August 14, 2009
American International Group Inc.’s money-losing consumer finance unit on Thursday said it eliminated 900 jobs and closed 145 branches in the first half of the year, and may make further cutbacks as it prepares to be sold. In a regulatory …
August 14, 2009
Chartis Inc.said that all of its worldwide travel businesses will begin operating under the brand name Travel Guard, effective immediately. Additionally, Jeffrey C. Rutledge has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Travel Guard Worldwide, Inc. Chartis is the …
August 12, 2009
American International Group, seeking to raise cash to repay around $180 billion in bail-out loans, has agreed to sell its Hong Kong consumer finance and India-based IT services units. China Construction Bank (CCB) Asia, the country’s second-biggest lender will buy …
August 7, 2009
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) reported its first quarterly profit since the third quarter of 2007, reflecting stabilization in some of its businesses and positive valuation changes. AIG, which received $180 billion of federal bailouts, said it also achieved several …
August 7, 2009
American International Group Inc., which today reported its first profit since 2007, has named former American Express Co. chief executive Harvey Golub as its non-executive chairman. Golub replaces Edward Liddy, who is resigning as both chairman and chief executive officer …
August 6, 2009
American International Group’s former chief executive Hank Greenberg agreed to pay $15 million to settle government allegations that he had cooked the books to inflate the insurer’s earnings in the first half of this decade, the Securities and Exchange Commission …
August 3, 2009
Troubled insurer American International Group Inc. has chosen former MetLife chief Robert Benmosche as its new CEO, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The AIG board approved the choice Monday morning, the newspaper said on …
August 3, 2009
State insurance regulators are criticizing a New York Times article that reported that insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. “show signs of considerable weakness” and that called into question the effectiveness of state regulation of the insurance giant. The …
August 3, 2009
American International Group Inc. is close to selling its asset management business to a group that includes private equity firm Crestview Partners for $300 million to $400 million, a source familiar with the matter said Monday. The source asked not …
August 3, 2009
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) confirmed that its board of directors has elected Robert H. Benmosche as president and chief executive officer as previously reported.. Benmosche was also elected a member of the board of directors and will assume his …