The passage of the Dodd-Frank Act led to an increased role for federal financial regulators in regulating insurance companies. While insurance companies are still primarily regulated at the state level, certain insurance companies also qualify for federal regulation. For example, Dodd-Frank explicitly requires that the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) regulate all financial institutions designated as systemically important financial institutions (nonbank SIFIs) by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). Currently, FSOC has designated two insurance companies as nonbank SIFIs: Prudential and AIG. The FSOC also designated …
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