MetLife News
FSOC Leaves SIFI Labels Unchanged
A panel of U.S. regulators decided after meeting on Friday to stick with its existing policy for stricter rules on a handful of large financial institutions it deems "systemically important." The ...
MetLife Wants Delay on ‘Too-Big-To-Fail’ Case as Trump Reviews FSOC
MetLife Inc. is asking a U.S. court to put on pause a case over how the government deems certain companies "too big to fail," one of the most significant reforms to come out of the financial crisis, ...
Ex-AIG CFO Herzog Named to MetLife Board
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, elected David Herzog, the former chief financial officer of American International Group Inc., to its board of directors. The addition brings the total ...
AIG, Other Insurers Emerge as Financial Supermarkets as Banks Spurn Risk
When all else fails, lend. That's the strategy of some of the biggest U.S. insurers as they seek higher returns in an investment universe where buying bonds sometimes means guaranteed losses. The ...
AIG CEO Hancock Sees MetLife ‘Too Big to Fail’ Ruling as Opportunity
A judge's ruling that MetLife Inc is not "too big to fail" opens up an opportunity for insurer American International Group Inc to seek an exemption from the tag, AIG Chief Executive Peter Hancock ...
MetLife Beats Back U.S. Government’s Too-Big-to-Fail Label
MetLife Inc. beat back a U.S. attempt to label it too big to fail, which would've put America's biggest life insurer under tougher government scrutiny and forced it to put more money in reserves. A ...
MetLife Rolls Out First Commercial Auto Insurance Policy
MetLife Auto & Home has introduced its first commercial automobile policy. The product is now available in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, with more states planned in the near future. The commercial ...
MetLife Battle Against Too-Big-to-Fail Label Has Implications for AIG
A U.S. lawyer defending the government's decision to designate MetLife Inc. a potential threat to the economy was questioned sharply by a federal judge who was asked by the company to remove the ...