A Sept 17 statement issued by American International Assurance Bhd’s (AIA) corporate communications department saying that it was “business as usual” for AIA and that it would not be impacted by the financial losses incurred by parent American International Group (AIG), appears to have failed to reassure jittery policyholders.
A day earlier, the US Federal Reserve had swooped in to save AIG from bankruptcy by providing a whopping US$85bil secured revolving facility to AIG for two years to ensure it could meet its liquidity requirements.
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