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AIG Adopts FASB Accounting Update, Revises Up 2010-11 Income by $5.1B

Apr 20 2012 // American International Group Inc. said Thursday it revised up net income from 2010 and 2011 by a combined $5.096 billion after adopting an updated industry accounting standard from the Financial Accounting Standards...

Allied World U.S. Appoints P/C Division President in New York

Apr 18 2012 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG said industry veteran Lou Iglesias joined Allied World U.S. as president of the property/casualty division. He will be based in New York City. His responsibility will include...

Fed Chairman Bernanke Defends AIG, Bear Stearns Bailouts

Apr 16 2012 // Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the Federal Reserve was left with few good options when it stepped in to shore up the largest U.S. financial institutions during the 2008 crisis.Bernanke defended the central...

Liberty Mutual ‘Disappointed’ at AIG Workers’ Comp Settlement

Apr 16 2012 // Liberty Mutual said it will continue its legal fight even after a federal judge formally approved a $450 million workers’ compensation class-action settlement between AIG and its rival companies.The class action...

Former Head of Oversight Panel Blasts AIG Tax Deal

Apr 16 2012 // Elizabeth Warren, the former chair of a congressional oversight panel and currently a U.S. Senate candidate from Massachusetts, is criticizing the government for granting American International Group billions of dollars...

Wells Fargo Upgrades AIG on Likely Exit from Government Bailout

Apr 10 2012 // American International Group Inc. will likely be independent from the U.S. government over the next year, Wells Fargo Securities said upgrading the shares of the bailed-out insurer to “outperform.”Since AIG...

Treasury Freezes Pay for CEOs at Bailed Out Firms AIG, Ally, GM

Apr 9 2012 // The chief executives of General Motors, AIG, and Ally Financial had their 2012 compensation packages frozen for a second year in a row by the U.S. Treasury Department after they got “exceptional” bailout help...

AIG May Take Airplane Leasing Unit Public in Q2: CNBC

Apr 4 2012 // Bailed-out insurer AIG is considering launching the initial public offering of airplane leasing business International Lease Finance in the second quarter, CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the...

Mass. Senate Candidate Warren Continues to Condemn AIG’s Tax Break

Apr 2 2012 // U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts continues to criticize the government for granting American International Group billions of dollars worth of tax breaks, calling it “a stealth...

How AIG Will – or Won’t – Generate a Bailout Profit for Taxpayers

Mar 27 2012 // CEO Bob Benmosche says U.S. taxpayers will earn up to $10 billion on the $182 billion rescue of American International Group, the insurance company he runs. Of course, that depends on how one defines...

AIG CEO Benmosche Says Taxpayers Will Profit on Bailout

Mar 26 2012 // AIG expects American taxpayers to end up with a profit of $5 billion to $10 billion on the company’s 2008 rescue when all is said and done, the chief executive of the bailed-out insurer said on Monday.The U.S....

AIG Makes Final Payment for AIA Aurora Stake

Mar 23 2012 // American International Group Inc. has made a final $1.5 billion payment to the United States Treasury Department to retire the Treasury’s interest in AIA Aurora LLC (AIA SPV) – a special purpose vehicle created to...

U.S. Treasury Selling Off $6B in AIG Stock

Mar 19 2012 // The U.S. Treasury Department is selling $6 billion worth of American International Group stock and struck another deal for the insurer to pay down $8.5 billion more in obligations, taking a major step forward in an...

Business Moves

Mar 19 2012 // Golden BearStockton, Caif.-based Golden Bear Insurance Co. has opened its first office in the Pacific Northwest. The new office is in Edmonds, Wash. It was opened by Golden Bear Vice President Carl Heckman and his team,...

AIG, Atradius Execs Join Micro-insurance Investor LeapFrog for Africa, Asia

Mar 15 2012 // LeapFrog Investments, an investment fund focused on insurance and financial services companies, announced two senior appointments as it expands its investment portfolio in Asia and Africa.David Steel, previously Managing...

Bailout Watchdogs Criticize AIG Tax Deal

Mar 14 2012 // Former members of a congressional panel that oversaw bailouts during the financial crisis blasted the Treasury Department this week for quietly granting a tax break worth billions to insurance giant American International...

Liberty Mutual ‘Disappointed’ at $450M AIG Workers’ Comp Settlement

Mar 14 2012 // Liberty Mutual said it will continue its legal fight even after a federal judge formally approved a $450 million workers’ compensation class-action settlement between AIG and its rival companies.The class action...

U.S. to Sell $6 Billion in AIG Stock; AIG to Pay More to Taxpayers

Mar 7 2012 // The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it will sell $6 billion worth of American International Group stock and struck another deal for the insurer to pay down $8.5 billion more in obligations, taking a major step...

AIG, Marsh & McLennan Q4 Earnings Improve

Mar 5 2012 // American International GroupAIG reported a $19.8 billion profit for the 2011 fourth quarter, boosted by $17.7 billion in tax benefits. AIG said it has determined that it is likely to be consistently profitable in the...

AIG to Sell $6 Billion Worth of AIA shares to Repay U.S. Bail-out

Mar 5 2012 // American International Group is selling part of its stake in AIA Group to raise about $6 billion to help the U.S. insurer repay a huge federal government bail-out.AIG is looking to place some 1.7 billion AIA shares in a...