MetLife Nears Systemic-Risk Tag on Latest U.S. Review
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MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, was moved to the last stage of a regulatory review that may impose extra Federal Reserve oversight.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a group of regulators led by Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, voted to move New York-based MetLife into a third round of evaluation that may label the company systemically important, the insurer said yesterday in a statement. The designation indicates a firm could endanger the financial system if it were to fail.