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
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainMay 4, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainMay 1, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainApr 6, 2026
TD Cowen Hold HoldMaintainDec 16, 2025
Goldman Sachs Neutral NeutralMaintainNov 20, 2025
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainOct 1, 2025
Jefferies Buy BuyMaintainApr 11, 2025
BMO Capital Market Perform Market PerformMaintainMar 13, 2025
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainNov 6, 2024
B of A Securities Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 10, 2024
Argus Research Buy HoldUpgradeNov 21, 2023
Atlantic Equities Neutral OverweightDowngradeFeb 22, 2023
Credit Suisse Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 12, 2022
Wolfe Research Peer Perform OutperformDowngradeFeb 10, 2022
Deutsche Bank Hold HoldMaintainMay 13, 2021
CFRA Buy HoldUpgradeAug 4, 2020
William Blair Market Perform OutperformDowngradeMay 6, 2020
Autonomous Research Outperform Market PerformUpgradeJan 8, 2020
Compass Point Buy BuyMaintainMay 7, 2019
Argus Hold BuyDowngradeFeb 15, 2019
Buckingham Research Neutral UnderperformUpgradeApr 27, 2018
Buckingham Neutral UnderperformUpgradeApr 27, 2018
Bank of America Buy NeutralUpgradeFeb 9, 2018
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 4, 2016
Janney Montgomery Scott Buy NeutralUpgradeMar 30, 2016
Janney Capital Buy NeutralUpgradeMar 30, 2016
FBR Capital Market Perform Market PerformMaintainFeb 26, 2016
Standpoint Research Buy HoldUpgradeJan 19, 2016
Avondale Partners Underperform Market PerformDowngradeNov 4, 2015
PiperJaffray Overweight OverweightMaintainNov 3, 2015
Sterne Agee Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 13, 2014
Nomura Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 5, 2014
Evercore Partners Equal Weight OverweightDowngradeMar 1, 2013
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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
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$83$72.29 +3.5%Jan 14, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldRyan Tunis$77$72.29 -4.0%Jan 14, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$81$77.07 +1.0%Jan 8, 2026
Goldman SachsRobert Cox$83$77.07 +3.5%Jan 7, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$95$86.03 +18.5%Dec 22, 2025
Mizuho SecuritiesYaron Kinar$84$86.3 +4.7%Dec 15, 2025
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$88$77.28 +9.7%Dec 5, 2025
RBC CapitalRowland Mayor$85$75.11 +6.0%Nov 24, 2025
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$84$75.18 +4.7%Nov 20, 2025
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$95$80.71 +18.5%Nov 5, 2025
UBSBrian Meredith$94$84.05 +17.2%Oct 8, 2025
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$84$83.4 +4.7%Oct 7, 2025
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$88$79.64 +9.7%Oct 2, 2025
Cantor FitzgeraldRyan Tunis$84$78.48 +4.7%Aug 12, 2025
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$82$83.05 +2.2%May 6, 2025
BarclaysAlex Scott$98$87.72 +22.2%Apr 2, 2025
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$93$81.31 +16.0%Mar 5, 2025
CFRACatherine Seifert$87$75.39 +8.5%Nov 5, 2024
JefferiesYaron Kinar$88$74.63 +9.7%Oct 9, 2024
HSBCVikram Gandhi$82$73.8 +2.2%Sep 24, 2024
BarclaysAlex Scott$90$76.69 +12.2%Sep 4, 2024
Bank of America SecuritiesJoshua Shanker$82$79.23 +2.2%Aug 1, 2024
JefferiesYaron Kinar$90$74.57 +12.2%Jul 8, 2024
Evercore ISIDavid Motemaden$78$74.49 -2.7%Jun 26, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$82$78.74 +2.2%May 16, 2024
CFRACatherine Seifert$90$78.74 +12.2%May 16, 2024
HSBCVikram Gandhi$86$79.44 +7.2%May 15, 2024
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$89$79.43 +11.0%May 13, 2024
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$89$72.99 +11.0%Apr 19, 2024
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$91$77.92 +13.5%Apr 8, 2024
RBC CapitalMark Dwelle$87$76.62 +8.5%Apr 5, 2024
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$83$66.46 +3.5%Dec 19, 2023
Bank of America SecuritiesJoshua Shanker$63$56.55 -21.4%Oct 7, 2021
J.P. MorganJimmy Bhullar$55$47.44 -31.4%Jul 1, 2021
Credit SuisseAndrew Kligerman$50$49.21 -37.7%May 11, 2021
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$52$46.07 -35.2%Apr 12, 2021
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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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