April 22 (Reuters) - AIG said on Monday that

David McElroy, the chairman of its general insurance unit, will

retire effective May 1.

McElroy, who took over as chairman of the unit in January

this year, has agreed with AIG to hasten his retirement date for

personal reasons, but will remain available to the company, it

said in a statement.

McElroy joined AIG in 2018 as president and chief executive

officer of Lexington Insurance Company and was CEO of the

general insurance unit from August 2020 to December 2023.

AIG will report its first quarter results on May 1.

(Reporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio

D'Souza and Mrigank Dhaniwala)