Archive

  • Insurance "made to order" for Berkshire, says Buffett

    28 February 2022

    Berkshire chief's annual letter praises stickiness of $147bn insurance "float"

  • GDV's Jörg Asmussen: flood images in Germany "shocking, difficult to bear"

    20 July 2021

    Warren Buffett's German reinsurer stress-tested specifically for 'German flood' in its SFCR

  • Berkshire Hathaway incurs further reinsurance losses in Q3

    09 November 2020

    Covid-19 losses climb to $668m, while hurricanes Laura and Sally cost $308m

  • Berkshire Hathaway grows earnings despite heavy reinsurance losses

    10 August 2020

    The firm's reinsurance segment posted losses of $1.6bn in H1

  • Berkshire Hathaway's reinsurance division takes another nosedive

    24 February 2020

    Warren Buffett's company was hit by reinsurance losses for the third straight year in 2019

  • Berkshire Hathaway hit by rising auto losses

    04 November 2019

    Geico earnings down as investments soar

  • Tesla on track to enter auto insurance market

    13 June 2019

    “Information arbitrage” gives company an advantage, says Elon Musk

  • When the big cat strikes losses will be big - very big - says Buffett

    26 February 2019

    Annual letter delivers coruscating warning on dangers of the underwriting business

  • Warren Buffett's insurance earnings jump six-fold

    05 November 2018

    Absence of severe natcats help Berkshire Hathaway to profit

  • Cyber risk still a struggle for insurers

    30 May 2018

    Progress in managing cyber risk exposures is continuing, but are insurers doing enough to convince regulators that they understand what they're doing? Paul Walsh reports