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): October 21, 2004


                       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 October 21, 2004, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) issued a
press release announcing that AIG has been informed by the United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana that it is a target of a federal
grand jury investigation. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this Form 8-K.



                                   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: October 21, 2004                  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 October 21, 2004.