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AIG Financial Products Executive Cassano Still Faces SEC Probe

Apr 6 2010 // The former head of the American International Group division that nearly bankrupted the giant insurer isn’t out of the woods yet.Joseph Cassano, who ran London-based AIG Financial Products and oversaw its disastrous...

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Apr 5 2010 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named David Zona senior vice president of product management in commercial insurance. He will be responsible for setting direction and priorities for various...

AIG Expects to Repay Government Before 2013, Says CEO

Apr 2 2010 // American International Group Inc.’s chief executive said Thursday he is “pretty comfortable” the bailed-out insurer will be able to repay the U.S. government before the 2013 expiration of its credit...

U.S. Treasury Appoints E-Trade, EDS Executives to AIG Board

Apr 2 2010 // The U.S. Treasury Department Thursday named two former executives of E-Trade Financial and Electronic Data Systems to serve on the the board of directors of American International Group, the insurer bailed out by the...

S&P Affirms AIG’s Ratings; Outlook Still Negative

Apr 2 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘A-/A-1’ counterparty credit ratings on American International Group Inc, as well as its ‘A+’ counterparty credit and financial strength...

Federal Reserve Discloses Toxic Assets It Bought to Rescue Banks, AIG

Apr 2 2010 // After two years of secrecy, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is disclosing key details about billions of dollars of risky investments it bought while rescuing insurance giant American International Group Inc. and...

Lawsuit Alleging AIG Executives Ignored ‘Red Flags’ Dismissed

Mar 31 2010 // A Manhattan federal judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing current and former American International Group Inc. executives and directors of ignoring “red flags,” leading to the insurer’s near...

Fees from AIG Asset Sales Enrich Wall Street Banks

Mar 26 2010 // The crumbling empire of American International Group Inc. is helping to pave Wall Street with gold.Auctions of the bailed-out insurer’s assets have generated more than half a billion dollars in fees since its...

Pay Czar Demands More Pay Cuts at AIG, Other Bailed Out Firms

Mar 24 2010 // The Obama administration’s pay czar Tuesday slashed pay again at five U.S. firms that still depend on a government lifeline, but boasted that the clampdowns are not sending talented workers fleeing for the...

AIG To Pay $8 Million to Settle Lawsuit

Mar 22 2010 // The Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund will recover losses that were attributable to a pattern of poor disclosure and bid-rigging by insurance giant American International Group Inc. (AIG), under a settlement announced...

Best Affirms Ratings of Farmers Insurance Group and Members

Mar 17 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Farmers Insurance Group and its members. Best also affirmed the debt...

Ex-AIG Employees Might Sue Over Reduced Bonuses

Mar 15 2010 // Several former American International Group Inc. employees might sue the insurer after it gave them less retention bonus money than they should have received, their lawyers said Monday.AIG is holding back $21 million from...

AIG Sells Alico Unit to MetLife for $15.5 Billion

Mar 8 2010 // AIG is selling its foreign life insurance unit to MetLife Inc. for about $15.5 billion, its second major asset sale in a week as it raises funds to repay a massive U.S. government bailout.MetLife said Monday that it would...

AIG’s Ex-CEO Greenberg to Testify on General Re Transaction This Week

Mar 8 2010 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc., will testify Wednesday over a sham transaction involving the insurer and a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire...

AIG to Get $231 Million If Sale of Asian Unit to Pru Fails

Mar 8 2010 // American International Group Inc. will receive a termination fee of $230.6 million if the sale of its Asian life insurance business to Britain’s Prudential PLC falls through.In a filing with the Securities and...

Ohio AG: Ruling Clears Way for State to Take AIG to Trial

Mar 7 2010 // Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray says he is encouraged by a recent federal court ruling granting class certification in a securities litigation against American International Group Inc. (AIG). The Feb. 22 ruling in...

Singapore GIC, Qatar to Underwrite Part of Prudential’s Rights Offer

Mar 5 2010 // Singapore’s biggest sovereign wealth fund GIC and Qatar Holding LLC have committed to underwrite a significant portion of UK Prudential’s $20 billion rights issue.GIC is an existing shareholder, with a 0.5...

Ping An Sees No Impact on China Insurance from Prudential/AIG Deal

Mar 5 2010 // Ping An Insurance, China’s No. 2 insurer, said on Friday it was not concerned about a plan by Britain’s Prudential to buy the Asia assets of U.S. insurer AIG, the market leader among foreign insurers in...

AIG Still Working Out $15 Billion Sale of Alico to MetLife

Mar 5 2010 // A tax question holding up American International Group Inc.’s sale of its foreign life insurance unit to MetLife Inc. is expected to be resolved favorably, clearing the way for a roughly $15 billion deal, sources...

AIG Home Loan Units Deny But Settle Bias Complaints

Mar 5 2010 // Two AIG units settled federal charges that they discriminated against blacks in providing home loans and will pay at least $7.1 million for restitution and education efforts, according to court documents filed Thursday.The...