American International Group Inc. announced that Anastasia D.Kelly, AIG executive vice president, general counsel, has beennamed vice chairman.

Ms. Kelly, who was also serving as senior regulatory andcompliance officer, will report to AIG Chairman and Chief ExecutiveOfficer Edward J. Liddy, the company said.

In her new position, Ms. Kelly will assume responsibility forthe Communications, Corporate Affairs and Human Resourcesfunctions, in addition to her present responsibilities for GlobalLegal, Compliance and Regulatory matters.

Commenting on Ms. Kelly's new position, Mr. Liddy said: “Withthe alignment of policy functions under Stasia's leadership and therecent organization of administrative functions under Vice ChairmanRichard Booth and asset disposition functions under Vice ChairmanPaula Reynolds, AIG's corporate activities are better positioned toachieve our goals of repaying American taxpayers and restoringAIG's financial health.”

Ms. Kelly joined AIG in September 2006. She was previouslyexecutive vice president and general counsel of MCI/WorldCom, whereshe served as the chief legal officer from 2003 untilMCI/WorldCom's merger with Verizon early in 2006.

Before that, she served as general counsel of Sears, Roebuck andFannie Mae, and was a partner at Wilmer Hale in Washington,D.C.