UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                               (AMENDMENT NO. 18)*

                          TRANSATLANTIC HOLDINGS, INC.
                                (NAME OF ISSUER)

                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                   893521 10 4
                                 (CUSIP NUMBER)

                               KATHLEEN E. SHANNON
                       SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
                       AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
                                 70 PINE STREET
                               NEW YORK, NEW YORK
                                 (212) 770-7000
                  (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON
                AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS)

                                  JUNE 4, 2009
             (DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRES FILING OF THIS STATEMENT)

     If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing
this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g),
check the following box: [ ]

     Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and
five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 240.13d-7 for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

     *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).



                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A

CUSIP NO. 893521 10 4

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1.   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: S.S. OR I.R.S.             AMERICAN
     IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:                  INTERNATIONAL
                                                          GROUP, INC.
                                                          (I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                                                          NO. 13-2592361)

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2.   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP                     (A)[ ]
                                                                          (B)[ ]

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3.   SEC USE ONLY

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4.   SOURCE OF FUNDS:                                             NOT APPLICABLE

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5.   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)                                  [X]

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6.   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:                   INCORPORATED IN THE
                                                             STATE OF DELAWARE

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                7.   SOLE VOTING POWER:

  NUMBER OF     ----------------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES       8.   SHARED VOTING POWER:                              9,193,341
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH   ----------------------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING     9.   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
 PERSON WITH
                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:                         9,193,341

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED
     BY EACH  REPORTING PERSON:                                        9,193,341

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES                                                 [ ]

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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):                   13.9%

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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:                                            HC, CO

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                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A

CUSIP NO. 893521 10 4

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1.   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: S.S. OR I.R.S.             AIG COMMERCIAL
     IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:                  INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
                                                          (I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                                                          NO. 13-3386798)

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2.   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP                     (A)[ ]
                                                                          (B)[ ]

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3.   SEC USE ONLY

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4.   SOURCE OF FUNDS:                                             NOT APPLICABLE

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5.   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)                                  [ ]

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6.   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:                   INCORPORATED IN THE
                                                             STATE OF DELAWARE

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                7.   SOLE VOTING POWER:

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  NUMBER OF     8.   SHARED VOTING POWER:                              9,193,341
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY    ----------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY EACH   9.   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
  REPORTING
 PERSON WITH    ----------------------------------------------------------------
                10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:                         9,193,341

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
     REPORTING PERSON:                                                 9,193,341

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES                                                 [ ]

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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):                   13.9%

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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:                                            HC, CO

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                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A

CUSIP NO. 893521 10 4

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1.   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: S.S. OR I.R.S.             AIU HOLDINGS, INC.
     IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:                  (I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                                                          NO. 20-5971809)


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2.   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP                     (A)[ ]
                                                                          (B)[ ]

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3.   SEC USE ONLY

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4.   SOURCE OF FUNDS:                                             NOT APPLICABLE

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5.   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)                                  [ ]

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6.   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:                   INCORPORATED IN THE
                                                             STATE OF DELAWARE

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                7.   SOLE VOTING POWER:

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  NUMBER OF     8.   SHARED VOTING POWER:                              9,193,341
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY    ----------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY EACH   9.   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
  REPORTING
 PERSON WITH    ----------------------------------------------------------------
                10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:                         9,193,341

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
     REPORTING PERSON:                                                 9,193,341

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES                                                 [ ]

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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):                   13.9%

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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:                                             HC, CO

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                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A

CUSIP NO. 893521 10 4

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1.   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: S.S. OR I.R.S.             AMERICAN HOME
     IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:                  ASSURANCE  COMPANY
                                                          (I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                                                          NO. 13-5124990)

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2.   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP                     (A)[ ]
                                                                          (B)[ ]

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3.   SEC USE ONLY

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4.   SOURCE OF FUNDS:                                             NOT APPLICABLE

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5.   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)                                  [ ]

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6.   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:                   INCORPORATED IN THE
                                                             STATE OF NEW YORK

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                7.   SOLE VOTING POWER:

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  NUMBER OF     8.   SHARED VOTING POWER:                              9,193,341
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY    ----------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY EACH   9.   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
  REPORTING
 PERSON WITH    ----------------------------------------------------------------
                10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:                         9,193,341

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
     REPORTING PERSON:                                                 9,193,341

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES                                                 [ ]

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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):                   13.9%

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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:                                            IC, CO

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ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER.

          This Amendment No. 18 (this "Amendment") to the Statement on Schedule
13D (the "Schedule 13D") relates to the common stock, par value $1.00 per share
("Common Stock"), of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"). Other than with respect to Item 3, this Amendment amends and
restates the Schedule 13D dated August 13, 1991, as amended and supplemented by
Amendment No. 1, dated November 3, 1993, Amendment No. 2, dated March 4, 1994,
Amendment No. 3, dated March 31, 1994, Amendment No. 4, dated November 21, 1995,
Amendment No. 5, dated July 2, 1998, Amendment No. 6, dated August 7, 1998,
Amendment No. 7, dated September 11, 1998, Amendment No. 8, dated January 19,
1999, Amendment No. 9, dated March 4, 1999, Amendment No. 10, dated March 11,
1999, Amendment No. 11, dated April 19, 1999, Amendment No. 12, dated July 26,
1999, Amendment No. 13, dated September 10, 1999, Amendment No. 14, dated
December 10, 1999, Amendment No. 15, dated September 27, 2007, Amendment No. 16,
dated September 26, 2008 and Amendment No. 17, dated May 28, 2009 previously
filed by American International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("AIG"), on
behalf of itself and its wholly owned subsidiary, American Home Assurance
Company, a New York corporation ("AHAC"). The principal executive offices of the
Company are located at 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005.

ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

General

(a) through (c) and (f). This Amendment is being filed by AIG on behalf of
itself, AHAC and AIG Commercial Insurance Group, Inc. and AIU Holdings, Inc.
(f/k/a AIG Property Casualty Group, Inc.), each a Delaware corporation and a
wholly owned subsidiary of AIG (together, the "HoldCos" and collectively with
AIG and AHAC, the "Reporting Persons"). In addition, of the  9,193,341 shares of
Common Stock that may be deemed beneficially owned by AIG, 679 shares of Common
Stock are held by certain mutual funds that are advised or managed by
subsidiaries of AIG. AIG is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries
(including AHAC), is primarily engaged in a broad range of insurance and
insurance-related activities in the United States and abroad. AIG's primary
activities include both general and life insurance and retirement services
operations. Other significant activities include financial services and asset
management. AHAC is a multiple line insurance company which is authorized to
write substantially all lines of property and casualty insurance in each state
of the United States and abroad. Each of the HoldCos is a holding company for
AIG's general insurance subsidiaries. The principal executive offices of AIG are
located at 70 Pine Street, New York, New York 10270. The principal executive
offices of the HoldCos and AHAC are located at 175 Water Street, New York,
New York 10038.


           On September 22, 2008, AIG and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(the "NY Fed") entered into a revolving credit facility (as amended, the "Fed
Credit Agreement") and a Guarantee and Pledge Agreement. Pursuant to the Fed
Credit Agreement, on March 4, 2009 AIG issued 100,000 shares of AIG Series C
Perpetual, Convertible, Participating Preferred Stock, par value $5.00 per share
(the "Series C Preferred Stock"), to the AIG Credit Facility Trust (the "Trust")
established for the sole benefit of the United States Department of the
Treasury. The Trust currently holds all of the outstanding shares of Series C
Preferred Stock, which are, to the extent permitted by law, entitled to vote on
all matters with the holders of shares of AIG's common stock and, as of May 22,
2009, represent approximately, 79.81 percent of the voting power of AIG's
shareholders entitled to vote on such matters, on an as converted basis.


          Starr International Company, Inc., a Panamanian corporation ("SICO"),
has the sole power to vote and direct the disposition of 205,845,399 shares of
common stock, par value $2.50 per share, of AIG ("AIG Shares") of which
15,700,000 shares are held by Starr International Investments, Ltd., a wholly
owned subsidiary of SICO, and 190,145,399 shares are held directly by SICO. C.V.
Starr & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Starr"), has the shared power to
vote and direct the disposition of 19,073,502 AIG Shares (8,580,850 of which are
held by the C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. Trust


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("Starr Trust"), of which Starr is a beneficiary). Pursuant to an investment
management agreement, Starr has the shared power to direct the disposition of
2,112,119 AIG Shares held by Universal Foundation, Inc., a Panamanian
Corporation ("Universal Foundation"). Maurice R. Greenberg, a United States
citizen, has the sole power to vote and direct the disposition of 2,487,500 AIG
Shares, which may be acquired pursuant to stock options previously granted by
AIG to Mr. Greenberg as a then officer and director of AIG. Mr. Greenberg has
shared power to vote and direct the disposition of 58,292,582 AIG Shares,
12,888,666 of which are held as a tenant in common with Mr. Greenberg's wife,
71,417 of which are held in family trusts of which Mr. Greenberg is a trustee,
10,492,652 of which are held by Starr (8,580,850 shares of which are held by the
Starr Trust, for which Starr is a beneficiary and Mr. Greenberg is a trustee),
989,308 of which are held by the Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Family
Foundation, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation (the "Greenberg
Foundation"), of which Mr. Greenberg, his wife and family members are directors
and 25,269,689 of which are held by the Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg
Joint Tenancy Company, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the "Greenberg
Joint Tenancy Company"), of which the Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Joint
Tenancy Corporation, Inc. (the "Greenberg Joint Tenancy Corporation") is the
sole and managing member. Mr. Greenberg owns 27.27% of the voting common stock
of Starr directly. The Greenberg Foundation has the shared power to vote and
direct the disposition of such 989,308 AIG Shares. The Greenberg Joint Tenancy
Company has the shared power to vote and direct the disposition of such
25,269,689 AIG Shares. Edward E. Matthews, a United States citizen, has the sole
power to vote and direct the disposition of 281,875 AIG Shares, which may be
acquired pursuant to stock options previously granted by AIG to Mr. Matthews as
a then officer and director of AIG. Mr. Matthews has shared power to vote and
direct the disposition of 8,580,850 AIG Shares, all of which are held by the
Starr Trust, for which Starr is a beneficiary and Mr. Matthews is a trustee.

          The principal executive offices of SICO are located at Baarerstrasse
101, CH-6300 Zug, Switzerland and it also maintains an office at Mercury House,
101 Front Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda. The principal executive offices of
Starr and the Greenberg Foundation are located at 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor,
New York, New York 10022. The principal executive offices of Universal
Foundation are located at Mercury House, 101 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12,
Bermuda. The principal executive offices of the Greenberg Joint Tenancy Company
are located at 35 Ocean Reef Drive, Key Largo, Florida 33037. The names of the
directors and executive officers ("Covered Persons") of AIG, the HoldCos, AHAC,
SICO, Starr, Universal Foundation, the Greenberg Foundation and the Greenberg
Joint Tenancy Corporation, their business addresses and principal occupations,
including the business addresses and principal occupations of Messrs. Greenberg
and Matthews, are set forth in Exhibit 99.2 attached hereto, which is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The business address indicated
for Messrs. Greenberg and Matthews and each other Covered Person is also the
address of the principal employer of such person. Each of the Covered Persons is
a citizen of the United States, except for Messrs. Tse and Walsh, who are
British Subjects, Dr. Jacob A. Frenkel, who is a citizen of the State of Israel
and the Republic of Poland, Mr. Osborne, Ms. Barclay, Mr. Johnson


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and Ms. Barnes, who are citizens of the United Kingdom, and Mr. Zalamea, Ms.
Fernando and Mr. Colayco, who are citizens of the Republic of the Philippines.

