AIG News

Report China Consortium Planning to Bid for 30% of AIA

A consortium of leading Chinese companies including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, China Life Insurance Co Ltd, plans to bid for a 30 percent stake in American Insurance Group Ltd’s Asian life insurance business, AIA, the 21st Century …

AIG Still a Risky Bet for Investors

American International Group Inc, already a big headache for taxpayers, could leave its shareholders with a migraine. AIG, which is nearly 80 percent owned by the U.S. government, owes taxpayers more than $100 billion. That along with other debt makes …

Fortress to Buy Majority of AIG Consumer Finance Unit

American International Group Inc is selling most of its consumer finance unit to Fortress Investment Group at a deep discount and will recognize a $1.9 billion pretax loss as a result. AIG, majority owned by the U.S. government, said Wednesday …

AIG Starts Talks to End Government Ownership

American International Group Inc. reported better-than-expected quarterly results Friday and said it had started talks on disentangling itself from the U.S. government, sending its shares up 3.6 percent in premarket trading. The insurer, which is nearly 80 percent-owned by the …

New York Reopens Probe of AIG’s Cassano

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo reopened his investigation into former American International Group Inc. executive Joseph Cassano after U.S. authorities ended their own probes, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. Cuomo’s office met with Cassano’s …

S&P’s Ratings on AIG Unchanged by New Board Chairman

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that its ratings on American International Group (AIG; A-/Negative/A-1) and AIG’s insurance subsidiaries (most of which are rated A+/Negative/–) are not affected by the company’s announcement that Robert S. (Steve) Miller has succeeded …

Chinatrust Still Interested in Pursuing AIG Taiwan Unit Talks

Chinatrust Financial Holding Co, Taiwan’s top credit card issuer, is happy to talk to American International Group Inc (AIG) about its Taiwan life insurance unit if the U.S. firm is unable to seal an existing deal to sell the unit. …

Ex-Prudential (UK) CEO Tucker Named to Head AIA before IPO

Bailed-out insurer American International Group named former Prudential plc Chief Executive Mark Tucker as head of its Asia life insurance business, AIA, and said it would seek to list AIA on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The abrupt removal of …

AIG to Pay $725M to Settle Securities Fraud Lawsuit

American International Group Inc. agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running securities fraud lawsuit led by three Ohio public pension funds, in one of the largest class action settlements in U.S. history. AIG, which is nearly 80 percent …

AIG Names Miller Chairman, Following Golub’s Resignation

American International Group named director Robert “Steve” Miller as its new chairman, replacing Harvey Golub, who resigned after clashing with Chief Executive Robert Benmosche over the botched sale of the insurer’s Asian life unit. “Bob Benmosche has informed the board …