Articles by Ian Katz

Systemic Risk Panel to Show Lawmakers Why Some Insurers Are Too Big to Fail

U.S. regulators will disclose to lawmakers more than 1,400 pages of documents explaining why companies such as American International Group Inc. and MetLife Inc. are subject to tougher oversight. The Financial Stability Oversight Council is providing the papers after Republicans …

U.S. Seeks Dismissal of MetLife Suit Challenging Systemic Designation

MetLife Inc.’s lawsuit challenging its designation by regulators as critical to the economy should be thrown out, U.S. Justice Department lawyers said without making public their arguments to the judge. MetLife on January 13 became the first nonbank to challenge …

FSOC’s Woodall Warns of ‘Inappropriate’ Global Influence On U.S. Policy

Roy Woodall, a member of the U.S. panel charged with preventing another financial crisis, said he is concerned that global regulators have too much influence over policy in Washington. “International regulatory organizations may be attempting to exert what I consider …

MetLife May Get More Time For Living Will Due to Systemic Risk Appeal

U.S. bank regulators are scheduled to vote next week on whether to extend MetLife Inc.’s deadline for filing a so-called living will as the insurer sues the government for subjecting it to stricter oversight. The Federal Reserve and the Federal …

MetLife to Sue to Overturn Systemically Risky Designation

MetLife Inc. said it will sue in federal court as part of Chief Executive Officer Steve Kandarian’s effort to overturn a finding that the insurer is systemically important. A complaint will be filed today in Washington to oppose the U.S. …

MetLife Considers Appeal of Systemic Risk Label

MetLife Inc., the biggest U.S. life insurer by assets, was labeled a systemically important financial institution by a council of regulators and said it will consider whether to sue the government over the decision. The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted …

Legal Battle Over MetLife Systemic Risk Label Looms

U.S. regulators are close to a final decision to label MetLife Inc. systemically important, two people with knowledge of the matter said, setting up a potential legal battle with the country’s largest life insurer. The Financial Stability Oversight Council is …

MetLife Executives Appear Before FSOC to Challenge Systemic Risk Tag

MetLife Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steven Kandarian was accompanied by Washington lawyer Eugene Scalia at a hearing Monday to challenge regulators’ proposal to subject the insurer to Federal Reserve oversight, a person with knowledge of the matter said. MetLife Chief …

Treasury to Weigh Changes, Hear MetLife Challenge on Systemic Risk

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said a council of financial regulators will consider changes to how it evaluates companies for systemically important designation. The Financial Stability Oversight Council “will begin to consider possible changes in the coming months” after …

MetLife Challenges Systemic Risk Designation

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, is challenging a U.S. finding that it poses a potential risk to the financial system if it were to fail. MetLife requested a hearing before the Financial Stability Oversight Council, or FSOC, to …