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The Top 15 U.S. Metros with High Exposure to Wildfire Risk
The number of wildfires per year is going down, but the increasing size and intensity of the fires is creating more property damage than ever before – in fact, the average fire size has tripled ...
Maryland Hopes to Rebuild Baltimore Bridge for $1.9B With Insurance, Federal, Other Funds
Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday. The state ...
Rising Prices, Low Satisfaction Drive 49% of Customers to Shop For New Auto Insurance
Increased premiums combined with lackluster customer satisfaction scores are driving record numbers of auto insurance customers into the market for a new policy, according to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. ...
Berkshire Wary of “Fashionable’ Cyber Insurance, AI
While Berkshire Hathaway made money on its personal auto insurance business GEICO, and even on a big bet it placed on property-catastrophe reinsurance in Florida last year, one place where the ...
Jain Successor Is Recurring Berkshire Board Topic; Leadership Lessons
The man responsible for providing billions of dollars of insurance for some of the world's biggest events, Ajit Jain, told investors in Berkshire Hathaway that his eventual replacement as the leader ...
Berkshire’s ‘Most Important’ Biz Drives Q1 Results; GEICO Still Behind on Tech
Berkshire Hathaway continued to deliver eye-popping results for its insurance and reinsurance operations during the first quarter of 2024, with underwriting profits for personal auto insurer GEICO ...
Buffett Praises Successors, Lauds Apple Despite Lowering Stake
Warren Buffett assured Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday that the executives expected to succeed him were ready for the job, and he heaped praise on Apple although Berkshire trimmed its ...
Study Finds Just 52% of Last Decade’s Largest Carrier M&As Created Long-Term Value
The larger the merger and acquisition deal is, the less likely it will create long-term value, a new study has revealed. A first-of-its-kind study by ACORD, the standards-setting body for the global ...