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Q&A: AIG’s New AIU Tries to Rebrand In Challenging Market

Apr 21 2009 // Last month, shortly after American International Group, Inc. CEO Edward Liddy announced that AIG would be spinning off its global insurance operations into a new entity to be known as AIU Holdings, Inc., Insurance...

AIG Creates AIU Holdings; Prepares for Potential Sale of Minority Stake

Apr 21 2009 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) today took the first steps to position the rebranding of its insurance units as an independent entity, AIU Holdings, by transferring the company to a special purpose vehicle (SPV)...

A.M. Best Calls AIU Vehicle ‘Positive First Step’ in AIG Insurance Rebranding

Apr 21 2009 // Rating organization A.M. Best Co. reported that its ratings and outlook of the property/ casualty subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) remain unchanged following the company’s announcement of the...

A New York State of Mind

Apr 20 2009 // New York Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo was thrust into the national spotlight last year as the insurance industry’s then-largest company, American International Group, began its precipitous collapse. It was...

Business Moves

Apr 20 2009 // Munich ReGerman reinsurer Munich Re has successfully concluded the acquisition of specialty insurer HSB Group from American International Group for $739 million. The deal was originally announced last December. The...

AIG Completes Sale of Private Bank to Aabar Investments

Apr 17 2009 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced that it has completed the sale of AIG Private Bank Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG, to a subsidiary of Aabar Investments PJSC , a global investment company based in...

U.S. Lawmaker Urges AIG CEO Liddy to Quit Over Goldman Sachs Stake

Apr 17 2009 // A U.S. congressman Thursday expressed concern about a stake in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. held by Edward Liddy, CEO of bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc., and urged him to quit.Liddy owns shares and...

AIG May Sell U.S. Auto Unit to Zurich

Apr 16 2009 // American International Group is close to a deal to sell its U.S. auto insurance business to Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services for roughly $1.5 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.A deal could...

Farmers To Acquire AIG’s Personal Auto Group for $1.9 Billion

Apr 16 2009 // Los Angeles-based the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has announced it will acquire American International Group’s (AIG’s) Personal Auto Group, which includes 21st Century Insurance Co.The acquisition...

Congressman Asks If AIG Used Bailout Fund for PR Firms

Apr 15 2009 // The head of a U.S. House of Representatives committee sent a letter Tuesday to American International Group Inc demanding to know if it used bailout money to pay for public relations firms to attack critics.Several...

Connecticut Official Says State Law Doesn’t Bar AIG Bonuses

Apr 13 2009 // The controversial bonuses given to executives at bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. do not violate Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law, the state’s consumer protection commissioner...

AIG Completes Thailand Asset Sale

Apr 9 2009 // American International Group announced that it has closed the sale of AIG’s retail bank, AIG Retail Bank Public Company Limited, and credit card operation, AIG Card (Thailand) Company Limited. The Thai operations...

US Financial Bailout Watchdog Examining AIG Payments

Apr 8 2009 // The in-house watchdog for the U.S. Treasury Department’s massive financial rescue program is examining billions of dollars in counterparty payments made by bailed-out insurer AIG to major banks, such as Goldman...

Former Maine CEO in Hot Seat over AIG Bonuses

Apr 7 2009 // The public outrage aimed at American International Group over bonuses given to its executives has reached the man whose committee approved the payouts: James F. Orr, former chief executive officer of Unum Corp.The Portland...

Business Moves

Apr 6 2009 // AIGAmerican International Group (AIG) has taken down the most prominent sign at its downtown Manhattan offices. According to a Reuters report, the company replaced the large AIG sign — outside the entrance to its...

Business Moves

Apr 6 2009 // CAA, Bridges Group Inc.Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has added Bridges Group Inc., based in Kansas, to its roster of agency members. Since 1894, the Bridges Group has served the region...

Declarations

Apr 6 2009 // Japanese Suicide“The first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them (is) if they’d follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I’m...

Regulators: AIG Not Using Bailout Funds to Under-Price Insurance

Apr 6 2009 // Despite some complaints by competitors, American International Group (AIG) does not appear to be using federal bailout funds to lower its insurance prices to keep and attract business, state and federal officials told a...

Business Moves

Apr 6 2009 // AIGAmerican International Group (AIG) has taken down the most prominent sign at its downtown Manhattan offices. According to a Reuters report, the company replaced the large AIG sign — outside the entrance to its...

Business Moves

Apr 6 2009 // AIGAmerican International Group is taking down the most prominent sign at its downtown Manhattan offices. According to a Reuters report, a spokesman said the company had decided to replace the large AIG sign —...