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Pre-tax income from the business fell 9% to $646 million as it
booked a $143 mln charge related to a review of its actuarial
assumption.
The company is among a number of life insurers that typically
conduct reviews every third quarter of assumptions they made
when writing policies many years ago.
Excluding the impact from the actuarial review, adjusted pre-tax
income at the unit fell 3% due to elevated mortality and lower
alternative investment returns, the company said.
On an adjusted basis, the company posted a profit of 56 cents
per share, well below analysts' expectations for a profit of $1
per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
AIG's net income attributable to common shareholders was $648
million, or 72 cents per share, in the third quarter ended Sept.
30, compared with a loss $1.26 billion, or $1.41 per share, a
year earlier. https://reut.rs/36r6qzt
AIG's net pretax catastrophe loss narrowed to $511 million in
the quarter from $1.6 billion a year earlier.
The company, one of the largest insurers in the United States,
also reported a narrower underwriting loss in its general
insurance business - $249 million from $1.73 billion last year.
The insurer's general insurance accident year combined ratio,
excluding changes from losses incurred in past years, was 95.9,
compared with 99.4 a year earlier.
(Reporting by Bharath Manjesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil
D'Silva)
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