UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 30, 2005


                       AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


       Delaware                      1-8787                   13-2592361
   (State or Other           (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
   Jurisdiction of                                          Identification No.)
   Incorporation)


                                 70 Pine Street
                            New York, New York 10270
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 770-7000

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         (Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Section 2 - Financial Information

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

      On March 30, 2005, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) issued a press
release announcing that the filing of its 2004 Form 10-K will be delayed beyond
the March 31, 2005 extended due date in order to provide AIG, its Board of
Directors and its new management adequate time to complete their extensive
review of AIG's books and records. The review includes issues arising from
pending investigations into non-traditional insurance products and certain
assumed reinsurance transactions by the Office of the Attorney General for the
State of New York and the Securities and Exchange Commission and from AIG's
decision to review the accounting treatment of certain additional items. A copy
of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K. The information set forth in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form
8-K, including the information contained in Exhibit 99.1, shall be deemed
"filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

          (c)    Exhibits.

           Exhibit 99.1     Press release of American International Group, 
                            Inc. dated March 30, 2005.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
                                                 (Registrant)

Date: March 30, 2005                    By /s/ KATHLEEN E. SHANNON
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                                        Name:  Kathleen E. Shannon
                                        Title: Senior Vice President
                                               and Secretary

                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                        Description
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99.1                               Press Release of American International 
                                   Group, Inc. dated March 30, 2005.