          All information provided in this Amendment (including, without
limitation, in this Item 2 and Exhibit 99.2 to this Amendment) with respect to
Messrs. Greenberg and Matthews, SICO, Starr, Universal Foundation, the Greenberg
Foundation, and the Greenberg Joint Tenancy Company and their respective
directors and executive officers is provided based solely on the information set
forth in the most recent amendment to Schedule 13D relating to AIG Shares filed
on March 20, 2007 on behalf of Messrs. Greenberg and Matthews, SICO, Starr,
Universal Foundation, the Greenberg Foundation and the Greenberg Joint Tenancy
Company. This information has not been updated to reflect changes in the
ownership by such parties of AIG Shares that are disclosed in filings made by
one or more of such parties under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended ("Act"). In each case, such information may not be accurate or
complete and AIG takes no responsibility therefor and makes no representation to
its accuracy or completeness as of the date hereof or any subsequent date.

(d) and (e):

          2006 Regulatory Settlements

          In February 2006, AIG reached a final settlement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the United States Department of Justice
("DOJ"), the Office of the New York Attorney General ("NYAG") and the New York
State Department of Insurance ("DOI"). The settlements resolved outstanding
litigation filed by the SEC, NYAG and DOI against AIG and concluded negotiations
with these authorities and the DOJ in connection with the accounting, financial
reporting and insurance brokerage practices of AIG and its subsidiaries, as well
as claims relating to the underpayment of certain workers compensation premium
taxes and other assessments. As a result of these settlements, AIG made
payments or placed amounts in escrow in 2006 totaling approximately $1.64
billion, $225 million of which represented fines and penalties. The following
is additional information regarding the settlements.

          AIG, without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC
complaint, consented to the issuance of a final judgment on February 9, 2006:
(a) permanently restraining and enjoining AIG from violating Section 17(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), and Sections 10(b),
13(a), 13(b)(2) and 13(b)(5) and Rules 10b-5, 12b-20, 13a-1, 13a-13 and 13b2-1
of the Act; (b) ordering AIG to pay disgorgement; and (c) ordering AIG to pay
a civil penalty.

          In February 2006, AIG and the DOJ entered into a letter agreement. In
the letter agreement, the DOJ notified AIG that in its view, AIG, acting through
some of its employees, violated federal criminal law in connection with
misstatements in periodic financial reports that AIG filed with the SEC between
2000 and 2004 relating to certain transactions. The settlement with the DOJ
consists of, among other things, AIG's


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cooperating with the DOJ in the DOJ's ongoing criminal investigation, accepting
responsibility for certain of its actions and those of its employees relating to
these transactions and paying money into a fund. Also effective February 9,
2006, AIG entered into agreements with the NYAG and the DOI, settling claims
under New York's Martin Act and insurance laws, among other provisions, which
were originally brought by the NYAG and the DOI in a civil complaint filed on
May 26, 2005.

          As part of these settlements, AIG has agreed to retain for a period of
three years an independent consultant who will conduct a review that will
include the adequacy of AIG's internal controls over financial reporting and the
remediation plan that AIG has implemented as a result of its own internal
review.

          PNC Settlement

          In November 2004, AIG and AIG Financial Products Corp. ("AIGFP"), a
subsidiary of AIG, reached a final settlement with the SEC, the Fraud Section of
the DOJ and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana with
respect to issues arising from certain structured transactions entered into with
Brightpoint, Inc. and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. ("PNC"), the
marketing of transactions similar to the PNC transactions and related matters.

          As part of the settlement, the SEC filed against AIG a civil
complaint, based on the conduct of AIG primarily through AIGFP, alleging
violations of certain antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and
for aiding and abetting violations of reporting and record keeping provisions of
those laws. AIG, without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC
complaint, consented to the issuance of a final judgment permanently enjoining
it and its employees and related persons from violating certain provisions of
the Act, Act rules and the Securities Act, ordering disgorgement of fees it
received from the PNC transactions and providing for AIG to establish a
transaction review committee to review the appropriateness of certain future
transactions and to retain an independent consultant to examine certain
transactions entered into between 2000 and 2004 and review the policies and
procedures of the transaction review committee.



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          The DOJ filed against AIGFP PAGIC Equity Holding Corp. ("AIGFP
PAGIC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of AIGFP, a criminal complaint alleging that
AIGFP PAGIC violated federal securities laws by aiding and abetting securities
law violations by PNC, in connection with a transaction entered into in 2001
with PNC that was intended to enable PNC to remove certain assets from its
balance sheets. The settlement with the DOJ consists of separate agreements with
AIG and AIGFP and a complaint filed against, and deferred prosecution agreement
with, AIGFP PAGIC. Under the terms of the settlement, AIGFP paid a monetary
penalty of $80 million. On January 17, 2006, the court approved an order
dismissing the complaint with prejudice. The obligations of AIG, AIGFP and AIGFP
PAGIC under the DOJ agreements relate principally to cooperating with the DOJ
and other federal agencies in connection with their related investigations.

ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

          Not applicable.

ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

          On September 26, 2008, AIG publicly announced that it was exploring
all strategic alternatives in connection with the potential disposition or other
monetization of its and the other Reporting Persons' interests in the Company.
In response to certain strategic alternatives communicated by AIG to the
Company, the board of directors of the Company formed a special committee of its
board of directors consisting of directors who are independent of AIG and the
management of AIG to consider such strategic alternatives, as well as to explore
and consider any potential merger, third-party tender offer or other business
combination involving all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Company.

          On May 28, 2009, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to the
prospectus contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its registration
statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") covering a public offering of up to 26 million
shares of Common Stock of the Company held by AIG and AHAC (plus up to an
additional 3.9 million shares of Common Stock subject to the Underwriters' (as
defined below) 30-day option) (the "Offering").

          Concurrently with the filing of the Registration Statement, AIG, AHAC
and the Company entered into a master separation agreement (including the
exhibits thereto, the "Separation Agreement"), to effect the orderly separation
of AIG, AHAC and the Company. A copy of the Separation Agreement and certain
exhibits thereto are filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 17 to the Statement on
Schedule 13D, dated May 28, 2009 and is incorporated by reference to this
Item 4.

          On June 4, 2009 AIG, AHAC and the Company entered into an underwriting
agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with  J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and
Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representatives of the several underwriters (the
"Underwriters"), which is filed as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D and
incorporated by reference to this Item 4. Pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement, each of AIG and AHAC have agreed to sell to the Underwriters an
aggregate of 26 million shares of Common Stock of the Company at a price of
$38.00 per share, and on June 5, 2009 the Underwriters exercised their option to
purchase an additional 3.9 million shares of Common Stock. At the completion of
the Offering, AIG and AHAC will own 9,193,341 shares of Common Stock,
representing 13.9% of the Common Stock of the Company. AIG and AHAC will
continue to explore all strategic alternatives in connection with the potential
disposition or other monetization of their remaining shares of Common Stock of
the Company

          Concurrently with the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, AIG,
AHAC and the Company closed the transactions contemplated in the Separation
Agreement (the "Closing"). At the Closing, AIG, AHAC and the Company entered
into a registration rights agreement, in substantially the form attached as
Exhibit C to the Separation Agreement (the "Rights Agreement"), which will
become effective upon completion of the Offering, pursuant to which the Company
will grant to AIG and AHAC certain rights to require the Company to register
with the SEC any of AIG's and AHAC's respective shares of Common Stock of the
Company that were not sold in the Offering (either by a shelf registration which
must be kept effective, or if a shelf registration is not available, a newly
filed registration statement). Under the Rights Agreement, the registration must
contemplate the right of AIG and AHAC to offer their respective shares of Common
Stock of the Company in subsequent underwritten offerings.


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          In addition, at the Closing, each of the Company, AIG and AHAC entered
into a stockholders agreement, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E
to the Separation Agreement, which among other things, provides certain
information rights to AIG and AHAC, post-Closing and imposes certain transfer
andstandstill restrictions on AIG, AHAC, their respective affiliates and their
respective directors and officers as set forth therein. The stockholders
agreement will become effective upon completion of the Offering.

          Also at the Closing, in their capacity as holders of a majority of the
Common Stock, AIG and AHAC executed a consent to restate the Company's
certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of
Common Stock and preferred stock that the Company may issue and to effect other
changes as set forth in the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The
Company will file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the form attached as Exhibit H to the
Separation Agreement.

          The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement and certain
provisions of the Separation Agreement and certain exhibits to the Separation
Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the the Underwriting
Agreement and Separation Agreement and the exhibits to the Separation Agreement.

          Except as disclosed above, none of the Reporting Persons or, to the
best of their knowledge, any Covered Persons, has any plans or proposals that
relate to or would result in any of the matters described in subparagraphs (a)
through (j) of Item 4 of the Schedule 13D. AIG has no available information
regarding any such plans or proposals of Messrs. Greenberg and Matthews, SICO,
Starr, Starr Trust, Universal Foundation, the Greenberg Foundation and the
Greenberg Joint Tenancy Company or their respective directors and executive
officers.

          One of the Company's current directors is a retired executive officer
of AIG who held the following position with AIG: Thomas R. Tizzio, retired
Senior Vice Chairman - General Insurance.


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ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

          (a) and (b). The information required by these paragraphs for the
Reporting Persons is set forth in Items 7 through 11 and 13 of each of the cover
pages of this Amendment and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

          (c). Since the filing of Amendment No. 16 to Schedule 13D, dated
September 26, 2008, certain mutual funds which are advised or managed by AIG
sold 83 shares as follows:

Date      Number of Shares Sold   Price Per Share
- ----      ---------------------   ---------------
3/31/09             30                 $36.27
3/31/09             16                 $36.27
3/31/09             37                 $36.27

          The sales described above were made in the open market.

          None of the Reporting Persons or, to the best of their knowledge, any
Covered Persons (as listed in Exhibit 99.2), has engaged in any transactions in
the Common Stock of the Company during the past sixty days, other than the
transactions described above.

          AIG has no available information regarding the beneficial ownership of
or transactions in the Common Stock of the Company by Messrs. Greenberg and
Matthews, SICO, Starr, Universal Foundation, the Greenberg Foundation and the
Greenberg Joint Tenancy Company or their respective directors and executive
officers.

          (d) - (e). Not applicable.

ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO
     SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

          In connection with an offering of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2015 (the
"Notes") by the Company, (i) AIG and the Company entered into a Letter
Agreement, dated December 7, 2005, relating to the purchase by certain
subsidiaries of AIG of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes, and
(ii) the Company and those


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AIG subsidiaries entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 2,
2006, relating to the resale of the Notes on a registered basis.

          The Letter Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement are filed as
exhibits hereto and incorporated by reference into this Item 6.

          AIG pledged its shares of Common Stock as collateral for a two-year,
$85 billion secured revolving credit facility provided by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York pursuant to a guarantee and pledge agreement. The guarantee and
pledge agreement is filed as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated
by reference into this Item 6.

          On February 27, 2009 AIG, AHAC and AIU Holdings, Inc. ("AIUH")
entered into an agreement (the "Make-Whole Agreement"), which is filed as an
exhibit to this Schedule 13D, whereby AIG agreed that in the event that either
of AHAC or another insurance company subsidiary of AIUH sells its shares of
Common Stock of the Company at a price below statutory book value of such
shares, AIG would pay to AHAC or such insurance company subsidiary, as
applicable, an amount in cash equal to the difference between the statutory book
value of such shares and the actual sale price of the shares sold.

