2007 Annual Report - AIG.com
2007 Annual Report - AIG.com
2007 Annual Report - AIG.com
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American International Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries<br />
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of<br />
Financial Condition and Results of Operations Continued<br />
$7 billion, including a $1.0 billion <strong>com</strong>mitment entered into in carried at amortized cost, assets and liabilities are presented net<br />
December <strong>2007</strong> but not funded until January 2008.<br />
of reinsurance, policyholder liabilities are valued using more<br />
A total of 76,361,209 shares were purchased during <strong>2007</strong>. conservative assumptions and certain assets are non-admitted.<br />
The portion of the payments advanced by <strong>AIG</strong> under the<br />
In connection with the filing of the 2005 statutory financial<br />
structured share repurchase arrangements that had not yet been statements for <strong>AIG</strong>’s Domestic General Insurance <strong>com</strong>panies, <strong>AIG</strong><br />
utilized to repurchase shares at December 31, <strong>2007</strong>, amounting agreed with the relevant state insurance regulators on the<br />
to $912 million, has been recorded as a <strong>com</strong>ponent of sharehold- statutory accounting treatment of various items. The regulatory<br />
ers’ equity under the caption, Payments advanced to purchase authorities have also permitted certain of the domestic and<br />
shares. Purchases have continued subsequent to December 31, foreign insurance subsidiaries to support the carrying value of<br />
<strong>2007</strong>, with an additional 12,196,187 shares purchased from their investments in certain non-insurance and foreign insurance<br />
January 1 through February 15, 2008. All shares purchased are subsidiaries by utilizing the <strong>AIG</strong> audited consolidated financial<br />
recorded as treasury stock at cost.<br />
statements to satisfy the requirement that the U.S. GAAP-basis<br />
At February 15, 2008, $10.25 billion was available for<br />
equity of such entities be audited. In addition, the regulatory<br />
purchases under the aggregate authorization. <strong>AIG</strong> does not expect authorities have permitted the Domestic General Insurance <strong>com</strong>to<br />
purchase additional shares under its share repurchase program panies to utilize audited financial statements prepared on a basis<br />
for the foreseeable future, other than to meet <strong>com</strong>mitments that of accounting other than U.S. GAAP to value investments in joint<br />
existed at December 31, <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
ventures, limited partnerships and hedge funds. <strong>AIG</strong> has received<br />
similar permitted practices authorizations from insurance regulatory<br />
Dividends from Insurance Subsidiaries<br />
authorities in connection with the <strong>2007</strong> and 2006 statutory<br />
financial statements. These permitted practices did not affect the<br />
Payments of dividends to <strong>AIG</strong> by its insurance subsidiaries are<br />
Domestic General Insurance <strong>com</strong>panies’ <strong>com</strong>pliance with minisubject<br />
to certain restrictions imposed by regulatory authorities.<br />
mum regulatory capital requirements.<br />
With respect to <strong>AIG</strong>’s domestic insurance subsidiaries, the<br />
Statutory capital of each <strong>com</strong>pany continued to exceed<br />
payment of any dividend requires formal notice to the insurance<br />
minimum <strong>com</strong>pany action level requirements following the adjustdepartment<br />
in which the particular insurance subsidiary is<br />
ments, but <strong>AIG</strong> nonetheless contributed an additional $750 million<br />
domiciled. Under the laws of many states, an insurer may pay a<br />
of capital into American Home effective September 30, 2005 and<br />
dividend without prior approval of the insurance regulator when<br />
contributed a further $2.25 billion of capital in February 2006 for<br />
the amount of the dividend is below certain regulatory thresholds.<br />
a total of approximately $3 billion of capital into Domestic General<br />
Other foreign jurisdictions, notably Bermuda, Japan, Hong Kong,<br />
Insurance subsidiaries effective December 31, 2005. To enhance<br />
Taiwan, the U.K., Thailand and Singapore, may restrict the ability<br />
their current capital positions, <strong>AIG</strong> suspended dividends from the<br />
of <strong>AIG</strong>’s foreign insurance subsidiaries to pay dividends. Largely<br />
DBG <strong>com</strong>panies from the fourth quarter 2005 through 2006,<br />
as a result of these restrictions, approximately 81 percent of the<br />
dividend payments resumed in the first quarter of <strong>2007</strong>. <strong>AIG</strong><br />
aggregate equity of <strong>AIG</strong>’s consolidated subsidiaries was restricted<br />
believes it has the capital resources and liquidity to fund any<br />
from immediate transfer to <strong>AIG</strong> parent at December 31, <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
necessary statutory capital contributions.<br />
See Regulation and Supervision herein. <strong>AIG</strong> cannot predict how<br />
As discussed under Item 3. Legal Proceedings, various regularecent<br />
regulatory investigations may affect the ability of its<br />
tors have <strong>com</strong>menced investigations into certain insurance busiregulated<br />
subsidiaries to pay dividends. To <strong>AIG</strong>’s knowledge, no<br />
ness practices. In addition, the OTS and other regulators routinely<br />
<strong>AIG</strong> <strong>com</strong>pany is currently on any regulatory or similar ‘‘watch list’’<br />
conduct examinations of <strong>AIG</strong> and its subsidiaries, including <strong>AIG</strong>’s<br />
with regard to solvency. See also Liquidity herein, Note 12 to<br />
consumer finance operations. <strong>AIG</strong> cannot predict the ultimate<br />
Consolidated Financial Statements and Item 1A. Risk Factors —<br />
effect that these investigations and examinations, or any addi-<br />
Liquidity.<br />
tional regulation arising therefrom, might have on its business.<br />
Federal, state or local legislation may affect <strong>AIG</strong>’s ability to<br />
Regulation and Supervision<br />
operate and expand its various financial services businesses, and<br />
<strong>AIG</strong>’s insurance subsidiaries, in <strong>com</strong>mon with other insurers, are changes in the current laws, regulations or interpretations thereof<br />
subject to regulation and supervision by the states and jurisdic- may have a material adverse effect on these businesses.<br />
tions in which they do business. In the United States, the NAIC <strong>AIG</strong>’s U.S. operations are negatively affected under guarantee<br />
has developed Risk-Based Capital (RBC) requirements. RBC fund assessment laws which exist in most states. As a result of<br />
relates an individual insurance <strong>com</strong>pany’s statutory surplus to the operating in a state which has guarantee fund assessment laws,<br />
risk inherent in its overall operations.<br />
a solvent insurance <strong>com</strong>pany may be assessed for certain<br />
<strong>AIG</strong>’s insurance subsidiaries file financial statements prepared obligations arising from the insolvencies of other insurance<br />
in accordance with statutory accounting practices prescribed or <strong>com</strong>panies which operated in that state. <strong>AIG</strong> generally records<br />
permitted by domestic and foreign insurance regulatory authoripermit<br />
these assessments upon notice. Additionally, certain states<br />
ties. The principal differences between statutory financial statecredit<br />
at least a portion of the assessed amount to be used as a<br />
ments and financial statements prepared in accordance with<br />
against a <strong>com</strong>pany’s future premium tax liabilities. Therements<br />
U.S. GAAP for domestic <strong>com</strong>panies are that statutory financial fore, the ultimate net assessment cannot reasonably be estistatements<br />
do not reflect DAC, some bond portfolios may be mated. The guarantee fund assessments net of credits recognized<br />
98 <strong>AIG</strong> <strong>2007</strong> Form 10-K