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Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Jain Holds $109M in Company Shares
One of Warren Buffett's top deputies has amassed a stake in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. valued at more than $100 million. Ajit Jain, the insurance executive who was named a vice chairman of Buffett's ...
Berkshire Hathaway Promotes Likely Buffett Successors Abel and Jain
Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Wednesday promoted two of its top executives, Gregory Abel and Ajit Jain, adding them to its board and cementing their status as the most likely successors to Warren Buffett ...
Berkshire Hathaway Could See $37B Book Value Gain from U.S. Tax Cuts: Barclays
Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by Warren Buffett, may see its book value grow by $37 billion because of U.S. tax law changes enacted by President Donald Trump, Barclays Capital analysts ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Stock Hits $300,000 for the First Time
Berkshire Hathaway Inc's stock price touched $300,000 for the first time on Monday, reflecting investors' confidence in Warren Buffett's conglomerate despite four straight quarters of lower operating ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Is Now Second to Berkshire Hathaway in Terms of Market Value
A surge in Ping An Insurance (Group) Co.'s shares this year has made it the world's second-largest insurer by market value behind only Berkshire Hathaway Inc. And the rally may not be done yet. ...
Hurricanes, Quakes Hammer Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO, Gen Re, Other Insurance Units
Bad weather hurt Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc in the third quarter, as insurance losses tied to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and an earthquake in Mexico contributed to a 43 percent ...
Berkshire Hathaway Likely to Report Big Q3 Claims Costs—and Reduced Insurance ‘Float’
The insurance business has been good to Warren Buffett. For decades, his stable of carriers at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have provided him billions of dollars to invest. They've also turned an ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys Stake in Italian Insurer Cattolica
Warren Buffett is expanding his wager on Italy. The billionaire's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Thursday it agreed to buy about 9 percent of Italian insurer Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni Scrl ...