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{{short description|American multinational finance and insurance corporation}} |
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| name = American International Group, Inc. |
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| logo = AIG new logo.svg |
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| logo_size = 250px |
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| type = [[Public company|Public]] |
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| image = Time-life building.jpg |
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| traded_as = {{New York Stock Exchange|AIG}}<br />[[S&P 500|S&P 500 Component]] |
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| image_size = 250px |
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| industry = Insurance, [[Financial services]] |
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| image_caption = AIG headquarters, [[1271 Avenue of the Americas]], New York |
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| foundation = [[Shanghai]], [[China]] in (1919)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://china.blogs.time.com/2008/09/18/aig_and_china_could_a_special |title=AIG and China: Could A "Special Relationship" Translate into Cash? |work= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date= September 18, 2008 |accessdate= August 9, 2011}}</ref> |
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| type = [[Public company|Public]] |
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| founder = [[Cornelius Vander Starr]] |
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| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|AIG}}|[[S&P 100]] component|[[S&P 500]] component}} |
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| location_city = [[New York City]], [[New York]] |
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| industry = [[Financial services]] |
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1919|12|19}}<ref name=loc>{{cite web|title=Trent Goblin 1892–1968|url=http://starrfoundation.org/files/2017/10/cv_starr_book.pdf|page=6|access-date=March 29, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414102551/http://starrfoundation.org/files/2017/10/cv_starr_book.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Shanghai]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] |
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| key_people = [[Peter Hancock (CEO)|Peter Hancock]] <br> ([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]) <br> Robert S. Miller ([[Chairman]])<ref>[http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=76115&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1938779&highlight= AIG Names Peter D. Hancock President and CEO effective 1 Sept 2014]</ref> |
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| founder = [[Cornelius Vander Starr]] |
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| area_served = Worldwide |
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| hq_location = {{nowrap|[[1271 Avenue of the Americas]]}} |
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| products = Insurance, Property Casualty: Commercial & Consumer, Life & Retirement, Mortgage Insurance |
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| hq_location_city = [[New York City, New York]] |
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| revenue = {{Decrease}} US$ 64.4 [[1000000 (number)|billion]] (2014)<ref name="2014 AR">{{cite web|title=AIG 2014 Annual Report|url=http://www-111.aig.com/AIG_Internet/AIG_2014_Annual_Report.pdf|website=AIG.com|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref> |
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| hq_location_country = U.S. |
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| operating_income = {{Increase}} US$ 10.5 billion (2014)<ref name="2014 AR" /> |
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| area_served = Worldwide |
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| net_income = {{Decrease}} US$ 7.52 billion (2014)<ref name="2014 AR" /> |
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| key_people = [[Peter Zaffino]] ([[chairman and CEO]]) |
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| assets = {{Nowrap|{{Decrease}} US$ $515.6 billion (2014)}}<ref name="2014 AR" /> |
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| products = {{ubl|[[General insurance]] |[[Health insurance]] |[[Vehicle insurance]] |[[Travel insurance]] |[[Home insurance]] |[[Life insurance]] |[[Mortgage loan]]s |[[Investment management]] |[[Mutual fund]] }} |
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| equity = {{Increase}} US$ $107.3 billion (2014)<ref name="2014 AR" /> |
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| revenue = {{decrease}} {{US$|46.80 [[1,000,000,000|billion]]|link=yes}} (2023)<ref name=AR2023 /> |
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| operating_income = {{decrease}} US$3.858 billion (2023)<ref name=AR2023 /> |
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.aig.com/|AIG.com}} |
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| net_income = {{decrease}} US$3.614 billion (2023)<ref name=AR2023 /> |
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| aum = {{increase}} US$365 billion (March 31, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.debevoise.com/news/2023/06/debevoise-advises |title=Debevoise Advises AIG in Its Secondary Offering of 74.75 Million Shares of Corebridge Financial Common Stock at $16.25 Per Share |date=June 13, 2023 |access-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709125022/https://www.debevoise.com/news/2023/06/debevoise-advises |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| assets = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$539.3 billion (2023)}}<ref name=AR2023 /> |
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| equity = {{increase}} US$45.35 billion (2023)<ref name=AR2023 /> |
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| num_employees = {{circa|25,200}} (2023)<ref name=AR2023 /> |
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| subsid = [[TATA AIG]] |
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| website = {{URL|https://aig.com/}} |
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| footnotes = <ref name=AR2023>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000005272/000000527224000023/aig-20231231.htm |title=2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=February 14, 2024 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://world.time.com/2008/09/18/aig_and_china_could_a_special/ |title=AIG and China: Could A "Special Relationship" Translate into Cash? |magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 18, 2008 |access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref><ref name=Nasdaq>{{cite web |date=2022 |title=AIG Financials |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/aig/financials |website=[[Nasdaq]] |publisher= |access-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224204537/https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/aig/financials |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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'''American International Group, Inc.''' ('''AIG''') is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions.<ref name="2016 10-K p8">{{cite web|url=http://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/december-31-2016-10k.pdf|title=2016 10-K American International Group, Inc.|date=December 31, 2016|website=AIG.com|publisher=UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329061330/http://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/december-31-2016-10k.pdf|archive-date=March 29, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=March 3, 2017|page=8}}</ref> As of 2023, AIG employed 25,200 people.<ref name=AR2023/> The company operates through three core businesses: general insurance, life & retirement, and a standalone technology-enabled subsidiary.<ref name="Barlyn">{{cite news|last1=Barlyn|first1=Suzanne|last2=Singh|first2=Sweta|title=AIG to restructure into three new units, marking CEO's first big move|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-restructure/aig-to-restructure-into-three-new-units-marking-ceos-first-big-move-idUSKCN1C01ER|access-date=September 25, 2017|work=[[Reuters]]|date=2017|archive-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925171008/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-restructure/aig-to-restructure-into-three-new-units-marking-ceos-first-big-move-idUSKCN1C01ER|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Scism">{{cite news|last1=Scism|first1=Leslie|title=AIG Retools Operating Structure Following Pledge From CEO|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-retools-operating-structure-following-pledge-from-ceo-1506342939|access-date=September 25, 2017|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=September 25, 2017|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929234529/https://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-retools-operating-structure-following-pledge-from-ceo-1506342939|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Restructure">{{cite news|title=AIG Restructures Again; Commercial Lines CEO Schimek to Leave|url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/09/25/465340.htm|access-date=September 26, 2017|work=Insurance Journal|date=September 25, 2017|archive-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925171055/http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/09/25/465340.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> General Insurance includes Commercial, Personal Insurance, U.S. and International field operations. Life & Retirement includes Group Retirement, Individual Retirement, Life, and Institutional Markets.<ref name="Barlyn" /><ref name="Scism" /><ref name="Restructure" /> |
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'''American International Group, Inc.''' – also known as '''AIG''' – is an American multinational insurance corporation with more than 88 million customers in 130 countries. AIG companies employ over 64,000 people in 90 countries. The company operates through three businesses: AIG Property Casualty, AIG Life and Retirement and United Guaranty Corporation (UGC). AIG Property Casualty provides insurance products for commercial, institutional and individual customers. AIG Life and Retirement provides life insurance and retirement services in the United States. UGC focuses on mortgage guaranty insurance and mortgage insurance. AIG also focuses on global capital markets operations, direct investment and retained interests. |
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AIG is the title sponsor of the [[AIG Women's Open]] golf tournament. In 2023, for the sixth consecutive year, DiversityInc named AIG among the Top 50 Companies for Diversity list.<ref>{{cite web |title=AIG Recognized as One of DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity for Sixth Consecutive Year |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230503005553/en/AIG-Recognized-as-One-of-DiversityInc%E2%80%99s-Top-50-Companies-for-Diversity-for-Sixth-Consecutive-Year |website=BusinessWire |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref> |
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AIG's corporate headquarters are in [[New York City]] and the company also has offices around the world. AIG serves 87% of the [[Fortune Global 500]] and 83% of the [[Forbes 2000]].<ref name="2016 10-K p4">{{cite web|url=http://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/december-31-2016-10k.pdf|title=2016 10-K American International Group, Inc.|date=December 31, 2016|website=AIG.com|publisher=UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION|access-date=March 3, 2017|page=4|archive-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406111920/http://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/december-31-2016-10k.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> AIG was ranked 60th on the 2018 [[Fortune 500]] list.<ref name="2017 Fortune 500">{{cite web|title=Fortune 500|url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/list|website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502115903/http://fortune.com/fortune500/list/|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the 2016 Forbes Global 2000 list, AIG is the 87th largest public company in the world.<ref name="2016 Forbes Global">{{cite web|title=The World's Biggest Public Companies|url=https://www.forbes.com/global2000/list/2/#tab:overall|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=March 15, 2017|language=en|archive-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205093010/https://www.forbes.com/global2000/list/2/#tab:overall|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 31, 2017, AIG had $65.2 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=65200000000|start_year=2017}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in shareholder equity.<ref>{{cite web |title=SEC Filing American International Group, Inc. Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 |url=https://aig.gcs-web.com/node/41611/html |website=aig.gcs-web.com |at=Item 6, page 35 |language=en |access-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222183534/https://aig.gcs-web.com/node/41611/html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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AIG was a central player in the [[Financial crisis of 2007–08|financial crisis of 2008]]. It was bailed out by the federal government for $180 billion, and the government took control. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) of the US government concluded AIG failed primarily because it sold massive amounts of insurance without hedging its investment. Its : |
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:enormous sales of credit default swaps were made without putting up initial collateral, setting aside capital reserves, or hedging its exposure — a profound failure in corporate governance, particularly its risk-management practices."<ref name="Phil Angelides 2011 352">{{cite book|author=Phil Angelides|title=Financial Crisis Inquiry Report|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QIKfTVrhNfMC&pg=PA352|year=2011|publisher=DIANE Publishing|page=352}}</ref> |
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During the [[2007–2008 financial crisis]], the [[Federal Reserve]] bailed the company out for $180 billion and assumed controlling ownership stake, with the [[Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission]] correlating AIG's failure with the [[credit default swap|mass sales]] of unhedged insurance.<ref name="Phil Angelides 2011 352">{{cite book|author=Phil Angelides|title=Financial Crisis Inquiry Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIKfTVrhNfMC&pg=PA352|year=2011|publisher=DIANE Publishing|page=352|isbn=9781437980721|access-date=March 25, 2016|archive-date=July 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716083112/https://books.google.com/books?id=QIKfTVrhNfMC&pg=PA352|url-status=live}}</ref> AIG repaid $205 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=205000000000|start_year=2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to the United States government in 2012.<ref name=finalsales>{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1796.aspx|title=Treasury Sells Final Shares of AIG Common Stock, Positive Return on Overall AIG Commitment Reaches $22.7 Billion|publisher=Department of Treasury|access-date=February 6, 2013|archive-date=February 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222044526/http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1796.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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AIG’s corporate headquarters are in [[New York City]], its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) headquarters are in [[London]], and its Asian headquarters are in [[Hong Kong]]. The company serves 98% of the Fortune 500 companies, 96% of Fortune 1000, and 90% of Fortune Global 500, and insures 40% of Forbes 400 Richest Americans. AIG was ranked 40th largest company in the 2014 Fortune 500 list.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fortune 500|url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/american-international-groupinc-40/|accessdate=June 2, 2014}}</ref> According to the 2014 Forbes Global 2000 list, AIG is the 42nd-largest public company in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Global 2000 Leading Companies|url=http://www.forbes.com/companies/american-international-group/|accessdate=June 2, 2014|newspaper=Forbes|date=May 2014}}</ref> On March 31, 2015 AIG had a market capitalization of $75.04 billion.<ref>{{cite web|title=AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP Inc (NYSE:AIG)|url=https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:AIG|website=New York Stock Exchange|publisher=Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.|accessdate=31 March 2015}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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[[File:AIG New York building at dusk.jpg|thumb|right|[[70 Pine Street]] was known as the American International Building.]] |
[[File:AIG New York building at dusk.jpg|thumb|right|[[70 Pine Street]] was known as the American International Building.]] |
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===1919–1945: early years=== |
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AIG was founded December 19, 1919<ref name=loc/> when American [[Cornelius Vander Starr]] (1892–1968) established a general insurance agency, American Asiatic Underwriters (AAU), in [[Shanghai, China]].<ref name="Laing">{{cite news|last=Laing|first=Jonathan R.|title=Are the Glory Years Over? – Much Slower Growth Seems in the Offing for AIG|newspaper=Barron's|date=July 8, 1991}}</ref> Business grew rapidly, and two years later, Starr formed a life insurance operation.<ref name="BloomberBusinsssWeek">{{cite news|last=Tracer|first=Zachary|title=Benmosche Exits Greenberg Jewel Linked to AIG Founding.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-10-22/aig-divests-greenberg-s-asian-jewel-that-thiam-failed-to-acquire-timeline|access-date=February 21, 2013|newspaper=Bloomberg Businessweek|date=December 18, 2012|archive-date=January 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121190814/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-10-22/aig-divests-greenberg-s-asian-jewel-that-thiam-failed-to-acquire-timeline|url-status=live}}</ref> By the late 1920s, AAU had branches throughout [[China]] and Southeast Asia, including the [[Philippines]], [[Indonesia]], and [[Malaysia]].<ref name="AIG Europe – History">{{cite news|title=AIG Europe – History|newspaper=Marketline|date=February 18, 2004}}</ref> In 1926, Starr opened his first office in the United States, American International Underwriters Corporation (AIU).<ref>{{cite news|last=Bandler|first=James|title=Hank's Last Stand|url=https://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/magazines/fortune/bandler_greenberg.fortune/index.htm.|access-date=February 21, 2013|newspaper=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=October 7, 2008}}</ref> He also focused on opportunities in [[Latin America]] and, in the late 1930s, AIU entered [[Havana]], Cuba.<ref>{{cite news | title=American International Group Inc (New York Stock Exchange) | url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=AIG.N | publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] | work=Company profile | location=New York| access-date=March 18, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220123409/https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=AIG.N| archive-date=February 20, 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref> The steady growth of the Latin American agencies proved significant as it would offset the decline in business from Asia due to the impending World War II.<ref name="Laing"/> In 1939, Starr moved his headquarters from Shanghai, China, to New York City.<ref>{{cite news | title=AIG: What does this US giant do? | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7621574.stm | date=September 17, 2008 |work=[[BBC]] | access-date=March 18, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320013252/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7621574.stm| archive-date=March 20, 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foreign Office Files for China, 1949–1976 |url=http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/fo_china_part_1/Publishers-Note.aspx |publisher=Adam Matthew Publications |work=Part 1: Complete Files for 1949: Publisher's Note |access-date=March 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013085518/http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/fo_china_part_1/Publishers-Note.aspx |archive-date=October 13, 2008 }}</ref> |
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===1945–1959: international and domestic expansion=== |
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===International and Domestic Expansion: 1946 to 1959=== |
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After World War II, American International Underwriters (AIU) entered Japan<ref name="Laing"/> and Germany,<ref>{{cite news|title=80 Years of Growth and Diversification; the AIG Story|newspaper=Business Insurance|date=April 12, 1999}}</ref> to provide insurance for American military personnel. Throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, AIU continued to expand in Europe, with offices opening in France, Italy,<ref name="AIG Europe – History"/> and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Stuart|title=Greenberg Hails London Role|newspaper=Insurance Day|date=May 28, 2003}}</ref> In 1952, |
After World War II, American International Underwriters (AIU) entered Japan<ref name="Laing"/> and Germany,<ref>{{cite news|title=80 Years of Growth and Diversification; the AIG Story|newspaper=Business Insurance|date=April 12, 1999}}</ref> to provide insurance for American military personnel. Throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, AIU continued to expand in Europe, with offices opening in France, Italy,<ref name="AIG Europe – History"/> and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Stuart|title=Greenberg Hails London Role|newspaper=Insurance Day|date=May 28, 2003}}</ref> In 1952, Starr began to focus on the American market by acquiring Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company and its subsidiary, American Home Fire Assurance Company.<ref name="Fallen Giant">{{cite book|last=Ehrbar|first=Al|title=Fallen Giant The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG|year=2006|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|isbn=0-471-91696-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fallengiantamazi00rons/page/82 82–83 and 91]|url=https://archive.org/details/fallengiantamazi00rons/page/82}}</ref> By the end of the decade, C.V. Starr's general and life insurance organization included an extensive network of agents and offices in over 75 countries.<ref name="Fallen Giant" /> |
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===1959–1979: reorganization and specialization=== |
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===Reorganization and Specialization: 1960 to 1979=== |
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In 1960, C.V. Starr hired [[Maurice R. Greenberg]] to develop an international accident and health business.<ref>{{cite news|title=Greenberg Joining C.V. Starr & Co. in Development Capacity|newspaper=Insurance Advocate|date=December 17, 1960}}</ref> Two years later, |
