After refusing to bail out Lehman Brothers, the government agreed to an $85 billion loan to insurance giant AIG, effectively taking over the company. Knowledge at Wharton talked to Wharton insurance professors Olivia Mitchell and Kent Smetters to find out how the world's largest insurer got into this situation and how it can be prevented from happening again.
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After refusing to bail out Lehman Brothers, the government agreed to an $85 billion loan to insurance giant AIG, effectively taking over the company. Knowledge at Wharton talked to Wharton insurance professors Olivia Mitchell and Kent Smetters to find out how the world’s largest insurer got into this situation and how it can be prevented from happening again.
A transcript of the conversation will be posted shortly.
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