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July 23, 2008 Insurance Journal: Closing Quote posted on insurancejournal.com, "What AIG's Fall and New CEO Mean to Insurance" by Ron Shelp
June 23, 2008 Best's Insurance News, “After the Fall, Fence Mending at AIG” by Alyn Ackermann

June 5, 2008 L'AGEFI Hebdo, “Hollywood Greenberg” by Thomas Carlat
May 31, 2008 Paris
La Tribune interview
May 30, 2008 Paris
L'AGEFI interview
May 30, 2008 Paris
8:30 to 10:00 a.m. American Chamber of Commerce in France, 156, Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris Event Details
May 26, 2008 Amsterdam
18:15  Rotary Club Amsterdam International, Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, Apollolaan 138, 1077 BG Amsterdam Event Details
May 23, 2008 London
Evening Standard interview and podcast
May 22, 2008 London
City AM interview
May 21, 2008 London
Presentation, International Underwriters Association Market Briefing, Balls Bros. Wine Bar, Mincing Lane, London EC3 , 12 noon to 1pm.
May 20, 2008 London
12:30 Waterstones, Leadenhall Market, Book signing
May 20, 2008 London
AM Best interview
May 20, 2008 London
Financial Times interview
May 19, 2008 London
19:00 Rotary Club of Canary Wharf ; Davy’s Wine Bar, Fisherman’s Walk E14 4DH
May 10, 2008 China
Chinese-language edition of “Fallen Giant” launched in markets across China.
Published by Grand China Publishing House, which also published “Freakonomics” in China. According to the publisher, “The simplified Chinese version contains 180,000 characters or so and is expected to be priced at about RMB 38. The total number of pages is about 300.”
April 1, 2008 Best’s Review, “Future Impact”, by David Dankwa, Chad Hemenway.
March 3, 2008 Best's Insurance News, “Guilty Verdict in Finite Re Trial Is Mixed Blessing for Industry, Experts Say”, by David Dankwa.
March, 2008 Chiefexecutive.net to run “Fallen Giant” Chapter 13: “The Great Survivor Vows to Bounce Back” in online edition of CEO magazine.
Feb. 27, 2008 Reuters “AIG seen posting loss on write-down” by Lilla Zuill: “ There are plenty of people who remember the golden (Greenberg) years," said Ron Shelp, a former AIG executive who reported directly to Greenberg and later wrote a book on him titled ‘Fallen Giant.’" Full article...
February, 2008 Korea
EverRich Holdings, South Korea, acquires rights to publish “Fallen Giant” in Korean language.

Dec. 6, 2007 Union League Club – Book Fair, featured author
Dec. 3, 2007 Faculty and students, Executive MBA program, Emory University
Dec. 3, 2007 The Mariners Club, Atlanta
Nov. 30 , 2007 University of Georgia  School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA)
 
Nov. 26 , 2007 Forbes Asia publishes excerpt from “Fallen Giant": "Present at the Re-Creation."
Nov. 8, 2007 The New York Times, quoted in “A.I.G. Takes a Hit of $1.95 Billion on Housing Investments”, by Joseph B. Treaster. Read the article.
 
Nov. 8, 2007 New York Post, quoted in “Hank’s Cool Hand”, by Paul Tharp. Read the article.
 
Nov. 5, 2007

Reuters, author quoted in  “Analysts skeptical Greenberg can put AIG into play”, by Ed Leefeldt. Read the article.

November, 2007 The OPC Bulletin, monthly newsletter of Overseas Press Club:  “Fallen Giant” featured in New Books
 
Sept. 24, 2007 Yale Club, New York – dinner speaker
 
Sept. 13, 2007

The Union League Club, NYC  – dinner speaker

Sept. 2007

University of Georgia Magazine, vol. 86. No. 4.  “Fallen Giant” listed in “New Books” section.

Aug. 30, 2007

Financial Director (U.K.)  Comments in article  “Below the surface”, byPeter Bartram

Aug. 10 , 2007

CITY SPY,  The Evening Standard  (U.K.), “Fallen Giant” noted, with specific interest in book’s description of soft-boiled eggs at Morefar.

June 22 , 2007

Broward Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

June 21 , 2007

Miami Rotary Club, Miami, FL

June 19, 2007

Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL

June 14, 2007

Eastsider, weekly newspaper, Ft. Lauderdale; article plus photo

May 15 , 2007

University Club, New York – dinner speaker

April 29, 2007 2007 RIMS Conference, New Orleans – article on Fallen Giant in Risk Management magazine
April 19, 2007

Barnes & Noble, Atlanta, reading and book signing

April 18, 2007

University of Georgia, speaker, “Library Presents"
Watch a highlight of the meeting
Request a copy of Ron Shelp's entire speech

April 2, 2007

Barnes & Noble, Salt Lake City, reading and book signing

March 16 , 2007

USA Today interview

March 8, 2007 New York  Sun, “Hank Greenberg: From China to Spitzer to Cuomo”
by Jay Akasie. “Ron Shelp recalls the day Maurice 'Hank" Greenberg called him into his office at American International Group's Pine Street headquarters shortly..." read more...
March 6 , 2007

Rotary Club at the Princeton Club, New York – luncheon speaker
Watch a highlight of the meeting
Request a copy of Ron Shelp's entire speech


March 2, 2007 Reuters interview
Feb. 28, 2007

Knickerbocker Club, New York – speaker

Feb. 20, 2007 Barnes & Noble, Citigroup Center, 160 E. 54th St., New York - book signing, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 8, 2007 Private luncheon speaker, hosted by senior executive, AON.
February, 2007

Family Club, San Francisco

Jan. 22, 2007 Risk Management Risk Management magazine interview
January 2007

Directors & Boards magazine – book review

January 2007 China Grand China Publishing House, China, acquires rights to translate, print, and distribute Fallen Giant in China
Dec. 18, 2006

“Fallen Giant or Comeback Kid? (A View from the Press Box)”
Friedman blog on nationalunderwriter.com
Posted by Sam Friedman, December 18, 2006

Dec. 18, 2006 National Underwriter
Sam Friedman reviews Fallen Giant in “Fallen Giant?" December 18, 2006
Dec. 17, 2006

The New York Times
Roger Lowenstein reviews Fallen Giant in “The Foundation, and the Flaws, of an Empire”, Sunday Business, December 17, 2006

Dec. 8 , 2006 Fallen Giant top-selling insurance book on Amazon
Of 100 best sellers on Amazon that deal with insurance related topics, Fallen Giant is the top-seller

Dec. 4 , 2006

BestWeek
“Book: Greenberg May Not Regain Reputation”, David Dankwa, BestWeek Weekly Insurance Newsletter, December 4, 2006

Nov. 30 , 2006

Audio interview with AM Best editors
BestDay Audio
iTunes Podcast

Nov. 16, 2006 Book launch event, New York City
Nov. 12, 2006

Book signing, 1 to 3 PM, Chatham Book Store
Main Street, Chatham, NY

Nov. 7, 2006 Les XXVI Dinner, New York - speaker
Oct. 16, 2006 Biz Radio Network, live interview