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MetLife to Shed Big Chunk of Life Unit

MetLife Inc. doesn’t believe it poses a risk to the financial system. But it isn’t waiting to find out if courts agree.

The insurer is seeking to divest a large piece of its U.S. life-insurance unit as part of a plan to ease some of the capital burden it is expected to face under new federal regulations, the company said Tuesday. Read on the Wall Street Journal.