Icahn on AIG split News

Investor Icahn Eases Demand to Split AIG, Giving New CEO Room to Act

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is backing off his demand to break up insurance giant American International Group Inc., following the company’s sale of assets and hiring of a new chief executive officer, a person familiar with the matter said. Icahn, …

Icahn Renews Attack on AIG CEO Hancock; Insists ‘Drastic Shift’ Needed

Activist investor Carl Icahn has again called for American International Group (AIG) to be divided into three separate companies and expressed doubt that AIG CEO Peter Hancock’s planned strategy presentation next week will satisfy his demand. He said that if …

Analyst Says Investors Support Icahn on AIG Revamp

Most American International Group Inc. investors believe that billionaire activist Carl Icahn is right that the insurer needs a new strategy, according to a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst who polled shareholders. In a survey of more than 100 …

Will AIG Management Shakeup Improve Results?

American International Group Inc., the insurer being pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to boost returns, said last week that Chief Financial Officer David Herzog is among top managers leaving the company as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock shakes up …

Credit Markets Oppose Splitting Up AIG

American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock has a bit of ammo as he meets Thursday with activist shareholder Carl Icahn: The credit market has been on the insurer’s side. The cost to protect bondholders against an AIG …

AIG CEO Hancock Rejects Icahn’s Breakup Plan

American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock dismissed activist investor Carl Icahn’s proposal to split the company into three insurers, saying a division would limit earnings diversity and reduce the value of some tax assets. The stock declined …

AIG Has Been Mulling Sale of Mortgage Insurance Unit: WSJ

American International Group Inc. directors have been discussing the sale of the company’s mortgage insurance business “for a while” but “no final decision has been made about the unit,” the Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing sources familiar with the …

Call for Splitting AIG a Challenge to CEO Hancock

Peter Hancock may have met his hardest challenge yet. Since Hancock took over as chief executive officer of American International Group Inc. last year, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s new commercial insurer raided AIG for talent. The integration of two …

Activist Paulson Joins Icahn’s Call to Break Up AIG

Activist investor Carl Icahn said he owns a “large stake” in American International Group Inc. and urged the insurer to spin off its life and mortgage units into public companies to avoid being tagged as a systemically important financial institution. …

Investor Icahn to AIG: Break-Up P/C, Life, Mortgage Units Now