American International Group said last week that despite the ongoing investigations by federal authorities, they know of no illegal activity by the company's controversial financial products unit.
American International Group said today that despite the ongoing investigations by federal authorities, they know of no illegal activity by the company's controversial financial products unit.
American International Group Chief Executive Officer Edward Liddy has been asked to testify before a House oversight committee May 6 on what caused the downfall of AIG.
Former American International Group Chief Executive Officer Maurice Greenberg arrived on Capitol Hill last week to tell a House panel how the government should fix AIG, but heard a congressman call him the wrong witness because of his own legal problems.
In a report last week, the General Accounting Office advised Treasury to withhold $30 billion from American International Group until the company agrees to renegotiate contracts with employees and final counterparties.
Proceeding as planned and selling the company at this time "would bring the government only pennies on the dollar for their investment in AIG," Greenberg, the former chairman of AIG, New York,
Former American International Group Chief Executive Officer Maurice Greenberg arrived here to tell a House panel how the government should fix AIG and heard a congressman call him the wrong witness because of his legal problems.
Three pension funds are asking the government trustees overseeing the U.S. loan to American International Group to withhold their support for one of the AIG board members who served on the company's compensation committee.
AIG Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Edward Liddy said today he agreed to pay bonuses to employees at its troubled Financial Products unit only because "I am trying to prevent an uncontrolled collapse of that business."
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group, said the executives who recently received bonuses do not deserve them because they lost money for the company.