(Reuters) – American International Group Inc (AIG.N) has agreed in principle to pay $450 million to settle a lawsuit with rival insurance companies over alleged under-reporting of premiums on workers' compensation policies, court documents showed.

The civil lawsuit was filed in mid-2009 by two firms, Safeco Insurance Co of America and Ohio Casualty Insurance Co, on behalf of a group of insurance companies and alleged a $1 billion workers' compensation under-reporting scheme at AIG.

(Reuters) – American International Group Inc (AIG.N) has agreed in principle to pay $450 million to settle a lawsuit with rival insurance companies over alleged under-reporting of premiums on workers' compensation policies, court documents showed.

The civil lawsuit was filed in mid-2009 by two firms, Safeco Insurance Co of America and Ohio Casualty Insurance Co, on behalf of a group of insurance companies and alleged a $1 billion workers' compensation under-reporting scheme at AIG.