          The responses to Item 4 are incorporated herein by reference, which
are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement and
the Separation Agreement and the exhibits to Separation Agreement. A copy of the
Underwriting Agreement, is filed as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D and is
incorporated by reference to this Item 6, and a copy of the Separation
Agreement, including certain exhibits thereto, is filed as an exhibit to this
Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference to this Item 6.

ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

          (99.1) Amended and Restated Agreement of Joint Filing, dated September
27, 2007, by and among AIG, the HoldCos and AHAC (incorporated by reference from
Amendment 15 to the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated September 27, 2007).

          (99.2) List of the Directors and Executive Officers of American
International Group, Inc., AIG Commercial Insurance Group, Inc., AIU Holdings,
Inc., American Home Assurance Company, Starr International Company, Inc., C.V.
Starr & Co., Inc., Universal Foundation, Inc., The Maurice R. and Corinne P.
Greenberg Family Foundation, Inc. and The Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg
Joint Tenancy Corporation, Inc., their business addresses and principal
occupations (filed herewith).

          (99.3) Letter Agreement, dated December 7, 2005, by and among AIG,
certain subsidiaries of AIG and the Company (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 1.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 9,
2005).

          (99.4) Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 2, 2006, by and
among AIG, certain subsidiaries of AIG and the Company (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 4.1.5 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2005).

          (99.5) Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2008,
by and among AIG, the Guarantors named therein and the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.2 to AIG's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated September 26, 2008).

          (99.6) Master Separation Agreement (including certain exhibits
thereto), dated as of May 28, 2009, by and among AIG, AHAC and the Company
(incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 17 to the Statement on Schedule
13D, dated May 28, 2009).

          (99.7) Make Whole Agreement, dated February 27, 2009 (incorporated by
reference from Amendment No. 17 to the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated May 28,
2009).

          (99.8) Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2009, by and among
AIG, AHAC, the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.
as representatives of the several underwriters (filed herewith).


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                                    SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: June 5, 2009

                                        AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.


                                        By: /s/ Kathleen E. Shannon
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Kathleen E. Shannon
                                        Title: Senior Vice President and
                                               Secretary


                                        AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY


                                        By: /s/ Robert S. H. Schimek
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Robert S. H. Schimek
                                        Title: Senior Vice President,
                                               Chief Financial Officer
                                               and Treasurer


                                        AIG COMMERCIAL INSURANCE GROUP, INC.


                                        By: /s/ Robert S. H. Schimek
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Robert S. H. Schimek
                                        Title: Executive Vice President,
                                               Chief Financial Officer
                                               and Treasurer



                                        AIU HOLDINGS, INC.


                                        By: /s/ Robert S. H. Schimek
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Robert S. H. Schimek
                                        Title: Executive Vice President,
                                               Chief Financial Officer
                                               and Treasurer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. Description Location - ----------- ----------- -------- 99.1 Amended and Restated Agreement of Joint Filing, dated September Incorporated by reference from 27, 2007, by and among AIG, the HoldCos and AHAC. Amendment 15 to the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated September 27, 2007. 99.2 List of the Directors and Executive Officers of American Filed herewith. International Group, Inc., AIG Commercial Insurance Group, Inc., AIU Holdings Inc., American Home Assurance Company, Starr International Company, Inc., C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., Universal Foundation, Inc. and The Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Family Foundation, Inc. and The Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Joint Tenancy Corporation, Inc., their business addresses and principal occupations. 99.3 Letter Agreement, dated December 7, 2005, by and among AIG, Incorporated by reference from certain subsidiaries of AIG and the Company. Exhibit 1.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 9, 2005. 99.4 Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 2, 2006, by and Incorporated by reference from among AIG, certain subsidiaries of AIG and the Company. Exhibit 4.1.5 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. 99.5 Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2008, Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.2 by and among AIG, the Guarantors named therein and the Federal to AIG's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated Reserve Bank of New York. September 26, 2008. 99.6 Master Separation Agreement (including certain exhibits thereto), Incorporated by reference from Amendment 17 to dated May 28, 2009, by and among AIG, AHAC and the Company. the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated May 28, 2009. 99.7 Make-Whole Agreement, dated February 27, 2009 Incorporated by reference from Amendment 17 to the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated May 28, 2009. 99.8 Underwriting Agreement, dated June 4, 2009, by and among Filed herewith. AIG, AHAC, the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representatives of the several underwriters.
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2

                  DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF AMERICAN
                            INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

                                                                             
Stephen Frasier Bollenbach   Director            Retired; Former Co-Chairman and      9336 Civic Center Drive,
                                                 Chief Executive Officer of Hilton    Beverly Hills, CA 90210
                                                 Hotels Corporation

Dennis Dean Dammerman        Director            Retired; Former Vice Chairman of     2954 Hurlingham Drive,
                                                 the Board, General Electric          Wellington, Florida 33414
                                                 Company and Chief Executive
                                                 Officer of GE Capital Corporation
                                                 (1998 to 2005)

Martin Stuart Feldstein      Director            Professor of Economics, Harvard      1050 Massachusetts Avenue,
                                                 University; President and Chief      Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
                                                 Executive Officer, National Bureau
                                                 of Economic Research

Edward Michael Liddy         Director and        Chairman and Chief Executive         70 Pine Street
                             Executive Officer   Officer, AIG (since 2008); prior     New York, NY 10270
                                                 thereto, Partner, Clayton,
                                                 Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (during
                                                 2008); prior thereto, Chairman to
                                                 the Board, The Allstate
                                                 Corporation (Allstate) (1999 to
                                                 2008)

George Leroy Miles, Jr.      Director            President and Chief Executive        4802 5th Avenue,
                                                 Officer, WQED Multimedia             Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

Suzanne Nora Johnson         Director            Former Vice Chairman and Chairman    3000 West Olympic Blvd.
                                                 of the Global Markets Institute      Suite 2222,
                                                 (2004 to 2007) and Head of Global    Santa Monica, CA 90404
                                                 Investment Research Division (2002
                                                 to 2007), The Goldman Sachs Group,
                                                 Inc

Morris Wolf Offit            Director            Chairman, Offit Capital Advisors     485 Lexington Avenue, 24th Floor,
                                                 LLC; prior thereto, Co-Chief         New York, New York 10017
                                                 Executive Officer, Offit Hall
                                                 Capital Management LLC (2002 to
                                                 2007); Founder and Former Chief
                                                 Executive Officer, OFFITBANK

James Finley Orr, III        Director            Chairman of the Board of Trustees,   420 Fifth Avenue,
                                                 The Rockefeller Foundation           New York, New York 10018

Edmund Sze-Wing Tse(1)       Director and        Senior Vice Chairman-Life            35/F AIG Tower
                             Executive Officer   Insurance, AIG                       1 Cannaught Road Central
                                                                                      Hong Kong

Jacob Aharon Frenkel(2)      Executive Officer   Vice Chairman - Global Economic      70 Pine Street
                                                 Strategies                           New York, NY 10270

Anastasia Donovan Kelly(3)   Executive Officer   Vice Chairman, Legal, Human          70 Pine Street
                                                 Resources, Corporate Communications  New York, NY 10270
                                                 and Corporate Affairs and General
                                                 Counsel

Paula Rosput Reynolds(4)     Executive Officer   Vice Chairman and Chief              70 Pine Street
                                                 Restructuring Officer                New York, NY 10270

David L. Herzog              Executive Officer   Executive Vice President & Chief     70 Pine Street
                                                 Financial Officer                    New York, NY 10270

Rodney Owen Martin, Jr.(1)   Executive Officer   Executive Vice President - Life      2929 Allen Parkway, Houston,
                                                 Insurance                            TX 77019

Kristian Philip Moor         Executive Officer   Executive Vice President -           175 Water Street
                                                 Property Casualty Group              New York, NY 10270

Win Jay Neuger(5)            Executive Officer   Executive Vice President             70 Pine Street
                                                                                      New York, NY 10270