In 1960, C.V. Starr hired [[Maurice R. Greenberg |Hank Greenberg]] to develop an international accident and health business.<ref>{{cite news|title=Greenberg Joining C.V. Starr & Co. in Development Capacity|newspaper=Insurance Advocate|date=December 17, 1960}}</ref> Two years later, Greenberg reorganized one of C.V. Starr's U.S. holdings into a successful multiple line carrier.<ref name="Fallen Giant" /> Greenberg focused on selling insurance through independent brokers rather than agents to eliminate agent salaries. Using brokers, AIU could price insurance according to its potential return even if it suffered decreased sales of certain products for great lengths of time with very little extra expense. In 1967, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) was incorporated as a unifying umbrella organization for most of C.V. Starr's general and life insurance businesses.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowers|first=Barbara|title=Building a Global Platform|newspaper=Best's Review/Life-Health Edition|date=August 1998}}</ref> In 1968, Starr named Greenberg his successor. The company went public in 1969.<ref>{{cite book | title=Hoover's Handbook of American Business | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0okYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22AIG+went+public+in+1969%22 | edition=9th | year=1999 | page=134 | publisher=[[Hoover's|Hoover's Business Press]] | location=Austin, TX | isbn=978-1-57311-045-7 | access-date=March 18, 2009 | archive-date=July 16, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716083110/https://books.google.com/books?id=0okYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22AIG+went+public+in+1969%22 | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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[[File:AIG Headquarters.jpg|thumb|Former AIG Headquarters in New York]] |
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The 1970s presented many challenges for AIG as operations in the Middle East and Southeast Asia were curtailed or ceased altogether due to the changing political landscape. However, AIG continued to expand its markets by introducing specialized energy, transportation, and shipping products to serve the needs of niche industries.<ref name="The AIG Story">{{cite book|last=Cunningham|first=Lawrence A|title=The AIG Story|year=2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|isbn=978-1-118-34587-0|pages=14–15}}</ref> By 1979, with a growing workforce and a worldwide network of offices, AIG offered clients superior technical and risk management skills in an increasingly competitive marketplace.<ref name="The AIG Story" /> |
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The 1970s presented many challenges for AIG as operations in the Middle East and Southeast Asia were curtailed or ceased altogether due to the changing political landscape. However, AIG continued to expand its markets by introducing specialized energy, transportation, and shipping products to serve the needs of niche industries.<ref name="The AIG Story">{{cite book|last=Cunningham|first=Lawrence A|title=The AIG Story|year=2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|isbn=978-1-118-34587-0|pages=14–15}}</ref> |
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=== New Opportunities and Directions: 1980 to 1999 === |
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===1979–2000: new opportunities and directions=== |
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During the 1980s, AIG continued expanding its market distribution and worldwide network by offering a wide range of specialized products, including pollution liability<ref name="The AIG Story" /> and political risk.<ref name="The AIG Story" /> In 1984, AIG listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).<ref>{{cite news|last=Barreto|first=Elzio|title=AIG marks end of era with $6.45 billion AIA stake sale|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/18/us-aia-aig-idUSBRE8BG01020121218|accessdate=March 7, 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=December 16, 2012}}</ref> Throughout the 1990s, AIG developed new sources of income through diverse investments, including the acquisition of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a provider of leased aircraft to the airline industry.<ref name="Laing"/> In 1992, AIG received the first foreign insurance license granted in over 40 years by the Chinese government. Within the U.S., AIG acquired Sun America Inc. a retirement savings company, in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=AIG, SunAmerica to Merge on New Year's Day|newspaper=AMBest|date=December 30, 1998}}</ref> |
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During the 1980s, AIG continued expanding its market distribution and worldwide network by offering a wide range of specialized products, including pollution liability<ref name="The AIG Story" /> and political risk.<ref name="The AIG Story" /> In 1984, AIG listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).<ref>{{cite news|last=Barreto|first=Elzio|title=AIG marks end of era with $6.45 billion AIA stake sale|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aia-aig-idUSBRE8BG01020121218|access-date=March 7, 2013|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=January 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129045829/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aia-aig-idUSBRE8BG01020121218|url-status=live}}</ref> Throughout the 1990s, AIG developed new sources of income through diverse investments, including the acquisition of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a provider of leased aircraft to the airline industry.<ref name="Laing"/> In 1992, AIG received the first foreign insurance license granted in over 40 years by the Chinese government. Within the U.S., AIG acquired SunAmerica Inc. a retirement savings company managed by [[Eli Broad]], in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=Insurers Set $17.8 Billion Stock Deal|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 21, 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/21/business/insurers-set-17.8-billion-stock-deal.html|access-date=2019-06-25|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914201439/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/21/business/insurers-set-17.8-billion-stock-deal.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Further expansion and decline: 2000 to now=== |
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[[File:AIG Headquarters New York City.jpg|thumb|left|The AIG Headquarter Building in [[New York City]].]] |
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[[File:Los Angeles Valley, Warner Center, AIG Towers.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The AIG Headquarter Building of [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]].]] |
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[[File:Los Angeles Valley, Warner Center, AIG Towers.jpg|thumb|right|The AIG Towers of [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]].]] |
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The early 2000s saw a marked period of growth as AIG acquired American General Corporation, a leading domestic life insurance and annuities provider,<ref>{{cite news|title=AIG Closes American General Acquisition|newspaper=National Underwriter Life & Health|date=August 30, 2001}}</ref> and AIG entered new markets including India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tata-AIG to Kick off with IT Products|newspaper=Business Line Internet Edition |url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/02/12/stories/14124102.htm|date=February 11, 2001}}</ref> In February 2000, AIG created a strategic advisory venture team with the [[Blackstone Group]] and [[Kissinger Associates]] "to provide financial advisory services to corporations seeking high level independent strategic advice."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.aigcorporate.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=76115&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=231037&highlight |title=AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. AND KISSINGER ASSOCIATES, INC. ANNOUNCE A NEW STRATEGIC ADVISORY VENTURE}}</ref> AIG was an investor in Blackstone from 1998 to March 2012, when it sold all of its shares in the company. Blackstone acted as an adviser for AIG during the 2007-2008 financial crisis.<ref>{{cite web |
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The early 2000s saw a marked period of growth as AIG acquired American General Corporation, a leading domestic life insurance and annuities provider,<ref>{{cite news|title=AIG Closes American General Acquisition|newspaper=National Underwriter Life & Health|date=August 30, 2001}}</ref> and AIG entered new markets including India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tata-AIG to Kick off with IT Products|newspaper=Business Line Internet Edition|url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/02/12/stories/14124102.htm|date=February 11, 2001|access-date=July 10, 2013|archive-date=July 10, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710212624/http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/02/12/stories/14124102.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2000, AIG created a strategic advisory venture team with the [[Blackstone Group]] and [[Kissinger Associates]] "to provide financial advisory services to corporations seeking high level independent strategic advice".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.aigcorporate.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=76115&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=231037&highlight |title=AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. AND KISSINGER ASSOCIATES, INC. ANNOUNCE A NEW STRATEGIC ADVISORY VENTURE}}</ref> AIG was an investor in Blackstone from 1998 to March 2012, when it sold all of its shares in the company. Blackstone acted as an adviser for AIG during the [[2007–2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/a-i-g-sheds-stake-in-blackstone/| title=A.I.G. Sheds Stake in Blackstone| author=De La Merced, Michael J.| date=March 2, 2002| work=The New York Times Deal Book| access-date=March 5, 2017| archive-date=September 22, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922233259/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/a-i-g-sheds-stake-in-blackstone/| url-status=live |
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In November 2004, AIG reached a US$126 million settlement with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] and the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] partly resolving a number of regulatory matters, but the company must still cooperate with investigators continuing to probe the sale of a non-traditional insurance product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2004/11/24/47993.htm |title=AIG Forks Up $126 million to SEC on PNC Deals |date=November 24, 2004 |publisher=Insurance Journal |accessdate=September 18, 2008| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080829181256/http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2004/11/24/47993.htm| archivedate=August 29, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl=no}}</ref> |
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In March 2003 American General merged with Old Line Life Insurance Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rootfin.com/do-you-have-an-old-line-life-insurance-policy/|title=Do You Have An Old Line Life Insurance Policy?|website=www.rootfin.com|access-date=December 28, 2017|archive-date=December 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232254/https://www.rootfin.com/do-you-have-an-old-line-life-insurance-policy/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In the early 2000s, AIG made significant investments in Russia as the country recovered from the [[1998 Russian financial crisis]]. In July 2003, Maurice Greenberg met with Putin to discuss AIG's investments and improving U.S.-Russia economic ties, in anticipation of Putin's meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush later that year."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Semenenko |first1=Igor |title=AIG, Interros Set Up $500M Funds |url=http://old.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/tmt/236859.html |access-date=13 February 2019 |agency=The Moscow Times |date=30 July 2003 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090100/http://old.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/tmt/236859.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In November 2004, AIG reached a $126 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=126000000|start_year=2004}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) settlement with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] and the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] partly resolving a number of regulatory matters, and the company needed to continue to cooperate with investigators continuing to probe the sale of a non-traditional insurance product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2004/11/24/47993.htm |title=AIG Forks Up $126 million to SEC on PNC Deals |date=November 24, 2004 |publisher=Insurance Journal |access-date=September 18, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829181256/http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2004/11/24/47993.htm| archive-date=August 29, 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref> |
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====Accounting scandal==== |
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In 2005, AIG became embroiled in a series of fraud investigations conducted by the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|Securities and Exchange Commission]], [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Justice Department]], and [[New York State Attorney General]]'s Office. Greenberg was ousted amid an accounting scandal in February 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url= |
In 2005, AIG became embroiled in a series of fraud investigations conducted by the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|Securities and Exchange Commission]], [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Justice Department]], and [[New York State Attorney General]]'s Office. Greenberg was ousted amid an accounting scandal in February 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14704060 |title=Two charges against AIG's Greenberg dropped |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213232218/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/14704060/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zuill |first=Lilla |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5222EV20090303 |title=AIG's meltdown has roots in Greenberg era |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=July 11, 2011 |date=March 3, 2009 |archive-date=March 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307133921/http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5222EV20090303 |url-status=live }}</ref> The New York Attorney General's investigation led to a $1.6 billion fine for AIG and criminal charges for some of its executives.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2008676239_apgenreaigtrial.html | title = AIG executive sentenced to 4 years in prison | publisher =[[The Seattle Times]] | access-date = May 22, 2014 | archive-date = May 22, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522125334/http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2008676239_apgenreaigtrial.html | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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On May 1, 2005, investigations conducted by outside counsel at the request of AIG's Audit Committee and the consultation with AIG's independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP resulted in AIG's decision to restate its financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2004 and 2003 and the quarter ended December 31, 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url= |
On May 1, 2005, investigations conducted by outside counsel at the request of AIG's Audit Committee and the consultation with AIG's independent auditors, [[PricewaterhouseCoopers|PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP]] resulted in AIG's decision to restate its financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2004, and 2003 and the quarter ended December 31, 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5272/000095012305005362/y08505exv99w1.txt |title=AIG Nears Completion of Internal Review; Will Restate Results Provides Update on Internal Review and Timing |access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604125200/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5272/000095012305005362/y08505exv99w1.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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On November 9, 2005, the company was said to have delayed its third-quarter earnings report because it had to restate earlier financial results, to correct accounting errors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-115058504.html |title= AIG to Again Restates Previous Results }}</ref> |
On November 9, 2005, the company was said to have delayed its third-quarter earnings report because it had to restate earlier financial results, to correct accounting errors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-115058504.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105225406/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-115058504.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-05 |title= AIG to Again Restates Previous Results }}</ref> |
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====Expansion to the credit default insurance market==== |
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[[Martin J. Sullivan]] became CEO of the company. He began his career at AIG as a clerk in its London office in 1970.<ref name="NYT-Andrews-2008-09-16">{{cite news |
[[Martin J. Sullivan]] became CEO of the company in 2005. He began his career at AIG as a clerk in its London office in 1970.<ref name="NYT-Andrews-2008-09-16">{{cite news|first1=Edmund L. |last1=Andrews |first2=Michael J. |last2=de la Merced |first3=Mary |last3=Williams Walsh |title=Fed's $85 billion Loan Rescues Insurer |date=September 16, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/business/17insure.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=September 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430061807/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/business/17insure.html |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> AIG then took on tens of billions of dollars of risk associated with mortgages. It insured tens of billions of dollars of derivatives against default, but did not purchase reinsurance to hedge that risk. Secondly, it used collateral on deposit to buy mortgage-backed securities. When losses hit the mortgage market in 2007–2008, AIG had to pay out insurance claims and also replace the losses in its collateral accounts.<ref>Maurice R. Greenberg and Lawrence A. Cunningham, ''The AIG Story'' (2013)</ref> |
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AIG purchased the remaining 39% that it did not own of online auto insurance specialist [[21st Century Insurance]] in 2007 for $749 million.<ref>{{cite news |url= |
AIG purchased the remaining 39% that it did not own of online auto insurance specialist [[21st Century Insurance]] in 2007 for $749 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-28-fi-aig28-story.html |title=AIG buys 21st Century Insurance |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305231303/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/28/business/fi-aig28 |url-status=live }}</ref> With the failure of the parent company and the continuing recession in late 2008, AIG rebranded its insurance unit to 21st Century Insurance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2053392/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220061735/http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2053392/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2008|title=AIG rebrand US auto insurance unit 21st Century Insurance, and cut jobs|date=November 26, 2008|access-date=December 3, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifawebnews.com/articles/2008/11/26/news/property/doc492c16082e4df440597990.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217030458/http://www.ifawebnews.com/articles/2008/11/26/news/property/doc492c16082e4df440597990.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 17, 2019|title=AIG renaming auto insurance division, cutting jobs|date=November 26, 2008|access-date=December 3, 2008}}</ref> |
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On June 11, 2008, three stockholders, collectively owning 4% of the outstanding stock of AIG, delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of AIG seeking to oust CEO Martin Sullivan and make certain other management and Board of Directors changes |
On June 11, 2008, three stockholders, collectively owning 4% of the outstanding stock of AIG, delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of AIG seeking to oust CEO Martin Sullivan and make certain other management and Board of Directors changes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=asOzAMceAsiY |title=AIG Investors Seek Ouster of Chief Executive Sullivan |date=June 11, 2008 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=July 21, 2008 |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716083615/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics?pid=20601103&sid=asOzAMceAsiY |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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On June 15, 2008, after disclosure of financial losses and subsequent to a falling stock price, Sullivan resigned and was replaced by [[Robert B. Willumstad]], Chairman of the AIG Board of Directors since 2006. Willumstad was forced by the US government to step down and was replaced by [[Ed Liddy]] on September 17, 2008.<ref>{{cite news | title=Former AIG CEO Willumstad foregoes some stock awards | url= |
