AIG News

Greenberg Urges U.S. Stake in AIG Below 20% to Attract Capital

Former AIG chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg is campaigning for the U.S. government to cut its stake in the insurer to less than 20 percent, saying this would attract new capital to AIG and help taxpayers fully recoup bailout money it …

SEC Order Keeps Some AIG Bailout Terms Sealed Until 2018

It could take until November 2018 to get the full story behind the U.S. bailout of insurance giant American International Group because of an action taken last year by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In May, the SEC approved a …

N.Y. Fed Sought to Limit AIG Disclosures of Bank Payments

The New York Federal Reserve Bank under Timothy Geithner urged insurer AIG in late 2008 to limit disclosures about its payments to banks after getting a $180 billion government bailout, emails released Thursday showed. The email exchanges, between the New …

Lawmakers Press Treasury Secretary Geithner for AIG Testimony

Two prominent U.S. lawmakers Friday called for U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to testify to help determine if the New York Federal Reserve Bank improperly influenced insurer AIG to withhold information on its payments to banks after a government bailout. …

Chartis Claims Pays $495K Fine in New York

A P/C claims unit of the insurer formerly known as AIG has paid a $495,000 fine to regulators in New York for improper licensing of the business and its employees, according to the latest disciplinary report from the New York …

Pay Czar Approves Retention Pay Raise for AIG Executive

A top executive of American International Group Inc. has been granted a $4.3 million pay-package bump by the troubled insurance giant’s majority owner — the U.S. government — because the executive has decided to remain with the company. Kenneth Feinberg, …

AIG Halts Efforts to Sell Chartis Shares to Focus on P/C Unit’s Growth

American International Group Inc. has halted efforts to sell a stake in Chartis, as Chief Executive Robert Benmosche focuses on expanding the property and casualty unit, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday. The move is consistent with Benmosche’s …

AIG Solicits Offers for Aircraft Unit

AIG is soliciting bids for its International Lease Finance Corp. after a group led by the unit’s chief offered to buy a small portion of the aircraft lessor’s fleet, according to sources familiar with the matter. American International Group Inc. …

AIG Looking for New HR Chief to Handle Pay Challenges

American International Group Inc., the bailed out insurer beset by executive pay restrictions, has parted ways with its head of human resources, leaving open a key vacancy in the midst of fragile pay negotiations with Washington. AIG confirmed the departure …

AIG Further Cuts Debt Owed U.S.; Readies Global Life Units for Sale

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) today said that it has closed two previously announced transactions with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) that have reduced the debt AIG owes the FRBNY by $25 billion in exchange for the …