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U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council to ID More Climate-Related Risks

The Financial Stability Oversight Council convened on Thursday to identify and address climate-related financial risk. The FOC last year published an extensive report on climate-related financial risk and issued dozens of best-practices recommendations to U.S. financial regulators to identify and …

Federal Reserve Unveils New Proposed Capital Rules for Large Insurers

American International Group Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc.’s new capital rules should reflect the insurance business’s differences from Wall Street banking, the Federal Reserve said in a proposal to limit the chance that the companies could threaten the financial system. …

Judge Calls FSOC Review of MetLife ‘Fatally Flawed;’ Government Vows Appeal

The U.S. government panel that decided MetLife Inc. was too big to fail erred in not analyzing the insurer’s vulnerability to financial distress, according to the federal judge who rescinded that designation last week. U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer …

Regulators Want More Details on Insurers’ Living Wills for Bankruptcy

Three major non-bank financial firms need to provide more detail on how they could be unwound in bankruptcy after a collapse, regulators said Tuesday in their first response to the companies’ living wills. The statement by the Federal Reserve and …

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 …

AIG, GE Capital Systemic Risk Designations Renewed

The top U.S. regulatory panel tasked with policing the safety of the financial system said on Thursday it is launching a review of potential risks in the asset management industry. But the Financial Stability Oversight Council was unlikely to designate …

House Lawmakers Say ‘Too Big To Fail’ Panel Too Secretive

Democratic and Republican lawmakers are cooperating on legislation that would lift some of the secrecy around the U.S. council that decides which companies pose the biggest risks to the financial system. The proposed legislation, drafted with help from the main …

Critics Say Financial Stability Council’s Transparency Falls Short

The U.S. financial risk council adopted new transparency measures on Wednesday, after critics raised concerns the group was too secretive about its decision-making process. In a unanimous vote, the Financial Stability Oversight Council agreed to give the public seven days’ …

FSOC’s Insurance Expert Woodall Approved As International Regulatory Observer

Roy Woodall, the insurance sector voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, will finally be getting involved in the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) but as an observer, not a member, for now. Members, generally supervisors in their …

Senate Bill Gives Federal Reserve Flexibility on Systemically Important Insurers

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is introducing legislation that would give the Federal Reserve more flexibility in regulating systemically important insurance companies such as American International Group Inc. The Senate bill, whose sponsors include Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown and …