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Federal Reserve to Study Effect of Banks’ Systemic Risk Rules on Insurers

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced plans to study the potential effects of forcing big insurance companies to meet tough funding restrictions required by the 2010 Dodd-Frank law. The Wall Street oversight law directed regulators to identify big non-bank …

Viewpoint: Systemically Risky Insurers Merit More Oversight But Not Bank Rules

Could Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. threaten the stability of the financial system? The U.S.’s top regulators are asking themselves this question as they consider whether Berkshire and other large insurers should come under Federal Reserve oversight. The answer is …