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The Top Insurance News Stories of the Year 2015

Dec 21 2015 // The year 2015 was a year during which the property/casualty insurance industry got a glimpse at its future in the form of disruptive forces, new competitors, new leaders and emerging risks. Also, some of the news revived...

AIG Plans $3 Billion Stock Buyback

Dec 17 2015 // American International Group Inc., the insurer pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to boost returns, announced a plan to repurchase another $3 billion of shares.The move lifts to $4.3 billion the amount that the...

Will AIG Management Shakeup Improve Results?

Dec 14 2015 // American International Group Inc., the insurer being pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to boost returns, said last week that Chief Financial Officer David Herzog is among top managers leaving the company as Chief...

Allianz Global Names AIG’s Williams Environmental Liability Manager for North America

Dec 11 2015 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) reported that Thomas Williams has been named regional practice leader, Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL), for North America. Based in Atlanta, he will report to Dieter...

AIG CEO Hancock Shakes Up Executive Team; Herzog, Doyle Out

Dec 10 2015 // American International Group Inc. today unveiled a new executive leadership team reporting to CEO Peter Hancock, which Hancock says will ensure “strong end-to-end accountability within the customer segments”...

AIG Reportedly to Raise About $750M From Sale of Shares in China’s PICC P&C

Dec 7 2015 // American International Group is seeking to raise about $750 million by selling part of its stake in China’s state-run PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd., according to a term sheet of the deal seen by IFR on...

Analyst Sees AIG CEO Hancock Surviving Icahn Ouster Bid

Dec 2 2015 // Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, whose call to break American International Group Inc. was rebuffed by the insurer, will probably be unable to force out Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock, Credit Suisse Group...

Transatlantic Re Winds Down Asbestos Contracts with AIG, Berkshire Hathaway

Dec 2 2015 // Weston Hicks’s Alleghany Corp. will pay $400 million to wind down reinsurance deals with American International Group Inc. and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for policies that date back...

Federal Reserve Votes to Retire AIG Bailout Tool

Nov 30 2015 // The Federal Reserve Board on Monday approved a proposal to curb its emergency lending powers, a change demanded by Congress after the central bank’s controversial decision to aid AIG, Citigroup and others in 2008.The...

AIG Reported Considering Sale of Blocks of Business to Narrow Focus

Nov 29 2015 // American International Group Inc., the insurer being pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to boost returns, is considering the sale of blocks of life policies, according to people familiar with the company’s...

Activist Investor Icahn Ups Pressure on AIG CEO Hancock

Nov 24 2015 // Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said he may seek to shake up leadership at American International Group Inc. after Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock rebuffed his plan to split the insurer into three companies.Icahn...

Fifth Largest AIG Shareholder, Icahn, May Propose New AIG Director

Nov 23 2015 // Activist investor Carl Icahn said he may propose adding a new director to American International Group’s board, since AIG Chief Executive Peter Hancock was unlikely to “sincerely consider” his suggestion...

If AIG Is Selling, Greenberg Is Listening, Says Lawyer

Nov 20 2015 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, who spent four decades at American International Group Inc., would consider investing in the insurer he helped build into the world’s largest before the financial crisis, his...

Activist Investor Icahn on High-Yield Bonds, AIG, Interest Rates

Nov 19 2015 // Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said he is betting against high-yield bonds, as he sees a bubble among companies that have overborrowed recently, and expects the dollar to keep rallying into next year.Icahn,...

If AIG Won’t Split, Then It Should Sell Pieces: Investor Paulson

Nov 18 2015 // John Paulson, the billionaire whose proposal to split American International Group Inc. into three companies was rebuffed by Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock, would also support an alternative plan for the insurer to...

AIG Eases Bylaws on Nominating Directors

Nov 17 2015 // American International Group Inc. said it has amended its bylaws to allow some shareholders to nominate directors in the proxy statement for its annual meetings. Under the by-law amendments, a shareholder or group of up to...

Credit Markets Oppose Splitting Up AIG

Nov 6 2015 // American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock has a bit of ammo as he meets Thursday with activist shareholder Carl Icahn: The credit market has been on the insurer’s side.The cost to...

AIG CEO to Employees: Expect Fewer Lifetime Jobs

Nov 5 2015 // American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock, who is shrinking the company while fighting off an activist investor, told staff that they can’t all count on lifetime employment with the...

AIG CEO Hancock Rejects Icahn’s Breakup Plan

Nov 4 2015 // American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock dismissed activist investor Carl Icahn’s proposal to split the company into three insurers, saying a division would limit earnings diversity and...

AIG, South Carolina’s Clemson University to Develop Risk & Analytics Center

Nov 3 2015 // American International Group, Inc. has announced an initial $4 million investment with Clemson University to develop a risk engineering and analytics center and to establish the Robert Benmosche Endowed Professorship in...