AP – THE SALE: American International Group Inc. sold its American Life Insurance Co. division, or Alico, to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion. The deal is AIG’s second big asset sale in two weeks. On March 1, it said it would sell its AIA Group unit to Prudential PLC for $35.5 billion.
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AP – American International Group Inc. said Monday that it will sell its American Life Insurance Co. division for $15.5 billion to MetLife Inc. The government-approved deal, AIG’s second big asset sale in two weeks, will give the insurer more cash to repay the billions of bailout dollars it still owes the government.
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Reuters – MetLife Inc pursued AIG’s foreign life insurance business for two years before finally clinching a $15.5 billion purchase that will give it beachheads in 47 nations from Peru to Bangladesh.
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AFP – US life insurance giant MetLife will acquire a unit of American International Group in a 15.5-billion-dollar deal that will help AIG pay back part of its government bailout, the firms said Monday.
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AP – American International Group Inc. will receive a termination fee of $230.6 million if the sale of its Asian life insurance business to Britain’s Prudential PLC falls through.
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Reuters – A tax question holding up American International Group Inc’s sale of its foreign life insurance unit to MetLife Inc is expected to be resolved favorably, clearing the way for a roughly $15 billion deal, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Reuters – Britain’s Prudential will buy American International Group’s Asian life insurance arm for $35.5 billion in the insurance sector’s biggest deal ever, helping the bailed-out U.S. group repay a big chunk of its taxpayer debt.
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AP – IN LIKE A LION: Stocks began March with hefty gains after several corporate buyouts raised hopes that the economy is strengthening. American International Group, owned mainly by taxpayers, sold its Asian life insurance business to Britain’s Prudential for $35.5 billion.
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Reuters – American International Group Inc agreed to the sale of its Asian life insurance unit to Britain’s Prudential Plc for about $35.5 billion, in a deal that would help the U.S. government get back billions of its bailout money, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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Reuters – Britain’s Prudential Plc plans to do a rights offering of about $20 billion to finance a $35.5 billion purchase of American International Group’s Asian life insurance unit, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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