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 />
DBG’s net investment in<strong>com</strong>e increased by $1.0 billion in Net premiums written increased in <strong>2007</strong> <strong>com</strong>pared to 2006<br />
2006 <strong>com</strong>pared to 2005, as interest in<strong>com</strong>e increased $482 mil- due to continued growth in the Private Client Group and increased<br />
lion on growth in the bond portfolio resulting from investment of new business production in the aigdirect.<strong>com</strong> business partially<br />
operating cash flows and capital contributions. Partnership in<strong>com</strong>e offset by a reduction in the Agency Auto business.<br />
increased from 2005 due to improved performance of the<br />
On September 27, <strong>2007</strong>, <strong>AIG</strong> <strong>com</strong>pleted its previously anunderlying<br />
investments, including initial public offering activity. Net nounced acquisition of 21st Century, paying $759 million to<br />
investment in<strong>com</strong>e in 2006 included increases relating to out of acquire the remaining 39.2 percent of the shares of 21st Century<br />
period adjustments of $109 million for the accounting for UCITS that it did not previously own. As a result of the acquisition, the<br />
and partnerships and $85 million related to interest earned on a <strong>AIG</strong> Direct and 21st Century operations have been <strong>com</strong>bined as<br />
deposit contract that did not exist in the prior year.<br />
aigdirect.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets and<br />
Transatlantic Results<br />
liabilities of 21st Century that were acquired were adjusted to<br />
<strong>2007</strong> and 2006 Comparison<br />
their estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition, and<br />
goodwill of $342 million was recorded. A customer relationship<br />
Transatlantic’s net premiums written and net premiums earned intangible asset, initially valued at $119 million, was also<br />
increased in <strong>2007</strong> <strong>com</strong>pared to 2006 due to increases in both established.<br />
domestic and international operations. The increase in statutory<br />
underwriting profit in <strong>2007</strong> <strong>com</strong>pared to 2006 reflects improved 2006 and 2005 Comparison<br />
underwriting results in Domestic operations. Operating in<strong>com</strong>e<br />
increased in <strong>2007</strong> <strong>com</strong>pared to 2006 due principally to increased Personal Lines operating in<strong>com</strong>e increased $237 million in 2006<br />
net investment in<strong>com</strong>e and improved underwriting results.<br />
<strong>com</strong>pared to 2005 reflecting a reduction in the loss ratio of 5.8<br />
points. Favorable development on prior accident years reduced<br />
2006 and 2005 Comparison<br />
incurred losses by $111 million in 2006 <strong>com</strong>pared to an increase<br />
of $14 million in 2005, accounting for 2.7 points of the decrease<br />
Transatlantic’s net premiums written and net premiums earned in the loss ratio. The 2005 catastrophe-related losses of<br />
increased in 2006 <strong>com</strong>pared to 2005 due primarily to increased $112 million added 2.4 points to the loss ratio. The loss ratio for<br />
writings in domestic operations. Operating in<strong>com</strong>e increased in the 2006 accident year improved 0.7 points primarily due to the<br />
2006 <strong>com</strong>pared to 2005 due largely to lower catastrophe losses termination of The Robert Plan relationship effective Decemand<br />
net ceded reinstatement premiums, and increased net<br />
ber 31, 2005 and growth in the Private Client Group. The<br />
investment in<strong>com</strong>e.<br />
improvement in the loss ratio was partially offset by an increase<br />
in the expense ratio of 0.6 points primarily due to investments in<br />
Personal Lines Results<br />
people and technology, national expansion efforts and lower<br />
<strong>2007</strong> and 2006 Comparison<br />
response rates. Net premiums written were flat in 2006 <strong>com</strong>pared<br />
to 2005, with growth in the Private Client Group and Agency Auto<br />
Personal Lines operating in<strong>com</strong>e in <strong>2007</strong> decreased by $365 mildivisions<br />
offset by termination of The Robert Plan relationship.<br />
lion <strong>com</strong>pared to 2006, largely due to an increase in incurred<br />
Growth in the Private Client Group spans multiple products, with a<br />
losses from a number of sources, leading to an overall increase in<br />
continued penetration of the high net worth market, strong brand<br />
the loss ratio of 6.8 points. Prior year net adverse reserve<br />
promotion and innovative loss prevention programs.<br />
development contributed 2.5 points of this increase in the loss<br />
ratio, as Personal Lines experienced $7 million in net adverse<br />
development (including $64 million in adverse development from<br />
Mortgage Guaranty Results<br />
businesses placed in runoff), <strong>com</strong>pared to $111 million of<br />
<strong>2007</strong> and 2006 Comparison<br />
favorable development in 2006. An additional 1.6 point increase<br />
Mortgage Guaranty’s operating loss in <strong>2007</strong> was $637 million<br />
in the loss ratio resulted from $61 million of losses and<br />
<strong>com</strong>pared to operating in<strong>com</strong>e of $328 million in 2006 as the<br />
$14 million of reinstatement premiums due to the California<br />
deteriorating U.S. residential housing market adversely affected<br />
wildfires. In addition, an increase in the loss ratio recorded in<br />
losses incurred for both the domestic first- and second-lien<br />
<strong>2007</strong> for accident year <strong>2007</strong> <strong>com</strong>pared to the loss ratio recorded<br />
businesses. Domestic first- and second-lien losses incurred<br />
in 2006 for accident year 2006 of 2.7 points resulted, in part,<br />
increased 362 percent and 346 percent respectively, <strong>com</strong>pared to<br />
from an increased frequency of large losses in the Private Client<br />
2006, resulting in loss ratios of 122.0 and 357.0, respectively, in<br />
Group and average automobile premiums declining faster than<br />
<strong>2007</strong>. Increases in domestic losses incurred resulted in an overall<br />
loss trends.<br />
loss ratio of 168.6 in <strong>2007</strong> <strong>com</strong>pared to 47.2 in 2006. Prior year<br />
Operating in<strong>com</strong>e also declined due to increased expenses.<br />
development reduced incurred losses in <strong>2007</strong> by $25 million<br />
The expense ratio increased 1.1 points in <strong>2007</strong> <strong>com</strong>pared to<br />
<strong>com</strong>pared to a reduction of $115 million in 2006, which<br />
2006, primarily due to $63 million of transaction and integration<br />
accounted for 12.7 points of the increase in the loss ratio.<br />
costs associated with the <strong>2007</strong> acquisition of the minority interest<br />
Net premiums written increased in <strong>2007</strong> <strong>com</strong>pared to 2006<br />
in 21st Century.<br />
primarily due to growth in the international markets, accounting for<br />
19 percent of the increase in net premiums written. In addition<br />
<strong>AIG</strong> <strong>2007</strong> Form 10-K 45