American International Group

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American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American insurance corporation. Its corporate headquarters are located in the American International Building in New York City. The British headquarters office is on Fenchurch Street in London, continental Europe operations are based in La Défense, Paris, and its Asian headquarters office is in Hong Kong. According to the 2011 Forbes Global 2000 list, AIG was the 29th-largest public company in the world. It was listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average from April 8, 2004 to September 22, 2008.

AIG sells travelers insurance internationally through Travel Guard, headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Travel Guard is a North American travel insurance provider. It specializes in providing travel insurance, assistance and emergency travel service plans. Travel Guard is headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin with worldwide assistance centers in Houston, TX; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Toronto, Canada; Madison, WI; Shoreham, United Kingdom; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A sister company of Travel Guard, Travel Guard Canada is a provider of travel insurance plans, covering Canadian travelers worldwide. Travel Guard Canada travel insurance plans offer coverage for emergency medical and health expenses, vacation and trip cancellation, travel interruption and delays, lost baggage and more.

Savvy Traveller Online Travel Resource
In 2008, Travel Guard Canada launched The Savvy Traveller to provide Canadians with a resource tool to provide travel tips, resources, news articles and other travel information. In 2009, SavvyTraveller.com was awarded the bronze CPRS (Canadian Public Relations Society of Toronto) ACE Award for, "Best Use of Communication Tools."