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AIG Expands Cyber Coverage to Include Physical Risks from Cyber Events

Apr 23 2014 // AIG has expanded its cyber insurance offering to include property damage and bodily injury exposures. This new cyber offering provides commercial customers a way to manage physical risks to their operations from cyber...

People – East

Apr 21 2014 // Jerry Hourihan American International Group (AIG) has named Jerry Hourihan as president of Private Client Group for the U.S. and Canada. He will report to Ralph Mucerino, CEO of Consumer Regional, Americas. Hourihan will...

Massachusetts Judge Criticizes AIG in $7M Decision

Apr 14 2014 // A Massachusetts judge has ordered AIG Inc. to pay at least $7 million to a Wellesley, Mass., man injured after he was struck by a bus in a scathing decision that accuses the insurer of hiding evidence and manipulating...

AIG Still Has Work To Do, Says Chairman Miller

Apr 9 2014 // American International Group Inc. must do more to win over Wall Street, even after rallying 51 percent in the past two years, Chairman Steve Miller told shareholders. AIG is seeking to reward investors who helped...

New York DFS Becoming ‘National Player’ Among Insurance, Banking Regulators

Apr 7 2014 // On a June morning in 2012, New York bank examiners paid surprise visits to the offices of Ocwen Financial Corp., the biggest non-bank mortgage servicer. That break with tradition — examiners typically set up...

N.Y. Regulator Lawsky Sued by AIG Over Probe Into Unlicensed Insurance

Apr 3 2014 // American International Group Inc. sued to block New York’s top financial regulator, Benjamin Lawsky, from fining it over marketing insurance overseas without a state license, claiming it would be...

Hourihan Named President of AIG Private Client Group, U.S. and Canada

Apr 1 2014 // Jerry Hourihan has been named president of American International Group’s (AIG) Private Client Group for the U.S. and Canada. He will report to Ralph Mucerino, CEO of Consumer Regional, Americas. Hourihan will be a...

N.Y. Regulators Say MetLife Fined $60M, to Cooperate in Probe of AIG

Mar 31 2014 // MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, will pay $60 million after New York watchdogs found subsidiaries solicited business in the state without a license and made intentional misrepresentations to regulators. MetLife...

Insurers Urge Lawmakers Not to Impose Bank Capital Requirements on Industry

Mar 11 2014 // Insurance companies will urge U.S. lawmakers today to stop the Federal Reserve from imposing bank- like capital standards on their industry. A provision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that overhauled U.S. financial regulation...

Secret Service Agent Says Many Cyber Breaches Go Unreported

Mar 7 2014 // Many breaches in data security may be going unreported by American businesses. That’s according to Kirk Arthur, supervisory special agent for the U.S. Secret Service’s San Francisco field...

Changes at Top for AIG Commercial Lines: Smith Named COO; Shea, Thomas Head Global Lines

Mar 5 2014 // American International Group Inc. announced senior leadership changes in its Commercial Insurance business, naming Michael Smith as chief operating officer (COO). Also, James Shea has been appointed president of Global...

Fitch Upgrades AIG

Mar 3 2014 // American International Group Inc., the insurer that repaid a U.S. bailout in late 2012, has been upgraded by Fitch Ratings after buying back bonds and improving results at its units. The rating on senior debt was lifted to...

Ratings Roundup: AIG Asia-Pacific, Fuji Fire/AIU

Feb 21 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Singapore-based AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Pte. Ltd. (AIG APAC) and its fully-owned...

Best Affirms AIG Europe’s Ratings; Outlook Stable

Feb 21 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a” of UK-based AIG Europe Limited (AEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of American International...

Best Affirms AIG and P&C Subs Ratings; Outlook Stable

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Greenberg’s Post-AIG Empire Looking Like Mini-Berkshire

Feb 20 2014 // Since his ouster from American International Group Inc. in 2005, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has been quietly building an insurance and investment conglomerate that people close to him describe as a mini version...

Judge Refuses AIG Bid to Delay Bank of America $8.5B Settlement

Feb 19 2014 // Bank of America Corp.’s $8.5 billion settlement with mortgage-bond investors won’t be delayed after American International Group Inc. and other objectors asked for a hearing to address loan modifications...

AIG Launches Cross-Border Casualty Risk Product for Multinational Companies

Feb 19 2014 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has launched its Global Casualty Single Solution (GCSS), a new product to cover cross-border casualty risks for U.S.-based multinational companies. The product is designed for...

AIG Lured to Malaysia by Growing Takaful Market: Islamic Finance

Feb 18 2014 // American International Group Inc. is plotting its entry into Malaysia’s Islamic insurance market, lured by the country’s economic expansion and an industry that has grown more than fivefold in less than a...

AIG Cutting Jobs, Moving Others to Lower Cost Cities

Feb 14 2014 // American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche is increasing returns for shareholders as he targets job cuts to simplify the firm. AIG boosted its quarterly dividend by 25 percent to 12.5 cents...