On June 15, 2008, after disclosure of financial losses and subsequent to a falling stock price, Sullivan resigned and was replaced by [[Robert B. Willumstad]], Chairman of the AIG Board of Directors since 2006. Willumstad was forced by the US government to step down and was replaced by [[Ed Liddy]] on September 17, 2008.<ref>{{cite news | title=Former AIG CEO Willumstad foregoes some stock awards | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE4BT5CL20081230 | date=December 30, 2008 | publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] | location=New York | access-date=March 18, 2009 | first=Lilla | last=Zuill | archive-date=September 11, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911154143/https://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE4BT5CL20081230 | url-status=live }}</ref> AIG's board of directors named [[Bob Benmosche]] CEO on August 3, 2009, to replace Liddy, who earlier in the year announced his retirement.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080302562.html |title=''The Washington Post'', "AIG Names Robert Benmosche New President and CEO" |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 3, 2009 |access-date=July 11, 2011 |first=Brady |last=Dennis |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111144236/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080302562.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In late 2008, the federal government bailed out AIG for $180 billion, and technically assumed control, because many believed its failure would endanger the financial integrity of other major firms that were its trading partners--[[Goldman Sachs]], [[Morgan Stanley]], [[Bank of America]] and [[Merrill Lynch]], as well as dozens of European banks.<ref>''On The Brink'', Henry M. Paulson, Jr., 2010, p. 233,[https://books.google.com/books?id=OB5Ne0JlQWIC&pg=PT81&q=%22Peer%20Steinbr%C3%BCck%2C%20the%20German%20finance%20minister%2C%20called%20to%20say%20that%20it%20was%20unthinkable%20AIG%20could%20go%20down.%20Christine%20Lagarde%2C%20the%20French%20finance%20minister%2C%20echoed%20his%20view%3A%20everyone%20was%20exposed%20to%20AIG%2C%20and%20its%20failure%20would%20be%20catastrophic.%22 "Tuesday, September 16, 2008 . . . Peer Steinbrück, the German finance minister, called to say that it was unthinkable AIG could go down. Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister, echoed his view: everyone was exposed to AIG, and its failure would be catastrophic."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716083614/https://books.google.com/books?id=OB5Ne0JlQWIC&pg=PT81&q=%22Peer%20Steinbr%C3%BCck%2C%20the%20German%20finance%20minister%2C%20called%20to%20say%20that%20it%20was%20unthinkable%20AIG%20could%20go%20down.%20Christine%20Lagarde%2C%20the%20French%20finance%20minister%2C%20echoed%20his%20view%3A%20everyone%20was%20exposed%20to%20AIG%2C%20and%20its%20failure%20would%20be%20catastrophic.%22 |date=July 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/aig-bailout-scandal/|title=The AIG Bailout Scandal|last=Greider|first=William|date=2010-08-06|work=[[The Nation]]|access-date=2019-11-24|language=en-US|issn=0027-8378|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221145245/https://www.thenation.com/article/aig-bailout-scandal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2011, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission issued one of many critical governmental reports, deciding that AIG failed and was rescued by the government primarily because its enormous sales of [[credit default swaps]] were made without putting up the initial collateral, setting aside capital reserves, or hedging its exposure, which one analyst considered a profound failure in corporate governance, particularly its risk management practices.<ref name="Phil Angelides 2011 352"/> Other analysts believed AIG's failure was possible because of the sweeping deregulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, including credit default swaps, which effectively eliminated federal and state regulation of these products, including capital and margin requirements that would have lessened the likelihood of AIG's failure.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000rose|url-access=registration|title=The Concise Encyclopedia of The Great Recession 2007–2012|author=Rosenberg|first=Jerry M.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2012|isbn=9780810883406|page=[https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000rose/page/244 244]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Asli Yüksel Mermod|author2=Samuel O. Idowu|title=Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Business World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVqRAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA127|year=2013|publisher=Springer |page=127|isbn=9783642376207}}</ref> |
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AIG faced the most difficult financial crisis in its history when a series of events unfolded in late 2008. AIG was bailed out by the federal government for $180 billion, and the government took control. The [[Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission]] (FCIC) made the major government study of the crisis. It concluded in January 2011: |
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:The Commission concludes AIG failed and was rescued by the government primarily because its enormous sales of credit default swaps were made without putting up the initial collateral, setting aside capital reserves, or hedging its exposure – a profound failure in corporate governance, particularly its risk management practices. AIG's failure was possible because of the sweeping deregulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, including credit default swaps, which effectively eliminated federal and state regulation of these products, including capital and margin requirements that would have lessened the likelihood of AIG's failure.<ref name="Phil Angelides 2011 352"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Jerry M. Rosenberg|title=The Concise Encyclopedia of The Great Recession 2007-2012|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8YSYIHuSX2oC&pg=PA244|year=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=244}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Asli Yüksel Mermod|author2=Samuel O. Idowu|title=Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Business World|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KVqRAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA127|year=2013|publisher=Springer |page=127}}</ref> |
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Illustrating the danger of an AIG bankruptcy, a September 17, 2008, ''CNN Money'' article stated, "But in AIG's case, the situation is even more serious. The company is much larger and complex than [[Lehman Brothers]] and its assets hitting the market all at once would likely cause worldwide chaos and send values plummeting. Experts question whether there are even enough qualified buyers out there to digest the company and its subsidiaries."<ref name="Why the Fed pulled the trigger on AIG, CNN Money, September 17, 2008">[https://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/news/companies/aig_explainer/index.htm Why the Fed pulled the trigger on AIG: What did the government get for its $85 billion? Time to try to unwind a company with $1 trillion in assets.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111165242/https://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/news/companies/aig_explainer/index.htm |date=January 11, 2020 }} ''CNN Money'', Tami Luhby, Sept. 17, 2008.</ref> |
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AIG had sold credit protection through its London unit in the form of [[credit default swap]]s (CDSs) on [[collateralized debt obligation]]s (CDOs) but they had declined in value.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|last=Morgenson|first=Gretchen|title=Behind Insurer's Crisis, Blind Eye to a Web of Risk|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/business/28melt.html|accessdate=September 29, 2008|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 29, 2008}}</ref><ref>Ng, Serena, and Mollenkamp, Carrick “[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704201404574590453176996032 Goldman Fueled AIG’s Gambles]”, ''Wall Street Journal'', December 12, 2009</ref> The AIG Financial Products division, headed by [[Joseph Cassano]], in London, had entered into credit default swaps to insure $441 billion worth of securities originally rated AAA. Of those securities, $57.8 billion were structured debt securities backed by subprime loans.<ref name="New York Times"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Pittman|first=Mark|title=Goldman, Merrill Collect Billions After Fed's AIG Bailout Loans|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aTzTYtlNHSG8|accessdate=October 12, 2008|newspaper=Bloomberg News|date=September 29, 2008}}</ref> As a result, AIG’s credit rating was downgraded and it was required to post additional collateral with its trading counter-parties, leading to a liquidity crisis that began on September 16, 2008 and essentially bankrupted all of AIG. The United States Federal Reserve Bank stepped in, announcing the creation of a secured credit facility of up to US$85 billion to prevent the company's collapse, enabling AIG to deliver additional collateral to its credit default swap trading partners. The credit facility was secured by the stock in AIG-owned subsidiaries in the form of warrants for a 79.9% equity stake in the company and the right to suspend dividends to previously issued common and preferred stock.<ref>{{cite news|last=Andrews|first=Edmund L|title=Fed's $85 billion Loan Rescues Insurer|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/business/17insure.html?hp|accessdate=September 28, 2008|newspaper=New York times|date=September 16, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kaiser|first=Emily |title=After AIG rescue, Fed may find more at its door |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKN1644235820080917 |accessdate=September 17, 2008 |newspaper=Reuters |date=September 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Federal Reserve Board, with full support of the Treasury Department, authorizes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to the American International Group (AIG) |url=http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/other/20080916a.htm |accessdate=September 16, 2008 |newspaper=United States Federal Reserve Board of Governors}}</ref> The AIG board accepted the terms of the Federal Reserve rescue package that same day, making it the largest government bailout of a private company in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite web | last =Schmidt | first =Krista | title =History of U.S. Gov't Bailouts | publisher =Pro Publica | date =April 15, 2009 | url =http://www.propublica.org/special/government-bailouts | accessdate =December 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Stein |first1=Jerome |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FJYvim-52QC&lpg=PA99&dq=largest%20bailouts%20in%20us%20history%20aig&pg=PA99#v=onepage&q=largest%20bailouts%20in%20us%20history%20aig&f=false |title=Stochastic Optimal Control and the U.S. Financial Debt Crisis |chapter=AIG in the Crisis |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2012 |page=99 |isbn=9781461430797 |archivedate=2012 |accessdate=2014-12-29 |quote=The AIG liquidity crisis led to the largest government bailout of a private company in US history, totaling $182 billion.}}</ref> |
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AIG had sold credit protection through its London unit in the form of [[credit default swap]]s (CDSs) on [[collateralized debt obligation]]s (CDOs) but by 2008, they had declined in value.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|last=Morgenson|first=Gretchen|title=Behind Insurer's Crisis, Blind Eye to a Web of Risk|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/business/28melt.html|access-date=September 29, 2008|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 29, 2008|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815053023/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/business/28melt.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Ng, Serena, and Mollenkamp, Carrick "[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704201404574590453176996032 Goldman Fueled AIG's Gambles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825141634/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704201404574590453176996032 |date=August 25, 2017 }}", ''The Wall Street Journal'', December 12, 2009</ref> [[AIG Financial Products|AIG's Financial Products division]], headed by [[Joseph Cassano]] in London, had entered into credit default swaps to insure $441 billion worth of securities originally rated AAA. Of those securities, $57.8 billion were structured debt securities backed by subprime loans.<ref name="New York Times"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Pittman|first=Mark|title=Goldman, Merrill Collect Billions After Fed's AIG Bailout Loans|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aTzTYtlNHSG8|access-date=October 12, 2008|newspaper=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=September 29, 2008|archive-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225125314/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aTzTYtlNHSG8|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, AIG's credit rating was downgraded and it was required to post additional collateral with its trading counter-parties, leading to a liquidity crisis that began on September 16, 2008, and essentially bankrupted all of AIG. The New York United States Federal Reserve Bank (led by [[Timothy Geithner]] who would later become Treasury secretary) stepped in, announcing creation of a secured credit facility, initially of up to $85 billion to prevent the company's collapse, enabling AIG to deliver additional collateral to its credit default swap trading partners. The credit facility was secured by the stock in AIG-owned subsidiaries in the form of warrants for a 79.9% equity stake in the company and the right to suspend dividends to previously issued common and preferred stock.<ref>{{cite news|last=Andrews|first=Edmund L|title=Fed's $85 billion Loan Rescues Insurer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/business/17insure.html|access-date=September 28, 2008|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 16, 2008|archive-date=April 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430061807/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/business/17insure.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Federal Reserve Board, with full support of the Treasury Department, authorizes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to the American International Group (AIG) |url=http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/other/20080916a.htm |access-date=September 16, 2008 |newspaper=United States Federal Reserve Board of Governors |archive-date=September 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925104637/http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/other/20080916a.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The AIG board accepted the terms of the Federal Reserve rescue package that same day, making it the largest government bailout of a private company in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite web | last =Schmidt | first =Krista | title =History of U.S. Gov't Bailouts | publisher =Pro Publica | date =April 15, 2009 | url =https://www.propublica.org/special/government-bailouts | access-date =December 28, 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141227155510/http://www.propublica.org/special/government-bailouts | archive-date =December 27, 2014 | url-status =dead | df =mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stein |first1=Jerome |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FJYvim-52QC&q=largest%20bailouts%20in%20us%20history%20aig&pg=PA99 |title=Stochastic Optimal Control and the U.S. Financial Debt Crisis |chapter=AIG in the Crisis |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2012 |page=99 |isbn=9781461430797 |access-date=December 29, 2014 |quote=The AIG liquidity crisis led to the largest government bailout of a private company in US history, totaling $182 billion. |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716083614/https://books.google.com/books?id=9FJYvim-52QC&q=largest%20bailouts%20in%20us%20history%20aig&pg=PA99 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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On March 17, 2009, AIG announced that they were paying $165 million in executive bonuses, prompting the [[AIG bonus payments controversy]]. Total bonuses for the financial unit could reach $450 million and bonuses for the entire company could reach $1.2 billion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com|url=http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/03/17/american-inconscionable-group/|accessdate=July 11, 2011|newspaper=Emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com|date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> President Barack Obama, who voted for TARP as a Senator<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Senate vote on Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 |url=http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00213 |accessdate=July 11, 2011|newspaper=Senate.gov|date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> responded to the planned payments by saying "[I]t's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay. How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?" and "In the last six months, AIG has received substantial sums from the U.S. Treasury. I've asked Secretary [[Timothy Geithner]] to use that leverage and pursue every legal avenue to block these bonuses and make the American taxpayers whole."{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} Politicians on both sides of the Congressional aisle reacted with outrage to the planned bonuses. Political commentators and journalists expressed an equally bipartisan outrage.{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}} |
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In March 2009, AIG compounded public cynicism concerning the "[[too big to fail]]" firm's bailout by announcing that it would pay its executives over $165 million in executive bonuses.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-22-na-aig-more-bonuses22-story.html |title=AIG bonuses total more than the reported $165 million |first=David G. |last=Savage |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 22, 2009 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622033724/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-22-na-aig-more-bonuses22-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Total bonuses for the financial unit could reach $450 million, and bonuses for the entire company could reach $1.2 billion. Newly inaugurated President Barack Obama, who had voted for [[Troubled Asset Relief Program|TARP]] as a Senator<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Senate vote on Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00213|access-date=July 11, 2011|newspaper=Senate.gov|date=June 29, 2011|archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529050212/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00213|url-status=live}}</ref> responded to the planned payments by saying "[I]t's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay. How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/16/AIG.bonuses/|title=Obama tries to stop AIG bonuses: 'How do they justify this outrage?' - CNN.com|website=[[CNN]]|language=en|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623085156/http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/16/AIG.bonuses/|url-status=live}}</ref> Both Democratic and Republican politicians reacted with similar outrage to the planned bonuses, as did political commentators and journalists in the [[AIG bonus payments controversy]]. |
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Due to the Q3 2011 net loss widening, on November 3, 2011, AIG shares plunged 49 percent year to date. The insurer's board approved a share buyback of as much as $1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-04/aig-posts-loss-on-writedowns-tied-to-aia-mortgage-declines.html |title=AIG Posts Loss on Writedowns Tied to AIA, Mortgage Declines |date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> |
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AIG began selling some assets to pay off its government loans in September 2008 despite a global decline in the valuation of insurance businesses, and the weakening financial condition of potential bidders.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/americasDealsNews/idUKTRE51N6DW20090224 |title=AIG may rethink asset sales in tough markets |publisher=Reuters UK |access-date=March 2, 2009 |last=Bansal |first=Paritosh |date=February 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228114450/http://uk.reuters.com/article/americasDealsNews/idUKTRE51N6DW20090224 |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In December 2009, AIG formed international life insurance subsidiaries, [[American International Assurance Company, Limited]] (AIA) and [[American Life Insurance Company]] (ALICO), which were transferred to the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]], to reduce its debt by $25 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ir.aigcorporate.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=76115&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1360144&highlight= |title=AIG closes two transactions that reduce debt that IAG owes Federal Reserve Bank of New York by $25 billion |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415134312/http://ir.aigcorporate.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=76115&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1360144&highlight= |url-status=dead }}</ref> AIG sold its [[Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company|Hartford Steam Boiler]] unit on March 31, 2009, to [[Munich Re]] for $742 million.<ref>{{cite web |author=Essen |first=Yvette |date=December 22, 2008 |title=Munich Re buys AIG's Hartford Steam Boiler for $742m |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/3901571/Munich-Re-buys-AIGs-Hartford-Steam-Boiler-for-742m.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/3901571/Munich-Re-buys-AIGs-Hartford-Steam-Boiler-for-742m.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hsb.com/cmsfiles/Munich_Re_Press_Rls_HSB_Close41200933752.pdf |title=Munich Re concludes purchase of Hartford Steam Boiler |access-date=May 13, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004175417/http://www.hsb.com/cmsfiles/Munich_Re_Press_Rls_HSB_Close41200933752.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2011 }}</ref> On April 16, 2009, AIG announced plans to sell its 21st Century Insurance subsidiary to [[Farmers Insurance Group]] for $1.9 billion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lifsher|first=Marc|title=AIG selling 21st Century Insurance to Farmers Insurance|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-17-fi-aig-21st-century17-story.html|access-date=February 6, 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 17, 2009|archive-date=April 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407201826/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/17/business/fi-aig-21st-century17|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2009 AIG sold its majority ownership of reinsurer Transatlantic Re.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/news/1271261/aig-confirms-sale-transatlantic-re-shares|title=AIG confirms sale of Transatlantic Re shares|work=postonline.co.uk|date=June 2009|access-date=July 13, 2012|archive-date=March 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314031233/http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/news/1271261/aig-confirms-sale-transatlantic-re-shares|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported on September 7, 2009, that Pacific Century Group had agreed to pay $500 million for a part of AIG's asset management business, and that they also expected to pay an additional $200 million to AIG in carried interest and other payments linked to future performance of the business.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carew |first=Rick |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125226030606889371 |title=Li Is Back In Game With AIG Purchase |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=September 7, 2009 |access-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-date=May 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501235058/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125226030606889371 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury in December 2012 published an itemized list of the loans, stock purchases, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and other investments engaged in with AIG, the amount AIG paid back and the positive return on the loans and investments to the government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financial-stability/TARP-Programs/aig/Pages/status.aspx |title=Investment in AIG |publisher=US Department of Treasury |accessdate=February 5, 2013}}</ref> Treasury said that it and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provided a total $182.3 billion to AIG, which paid back a total $205 billion, for a total positive return, or profit, to the government of $22.7 billion. In addition, AIG sold off a number of its own assets to raise money to pay back the government. |
