Mark Lyons has been fired by American International Group (AIG), two weeks after being appointed because the insurer’s interim chief monetary officer.
Earlier this month, Lyons – who was additionally govt vp, world chief actuary, and portfolio administration head – took over the finance perform in an interim capability resulting from CFO Shane Fitzsimons being on medical depart of absence efficient January 10.
Now the corporate revealed Lyons’ termination, citing violations of confidentiality/non-disclosure obligations. AIG, nonetheless, clarified that the violations weren’t associated to the agency’s monetary statements or monetary reporting.
Meanwhile, in a US Securities and Exchange Commission Form 8-Ok submitting, AIG mentioned it entered right into a settlement settlement with Lyons, pursuant to which he can be paid a gross money quantity of $7.5 million in recognition of his contributions since becoming a member of in 2018.
According to the submitting seen by Insurance Business, the primary half can be paid not later than February 15, 2023, whereas the second batch of fee can be made on or earlier than the identical date subsequent yr. In the doc, it was famous that Lyons was let go on January 24.
Stepping in as interim finance chief and interim world chief actuary, respectively, are Sabra Purtill and Turab Hussain. The latter has served as AIG’s basic insurance coverage chief threat officer since 2021, whereas Purtill has been chief funding officer of the group’s life & retirement enterprise Corebridge Financial since 2022.