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): April 3, 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 7 - Regulation FD

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

      On April 3, 2005, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) issued a
press release that contained a letter to AIG shareholders from Martin J. 
Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer of AIG.

      A copy of the above-referenced press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information furnished pursuant to this
Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under such Section and shall not
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of AIG under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
                
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 
                    April 3, 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: April 4, 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 April 3, 2005.