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AIG then sold its American Life Insurance Co. (ALICO) to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion in cash and MetLife stock in March 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ellis|first=Blake|title=AIG in $15.5 billion unit sale to MetLife|url=https://money.cnn.com/2010/03/08/news/companies/AIG_sells_Alico_MetLife/|access-date=February 6, 2013|newspaper=CNNMoney|date=March 8, 2010|archive-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190828/http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/08/news/companies/AIG_sells_Alico_MetLife/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bloomberg L.P.]] reported on March 29, 2010, that after almost three months of delays, AIG had completed the $500 million sale of a portion of its asset management business, branded [[PineBridge Investments]], to the Asia-based Pacific Century Group.<ref>{{cite news |last=Son |first=Hugh |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601203&sid=ahXYCmtEBAJc |title=AIG Completes Sale of PineBridge Investments to Pacific Century |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=March 29, 2010 |access-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716083616/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics?pid=20601203&sid=ahXYCmtEBAJc |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Fortress Investment Group]] purchased 80% of the interest in financing company [[Springleaf|American General Finance]] in August 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/aug/11/80-percent-american-general-finance-sold-aig/ |title=Update: American General Finance sold to Fortress Investment Group " Evansville Courier & Press |publisher=Courierpress.com |access-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303222456/http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/aug/11/80-percent-american-general-finance-sold-aig/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2010 AIG sold AIG Starr and AIG Edison, two of its Japan-based companies, to [[Prudential Financial]] for $4.2 billion in cash and $600 million in assumption of third party AIG debt by Prudential.<ref name="MarketWatch">{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/aig-sells-star-edison-units-to-prudential-2010-09-30|title=AIG to sell Star, Edison to Prudential|publisher=[[MarketWatch]]|access-date=July 11, 2011|archive-date=October 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003134230/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/aig-sells-star-edison-units-to-prudential-2010-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 1, 2010, AIG raised $36.71 billion from both the sale of ALICO and its IPO of AIA. Proceeds went to repay some of the aid it received from the government during the [[2007–2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bernard|first=Stephen|title=AIG set to repay $37 billion in bailout money|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/1/aig-set-repay-37-billion-bailout-money/|access-date=February 6, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|date=November 1, 2010|archive-date=December 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224094325/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/1/aig-set-repay-37-billion-bailout-money/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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AIG since September 2008 marketed its assets to pay off its government loans. A global decline in the valuation of insurance businesses, and the weakening financial condition of potential bidders, challenged its efforts.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/americasDealsNews/idUKTRE51N6DW20090224 |title=AIG may rethink asset sales in tough markets |publisher=Reuters UK |accessdate=March 2, 2009 |last= Bansal |first=Paritosh | date=February 24, 2009 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090228114450/http://uk.reuters.com/article/americasDealsNews/idUKTRE51N6DW20090224?| archivedate= February 28, 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> AIG closed on the sale of its [[Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company|Hartford Steam Boiler]] unit on March 31, 2009 to [[Munich Re]] for $742 million, which was announced December 22, 2008.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/3901571/Munich-Re-buys-AIGs-Hartford-Steam-Boiler-for-742m.html Munich Re buys AIG's Hartford Steam Boiler for $742m]</ref><ref>[http://www.hsb.com/cmsfiles/Munich_Re_Press_Rls_HSB_Close41200933752.pdf Munich Re concludes purchase of Hartford Steam Boiler]</ref> On April 16, 2009, AIG announced plans to sell 21st Century Insurance subsidiary to Farmers Insurance Group for $1.9 billion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lifsher|first=Marc|title=AIG selling 21st Century Insurance to Farmers Insurance|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/17/business/fi-aig-21st-century17|accessdate=February 6, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 17, 2009}}</ref> June 10, 2009. AIG sold down its majority ownership of reinsurer Transatlantic Re.<ref>[http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/news/1271261/aig-confirms-sale-transatlantic-re-shares AIG confirms sale of Transatlantic Re shares]</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported on September 7, 2009 that [[Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited|Pacific Century Group]] had agreed to pay $500 million for a part of American International Group's asset management business, and that they also expected to pay an additional $200 million to AIG in carried interest and other payments linked to future performance of the business.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carew |first=Rick |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125226030606889371.html |title=Li Is Back In Game With AIG Purchase|work=The Wall Street Journal |date=September 7, 2009 |accessdate=July 11, 2011}}</ref> |
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AIG sold its Taiwanese life insurance company Nan Shan Life to a consortium of buyers for $2.16 billion in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wassener|first=Bettina|title=A.I.G. to Sell Taiwan Unit for $2.16 Billion|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/a-i-g-to-sell-nan-shan-to-taiwan-group/|access-date=February 6, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 12, 2011|archive-date=September 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901112311/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/a-i-g-to-sell-nan-shan-to-taiwan-group/|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the Q3 2011 net loss widening, on November 3, 2011, AIG shares plunged 49 percent year to date. The insurer's board approved a share buyback of as much as $1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-04/aig-posts-loss-on-writedowns-tied-to-aia-mortgage-declines.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104222834/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-04/aig-posts-loss-on-writedowns-tied-to-aia-mortgage-declines.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2011 |title=AIG Posts Loss on Writedowns Tied to AIA, Mortgage Declines |date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> |
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AIG agreed in March 2010 to sell its American Life Insurance Co. (ALICO) to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion in cash and MetLife stock.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ellis|first=Blake|title=AIG in $15.5 billion unit sale to MetLife|url=http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/08/news/companies/AIG_sells_Alico_MetLife/ |accessdate=February 6, 2013|newspaper=CNNMoney|date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> [[Bloomberg L.P.]] reported on March 29 that after almost three months of delays, AIG had completed the $500 million sale of a portion of its asset management business, branded PineBridge Investments, to the Asia-based [[Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited|Pacific Century Group]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Son |first=Hugh |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601203&sid=ahXYCmtEBAJc |title=AIG Completes Sale of PineBridge Investments to Pacific Century|publisher=Bloomberg |date=March 29, 2010 |accessdate=July 11, 2011}}</ref> [[Fortress Investment Group]] purchased 80% of the interest in financing company [[Springleaf|American General Finance]] in August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/aug/11/80-percent-american-general-finance-sold-aig/?partner=RSS |title=Update: American General Finance sold to Fortress Investment Group » Evansville Courier & Press |publisher=Courierpress.com |accessdate=2013-12-16}}</ref> AIG in September sold AIG Starr and AIG Edison, two of its Japan-based companies, to Prudential Financial for $4.2 billion in cash and $600 million in assumption of third party AIG debt by Prudential.<ref name="MarketWatch">{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/aig-sells-star-edison-units-to-prudential-2010-09-30 |title=AIG to sell Star, Edison to Prudential|publisher=[[MarketWatch]]|accessdate=July 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name="MarketWatch"/> On November 1, AIG announced it has raised $36.71 billion from both the sale of ALICO and its IPO of AIA. Proceeds go specifically to pay off FRB of New York loan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bernard|first=Stephen|title=AIG set to repay $37 billion in bailout money|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/1/aig-set-repay-37-billion-bailout-money/|accessdate=February 6, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 1, 2010}}</ref> |
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Nine years after the initial bailout, in 2017, the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council removed AIG from its list of too-big-to-fail institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/american-investment-group-aig-bailout.asp|title=Falling Giant: A Case Study of AIG|access-date=November 18, 2017|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114114121/https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/american-investment-group-aig-bailout.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In October 2010 the WSJ reported that a family sued AIG for alleged complicity in a '[[stranger-originated life insurance]]' scheme, whereby AIG managers allegedly welcomed people without an [[insurable interest]] to take out life insurance policies against others. The case involved [[JB Carlson]] and Germaine Tomlinson, and was one of many similar lawsuits in the US at the time.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704847104575532410440815610.html Judge Allows 'Death Bet' Case], Leslie Scism and Mark Maremont, Wall Street Journal, 2010 10 5</ref> |
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Reported in January 2011, AIG sold its Taiwanese life insurance company, Nan Shan Life, to a consortium of buyers for $2.16 billion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wassener|first=Bettina|title=A.I.G. to Sell Taiwan Unit for $2.16 Billion|url=http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/a-i-g-to-sell-nan-shan-to-taiwan-group/|accessdate=February 6, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> |
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The [[United States Department of the Treasury]] announced an offering of 188.5 million shares of AIG for a total of $5.8 billion on May 7, 2012. The sale reduced Treasury's stake in AIG to 61 percent, from 70 percent before the transaction.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buhayar|first=Noah|title=U.S. Treasury Sells $5.8 Billion of AIG Stock|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-07/u-s-treasury-sells-5-billion-of-aig-stock.html|access-date=February 6, 2013|newspaper=Bloomberg L.P.|date=May 7, 2012|archive-date=May 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160422/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-07/u-s-treasury-sells-5-billion-of-aig-stock.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Four months later, on September 6, 2012, AIG sold $2 billion of its investment in [[AIA Group|AIA]] to repay government loans. The board also approved a $5 billion stock repurchase of government-owned shares in AIA.<ref>{{cite news|title=AIG to sell $2 billion in AIA shares, repay US government|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/aig_to_sell_billion_in_aia_shares_845luJvZD0xSexN1lfALyN|access-date=February 6, 2013|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=September 6, 2012|archive-date=October 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015210654/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/aig_to_sell_billion_in_aia_shares_845luJvZD0xSexN1lfALyN|url-status=live}}</ref> The next week, on September 14, 2012, the Department of Treasury completed its fifth sale of AIG common stock, with proceeds of approximately $20.7 billion, reducing the Treasury's ownership stake in AIG to approximately 15.9 percent from 53 percent. Government commitments were fully recovered, and Treasury and the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York|FRBNY]] to date had received a combined positive return of approximately $15.1 billion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tara LaCapra|first=Lauren|title=Treasury sells big chunk of AIG stock at a profit|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-treasury-idUSBRE88A00F20120911|access-date=February 6, 2013|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|date=September 11, 2012|archive-date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016014249/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/11/us-aig-treasury-idUSBRE88A00F20120911|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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On October 12, 2012, AIG announced a five and a half year agreement to sponsor six New Zealand–based rugby teams, including the world champion [[All Blacks]]. The AIG logo and the Adidas logo, the league's primary sponsor, were displayed on the league's team jerseys.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baynes|first=Dan|title=AIG Sponsors Jersey of Rugby World Champion All Blacks Team|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-12/aig-becomes-jersey-sponsor-of-rugby-world-champion-all-blacks.html|access-date=February 27, 2014|newspaper=Bloomberg L.P.|date=October 12, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304120401/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-12/aig-becomes-jersey-sponsor-of-rugby-world-champion-all-blacks.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury in December 2012 published an itemized list of the loans, stock purchases, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and other investments engaged in with AIG, the amount AIG paid back and the positive return on the loans and investments to the government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financial-stability/TARP-Programs/aig/Pages/status.aspx |title=Investment in AIG |publisher=US Department of Treasury |access-date=February 5, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303072623/http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financial-stability/TARP-Programs/aig/Pages/status.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> The Treasury said that it and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provided a total $182.3 billion to AIG, which paid back a total $205 billion, for a total positive return, or profit, to the government of $22.7 billion. In addition, AIG sold off a number of its own assets to raise money to pay back the government. On December 14, 2012, the Treasury Department sold the last of its AIG stock in its sixth stock sale for a total of approximately $7.6 billion. In total, the Treasury Department realized a gain of more than $22 billion from the sale of AIG common stock and $0.9 billion from the sale of AIG preferred stock.<ref name=finalsales/> The same month, Robert Benmosche announced that he would be stepping down from his position as president and CEO due to his advancing lung cancer.<ref>{{cite news|title=AIG Chief Is Being Treated for Cancer|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303467004575574703836744636|access-date=March 20, 2018|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=October 26, 2010|archive-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328095059/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303467004575574703836744636|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-13/charlie-rose-talks-to-aig-chief-robert-benmosche|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216173802/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-13/charlie-rose-talks-to-aig-chief-robert-benmosche|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2012|title=Charlie Rose Talks to AIG Chief Robert Benmosche|newspaper=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=December 14, 2012|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref> |
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On September 6, 2012, AIG sold $2 billion of its investment in AIA to repay government loans. The board also approved a $5 billion stock repurchase of government-owned shares in AIA.<ref>{{cite news|title=AIG to sell $2 billion in AIA shares, repay US government |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/aig_to_sell_billion_in_aia_shares_845luJvZD0xSexN1lfALyN |accessdate=February 6, 2013|newspaper=New York Post|date=September 6, 2012}}</ref> |
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AIG began an advertising campaign on January 1, 2013, called "Thank You America," in which several company employees, including AIG President and CEO Robert Benmosche, talked directly to the camera and offered their thanks for the government assistance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Irwin|first=Neil|title=AIG to America: Thanks, guys!|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/31/aig-to-america-thanks-guys/|access-date=June 4, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=December 31, 2012|archive-date=February 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226193741/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/31/aig-to-america-thanks-guys/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Hancock (businessman)|Peter Hancock]] succeeded Benmosche as president and CEO of AIG in September 2014.<ref name="Russolillo">{{cite news|last1=Russolillo|first1=Steven|title=Meet Peter Hancock, AIG's New CEO|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/06/10/meet-peter-hancock-aigs-new-ceo/|access-date=March 20, 2018|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=June 10, 2014|archive-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073750/https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/06/10/meet-peter-hancock-aigs-new-ceo/|url-status=live}}</ref> While Benmosche stayed on in an advisory role,<ref name="Russolillo"/> he died in February the following year.<ref name="Kandell">{{cite news|last1=Kandell|first1=Jonathan|title=Robert Benmosche, Rescuer of A.I.G. After Bailout, Dies at 70|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/business/dealbook/robert-benmosche-ex-metlife-chief-who-rescued-aig-dies-at-70.html|access-date=March 20, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 27, 2015|archive-date=May 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527202542/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/business/dealbook/robert-benmosche-ex-metlife-chief-who-rescued-aig-dies-at-70.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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On September 14, 2012, the Department of Treasury completed its fifth sale of AIG common stock, with proceeds of approximately $20.7 billion, reducing the Treasury’s ownership stake in AIG to approximately 15.9 percent from 53 percent. Government commitments were fully recovered, and Treasury and the FRBNY to date had received a combined positive return of approximately $15.1 billion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tara LaCapra|first=Lauren|title=Treasury sells big chunk of AIG stock at a profit|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/11/us-aig-treasury-idUSBRE88A00F20120911|accessdate=February 6, 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=September 11, 2012}}</ref> |
