American International Group, Inc. · AIG · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

AIG Beats EPS Estimates on 18% Premium Growth, AI Underwriting Gains

AIG delivered a record Q1 FY2026, beating EPS estimates by 11.6% on 18% YoY net premium written growth. Underwriting profitability improved across all segments, with accident-year combined ratios under 90%. Strategic transactions including the Everest portfolio conversion, Convex whole-account quota share, and Amwins SPV contributed to premium growth and profit acceleration. The company is deploying a multi-agent AI underwriting platform in partnership with Palantir and Anthropic across eight lines of business, with measurable efficiency gains. Capital returns of $760 million and an 11% dividend increase underscore balance-sheet confidence, while the planned Corebridge exit in 2026 simplifies the corporate structure. However, revenue of $6.78B missed the $7.03B estimate by 3.6%, and the stock subsequently drifted 6.8% lower after an initial 5.3% post-earnings pop, suggesting the…

Reported After market closeNYSEFinancial Services $42.52B market cap
90quality score

Company context

Snapshot as of publication

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global insurance provider, delivering a broad spectrum of insurance solutions to commercial, institutional, and individual clients across North America and worldwide. Its General Insurance division encompasses a wide range of coverages, including general liability, environmental protection, commercial auto liability, workers' compensation, casualty, and crisis management. This segment also covers property risks for commercial, industrial, and energy sectors, with further specialized offerings such as aerospace, political risk, trade credit, portfolio solutions, crop, and marine insurance policies. Additionally, AIG supplies professional liability coverage for various business operations and potential hazards, such as directors and officers (D&O), mergers and acquisitions (M&A), fidelity bonds, employment practices, fiduciary liability, cyber risk, kidnap and ransom, and errors and omissions (E&O) insurance.…

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $2.11 Consensus $2
EPS surprise +11.6% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $6.78B Consensus $7.03B
Revenue surprise -3.6% Reported versus consensus

Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
AIG EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 8 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $1.64 Q4 '23 actual $1.79, beat Q1 '24 estimate $1.65 Q1 '24 actual $1.77, beat Q2 '24 estimate $1.30 Q2 '24 actual $1.16, miss Q3 '24 estimate $1.10 Q3 '24 actual $1.23, beat Q2 '25 estimate $1.60 Q2 '25 actual $1.81, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.72 Q3 '25 actual $2.20, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.90 Q4 '25 actual $1.96, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.89 Q1 '26 actual $2.11, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.92 Q3 '26 estimate $1.82 Q4 '26 estimate $2.12 Q1 '27 estimate $2.27

Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold41 ratings
Bullish1639.0%
Neutral2458.5%
Bearish12.5%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$80.2Current
$50Low
$83.16Average
$98High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Jul 30, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
JP Morgan Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 20, 2026
Piper Sandler Neutral OverweightDowngradeJul 15, 2026
Wells Fargo Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 9, 2026
Mizuho Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 9, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight NeutralUpgradeJul 9, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainJul 8, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 8, 2026
HSBC Buy BuyMaintainJul 6, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $80.2. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$80$79 -0.2%Jul 15, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$89$79.62 +11.0%Jul 9, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldRyan Tunis$92$79.62 +14.7%Jul 9, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$98$80.47 +22.2%Jul 8, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$88$79.39 +9.7%Jul 6, 2026
BarclaysAlex Scott$80$74.8 -0.2%May 1, 2026
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$83$76.84 +3.5%Mar 16, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$92$79.07 +14.7%Feb 17, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$81$78.76 +1.0%Feb 17, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesYaron Kinar$86$78.27 +7.2%Feb 17, 2026
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Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +5.3% Event window
SPY move +0.3% Same window
Abnormal move +5.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -6.8% Up to 20 sessions
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Transcript intelligence

What changed

Q1 FY2026 marked a sharp improvement in underwriting profitability, with combined ratios improving dramatically and accident-year ratios under 90% across all segments. Net premiums written grew 18% YoY, driven by commercial and personal lines. The Everest portfolio conversion and Convex quota share acquisition contributed meaningful premium and profit acceleration. AIG launched a multi-agentic AI underwriting platform with Palantir (Foundry) and Anthropic (Claude), achieving 30% faster quoting and 40% higher binding in Lexington middle-market property. Capital deployment included $760 million in returns and a fourth consecutive year of double-digit dividend growth, with the quarterly dividend raised 11% to $0.50 per share. The stock rose 5.3% in the session following the report on 2.2x baseline volume before drifting 6.8% lower over subsequent sessions.

Guidance delta

Management maintained prior guidance, expressing confidence in sustaining growth and profitability. The company reaffirmed its intention to complete the Corebridge divestiture in 2026, continue share repurchases and dividend growth, and selectively expand in middle-market E&S and commercial lines. No explicit upward or downward revision to forward financial targets was indicated in the available transcript analysis.

Key takeaways

  • EPS of $2.11 beat the $1.89 consensus by 11.6%; revenue of $6.78B missed the $7.03B estimate by 3.6%
  • Net premiums written grew 18% YoY across commercial and personal lines
  • Accident-year combined ratios improved to under 90% across all segments
  • AI underwriting platform (Palantir, Anthropic) delivered 30% quoting improvement and 40% binding increase in Lexington middle-market property
  • $760M in capital returns; dividend raised 11% to $0.50/share, fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth
  • Stock rose 5.3% post-print but subsequently drifted 6.8% lower

Management priorities

  • Scale multi-agent AI solution across underwriting and claims functions
  • Complete divestiture of remaining Corebridge stake in 2026
  • Continue share repurchases and dividend growth
  • Target selective growth in middle-market E&S and commercial lines
  • Pursue partnerships with technology providers and capital managers (CVC, Onex)

Related earnings events

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-07-30T03:21:07.362136+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-07-30T03:21:07.359380+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

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