雅虎香港財經 AIG Reaches Key Milestone With Deconsolidation of Corebridge
American International Group, Inc. AIG has recently marked a major milestone with the deconsolidation of Corebridge Financial, Inc. CRBG for accounting purposes. It gave up majority control over Corebridge's board of directors, signified by the resignation of Chris Schaper, AIG's executive vice president and global chief underwriting officer, from Corebridge's board, which now has 12 members.
This action finalizes the long-awaited separation of the two companies. For several years, AIG meticulously planned and carried out the separation of Corebridge into an independent company. As a result, Corebridge has emerged as a leading annuity provider. This allows AIG to dedicate its focus to its core operations.
Following a successful IPO of CRBG in 2022, AIG continued lowering its stake in the company through a series of secondary offerings. This May, AIG launched a secondary offering of CRBG common stock, priced at $29.20 per share, and sold 30 million shares. It generated $872 million as net proceeds from the move. Currently, it owns around 48.35% of Corebridge's common stock.
Also, last month, AIG reached an agreement to divest around 120 million CRBG shares, which accounts for 20% of Corebridge's total shares, to Nippon Life Insurance Company. The shares were priced at $31.47 each, making the total transaction value $3.8 billion.
The deal with Nippon Life is likely to close in the first quarter of 2025. At the first-quarter 2024 end, Corebridge had more than $390 billion in assets under management and administration.
Price Performance
AIG shares have gained 35.2% in the past year compared with the 19.5% growth of the industry.
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