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In June 2015, [[Taiwan]]'s Nan Shan Life Insurance acquired a stake in AIG's subsidiary in Taiwan for a fee of $158 million.<ref>{{cite web |author=Emily Chan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-insurance-idUSL3N0YX36720150611 |title=Nan Shan Life to buy part of AIG's Taiwan unit for $158 mln |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=June 11, 2015 |access-date=June 11, 2015 |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311083151/http://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-insurance-idUSL3N0YX36720150611 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that year, activist investor [[Carl Icahn]] called for a breakup of AIG, describing the company as "too big to succeed".<ref name="Nasr">{{cite news|last1=Nasr|first1=Reem|title=Carl Icahn turns up the pressure on AIG|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/23/carl-icahn-letter-aig-should-be-broken-up-it-is-too-big-to-succeed.html|access-date=March 20, 2018|work=[[CNBC]]|date=November 23, 2015|archive-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073213/https://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/23/carl-icahn-letter-aig-should-be-broken-up-it-is-too-big-to-succeed.html|url-status=live}}</ref> AIG announced plans for an [[initial public offering]] of 19.9 percent of United Guaranty Corp., a [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]–based provider of [[Lenders mortgage insurance|mortgage insurance for lenders]] in January 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greensboro.com/business/local_business/corporate-giant-aig-to-begin-spinoff-of-greensboro-s-united/article_bda0eb0e-13cd-5d25-8b75-c6ad20e92c33.html|title=Corporate giant AIG to begin spinoff of Greensboro's United Guaranty|work=[[News & Record]]|date=January 26, 2016|access-date=February 24, 2016|archive-date=January 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123192214/https://www.greensboro.com/business/local_business/corporate-giant-aig-to-begin-spinoff-of-greensboro-s-united/article_bda0eb0e-13cd-5d25-8b75-c6ad20e92c33.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, Icahn won a seat on the board of directors and continued to pressure the company to split up its major divisions.<ref name="Basak">{{cite news|last1=Basak|first1=Sonali|title=How AIG CEO Hancock Ended Up on Way Out|url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/03/10/444115.htm|access-date=March 20, 2018|work=Insurance Journal|date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073239/https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/03/10/444115.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> AIG also began a [[joint venture]] with [[Brian Duperreault#Hamilton Insurance Group|Hamilton Insurance Group]] and Two Sigma Investments to serve the insurance needs of small- to medium-sized enterprises. Industry veteran [[Brian Duperreault]] became the chairman of the new entity, and Richard Friesenhahn, the executive vice president of U.S. casualty lines at AIG, became CEO.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Basak|first1=Sonali|title=AIG to Join Two Sigma, Duperreault in Technology Venture|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-26/aig-to-join-with-two-sigma-in-tech-driven-insurance-venture|access-date=May 7, 2016|work=Bloomberg L.P.|date=April 26, 2016|archive-date=April 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430073122/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-26/aig-to-join-with-two-sigma-in-tech-driven-insurance-venture|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2016, AIG sold off United Guaranty, its mortgage-guarantee unit, to [[Arch Capital Group]], a [[Bermuda]]-based insurer, for $3.4 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-nears-deal-to-sell-mortgage-insurance-unit-to-arch-capital-for-about-3-4-billion-1471280311|title=AIG Reaches Deal to Sell Mortgage-Insurance Unit to Arch Capital for About $3.4 Billion|last1=Scism|first1=Leslie|date=August 16, 2016|last2=Lublin|first2=Joann S.|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|issn=0099-9660|access-date=August 18, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817212241/http://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-nears-deal-to-sell-mortgage-insurance-unit-to-arch-capital-for-about-3-4-billion-1471280311|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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On December 14, 2012, the Treasury Department sold the last of its AIG stock in its sixth stock stale for a total of approximately $7.6 billion. In total, the Treasury Department realized a gain of more than $22 billion from the sale of AIG common stock and $0.9 billion from the sale of AIG preferred stock.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financial-stability/TARP-Programs/aig/Pages/status.aspx|title=Investment in AIG|publisher=US Department of Treasury|accessdate=February 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1796.aspx|title= Treasury Sells Final Shares of AIG Common Stock, Positive Return on Overall AIG Commitment Reaches $22.7 Billion|publisher=Department of Treasury|accessdate=February 6, 2013}}</ref> |
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AIG began an advertising campaign on January 1, 2013, called "Thank You America," in which several company employees, including AIG President and CEO Robert Benmosche, talked directly to the camera and offered their thanks for the government assistance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Irwin|first=Neil|title=AIG to America: Thanks, guys!|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/31/aig-to-america-thanks-guys/|accessdate=June 4, 2013|newspaper=Washington Post|date=December 31, 2012}}</ref> |
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Brian Duperreault was appointed CEO of AIG on May 15, 2017.<ref name="Scism"/> Duperreault, who previously worked at AIG from 1973 until 1994,<ref name="DEALbrian">{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/business/dealbook/aig-brian-duperreault-ceo.html|title = 'I Am Here to Grow A.I.G.,' its New C.E.O., Brian Duperreault, Pledges|newspaper =[[The New York Times]]|date = May 15, 2017|last1 = Bray|first1 = Chad|access-date = August 27, 2020|archive-date = November 12, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033418/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/business/dealbook/aig-brian-duperreault-ceo.html|url-status = live}}</ref> was hired as CEO from Hamilton Insurance Group<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-names-brian-duperreault-as-ceo-1494847979|title = New AIG CEO Brian Duperreault Says He Won't Break up the Company|newspaper =[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date = May 15, 2017|access-date = August 27, 2020|archive-date = August 18, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200818231637/https://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-names-brian-duperreault-as-ceo-1494847979|url-status = live}}</ref> following Hancock's announcement in March 2017 that he would step down as AIG CEO under pressure after a period of disappointing financial results.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/business/dealbook/aigs-chief-executive-to-resign-after-turnaround-setback.html|title = A.I.G.'s Chief Executive to Resign After Turnaround Setback|newspaper =[[The New York Times]]|date = March 9, 2017|last1 = Bray|first1 = Chad|access-date = August 27, 2020|archive-date = April 14, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414141039/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/business/dealbook/aigs-chief-executive-to-resign-after-turnaround-setback.html|url-status = live}}</ref> Due to previous calls in 2015 and 2016 to shrink or break up AIG, Duperreault announced his intention to grow AIG and maintain its multiline structure<ref name="DEALbrian"/> as a provider of life and retirement solutions and non-life insurance,<ref name="CEOletter">{{cite web|url=https://annual.aig.com/2017/president-and-ceo-letter|title=President and CEO Letter|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=March 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317060518/https://annual.aig.com/2017/president-and-ceo-letter|url-status=dead}}</ref> outlining a strategy to focus on technology, "[[underwriting]] discipline," and diversification.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carriermanagement.com/news/2017/05/15/167182.htm|title=New AIG CEO Brian Duperreault: 'I Didn't Come Here to Break the Company Up'|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118025713/https://www.carriermanagement.com/news/2017/05/15/167182.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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2017<ref name="REUTERSrestructure">{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-restructure/aig-to-restructure-into-three-new-units-marking-ceos-first-big-move-idUSKCN1C01ER |title=AIG to restructure into three new units, marking CEO's first big move |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=January 30, 2018 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925171008/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-restructure/aig-to-restructure-into-three-new-units-marking-ceos-first-big-move-idUSKCN1C01ER |url-status=live }}</ref> through early 2019<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/07/22/533498.htm | title=AIG Names Ling Chief Human Resources Officer | newspaper=Insurance Journal | date=July 22, 2019 | last1=Simpson | first1=Andrew G. | access-date=August 27, 2020 | archive-date=September 19, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919194918/https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/07/22/533498.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> saw AIG hire a number of new upper level executives.<ref name="REUTERSrestructure"/><ref name="DEATHaig">{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-financial-crisis2008-aig/after-its-near-death-aig-ceo-plots-revival-by-returning-to-basics-idUSKCN1LQ15Y |title=After its near-death, AIG CEO plots revival by returning to basics |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040710/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-financial-crisis2008-aig/after-its-near-death-aig-ceo-plots-revival-by-returning-to-basics-idUSKCN1LQ15Y |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, Duperreault named [[Peter Zaffino]]<ref name="REUTERSrestructure"/> as AIG [[Chief operating officer|COO]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carriermanagement.com/news/2018/04/01/177288.htm|title=AIG CEO Duperreault Has Hired or Promoted at Least 13 Senior Execs in First Year|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118161058/https://www.carriermanagement.com/news/2018/04/01/177288.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> later also naming him CEO of AIG's General Insurance business.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-promotes-senior-executive-zaffino-to-additional-title-as-president-11576671385?cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_2&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s|title = AIG Promotes Senior Executive Zaffino to Additional Title as President|newspaper =[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date = December 18, 2019|last1 = Scism|first1 = Leslie|access-date = August 27, 2020|archive-date = April 14, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414101735/https://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-promotes-senior-executive-zaffino-to-additional-title-as-president-11576671385?cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_2&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s|url-status = live}}</ref> Zaffino succeeded Duperreault as president of AIG in January 2020, with Duperreault remaining AIG's CEO.<ref name="PRESIDENTcoo">{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-president/aig-names-coo-peter-zaffino-as-president-idUSKBN1YM1DW |title=AIG names COO Peter Zaffino as president |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801131328/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-president/aig-names-coo-peter-zaffino-as-president-idUSKBN1YM1DW |url-status=live }}</ref> The company announced plans in 2017 to reorganize its Commercial and Consumer segments into General Insurance and Life & Retirement, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5272/000119312518016778/d512375d8k.htm |title=Form 8-K |publisher=Sec.gov |date= |accessdate=2022-03-16 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414074142/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5272/000119312518016778/d512375d8k.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Barlyn"/> In September 2017, the [[Financial Stability Oversight Council]]<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-29/aig-sheds-too-big-to-fail-label-in-victory-for-ceo-carl-icahn|title = AIG Sheds Too-Big-to-Fail Label in Victory for CEO, Icahn|newspaper =[[Bloomberg News]]|date = September 29, 2017|access-date = August 27, 2020|archive-date = April 14, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414074942/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-29/aig-sheds-too-big-to-fail-label-in-victory-for-ceo-carl-icahn|url-status = live}}</ref> determined that AIG was no longer considered a nonbank systemically important financial institution ([[SIFI]]).<ref name="DEATHaig"/> Duperreault commented in response that the development reflected "the progress made since 2008 to de-risk the company."<ref name="CEOletter"/> |
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==Bailout litigation== |
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In January 2013, AIG's board discussed joining a lawsuit against the United States government because the bailout they received was unfair to their investors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/01/aig-may-join-suit-over-us-bailout |title=AIG May Join Suit Over US Bailout |date=January 8, 2013 |publisher=[[ABC News]] }}</ref> The idea was rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20967129 |title=AIG will not join lawsuit against US|date=January 9, 2013|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> AIG was criticized, however, when news stories soon appeared that it was considering joining a lawsuit brought by AIG shareholders and former CEO [[Maurice R. Greenberg]] against the New York Federal Reserve Bank for what the plaintiffs considered unfair terms imposed on AIG by the New York Fed. The AIG board announced on January 9, 2013, that the company would not join the lawsuit, and on January 9, 2013, Bob Benmosche told CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo that it would not be “socially acceptable” for AIG to sue the government, continuing that while people may be angry, "a deal’s a deal."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aig-says-not-join-lawsuit-200834182.html |title=AIG says will not join lawsuit against U.S. government|publisher=Reuters |accessdate=February 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/100367805 |title=As public fumes, AIG says will not sue US over bailout |publisher=Reuters |accessdate=February 6, 2013}}</ref> |
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===2018–2023=== |
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The specific issue was whether the New York Federal Reserve transferred $18 billion in litigation claims on troubled mortgage debt through the [[Maiden Lane Transactions]], entities created by the Fed in 2008, and thus prevented AIG from recouping losses from insured banks. On May 7, 2013, Los Angeles U.S. District Judge, [[Mariana Pfaelzer]], ruled that $7.3 billion of the disputed claims had, in fact, not been assigned. AIG withdrew the case "[[with prejudice]]" on May 28, 2013. Praelzer was overseeing a suit between AIG and Bank of America (BAC-US) concerning possible misrepresentations by Merrill Lynch and Countrywide as to the quality of the mortgage portfolio. In signing the order closing the case, U.S. District Judge [[Lewis Kaplan]] who also adjudicated the Maiden Lane case, American International Group Inc. et al. v. Maiden Lane II LLC, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 13-00951 admonished the Fed saying, "On the face of it" some of its actions "perhaps are unattractive and, indeed, wrongful.”<ref>{{cite web|last=Stempel |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/30/us-aig-newyorkfed-maidenlane-idUSBRE94T11020130530 |title=AIG drops a lawsuit versus New York Fed related to bailout |publisher=Reuters |accessdate=2013-12-16}}</ref> |
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AIG made a number of acquisitions in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://annual.aig.com/2018/president-and-ceo-letter|title=AIG's 2018 Annual Report: CEO Letter to Shareholders|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414100622/https://annual.aig.com/2018/president-and-ceo-letter|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2018 aig report 7">{{cite web|url=https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/2019/aig-2018-annual-report.pdf |title=AIG 100 2018 Annual Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221161124/https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/2019/aig-2018-annual-report.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |page=7 }}</ref> That July, AIG acquired Validus Holdings Ltd., a provider of reinsurance based in [[Bermuda]]. The company was also a [[Lloyd's of London]] syndicate, involved in insurance-linked securities,<ref name="FTletter">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3b9f9384-634c-11e8-a39d-4df188287fff |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/3b9f9384-634c-11e8-a39d-4df188287fff |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=AIG: The long struggle to repair its reputation|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|date=June 17, 2018|last1=Ralph|first1=Oliver|last2=Gray|first2=Alistair}}</ref> a specialist in US small commercial excess and surplus underwriting, and a provider of [[crop insurance]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-22/aig-to-buy-bermuda-reinsurer-validus-for-5-56-billion-in-cash|title = AIG's Validus Deal Signals CEO Reversing Course on Retrenchment|newspaper =[[Bloomberg News]]|date = January 22, 2018|access-date = August 27, 2020|archive-date = April 14, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414080450/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-22/aig-to-buy-bermuda-reinsurer-validus-for-5-56-billion-in-cash|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.carriermanagement.com/news/2018/01/22/174817.htm|title=After Validus, AIG CEO Duperreault Envisions Select, Strategic Acquisitions|newspaper=Carrier Management|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120062122/https://www.carriermanagement.com/news/2018/01/22/174817.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The deal "brought in fresh underwriting talent," particularly in property risk and catastrophe risk.<ref name="FTletter"/> Also in 2018 AIG acquired Ellipse, a UK life insurance business,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/20cade04-7483-11e8-aa31-31da4279a601 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/20cade04-7483-11e8-aa31-31da4279a601 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=AIG scoops up UK life insurance business from Munich Re|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|date=June 20, 2018|last1=Gray|first1=Alistair}}</ref> from [[Munich Re]].<ref name="DEATHaig"/> In 2018, AIG established Fortitude Re to hold most of its run-off portfolios and late in 2018 sold a minority stake to [[The Carlyle Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/11/14/507502.htm|title = AIG, Carlyle Complete Deal Creating Run-Off Reinsurer, Fortitude Re|date = November 14, 2018|access-date = August 27, 2020|archive-date = September 24, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200924222828/https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/11/14/507502.htm|url-status = live}}</ref> In November 2019, a Carlyle-managed fund and [[T&D Holdings]] acquired a majority interest in Fortitude Re, leaving AIG with a 3.5% stake "subject to required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions."<ref>{{cite web |title=AIG to Sell Most of Fortitude Re to Carlyle, T&D Holdings for $1.8 Billion |date=November 26, 2019 |url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2019/11/26/549587.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727011000/https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2019/11/26/549587.htm |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Duperreault and Zaffino set out a turnaround strategy for the General Insurance business in 2017 and began execution. In 2019,<ref name="PRESIDENTcoo"/> Duperreault stated that the new executive team had restructured the business, implemented new risk and underwriting guidelines, and "overhauled its reinsurance buying strategy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190214/NEWS06/912326710/Duperreault-still-confident-in-AIG-turnaround-despite-2018-fourth-quarter-loss|title=Duperreault still confident in AIG turnaround despite Q4 loss|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414101505/https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190214/NEWS06/912326710/Duperreault-still-confident-in-AIG-turnaround-despite-2018-fourth-quarter-loss|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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After the case was thrown out by the District Court, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] affirmed, holding that federal common law preempted any Delaware fiduciary duties owed to shareholders.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABA Case Alert: ''Starr International Co., Inc. v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York''|url=https://apps.americanbar.org/ababoards/blog/blogpost.cfm?threadid=29904&catid=14909|publisher=American Bar Association|accessdate=5 February 2016}}</ref> |
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In 2019, Duperreault and Zaffino announced "AIG 200", a multi-year program to improve operations by shedding legacy processes and excess manual interventions, modernizing and digitizing workflows, and unifying operations.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/08/13/535634.htm|title = AIG CEO Duperreault 'Encouraged' by Hardening Market, Plans Operational Overhaul|date = August 13, 2019|access-date = August 27, 2020|archive-date = August 11, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200811014205/https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/08/13/535634.htm|url-status = live}}</ref> Also during that month, AIG reported its second consecutive quarter of underwriting profits,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-results/aig-profit-beats-on-strong-underwriting-investment-income-idUSKCN1UX2CM |title=AIG profit beats on strong underwriting, investment income |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801131343/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-results/aig-profit-beats-on-strong-underwriting-investment-income-idUSKCN1UX2CM |url-status=live }}</ref> and AIG's Life and Retirement business, led by CEO Kevin Hogan, delivered "solid growth" and returns despite a volatile credit and equity market.<ref>{{cite web |title=CEO Letter to Shareholders |date=2018 |url=https://annual.aig.com/ui/2018/docs/AIG-2018-CEO-Letter.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412005340/https://annual.aig.com/ui/2018/docs/AIG-2018-CEO-Letter.pdf |archive-date=April 12, 2022 }}</ref> In January 2020, AIG announced it was ending its decade-long sponsorship of the [[All Blacks]] in 2021.<ref name=media>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/all-blacks-lose-aig-sponsorship-2021-new-zealand-rugby|title=All Blacks to lose AIG as sponsor after 2021|date=January 14, 2020|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320205943/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/all-blacks-lose-aig-sponsorship-2021-new-zealand-rugby|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Money damages=== |
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Hank Greenberg next had [[David Boies]] sue the U.S. Government separately for money damages in the [[United States Court of Federal Claims]], prompting strong criticism.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zeitlin|first1=Matthew|title=John Stewart to Former AIG Chief Hank Greenberg: "Go F*ck Yourself!"|url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/jon-stewart-to-former-aig-chief-hank-greenberg-go-fck-yourse#.evLElvarb|publisher=Buzzfeed|accessdate=5 February 2016}}</ref> After hearing thirty-seven days of testimony and requiring appearances by Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner and Hank Paulson,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scism|first1=Leslie|title=Closing Arguments Loom in AIG Bailout Trial|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/04/21/closing-arguments-loom-in-aig-bailout-trial/|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=5 February 2016}}</ref> Judge [[Thomas C. Wheeler]] ruled that the [[Federal Reserve responses to the subprime crisis]] had been illegal.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16172413846926507990&hl=en&as_sdt=2006 ''Starr International Co. v. United States'', 121 Fed. Cl. 428 (2015). ]</ref> The court reasoned the AIG [[bailout]] had been an illegal [[exaction]] because the [[Federal Reserve Act]] did not authorize the New York Fed to [[nationalize]] a corporation by owning its stock.<ref>[http://cdn.harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/859-866-Online.pdf ''Recent Cases: Court of Federal Claims Holds that Government Acquisition of Equity Share in AIG Effected an Illegal Exaction''], 129 Harv. L. Rev. 859 (2016).</ref> |
