Berkshire’s ‘Most Important’ Biz Drives Q1 Results; GEICO Still Behind on Tech May 7, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Berkshire Hathaway continued to deliver eye-popping results for its insurance and reinsurance operations during the first quarter of 2024, with...
Florida Jury: NICO Did Not Act in Bad Faith in Keys Crash that Killed 4 Women from Spain March 19, 2024 By William Rabb Six months after a federal appeals court upheld a $12 million verdict against a waste-hauling company in a crash that...
Berkshire Unit Added to Lawsuit Over Inflated Real Estate Commissions March 6, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway was added on Monday to a lawsuit accusing the National Association of Realtors...
GEICO’s ‘Eye-Popping’ 2023 Insurance Profits, Falling Employee Counts February 26, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Even though Berkshire Hathaway’s latest annual report featured Warren Buffett’s forecast that the days of “eye-popping performance” for the giant...
Berkshire Shows Unusual Risk Appetite in Wildfire Court Fight September 20, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp has been battered in an unprecedented court fight over the utility’s failure to prevent massive...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Buffett Talks Nuclear Risk and Tribalism May 10, 2022 By Susanne Sclafae Shareholders attending Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting on Saturday had questions about what will happen to the conglomerate when Chairman Warren...
Berkshire’s $11.6B Alleghany Deal Expands Insurance Business March 22, 2022 By Michelle Chapman and Josh Funk Warren Buffett, who started the year bemoaning the lack of potential acquisitions for his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, announced Monday that...
Montana Court Upholds Most Points in Ruling That Cost Insurer $98M for Libby Mine Claims November 24, 2021 By Jim Sams The Montana Supreme Court upheld all but one point in a ruling that requires Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity Co. to...
Chemical Fire Draws Illinois National Guard; Locals Evacuate June 15, 2021 By Sergio Chapa and Shruti Date Singh A massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois spurred the governor to deploy the National Guard to the...
Warren Buffett’s Duracell Sues Energizer Over Battery Life Claims September 9, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — Duracell, the battery unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, sued the maker of Energizer batteries on...