General Electric Capital Corporation (>> General Electric Company) and insurers Prudential Financial (>> Prudential Financial Inc) and American International Group (>> American International Group Inc) were given until Dec. 31 of 2015 to submit the so-called living wills, instead of July 1, the regulators said.

The extension was consistent with that provided to other firms in previous years, the regulators said.

The living wills are a crucial part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act to reform Wall Street aimed at avoiding another costly taxpayer bail-out of systemically important firms.

(Reporting by Douwe Miedema; Editing by Sandra Maler)