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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 13, 2001


                       AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


       Delaware                      1-8787                   13-2592361
   (State or Other           (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
   Jurisdiction of                                          Identification No.)
   Incorporation)


                                 70 Pine Street
                            New York, New York 10270
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 770-7000

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         (Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On September 13, 2001, American International Group, Inc. ("AIG") issued a
press release announcing its current estimate of losses resulting from the
September 11 terrorist attacks. A copy of the press release is attached as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

     The text of the press release is being furnished and is not filed pursuant
to Regulation FD.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
                                                 (Registrant)

Date: September 13, 2001             By /s/ KATHLEEN E. SHANNON
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                                        Name: Kathleen E. Shannon
                                        Title: Vice President and Secretary
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                        Description
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99.1                               Press Release of American International
                                   Group, Inc. dated September 13, 2001.