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Berkshire Profit Rises 51%, Shares Hit Record High
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Friday said quarterly profit rose nearly 51 percent on a solid performance in insurance and by many of its other businesses, as well as gains from ...
How Imports Support U.S. Jobs Including Insurance
A new report credits imports with supporting 16 million U.S. jobs in a bid by business groups to improve the image of the ugly brother of trade. While politicians from President Barack Obama on down ...
NAIC CEO Nelson Explains Affordable Care Vote, Warns Feds ‘Stay In Your Lane’
Spending roughly a dozen years in the U.S. Senate taught the new CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) how to play defense, he revealed during an industry meeting last ...
Florida Lawmakers Approve Medical Malpractice Reform
In a victory for medical malpractice insurers and physicians, Florida lawmakers have approved a series of tort reforms that among other things will require expert witnesses testifying against ...
Lessons of Reinhart-Rogoff: Lawrence Summers
The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart ...
Buffett: Berkshire to Become ‘Significant Factor’ in Commercial Insurance
Investor Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway plans on growing its commercial lines insurance business quickly now that it has added four executives from American International Group (AIG). "I ...
Texas Fertilizer Plant That Blew Up Had Only $1M Policy
The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded last month, killing 14 people, injuring more than 200 others and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to the surrounding area had only $1 million in ...
Buffett Fans Remain Loyal Even As Berkshire Growth Slows
Short-seller Douglas Kass, Warren Buffett's handpicked bear, raised a concern on the minds of many shareholders at the "Woodstock for capitalists" this weekend: Has Berkshire Hathaway Inc. become so ...