ProPublica: Labor Department Probing AIG Affiliate

The U.S. Labor Department has asked its inspector general to investigate allegations that an employee of a company used by American International Group (AIG) to check defense contractor injury claims flashed an identification card suggesting he was a government agent, the independent, nonprofit news service reported last Friday.ProPublica said the employee formerly worked for Tangiers International, a company AIG used to document or dispute injury claims filed by workers for defense contractors oversees.The claims are filed under the Defense Base Act, through which AIG writes more than 80% of ...