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MetLife Receives Fed Extension on Capital Plans

MetLife Inc. received a three-month extension from the U.S. Federal Reserve on its plans to return capital to shareholders, the company said on Tuesday, potentially removing a short-term overhang on its stock. Its shares were up 5.4 percent on Tuesday …

After Failure, MetLife Criticizes Federal Reserve Stress Test As Flawed for Insurers

Citigroup and MetLife led a list of financial institutions that failed the Federal Reserve’s latest round of stress testing Tuesday, a shock result for two companies that were widely expected to return billions of dollars in extra capital to shareholders …

Best Performs Added Stress Testing Due to Europe’s Economic Uncertainty

A.M. Best Co. announced that it has performed additional stress tests of the balance sheets of insurers’ exposure to euro zone debt as economic conditions within the region continue to worsen. Best has published the results of the findings in …

EQECAT President on the Continuing Evolution of Catastrophe Models

“Models are never done – they’re evolutionary,” said EQECAT’s president Bill Keogh in an interview at the Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo. EQECAT’s latest updates were released on July 15. They covered its North Atlantic hurricane model, its Canada earthquake …

Stress Test Puts Banks’ Euro Zone Debt in Spotlight

Pressure on Europe’s banks to raise more capital increased on Monday after last week’s stress tests revealed their holdings of European sovereign debt, with likely losses on Greek bonds a growing concern. A health check of 90 European banks unveiled …

Stress Test Results Confirm Strength of European Insurance Industry

The second stress test of European insurers, conducted by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), has confirmed “the robustness of the European insurance market and its ability to withstand severe stress scenarios,” notes the European (re)insurance federation (CEA). …