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Cornelius Vander Starr (October 15, 1892 – December 20, 1968), sometimes known as Neil Starr, was an American businessman and founder of C.V. Starr & Co. (later known as Starr Companies) in Shanghai, China, which became insurance giant AIG.
In 1919, Cornelius Vander Starr arrived in Shanghai and founded American Asiatic Underwriters, the first American-owned insurance enterprise in China, which expanded throughout the country within a few years.
In 1919, working from a two-room office in Shanghai, China, Cornelius Vander Starr established American Asiatic Underwriters, an insurance agency to which we trace our roots. We are proud of our heritage and invite you to explore the many milestones in our history.
Dec 17, 2018 · Cornelius Vander Starr had many identities, including American entrepreneur, successful businessman, salesman, fearless world traveler and business pioneer. As the founder of what is now American...
Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, Starr is capable of writing in 128 countries on six continents. Maurice R. Greenberg is the current chairman and chief executive officer of Starr.
Aug 16, 2018 · C. V. Starr, Founder. In 1969 Mr. Starr’s partners and friends began to compile a biography of Cornelius Vander Starr (1892-1968) by collecting stories from colleagues and friends, and from the many people whose lives he touched with his personal interest, kindness, and philanthropy.
When he was just 26 years old, Cornelius Vander Starr took a clerkship with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in Yokohama, Japan. Among his major assets at the time were the job and a strong sense of his own worth. The latter proved too much for the former.
During his 76-year life-span C.V. Starr, the founder of the predecessor companies of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), had a diversified career as a journalist, a lawyer, an international businessman, a publisher and a philanthropist.
The C. V. Starr East Asian Library exemplifies this commitment to scholarship and a greater understanding of Asia. This fine exhibit conveys not only the scope of his pioneering career, but also his wide range of interests, his commitment to people, wherever they were from, and his enduring internationalism.
C.V. Starr noted that many Chinese lived to a venerable age, and calculated that improving living standards would likely cause a further decline in the death rate. Displaying a trait that would later become a hallmark of the American International culture, he formed his own company, hired prominent Chinese to serve on the board, and talented ...
