Latest AIG Headlines

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Undercover on Underwriting: Spitzer Spills AIG’s Secrets in Civil Complaint

Jun 6 2005 // AG Targets Ex-Execs Greenberg and Smith; AIG Restates Financials; Is Settlement Next? From the 1980s until recently, insurance giant American International Group and its top executives “routinely engaged in...

Undercover on Underwriting: Spitzer Spills AIG’s Secrets in Civil Complaint

Jun 6 2005 // AG Targets Ex-Execs Greenberg and Smith; AIG Restates Financials; Is Settlement Next? – Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, AIG CEO, 1992 From the 1980s until recently, insurance giant American International Group...

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has joined the ever-increasing tide of regulatory bodies seeking answers from

Jun 6 2005 // Fla. Orders AIG: ‘Turn Over Detailed Financial Information’ AIG’s admitted misrepresentations on financial statements. A statement from the OIR said the financial community has been rocked with the...

S&P Trims AIG Ratings

Jun 3 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on American International Group Inc. (AIG) to AA from AA-Plus. Standard & Poor’s also removed...

AIG 10K Filing and Restatements Shave 2004 Net Income by 11.9%

May 31 2005 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) announced that it has filed its long-awaited 2004 annual financial report Form 10-K along with adjustments for 2000 through 2003 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As part...

Ohio AG Moves to Block Greenberg Sale of AIG Common Stock to Wife

May 27 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has filed suit against former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg and his wife, Corinne P. Greenberg, in order to put a hold on the transfer of more...

AIG Accountant PWC Alleged to Have Disregarded Warnings

May 27 2005 // The long-time accounting firm for American International Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, reportedly ignored warnings from the audit committee for the AIG board of directors when that panel said in 2001 and 2002 that it...

N.Y. AG Spitzer, Supt. Mills File Civil Suit Against AIG

May 26 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and State Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills announced a lawsuit against the nation’s largest business insurance company, alleging that the firm manipulated its books to...

AIG Staring at Possible Formal Action

May 25 2005 // The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the State’s Insurance Department are near completion on producing a civil complaint against American International...

KOKEN SAYS STATES WATCHING AIG:

May 23 2005 // Responding to the announcement from American International Group that it was restating its financial statements for the years 2000 to present, and that the filing of its 2004 annual report would again be delayed,...

GREENBERG TARGET OF STOCK INQUIRY:

May 23 2005 // The former CEO of American International Group Inc. is once again making headlines. According to the New York Times, federal prosecutors are looking into whether Maurice Greenberg reportedly was in charge of an effort to...

The Nitty Gritty of Blue Collar Programs

May 23 2005 // Program Managers Working for the Working Class For some program administrators, blue is the color of money. While other insurance programs target lawyers, insurance agents and various white-collar occupations, some of the...

News Briefs

May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...

News Briefs

May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...

Fla. Insurance Commission Subpoenas 17 Reinsurers

May 23 2005 // Investigative subpoenas have been issued by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty probing the dealings of 17 reinsurers selling finite risk policies. The companies on the receiving end of the subpoenas, including...

New Markets

May 23 2005 // Staffing Firms Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Company launched SpecialtyOne, an errors and omissions insurance program for management consultants and staffing firms. Target risks for the program include a...

Jury, Spitzer Probing Possible AIG Criminal Indictments

May 20 2005 // A Reuters report on Friday stated that a New York grand jury is investigating potential criminal conduct by individuals at insurance company American International Group Inc. (AIG). According to the report, New York...

Fla. Seeks ‘Answers’: AIG Entities Ordered to Provide Detailed Information

May 19 2005 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has joined the ever-increasing tide of regulatory bodies seeking answers from American International Group Inc. AIG operates 43 licensed insurance entities in the State of...

AIG Lowers N.J. Auto Rates

May 19 2005 // AIG Auto Insurance said it will lower auto insurance costs for more than 55,000 policyholders in New Jersey. Beginning June 30, 2005, AIG Auto Insurance will implement a 4 percent rate decrease, which will lower auto...

Mass. Approves 3% Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction

May 19 2005 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved a 3.0 percent overall average rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates, a savings of $32.6 million in premiums paid by employers. The new rates...