AIG Renames Office in Effort to Rebrand

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 23, 2009 8:37 PM CDT

(Newser) – Workers pulled down an AIG sign in New York City today as the insurer sought to rebrand itself and deflect outrage over executive bonuses, Reuters reports. The company's Manhattan property-casualty office, renamed AIU Holdings Ltd, wasn't the first to change its name since the bailout... Read full story »

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