AIG Fights Back on $440,000 Resort Trip; Says No Corporate Executives Attended
Company Says "Standard Practice in Our Industry" to Reward Top Performers By JOSEPH RHEE Oct. 8, 2008 The CEO of the giant AIG Insurance Company, Edward Liddy, today defended spending $440,000 on a retreat at a luxurious California resort as "standard practice in our industry" because it rewarded independent insurance agents who were top performers for the company. The event, at the St. Regis Resort and Spa at Monarch Beach, California was held less than a week after the federal government saved AIG from bankruptcy with $85 billion in loans. Members of Congress complained that AIG executives "were getting pedicures, manicures and massages" at ...


