MetLife extended CEO Steve Kandarians term by lifting the age-65 retirement policy as he works to simplify the company and fights to avoid stricter government oversight.

Auto theft nationwide was up about 1% in the first six months of 2015, as drivers made more trips amid lower fuel prices.

MetLife Inc. agreed to pay $25 million to settle a probe of abuses tied to variable annuities, the highest-ever penalty for those products by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. posted a quarterly profit for the first time since 2014 on a rebound in the reinsurers investment portfolio.

New Yorks financial regulator promoted Scott Fischer to be the states top insurance watchdog, a position that involves overseeing about 1,700 companies with more than $4 trillion of assets.

Ajit Jain, long considered a top candidate to replace billionaire Warren Buffett as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is expanding his oversight of the companys insurance operations.

The compensation included a $2.45 million bonus and more than $6 million in stock and option awards, up from $2.2 million a year earlier.

U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer said that the Financial Stability Oversight Councils action was arbitrary and capricious and that the panel didnt follow its own guidelines.