American International Group Inc. and General Electric Co.’s finance unit were designated systemically important by U.S. regulators, a ruling the companies had already agreed to accept. The vote by the Financial Stability Oversight Council subjects AIG and GE Capital to …
Prudential Financial Inc., the No. 2 U.S. life insurer, is contesting a U.S. finding that it poses a potential risk to the financial system, becoming the first company to challenge the label that brings additional oversight. Prudential requested a hearing …
MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. have been joined by state regulators challenging the Federal Reserve on how to oversee the biggest insurers under the Dodd-Frank law. The insurers and watchdogs are pressuring the Fed to avoid bank-like capital rules …
American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche raised doubt about whether the company will complete a sale of its plane-leasing unit to a Chinese investor group by a deadline this month. “June 14, we have to make a …
U.S. regulators on Monday proposed designating American International Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and GE Capital for heightened regulatory oversight, in a long-anticipated move aimed at cracking down on risks to markets. A group of regulators known as the Financial …
The new U.S. risk council has moved closer to deciding whether Prudential Financial is “systemically important,” a Prudential spokesman said on Friday, a tag that would translate into greater regulatory scrutiny for the second-largest U.S. life insurer. The 2010 Dodd-Frank …
A key ratings agency says that recently proposed guidelines for identifying which insurers would qualify as systemic risks represent an important first step in improved federal regulation of financial institutions. The proposed guidelines from the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), …
