How much will it cost the American International Group to keep its chief executive to help stabilize the troubled insurer? At least $7 million a year.

A.I.G. disclosed Monday in a regulatory filing that it would pay Robert H. Benmosche, 65, the former head of MetLife, $3 million a year in cash and $4 million in stock.

Mr. Benmosche will also be eligible for up to $3.5 million in stock as part of an incentive plan, A.I.G. said in a regulatory filing.

The pay package has received preliminary approval by Kenneth R. Feinberg, the administration official in charge of overseeing compensation for top executives at seven large firms bailed out by the federal government, according to the regulatory filing.