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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 NICO invests in Ariel Re
10th January 2022
National Indemnity Company (NICO), part of Warren Buffett's insurance and reinsurance firm Berkshire Hathaway, has expanded its strategic alignment with reinsurer Ariel Re through an investment and multi-year quota share agreement. NICO has both invested in Ariel Re Convertible Notes and extended its underwriting commitment to Ariel Re's Syndicate 1910 at ... Read the full article
Oscar Health in reinsurance deal with Berkshire Hathaway: Reports
16th August 2019
U.S. domiciled health insurer Oscar Health has entered into a new multi-year quota share reinsurance agreement with Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity Company (NICO), reports Forbes. Oscar Health established itself as a startup with a focus on providing Obamacare coverage, but according to reports, is looking to expand within the individual and ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway’s Nico drives $2.4bn net loss for group of U.S. reinsurers
24th May 2017
Analysis from the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) reveals that a group 18 U.S. reinsurers fell to a net income loss of $2.4 billion in the first-quarter of 2017, driven largely by National Indemnity Company (Nico) recording a net income loss as its combined ratio surpassed 100% coupled with over $5.8 ... Read the full article
AIG reserve charge to be offset by NICO adverse development reinsurance
14th February 2017
Insurer AIG has reported its latest set of results and a significant loss, largely due to adverse reserve developments, demonstrates the importance of the recently completed retroactive adverse development reinsurance agreement between Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and the firm. American International Group (AIG) reported yet another quarterly loss, as the ... Read the full article
AIG gets adverse development reinsurance from Berkshire Hathaway
20th January 2017
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has entered into a $9.8 billion adverse development reinsurance agreement with Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, National Indemnity Company (NICO), effective January 1st, 2016. The $9.8 billion transaction covers 80% of substantially all of AIG's U.S. commercial long-tail exposures for accident years 2015 and prior, and this includes the ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway in $1.5bn reinsurance agreement with The Hartford
3rd January 2017
Warren Buffett’s National Indemnity Company (NICO), a Berkshire Hathaway Inc subsidiary, has entered into a $1.5 billion aggregate excess of loss reinsurance agreement with The Hartford. With a reinsurance premium set at $650 million, the agreement will provide $1.5 billion of reinsurance covering adverse net loss reserve development on ... Read the full article
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