AIG selling broker-dealer segment, cutting expenses

Insurer AIG is selling its broker-dealer segment, starting an initial public offering for its mortgage-insurance division and slashing expenses after coming under pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn.
Icahn has been pushing AIG to break itself into three separate companies.
American International Group Inc. Said today that it will sell AIG Advisor Group to private equity firm Lightyear Capital LLC and Canadian pension investment manager PSP Investments. Terms were not disclosed.
The company said the IPO for up to 19.9 percent of United Guaranty Corp. Is a first step toward a full separation. AIG also announced that it is looking to cut USD 1.6 billion of expenses within two years.

Its shares rose more than 1 percent in premarket trading.