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Canadian Railroad Struggles with Adequate Track Repair Following 2015 Derailments
Canada's biggest railway struggled to keep some heavily used track in adequate repair even after a string of derailments last year showed the danger of moving oil on poorly maintained track, ...
AIG Is Selling $1.2B Stake in Chinese P/C Insurer
American International Group is offering for sale about $1.2 billion worth of shares in China's PICC Property and Casualty Co Ltd (PICC P&C) in a block deal, IFR said on Saturday, citing a term ...
Berkshire Profit Climbs on Investments; Insurance Underwriting Income Slipped by More Than Half
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s profit rose 8.2 percent in the first quarter as gains at manufacturing units and the investment portfolio overseen by Chairman Warren Buffett offset a slump at insurance ...
Is Ajit Jain’s Plate Too Full? No, Buffett Says
Among the insurance-related highlights of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb. was Warren Buffett's answer to a question about succession planning for subsidiaries. "There are no tea ...
Straight Talk From Buffett on ‘Bearded’ Reinsurers
An oversupply of capital is one factor making reinsurance less attractive for Warren Buffett these days, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said Saturday—making a specific reference to suppliers ...
The Hartford Slammed by Worsening Auto Losses and Lower Investment Returns
Worsening auto losses and lower investment returns led to a 31 percent decrease in The Hartford's 2016 first quarter net income. The property/casualty insurance giant said it produced $323 million in ...
Travelers, Markel, other NFL Insurers to Question League Over Concussion Accord
The National Football League's insurers were cleared to begin gathering evidence in their effort to avoid paying the league more than $1 billion in costs for thousands of lawsuits by former players ...
PwC Sued for Allegedly Favoring Younger Job Hires
A lawsuit accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of violating U.S. discrimination law by hiring a "stunningly low" number of people over the age of 40 to maintain a youthful culture has been filed in ...