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AIG May Raise up to $6.5 Billion through AIA Share Sale – Sources

Dec 17 2012 // American International Group may raise as much as $6.5 billion from the sale of its remaining stake in AIA Group Ltd in Asia’s second-largest block sale ever, exiting a business the U.S. insurer started nearly 100...

Treasury Completes Final Sale of AIG Stock

Dec 14 2012 // The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it has completed its final sale of common stock in American International Group, reducing its shares in the insurer to zero four years after a massive government...

Commentary: AIG ‘Profits’ an Insult to the Concept

Dec 13 2012 // To say taxpayers made money from their investment in AIG is to libel the very concept of profit. Come to think of it, it may well be a gross insult to the idea of investment too. The Treasury Department announced on...

Best Sees No Change in AIG’s Ratings from U.S. Treasury Share Sale, ILFC Deal

Dec 12 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has commented that the issuer credit rating of “bbb” of American International Group is unchanged following the announcement of the U.S. Treasury’s plan to sell its remaining holdings of...

Government to See $23 Billion Total Profit on AIG Bailout

Dec 11 2012 // The U.S. Treasury’s sale of its remaining stake in American International Group Inc. will fetch $7.6 billion, bringing the government a total profit of $22.7 billion from its crisis-era bailout of the insurer. The...

Timeline of U.S. Government’s Rescue, Sale of AIG

Dec 10 2012 // The U.S. Treasury said on Monday it would sell the last of its remaining AIG shares, rounding off a $182 billion bailout that began during the financial crisis. Following is a timeline of key events in the history of...

Treasury Selling All of Its Remaining AIG Common Stock

Dec 10 2012 // The U.S. Treasury is selling its remaining stake in insurer American International Group Inc., bringing an end to government ownership of the company about four years after a $182 billion bailout. The sale will close the...

AIG’s $4.8 Billion Sale of Aircraft Unit to Chinese Group Faces U.S. Security Review

Dec 10 2012 // American International Group Inc. is to sell nearly all of ILFC , the world’s second-largest airplane leasing business, to a Chinese consortium for up to $4.8 billion, giving the fastest growing aviation market...

AIG Estimates $1.3B Net Losses From Superstorm Sandy

Dec 10 2012 // American International Group Inc. announced that its preliminary estimate of the company’s after-tax losses related to Superstorm Sandy — net of reinsurance — will total approximately $1.3 billion. The...

UPDATE: Chinese Group to Buy AIG’s Plane Leasing Unit for up to $4.8 Billion

Dec 10 2012 // American International Group has agreed to sell nearly all of ILFC , the world’s second-largest airplane leasing business, to a Chinese consortium for up to $4.8 billion, giving the fastest growing aviation market...

Chinese Firms in Talks to Buy AIG Aircraft Leasing Unit

Dec 7 2012 // A group of Chinese companies, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), is in talks to buy American International Group’s aircraft leasing unit for around $5.5 billion, a source familiar with the...

White Mountains Completes Acquisitions of AIG, PICO Runoffs

Dec 3 2012 // White Mountains Solutions Holding Co. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. and the group’s specialist runoff acquisition operation, said it has completed the acquisition of four...

AIG Acquires The Hartford’s Financial Advisory Group Woodbury

Dec 3 2012 // American International Group Inc. has acquired broker-dealer Woodbury Financial Services Inc. from The Hartford. The companies signed an agreement for the acquisition on July 31, 2012. Woodbury Financial Services is now...

AIG, Others to Take up Half of China PICC’s $3.6 Billion Hong Kong IPO

Nov 21 2012 // Chinese state-owned insurer PICC Group has secured pledges from American International Group (AIG) and other investors to buy about half of its up to $3.6 billion IPO, set to be the biggest in Hong Kong in two years. The...

Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg, Starr May Appeal Dismissal of Bailout Suit

Nov 19 2012 // The Federal Reserve Bank of New York won the dismissal of former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s $25 billion lawsuit accusing it of unlawfully bailing out the...

UPDATE: China’s PICC in Talks with AIG as Buyer for $4 Billion HK IPO

Nov 16 2012 // China’s PICC Group is in talks with American International Group and others to become cornerstone investors for its planned listing worth up to $4 billion, in what will be Hong Kong’s biggest IPO in two...

AIG Introduces OSHA Assist for Construction Clients

Nov 14 2012 // American International Group, Inc. has introduced OSHA Counsel Assist (OSHA Assist), an enhancement to general liability programs for construction clients that provides policyholders with legal support and additional...

AIG’s Core P/C, Life Operations Resume Use of AIG Brand Name

Nov 11 2012 // American International Group Inc. said it will now use AIG as the name for all of its global property/casualty operations, including Chartis, in most locations, and that the company’s life and retirement segment is...

AIG: Sandy Losses Won’t Be a Huge Issue Financially

Nov 5 2012 // The American International Group executives are assuring investors that Sandy-related losses won’t have any significant impact on the company’s financial strength. Also, AIG announced in its Sunday, Nov. 4,...

AIG Will Pay $300M to Settle Life-Insurance Probe

Nov 5 2012 // American International Group will pay more than $300 million to settle dispute with U.S. states over life-insurance payments that go unclaimed, according to an Oct. 22 announcement from California’s finance...