NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) said Tuesday that Allstate Corp. (ALL), John Hancock and American International Group Inc. (AIG) are among the companies that have threatened to sue it for claims related to mortgage-related offerings.

Others include Fannie Mae (FNMA), Freddie Mac (FMCC), the National Credit Union Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the investment bank said in a securities filing on Tuesday.

Goldman has already been facing claims from companies and investors that lost money from mortgage-related securities. It lowered its loss estimate for those plaintiffs to $485 million as of the end of June, from $514 million at the end of March. That lower figure is included in Goldman's estimate of $2 billion in "reasonably possible" losses beyond its reserves also disclosed in the filing.

New lawsuits, such as those contemplated but not filed by Allstate, AIG and the others, aren't accounted for in the $2 billion estimate, however.

Banks have continued to face litigation related to mortgage products they sold in the last few years during the run up to the financial crisis. On Monday AIG sued Bank of America Corp. (BAC), seeking to recover more than $10 billion on investments in mortgage-backed securities bought between 2005 and 2007.

In the filing Tuesday, Goldman said Allstate, AIG and the other entities have threatened to assert claims against it, and it has entered agreements with some of them to continue to negotiate.

Shares of Goldman, which lost 6% during Monday's market swoon, recently traded up 0.95%, to $118.75.

-By Liz Moyer, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2512; liz.moyer@dowjones.com

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