The House That Hank Expanded

1968. Greenberg succeeds Starr as chief executive of AIG.

1968. AIG acquires a majority stake in National Union Fire Insurance Company, Pittsburgh, the parent of National Union Life Insurance Company. AIG goes on to change the name of National Union Life to AIG Life and make the unit the core of its U.S. life and annuity operations.

1980. AIG begins using American International Life Assurance Company of New York, a unit previously included in its American Home unit, to sell life insurance to U.S.-based multinationals.

1989. Greenberg named AIG chairman.

1999. AIG acquires SunAmerica Inc., Los Angeles, a major annuity seller, for $18 billion.

2001. AIG acquires American General Corp., Houston, a major life and annuity seller, for $23 billion.

2004. AIG ranks first in terms of general account assets in the U.S. life insurance market, second in terms of total net life insurance premiums and third in terms of total net annuity considerations, according to data published by the American Council of Life Insurers, Washington.

–Allison Bell

Sources: AIG company reports; Bests Insurance Reports; The Encyclopedia of Capitalism; David M. Lamptons “Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing U.S.- China Relations, 1989-2000″; January 1935 issue of Fortune magazine

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