AIG
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American International Group Incorporated, an American holding company of insurance subsidiaries both domestic and abroad. Once listed as the 18th largest company in the world at its apex, it required a series of government bailouts, or TARP, to avoid collapse during the financial crises of 2008-2009. Throughout 2010, AIG sold off various parts of its core businesses to Pacific Century Group and MetLife.
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