Latest AIG Headlines

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People & Places

Oct 19 2020 // Reinsurer AXIS Re announced the promotion of Dan Osterrieder to head of Casualty North America. Osterrieder will be responsible for general liability, auto, umbrella and excess, workers’ compensation, professional...

BHSI Hires Kidd from AIG as Head of Third Party Lines in Ireland

Oct 13 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that Louise Kidd has joined its growing European team as head of Third Party Lines in Ireland.Kidd comes to BHSI with nearly two decades of industry experience with a...

Four Senior-Level Black Managers Including Diversity Leaders Exit AIG

Sep 28 2020 // American International Group Inc. has lost four senior Black managers in recent weeks, including two who were tasked with improving the diversity of the insurer’s ranks.Global inclusion head Vievette Henry and Walter...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Taps AIG’s Hamon, Batchili for Executive Team in France

Sep 22 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is entering the executive and professional insurance lines market in France and has appointed Olivier Hamon as head of Financial Institutions and Management Liabilities and...

Lloyd’s Names AIG/Blackboard’s Schoberth to New U.S. Market Development Position

Sep 14 2020 // Lloyd’s of London has appointed Uwe Schoberth as U.S. market development director, a new role focused on expanding its strategic relationships with retail, wholesale and reinsurance brokers in its largest market. In...

AIG Names StarStone’s Rash as CEO of Talbot Underwriting

Sep 11 2020 // American International Group announced that Chris Rash has been appointed chief executive officer of Talbot Underwriting, which operates within the Lloyd’s Insurance Market through Syndicate 1183.Rash has also been...

How One Young Brokerage Founder Plans to Target a ‘Different’ High Net Worth Market

Aug 24 2020 // As a self-taught app developer, when Hayden Kopser sees a problem, he seeks to build a solution.So, when he observed during his time working at AIG that some brokerages weren’t adequately servicing high net worth...

AIG Promotes McElroy to CEO of North America General Insurance

Aug 13 2020 // American International Group announced that David McElroy, currently president and chief executive officer of the North American operations of General Insurance, has been promoted to chief executive officer, General...

AIG’s Zaffino Sees COVID-19 Creating Beneficial ‘Flight to Quality’

Aug 6 2020 // AIG President and Chief Operating Officer Peter Zaffino said that the insurer has seen accelerated rate improvements and other gains as clients react to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.“We believe that COVID has...

AIG’s Coronavirus Hits Include Travel, Workers’ Comp, Property, Trade Credit Lines

Aug 5 2020 // Insurer American International Group Inc. racked up $730 million in COVID-19-related losses during the first half of the year, its chief executive officer said on Tuesday.The pandemic is a “formidable and ongoing...

AIG Q2 Profit Falls on Higher Catastrophe Losses, Lower Private-Equity Returns

Aug 4 2020 // Insurer American International Group Inc. on Monday posted a 56% fall in quarterly adjusted earnings, spurred partly by higher catastrophe losses and lower private-equity returns.Adjusted after-tax income attributable to...

AIG Will Move to New Manhattan Headquarters in 2021

Jul 22 2020 // American International Group is moving its global headquarters in 2021 as part of a continued push to modernize its operations, the company disclosed on July 21.The property/casualty insurance giant will still maintain a...

Circus Circus Sues AIG in Nevada over Rejected Coronavirus Claim

Jul 8 2020 // Circus Circus Hotel and Casino has filed a lawsuit against AIG Specialty Insurance Co. alleging that AIG wrongfully denied coverage for the company’s losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.The lawsuit was filed...

Safeco, Heritage Agree to Offer Renewals to AIG’s Upper Middle Market Clients

Jun 30 2020 // American International Group (AIG) announced it has entered into an agreement with Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual subsidiary, and Heritage Insurance Holdings to offer AIG Private Client Group’s (PCG) agents the...

Zaffino, AIG’s No. 2, Fights to Turn Around the House That Hank Greenberg Built

Jun 5 2020 // American International Group Inc.’s Peter Zaffino drew a clear line ahead of his jump to the insurer almost three years ago.“I didn’t want any advice,” Zaffino, AIG’s president, said in a rare...

Carlyle, T&D Holdings Complete Acquisition of 76% Interest in Fortitude Group From AIG

Jun 3 2020 // Global investment firm The Carlyle Group and T&D Holdings announced have completed their acquisition of a 76.6% interest in Fortitude Group Holdings, whose group companies include Fortitude Re, from insurer American...

Lloyd’s Canada Appoints Former AIG Executive Lipman as President

Jun 2 2020 // Lloyd’s announced the appointment of Marc Lipman as president, Lloyd’s Canada, and attorney-in-fact (AIF) for Lloyd’s Underwriters.Lipman assumes the role of AIF from Lisa Duval, who took the position...

AIG Shareholders Approve Insurer’s Executive Compensation Plan

May 15 2020 // Shareholders of American International Group Inc. strengthened their support for the U.S. insurance company’s executive compensation plan after the board made changes to its pay packages, according to vote totals AIG...

Everest Insurance Taps Patel from AIG Europe as UK Head of Transactional Risk

May 13 2020 // Everest Insurance announced the appointment of Sujal Patel as the UK Head of Transactional Risk for Everest Global Markets, which includes Everest Insurance Ireland, dac. and Lloyd’s Syndicate 2786.Patel brings more...

Proxy Firms Offer ‘Cautionary Support’ for AIG Executive Pay Before Shareholder Vote

May 12 2020 // American International Group Inc. faces a crucial test on Wednesday, when shareholders are to vote on whether the board of directors has adequately addressed their concerns about executive pay.Investors offered relatively...