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Insurance Giants May No Longer Be 'Too Big to Fail'

February 12, 2017

Insurance stocks rose sharply Thursday as a memo circulated by Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) said proposed legislation would no longer deem those companies "too big to fail."

 

In the years after the financial crisis, the Financial Stability Oversight Council, a consortium of regulators, labeled AIG, MetLife and Prudential as "systemically important" to the economy. But Hensarling's memo, obtained by CNBC, listed among other things a commitment to "remove remaining nonbank SIFI references." [“Systemically Important Financial Institution”] Large banks, it appears, would still fall into that category.

 

It's unclear what provisions laid out by Hensarling will survive the Senate and avoid the cutting-room floor, but the memo crystallized for investors a priority - for now - to give these three insurers a boost.