AIG News

AIG Sells Alico Unit to MetLife for $15.5 Billion

AIG is selling its foreign life insurance unit to MetLife Inc. for about $15.5 billion, its second major asset sale in a week as it raises funds to repay a massive U.S. government bailout. MetLife said Monday that it would …

AIG’s Ex-CEO Greenberg to Testify on General Re Transaction This Week

Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc., will testify Wednesday over a sham transaction involving the insurer and a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a judge ruled. New York State Supreme Court Justice …

AIG to Get $231 Million If Sale of Asian Unit to Pru Fails

American International Group Inc. will receive a termination fee of $230.6 million if the sale of its Asian life insurance business to Britain’s Prudential PLC falls through. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday, AIG said …

Ping An Sees No Impact on China Insurance from Prudential/AIG Deal

Ping An Insurance, China’s No. 2 insurer, said on Friday it was not concerned about a plan by Britain’s Prudential to buy the Asia assets of U.S. insurer AIG, the market leader among foreign insurers in China. Ping An does …

AIG Still Working Out $15 Billion Sale of Alico to MetLife

A tax question holding up American International Group Inc.’s sale of its foreign life insurance unit to MetLife Inc. is expected to be resolved favorably, clearing the way for a roughly $15 billion deal, sources familiar with the matter said …

AIG Home Loan Units Deny But Settle Bias Complaints

Two AIG units settled federal charges that they discriminated against blacks in providing home loans and will pay at least $7.1 million for restitution and education efforts, according to court documents filed Thursday. The units, AIG Federal Savings Bank and …

AIG to Sell its 13.8% Stake in Transatlantic Holdings

American International Group said it would sell its 13.8 percent stake in reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings Inc, worth about $500 million at Thursday’s closing stock price. AIG, nearly 80 percent owned by the U.S. government, said on Friday that its American …

Prudential and AIG Execs Selling AIA Deal to Asia Staff

The chief executives of Britain’s Prudential Plc and American International Group met employees of the two firms in Southeast Asia on Thursday, in a bid to address concerns about the insurance industry’s record M&A deal unveiled earlier this week. Prudential …

Best Makes No Ratings Changes on AIG Due to Sale of AIA

A.M. Best Co. has commented that the ratings of American International Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries are “unchanged following the announcement that AIG will sell the AIA Group, Limited to Prudential plc in a deal valued at approximately $35.5 billion. …

S&P Puts ‘the Pru’ on CreditWatch / Negative on AIA Acquisition

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ratings on Prudential PLC and its operating subsidiaries, including the ‘A+’ long-term counterparty credit rating on Prudential, on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P’s action follows the announcement that Prudential has reached an …