Did Goldman Just Get Fired by AIG (BTW, Is AIG Their E&O Insurer)?

By Louise Story and Eric Dash

As its legal troubles mount, Goldman Sachs is losing a big corporate client: the American International Group.

A.I.G., the insurance giant that planned to retain Goldman to help reorganize its businesses, has replaced Goldman as its main corporate adviser, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, which was not intended to be public. Instead, the insurer is turning to Citigroup and Bank of America.

The move is the first in what some analysts warn could be a series of defections among Goldman’s clients after accusations — vigorously denied by Goldman — that it defrauded customers in a complex mortgage investment. A Goldman spokesman declined to comment.

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