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Bring on tomorrow - AIG.com

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ITEM 8 / NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.....................................................................................................................................................................................securities (e.g., <strong>com</strong>mercial and residential mortgage-backed securities issued by securitizati<strong>on</strong> entities that wrotecredit derivatives), are c<strong>on</strong>sidered to be embedded derivatives that should be analyzed for potential bifurcati<strong>on</strong> andseparate accounting or, alternatively, for fair value accounting in c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> with the applicati<strong>on</strong> of the fair valueopti<strong>on</strong> to the entire hybrid instrument.The adopti<strong>on</strong> of these standards did not have a material effect <strong>on</strong> our c<strong>on</strong>solidated financial c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>, results ofoperati<strong>on</strong>s or cash flows...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................222 <strong>AIG</strong> 2012 Form 10-K

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