weakness in alternative investments such as private equity.
An unabating surge in inflation, rising interest rates and the toll of the Russia-Ukraine war have rattled financial markets this year, sapping the investment income that had powered insurers' profits last year.
AIG also blamed the market volatility for a delay in the initial public offering of its life and retirement unit.
The unit - set to be renamed Corebridge Financial Inc when it goes public - had filed for its offering in March and planned to complete its listing by the end of June, subject to market conditions.
"Completing the IPO is a significant priority for us and we remain ready to execute," Chief Executive Officer Peter Zaffino said without giving a new deadline for the offering.
AIG had first announced the move in 2020 and it sold a 9.9% stake in the unit to private equity firm Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) Inc for $2.2 billion last year.
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