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American International Group, Inc. – also known as AIG – is an American multinational insurance corporation with more than 88 million customers in 130 countries. AIG companies employ over 64,000 people in 90 countries. The company operates through three businesses: AIG Property Casualty, AIG Life and Retirement and United Guaranty Corporation (UGC). AIG Property Casualty provides insurance products for commercial, institutional and individual customers. AIG Life and Retirement provides life insurance and retirement services in the United States. UGC focuses on mortgage guaranty insurance and mortgage insurance. AIG also focuses on global capital markets operations, direct investment and retained interests.

AIG was a central player in the financial crisis of 2008. It was bailed out by the federal government for $180 billion, and the government took control. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) of the US government concluded AIG failed primarily because it sold massive amounts of insurance without hedging its investment. Its :

enormous sales of credit default swaps were made without putting up initial collateral, setting aside capital reserves, or hedging its exposure — a profound failure in corporate governance, particularly its risk-management practices."^[4]

AIG’s corporate headquarters are in New York City, its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) headquarters are inLondon, and its Asian headquarters are in Hong Kong. The company serves 98% of the Fortune 500 companies, 96% of Fortune 1000, and 90% of Fortune Global 500, and insures 40% of Forbes 400 Richest Americans. AIG was ranked 40th largest company in the 2014 Fortune 500 list.^[5] According to the 2014 Forbes Global 2000 list, AIG is the 42nd-largest public company in the world.^[6] On March 31, 2015 AIG had a market capitalization of $75.04 billion.

American International Group, Inc.

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: AIG S&P 500 Component
Industry	Insurance, Financial services
Founded	Shanghai, China in (1919)[1]
Founder	Cornelius Vander Starr
Headquarters	New York City, New York,United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Peter Hancock (President & CEO) Robert S. Miller (Chairman)[2]
Products	Insurance, Property Casualty: Commercial & Consumer, Life & Retirement, Mortgage Insurance
Revenue	US$ 64.4 billion (2014)[3]
Operating income	US$ 10.5 billion (2014)[3]
Net income	US$ 7.52 billion (2014)[3]
Total assets	US$ $515.6 billion (2014)[3]
Total equity	US$ $107.3 billion (2014)[3]
Number of employees	Approximately 65,000 (2014)[3]
Website	http://www.aig.com/