Starr International Company vs United States – 11-0779 Starr International Company, Inc. v. The United States – Case 1:11-cv-00779-TCW 1:2011cv00779 U.S. Court of Federal Claims 11/21/2011 06/17/2015 2015 0215 – NYT – Newly Released Documents Reveals Advice to Fed in A.I.G. Bailout, By Aaron M. Kessler – [link-Paywall Free] In an unusual ruling at the end…

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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes AIG AIGFP Securities Lending / Repos GICs Risk Management Generally CDS, CDOs Derivatives Fear / Greed GLBA – Gramm–Leach–Bliley – Repeal of Leverage Mark to Market Accounting Monolines MBIA, AMBAC Mortgages Origination Subprime Rating Agencies Moody’s, Fitch, Standard and Poors Real Estate RMBS CMBS Regulation OTS State Insurance Regulators SEC…

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2010 0610 – COP – Report – June Oversight Report – Documents 2010 0610 – COP – Report – The AIG Rescue, Its Impact on Markets, and the Government’s Exit Strategy, June Oversight Report, Congressional Oversight Panel  —  [BonkNote]  —  337p x – 95 E-mail from Alejandro LaTorre to Timothy Geithner and other Federal Reserve…

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Q: Could AIG Have Separated AIGFP from the Insurance Companies? 2009 1231 – Examination Report of AIG – AGC Life Insurance Company – Missouri – 25p Hank Greenberg (Former AIG CEO) 2009 0402 – GOV (House – Oversight and Reform) – The Collapse and Federal Rescue of AIG and What It Means for the U.S. -…

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American International Group vs Transatlantic Holdings Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., et al. v. American International Group, Inc., et al., American Arbitration Association Case No. 50 148 T 00376 10: Supreme Court of New York 2010 0629 – LC – American International Group vs Transatlantic Holdings – Affirmation of Anthony J. Albanese in Support of American International…

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AIG – Ring Fencing Insurance Companies OTS Report – 7B Life Insurance to AIGFP Dinallo / Governor Kanjorski / Paulson – GOV 2010 01 Regulatory Forbearance 2008-09-13 – FRBNY Email re AIG Update – 1p NYSID: Dinallo outlined the same plan that AIG gave us earlier — ie move muni’s from P&C subs to parent,…

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AIG – Unwinding Q: Did Insurance Regulators tell AIG to Wind-Down their Securities Lending Business? Unwinding in event of bankruptcy is likely to be very messy, because derivatives book is large and complex $2.7 Trillion, largely of very long-term structure products. 2008 0912 – FCIC – FRBNY / AIG Meeting Notes – 2p 2010 -…

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AIG – Causes of Collapse AIGFP CDS Communication Failures GICs / GIAs – Guaranteed Investment Contracts,  Lack of Capital to back up Obligations Management Failures Mortgage Backed Securities Rating Downgrades Regulation OTS States Repos Risk Management Failures Securities Lending June COP Report COP Hearing – Silvers / Millstein Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, The…

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2021 1107 It’s very possible to have a 25-year term with zero cash value, using a UL product. —  Lawrence Silkes 1990 – Life Product Development Update, Society of Actuaries – 20p Questions – 2021 11 What is a Supplemental Illustration? (BB, Wicka, Donna Wicka – More Complicated products would need more pages.) – 2018/10/9-  LIIIWG -…

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