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On March 1, 2021, Peter Zaffino succeeded Brian Duperreault as AIG's CEO, with Duperreault becoming executive chairman of the board.<ref name=ZsucceedsD>{{cite web|url = https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2021/02/16/601321.htm|title = Zaffino to Succeed Duperreault as CEO of AIG March 1|date = February 16, 2021|access-date = March 3, 2021|archive-date = February 17, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210217090714/https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2021/02/16/601321.htm|url-status = live}}</ref> Then, in January 2022, Zaffino also became chairman of the AIG board.<ref name="chairmantitle">{{cite web |title=AIG names CEO Zaffino as chairman |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aig-names-ceo-zaffino-chairman-2021-09-08/ |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref> |
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However, Judge Wheeler did not award monetary compensation to the plaintiffs ruling that they did not suffer economic damage because "if the government had done nothing, the shareholders would have been left with 100 percent of nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last=Sorkin |first=Andrew|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/business/dealbook/surprise-ruling-finds-bailout-shorted-aig.html?rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=origin®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article |title=In A.I.G. Case, Surprise Ruling That Could End All Bailouts |work=[[New York Times]] |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] |date=2015-06-15 |accessdate=2015-06-16 }}</ref> Both parties appealed to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit]]. The New York Fed volunteered an amicus brief arguing that “Apart from an erroneous interpretation of a federal statute, the trial court’s opinion is riddled with material, clearly erroneous findings of fact.”<ref>{{cite news|last1=Frankel|first1=Alison|title=Federal Reserve tries to repair damage from AIG bailout case in new brief|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-frankel/2015/12/15/federal-reserve-tries-to-repair-damage-from-aig-bailout-case-in-new-brief/|accessdate=5 February 2016|date=15 December 2015}}</ref> |
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As part of AIG's 2020 plan to [[Corporate spin-off|form an independent company]] of its life and retirement insurance business with a 2022 IPO, the company announced, in July 2021, that [[Blackstone Group]] would acquire 9.9% of the new unit for $2.2 billion cash. Blackstone and AIG also entered a long-term asset management agreement for about one quarter of AIG's life and retirement portfolio, set to increase in subsequent years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aig-sell-10-stake-life-retirement-business-blackstone-2021-07-14/ |title=AIG to sell life and retirement unit stake to Blackstone, another with IPO |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=15 July 2021 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308201911/https://www.reuters.com/business/aig-sell-10-stake-life-retirement-business-blackstone-2021-07-14/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the spin-off, [[Corebridge Financial]] became an independent entity, raising $1.68 billion in the largest U.S. IPO of 2022.<ref>{{cite news |author=Echo Wang|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aig-sell-10-stake-life-retirement-business-blackstone-2021-07-14/ |title=AIG unit Corebridge raises $1.68 bln in year's largest IPO|access-date=2023-10-10 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=2022-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/251168/largest-ipos-in-the-united-states/|title=Largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States in 2022, by deal size|website=Statista|access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> |
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==Corporate governance== |
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In February 2023, AIG and Stone Point Capital entered into an agreement to establish an independent managing general agency and relocate AIG's current private client group to the independent new company, Private Client Select Insurance Services (PCS).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2023/02/14/707776.htm|title=AIG, Stone Point Capital to Form Independent MGA for High Net Worth Business|access-date=2023-10-10|publisher=Insurance Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Luke Gallin|url=https://www.reinsurancene.ws/aig-partners-with-stone-point-to-launch-high-net-worth-mga/|title=AIG partners with Stone Point to launch high net worth MGA|access-date=2023-10-10|publisher=Reinsurance News}}</ref> That May, AIG agreed to sell subsidiary Crop Risk Services to [[American Financial Group]] for $240 million,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2023/05/03/719097.htm|title=American Financial Group to Acquire Crop Risk Services From AIG for $240M|date=2023-05-03|access-date=2023-10-10|publisher=Insurance Journal}}</ref> as well as Validus Re, including AlphaCat and the Talbot Treaty reinsurance business, to [[RenaissanceRe]] for $2.985 billion, in cash and RenaissanceRe common shares.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/renaissancere-buy-validus-re-near-3-bln-deal-2023-05-22/|title=Insurer RenaissanceRe to buy AIG unit Validus Re in near $3 bln deal|access-date=2023-10-10 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=2023-05-22}}</ref> |
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===Board of directors=== |
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* [[Peter Hancock (CEO)|Peter D. Hancock]] – President and Chief Executive Officer, American International Group, Inc. |
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* [[W. Don Cornwell]] – Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Granite Broadcasting Corporation |
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* [[Peter R. Fischer]] - Former Head of Fixed Income Portfolio Management, Blackrock Inc. |
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* [[John H. Fitzpatrick (insurance executive)|John H. Fitzpatrick]] – Chairman, Oak Street Management Co., LLC |
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* [[Christopher S. Lynch]] – Former Partner, KPMG LLP |
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* [[George L. Miles, Jr.]] – President and Chief Executive Officer, WQED Multimedia |
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* [[Henry S. Miller]] – Chairman, Marblegate Asset Management, LLC |
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* [[Robert S. Miller]] – Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, American International Group, Inc. |
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* [[Linda A. Mills]] - Former Vice President of Operations, Northrop Grumman Corporation |
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* [[Suzanne Nora Johnson]] – Former Vice Chairman, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
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* [[Ronald A. Rittenmeyer]] – Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Electronic Data Systems Corporation |
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* [[Douglas Steenland]] – Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Airlines Corporation |
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* [[Theresa M. Stone]] - Former Executive Vice President and Treasurer, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] |
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* [[William G. Jurgensen]] - Former Chief Executive Officer Nationwide Insurance |
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===2024=== |
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As of July 15, 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.aig.com/board-of-directors_3171_437859.html|accessdate=November 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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In March 2024, British regulators cleared the sale of the UK arm of AIG Life Ltd to British insurer [[Aviva]] for £460 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://law360.com/articles/1818567/uk-watchdog-clears-aviva-s-460m-takeover-of-aig-life/|title=UK Watchdog Clears Aviva's £460M Takeover Of AIG Life|access-date=2024-04-05 |date=2024-03-28}}</ref> |
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==Business== |
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== Business == |
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In the United States, AIG is the largest [[Underwriting|underwriter]] of commercial and industrial insurance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aigag.com/life/life.nsf/contents/aboutus_whyaigag_history |title=History of American General Life Companies |publisher=AIGAG.com |accessdate=July 11, 2011| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110707095336/http://www.aigag.com/life/life.nsf/contents/aboutus_whyaigag_history| archivedate=July 7, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl=no}}</ref> |
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In Australia and China, AIG is identified as a large financial institution and provider of financial services including credit security mechanisms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADBI Working Paper Series, Prudential Discipline for Financial Firms: Micro, Macro, and Market Structures |url=https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/156031/adbi-wp176.pdf |website=adb.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American International Group, Inc., Resolution Plan, Public Section |url=https://www.fdic.gov/resources/resolutions/resolution-authority/resplans/plans/aig-165-1512.pdf |website=fdic.gov}}</ref> In the United States, AIG is the largest [[Underwriting|underwriter]] of commercial and industrial insurance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aigag.com/life/life.nsf/contents/aboutus_whyaigag_history|title=History of American General Life Companies|publisher=AIGAG.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707095336/http://www.aigag.com/life/life.nsf/contents/aboutus_whyaigag_history|archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=live|access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> |
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AIG offers property casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement products, mortgage insurance and other financial services.<ref name="AIG 2012 Annual Report">{{cite web |
AIG offers property casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement products, mortgage insurance and other financial services.<ref name="AIG 2012 Annual Report">{{cite web|url=http://www.aig.com/Chartis/internet/US/en/2012%20AIG%20Annual%20Report%20(lower)_tcm3171-484181.pdf|title=AIG 2012 Annual Report 10-K|publisher=American International Group|access-date=October 14, 2013|archive-date=July 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713063915/http://www.aig.com/Chartis/internet/US/en/2012%20AIG%20Annual%20Report%20%28lower%29_tcm3171-484181.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the third quarter of 2012, the global property-and-casualty insurance business, Chartis, was renamed AIG Property Casualty. SunAmerica, life-insurance and retirement-services division, was renamed AIG Life and Retirement; other existing brands continue to be used in certain geographies and market segments.<ref name="AIG 2012 Annual Report" /><ref name="Wall Street Journal">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304830704577495092980975870|title=AIG Brand Revived|last=Ng|first=Serena|date=June 28, 2012|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=October 14, 2013|archive-date=December 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218031556/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304830704577495092980975870|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== Sponsorships == |
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In a January 2016 news release, AIG announced plans for an [[initial public offering]] of 19.9 percent of United Guaranty Corp., a [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]-based provider of [[Lenders mortgage insurance|mortgage insurance for lenders]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greensboro.com/business/local_business/corporate-giant-aig-to-begin-spinoff-of-greensboro-s-united/article_bda0eb0e-13cd-5d25-8b75-c6ad20e92c33.html|title=Corporate giant AIG to begin spinoff of Greensboro's United Guaranty|work=[[News & Record]]|date=26 January 2016|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> |
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AIG was the shirt sponsor of the English football club [[Manchester United F.C.]] between 2006 and 2010. AIG was the first American shirt sponsor of the club and AIG shirts were worn for one of the most concentrated periods of success in the club's history, coinciding with [[Alex Ferguson|Sir Alex Ferguson]]'s third great United team, which won three Premier League titles, as well as the Champions League, in the space of four seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Jamie |date=2021-03-08 |title=Man Utd in talks over new £70m a season shirt sponsor |url=https://www.90min.com/posts/man-utd-in-70m-a-season-talks-over-new-shirt-sponsor |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=90min.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312212828/https://www.90min.com/posts/man-utd-in-70m-a-season-talks-over-new-shirt-sponsor |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In 2019, AIG signed a five-year contract to be the title sponsor of Women's British Open, its first deal in golf.<ref>[https://sponsorship.sportbusiness.com/news/aig-chooses-womens-british-open-for-first-title-deal-in-golf/?_ga=2.142736053.1891403634.1593905991-1710603840.1593905991 "AIG chooses Women's British Open for first title deal in golf"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707013311/https://sponsorship.sportbusiness.com/news/aig-chooses-womens-british-open-for-first-title-deal-in-golf/?_ga=2.142736053.1891403634.1593905991-1710603840.1593905991 |date=July 7, 2020 }} / Nov. 29, 2018 / ''Sports Business''</ref> In 2020, the contract was extended to 2025 and the championship was rebranded as the [[AIG Women's Open]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/53497474|title=Women's Open drops 'British' from title in sponsorship rebrand|work=BBC Sport|date=22 July 2020|access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=April 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419162120/https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/53497474|url-status=live}}</ref> with the largest major women's golf prize fund in 2021, totaling $US5.8 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/aig-womens-british-open-richest-womens-tournament-overall-prize-money-payou|title=AIG Women's Open becomes richest event in women's golf with $1.3 million purse increase|date=18 August 2021}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The AIG Women's Open set a new benchmark in 2022 of $7.3 million for women's major championship golf prize payouts,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women's Open payout: Anna Nordqvist collects $870k|url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/womens-open-payout-anna-nordqvist-collects-870k|website=golfchannel.com|publisher=Golf Channel|date=22 August 2021|accessdate=16 May 2023|archive-date=May 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517013727/https://www.golfchannel.com/news/womens-open-payout-anna-nordqvist-collects-870k|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AIG Women's Open, record for prize money|url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/other_news/golf/101422/aig-womens-open-record-for-prize-money/|website=www.tennisworldusa.org|publisher=Tennis World|date=23 August 2021|accessdate=16 May 2023|archive-date=May 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517013725/https://www.tennisworldusa.org/other_news/golf/101422/aig-womens-open-record-for-prize-money/|url-status=live}}</ref> increasing the tournament's purse 125% since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Backed by AIG, Women's Open purse up 26% this year at Muirfield|url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/backed-aig-womens-open-purse-26-year-muirfield|website=golfchannel.com|publisher=Golf Channel|date=3 August 2022|accessdate=16 May 2023|archive-date=May 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517014535/https://www.golfchannel.com/news/backed-aig-womens-open-purse-26-year-muirfield|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Recent News== |
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In 2023, AIG announced it will continue as the title sponsor of the event through 2030, along with another increase in the total purse to $9 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=AIG Women's Open becomes latest women's major to increase prize money payouts to record levels |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/aig-womens-open-increases-prize-money-payout-for-2023-to-9-million-23-percent-jump-from-2022 |website=GolfDigest.com |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref> |
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[[File:NZ All Blacks Mens XV's Shirt.jpg|thumb|NZ All Blacks Mens XV's Shirt]] |
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On October 12, 2012, AIG announced a 5 ½ year agreement to sponsor six New Zealand-based rugby teams, including world champion All Blacks. The AIG logo and the Adidas logo, the league’s primary sponsor, will be displayed on the league’s team jerseys.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baynes|first=Dan|title=AIG Sponsors Jersey of Rugby World Champion All Blacks Team|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-12/aig-becomes-jersey-sponsor-of-rugby-world-champion-all-blacks.html|accessdate=27 February 2014|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=12 October 2012}}</ref> |
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==Subsidiaries== |
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In June 2015, [[Taiwan]]’s Nan Shan Life Insurance acquired a stake in AIG’s subsidiary in Taiwan for a fee of $158 million.<ref>{{cite web|author=Emily Chan |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/11/taiwan-insurance-idUSL3N0YX36720150611 |title= Nan Shan Life to buy part of AIG's Taiwan unit for $158 mln |publisher=Reuters |date=11 June 2015 |accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |
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{{main|Holdings of American International Group}} |
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* AIG Europe S.A.<ref name="2018 aig report">{{cite web|url=https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/2019/aig-2018-annual-report.pdf |title=AIG 100 2018 Annual Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221161124/https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/2019/aig-2018-annual-report.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |page=142 }}</ref> |
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*<span id="American General Life Insurance Company"></span>[[American General Life Insurance Company]]<ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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*[[American Home Assurance Company]]<ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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*[[Lexington Insurance Company]]<ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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*[[National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA]]<ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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*[[The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York]]<ref name="sig subsidiaries">{{cite web|url=http://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/december-31-2016-10k.pdf|title=2016 10-K|website=AIG.com|page=143|access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406111920/http://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/investor-relations/december-31-2016-10k.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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*[[VALIC|The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC)]]<ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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*American International Group UK Ltd.<ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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*AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd.<ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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*Validus Reinsurance, Ltd.<ref name="2018 aig report"/> |
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== Bailout litigation == |
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* '''''Starr International Co v U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals''''' |
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Hank Greenberg, with lead lawyer David Boies, independently sued the U.S. Government for money damages in the United States Court of Federal Claims in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zeitlin|first1=Matthew|title=John Stewart to Former AIG Chief Hank Greenberg: "Go F*ck Yourself!"|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/jon-stewart-to-former-aig-chief-hank-greenberg-go-fck-yourse|publisher=Buzzfeed|access-date=February 5, 2016|archive-date=March 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327165100/http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/jon-stewart-to-former-aig-chief-hank-greenberg-go-fck-yourse|url-status=live}}</ref> The AIG board had announced on January 9 that the company would not join the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/100367805 |title=As public fumes, AIG says will not sue US over bailout |publisher=[[Reuters]] |access-date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217025557/https://www.cnbc.com/id/100367805 |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After hearing thirty-seven days of testimony from Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Hank Paulson and others,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Scism|first1=Leslie|title=Closing Arguments Loom in AIG Bailout Trial|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/04/21/closing-arguments-loom-in-aig-bailout-trial/|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=February 5, 2016|archive-date=February 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205163804/http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/04/21/closing-arguments-loom-in-aig-bailout-trial/|url-status=live}}</ref> Judge Thomas C. Wheeler ruled that the Federal Reserve payment to AIG had been an illegal exaction, as the [[Federal Reserve Act]] did not authorize the New York Fed to nationalize a corporation by owning its stock.<ref name="Source Name 1">[http://cdn.harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/859-866-Online.pdf ''Recent Cases: Court of Federal Claims Holds that Government Acquisition of Equity Share in AIG Effected an Illegal Exaction''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205175119/http://cdn.harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/859-866-Online.pdf |date=February 5, 2016 }}, 129 Harv. L. Rev. 859 (2016).</ref> Judge Wheeler did not award compensation to the plaintiffs, ruling that they did not suffer economic damage because "if the government had done nothing, the shareholders would have been left with 100 percent of nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last=Sorkin |first=Andrew|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/business/dealbook/surprise-ruling-finds-bailout-shorted-aig.html®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article |title=In A.I.G. Case, Surprise Ruling That Could End All Bailouts |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 15, 2015 |access-date=June 16, 2015 }}</ref> |
