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AIG Taiwan Unit Buyer Seeks Favorable, Constructive Ending

Sep 2 2010 // The buyers of American International Group Inc’s Taiwan unit will be constructive as they seek to pursue the $2.2 billion bid even after Taiwan’s regulators rejected it, a top executive said on Thursday.Robert...

Taiwan’s Fubon: ‘Would Consider’ AIG Taiwan Unit Acquisition

Sep 1 2010 // Taiwan financial holding firm Fubon Financial would consider buying American International Group Inc’s Taiwan insurance unit if it was put back on sale, Fubon’s president said on Wednesday. Speaking at an...

China Strategic Considers Appeal of Taiwan’s Decision on AIG Unit Sale

Sep 1 2010 // China Strategic Holdings Ltd. will decide whether to appeal a decision by Taiwan’s regulators to block its planned purchase of American International Group Inc’s Taiwan unit.In a statement on Wednesday, China...

Taiwan Regulator Rejects AIG Unit Sale

Aug 31 2010 // Taiwan regulators rejected AIG’s planned $2.2 billion sale of its Taiwan unit to a China-related group, citing regulations on mainland investment, and leaving the insurer facing another auction.American International...

AIG Settlement Covers $60 Million of Ex-CEO, Ex-CFO Costs

Aug 30 2010 // Former longtime AIG chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and another former executive will get $60 million from the company’s insurers to cover legal and other costs as part of a proposed settlement of investor...

Report AIG Decides against Strategic Investor for AIA

Aug 27 2010 // American International Group has scrapped plans to sell a strategic stake in its Asian life insurance business, AIA, ahead of its initial public offering, a source familiar with the process said on Friday.About four...

Report AIG to Decide on AIA Pre-IPO Sale by Next Week

Aug 25 2010 // American International Group is expected to decide by early next week whether to enter formal negotiations with strategic investors for its Asian life insurance business, AIA, sources familiar with the process told Reuters...

AIG Pays Back $4B of Federal Loan

Aug 23 2010 // Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. said Monday it paid back nearly $4 billion in U.S. loans in its single largest cash payment so far to reduce its debt to taxpayers.The payment reduces the size of the...

Report China Consortium Planning to Bid for 30% of AIA

Aug 16 2010 // A consortium of leading Chinese companies including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, China Life Insurance Co Ltd, plans to bid for a 30 percent stake in American Insurance Group Ltd’s Asian life insurance...

AIG Still a Risky Bet for Investors

Aug 13 2010 // American International Group Inc, already a big headache for taxpayers, could leave its shareholders with a migraine.AIG, which is nearly 80 percent owned by the U.S. government, owes taxpayers more than $100 billion. That...

Fortress to Buy Majority of AIG Consumer Finance Unit

Aug 12 2010 // American International Group Inc is selling most of its consumer finance unit to Fortress Investment Group at a deep discount and will recognize a $1.9 billion pretax loss as a result.AIG, majority owned by the U.S....

South Carolina Says Feds Can Hear Case Against AIG

Aug 9 2010 // The federal courts can hear a case alleging that American International Group (AIG) Inc. submitted fraudulent data to South Carolina so that it could charge inflated premiums for workers’ compensation insurance...

AIG Posts Q2 Loss; Chartis Insurance Stable Despite Flood, Oil Spill Claims

Aug 6 2010 // American International Group Inc. reported a $2.7 billion quarterly loss compared to a net profit of $1.8 billion for the same quarter a year earlier. The second quarter 2010 loss was primarily due to a $3.3 billion...

AIG Starts Talks to End Government Ownership

Aug 6 2010 // American International Group Inc. reported better-than-expected quarterly results Friday and said it had started talks on disentangling itself from the U.S. government, sending its shares up 3.6 percent in premarket...

MetLife to Sell $3 Billion in Stock to Buy AIG Life Unit

Aug 2 2010 // MetLife Inc. said it plans to sell more than $3 billion of stock to help pay for its acquisition of the foreign life insurance business of American International Group, or about 50 percent more than it originally...

New York Reopens Probe of AIG’s Cassano

Jul 26 2010 // New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo reopened his investigation into former American International Group Inc. executive Joseph Cassano after U.S. authorities ended their own probes, Bloomberg reported, citing a...

S&P’s Ratings on AIG Unchanged by New Board Chairman

Jul 23 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that its ratings on American International Group (AIG; A-/Negative/A-1) and AIG’s insurance subsidiaries (most of which are rated A+/Negative/–) are not...

Chinatrust Still Interested in Pursuing AIG Taiwan Unit Talks

Jul 22 2010 // Chinatrust Financial Holding Co, Taiwan’s top credit card issuer, is happy to talk to American International Group Inc (AIG) about its Taiwan life insurance unit if the U.S. firm is unable to seal an existing deal to...

Deutsche Bank to Buy AIG’s Wall Street Building for $60 Million

Jul 20 2010 // Deutsche Bank is set to buy American International Group Inc.’s building at 72 Wall Street for about $60 million from a consortium including South Korea’s Kumho Investment Bank, a person with knowledge of the...

Ex-Prudential (UK) CEO Tucker Named to Head AIA before IPO

Jul 19 2010 // Bailed-out insurer American International Group named former Prudential plc Chief Executive Mark Tucker as head of its Asia life insurance business, AIA, and said it would seek to list AIA on the Hong Kong stock...