AIG May Get $30 Billion in Additional U.S. Capital
Bloomberg
March 1, 2009
By Hugh Son and Rebecca Christie

March 1 (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the insurer deemed too important to fail, may get a commitment for as much as $30 billion in new government capital after a record quarterly loss, said two people familiar with the matter.

The insurer may also be allowed to make lower payments on government loans, said the people, who declined to be identified because there was no public announcement. New York-based AIG may forfeit part of stakes in its two largest non-U.S. life insurance divisions to lower the firm’s debt, the people said.

AIG, first saved from collapse in September with a package that grew to $150 billion, had to restructure its bailout after failing to sell enough units to repay the U.S. Firms including banks relied on AIG to back more than $300 billion of assets through derivative contracts as of Sept. 30, making the insurer a “systematically significant failing institution” that has to be propped up, according to the Treasury.

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So much for the bailout. I was opposed to it when they first brought it up. It just encourages more irresponsible behavior. Also, all that money went to the executives, not helping the banks.