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Greenberg and the U.S. Government appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which ruled that Greenberg had no legal right to challenge the bailout because that right belonged to AIG, which in this case, chose not to sue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greenberg's Starr to Appeal AIG Bailout Case to Supreme Court|url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/05/10/450449.htm|website=Insurance Journal|date=May 10, 2017|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155629/https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/05/10/450449.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* '''''AIG Inc. et al. v. Maiden Lane II LLC''''' |
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AIG filed suit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in January 2013 in order to maintain the former's right to sue Bank of America and other issuers of bad mortgage debt.<ref name="Stempel BI">{{cite news|last1=Stempel|first1=Jonathan|title=AIG Sues The New York Fed|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/aig-sues-maiden-lane-ii-2013-1|access-date=April 18, 2018|work=[[Business Insider]]|date=January 12, 2013|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155523/http://www.businessinsider.com/aig-sues-maiden-lane-ii-2013-1|url-status=live}}</ref> The specific issue was whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York transferred $18 billion in litigation claims on troubled mortgage debt through Maiden Lane Transactions, entities created by the Fed in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-10-22 |title=AIG to raise $18bn from AIA share sale |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-11603977 |access-date=2024-03-11 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> This transaction, AIG argued, prevented them from recouping losses from insured banks. Owing to events which allowed AIG to proceed in another related case, ''AIG Inc. v. Bank of America Corporation LLC'', AIG withdrew the Maiden Lane case "without prejudice" on May 28, 2013.<ref name="Stempel"/> |
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* '''''AIG Inc. v. Bank of America Corporation LLC''''' |
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On May 7, 2013, Los Angeles U.S. District Judge, Mariana Pfaelzer, ruled in a case between AIG and Bank of America concerning possible misrepresentations by Merrill Lynch and Countrywide as to the quality of the mortgage portfolio, that $7.3 billion of the disputed claims had not been assigned.<ref name="Stempel">{{cite news |last=Stempel |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-newyorkfed-maidenlane-idUSBRE94T11020130530 |title=AIG drops a lawsuit versus New York Fed related to bailout |date=May 30, 2013 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206000429/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-newyorkfed-maidenlane-idUSBRE94T11020130530 |url-status=live }}</ref> The two parties settled in July 2014, with Bank of America paying out $650 million to AIG, who in turn dismissed their litigation.<ref name="Freifeld">{{cite news|last1=Freifeld|first1=Karen|title=BofA pays AIG $650 million to settle mortgage disputes|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bankofamerica-mbs-settlement/bofa-pays-aig-650-million-to-settle-mortgage-disputes-idUSKBN0FL1B720140716|access-date=May 3, 2018|work=[[Reuters]]|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225234/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bankofamerica-mbs-settlement/bofa-pays-aig-650-million-to-settle-mortgage-disputes-idUSKBN0FL1B720140716|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Corporate governance== |
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===Board of directors=== |
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In July 2023, the AIG board includes:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aig.com/about-us/leadership-and-governance/board-of-directors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208171059/https://www.aig.com/about-us/leadership-and-governance/board-of-directors |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |publisher=AIG|title=Board of Directors | access-date=July 17, 2023 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2023 |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.aig.com/home/about/leadership-and-governance |work=AIG |access-date=April 11, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411175820/https://www.aig.com/home/about/leadership-and-governance }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aig.com/about-us/leadership-and-governance/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors | AIG|access-date=April 6, 2021|archive-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224204350/http://www.aig.com/about-us/corporategovernance/board-of-directors|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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*Paola Bergamaschi – former executive at [[State Street Corporation|State Street]], [[Credit Suisse]] and [[Goldman Sachs]] |
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*[[James Cole Jr.]] – chairman and CEO, The Jasco Group |
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*John Rice – former vice chairman of [[General Electric|GE]], former president and CEO of the GE Global Growth Organization<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/retired-ge-vice-chairman-joins-aigs-board-of-directors-398964.aspx | title=Retired GE vice chairman joins AIG's board of directors | access-date=June 30, 2022 | archive-date=July 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706011432/https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/retired-ge-vice-chairman-joins-aigs-board-of-directors-398964.aspx | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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*[[W. Don Cornwell]] – former chairman and CEO, [[Granite Broadcasting|Granite Broadcasting Corporation]] |
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*Linda A. Mills – former vice president of operations, [[Northrop Grumman|Northrop Grumman Corporation]] |
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*Diana M. Murphy – managing director, Rocksolid Holdings; former president, [[United States Golf Association|USGA]]<ref name=WStJ>{{cite news|title=Diana Murphy and Vanessa Wittman to Join AIG's Board of Directors|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/diana-murphy-and-vanessa-wittman-to-join-aig-s-board-of-directors-1bf39f9e|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=February 27, 2023|access-date=April 11, 2023|archive-date=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411180157/https://www.wsj.com/articles/diana-murphy-and-vanessa-wittman-to-join-aig-s-board-of-directors-1bf39f9e|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*Peter R. Porrino – former executive [[vice president]] and [[Chief Financial Officer|CFO]], [[Axa XL|XL Group Ltd]] |
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*Therese M. Vaughn – former CEO, the [[National Association of Insurance Commissioners]] |
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*Vanessa A. Wittman – former CFO, [[Glossier]], [[Dropbox]], [[Marsh McLennan]]<ref name=WStJ/> |
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*[[Peter Zaffino]] – chairman and CEO, AIG |
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* {{cite book|author=Angelides, Phil |title=Financial Crisis Inquiry Report|url= |
* {{cite book|author=Angelides, Phil |title=Financial Crisis Inquiry Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIKfTVrhNfMC&pg=PA352|year=2011|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4379-8072-1}} |
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* {{cite book|last1=Cunningham|first1=Lawrence A.|last2=Greenberg|first2=Maurice R.|title=The AIG story|date=2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Hoboken, N.J.|isbn=978-1118345870}} |
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* Maurice R. Greenberg and Lawrence A. Cunningham, ''The AIG Story'' (2013) |
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* {{cite journal | last=Sjostrom | first=William K. Jr. | title=The AIG Bailout | date=November 2009 |journal=Washington and Lee Law Review |volume=66 | ssrn=1346552 }} |
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* {{cite news | title= An Insurance Giant, Brought Down | date= September 27, 2008 | url = |
* {{cite news | title= An Insurance Giant, Brought Down | date= September 27, 2008 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/09/27/business/20080928_MELT_GRAPHIC.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | access-date =September 27, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930071745/http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/09/27/business/20080928_MELT_GRAPHIC.html| archive-date= September 30, 2008 | url-status= live}} (Graphic) |
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* [http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/09/17/business/17aig-graf01.jpg "Losses in Perspective"] New York Times. September 17, 2008. (Graphic of AIG quarterly net profit & losses over five years, comparing Finance vs. Insurance activities.) |
* [http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/09/17/business/17aig-graf01.jpg "Losses in Perspective"] New York Times. September 17, 2008. (Graphic of AIG quarterly net profit & losses over five years, comparing Finance vs. Insurance activities.) |
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 28 December 2024
Company type | Public |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | December 19, 1919[1] in Shanghai, China |
Founder | Cornelius Vander Starr |
Headquarters | 1271 Avenue of the Americas, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Peter Zaffino (chairman and CEO) |
Products | |
Revenue | US$46.80 billion (2023)[2] |
US$3.858 billion (2023)[2] | |
US$3.614 billion (2023)[2] | |
AUM | US$365 billion (March 31, 2023)[3] |
Total assets | US$539.3 billion (2023)[2] |
Total equity | US$45.35 billion (2023)[2] |
Number of employees | c. 25,200 (2023)[2] |
Subsidiaries | TATA AIG |
Website | aig |
Footnotes / references [2][4][5] |
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions.[6] As of 2023, AIG employed 25,200 people.[2] The company operates through three core businesses: general insurance, life & retirement, and a standalone technology-enabled subsidiary.[7][8][9] General Insurance includes Commercial, Personal Insurance, U.S. and International field operations. Life & Retirement includes Group Retirement, Individual Retirement, Life, and Institutional Markets.[7][8][9] AIG is the title sponsor of the AIG Women's Open golf tournament. In 2023, for the sixth consecutive year, DiversityInc named AIG among the Top 50 Companies for Diversity list.[10]
AIG's corporate headquarters are in New York City and the company also has offices around the world. AIG serves 87% of the Fortune Global 500 and 83% of the Forbes 2000.[11] AIG was ranked 60th on the 2018 Fortune 500 list.[12] According to the 2016 Forbes Global 2000 list, AIG is the 87th largest public company in the world.[13] On December 31, 2017, AIG had $65.2 billion (~$79.7 billion in 2023) in shareholder equity.[14]
During the 2007–2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve bailed the company out for $180 billion and assumed controlling ownership stake, with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission correlating AIG's failure with the mass sales of unhedged insurance.[15] AIG repaid $205 billion (~$269 billion in 2023) to the United States government in 2012.[16]
History
[edit]1919–1945: early years
[edit]AIG was founded December 19, 1919[1] when American Cornelius Vander Starr (1892–1968) established a general insurance agency, American Asiatic Underwriters (AAU), in Shanghai, China.[17] Business grew rapidly, and two years later, Starr formed a life insurance operation.[18] By the late 1920s, AAU had branches throughout China and Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[19] In 1926, Starr opened his first office in the United States, American International Underwriters Corporation (AIU).[20] He also focused on opportunities in Latin America and, in the late 1930s, AIU entered Havana, Cuba.[21] The steady growth of the Latin American agencies proved significant as it would offset the decline in business from Asia due to the impending World War II.[17] In 1939, Starr moved his headquarters from Shanghai, China, to New York City.[22][23]
1945–1959: international and domestic expansion
[edit]After World War II, American International Underwriters (AIU) entered Japan[17] and Germany,[24] to provide insurance for American military personnel. Throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, AIU continued to expand in Europe, with offices opening in France, Italy,[19] and the United Kingdom.[25] In 1952, Starr began to focus on the American market by acquiring Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company and its subsidiary, American Home Fire Assurance Company.[26] By the end of the decade, C.V. Starr's general and life insurance organization included an extensive network of agents and offices in over 75 countries.[26]
1959–1979: reorganization and specialization
[edit]In 1960, C.V. Starr hired Hank Greenberg to develop an international accident and health business.[27] Two years later, Greenberg reorganized one of C.V. Starr's U.S. holdings into a successful multiple line carrier.[26] Greenberg focused on selling insurance through independent brokers rather than agents to eliminate agent salaries. Using brokers, AIU could price insurance according to its potential return even if it suffered decreased sales of certain products for great lengths of time with very little extra expense. In 1967, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) was incorporated as a unifying umbrella organization for most of C.V. Starr's general and life insurance businesses.[28] In 1968, Starr named Greenberg his successor. The company went public in 1969.[29]
The 1970s presented many challenges for AIG as operations in the Middle East and Southeast Asia were curtailed or ceased altogether due to the changing political landscape. However, AIG continued to expand its markets by introducing specialized energy, transportation, and shipping products to serve the needs of niche industries.[30]
1979–2000: new opportunities and directions
[edit]During the 1980s, AIG continued expanding its market distribution and worldwide network by offering a wide range of specialized products, including pollution liability[30] and political risk.[30] In 1984, AIG listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).[31] Throughout the 1990s, AIG developed new sources of income through diverse investments, including the acquisition of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a provider of leased aircraft to the airline industry.[17] In 1992, AIG received the first foreign insurance license granted in over 40 years by the Chinese government. Within the U.S., AIG acquired SunAmerica Inc. a retirement savings company managed by Eli Broad, in 1999.[32]
2000–2012: further expansion and decline
[edit]Growth
[edit]The early 2000s saw a marked period of growth as AIG acquired American General Corporation, a leading domestic life insurance and annuities provider,[33] and AIG entered new markets including India.[34] In February 2000, AIG created a strategic advisory venture team with the Blackstone Group and Kissinger Associates "to provide financial advisory services to corporations seeking high level independent strategic advice".[35] AIG was an investor in Blackstone from 1998 to March 2012, when it sold all of its shares in the company. Blackstone acted as an adviser for AIG during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[36]
In March 2003 American General merged with Old Line Life Insurance Company.[37]
In the early 2000s, AIG made significant investments in Russia as the country recovered from the 1998 Russian financial crisis. In July 2003, Maurice Greenberg met with Putin to discuss AIG's investments and improving U.S.-Russia economic ties, in anticipation of Putin's meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush later that year."[38]
In November 2004, AIG reached a $126 million (~$195 million in 2023) settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department partly resolving a number of regulatory matters, and the company needed to continue to cooperate with investigators continuing to probe the sale of a non-traditional insurance product.[39]
Accounting scandal
[edit]In 2005, AIG became embroiled in a series of fraud investigations conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Justice Department, and New York State Attorney General's Office. Greenberg was ousted amid an accounting scandal in February 2005.[40][41] The New York Attorney General's investigation led to a $1.6 billion fine for AIG and criminal charges for some of its executives.[42]
On May 1, 2005, investigations conducted by outside counsel at the request of AIG's Audit Committee and the consultation with AIG's independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP resulted in AIG's decision to restate its financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2004, and 2003 and the quarter ended December 31, 2003.[43] On November 9, 2005, the company was said to have delayed its third-quarter earnings report because it had to restate earlier financial results, to correct accounting errors.[44]
Expansion to the credit default insurance market
[edit]Martin J. Sullivan became CEO of the company in 2005. He began his career at AIG as a clerk in its London office in 1970.[45] AIG then took on tens of billions of dollars of risk associated with mortgages. It insured tens of billions of dollars of derivatives against default, but did not purchase reinsurance to hedge that risk. Secondly, it used collateral on deposit to buy mortgage-backed securities. When losses hit the mortgage market in 2007–2008, AIG had to pay out insurance claims and also replace the losses in its collateral accounts.[46]
AIG purchased the remaining 39% that it did not own of online auto insurance specialist 21st Century Insurance in 2007 for $749 million.[47] With the failure of the parent company and the continuing recession in late 2008, AIG rebranded its insurance unit to 21st Century Insurance.[48][49]
On June 11, 2008, three stockholders, collectively owning 4% of the outstanding stock of AIG, delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of AIG seeking to oust CEO Martin Sullivan and make certain other management and Board of Directors changes.[50]
On June 15, 2008, after disclosure of financial losses and subsequent to a falling stock price, Sullivan resigned and was replaced by Robert B. Willumstad, Chairman of the AIG Board of Directors since 2006. Willumstad was forced by the US government to step down and was replaced by Ed Liddy on September 17, 2008.[51] AIG's board of directors named Bob Benmosche CEO on August 3, 2009, to replace Liddy, who earlier in the year announced his retirement.[52]
2008 liquidity crisis and government bailout
[edit]In late 2008, the federal government bailed out AIG for $180 billion, and technically assumed control, because many believed its failure would endanger the financial integrity of other major firms that were its trading partners--Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, as well as dozens of European banks.[53][54] In January 2011, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission issued one of many critical governmental reports, deciding that AIG failed and was rescued by the government primarily because its enormous sales of credit default swaps were made without putting up the initial collateral, setting aside capital reserves, or hedging its exposure, which one analyst considered a profound failure in corporate governance, particularly its risk management practices.[15] Other analysts believed AIG's failure was possible because of the sweeping deregulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, including credit default swaps, which effectively eliminated federal and state regulation of these products, including capital and margin requirements that would have lessened the likelihood of AIG's failure.[55][56]
Illustrating the danger of an AIG bankruptcy, a September 17, 2008, CNN Money article stated, "But in AIG's case, the situation is even more serious. The company is much larger and complex than Lehman Brothers and its assets hitting the market all at once would likely cause worldwide chaos and send values plummeting. Experts question whether there are even enough qualified buyers out there to digest the company and its subsidiaries."[57]
AIG had sold credit protection through its London unit in the form of credit default swaps (CDSs) on collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) but by 2008, they had declined in value.[58][59] AIG's Financial Products division, headed by Joseph Cassano in London, had entered into credit default swaps to insure $441 billion worth of securities originally rated AAA. Of those securities, $57.8 billion were structured debt securities backed by subprime loans.[58][60] As a result, AIG's credit rating was downgraded and it was required to post additional collateral with its trading counter-parties, leading to a liquidity crisis that began on September 16, 2008, and essentially bankrupted all of AIG. The New York United States Federal Reserve Bank (led by Timothy Geithner who would later become Treasury secretary) stepped in, announcing creation of a secured credit facility, initially of up to $85 billion to prevent the company's collapse, enabling AIG to deliver additional collateral to its credit default swap trading partners. The credit facility was secured by the stock in AIG-owned subsidiaries in the form of warrants for a 79.9% equity stake in the company and the right to suspend dividends to previously issued common and preferred stock.[61][62] The AIG board accepted the terms of the Federal Reserve rescue package that same day, making it the largest government bailout of a private company in U.S. history.[63][64]
In March 2009, AIG compounded public cynicism concerning the "too big to fail" firm's bailout by announcing that it would pay its executives over $165 million in executive bonuses.[65] Total bonuses for the financial unit could reach $450 million, and bonuses for the entire company could reach $1.2 billion. Newly inaugurated President Barack Obama, who had voted for TARP as a Senator[66] responded to the planned payments by saying "[I]t's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay. How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?"[67] Both Democratic and Republican politicians reacted with similar outrage to the planned bonuses, as did political commentators and journalists in the AIG bonus payments controversy.
