AIG News

AIG Busy Investing Its Cash, May Bid on Bonds

Bailed-out insurer American International Group is working hard to invest cash it had set aside for a failed deal to buy assets from the Federal Reserve, Chief Executive Bob Benmosche said in an interview Tuesday. But AIG is still looking …

No Raise for AIG Chief Benmosche, Others at Bailed Out Firms

Compensation packages for the chief executives of bailed-out firms American International Group, Ally Financial and General Motors will not increase in 2011, the Treasury Department said late Friday. The Obama administration’s pay czar has reviewed the packages for the top …

Federal Reserve Rejects AIG Offer for Mortgage Bonds

The Federal Reserve rejected a $15.7 billion bid from insurer American International Group for a pool of mortgage-backed securities Wednesday and said it will sell off the bonds over time instead. The news is a blow to AIG, which has …

AIG Expects ‘Minimal’ Effects from Japan Claims

American International Group Inc. said Wednesday it expects “minimal net effects” from the recent earthquake and tsunami on the financial condition of its local Japanese operations, including those of Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Co., in which AIG holds a …

WikiLeaks Cables Show China Regulator Intervened as AIG Crumbled

U.S. officials believe China’s insurance regulator passed on proprietary information about AIG to its Chinese rivals during the American firm’s collapse in 2008, according to unpublished diplomatic cables. The U.S. government bailout of American International Group Inc. in 2008 sent …

Oregon to Net $3.6 Million From AIG Settlement

Oregon will receive about $3.6 million as part of a multi-state settlement with the American International Group (AIG) over misreporting of workers’ compensation insurance premiums. A two-year examination of AIG and its Chartis insurance companies found the companies misreported $2.12 …

AIG Has Plan to Protect Tax Assets

Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. set up a plan to protect tens of billions of dollars in valuable tax assets by discouraging investors from taking large new positions in the company. As of year-end, AIG had what is known …

AIG Repays $6.9 Billion More to Taxpayers

American International Group repaid another $6.9 billion of its bailout Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury said. With that payment, the Treasury said it has now recovered 70 percent of the $411 billion distributed under the crisis-era Troubled Asset Relief Program, or …

Taiwan Regulator to Rule on AIG Taiwan Unit Sale By End of First Half

Taiwan’s financial regulator said it will make a decision on American International Group Inc’s sale of local unit Nan Shan Life Insurance Co in the first half of this year. The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) had asked Ruen Chen Investment, …

AIG Names Farber as Deputy CFO

AIG has named Jeffrey M. Farber as senior vice president, deputy chief financial officer. Farber oversee AIG’s controllership and accounting policy functions, as well as the firms’ global tax department. Farber most recently served as executive vice president of finance …