Article: AIG sues Starr International for control of shares; Suit pits insurer against former chief in wrangle over $15 billion.(News)(American International Group Inc. )

Byline: RUPAL PAREKH

NEW YORK-American International Group Inc. last week filed a lawsuit seeking to gain control over billions of dollars worth of AIG shares currently held by Starr International Co., a private firm formerly affiliated with AIG that is led by Maurice R. Greenberg, the insurer's former chief executive officer.

AIG filed the suit in a New York federal court, in the form of a counterclaim to a July complaint brought by SICO against AIG. That complaint sought to acquire property allegedly belonging to SICO-including a $15 million art collection-from AIG.

SICO currently controls approximately 12% of outstanding AIG common stock, ...

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