RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: NPR's business news starts with a global insurance deal.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: AIG will use the money to pay back part of the bailout billions it received from the U.S. government during the financial crisis.
U.S. insurance giant AIG has agreed to sell one of its top performing subsidiaries to British company Prudential. AIG is selling its Asian business for about $35 billion. The move rockets Prudential to a top spot in Asia's insurance market.