Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
C V STARR & CO INC
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC [AIG]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
399 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/05/2008
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 12/05/2008   J(1)(2)(3)(4)   2,917,916 D $ 0 (1) (2) (3) (4) 10,507,832 D  
Common Stock               8,580,850 I See Footnote (5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Variable Prepaid Forward Contract $ 0 (1) (2) (3) (4) 12/05/2008   J(1)(2)(3)(4)     2,917,916   (1)(2)(3)(4)   (1)(2)(3)(4) Common Stock 2,917,916 (1) (2) (3) (4) $ 0 (1) (2) (3) (4) 0 (1) (2) (3) (4) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
C V STARR & CO INC
399 PARK AVENUE
17TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
    X    

Signatures

 /s/Bertil P-H Lundqvist, Attorney-In-Fact   12/09/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/Mike F. Huang, Attorney-In-Fact   12/09/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On November 21, 2005, C. V. Starr & Co., Inc. (?CV Starr?) entered into a variable prepaid forward sale contract (the ?Citi Contract?) for up to 2,917,916 shares (the ?Maximum Number?) of American International Group, Inc. common stock (the ?Common Stock?) pursuant to a Master Terms and Conditions for Pre-Paid Forward Contracts, dated as of November 15, 2005, by and between CV Starr and Citibank, N.A. (?Citibank?).
(2) The Citi Contract provided that the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable to Citibank by CV Starr at settlement would be based upon the Relevant Price (as defined in the Citi Contract) for each of the 10 Scheduled Trading Days (as defined in the Citi Contract) prior to and including December 5, 2008 (the ?Valuation Dates?) as follows: (a) if the Relevant Price of the Common Stock (the ?Settlement Price?) were less than or equal to $66.8540 (the ?Forward Floor Price?), a delivery of 1/10 of the Maximum Number of shares of Common Stock, subject to rounding; -- CONTINUES ONTO THE NEXT FOOTNOTE
(3) CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOOTNOTE -- (b) if the Settlement Price were greater than the Forward Floor Price but less than or equal to $86.9102 (the ?Forward Cap Price?), a delivery of shares equal to (i) the Forward Floor Price divided by the Settlement Price times (ii) 1/10 of the Maximum Number of shares of Common Stock, subject to rounding; and (c) if the Settlement Price is greater than the Forward Cap Price, a delivery of shares equal to (i) (A) the Forward Floor Price plus (B) the Settlement Price minus the Forward Cap Price, divided by (ii) the Settlement Price, times (iii) 1/10 of the Maximum Number of shares of Common Stock, subject to rounding.
(4) The Settlement Price on each of the Valuation Dates ranged from a high of $1.98 to a low of $1.56, resulting in CV Starr delivering to Citibank the Maximum Number of shares of Common Stock
(5) CV Starr may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of, and to have a pecuniary interest in, the shares of Common Stock held by the C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. Trust, of which CV Starr is a beneficiary.
 
Remarks:
CV Starr may be deemed to beneficially own more than 10% of the Common Stock under Rule 16a-1(a)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as a result of it being deemed a member of a group under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

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