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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 …

President Obama Signs Bill Easing Insurer Capital Standards

President Barack Obama has signed legislation intended to relax capital and liquidity standards for insurers under the Dodd-Frank Act. The law gives the Federal Reserve flexibility in setting the standard for insurers. The legislation (S.2270) was approved by the Senate …

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 …