AIG’s local units insist it is “business as usual”

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The Latin American subsidiaries of AIG have been forced to defend their positions in the wake of the beleaguered US insurance giant AIG’s recent rescue by the federal authorities. In Chile, Seguros Interamericana denied press rumours that it was up for sale.