AIG News

Rivalry Haunts Prudential/AIA Integration

British insurer Prudential will try to reassure investors it can seamlessly absorb the Asian arm of AIG next week when it publishes the prospectus for a record $21 billion cash call to fund the takeover. With shareholders broadly backing the …

Financial Reform Hits First Hurdle in U.S. Senate

The most sweeping overhaul of U.S. financial regulation since the Great Depression appeared unlikely to clear its first hurdle in the U.S. Senate Monday as Republicans held out for a bipartisan deal. Even as Wall Street reeled from more revelations …

Judge: Fraud Case Against Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg ‘Devastating’

New York state prosecutors have “a devastating case” against Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former American International Group Inc. chief executive accused of fraud over a reinsurance transaction 10 years ago, the presiding judge said in court Tuesday. After four hours …

UK’s Prudential Under No Pressure to Cut Price for AIG’s Asian Unit

UK insurer Prudential Plc is under no pressure from its shareholders to cut the $35.5 billion price it’s paying for AIG’s Asian life insurance unit, the group’s Asia CEO said. “At the very beginning, we got a lot of questions …

AIG Aircraft Leasing Unit Raises $2 Billion with Sale of Jets

The aircraft leasing unit of bailed-out insurer American International Group has agreed to sell 53 passenger jets to Australia’s Macquarie Group to raise a much-needed $2 billion in cash. International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), a top customer of Boeing and …

AIG ‘Strongly Objected’ to Pay Czar’s Cuts

American International Group Inc. “strongly objected” last year when U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg imposed large cuts in the cash salaries of two of its top executives, regulatory filings showed Monday. Feinberg slashed the salaries of David Herzog, chief financial …

Greenberg Seeks Dismissal of New York AG’s Reinsurance Case

Former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has asked a judge to dismiss a civil fraud lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general, who is seeking to hold him personally liable for a sham reinsurance transaction. Greenberg …

AIG Financial Products, Goldman Sachs Unwind Credit Default Swaps

American International Group Inc. realized a loss of up to $2 billion last year as its Financial Products unit ended most of its remaining trades with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. AIG …

AIG to Pay $9M in Ohio Antitrust Case

American International Group Inc. will pay $9 million to settle an Ohio antitrust lawsuit accusing it of conspiring to fix commercial casualty insurance prices. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray had accused AIG and other insurers of conspiring with insurance broker …

AIG Financial Products Executive Cassano Still Faces SEC Probe

The former head of the American International Group division that nearly bankrupted the giant insurer isn’t out of the woods yet. Joseph Cassano, who ran London-based AIG Financial Products and oversaw its disastrous accumulation of credit default swaps, looks likely …