American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global insurance holding company that provides a broad range of property-casualty insurance, specialty insurance, and risk management solutions to institutional, commercial and individual customers. Through its operating subsidiaries, AIG underwrites commercial and personal lines products—ranging from general liability, property, and casualty coverages to specialty lines such as professional liability, surety, cyber and marine—along with related services designed to help clients manage and transfer risk.
The company also has a long history in life insurance, retirement solutions and asset management through businesses that have been restructured or separated over time. AIG traces its origins to 1919, when Cornelius Vander Starr founded the enterprise in Shanghai; it later established its headquarters in New York City. The firm underwent significant restructuring in the years following the 2008 financial crisis and has since focused on strengthening its core insurance operations and simplifying its organizational structure.
AIG operates internationally and serves customers across a broad geographic footprint, doing business in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions and writing insurance for small businesses up to large multinational corporations. Corporate leadership is headed by CEO Peter Zaffino, and the company maintains an executive and board structure to oversee strategy, underwriting, capital management and distribution initiatives. AIG continues to evolve its product offerings and distribution channels to meet changing client needs and risk environments around the world.