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Chartis Reserve Charge a Setback in AIG’s Comeback

Mar 7 2011 // Robert Benmosche, chief executive of the bailed-out insurance company AIG, isn’t known to be shy. On a recent earnings conference call, a Goldman Sachs analyst baited him with a question: “If pre-crisis you...

Taiwan Regulator to Rule on AIG Taiwan Unit Sale By End of First Half

Mar 7 2011 // Taiwan’s financial regulator said it will make a decision on American International Group Inc’s sale of local unit Nan Shan Life Insurance Co in the first half of this year.The Financial Supervisory Commission...

AIG Names Farber as Deputy CFO

Mar 4 2011 // AIG has named Jeffrey M. Farber as senior vice president, deputy chief financial officer. Farber oversee AIG’s controllership and accounting policy functions, as well as the firms’ global tax department. Farber...

U.S. Treasury Expects $6.3 Billion from AIG’s MetLife Sale

Mar 3 2011 // American International Group Inc. sold $9.6 billion worth of MetLife Inc. shares on Wednesday, producing gross proceeds of about $6.3 billion to accelerate its payback of U.S. Treasury bailout funds.AIG and the Treasury...

UPDATE – Treasury Expects $6.3 Billion from AIG’s Metlife Share Sale

Mar 3 2011 // American International Group sold $9.6 billion worth of MetLife Inc shares on Wednesday, producing gross proceeds of about $6.3 billion to accelerate its payback of U.S. Treasury bailout funds.AIG and the Treasury said a...

AIG to Accelerate MetLife Sales, Government Repayment

Mar 2 2011 // Bailed-out insurer American International Group will sell off its stake in MetLife Inc. months earlier than expected, accelerating its repayment of the U.S. government and giving MetLife more control of what had been an...

S&P Lowers Chartis’ Ratings to ‘A’; Outlook Changed to Stable

Mar 1 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American International Group Inc.’s (AIG) Chartis operating subsidiaries to ‘A’ from...

Chartis 4Q Loss Tied to Reserve Strengthening

Feb 25 2011 // American International Group Inc. reported net income of $11.2 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010, and $7.8 billion for the full year 2010.Included in the 2010 fourth quarter results is a previously announced $4.2...

Investors Watching How AIG’s Chartis, SunAmerica Perform

Feb 24 2011 // Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. could post another multibillion-dollar loss when it reports fourth-quarter results on Thursday, but the real question is how well its surviving life and property...

AIG Names Werner to Head Investor Relations

Feb 23 2011 // American International Group Inc. announced that Elizabeth Werner has been named vice president and head of Investor Relations. She reports to Brian T. Schreiber, executive vice president, Treasury and Capital...

AIG Taiwan Unit Sale Faces Union Hurdles

Feb 18 2011 // Bailed-out insurer AIG is facing fresh hurdles in its second attempt to sell its Nan Shan unit in Taiwan, with an unhappy union weighing in against the $2.16 billion deal.The agreement to sell the unit, Taiwan’s No.3...

Best Comments on Ratings of Chartis U.S. Insurance Group

Feb 11 2011 // Best Comments on Ratings of Chartis U.S. Insurance Group A.M. Best Co. has commented that the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a” of the New York-based...

S&P Sees No Rating Change for AIG from $4.1 Billion Charge

Feb 11 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings on American International Group Inc. (A-/Negative/A-2) and AIG’s insurance subsidiaries “are not affected by the company’s...

AIG to Take $4.1 Billion Q4 Charge for Reserves

Feb 9 2011 // Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. said it would take a $4.1 billion charge at its Chartis unit after a review showed higher-than-expected claims on older policies for asbestos exposure and workers’...

Who Will Invest to Boost AIG’s Return to Public Markets?

Feb 7 2011 // As bailed-out insurer American International Group prepares to return to the public markets, some say it needs a sign from an eminent authority that it is a company with solid operations and a stock worth an investment of...

AIG Completes Sale of Japanese Life Insurance Companies to Prudential

Feb 1 2011 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) reported it has closed the sale of its Japan-based life insurance subsidiaries, AIG Star Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and AIG Edison Life Insurance Co., to Prudential Financial Inc. for...

Report Adds Details on AIG Payments to Goldman

Jan 27 2011 // Insurer American International Group Inc. paid Goldman Sachs Group Inc. $2.9 billion for the investment bank’s own account, a report said Thursday, adding new fuel to old accusations that AIG’s rescue was a...

What the Financial Crisis Commission Concluded About AIG’s Failure

Jan 27 2011 // The taxpayer bailout of giant American International Group (AIG) became necessary largely because of AIG’s poor risk management of its financial products and because deregulation of over-the-counter derivatives,...

AIG’s Benmosche, Responding Well to Cancer Treatment, to Stay as CEO

Jan 24 2011 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) said that CEO Robert H. Benmosche’s prognosis for his cancer is such that he is expected to be able to remain in his position at AIG on his previously announced timetable,...

AIG Chooses Four Banks to Manage Share Sale

Jan 19 2011 // American International Group (AIG) chose Bank of America , Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., to manage the sale of the government’s 92 percent stake in the insurer, a person...