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The Single Biggest Risk at AIG

What's the biggest risk to your AIG investment?

By Matt Koppenheffer – Apr 30, 2013 at 3:00PM EST

In this video, Matt Koppenheffer talks about what he sees as the single biggest risk to AIG (AIG 1.09%), namely its poor quality businesses. Over the past few years, AIG has sold off businesses, rebuilt its balance sheet and streamlined its business. However, its current stable of life and property insurance businesses are less than inspiring. The property insurance business has not been underwriting profitably, and the life insurance businesses have faced pressure on their profits. If you want to invest in an insurance company, you want to see profitable underwriting, and right now, AIG looks a little shaky in that regard.  

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Matt Koppenheffer
Matt Koppenheffer is the former Head of the Coverage Team at The Motley Fool. He was a full-time Motley Fool employee from 2012-2025 and is a former advisor and analyst for multiple Motley Fool services. Matt's articles and analysis have been published around the world and his views have been cited in worldwide publications from the Financial Times and The New York Times to the Toronto Star and Germany's Focus Money. He has appeared to offer analysis on a variety of outlets including CNBC and NPR. Matt is the co-author of The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global as well as the creator and former co-host of The Motley Fool's Industry Focus podcast.
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