Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. on Wednesday said it has launched new executive and professional lines products for financial institutions in Canada.

Health insurance plan rates will rise an average of 13.2% next year in California’s health insurance exchange, more than triple the increases of prior years, state officials announced.

Global natural disasters racked up $30 billion in insured losses for the first half of the year, down 3% from the 10-year average of $31 billion but up 27% from the 16-year average of $24 billion, Aon Benfield Group Ltd. said Wednesday in a report.

Cancer once again topped the list of costliest stop-loss catastrophic claims, but the cost of transplants is growing rapidly, according to a report by Sun Life Financial Inc.

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority said Monday that it has named Ruwan Jayasekera head of the Insurance Supervision Division.

Beecher Carlson Insurance Services L.L.C. has named Atlanta-based Sharon Brainard to the newly created role of chief casualty innovation director.

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty S.E. has launched a transactional liability unit in North America to cover risks posed by mergers and acquisitions.

An Illinois Rent-A-Center store violated a transgender woman’s civil rights after her gender transition, the agency says.

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings A.G.’s net income for the second quarter of 2016 rebounded to $153.4 million compared with net income of $9.