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AIG vs. Greenberg Trial: Worries About Privately-Funded Pension Plan

Jun 19 2009 // International Group Inc. had questioned for years a retirement bonus plan for top managers because it was funded by a private company at no cost to AIG and that may have violated good governance standards, AIG’s...

AIG vs. Greenberg Trial: Stock Flown to Bermuda to Avoid Seizure

Jun 18 2009 // The former head of ailing U.S. insurance giant AIG told a court Wednesday that he had a private jet fly a large block of the company’s stock to Bermuda from New York to prevent AIG from seizing it.“It was a...

Ex-CEO Greenberg: No Fiduciary Duty to Fund AIG Compensation Plan

Jun 17 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, former chief executive of insurer AIG, testified before a federal jury on Tuesday that he did not have a fiduciary duty to fund an AIG compensation plan.“I did not view myself as...

Lawyers Hurl Opening Volleys in Trial of AIG Against Ex-CEO Greenberg

Jun 17 2009 // Witnesses began testifying Tuesday in the civil trial of American International Group Inc.’s former top executive, accused of plundering an AIG retirement program of billions of dollars.Attorney Theodore Wells told...

AIG Stock Fight With Ex-CEO Greenberg Heads to Trial

Jun 12 2009 // AIG, days before a high-profile legal fight with a company controlled by former CEO Maurice Greenberg heads to court, promised to use any funds won at trial to repay U.S. taxpayers.“While any relief granted for...

Judge Rules Jury to Hear Claims in Starr-AIG Battle

Jun 4 2009 // A jury should hear the claims in litigation between American International Group Inc. and Starr International Co. Inc. controlled by the troubled insurance giant’s former chief executive, Maurice “Hank”...

AIG’s Ex-CEO Greenberg Scheduled for House Committee Testimony

Apr 2 2009 // The chairman of a U.S. House oversight panel said Wednesday he will soon call the chief executive of American International Group Inc. to testify, amid the committee’s ongoing probe of the fall of the insurance...

AIG Ex-CEO Greenberg, Congress Spar Over Company Mess

Apr 2 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, former CEO of American International Group Inc. and creator of the AIG unit whose investments triggered the insurance giants’s near collapse, portrayed himself as a victim in...

AIG Loses Reinsurance Executive to Greenberg’s Starr Company

Mar 10 2009 // AIG senior reinsurance executive Charles Dangelo has left the insurer to join a company run by its former CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg.Dangelo joins the growing number of executives who have left American...

Analysis: AIG Meltdown Has Roots in Greenberg Era

Mar 9 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s legacy as the man who built AIG into the world’s largest insurer was tarnished by a 2005 probe but questions about whether he created a financial monster that subsequently...

Judge Says AIG Claim Against Ex-CEO Greenberg’s Firm Can Proceed

Mar 5 2009 // A federal judge has rejected a bid to dismiss one of three remaining claims brought by AIG in a court battle against Starr International Co., a company controlled by former AIG Chief Executive Maurice “Hank”...

Analysis: AIG Meltdown Has Roots in Greenberg Era

Mar 3 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s legacy as the man who built AIG into the world’s largest insurer was tarnished by a 2005 probe but questions about whether he created a financial monster that subsequently...

Ex-CEO Greenberg Sues AIG, Alleges Securities Fraud

Mar 2 2009 // American International Group Inc., whose $61.66 billion quarterly loss was the largest ever for a U.S. company, has been sued for securities fraud by former Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg.Greenberg,...

Greenberg Fights New York AG to Keep Reinsurance Testimony Private

Feb 2 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group Inc., has gone to court to prevent New York’s attorney general from releasing testimony Greenberg gave in a state lawsuit...

Former AIG CEO Greenberg, Ironshore in Joint Excess Casualty Venture

Jan 26 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the man who ran American International Group for nearly 40 years and who now runs C.V. Starr & Co., is being reunited with some executives who used to work under him when he ran...

Ex-CEO Greenberg Protests AIG Sale of Asian Life ‘Crown Jewel’

Jan 23 2009 // Former AIG Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said in a letter Thursday the insurer should halt asset sales until the new administration in Washington can assess what is best for the now...

Ex-CEO Greenberg: AIG Needs Unified Plan Quickly to Recover

Dec 5 2008 // Former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said the insurer could fall apart unless management quickly came up with a unified recovery plan.“You can’t hold (together) an...

New York AG Settlement with ex-AIG Chief Greenberg Breaks Down

Nov 24 2008 // Efforts to settle a long-running fraud lawsuit against American International Group Inc.’s former chief, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, have broken down amid the insurer’s financial woes, a lawyer from...

Ex-CEO Greenberg Sees Value in AIG Asian Operations

Nov 13 2008 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, former CEO of American International Group Inc., said he would consider buying AIG’s Asian life insurance operations if the firm were to put this flagship business on the...

Ex-CEO Greenberg Warns AIG Running Out of Time to Be Saved

Oct 31 2008 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former American International Group Inc. chief executive, says the terms and conditions surrounding a government rescue loan are pushing the insurer closer to collapse with each...