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AIG Fires Interim CFO

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American International Group said Monday that it terminated Mark Lyons from his position as AIG’s interim chief financial officer and executive vice president, global chief actuary and head of portfolio management after becoming aware that he violated his confidentiality/non-disclosure obligations.

These alleged violations were unrelated to the insurance giant’s financial statements, financial reporting generally and related disclosure controls and procedures, or reserves, according to a company release. In recognition of Lyons’ contributions to AIG since he joined the company in 2018, AIG entered into a settlement agreement with him.

AIG, which fired Lyons from his roles on Jan. 24 — two weeks after announcing his appointment as interim CFO — agreed to pay him $7.5 million as part of a settlement agreement, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AIG ended his employment in all other respects on Monday, and Lyons resigned from the board of directors of Corebridge Financial, AIG’s recently spun off life and annuity business.

On Jan. 10, AIG announced that Lyons, who previously served as AIG’s CFO, was appointed interim CFO as CFO Shane Fitzsimons, executive vice president, took a temporary but immediate medical leave of absence. Lyons took on the interim CFO job in addition to his role as EVP, global chief actuary and head of portfolio management.

Sabra Purtill has been named AIG’s interim CFO, and Turab Hussain has been tapped as AIG’s interim global chief actuary. Purtill previously was chief investment officer of Corebridge Financial. Before that, she served as AIG’s EVP, chief risk officer and deputy CFO, the company said.

Purtill’s earlier positions included senior leadership roles in finance and investor relations at The Hartford Financial Services Group, Assured Guaranty and ACE, now Chubb.

Hussain previously was AIG’s chief risk officer, general insurance. Past jobs included chief risk and actuarial officer at PartnerRe, chief insurance risk officer at The Hartford Financial Services Group, and senior actuarial and underwriting posts at The Hartford, Arch Insurance Group and American Reinsurance.

AIG has been working to split from its life and annuity business. The company announced a deal in 2021 that put about 9.9% of this business into the hands of Blackstone Financial, and it sold a 12% stake to investors through an initial public offering in September 2022.

The firm ended the third quarter of 2022 with a 77.7% stake in Corebridge, according to a 10-Q quarterly financial statement filed with the SEC.

Allison Bell contributed reporting.


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