of course, two big interviews for you, bob benmosche will be with us and steve kandarian. we'll talk about that and the regulatory environments, coming up. >> a lot of insurance. all-state's closing the bell as well today. iag opened it. nervousness ahead of tomorrow's jobs report. we will have a preview and expert analysis of what to expect and how it might move the markets on friday, or not. i mean, jobs, do they matter right now? the fundamentals to this market. look at that. >> the buy on the dip mentality is at the forefront. take a look at where we stand as we approach this final stretch of the dow jones industrial average, up 128 points, as you can see, right around the highs of the day. nasdaq composite also doing well, and the standard & poor's 500 looks like this, gains on the session of 15. >> bob pisani, they did buy the dip from yesterday. >> they did, indeed. and a little bit surprising to some traders, because take a look at the dow industrials. a lot of traders are just very worried that the non-foreign payroll reports tomorrow is going to be terrible, well

joining me now in a cnbc exclusive interview, his first ever, to discuss metlife, is ceo steve kandarian so much for being on the program. >> thanks, maria. >> i want to get my arms around this uncertainty story. it seems you're not alone in business, in terms of talking about this stopping you from moving forward. how does this regulatory environment make it difficult for you to do business, and what does it mean for your stock buyback plan? >> well, the big question is, will metlife and some other large insurance companies be named a non-bank systemic important financial institution? and if so, then, we'll be regulated by the federal reserve and they'll become our primary supervisor. and as of now, we don't know whether it will be designated and if so what the rules will be. so it's an overhang for us. >> this has been going on for some time. i've spoken about this with bob benmosche and he's coming up as well from aig to talk a little bit about it after our interview. is it taking longer than people thought and why is this dragging out, do you think? >> well, prudential and aig have b