Latest AIG Headlines

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Agents Watching Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Closely

Nov 8 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s filing on Oct. 14 of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging has already had significant impact on Marsh and is...

Agents Watching Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Closely

Nov 8 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s filing on Oct. 14 of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging has already had significant impact on Marsh and is...

AIG’s Terrorism Protection Portfolio Includes Biological and Chemical Attack Coverage

Nov 5 2004 // The AIG Companies have launched LexHomeland Protector, a comprehensive terrorism insurance portfolio designed to help protect businesses against terrorism risks, including losses arising from biological and chemical...

S&P to Hold Telephone Conference Today on AIG, ACE

Nov 1 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it will hold a telephone conference call on Monday, Nov. 1, 2004, at 1 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time. The bulletin said Donovan Fraser, John Iten, Mark Puccia, Tom...

S&P Announcement on AIG Ratings; Outlook Negative

Nov 1 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has republished an earlier article, issued last Friday, October 29, concerning the revision of its outlook on the American International Group from stable to negative. S&P...

AIG Private Client Creates Loss Prevention Unit

Oct 27 2004 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, announced the creation of a Department of Loss Prevention to minimize high net worth...

AIG Seeking Resolution of SEC, DJ Investigations

Oct 26 2004 // In a brief announcement American International Group said it intends “to seek a prompt resolution of outstanding issues with the Securities and Exchange Commission [See IJ Website Oct. 5 for details] and the United...

AIG Launches Equipment Finance, Leasing Company

Oct 26 2004 // American International Group, Inc. announced the formation and launch of AIG Commercial Equipment Finance, Inc. (AIG CEF), a new equipment finance and leasing company headquartered in Plano, Texas. “AIG CEF, a member...

Japan: Powerful, Beleaguered and Consolidating

Oct 25 2004 // Until Commodore Peary’s visit in 1848, Japan was one of the world’s most isolated countries, and it still remains rather unique. But something in the Japanese character and society enabled it to turn its back...

Agents Watching Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Closely

Oct 25 2004 // Some worry the probe could move beyond public brokers and large commercial risks. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s filing on Oct. 14 of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial...

N.Y. Attorney General Spitzer Sues Marsh Over Contingent Commissions

Oct 25 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Oct. 14 sued Marsh & McLennan Companies, the nation’s biggest insurance brokerage firm, alleging that it steered clients to insurers with whom it had lucrative...

AIG Target of Federal Grand Jury Investigation

Oct 21 2004 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) announced on Thursday it has been informed by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana that it is a target of a federal grand jury investigation. According to...

AIG Unveils Q3 Numbers, Notes Storm Impact

Oct 21 2004 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) on Thursday reported third quarter 2004 net income of $2.51 billion or $0.95 per share, compared to $2.34 billion or $0.89 per share in the third quarter of 2003. Third quarter 2004...

‘No Immediate Rating Actions’ on AIG, ACE, Hartford, Says S&P

Oct 19 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said on Friday that it is taking “no immediate rating actions” on the three companies – American International Group Inc. (AAA/Stable/A-1+), ACE Ltd....

Impact of Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Felt at Marsh and Beyond

Oct 18 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s filing last Thursday of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging has already had significant impact on Marsh and...

AIG’s Greenberg Expects More Transparency, Not Material Impact from Brokerage Charges

Oct 15 2004 // AIG Chairman Maurice Greenberg today said he does not think the charges brought by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer against giant insurance broker Marsh McLennan will hurt his company’s business but that they...

AIG Reports on Hurricane, Typhoon Losses; $500-$515 Million After Tax Net Losses Expected

Oct 14 2004 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) has issued an estimate of its total expected losses relating to Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, and Typhoons number 16 (Chaba), 18 (Songda) and 21 (Meari) in Japan. AIG...

New York AG Sues Marsh Over Contingent Commissions, Cites Insurers Over Alleged Bid-Rigging

Oct 14 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Oct. 14 sued Marsh & McLennan Companies, the nation’s biggest insurance brokerage firm, alleging that it steered clients to insurers with whom it had lucrative...

AIG’s Greenberg: Industry Faces Trouble with Congress on TRIA; Some Pursue ‘Graveyard’ Strategy

Oct 12 2004 // The insurance industry has difficulty convincing Congress about the significance of its business and some of its own leaders about the pitfalls of overly-aggressive price competition, according to one of the world’s...

AIG Excess Casualty Introduces New Broker Initiative for Commercial Umbrella Producers

Oct 7 2004 // AIG Excess Casualty(R), a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc., announced the launch of AIG ExcessAdvantage, described as “a new program designed to...