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Berkshire Shareholders Reject Diversity, AI Proposals
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on May 3 rejected a resolution requiring the company to report on risks from its subsidiaries' race-based initiatives, one of seven proposals ...
JD Power: Drivers Keep Shopping Even as Auto Insurance Price Increases Slow
Even as auto insurance rates level out, drivers are still looking for a better deal. The rate of U.S. auto insurance premium price increases slowed to less than 2% at the end of 2024, down from 13% ...
Auto Insurance Market Stays Rational Despite Improved Trends, Says Allstate
Allstate Corp. CEO Tom Wilson said he does not expect auto insurers to get more aggressive on pricing as the industry's rate increases seem to have leveled off. For the most part, Wilson explained to ...
Texting, Social Media and Calls Top Driver Distractions: Report
U.S. drivers are distracted by their phones for nearly 11 out of every 100 miles driven, or 11 percent of the time, according to more than 1.3 billion miles of driving data from across the country ...
Staff Cuts Help Fuel GEICO Profit; Not ‘Pouring Money’ Into AI: Jain
He's not yet ready to declare "mission accomplished," but Ajit Jain, vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway's insurance operations, said the conglomerate's personal auto insurer, GEICO, is no longer ...
Buffett to Step Down Following Six-Decade Run Atop Berkshire
Warren Buffett, who built Berkshire Hathaway Inc. into a business valued at more than $1.16 trillion and himself into a celebrity billionaire renowned for his investing acumen and witticisms, will ...
World’s First Catastrophe-Bond ETF Falters in ‘Crazy’ Market
The world's first-ever exchange-traded fund based on catastrophe bonds has failed to get the seed capital it expected after launching on the eve of the Trump administration's tariff war. "Some of our ...
Insured Losses Could Hit $145B in 2025, Driven by Rising Claims From Secondary Perils
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit $137 billion in 2024, following the 5-7 percent annual growth rate that has been the norm in recent years, according to Swiss Re analysis. If this ...