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April 17, 2009: AIG Sells US Auto Insurance Unit

2009-04-17

The insurance company AIG sells its US auto insurance unit to Zurich Financial Services AG for $1.9 billion. This will make the Swiss company the third largest US personal line insurer. [Reuters, 4/17/2009] This sale is part of an AIG program to sell business units in order to repay bailout loans to the government (see September 18, 2008).