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Berkshire Hathaway P&C reinsurance underwriting profit surpasses $1bn in Q1 2024

4th May 2024

Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett-run holding company and conglomerate, has surpassed $1 billion in underwriting earnings in its property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance operations during the first-quarter of 2024, up almost 160% year-on-year. With P&C reinsurance premiums written rising by nearly 3%, to $6.455 billion for the three month period, driven ... Read the full article

Berkshire Hathaway reports strong Q2 2022 P&C reinsurance result

6th August 2022

Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett-run holding company and conglomerate, had another very successful quarter in its P&C reinsurance business in Q2 2022, with the unit driving an improvement in underwriting result across its insurance enterprise. Overall, Berkshire Hathaway delivered a $581 million insurance and reinsurance underwriting result in the second-quarter of ... Read the full article

Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO launches first telematics program

31st July 2019

GEICO, the auto insurance arm of reinsurance and investments giant Berkshire Hathaway, has launched and is trialling its first telematics product, named DriveEasy. The push into telematics based solutions to provide analytics and intelligence on driver performance has likely been driven by a desire to reign in claims costs, while charging ... Read the full article