Nicholas Charles Walsh       Executive Officer   Executive Vice President - Foreign   175 Water Street
                                                 General Insurance                    New York, NY 10270
- ---------- (1) On March 25, 2009, it was announced that Mr. Martin will be named Chairman, International Life and Retirement Services and Mr. Tse will retire, as of AIG's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for June 30, 2009. (2) From January, 2000 until joining AIG in May, 2004, Mr. Frenkel served as Chairman of Merrill Lynch International, Inc. (3) Prior to joining AIG in September, 2006, Ms. Kelly served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of MCI/WorldCom. Previously, she was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Sears, Roebuck and Co. from 1999 to 2003. (4) Ms. Reynolds was President and Chief Executive Officer of Safeco Corporation from January 2006 to September 2008 and Chairman from May 2008 to September 2008. Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President and Chief Executive officer of AGL Resources, an Atlanta-based energy holding company, from 2000 to 2005 and Chairman from 2002 to 2005. (5) Effective January 14, 2009, Monika Maria Machon was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Neuger remains an Executive Vice President of AIG. Page 1 of 8 Jay S. Wintrob Executive Officer Executive Vice President - 1 SunAmerica Center, Retirement Services 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067 William N. Dooley Executive Officer Senior Vice President - Financial 70 Pine Street Services New York, NY 10270 Andrew J. Kaslow(6) Executive Officer Senior Vice President & Chief 72 Wall Street, Human Resources Officer New York, NY 10005 Robert E. Lewis Executive Officer Senior Vice President & Chief Risk 70 Pine Street Officer New York, NY 10270 Monika M. Machon Executive Officer Senior Vice President & Chief 70 Pine Street Investment Officer New York, NY 10270 Brian T. Schreiber Executive Officer Senior Vice President - Global 70 Pine Street Planning and Analysis New York, NY 10270
- ---------- (6) From June 2004 until joining AIG in May, 2007, Mr. Kaslow was a managing partner of QuanStar Group, LLC (an advisory services firm), and from January 2002 until May 2004, Mr. Kaslow was Senior Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Vivendi Universal (an entertainment and telecommunications company). Page 2 of 8 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF AIG COMMERCIAL INSURANCE GROUP, INC. ("AIGCIG") John Q. Doyle Director and President & Chief Executive 175 Water Street, Executive Officer Officer, AIGCIG New York, New York 10038 Kenneth V. Harkins Director Deputy General Counsel, AIG 175 Water Street, New York, New York 10038 David L. Herzog Director Executive Vice President and 70 Pine Street, Chief Financial Officer, AIG New York, New York 10270 Robert E. Lewis Director Senior Vice President & Chief Risk 70 Pine Street, Officer, AIG New York, New York 10270 Kristian P. Moor Director Chairman of the Board, AIGCIG 175 Water Street, New York, New York 10038 Robert S.H. Schimek Director and Executive Vice President, Chief 175 Water Street, Executive Officer Financial Officer and Treasurer, New York, New York 10038 AIGCIG Robert J. Beier Executive Officer Senior Vice President, 175 Water Street, AIGCIG; New York, New York 10038 Carl E. Chamberlain Executive Officer Senior Vice President, 175 Water Street, AIGCIG; New York, New York 10038 Frank H. Douglas, Jr. Executive Officer Senior Vice President and Actuary, 70 Pine Street, AIGCIG New York, New York 10270 Andrew R. Holland Executive Officer Senior Vice President and 175 Water Street, General Counsel, AIGCIG New York, New York 10038 Gary E. Muoio Executive Officer Senior Vice President and Chief 175 Water Street, Operations Officer-Underwriting, New York, New York 10038 AIGCIG Richard T. Pisano Executive Officer Senior Vice President, AIGCIG 80 Pine Street New York, New York 10005 Mary Ann Ross Executive Officer Executive Vice President, AIGCIG 175 Water Street, New York, New York 10038 Charles R. Schader Executive Officer Executive Vice President, AIGCIG 175 Water Street, AIG New York, New York 10038 George M. Williams Executive Officer Vice President and Chief 70 Pine Street, Operations Officer-Claims New York, New York 10270 President, AIGCIG Mark T. Willis Executive Officer Executive Vice President, 300 South Riverside Plaza, Suite AIGCIG 2100, Chicago, Illinois 60606
Page 3 of 8 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF AIU HOLDINGS, INC. ("AIUH") John Q. Doyle Director Senior Vice President - Domestic 175 Water Street, General Insurance, AIG New York, New York 10038 Kenneth V. Harkins Director and Executive Vice President and 175 Water Street, Executive General Counsel, AIUH New York, New York 10038 Officer David L. Herzog Director Executive Vice President and 70 Pine Street, Chief Financial Officer, AIG New York, New York 10270 Robert E. Lewis Director Senior Vice President & Chief Risk 70 Pine Street, Officer, AIG New York, New York 10270 Kristian P. Moor Director and Chairman of the Board, 175 Water Street, Executive President and Chief Executive New York, New York 10038 Officer Officer, AIUH Robert S.H. Schimek Director and Executive Vice President, Chief 175 Water Street, Executive Officer Financial Officer and Treasurer, New York, New York 10038 AIUH Nicholas C. Walsh Director Executive Vice President - Foreign 70 Pine Street, General Insurance, AIG New York, New York 10270 Mary Ann Ross Executive Executive Vice President, AIUH 175 Water Street, Officer York, New York 10038 Frank H. Douglas, Jr. Executive Senior Vice President, AIUH 70 Pine Street, Officer New York, New York 10270 Richard T. Pisano Executive Officer Senior Vice President and 80 Pine Street, Statutory Controller, AIUH New York, New York 10005 Mark T. Willis Executive Executive Vice President, AIUH 300 South Riverside Plaza, Officer Suite 2100, Chicago, Illinois 60606
Page 4 of 8 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY ("AHAC") John Q. Doyle Director and President and Chief Executive 175 Water Street, Executive Officer Officer, AHAC New York, New York 10038 David N. Fields Director and Executive Vice President, 175 Water Street, Executive Officer Reinsurance and Underwriting - New York, New York 10038 Property Casualty Group, AIUH Christopher L. Sparro Director President, AIG World Source 175 Water Street, New York, New York 10038 Kenneth V. Harkins Director Deputy General Counsel, AIG 175 Water Street, New York, New York 10038 David L. Herzog Director Executive Vice President and 70 Pine Street, Chief Financial Officer, AIG New York, New York 10270 Louis P. Iglesias Director Chairman and Chief Executive 175 Water Street, Officer - AIG Risk Management Group New York, New York 10038 Robert E. Lewis Director Senior Vice President and Chief 70 Pine Street, Risk Officer, AIG New York, New York 10270 Monika M. Machon Director Senior Vice President and Chief 70 Pine Street, Investment Officer, AIG New York, New York 10270 Kristian P. Moor Director Chairman of the Board, AHAC 175 Water Street, New York, New York 10038 Robert S.H. Schimek Director and Senior Vice President, Chief 175 Water Street, Executive Officer Financial Officer and Treasurer, New York, New York 10038 AHAC Nicholas S. Tyler Director Vice President, AHAC 175 Water Street, New York, New York 10038 Nicholas C. Walsh Director and Senior Vice President, AHAC 70 Pine Street, Executive Officer New York, New York 10270 Frank H. Douglas, Jr. Executive Officer Senior Vice President and 70 Pine Street, Actuary, AHAC New York, New York 10270 James C. Roberts Executive Officer Senior Vice President, AHAC 5 Wood Hollow Road, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 Mark T. Willis Director and Senior Vice President, AHAC 175 Water Street, Executive Officer New York, New York 10038 Andrew R. Holland Executive Officer Senior Vice President 175 Water Street, and General Counsel, New York, New York, 10038 AHAC Gary E. Muoio Executive Officer Senior Vice President, AHAC 70 Pine Street, New York, New York, 10270 Richard T. Pisano Executive Officer Senior Vice President, AHAC 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005 Richard C. Woollams Executive Officer Senior Vice President, AHAC 175 Water Street, New York, New York, 10038
Page 5 of 8 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF STARR INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, INC. Maurice R. Greenberg Chairman of the Chairman of the Board and 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, Board and director, Starr International New York, New York 10022 Director Company, Inc. and C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.; Chief Executive Officer, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.; trustee of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. Trust; member, director and Chairman of the Board, The Starr Foundation. Joseph C.H. Johnson President and President and Director 101 First Street, Director Hamilton, Bermuda HM 12 Edward E. Matthews Managing Director Managing Director and director, 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, and Director Starr International Company, New York, New York 10022 Inc.; director and President, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.; trustee, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. Trust; member and director, The Starr Foundation. Houghton Freeman Director President, Freeman Foundation 499 Taber Hill Road, Stowe, VT 05672 Lawrence S. Greenberg Director Private Equity Investor 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10022 Bertil P-H Lundquist Director Executive Vice President and 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, General Counsel, C.V. Starr & New York, New York 10022 Co., Inc. Howard I. Smith Director Vice Chairman-Finance and 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, Secretary, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. New York, NY 10022 John J. Roberts Director Retired; Honorary Director, Concordia Farms American International Group, Inc. P.O. Box 703, Easton, MD 21601 Cesar Zalamea Director President and Chief Executive Suite 1405-7, Officer, Starr International Two Exchange Square, Company (Asia), Limited 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong
Page 6 of 8 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF C.V. STARR & CO., INC. Maurice R. Greenberg Chairman of the (See above) (See above) Board, Director and Chief Executive Officer Howard I. Smith Vice Chairman- (See above) (See above) Finance and Secretary and Director Edward E. Matthews President and (See above) (See above) Director Houghton Freeman Director (See above) (See above) John J. Roberts Director (See above) (See above) Bertil P-H Lundquist Director (See above) (See above) Lawrence S. Greenberg Director (See above) (See above)
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF C.V. STARR & CO., INC. TRUST Maurice R. Greenberg Chairman and (See above) (See above) Director, Trustee Edward E. Matthews Director, Trustee (See above) (See above) Howard I. Smith Director, Trustee (See above) (See above)
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF UNIVERSAL FOUNDATION, INC. Stuart Osborne President and President of Universal Foundation Mercury House Director 101 Front Street Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Eligia G. Fernando Director Retired Mercury House 101 Front Street Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Cesar C. Zalamea Director (See above) (See above) Aloysius B. Colayco Director Managing Director, Argosy Partners Argosy Partners 8th Floor, Pacific Star Building Makati City, Philippines Jennifer Barclay Secretary Secretary of Universal Foundation Mercury House 101 Front Street Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Margaret Barnes Treasurer Treasurer of Universal Foundation Baarerstrasse 101 CH-6300 Zug, Switzerland
Page 7 of 8 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE MAURICE R. AND CORINNE P. GREENBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC. Maurice R. Greenberg Chairman and (See above) (See above) Director Corinne P. Greenberg President and President and Director, Greenberg 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor Director Foundation New York, New York 10022 Jeffrey W. Greenberg Vice President Vice President and Director, 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor and Director Greenberg Foundation New York, New York 10022 Evan G. Greenberg Vice President President and Chief Executive 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor and Director Officer, ACE Limited New York, New York 10022 Lawrence S. Greenberg Vice President (See above) (See above) and Director Shake Nahapetian Treasurer Administrative Assistant, 399 Park Avenue, 17th Floor C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. New York, New York 10022
DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE MAURICE R. AND CORINNE P. GREENBERG JOINT TENANCY CORPORATION, INC. Maurice R. Greenberg Chairman, CEO, (See above) (See above) President, Treasurer, Secretary and Director
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.8

                          TRANSATLANTIC HOLDINGS, INC.

                       26,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

                                   ----------

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

                                                                    June 4, 2009

Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
   As Representatives of the several Underwriters
   named in Schedule I(a) hereto,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          American International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
     wholly owned subsidiary, American Home Assurance Company, a New York
     insurance corporation (the "SELLING STOCKHOLDERS"), each a stockholder of
     Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"),
     propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the
     Underwriters named in Schedule I(a) hereto (the "Underwriters") an
     aggregate of 26,000,000 shares (the "FIRM SHARES") and, at the election of
     the Underwriters, up to 3,900,000 additional shares (the "OPTIONAL SHARES")
     of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the "STOCK").
     The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to
     purchase pursuant to Section 3 hereof are herein collectively called the
     "SHARES".

          1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The
Company represents, warrants to and agrees with, the Underwriters that:

               (a) The Company has, not earlier than three years prior to the
     date hereof, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
     "COMMISSION") an automatic shelf registration statement as defined under
     Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES
     ACT", which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the
     Commission promulgated thereunder) on Form S-3 (No. 333-155811), including
     the related prospectus, which registration statement, and any post
     effective amendment thereto, became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e)
     of the Securities Act, for the registration under the Securities Act of the
     Shares. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration
     statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for
     that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of
     the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, no notice of objection of
     the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any
     post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
     Securities Act has been received by the Company and any request on the part
     of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.


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               (b) The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule
     430B ("RULE 430B") and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 ("RULE 424(B)") under the
     Securities Act a supplement or supplements to the prospectus included in
     such registration statement relating to the Shares and the plan of
     distribution thereof. Such registration statement, at any given time,
     including the amendments thereto at such time, all exhibits thereto and any
     schedules thereto at such time, and the documents otherwise deemed to be a
     part thereof or included therein under the Securities Act, is hereinafter
     called the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"; such prospectus in the form in which
     it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the "BASE
     PROSPECTUS"; and such supplemented prospectus, in the form in which it
     shall first be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (including
     the Base Prospectus as so supplemented), after the date and time that this
     Agreement is executed and delivered, is hereinafter called the "FINAL
     PROSPECTUS." The Registration Statement at the time it originally became
     effective is hereinafter called the "ORIGINAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT." Any
     information included in the Final Prospectus that was omitted from the
     Original Registration Statement but that is deemed to be part of and
     included in such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred
     to as "RULE 430B INFORMATION". Each prospectus used in connection with the
     offering of the Shares that omitted Rule 430B Information is hereinafter
     called a "PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS" and the Base Prospectus, as amended and
     supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in
     Section 1(f) hereof), is hereinafter called the "PRICING PROSPECTUS." Any
     reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any
     Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus
     shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
     reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACt", which
     term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission
     promulgated thereunder) or otherwise deemed under the Securities Act to be
     a part of or included therein; and any reference herein to the terms
     "amend," "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration
     Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final
     Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed under
     the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the
     Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the
     case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference or otherwise
     deemed under the Securities Act to be a part of or included therein. Each
     Preliminary Prospectus and the prospectuses filed as part of the
     Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment
     thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act,
     complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and
     each Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus delivered to the
     Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the
     electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission via the
     Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system, except
     to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

               (c) (A)(i) At the time of filing the Original Registration
     Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the
     purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether
     such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed
     pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus),
     and (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf
     (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the
     Securities Act) made any offer relating


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     to the Shares in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Securities
     Act, the Company was a "well-known seasoned issuer" as defined in Rule 405
     under the Securities Act; and (B) at the earliest time after the filing of
     the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant
     made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the
     Securities Act) of the Shares, the Company was not an "ineligible issuer"
     as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

               (d) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Final Prospectus
     and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and
     the Final Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the
     requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
     Commission thereunder.

