Thelastdate on the timelineisMarch2, 2009, whenAmericanInternationalGroup (AIG) Inc announcedalossofbillion in the fourthquarter of 2008, thelargestloss in UScorporatehistory.
It was drawn up in the midst of the financial crisis in 2008, following the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers and multi-billion dollar rescue of insurance giant AmericanInternationalGroup (AIG).