American International Group Inc. defrauded the U.S. by failing to disclose it was selling insurance without a license during negotiations with the government over a bailout in the financial crisis, a former executive claimed in a lawsuit.

Bank-holding companies reported $6.22 billion in insurance-brokerage fee income for 2013, up slightly from $6.2 billion in 2012 as increases by most bank-holding companies were offset by declines at some of the larger ones.

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