NU Online News Service, May 4, 3:45 p.m.EDT--Ousted American International Group CEO Maurice"Hank" Greenberg is considering suing his former company to gainaccess to his personal papers and other possessions, his spokesmanconfirmed today.

Among the items sought by Mr. Greenberg are personal lettersfrom his mother sent during World War II, his dog's medicalrecords, and valuable artwork, said Mr. Greenberg's spokesmanHoward Opinksy.

"We still have not been able to collect his personal belongings,and in particular [his dog] Snowball's medical records," Mr.Opinsky said. "Since we can't really determine why those would beunder subpoena, there is no reason that they should not releasethem."

For the past few months, the New York-based insurance giant hasbeen the target of investigations by New York Attorney GeneralEliot Spitzer in connection with both contingency fee payments andaccounting irregularities stemming for the most part from the useof finite insurance products.

On Sunday the company issued a press release stating thatshareholders equity would be reduced by approximately $2.7 billionin connection with accounting errors. AIG also will restate itsfinancial results for the four-year 2000-2004 period.

In addition to Mr. Spitzer, the company also is beinginvestigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and theNew York Insurance Department.

Some press reports have indicated the company is not releasingany files--personal or otherwise--that might be targets of asubpoena.

AIG spokesman Joseph Norton said he had no comment on thematter.

In addition to accounting irregularities, the fight between Mr.Greenberg and the company he once was so personally identified withalso centers on three private companies controlled by AIG that nowmust be separated from it. They are Starr International, long usedas a deferred-pay and investment plan for top AIG management; CVStarr & Co., which does insurance underwriting and brokeragebusiness with AIG; and the Starr Foundation, a philanthropy. Allare named after Cornelius Vander Starr, who founded AIG 86 yearsago.

"This suit would include the Starr items as well. There isartwork including a Van Gogh and some Remingtons," Mr. Opinksysaid. "Those are all clearly the property of C.V. Starr or StarrInternational, many of which were left to the company by C.V Starrhimself."

Their ownership is not contested by AIG, he added.

"There has been an arduous process of investigation conducted byboth sides," he said. "We are not aware of any subpoenas that arecovering the paintings, letters from his mother or his dog'smedical records."

The dog he referred to is Snowball. The white Maltese survived about of cancer, thanks to radiation and chemotherapy treatments,Mr. Opinsky confirmed. To thank the Cornell University AnimalHospital for its role saving the dog's life, Mr. Greenberg donatedmoney for a magnetic resonance imaging machine to the college'sveterinary hospital.

Mr. Opinksy said Mr. Greenberg acknowledged that any documentsunder subpoena should not be handed over until the issues areworked out.

"We are not in control of the property and so we have not beengiven any subpoenas, and I don't know that they have produced any,"he said. "But surely not for the dog's medical records."