Articles by Lilla Zuill

AIG May Use Tax Benefits of Selling Stakes to Repay U.S. Taxpayers

American International Group Inc. may sell stakes in its businesses, rather than shedding entire units, to repay U.S. government bailouts, retaining huge tax benefits, according to a source familiar with the matter. The strategy differs from what AIG CEO Robert …

AIG, Former CEO Greenberg, CFO Smith Agree to Binding Arbitration

American International Group Inc. and former CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said Monday they have agreed to privately arbitrate a shareholder lawsuit, and possibly another, potentially ending a an extended legal fight between the parties. Relations between Greenberg and AIG have …

Major Storm Activity Could Bring Silver Lining of Price Hikes for Insurers

The first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season may end up skipping past the United States, leaving insurers to hope that the next ominous storm clouds will come ashore with a silver lining. Insurers can face billions of dollars in …

New AIG CEO Decides to Keep, Not Sell, Investment Advisory Unit

Robert Benmosche, the newly appointed chief executive of AIG, has started to cut up the insurer’s restructuring plan, deciding it is better to hold on to an investment advisory unit that is part of the insurer’s retirement services group. “Benmosche …

Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Settles SEC Charges Over Accounting

American International Group’s former chief executive Hank Greenberg agreed to pay $15 million to settle government allegations that he had cooked the books to inflate the insurer’s earnings in the first half of this decade, the Securities and Exchange Commission …

Improved Profitability Forecast for Marsh, Guy Carpenter

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. , the No. 2 global insurance broker, posted quarterly results in line with expectations on Wednesday and forecast improved profitability for its brokerage business, sending its shares up 4.3 percent. The company reported a second-quarter …

ACE Q2 Net Drops, But Beats Analysts Expectations

Property-casualty insurer Ace Ltd. posted a second-quarter operating profit Monday that beat Wall Street expectations, sending its shares more than 2 percent higher. Ace said net income fell about 27 percent, hurt by a decline in policy sales and realized …

IPC Sale to Validus Includes ‘Storm-proof’ Agreement

IPC Holdings, the Bermuda catastrophe reinsurer that attracted interest from more than a dozen bidders, held out for a storm-proof agreement before agreeing to a sale to rival Validus Holdings The $1.65 billion cash-and-stock deal, still to be approved by …

Chartis’ Moor Maps Out 20% Sale, Other Steps in Separating from AIG

Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. rebranded its property/ casualty business under the name Chartis Monday and said it would put the equity for the division into a separate company — key steps toward a sale of at least part …

AIG Withholds $2.4 Million in Bonuses for Senior Managers

American International Group Inc., the insurer that has received billions of dollars in federal aid, withheld $2.4 million in bonuses due to be paid to dozens of senior managers on July 15. The AIG decision was disclosed by George Madison, …