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AIG Elects Bensinger, McFate to Positions

Oct 9 2002 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has elected Steven Bensinger vice president and treasurer of AIG. He will report to Howard Smith, AIG vice chairman, chief financial officer and chief administrative...

AIG Appoints Schreiber Vice President, Strategic Planning

Sep 23 2002 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) appointed Brian Schreiber vice president, Strategic Planning. Schreiber is managing director of AIG Global Investment Group, Inc., with responsibility for mergers, acquisitions and...

AIG Unveils New Policy

Sep 19 2002 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) has unveiled Independent Directors Liability Insurance, a standalone policy designed to protect the personal assets of independent directors in case corporate wrongdoing prevents...

Speculation Grows on AIG Takeover of Zurich

Sep 2 2002 // Rumors of a possible takeover of Zurich Finan-cial by U.S. insurance juggernaut American International Group (AIG) gained steam as the Swiss concern’s stock rose sharply last week. According to Reuters, speculative...

Sept. 11 Revisited: The Future of the Industry

Sep 2 2002 // When the nation awoke on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, little did it know that the events over the next few hours would change its lives forever. Not only were there thousands of lives lost and injured, but many more...

Exclusions Persist as Congress Debates Federal Terrorism Backstop Legislation

Sep 2 2002 // Nearly a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the issue of federal insurance backstop legislation to protect carriers against future losses stemming from more attacks remains a crucial yet unresolved issue for the...

Speculation Grows on AIG Takeover of Zurich

Sep 2 2002 // Rumors of a possible takeover of Zurich Financial by U.S. insurance juggernaut American International Group (AIG) gained steam as the Swiss concern’s stock rose sharply last week. According to Reuters, speculative...

A Year Later, Industry Takes Stock of Itself

Sep 2 2002 // When the nation awoke on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, little did it know that the events over the next few hours would change its lives forever. Not only were there thousands of lives lost and injured, but many more...

Exclusions Persist as Congress Debates Federal Terrorism Backstop Legislation

Sep 2 2002 // Nearly a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the issue of federal insurance backstop legislation to protect carriers against future losses stemming from more attacks remains a crucial yet unresolved issue for the...

EPIX Links with AIG to Provide Workers’ Compensation Coverage

Aug 29 2002 // EPIX Holdings Corporation, a privately held Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) headquartered in Tampa, Fla., annouced it has established a relationship with American International Group Inc. (AIG) to provide...

AIG to Treat Stock Options as Expense

Aug 13 2002 // American International Group Inc said it will begin treating stock options as an expense from the beginning of 2003. Chief Executive Maurice Greenberg had said last month when the company announced second-quarter results...

AIU Makes Appointments to Divisions

Aug 12 2002 // American International Underwriters (AIU), the international property-casualty insurance organization of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has named Julio Portalatin president of its Accident & Health Division...

AIG Subsidiary Signs Letter of Intent to Combine Operations of Excess Inc.

Aug 8 2002 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced that its subsidiary Risk Specialists Companies, Inc. has signed a letter of intent to combine the operations of Excess, Inc. with Medical Excess Insurance Services...

AIG Says P/C Rates Likely to Continue Rising

Jul 26 2002 // AIG chairman M.R. Greenberg says that property and casualty rates are likely to continue their upward climb in 2003. Greenberg reported in a conference call with analysts that insurers are rebuilding their capital base,...

AIG Sells $519M Premium ABS

Jul 25 2002 // American International Group Inc. recently offered about $519 million in asset- backed securities, supported by insurance premiums from its commercial policyholders, market sources said. Salomon Smith Barney headed the...

CDI Serves Cease & Desist Order on Harbour Insurance

Jun 28 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has served a cease and desist order to Clarence Joseph Hall a/k/a Joseph Hall a/k/a Joe Hall of Harbour Special Events, Harbour Entertainment & Sports, Harbour Sports...

China Opening Doors to Insurance Contacts

Jun 24 2002 // Some recent events indicate that the Chinese insurance market is becoming more open to foreign insurers. U.S. and Chinese regulators recently concluded an agreement to begin sharing information; AIG opened an office in the...

China Opening Doors to Insurance Contacts

Jun 24 2002 // Some recent events indicate that the Chinese insurance market is becoming more open to foreign insurers. U.S. and Chinese regulators recently concluded an agreement to begin sharing information; AIG opened an office in the...

AIG Expands DO Coverage to Include Business Travel

Jun 21 2002 // American International Group announced that a number of its operating companies have enhanced their Directors, Officers and Corporate Liability insurance coverage to include Business Travel Accident Insurance and Travel...

China May Limit AIG’s Subsidiary Ownership

Jun 13 2002 // According to several news reports, an official of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) told reporters at a news conference on June 11 that American International Group wouldn’t receive any more licenses...