Manulife Weighs Bid for AIG's Asian Units

The Globe and Mail, Tara Perkins & Andrew Willis, 25 September 2008Manulife Financial Corp. is weighing a bid for Asian operations of American International Group Inc., a move that would vault the Canadian insurer into the top ranks of one of the world's hottest insurance markets. Chief executive officer Dominic D'Alessandro and his successor Don Guloien, who will take over when Mr. D'Alessandro