American International Group, Inc. (AIG) · Nov 3, 2026 · Earnings

AIG earnings beat on adjusted EPS, but underwriting profit fell 29%

Beat — Adjusted EPS $2.06 vs ~$1.86 published consensus

AIG’s third-quarter earnings beat on adjusted EPS, while premium growth stayed strong. But weaker underwriting profit and higher catastrophe losses cloud the quarter.

AIG is in the execution phase of a multi-year insurance turnaround: it is simplifying around General Insurance, pursuing profitable premium growth, and targeting 10%–13% core operating ROE while improving underwriting and returning capital. Its 2025 Investor Day targets include 20%+ operating EPS CAGR, core operating ROE of 10%–13%, and a General Insurance expense ratio below 30%.

The quarter beat the published earnings bar, but the quality of the beat was mixed. Adjusted after-tax income per diluted share was $2.06, above the roughly $1.86 published consensus, helped by a sharply lower share count; however, adjusted after-tax income itself fell 11% and General Insurance adjusted pre-tax income fell 9%. The headline GAAP EPS increase was driven partly by investment-fair-value movements rather than a clean acceleration in core operations.

MetricQ3 2026Q3 2025Consensus / comparison
Adjusted EPS (Financial Highlights)$2.06 (-6.4%)$2.20~$1.86
Net premiums written (Financial Highlights)$6.65B (+7%)$6.23B
Underwriting income (Financial Highlights)$564M (-29%)$793M
General Insurance combined ratio (Segment results — General Insurance)91.3% (+4.5 pts)86.8%
Accident-year combined ratio, ex-CAT (Segment results — General Insurance)88.4% (+0.1 pts)88.3%
Core operating ROE (Return on Equity)11.1%13.6%
Adjusted book value per share (Book Value per Share)$81.25 (+5.5%)$77.04

The underlying insurance engine was steady before catastrophes, not stronger. General Insurance premiums grew 7% reported and 8% on a constant-dollar basis, with particularly strong growth in Global Commercial and Global Personal. But underwriting income dropped to $564 million as catastrophe charges rose to $283 million from $100 million and favorable prior-year reserve development fell to $91 million from $180 million. Excluding those items, accident-year underwriting income rose to $756 million from $713 million, but the adjusted accident-year combined ratio was essentially flat at 88.4%.

Commercial performance weakened while personal lines improved. North America Commercial’s combined ratio deteriorated to 92.9% from 82.6%, and its adjusted accident-year combined ratio rose to 87.2% from 85.4%. International Commercial also posted a worse reported combined ratio, though its adjusted accident-year ratio improved slightly. Global Personal was the clearest bright spot: premiums rose 6% reported, underwriting income increased 44%, and its adjusted accident-year combined ratio improved to 93.6% from 95.5%.

Capital return and book-value growth support the longer-term restructuring story. AIG returned $787 million in the quarter through buybacks and dividends, repurchased approximately 7 million shares, and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. Adjusted book value per share rose 5.5% year over year and core operating book value per share rose 14.1%, although core operating ROE slipped to 11.1% from 13.6%.

Bottom line: AIG beat the earnings benchmark and continued to grow premiums and book value, but the core underwriting picture was only stable after a heavier catastrophe load. This advances the turnaround modestly, not decisively: the company is still on track, but this quarter does not show a fresh improvement in operating profitability.

What to watch next

Q3 earnings call, November 4, 2026

Original filing on SEC EDGAR

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