AIG News

AIG Consumer Finance Unit Cuts Jobs As Losses Continue

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 …

AIG’s Chartis Global Now Travel Guard; Rutledge Named CEO

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 …

AIG to Sell Hong Kong Consumer Finance, India IT Units

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 …

AIG Posts First Profit Since 2007

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 …

AIG Names Former Amex CEO Golub As Chairman

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 …

Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Settles SEC Charges Over Accounting

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 …

AIG Selects Former MetLife CEO Benmosche as New CEO After Liddy

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 …

States Dispute Article Questioning AIG Insurance Units’ Finances

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 …

AIG Reported Close to Sale of Asset Management Unit

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 …

AIG Confirms Benmosche as CEO; Restructuring Chief Reynolds to Depart

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 …