American International Group Inc. announced appointments today for two executives whom it said would have a major involvement in efforts to liquidate assets and restructure the firm to pay off government debt.

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Hartford Financial Services Group could possibly sell its property-casualty insurance operations for up to $7 billion, according to a UBS analysis issued after reports that the company is shopping the property.

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide Corporation announced here earlier this week it has added a service to modeling of industrial and energy facilities, including offshore platforms and networks to its system.