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Insurance companies unaffected by climate change, says Warren Buffett

March 5, 2014March 9, 2014 Julie Campbell

Insurance News - Warren Buffett, CEO of Bershire Hathaway

According to the Berkshire chairman and CEO, the increase in natural disasters has not impacted his insurers. Warren Buffett has revealed that the increase in natural disasters and the extreme weather from climate change around the world have not affected Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance companies. Buffett has stated that no changes have been made to the way that catastrophe calculations are made. He explained that climate change has not affected the calculations that are made in terms of determining how likely it is for a catastrophe to occur. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.…

Insurance news from Berkshire Group includes GIC deal withdrawal

August 21, 2013August 19, 2013 H. Cutner

The two companies had previously come to an agreement, but the latter has failed to uphold its side. The Berkshire Group has made insurance news as it just revealed that it is pulling out of a deal that it had with General Insurance Corporation (GIC), a company from India, ending an agreement that was supposed to continue for a period of three years. However, GIC has paid the premiums for only two quarters, losing the reinsurance business at Berkshire. The three year contract made insurance news when GIC failed to…

Berkshire Hathaway makes a move on business insurance

June 13, 2013June 12, 2013 Logan B.

Berkshire Hathaway to muscle into business insurance sector Berkshire Hathaway is making a strong move into the business insurance sector in order to have a greater impact on how this sector operates. The company has been looking to enter into new sectors of the global insurance industry lately in order to take advantage of new opportunities that exist in developing markets around the world. In the past, the company has pushed into the business insurance sector due to certain trends, but this time is different for Berkshire Hathaway. Company cites…

Berkshire Hathaway to expand commercial insurance lines

May 9, 2013May 25, 2013 Logan B.

Commercial insurance proves attractive for Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate with strong ties to the insurance industry, has somewhat ambitious plans to expand its commercial insurance business in the coming years. The company has remained somewhat stagnant with its commercial lines for some time, biding its time and hoping to ride out some of the turbulence that has been common throughout the insurance industry recently. The company recently acquired four new executives from the American International Group (AIG), and now plans to put more focus on its commercial…

Insurance news from Berkshire reveals 51 percent profit increase

May 6, 2013May 4, 2013 G. Turner

The company has just released its profit statements for its investments within this industry. Berkshire Hathaway has just announced its latest insurance news, saying that its net income rose to reach $4.89 billion, which translates to $2,977 per share, in a statement that it has released. This is a massive increase over a year earlier at $3.25 billion, which was $1,966 per share. The company, based in Omaha, Nebraska, said that this insurance news also includes its $2,302 per share operating profit, which does not include some of its investment…