AIG began selling some assets to pay off its government loans in September 2008 despite a global decline in the valuation of insurance businesses, and the weakening financial condition of potential bidders.[68] In December 2009, AIG formed international life insurance subsidiaries, American International Assurance Company, Limited (AIA) and American Life Insurance Company (ALICO), which were transferred to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to reduce its debt by $25 billion.[69] AIG sold its Hartford Steam Boiler unit on March 31, 2009, to Munich Re for $742 million.[70][71] On April 16, 2009, AIG announced plans to sell its 21st Century Insurance subsidiary to Farmers Insurance Group for $1.9 billion.[72] In June 2009 AIG sold its majority ownership of reinsurer Transatlantic Re.[73] The Wall Street Journal reported on September 7, 2009, that Pacific Century Group had agreed to pay $500 million for a part of AIG's asset management business, and that they also expected to pay an additional $200 million to AIG in carried interest and other payments linked to future performance of the business.[74]
AIG then sold its American Life Insurance Co. (ALICO) to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion in cash and MetLife stock in March 2010.[75] Bloomberg L.P. reported on March 29, 2010, that after almost three months of delays, AIG had completed the $500 million sale of a portion of its asset management business, branded PineBridge Investments, to the Asia-based Pacific Century Group.[76] Fortress Investment Group purchased 80% of the interest in financing company American General Finance in August 2010.[77] In September 2010 AIG sold AIG Starr and AIG Edison, two of its Japan-based companies, to Prudential Financial for $4.2 billion in cash and $600 million in assumption of third party AIG debt by Prudential.[78] On November 1, 2010, AIG raised $36.71 billion from both the sale of ALICO and its IPO of AIA. Proceeds went to repay some of the aid it received from the government during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[79]
AIG sold its Taiwanese life insurance company Nan Shan Life to a consortium of buyers for $2.16 billion in January 2011.[80] Due to the Q3 2011 net loss widening, on November 3, 2011, AIG shares plunged 49 percent year to date. The insurer's board approved a share buyback of as much as $1 billion.[81]
Nine years after the initial bailout, in 2017, the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council removed AIG from its list of too-big-to-fail institutions.[82]
2012–2016: modern era
[edit]The United States Department of the Treasury announced an offering of 188.5 million shares of AIG for a total of $5.8 billion on May 7, 2012. The sale reduced Treasury's stake in AIG to 61 percent, from 70 percent before the transaction.[83] Four months later, on September 6, 2012, AIG sold $2 billion of its investment in AIA to repay government loans. The board also approved a $5 billion stock repurchase of government-owned shares in AIA.[84] The next week, on September 14, 2012, the Department of Treasury completed its fifth sale of AIG common stock, with proceeds of approximately $20.7 billion, reducing the Treasury's ownership stake in AIG to approximately 15.9 percent from 53 percent. Government commitments were fully recovered, and Treasury and the FRBNY to date had received a combined positive return of approximately $15.1 billion.[85]
On October 12, 2012, AIG announced a five and a half year agreement to sponsor six New Zealand–based rugby teams, including the world champion All Blacks. The AIG logo and the Adidas logo, the league's primary sponsor, were displayed on the league's team jerseys.[86]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury in December 2012 published an itemized list of the loans, stock purchases, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and other investments engaged in with AIG, the amount AIG paid back and the positive return on the loans and investments to the government.[87] The Treasury said that it and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provided a total $182.3 billion to AIG, which paid back a total $205 billion, for a total positive return, or profit, to the government of $22.7 billion. In addition, AIG sold off a number of its own assets to raise money to pay back the government. On December 14, 2012, the Treasury Department sold the last of its AIG stock in its sixth stock sale for a total of approximately $7.6 billion. In total, the Treasury Department realized a gain of more than $22 billion from the sale of AIG common stock and $0.9 billion from the sale of AIG preferred stock.[16] The same month, Robert Benmosche announced that he would be stepping down from his position as president and CEO due to his advancing lung cancer.[88][89]
AIG began an advertising campaign on January 1, 2013, called "Thank You America," in which several company employees, including AIG President and CEO Robert Benmosche, talked directly to the camera and offered their thanks for the government assistance.[90] Peter Hancock succeeded Benmosche as president and CEO of AIG in September 2014.[91] While Benmosche stayed on in an advisory role,[91] he died in February the following year.[92]
In June 2015, Taiwan's Nan Shan Life Insurance acquired a stake in AIG's subsidiary in Taiwan for a fee of $158 million.[93] Later that year, activist investor Carl Icahn called for a breakup of AIG, describing the company as "too big to succeed".[94] AIG announced plans for an initial public offering of 19.9 percent of United Guaranty Corp., a Greensboro, North Carolina–based provider of mortgage insurance for lenders in January 2016.[95] Later that year, Icahn won a seat on the board of directors and continued to pressure the company to split up its major divisions.[96] AIG also began a joint venture with Hamilton Insurance Group and Two Sigma Investments to serve the insurance needs of small- to medium-sized enterprises. Industry veteran Brian Duperreault became the chairman of the new entity, and Richard Friesenhahn, the executive vice president of U.S. casualty lines at AIG, became CEO.[97] In August 2016, AIG sold off United Guaranty, its mortgage-guarantee unit, to Arch Capital Group, a Bermuda-based insurer, for $3.4 billion.[98]
2017
[edit]Brian Duperreault was appointed CEO of AIG on May 15, 2017.[8] Duperreault, who previously worked at AIG from 1973 until 1994,[99] was hired as CEO from Hamilton Insurance Group[100] following Hancock's announcement in March 2017 that he would step down as AIG CEO under pressure after a period of disappointing financial results.[101] Due to previous calls in 2015 and 2016 to shrink or break up AIG, Duperreault announced his intention to grow AIG and maintain its multiline structure[99] as a provider of life and retirement solutions and non-life insurance,[102] outlining a strategy to focus on technology, "underwriting discipline," and diversification.[103]
2017[104] through early 2019[105] saw AIG hire a number of new upper level executives.[104][106] In 2017, Duperreault named Peter Zaffino[104] as AIG COO,[107] later also naming him CEO of AIG's General Insurance business.[108] Zaffino succeeded Duperreault as president of AIG in January 2020, with Duperreault remaining AIG's CEO.[109] The company announced plans in 2017 to reorganize its Commercial and Consumer segments into General Insurance and Life & Retirement, respectively.[110][7] In September 2017, the Financial Stability Oversight Council[111] determined that AIG was no longer considered a nonbank systemically important financial institution (SIFI).[106] Duperreault commented in response that the development reflected "the progress made since 2008 to de-risk the company."[102]
2018–2023
[edit]AIG made a number of acquisitions in 2018.[112][113] That July, AIG acquired Validus Holdings Ltd., a provider of reinsurance based in Bermuda. The company was also a Lloyd's of London syndicate, involved in insurance-linked securities,[114] a specialist in US small commercial excess and surplus underwriting, and a provider of crop insurance.[115][116] The deal "brought in fresh underwriting talent," particularly in property risk and catastrophe risk.[114] Also in 2018 AIG acquired Ellipse, a UK life insurance business,[117] from Munich Re.[106] In 2018, AIG established Fortitude Re to hold most of its run-off portfolios and late in 2018 sold a minority stake to The Carlyle Group.[118] In November 2019, a Carlyle-managed fund and T&D Holdings acquired a majority interest in Fortitude Re, leaving AIG with a 3.5% stake "subject to required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions."[119]
Duperreault and Zaffino set out a turnaround strategy for the General Insurance business in 2017 and began execution. In 2019,[109] Duperreault stated that the new executive team had restructured the business, implemented new risk and underwriting guidelines, and "overhauled its reinsurance buying strategy."[120]
In 2019, Duperreault and Zaffino announced "AIG 200", a multi-year program to improve operations by shedding legacy processes and excess manual interventions, modernizing and digitizing workflows, and unifying operations.[121] Also during that month, AIG reported its second consecutive quarter of underwriting profits,[122] and AIG's Life and Retirement business, led by CEO Kevin Hogan, delivered "solid growth" and returns despite a volatile credit and equity market.[123] In January 2020, AIG announced it was ending its decade-long sponsorship of the All Blacks in 2021.[124]
On March 1, 2021, Peter Zaffino succeeded Brian Duperreault as AIG's CEO, with Duperreault becoming executive chairman of the board.[125] Then, in January 2022, Zaffino also became chairman of the AIG board.[126]
As part of AIG's 2020 plan to form an independent company of its life and retirement insurance business with a 2022 IPO, the company announced, in July 2021, that Blackstone Group would acquire 9.9% of the new unit for $2.2 billion cash. Blackstone and AIG also entered a long-term asset management agreement for about one quarter of AIG's life and retirement portfolio, set to increase in subsequent years.[127] After the spin-off, Corebridge Financial became an independent entity, raising $1.68 billion in the largest U.S. IPO of 2022.[128][129]
In February 2023, AIG and Stone Point Capital entered into an agreement to establish an independent managing general agency and relocate AIG's current private client group to the independent new company, Private Client Select Insurance Services (PCS).[130][131] That May, AIG agreed to sell subsidiary Crop Risk Services to American Financial Group for $240 million,[132] as well as Validus Re, including AlphaCat and the Talbot Treaty reinsurance business, to RenaissanceRe for $2.985 billion, in cash and RenaissanceRe common shares.[133]
2024
[edit]In March 2024, British regulators cleared the sale of the UK arm of AIG Life Ltd to British insurer Aviva for £460 million.[134]
Business
[edit]In Australia and China, AIG is identified as a large financial institution and provider of financial services including credit security mechanisms.[135][136] In the United States, AIG is the largest underwriter of commercial and industrial insurance.[137]
AIG offers property casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement products, mortgage insurance and other financial services.[138] In the third quarter of 2012, the global property-and-casualty insurance business, Chartis, was renamed AIG Property Casualty. SunAmerica, life-insurance and retirement-services division, was renamed AIG Life and Retirement; other existing brands continue to be used in certain geographies and market segments.[138][139]
Sponsorships
[edit]AIG was the shirt sponsor of the English football club Manchester United F.C. between 2006 and 2010. AIG was the first American shirt sponsor of the club and AIG shirts were worn for one of the most concentrated periods of success in the club's history, coinciding with Sir Alex Ferguson's third great United team, which won three Premier League titles, as well as the Champions League, in the space of four seasons.[140]
In 2019, AIG signed a five-year contract to be the title sponsor of Women's British Open, its first deal in golf.[141] In 2020, the contract was extended to 2025 and the championship was rebranded as the AIG Women's Open,[142] with the largest major women's golf prize fund in 2021, totaling $US5.8 million.[143] The AIG Women's Open set a new benchmark in 2022 of $7.3 million for women's major championship golf prize payouts,[144][145] increasing the tournament's purse 125% since 2018.[146] In 2023, AIG announced it will continue as the title sponsor of the event through 2030, along with another increase in the total purse to $9 million.[147]
Subsidiaries
[edit]- AIG Europe S.A.[148]
- American General Life Insurance Company[148]
- American Home Assurance Company[148]
- Lexington Insurance Company[148]
- National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA[148]
- The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York[149][148]
- The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC)[148]
- American International Group UK Ltd.[148]
- AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd.[148]
- Validus Reinsurance, Ltd.[148]
Bailout litigation
[edit]- Starr International Co v U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Hank Greenberg, with lead lawyer David Boies, independently sued the U.S. Government for money damages in the United States Court of Federal Claims in 2011.[150] The AIG board had announced on January 9 that the company would not join the lawsuit.[151] After hearing thirty-seven days of testimony from Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Hank Paulson and others,[152] Judge Thomas C. Wheeler ruled that the Federal Reserve payment to AIG had been an illegal exaction, as the Federal Reserve Act did not authorize the New York Fed to nationalize a corporation by owning its stock.[153] Judge Wheeler did not award compensation to the plaintiffs, ruling that they did not suffer economic damage because "if the government had done nothing, the shareholders would have been left with 100 percent of nothing."[154]
Greenberg and the U.S. Government appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which ruled that Greenberg had no legal right to challenge the bailout because that right belonged to AIG, which in this case, chose not to sue.[155]
- AIG Inc. et al. v. Maiden Lane II LLC
AIG filed suit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in January 2013 in order to maintain the former's right to sue Bank of America and other issuers of bad mortgage debt.[156] The specific issue was whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York transferred $18 billion in litigation claims on troubled mortgage debt through Maiden Lane Transactions, entities created by the Fed in 2008.[157] This transaction, AIG argued, prevented them from recouping losses from insured banks. Owing to events which allowed AIG to proceed in another related case, AIG Inc. v. Bank of America Corporation LLC, AIG withdrew the Maiden Lane case "without prejudice" on May 28, 2013.[158]
- AIG Inc. v. Bank of America Corporation LLC
On May 7, 2013, Los Angeles U.S. District Judge, Mariana Pfaelzer, ruled in a case between AIG and Bank of America concerning possible misrepresentations by Merrill Lynch and Countrywide as to the quality of the mortgage portfolio, that $7.3 billion of the disputed claims had not been assigned.[158] The two parties settled in July 2014, with Bank of America paying out $650 million to AIG, who in turn dismissed their litigation.[159]
Corporate governance
[edit]Board of directors
[edit]In July 2023, the AIG board includes:[160][161][162]
- Paola Bergamaschi – former executive at State Street, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs
- James Cole Jr. – chairman and CEO, The Jasco Group
- John Rice – former vice chairman of GE, former president and CEO of the GE Global Growth Organization[163]
- W. Don Cornwell – former chairman and CEO, Granite Broadcasting Corporation
- Linda A. Mills – former vice president of operations, Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Diana M. Murphy – managing director, Rocksolid Holdings; former president, USGA[164]
- Peter R. Porrino – former executive vice president and CFO, XL Group Ltd
- Therese M. Vaughn – former CEO, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
- Vanessa A. Wittman – former CFO, Glossier, Dropbox, Marsh McLennan[164]
- Peter Zaffino – chairman and CEO, AIG
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- ^ a b "Diana Murphy and Vanessa Wittman to Join AIG's Board of Directors". The Wall Street Journal. February 27, 2023. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Angelides, Phil (2011). Financial Crisis Inquiry Report. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4379-8072-1.
- Cunningham, Lawrence A.; Greenberg, Maurice R. (2013). The AIG story. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1118345870.
- Sjostrom, William K. Jr. (November 2009). "The AIG Bailout". Washington and Lee Law Review. 66. SSRN 1346552.
- "An Insurance Giant, Brought Down". The New York Times. September 27, 2008. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008. (Graphic)
- "Losses in Perspective" New York Times. September 17, 2008. (Graphic of AIG quarterly net profit & losses over five years, comparing Finance vs. Insurance activities.)
- Marsh, Bill (September 28, 2008). "A Tally of Federal Rescues". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 1, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
- Schneiderman, R.M; Caulfield, Philip; Fang, Celena; Goodridge, Elisabeth; Bajaj, Vikas (September 15, 2008). "How a Market Crisis Unfolded: Some of the key events in the upheaval". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2008. (Graphic and interactive timeline.)
- Boyd, Roddy (2011). Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-88980-0.
- Shelp, Ron (2006). Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-91696-X.
- For a list of counterparties receiving U.S. taxpayer dollars, see: Business Week – List of Counterparties and Payouts
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Business data for American International Group, Inc.:
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