               (e) (i) The Registration Statement and any post-effective
     amendment thereto do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date
     as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable
     filing date as to any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the date such
     amendment becomes effective or such supplement is filed with the
     Commission, as the case may be, contain an untrue statement of a material
     fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
     necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) the Final
     Prospectus, as of its date, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of
     the applicable filing date, does not and will not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
     make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
     they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation
     and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in
     reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
     the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use
     therein.

               (f) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
     Prospectus or any Issuer Represented Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in
     Rule 433 under the Securities Act and referred to herein as "ISSUER FREE
     WRITING PROSPECTUS") has been issued by the Commission, and each
     Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all
     material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules
     and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
     be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
     of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
     however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
     statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
     information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
     the Representatives expressly for use therein.

               (g) For the purposes of this Agreement, the "APPLICABLE TIME" is
     6:00 am (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement, and the "GENERAL
     DISCLOSURE PACKAGE" means (i) the Pricing Prospectus as of the Applicable
     Time, (ii) the information included in Schedule II(c) hereto and (iii) the
     Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, listed on Schedule II(a) hereto
     under the heading "General Disclosure Package Free Writing Prospectuses".
     The General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not include
     any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
     necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
     circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided however,
     that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or


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     omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the information
     furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the
     Representatives expressly for use therein.

               (h) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a)
     hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration
     Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus; and each such
     Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with
     the Pricing Prospectus as of the Applicable Time did not include any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
     in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
     under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this
     representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made
     in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
     the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use
     therein

               (i) Each document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
     reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
     the Final Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
     Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the
     Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and, when read together
     with the other information in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
     Prospectus, at the Applicable Time and at each Time of Delivery (as
     hereinafter defined) did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
     therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
     provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to
     any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
     information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
     the Representatives expressly for use therein; and no such documents were
     filed with the Commission since the Commission's close of business on the
     business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to
     the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(b)
     hereto; there are no contracts or documents which are required to be
     described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package,
     the Final Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or
     to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed
     as required.

               (j) Each of the Company and its operating subsidiaries has been
     duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
     under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has corporate
     power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct
     its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
     Prospectus. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a
     foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
     jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of
     the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for
     such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good
     standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
     Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 1(m) below). All of the issued and
     outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary has been duly authorized and
     validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the
     Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
     interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim.


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               (k) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority
     to execute and deliver this Agreement and perform its obligations
     hereunder; this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
     by the Company.

               (l) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
     the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus and all of the issued
     shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly
     authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in
     all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the
     General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus. Except as disclosed in the
     General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, there are no contracts,
     agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting
     such person the right to require the Company to include any such securities
     in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any
     securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement
     filed by the Company under the Securities Act. The Shares are listed on the
     New York Stock Exchange.

               (m) The separation agreement between the Company and the Selling
     Stockholders (the "MASTER SEPARATION AGREEMENT") has been duly authorized,
     executed and delivered by the Company, and, assuming due authorization,
     execution and delivery by each Selling Stockholder, constitutes a valid,
     legal, and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the
     Company in accordance with its terms, as such enforceability may be limited
     by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium
     and similar laws of general applicability relating to of affecting
     creditors rights and to general principles of equity provided that no
     representation is made with respect to enforceability of sections of the
     Master Separation Agreement providing for indemnification. The Company has
     full power and authority to enter into the Master Separation Agreement and
     to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.

               (n) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and
     Final Prospectus, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
     and the Master Separation Agreement and the consummation of the
     transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not, whether with or
     without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or
     constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
     default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the
     creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property
     or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to any indenture,
     mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, contract,
     franchise, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
     any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (including without limitation
     the Credit Agreement dated as of September 22, 2008 between AIG and the
     Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the related Guarantee and Pledge
     Agreement (the "FED CREDIT AGREEMENT")), except for such conflicts,
     breaches, violations or defaults as would not, either individually or in
     the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial
     position, stockholders' equity, results of operations or business of the
     Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (such effect, a "MATERIAL
     ADVERSE EFFECT"); nor will such action result in any violation of (i) any
     applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree
     of any government, government instrumentality or any regulatory authority
     or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any
     of its


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     subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or operations (except for
     such violations that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect) or (ii)
     the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries. As used herein, a "REPAYMENT EVENT" means any event or
     condition that gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of
     indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or any person
     acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
     redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries.

               (o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
     violation of its charter or by-laws or (ii) in default (or, with the giving
     of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) under any indenture,
     mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
     which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries may be bound, or to which any of the
     property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject
     (including without limitation the Fed Credit Agreement), except, in the
     case of (ii) (y) as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and Final
     Prospectus and (z) for such defaults as would not, individually or in the
     aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

               (p) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and
     Final Prospectus and except as have already been obtained or may be
     required under the Securities Act or state securities or "blue sky" laws,
     no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration
     with, any court or governmental agency or body or any regulatory authority
     is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
     and the Master Separation Agreement by the Company, and the consummation of
     the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

               (q) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering
     and sale of the Shares as described in the General Disclosure Package and
     the Final Prospectus will not be, required to register as an "investment
     company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
     amended.

               (r) Each of the Company's subsidiaries that is engaged in the
     business of insurance or reinsurance (each an "INSURANCE SUBSIDIARY",
     collectively the "INSURANCE SUBSIDIARIES") is duly licensed to conduct an
     insurance or a reinsurance business, as the case may be, under the
     insurance statutes of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
     business requires such licensing, except for such jurisdictions in which
     the failure of the Insurance Subsidiaries to be so licensed would not,
     individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
     Insurance Subsidiaries have made all required filings under applicable
     insurance statutes in each jurisdiction where such filings are required,
     except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to make such filings
     would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
     Effect. Each of the Insurance Subsidiaries has all other necessary
     authorizations, approvals, orders, consents, certificates, permits,
     registrations and qualifications of and from all domestic and foreign
     insurance regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
     businesses as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
     Prospectus, except where the failure to have such authorizations,
     approvals, orders, consents, certificates, permits, registrations or
     qualifications would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
     Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company or its Insurance


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     Subsidiaries has received any notification from any insurance regulatory
     authority to the effect that any additional authorization, approval, order,
     consent, certificate, permit, registration or qualification is needed to be
     obtained by the Company or any of its Insurance Subsidiaries in any case
     where it could be reasonably expected that (x) the Company or any of its
     Insurance Subsidiaries would be required either to obtain such additional
     authorization, approval, order, consent, certificate, permit, registration
     or qualification or to cease or otherwise limit the writing of certain
     business and (y) the failure to obtain such additional authorization,
     approval, order, consent, certificate, permit, registration or
     qualification or the limiting of the writing of such business would result
     in a Material Adverse Effect. No insurance regulatory authority having
     jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Insurance Subsidiaries has (i)
     except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
     Prospectus, or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, issued any
     order or decree impairing, restricting or prohibiting the continuation of
     the business of the Company or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries in all
     material respects as presently conducted or (ii) except as disclosed in the
     General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, issued any order or
     decree impairing, restricting or prohibiting the payment of dividends by
     any Insurance Subsidiary to its parent.

               (s) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the
     Final Prospectus, all reinsurance treaties and arrangements to which the
     Insurance Subsidiaries are a party are in full force and effect, and none
     of the Insurance Subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default in the
     performance, observance or fulfillment of, any obligation, agreement,
     covenant or condition contained therein, except to the extent that any such
     failure to be in full force and effect or any such violation or default
     would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of
     the Insurance Subsidiaries has received any notice from any of the other
     parties to such agreements that such other party intends not to perform in
     any material respect such agreement and none of the Company and such
     Insurance Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that any of the other
     parties to such agreements will be unable to perform such agreements,
     except to the extent that (i) the Company or such subsidiary has
     established appropriate reserves on its financial statements or (ii) such
     nonperformance would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
     aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor
     its Insurance Subsidiaries has given effect to such agreements in its
     underwriting results in its most recently filed statutory financial
     statements unless such agreements were in material conformity with the
     requirements therefor of the insurance department of the state of domicile
     of each such subsidiary in effect at such time of preparation for
     reinsurance ceded pursuant to such agreements or giving effect to such
     agreements is otherwise permitted by applicable accounting or regulatory
     standards.

               (t) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the
     Final Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to
     which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any
     property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject
     which, singularly or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a
     Material Adverse Effect, and to the best knowledge of the Company, no such
     proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
     threatened by others, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, be
     reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.


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               (u) Neither the Company, nor to its knowledge, any of its
     affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities
     Act, but excluding AIG and its affiliates other than the Company and its
     subsidiaries) ("AFFILIATES"), has taken, directly or indirectly, any action
     designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might
     reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of
     the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale
     of the Shares; provided, however, that no such representation is made as to
     the Underwriters or any person acting on their behalf.

               (v) The consolidated financial statements of the Company included
     in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final
     Prospectus fairly present in all material respects the financial condition
     of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the respective dates
     indicated and the consolidated results of operations and changes in
     stockholders' equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for
     the periods specified, in each case in all material respects in conformity
     with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United
     States ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
     involved (except as indicated in the notes thereto). The summary and
     selected historical financial data of the Company included in the General
     Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly present in all material
     respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis
     consistent with that of the consolidated interim or audited financial
     statements of the Company included in the General Disclosure Package and
     the Final Prospectus.

               (w) The statutory annual and quarterly statements of the
     Insurance Subsidiaries and the statutory balance sheets and income
     statements included in such statutory annual and quarterly statements, most
     recently filed with the State of New York, have been prepared in conformity
     with required or permitted or prescribed statutory accounting principles or
     practices applied on a consistent basis, except as may otherwise be
     indicated in the notes thereto, and present fairly the financial position
     of the Insurance Subsidiaries (on a statutory basis) for the period covered
     thereby.

               (x) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
     since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
     Final Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package any material loss or
     interference with its business material to the Company and its subsidiaries
     considered as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
     General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; and, since the date as
     of which information is given in the Final Prospectus and except as
     contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus,
     there has not been (x) any material addition, or any development involving
     a prospective material addition, to the Company's consolidated reserves for
     losses and loss adjustment expense, (y) any change in the authorized
     capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any increase in
     the consolidated short-term or long-term debt of the Company or (z) any
     Material Adverse Effect.

               (y) PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain
     financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and have audited
     the Company's internal control over financial reporting and management's
     assessment thereof are independent public accountants as required by the
     Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.


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               (z) Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
     director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on
     behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken
     any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by
     such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and
     the rules and regulations thereunder (the "FCPA"), including, without
     limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of
     interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise
     to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property,
     gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value
     to any "foreign official" (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any
     foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign
     political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the
     knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in
     compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and
     procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to
     continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

               (aa) Since May 12, 2009, (i) no downgrading has occurred in the
     rating accorded the insurer and insurance financial strength of the Company
     or any Insurance Subsidiary by any "nationally recognized statistical
     rating organization", as that term is defined by the Commission for
     purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Securities Act and (ii) no such rating
     organization has made an initial public announcement that it has under
     surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
     the insurer and insurance financial strength of the Company or any of its
     Insurance Subsidiaries.

