Latest AIG Headlines

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AIG Unveils New ‘Refreshed’ Logo

Oct 2 2012 // American International Group today revealed what the company described as “a refreshed AIG logo,” featuring a modernized design and new color palate. The new logo, at top, and the current logo, below. The...

AIG Targeted as Likely ‘Systemically Important’ Financial Firm

Oct 2 2012 // Insurance giant American International Group Inc. said that it has received a notice from the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) that it is under consideration as a “systemically important financial...

A Milestone for AIG

Sep 24 2012 // We have a news item in this Sept. 24 issue, on page 8, that marks a milestone for one of the most talked about U.S. corporations in recent times.For the first time since its $182 billion bailout by the U.S. Treasury...

Government No Longer Majority Owner of AIG

Sep 24 2012 // The U.S. government is no longer the majority owner of American International Group Inc. The bailed-out insurance company said on Sept. 14 that the Treasury Department had completed a planned sale of AIG stock, which...

U.S. Treasury Sells $18 Billion of AIG Stock, Cuts Stake to 19%

Sep 10 2012 // The U.S. government cut its stake in American International Group Inc. to 19 percent on Monday, making a profit of $12.4 billion on the insurer’s crisis-era bailout and bringing the unpopular rescue closer to its...

U.S. Treasury Expects $12.4 Billion Profit from Investment in AIG

Sep 10 2012 // The U.S. Treasury said on Monday it expects to raise $18 billion from its sale of American International Group shares, representing a profit of $12.4 billion to date on the Treasury and Federal Reserve’s investment...

Treasury Launches $18 Billion AIG Stock Offering

Sep 10 2012 // The U.S. Treasury Department said it will sell most of its stake in insurer American International Group Inc., making the government a minority investor for the first time since it rescued the company in the depths of the...

AIG Off the Hook for Claims by Madoff Clients Under Home Policies

Sep 10 2012 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) does not have to cover insurance claims from two former Bernard Madoff clients who sought compensation for their losses under their homeowner’s policy, a federal appeals court...

AIG Sells AIA Shares at Surpise Premium, Raises $2 Billion

Sep 7 2012 // American International Group Inc. said it raised $2.02 billion through the sale of a partial stake in its former Asian unit AIA Group Ltd, placing the shares at a surprise premium although analysts were disappointed at the...

New York Fed Sells Last of Its AIG Assets, Ending Ties with Insurer

Aug 23 2012 // The Federal Reserve Bank of New York brought to a close another chapter in the government’s taxpayer-funded bailouts of 2008 with the sale of its remaining assets of insurer American International Group, the bank...

AIG Off the Hook for Claims by Madoff Clients Under Home Policies

Aug 15 2012 // American International Group Inc. does not have to cover insurance claims from two former Bernard Madoff clients who sought compensation for their losses under their homeowner’s policy, a federal appeals court ruled...

Treasury Gains in Sale of AIG Stock

Aug 7 2012 // American International Group Inc. said today hat the U.S. Department of the Treasury expects to receive an additional $750 million in addition to its previous estimate of $5 billion from its underwritten public offering of...

U.S. Treasury to Raise $5B from AIG Stock Sale

Aug 6 2012 // The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it expects to raise $5 billion from its sale of American International Group stock, cutting the government’s stake in the bailed-out insurer to 55 percent.The sale, which...

Gov’t Agency Probes Mortgage Insurance Deals From Countrywide, AIG

Aug 6 2012 // The government’s consumer finance watchdog is investigating mortgage insurance deals between banks and the insurers American International Group Inc., MGIC Investment Corp. and Genworth Financial Inc.The three...

AIG Reports Q2 Profit Increases; Insurance Units All Gain

Aug 3 2012 // American International Group reported a larger profit for the second quarter on Thursday, as tax benefits boosted results and operating income grew across the company’s varied insurance businesses.The company also...

AIG’s SunAmerica to Acquire Woodbury Financial Services from The Hartford

Aug 1 2012 // American International Group announced that its life and retirement business, SunAmerica Financial Group, Inc., has signed a definitive agreement with The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. to acquire Woodbury...

AIG Launches PR Push on YouTube to Repair Image

Jul 30 2012 // AIG is launching a public relations campaign to repair its reputation.Last Thursday, the once-mighty insurance giant American International Group posted several videos on YouTube, www.youtube.com/aig , proclaiming that AIG...

Walnut Place Drops Objections to $8.5 Billion BofA Deal; AIG Still Questions

Jul 24 2012 // Walnut Place, an entity that had challenged a proposed $8.5 billion settlement between Bank of America Corp. and investors in failed mortgage-backed securities, has withdrawn its objections to the deal.The development on...

People – East

Jul 23 2012 // Pawtucket, R.I.-based Narragansett Bay Insurance Company recently named Todd Hart as the new chief executive officer. Narragansett Bay founder Nick Steffey, who has stepped down from the CEO role, will continue as...

AIG to Revive AIG Name; Drop Chartis

Jul 23 2012 // American International Group Inc. said it will resume using its brand name in public in a move to recognize the company’s turnaround, Reuters reported.The insurer, which received $182 billion in government bailouts...