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MetLife Inc. (MET) has filed a lawsuit<\/a> seeking to overturn a U.S. finding that forces the insurer to be subject tougher oversight under the Dodd-Frank Act. This case is the first challenge of its kind by a non-bank financial firm. MetLife, which was given the systematically important financial institutions (SIFI) designation by the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), is opposing the label, which earmarks it as \u201ctoo big to fail.\u201d <\/p>\n

In a statement, MetLife said that the label is \u201cpremature,\u201d and that it doesn\u2019t consider itself an SIFI. Companies given the SIFI label are subject to tougher oversight by the Federal Reserve, including stricter leverage, capital, and liquidity requirements. Other non-banks that have been designated SIFIs include: <\/p>\n

\u2022\tAmerican International Group (AIG)<\/p>\n

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MetLife Inc. (MET) has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a U.S. finding that forces the insurer to be subject tougher oversight under the Dodd-Frank Act. This case is the first challenge of its kind by a non-bank financial firm. MetLife, which was given the systematically important financial institutions (SIFI) designation by the U.S. Financial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3740],"tags":[3274],"class_list":["post-5755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-metlife"],"yoast_head":"\nMetLife Sues Regulators Over Systemic-Risk Designation — Investor Lawyers Blog — January 16, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MetLife Inc. 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