BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Sale of ILFC

Sale of ILFC

On December 16, 2013, we entered into a definitive agreement with AerCap Holdings N.V. (AerCap) and AerCap Ireland Limited (Purchaser), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AerCap, for the sale of 100 percent of the common stock of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) (the AerCap Transaction) for consideration consisting of $3.0 billion in cash, a portion of which will be funded by a special dividend of $600 million to be paid by ILFC to AIG upon consummation of the AerCap Transaction, and approximately 97.6 million newly-issued AerCap common shares. The disposition of the AerCap common shares by AIG will be subject to certain restrictions as to the amount and timing of potentialsales in accordance with the definitive agreement. ILFC’s results are reflected in Aircraft leasing revenue and Aircraft leasing expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The assets and liabilities of ILFC are classified as held-for-sale at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 4 herein for further discussion.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires the application of accounting policies that often involve a significant degree of judgment. Accounting policies that we believe are most dependent on the application of estimates and assumptions are considered our critical accounting estimates and are related to the determination of:

• classification of ILFC as held-for-sale and related fair value measurement;
• income tax assets and liabilities, including recoverability of our net deferred tax asset and the predictability of future tax operating profitability of the character necessary to realize the net deferred tax asset;
• liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense;
• reinsurance assets;
• valuation of future policy benefit liabilities and timing and extent of loss recognition;
• valuation of liabilities for guaranteed benefit features of variable annuity products;
• estimated gross profits to value deferred acquisition costs for investment-oriented products;
• impairment charges, including other-than-temporary impairments on available for sale securities, impairments on investments in life settlements and goodwill impairment;
• liability for legal contingencies; and
• fair value measurements of certain financial assets and liabilities.

These accounting estimates require the use of assumptions about matters, some of which are highly uncertain at the time of estimation. To the extent actual experience differs from the assumptions used, our consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially affected.