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AIG to Sell Tokyo Building, Puerto Rico Hotel, Dubai Properties

Feb 13 2009 // American International Group has put a prized building in Tokyo up for sale and is in advanced talks to sell a hotel in Puerto Rico and two office buildings in Dubai, a top executive said Thursday. The sales are part of...

UK’s Serious Fraud Office to Probe AIG Financial Products Unit

Feb 12 2009 // Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a preliminary inquiry into suspected irregularities at a British subsidiary of American International Group Inc., the SFO said on Thursday. The SFO said its probe...

Report: AIG in Talks to Sell Auto Insurance Unit to Zurich

Feb 11 2009 // American International Group is in advanced talks to sell its U.S. auto insurance unit to Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services AG, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The auto insurance business is expected...

Thai Bank Acquires AIG Bank, Card Business; S&P: ‘No Rating Change’

Feb 9 2009 // Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited (BAY) and American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced an agreement under which BAY will acquire AIG Retail Bank Public Company Limited and AIG Card (Thailand)...

S&P Withdraws, Affirms Ratings of Several ‘Minor AIG Subsidiaries’

Feb 5 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced various ratings actions on several subsidiaries of the American International Group. “These actions follow AIG’s decision to revise or terminate...

Congress May Probe AIG Pricing, Pay Practices

Feb 5 2009 // An influential U.S. congressman, concerned that American International Group Inc’s $150 billion federal bailout could be undermining the broader U.S. insurance market, is digging into claims that the insurer is...

Report: AIG Eyes Federal Backstop on Assets, Recapitalization Options

Feb 2 2009 // American International Group, the insurer rescued from collapse by the government in September, is in discussions with Washington about a federal backstop for some of its assets, The Wall Street Journal reported...

Greenberg Fights New York AG to Keep Reinsurance Testimony Private

Feb 2 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group Inc., has gone to court to prevent New York’s attorney general from releasing testimony Greenberg gave in a state lawsuit...

Former AIG Vice President Sentenced to 4 Years for Reinsurance Scheme

Jan 28 2009 // The former vice president of reinsurance of American International Group Inc. (AIG) has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme to manipulate AIG’s financial statements, according...

AIG to Sell Latin American Consumer Finance Units

Jan 26 2009 // American International Group Inc is selling its consumer finance businesses in Latin America, including a unit in Colombia it bought just last year, as the insurer sheds assets to pay back the U.S. government, according to...

AIG Global Real Estate to Sell Fund Management Business

Jan 26 2009 // AIG Global Real Estate (“GRE”) has plans to divest its Fund Management Business, which operates 15 existing fund programs with over $12.4 billion in assets under management and $5.2 billion in equity capital...

Former AIG CEO Greenberg, Ironshore in Joint Excess Casualty Venture

Jan 26 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the man who ran American International Group for nearly 40 years and who now runs C.V. Starr & Co., is being reunited with some executives who used to work under him when he ran...

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Jan 25 2009 // The Insurance Marketing and Communications Association named Richard Look president. He is a marketing communications veteran with agency and insurance company experience, and currently serves as vice president of...

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Jan 25 2009 // Risk management and insurance services provider IMA of Texas Inc. announced additions to its Health Care, Employee Benefits and Surety departments. Michael J. Jacoby has been hired as vice president and national director...

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Jan 25 2009 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Russell Johnston president and CEO of AIG Environmental, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance. Johnston joined AIG in 1990 serving in senior management positions within...

Ex-CEO Greenberg Protests AIG Sale of Asian Life ‘Crown Jewel’

Jan 23 2009 // Former AIG Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said in a letter Thursday the insurer should halt asset sales until the new administration in Washington can assess what is best for the now...

Ironshore Creates U.S. P/C Operation Run By Former AIG Execs

Jan 22 2009 // Ironshore Inc. has appointed Steven England as executive vice president responsible for running its newly created U.S. Property/ Casualty underwriting operations based in St. Louis, Missouri. The new unit, Ironshore...

Federal Affairs Chief Merski Latest Executive to Join Zurich from AIG

Jan 16 2009 // Zurich Financial Services Group Inc., which has been on a recruitment spree, said Rich Merski, a former AIG executive, is joining the insurer as head of federal affairs in the United States. Merski most recently managed...

AIG Is Lead Insurer on Airplane Downed in Hudson River

Jan 16 2009 // American International Group Inc. said Friday it was the lead insurer on the US Airways passenger jet that went down in Manhattan’s Hudson River on Thursday. An AIG spokesman, John Jones, said he could not provide...

Citigroup’s Pretto Joins AIG to Oversee Corporate Media Relations

Jan 15 2009 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced that Christina Pretto has joined AIG as vice president for Corporate Media Relations. Pretto will oversee all aspects of AIG’s corporate media relations, including...