AIG American General to close Milwaukee center, lay off 291

American General Life Cos., part of AIG, is closing its operations center in the Walker's Point neighborhood, resulting in the loss of more than 250 jobs... American General Life Cos. will lay off 291 employees in Milwaukee and 124 Houston employees as part of a major work force reduction nationwide.

The Midwest Operations Center at 750 W. Virginia St. in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood, which had a total of 312 employees, will be shut down. AIG laid off 254 of those employees and retained 58, who will move to a marketing and operations center at 1200 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa or possibly work from home. The company also eliminated 37 jobs at the Mayfair Road office.

The Milwaukee employees who were laid off worked for the health, contracts and licensing, underwriting, new business and operations development departments...

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