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Executive Was a Primary Architect of Insurance Giant's Global Business

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The story of Ernest Stempel who joined AIG in 1938 on atip from his uncle who was an agent in Panama, attended Fordham Law School at nights, worked for Mr. Starr, and built AIG's overseas business, especially in Asia. He died at age 93, played tennis well into his 80's, remarried 15 years ago to a fashion decorator from Capetown, South Africa, and lived in Bermuda. AIG's founder C.V. Starr was among the first westerners to sell insurance to citizens of China and other Asian countries.


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