               (bb) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system
     of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances
     that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general
     or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
     permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
     maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted
     only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and
     (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
     assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
     to any differences. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package
     and the Final Prospectus, since the end of the Company's most recent
     audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the
     Company's internal control over financial reporting (whether or not
     remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company's internal control over
     financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
     to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial
     reporting.

               (cc) The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries employ
     disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that
     information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it
     files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
     and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules
     and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management,
     including its principal executive officer or officers and principal
     financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
     regarding disclosure.

               (dd) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company
     or any of the Company's directors or officers, in their capacities as such,
     to comply in all material respects


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     with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
     regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the "SARBANES-OXLEY ACT"),
     including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to
     certifications.

               (ee) The statements made in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final
     Prospectus under the captions "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as
     they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Shares, under the
     caption "Certain Agreements with AIG", "Shares Eligible for Future Sale"
     and "Underwriting" insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of
     the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair
     in all material respects.

               (ff) The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending
     proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act,
     and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A
     of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares.

               (gg) To the extent required to avoid a Material Adverse Effect,
     the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on
     reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
     copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
     unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
     procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual
     property (collectively, "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY") necessary to carry on the
     business now operated by them; and neither the Company nor any of its
     subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any
     infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to
     any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would
     render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the
     interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which
     infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision,
     ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate,
     would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

               (hh) The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at
     all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and
     reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting
     Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all
     jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or
     similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced
     by any governmental agency (collectively, the "MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS") and
     no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental
     agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with
     respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge
     of the Company, threatened.

               (ii) Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
     any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on
     behalf of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
     administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
     Department ("OFAC"); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use
     the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make
     available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other
     person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person
     currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.


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               Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered
     to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to
     be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to
     the matters set forth therein.

          2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Selling
Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder severally represents, warrants to and
agrees with, the Underwriters that:

               (a) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary
     for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this
     Agreement, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such
     Selling Stockholder hereunder, have been obtained; and such Selling
     Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this
     Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold
     by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, except in each such case, with such
     exceptions as will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material
     adverse effect on the Selling Stockholder's ability to consummate the
     transactions contemplated herein.

               (b) The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
     hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the
     provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
     herein and therein contemplated will not (i) conflict with or result in a
     breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
     default under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
     agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling
     Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to
     which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject,
     including without limitation the Fed Credit Agreement, nor (ii) result in
     any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or
     By-laws of such Selling Stockholder, nor (iii) result in the breach or
     violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
     governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling
     Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder, except, in the
     case of (i) and (iii), with such exceptions as will not, individually or in
     the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Selling Stockholders'
     ability to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

               (c) Immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in
     Section 4 hereof), such Selling Stockholder will have good and valid title
     to a security interest in the Shares to be sold hereunder, free and clear
     of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, other than the lien under
     the Fed Credit Agreement, which shall be released at or prior to delivery
     against payment by the Underwriters for such Shares, and upon payment
     therefor and delivery to the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its agent
     of the Shares registered in the name of Cede & Co. ("CEDE") or such other
     nominee as may be designated by DTC, both as provided for herein, and the
     crediting of the Shares to the Underwriters' accounts with DTC, Cede & Co.
     or such other nominee designated by DTC will be a "protected purchaser" of
     the Shares (as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code as
     adopted in the State of New York (the "UCC")), the Underwriters will
     acquire a valid "security entitlement" (within the meaning of Section 8-501
     of the UCC) to the Shares, and no action based on an "adverse claim" (as
     defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) may be asserted against the
     Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement (assuming that the
     Underwriters are without notice of any such adverse claim).


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               (d) During the period beginning from the date hereof and
     continuing to and including the date ninety (90) days after the date of the
     Prospectus (the "LOCK UP PERIOD"), not to offer, sell contract to sell or
     otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the
     Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not
     limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or
     that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially
     similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans
     existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or
     exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement),
     without the prior written consent of the Goldman Sachs & Co.; provided that
     a Selling Stockholder may transfer shares of common stock of the Company to
     American International Group, Inc. ("AIG"), or to any subsidiary of AIG if
     the transferee agrees to be bound by the restrictions set forth in this
     Section 2(d). For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the
     restrictions in this Section 2(d) apply only to the shares of Company
     common stock directly held by the Selling Stockholders, and do not apply to
     any shares held by affiliates of the Selling Stockholders in connection
     with any asset management or investment management business or otherwise in
     a fiduciary capacity.

               (e) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take,
     directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has
     constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in
     stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
     to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

               (f) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the
     Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus,
     the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
     thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus are made in reliance upon
     and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
     Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein, which information consists
     solely of the information set forth in Schedule IV hereto, such Base
     Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus, Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus and
     Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Registration Statement did, and the
     Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration
     Statement and the Prospectus, when they become effective or are filed with
     the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects
     to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of
     the Commission thereunder and will not contain any untrue statement of a
     material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
     therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

               (g) The Master Separation Agreement has been duly authorized,
     executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder, and, assuming due
     authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a valid,
     legal, and binding obligation of each such Selling Stockholder, enforceable
     against such Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms, as such
     enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
     transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
     applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general
     principles of equity provided that no representation is made with respect
     to enforceability of sections of the Master Separation Agreement providing
     for indemnification. Each such Selling Stockholder has full power and
     authority to enter into the Master Separation Agreement and to consummate
     the transactions contemplated thereby.


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               (h) At each Time of Delivery, all conditions necessary for
     automatic release of any Shares then being delivered that were previously
     pledged by such Selling Stockholder as collateral under the Guarantee and
     Pledge Agreement dated as of September 22, 2008 among American
     International Group, Inc., as Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto and
     Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as Lender or Secured Party (the "AIG
     Pledge Agreement"), shall have been met in accordance with the terms of
     Section 5(f) of the AIG Pledge Agreement and such Shares shall no longer be
     subject to a Transaction Lien within the meaning of the AIG Pledge
     Agreement.

               (i) In order to document the Underwriters' compliance with the
     reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
     Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein
     contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior to or at
     the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed
     and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other
     applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations
     in lieu thereof).

     Any certificate signed by an officer of any Selling Stockholder and
     delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be
     deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder to
     each Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.

          3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.

               (a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a)
     each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to each
     of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not
     jointly, to purchase from the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price per
     share of $38.00, the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to
     eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number
     of Firm Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder, as set forth
     opposite their respective names on Schedule I(b), by a fraction, the
     numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased
     by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
     Schedule I(a) hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number
     of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from the Selling
     Stockholders hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent that the
     Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as
     provided below, each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, agrees
     to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
     severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Stockholders, at
     the per share purchase price set forth above, that portion of the number of
     Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be
     adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by
     multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction the numerator of
     which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is
     entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
     Schedule I(a) hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of
     Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase
     hereunder.

               (b) Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, hereby
     grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to
     the number of Optional Shares forth opposite their respective names on
     Schedule I(b), at the per share purchase price set forth in clause (a)
     above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the
     number of


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     Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised
     only by written notice from you in accordance with Section 13 hereof, given
     within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement and
     setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and
     the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined
     by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined
     in clause (d) hereof) or, unless you otherwise agree in writing, earlier
     than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice,
     subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
     representations and warranties herein set forth.

               (c) Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm
     Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale
     upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

               (d) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
     definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in
     such names as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight
     hours' prior notice to the Selling Stockholders shall be delivered by or on
     behalf of the Selling Stockholders to the Representatives, through the
     facilities of DTC, for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by
     or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire
     transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the
     Selling Stockholders to the Representatives at least forty-eight hours in
     advance. As to any Shares that are in certificated form the Company will
     cause the certificates representing such certificated Shares to be made
     available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to
     the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office
     of DTC or its designated custodian (the "DESIGNATED OFFICE"). The time and
     date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm
     Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on [June 10], 2009 or such other time and
     date as the Representatives and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in
     writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York
     time, on the date specified by Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the written notice
     given by the Representatives of the Underwriters' election to purchase such
     Optional Shares, or such other time and date as the Representatives and the
     Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for
     delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the "FIRST TIME OF DELIVERY",
     such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First
     Time of Delivery, is herein called the "SECOND TIME OF DELIVERY", and each
     such time and date for delivery is herein called a "TIME OF DELIVERY".

               (e) Delivery of the documents to be delivered at each Time of
     Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof
     and payment for the Shares shall be made at the office of Dewey & LeBoeuf
     LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (or such other place
     as may be agreed to by the Underwriters and the Company) at, with respect
     to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m. (New York time) on [June 10], 2009, which
     date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Underwriters, the
     Company and the Selling Stockholders and with respect to the Option Shares,
     9:30 a.m. (New York time) on the date specified in the written notice given
     by the Representatives of the Underwriters' election to purchase such
     Optional Shares, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between
     the Underwriters and the Company.


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               (f) Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and
     place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the
     obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.

          4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each of the
Underwriters as follows:

               (a) To prepare the Final Prospectus as amended and supplemented
     in relation to the applicable Shares in a form approved by the Underwriters
     and to file timely and in the manner required such Final Prospectus
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (without reliance on Rule
     424(b)(8)); to make no further amendment or any supplement to the
     Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus (including any
     prospectus included in the Original Registration Statement or amendment
     thereto at the time it became effective) or to the Final Prospectus as
     amended or supplemented after the date hereof and prior to the First Time
     of Delivery unless the Underwriters shall have had a reasonable opportunity
     to review and comment upon any such amendment or supplement prior to any
     filing thereof; to advise the Underwriters, promptly after it receives
     notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration
     Statement has been filed or any supplement to the Final Prospectus or any
     amended Final Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Underwriters
     with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy
     or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
     Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
     Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection
     with the offering or sale of the Shares and, during such same period, to
     advise the Underwriters, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of (i)
     the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing
     or suspending the use of the Final Prospectus or of any examination
     pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration
     Statement, (ii) the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for
     offering or sale in any jurisdiction or of the initiation or threatening of
     any proceeding for any such purpose, (iii) any request by the Commission
     for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Final
     Prospectus or for additional information or (iv) the Company becoming the
     subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in
     connection with the offering of the Shares; and, in the event of the
     issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use
     of the Final Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly to
     use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order. The Company
     shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Shares within
     the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) of the Securities Act without regard to
     the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and
     457(r) of the Securities Act.

               (b) Not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the second
     business day following the date the Shares are first released by the
     Underwriters for sale to purchasers and from time to time, furnish at its
     own expense to the Underwriters and to Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, counsel to the
     Underwriters, copies of the Final Prospectus (and all amendments and
     supplements thereto) in each case as soon as available and in such
     quantities as the Underwriters reasonably request for internal use and for
     distribution to prospective purchasers. The Company will pay the expenses
     of printing and distributing any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as
     hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements


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     thereto (including without limitation any costs associated with electronic
     delivery of these materials).

               (c) Furnish or deliver to the Underwriters and to Dewey & LeBoeuf
     LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the
     Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including
     exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents
     incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise
     deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and
     certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Underwriters, without
     charge, a conformed copy of the Original Registration Statement and of each
     amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The
     copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto
     furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
     transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR,
     except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

               (d) Promptly to take such action as the Underwriters may
     reasonably request from time to time to qualify the Shares for offering and
     sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters
     may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of
     sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions in the United States for
     as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares;
     provided that in connection therewith, the Company shall not be required to
     qualify as a foreign corporation or otherwise subject itself to taxation or
     service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so
     qualified or subject.

