The Financial Stability Oversight Council today approved the final regulation governing the factors it will use to determine whether an insurer is "systemically significant."

The final rule is consistent with the regulation proposed by the new agency in November. The FSOC unanimously passed the rule.

One change in the final rule from the proposal is that it clarifies the applicability of the confidentiality provisions to information collected by the FSOC as part of the determination process.

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