With more than 100,000 people employed in over 130 countries, AIG and its affiliates have made it their policy to strive for a work environment that foster the needed skills and enthusiasm to support their global leadership in finance and insurance.
Employee programs are the key to AIG’s ability to attract and retain the best talents in the industry. By providing opportunities for advancement, skills training and a balanced work life, AIG can realize the full potential of its diverse workforce. As a leading insurance company, AIG aims to manage risk for their clients and employees, offering benefits that create more productive and healthier worksites.
A Multinational Workforce
Ever since the AIG was founded in Shanghai in 1919, the company and its affiliates have strived to preserve its principles of leadership, commitment and innovation. The AIG companies have earned a reputation in the industries they operate for attracting and developing the best local talent and maintaining an entrepreneurial innovative approach to their way of doing business anywhere on the planet. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the AIG companies thrive on a diverse culturally rich workforce that makes their vision and strategies a reality worldwide.
Training and Development
Career development is one unique hallmark of the AIG employee family. At AIG, a job is more than just a place to earn a paycheck. It is part of a larger vision that inspires its people to grow with the company. Employee career growth is fostered. Continuous training programs ensure this objective is met whenever possible. Using both traditional and state-of-the-art training programs, AIG has led the way in career development in the insurance industries. These programs include Executive development training, ethics compliance training, leadership and management training, as well as medical health maintenance programs
Health and Safety
AIG takes occupational safety and the overall employee health and well-being quite seriously. With a straight aim to a safe and healthy worksite, AIG initiates health, wellness and safety programs for its people anywhere it operates. By raising employee awareness of health issues and adopting healthy lifestyles, AIG has strived to maintain a healthy quality life for its employees and their families.
The Extended AIG Family
AIG always maintains it position as a socially responsible global employer. To this end, AIG has human resource initiatives worldwide aimed at strengthening employees’ family relations. Since employee morale and productivity rest on the contentment of their families, the employee family is taken in as part of the AIG family.
Partnership for Eldercare
In 1992, AIG participated with Partnership for Eldercare, a program of the Fund for Aging Services, Inc., which makes services available at no charge to employees who are balancing responsibilities at work with their commitment to taking care of their elders. In 2004, the New York State Office for the Aging recognized AIG as a “Caregiver Friendly Employer” for practices and policies that support caregivers within its business and the community
All these programs for AIG’s employees have likewise been initiated in other countries where AIG operates. The philosophies underpinning these initiatives are global in scope and tempered by the local realities as well as cultural differences in the global village. GP