               (e) To make generally available to securityholders of the Company
     as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months
     after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule
     158(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement of the Company and
     its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a)
     of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including,
     at the option of the Company, Rule 158).

               (f) To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the
     Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act
     and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the
     Securities Act.

               (g) That none of the Company or any of its Affiliates will take,
     directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to stabilize or
     manipulate, or which constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to
     cause or result in stabilization or manipulation, of the price of any
     security of the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares.

               (h) During the period beginning from the date hereof and
     continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Final
     Prospectus, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option
     to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose, except as provided
     hereunder, of any securities of the Company that are substantially similar
     to the Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to
     purchase shares of Stock or any securities that are convertible into or
     exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
     substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to director or
     employee


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     stock option or equity plans existing on the date of this Agreement,
     including for the avoidance of doubt the Company's 2009 Long Term Equity
     Incentive Plan, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or
     exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this Agreement),
     without your prior written consent.

               (i) To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that it
     shall not become an "investment company" within the meaning of such term
     under the Investment Company Act.

               (j) The Company has complied and will comply with the
     requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer
     Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Shares, including timely filing
     with the Commission or retention where required and legending.

               (k) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing
     Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of
     which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included or would include an
     untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a
     material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
     light of the circumstances, not misleading, the Company has notified or
     will notify promptly the Underwriters so that any use of such Issuer Free
     Writing Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented. The
     foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any
     Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written
     information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter expressly for use
     therein.

          5. Further Covenants and Agreements.

               (a) The Company and the Selling Stockholders each represent and
     agree that, without the prior consent of the Representatives (such consent
     not to be unreasonably withheld), it has not made and will not make any
     offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing
     prospectus as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and each
     Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the
     Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Representatives (such consent not
     to be unreasonably withheld), it has not made and will not make any offer
     relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus.
     Any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by
     the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Representatives is listed on
     Schedule II(a) hereto and is referred hereafter as a "PERMITTED FREE
     WRITING PROSPECTUS".

               (b) The Selling Stockholders and the Company acknowledge that (i)
     the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an
     arm's-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling
     Stockholders, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other
     hand, (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the
     process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting
     solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or
     the Selling Stockholders, or their respective stockholders, creditors,
     employees or any other party, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will
     assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or
     the Selling Stockholders with respect to the offering contemplated hereby
     or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter
     has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Selling
     Stockholders on other matters) and no Underwriter has


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     any obligation to the Company or the Selling Stockholders with respect to
     the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth
     in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates
     may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that
     differ from those of the Company or the Selling Stockholders, and (v) the
     Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax
     advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and each of the
     Company and the Selling Stockholders have consulted their own legal,
     accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed
     appropriate.

          6. Expenses. The Company and the Selling Stockholders covenant and
agree with one another and with the several Underwriters that (i) the Company
agrees to pay: (a) all costs and expenses incident to the preparation, printing,
shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus,
any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and this Agreement; (b)
the fees and expenses of the Company's counsel and independent accountants; (c)
the fees and expenses of qualifying the Shares under the securities laws of the
several jurisdictions as provided in Section 4(e) and of preparing, printing and
distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum (including reasonable related fees and
expenses of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith), if any; (d)
any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriter relating to such
filings); (e) the costs and expenses of the Company and the reasonable expenses
of the Underwriters and any consultants in connection with the marketing and
offering of the Shares and the costs and expenses of the Company relating to
investor presentations on any "road show" undertaken in connection with the
marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses
associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, and the travel
and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any
such consultants; (f) any registration fees required to be paid by the Company
in connection with the registration of the Shares; and (g) all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Agreement, and (ii) the Selling Stockholders agree to pay: (a) the fees and
expenses of the Selling Stockholders' counsel, (b) any costs and expenses
incurred by the Selling Stockholders in connection with the marketing and
offering of the Shares and any "road show" undertaken in connection with the
marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses
associated with any travel and lodging expenses of the Selling Stockholders; and
(c) any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the sale of the Shares to the
Underwriters and all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement; provided in each
case that, except as provided in this Section 6, Section 8 and Section 10, the
Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including the costs and
expenses of their counsel.

          7. Conditions of the Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of
Delivery, are subject to the accuracy, when made and at and as of such Time of
Delivery, of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders contained herein, to the performance by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders of each of their obligations hereunder, and to each of the
following additional terms and conditions:

               (a) The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the
     Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period
     prescribed for such filing by the rules and


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     regulations under the Securities Act and in accordance with Section 4(a)
     hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
     Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for
     that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and
     all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall
     have been complied with to the Underwriters' reasonable satisfaction.

               (b) Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP shall have furnished to the
     Underwriters its written opinion and negative assurance letter, as special
     counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated at such
     Time of Delivery, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

               (c) Gary A. Schwartz, General Counsel to the Company, shall have
     furnished to the Underwriters his written opinion addressed to the
     Underwriters and dated at such Time of Delivery, to the effect set forth in
     Exhibit B hereto.

               (d) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel for each of the Selling
     Stockholders shall have furnished to you their written opinion addressed to
     the Underwriters and dated at such Time of Delivery, to the effect set
     forth in Exhibit C hereto.

               (e) Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters
     its written opinion, as counsel to the Underwriters, addressed to the
     Underwriters and dated at such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
     reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.

               (f) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date
     hereof and such Time of Delivery, a letter dated the date hereof and at
     such Time of Delivery, as the case may be, to the effect set forth in
     Exhibit D hereto, from PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, and with respect to each
     such letter dated any such Time of Delivery as to such other matters as the
     Representatives may reasonably request and in the form and substance
     satisfactory to the Underwriters.

               (g) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a
     certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the
     Company, dated as of such Time of Delivery, in the form attached hereto as
     Exhibit E.

               (h) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters on such
     Time of Delivery its certificate, dated such Time of Delivery, executed by
     its Chief Executive Officer and by its Chief Financial Officer, in form and
     substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, to the effect that
     (i) the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in
     Section 1 are true and correct as of the date given and as of such Time of
     Delivery, (ii) the Company has complied in all material respects with all
     its agreements contained herein to be performed prior to or on such Time of
     Delivery and (iii) the conditions set forth in Sections 7(k) and 7(m) have
     been fulfilled.

               (i) The Underwriters shall have received on such Time of
     Delivery, certificates of each of the Selling Stockholders, dated such Time
     of Delivery, executed by an authorized officer of such Selling Stockholder,
     in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, to
     the effect that the representations, warranties and agreements of such
     Selling


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     Stockholders in Section 2 are true and correct as of the date given and as
     of such Time of Delivery; and such Selling Stockholder has complied in all
     material respects with all its agreements contained herein to be performed
     prior to or on such Time of Delivery.

               (j) The Master Separation Agreement, the Transition Services
     Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement (if required), the Registration
     Rights Agreement (if required) and the Selling Stockholders' Consent to
     amend and restate the Company's certificate of incorporation each shall
     have been duly authorized, executed and delivered or shall be executed and
     delivered simultaneously with such Time of Delivery and shall not have been
     rescinded prior to the Time of Delivery.

               (k) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall
     have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
     included in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus any
     loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
     calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
     court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
     or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus
     or (ii) since such date there shall not have been (A) any addition, or any
     development involving a prospective addition, to the Company's consolidated
     reserve for losses and loss adjustment expense or (B) any change in the
     capital stock (other than issuances pursuant to a stock compensation plan
     of the Company disclosed in the General Disclosure Package), or any change
     in the short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective
     change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial
     position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and
     its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Final
     Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i)
     or (ii), is, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, so material
     and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
     offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered on such Time of
     Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General
     Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

               (l) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
     there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in the
     shares of the common stock of the Company, or in securities generally on
     the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum
     or maximum prices shall have been established on such exchange by the
     Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or
     governmental authority having jurisdiction; (ii) a banking moratorium shall
     have been declared by United States federal or New York authorities; (iii)
     the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall
     have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, or
     there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the
     United States; (iv) there shall have occurred a material disruption in
     securities settlement or clearance services; or (v) there shall have
     occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or
     financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the
     financial markets in the United States shall be such) as to make it, in
     each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, impracticable or
     inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Shares being
     delivered on such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner
     contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.


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               (m)Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, no
     downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded to the financial
     strength or credit of the Company, the insurance financial strength or
     issuer credit of the Insurance Subsidiaries or the debt securities of the
     Company by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as
     that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of
     the Securities Act and (ii) no such rating organization shall have made an
     initial public announcement that it has under surveillance or review, with
     possible negative implications, its rating of the financial strength of the
     Company, the insurance financial strength or issuer credit of the Insurance
     Subsidiaries or the debt securities of the Company.

               (n) The Underwriters shall have received executed copies of an
     agreement from the directors and executive officers of the Company listed
     in Schedule III hereto that includes "lock-up" provisions to the effect set
     forth in Exhibit F hereto.

               (o) At such Time of Delivery, counsel for the Underwriters shall
     have been furnished with such documents and opinions as it may reasonably
     require for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon the sale of the Shares
     as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
     representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions,
     herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company and the Selling
     Stockholders in connection with the sale of the Shares as herein
     contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
     Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

          8. Indemnification and Contribution.

               (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each
     Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter, within
     the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, from and against any
     loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in
     respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage,
     liability or action relating to purchases and sales of the Shares), to
     which the Underwriters or any such controlling person may become subject,
     insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or
     is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
     material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
     Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or
     in any amendment or supplement thereto or any "issuer information" filed or
     required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or
     (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary
     Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure
     Package, the Final Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or
     any "issuer information" filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule
     433(d) under the Securities Act any material fact required to be stated
     therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
     shall reimburse the Underwriters and controlling person promptly upon
     demand for any documented legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
     the Underwriters or any such controlling person in connection with
     investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss,
     claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided,
     however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the
     extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
     of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
     omission or alleged omission made in the any Preliminary Prospectus, any
     Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,


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     the General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, in reliance upon and
     in conformity with the written information furnished to the Company by or
     on behalf of the Underwriters concerning the Underwriters specifically for
     inclusion therein, which information consists solely of the information set
     forth in Schedule V hereto.

               (b) The Selling Stockholders shall severally, indemnify and hold
     harmless each Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls any
     Underwriter, within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
     from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or
     any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss,
     claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of the
     Shares), to which the Underwriters or any such controlling person may
     become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
     arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
     statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
     Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Final
     Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and
     in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
     Selling Stockholders or (ii) the omission or alleged omission, in reliance
     upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
     the Selling Stockholders, to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
     Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Final
     Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto any material fact
     necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and shall
     reimburse the Underwriters and each such controlling person promptly upon
     demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
     Underwriters or any such controlling person in connection with
     investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss,
     claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;

               (c) The Underwriters, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify
     and hold harmless the Company and the Selling Stockholders, and each
     person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Stockholders within
     the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any
     loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in
     respect thereof, to which the Company, the Selling Stockholders or any such
     controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage,
     liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue
     statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
     Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General
     Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
     thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any
     Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General
     Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
     thereto, any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
     misleading, but in each case only to the extent that such untrue statement
     or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
     reliance upon and in conformity with the written information furnished to
     the Company or the Selling Stockholders by or on behalf of the Underwriters
     specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists solely of
     the information set forth in Schedule V hereto, and shall reimburse the
     Company or the Selling Stockholders and any such controlling person
     promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
     the Company or the Selling Stockholders or any such controlling person in
     connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against
     any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
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     indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Underwriters
     may otherwise have to the Company, or the Selling Stockholders or any such
     controlling person.

