Political Activities and Contributions

AIG’s state, federal and international advocacy efforts focus on issues and areas of interest within the insurance industry such as the regulation of insurance product design, pricing and taxation; market conduct; the regulation of underwriting and claims handling; and related matters. On these and similar issues, AIG engages with government and regulatory officials, either directly or indirectly through third parties, to better understand evolving policy frameworks and to provide feedback to policy makers based on our insurance expertise.

As a global insurer, our position on policy and regulatory initiatives potentially impacting AIG and the industry more broadly is that newly proposed rules, regulations and standards should be sensible, risk-based and consistently applied, in order to avoid a 

AIG belongs to various external organizations, such as trade associations or 501(c)(4)s, (“Associations”) that advocate for, or comment on, public policies affecting AIG and the insurance sector more broadly. These Associations participate in public policy discussions in different ways, but in general, while these Associations are typically member-driven, the ability of any individual member to influence the activities of a trade group will vary greatly based on the level of membership, board representation, business size/market share of the member, and other factors.