October-November 2008: AIG Makes Largest Loss Ever in Corporate History

The recently bailed-out insurance company AIG makes the largest quarterly loss ever in the history of business. The $61.7 billion loss follows four other extremely high losses and is more than double what the insurer lost in the previous quarter (see October-December 2007, January-March 2008, April-June 2008, and July-September 2008). The result will be announced in March 2009 (see March 2, 2009). [Bloomberg, 3/5/2009; Reuters, 4/17/2009]