AIG Establishes Investor Help Desk.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2002 American International Group
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (NYSE: AIG; TYO: 8685 ) is a major American insurance corporation based in New York City. , Inc. (AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group ) announced today that it has established an Investor Help Desk, dedicated to responding to the needs of individual, as well as institutional, investors. Investors with questions about AIG's business operations and results can dial 212-770-6580 to speak to AIG's investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. professionals. The Investor Help Desk will be staffed in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and available throughout normal business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a , Eastern Time. As part of establishing the Investor Help Desk, AIG is adding resources to its investor relations department. AIG investor relations professionals will work closely with experts throughout all of AIG's lines of business who have specific responsibility for providing rapid responses to investor questions. AIG Chairman M. R. Greenberg said: "We want to ensure that all of our investors have ready access to reliable information about our company. In the current environment, rumor, innuendo innuendo n. from Latin innuere, "to nod toward." In law it means "an indirect hint." "Innuendo" is used in lawsuits for defamation (libel or slander), usually to show that the party suing was the person about whom the nasty statements were made or why the comments and other misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis circulated by various sources can generate unwarranted concerns. AIG has always made public a tremendous amount of information about its operations and performance. By augmenting our investor relations function and encouraging investors to utilize our new Investor Help Desk, we can provide investors with this sound and accurate information and a deeper understanding of our business. This effort, in conjunction with the added public disclosure we have been providing on a quarterly basis, should give both professional and individual investors even greater confidence in our strong financial position, the integrity of our financial disclosure and the unparalleled value of our global franchise." AIG is the world's leading U.S.-based international insurance and financial services organization, the largest underwriter of commercial and industrial insurance in the United States, and among the top-ranked U.S. life insurers. Its member companies write a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products for commercial, institutional and individual customers through a variety of distribution channels in approximately 130 countries and jurisdictions throughout the world. AIG's global businesses also include financial services, retirement savings and asset management. AIG's financial services businesses include aircraft leasing, financial products, trading and market making, and consumer finance. AIG has one of the largest retirement savings businesses in the United States and is a leader in asset management for the individual and institutional markets, with specialized investment management capabilities in equities, fixed income, alternative investments and real estate. AIG's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. , as well as the stock exchanges in London, Paris, Switzerland and Tokyo. |
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