               (d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
     Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
     indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
     against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the
     indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that
     action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying
     party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which the
     indemnifying party may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it
     has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided, further, that
     the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
     liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under
     this Section 8. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an
     indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the
     indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the
     extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified
     indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably
     satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying
     party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of
     such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the
     indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
     subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the
     defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided,
     however, that the Underwriters shall have the right to employ separate
     counsel to represent jointly the Underwriters and their respective
     officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability
     arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the
     Underwriters against the Company under this Section 8 if, in the reasonable
     judgment of the Underwriters, based on the advice of counsel, it is
     advisable for the Underwriters and such officers, employees and controlling
     persons to be jointly represented by separate counsel, and in that event
     the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by
     the Company (it being understood that the Company shall not be liable for
     the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local
     counsel)). No indemnifying party shall, (i) without the prior written
     consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably
     withheld) settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with
     respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in
     respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
     (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to
     such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (1)
     includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
     liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (2)
     does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or
     failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party, or (ii) be liable
     for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent
     (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its
     written consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any
     such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
     any indemnified party from and against any loss of liability by reason of
     such settlement or judgment.

               (e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall
     for any reason be unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an
     indemnified party under Section 8(a), (b) or (c) in respect of any loss,
     claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to
     therein, then each relevant indemnifying party shall, in lieu of
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     party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
     as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
     thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the
     relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on
     the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
     Shares, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(e)(i) is not
     permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
     reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(e)(i) but
     also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the
     one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to the statements
     or omissions or alleged statements or alleged omissions that resulted in
     such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof), as
     well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
     received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and
     the Underwriters on the other with respect to such offering shall be deemed
     to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of
     the Shares purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses)
     received by the Selling Stockholders on the one hand, and the total
     discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the
     Shares purchased under this Agreement, on the other hand, bear to the total
     gross proceeds from the offering of the Shares under this Agreement. The
     relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or
     alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission
     to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company,
     the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and
     their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
     or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Selling
     Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
     equitable if the amount of contributions pursuant to this Section 8(e) were
     to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
     allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations
     referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
     result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
     thereof, referred to above in this Section 8(e) shall be deemed to include,
     for purposes of this Section 8(e), any legal or other expenses reasonably
     incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
     defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
     Section 8(e), no Underwriters shall be required to contribute any amount in
     excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares
     underwritten by it were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
     damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been previously required to
     pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or
     alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
     the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
     contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
     misrepresentation.

          9. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be
terminated by the Underwriters by notice given to and received by the Company
and the Selling Stockholders prior to delivery of and payment for the Shares,
if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(k), (l) or (m)
shall have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase such Shares
for any reason permitted under this Agreement. In such case, the Company and the
Selling Stockholders shall have no liability hereunder except as provided by
Sections 6, 8 and 10 hereof.

          10. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. (a) if (i) the Selling
Stockholders shall fail to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters
for any reason other than a breach by the Underwriters of their representations
herein or obligations hereunder or (ii) the Underwriters shall


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decline to purchase the Shares as a result of (x) the failure of any of the
conditions herein to be satisfied due to a breach of any of the representations,
warranties or covenants by the Selling Stockholders, (y) the failure by counsel
for the Selling Stockholders to furnish its written opinion pursuant to 7(d) of
this Agreement or (z) any other acts or matters solely within the control of the
Selling Stockholders, then the Selling Stockholders shall reimburse the
Underwriters for the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel and for such
other out-of-pocket expenses as shall have been reasonably incurred by them in
connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Shares, and upon
demand, the Selling Stockholders shall pay the full amount of such reasonable
fees and expenses to the Underwriters; and (b) if the Underwriters shall decline
to purchase the Shares for any other reason permitted under this Agreement
(including the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 but excluding
the failure of any of the conditions herein to be satisfied as a result of a
breach by the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters of their respective
representations, warranties or covenants herein) other than those specified in
(a) above, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for the reasonable fees
and expenses of their counsel and for such other out-of-pocket expenses as shall
have been reasonably incurred by them in connection with this Agreement and the
proposed purchase of the Shares, and upon demand, the Company shall pay the full
amount thereof to the Underwriters.

          11. Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements
hereunder shall be in writing, and:

               (a) If to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail,
     telex or facsimile transmission to Goldman Sachs & Co. at 85 Broad Street,
     23rd Floor, NY, NY 10004, Attention: Registration Department (Fax number
     212-902-3000) and to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., at 383 Madison Avenue,
     NY, NY 10179, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk (Fax: 212-622-8358);

          with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Dewey & LeBoeuf
     LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Michael
     Groll, Esq. (Fax: 212-259-8000; Telephone 212-259-6333);

               (b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex
     or facsimile transmission to it at 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005,
     Attention: General Counsel (Fax: 212-269-6801; Telephone: 212-770-2000);

          with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Gibson, Dunn &
     Crutcher LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166, Attention: Lois Herzeca,
     Esq. (Fax: 212-351-4035; Telephone: 212-351-4000).

               (c) If to the Selling Stockholders, shall be delivered or sent by
     mail, telex or facsimile transmission to American International Group,
     Inc., at 70 Pine Street, New York, New York 10270, Attention: General
     Counsel (Fax: 212-425-2175) and to American Home Assurance at 175 Water
     Street, New York, New York 10038, Attention: General Counsel (Fax:
     212-458-7080)

          with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Sullivan & Cromwell
     LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Stephen M. Kotran,
     Esq., Robert E. Buckholz Jr., Esq. (Fax: 212-558-3588, Telephone:
     212-558-4000).


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          Any notice of a change of address or facsimile transmission number
     must be given by the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters,
     as the case maybe, in writing at least three days in advance of such
     change.

          12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Selling
Stockholders, the Company and their respective successors, and to the extent
provided in Section 8 hereof, to each person, if any, who controlling person,
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. This Agreement and
the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons,
except that (i) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of
the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained in this Agreement shall also
be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors, officers and employees of the
Underwriters and the person or persons, if any, who control the Underwriters
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (ii) the
representations and warranties of the Underwriters in this Agreement and the
indemnity agreement of the Underwriters contained in Section 8(c) of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of directors, officers and
employees of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, and any person
controlling the Company and the Selling Stockholders within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing contained in this Agreement is
intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons
referred to in this Section 12, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

          13. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters. If any one or
more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it
or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on the First Time of Delivery, and the
aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate
number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall
be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number of Shares set forth
opposite their respective names on Schedule I(a) bears to the aggregate number
of Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters,
or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Underwriters with the
consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Shares which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase
on such date. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Shares and the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which such
default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on
the First Time of Delivery, and arrangements satisfactory to the Underwriters
and the Selling Stockholders for the purchase of such Shares are not made within
48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on
the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Selling
Stockholders, except that the provisions of Section 6, Section 8 and Section 10
(which shall only apply with respect to the non-defaulting Underwriters) shall
at all times be effective and shall survive such termination, but nothing herein
shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default. In any
such case either the Underwriters or the Company shall have the right to
postpone such Time of Delivery but in no event for longer than seven days in
order that the required changes, if any, to the Final Prospectus or any other
documents or arrangements may be effected.

          As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" shall be deemed to
     include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this
     Section 13. Any action taken under


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     this Section 13 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability
     in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

          14. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties
and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement
or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall
survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person
controlling any of them.

          15. Definition of the Term "Business Day". For purposes of this
Agreement, "BUSINESS DAY" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc. is open for trading.

          16. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed
counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

          18. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or
interpretation of, this Agreement.

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          If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the
Company and the Underwriters, please indicate your acceptance in the space
provided for that purpose below.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        TRANSATLANTIC HOLDINGS, INC.


                                        By: /s/ Robert F. Orlich
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert F. Orlich
                                        Title: Chairman, President and Chief
                                               Executive Officer


                                        AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC


                                        By: /s/ Philip M. Jacobs
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: PHILIP M. JACOBS
                                        Title: SVP DIVESTITURE


                                        AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY


                                        By: /s/ Robert S. H. Schimek
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert S. H. Schimek
                                        Title: Chief Financial Officer, Senior
                                               Vice President and Treasurer

Accepted and agreed by:

/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- ------------------------------------
(Goldman Sachs & Co.)


Accepted and agreed by:

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.


By: /s/ Ray Craig
    --------------------------------
Name: Ray Craig
Title: Executive Director

                                                          UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT



                                                                   SCHEDULE I(A)

NUMBER OF SHARES UNDERWRITERS TO BE PURCHASED - ------------ ---------------- J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 9,100,000 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 9,100,000 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 4,420,000 Lazard Capital Markets LLC 1,820,000 Dowling & Partners Securities, LLC 780,000 Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia 780,000 Waller (USA) LLC -- ---------- 26,000,000
SCHEDULE I(B) SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
NUMBER OF FIRM MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SELLING STOCKHOLDER SHARES TO BE SOLD OPTIONAL SHARES TO BE SOLD - ---------------------------------- ----------------- -------------------------- American International Group, Inc. 17,073,690 0 American Home Assurance Company 8,926,310 3,900,000
SCHEDULE II(A) (I) ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL DISCLOSURE PACKAGE None (II) OTHER ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated June 2, 2009 containing an article concerning the Company published by Bloomberg.com. Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated June 4, 2009 containing a Statement from the Company regarding Moody's announcement. SCHEDULE II(B) ADDITIONAL FILINGS None SCHEDULE II(C) ORALLY CONVEYED PRICING INFORMATION 1. Public Offering price: $38.00 per share 2. Number of Shares offered: 26,000,000 shares SCHEDULE III LOCK UP AGREEMENT PARTIES 1. Robert F. Orlich 2. Kenneth Apfel 3. Paul A. Bonny 4. Michael C. Sapnar 5. Steven S. Skalicky 6. Javier E. Vijil 7. Gary A. Schwartz 8. Ian H. Chippendale 9. John G. Foos 10. John L. McCarthy 11. William J. Poutsiaka 12. Richard S. Press 13. Thomas R. Tizzio 14. C. Fred Bergsten SCHEDULE IV INFORMATION FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY BY THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS The Selling Stockholders have furnished to the Company for use in the Final Prospectus: (a) The information provided under the caption "Selling Stockholder" in the Final Prospectus, other than the last paragraph thereof. (b) The paragraph under the caption "Risk Factors - Uncertainty about the continued ownership by the AIG Group of a significant portion of our outstanding shares of common stock may have an adverse effect on us." The second and third paragraphs under the caption "Risk Factors - The current investigations into certain non-traditional, or loss mitigation, insurance products and other legal matters could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations." (c) The first two paragraphs under the caption "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation - Recent Actions by the AIG Group." SCHEDULE V INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE UNDERWRITERS: The Underwriters have furnished to the Company for use in the Final Prospectus: (a) The fifth paragraph under the caption "Underwriting" in the Final Prospectus concerning the terms of the offering. (b) The seventh, eighth and ninth paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting" in the Final Prospectus, concerning stabilizing and syndicate covering transactions by the Underwriters.