June 16, 2022
Warren Buffett on Tuesday donated about $4 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and four family charities, part of the billionaire’s pledge to give away nearly all of his net worth. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which Buffett has …
May 4, 2022
Shareholders attending Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting on Saturday had questions about what will happen to the conglomerate when Chairman Warren Buffett is no longer around to lead it. They also wanted to know how external problems of the world would …
May 3, 2022
There wasn’t a lot of talk about auto insurance at this year’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, but when the subject came up, Warren Buffett acknowledged the continued dominance of one competitor—a mutual insurer. “The largest auto insurance company in …
May 2, 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders on Saturday rejected proposals to have an independent chair replace Warren Buffett, and require his company to disclose more about its climate-related risks and efforts to improve diversity. Shareholders supported letting Buffett keep both the chairman …
April 29, 2022
Warren Buffett will face pressure to improve Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s environmental and social policies as well as governance when he meets shareholders this weekend, in what investors say is a harbinger of what may come after the 91-year-old billionaire is …
April 21, 2022
CalPERS, the largest U.S. public pension fund, on April 19 said it will vote for a shareholder proposal that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. replace Warren Buffett as chairman, though he would remain chief executive officer. The fund, whose full name is …
March 21, 2022
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said it reached an agreement with Alleghany Corp. to buy the New York-based property and casualty insurer for about $11.6 billion. Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire will acquire all outstanding Alleghany shares for $848.02 per share in cash …
March 14, 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Friday urged the rejection of four shareholder proposals recommending that it replace Warren Buffett as chairman, report on its plans to handle climate risk and reduce greenhouse gases, and improve diversity. The company, run by Buffett …
February 28, 2022
Although Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest insurance operation GEICO reported a 63 percent drop in pretax underwriting income in 2021, overall the conglomerate’s insurance and reinsurance operations saw pretax underwriting profit jump nearly 12 percent, the annual report reveals. Underwriting profit for …
January 28, 2022
Berkshire Hathaway confirmed that that its annual shareholders meeting will be an in-person meeting held in Omaha in April. The meeting will take place April 30 at the CHI Health Center, an arena and convention center in central Omaha. “We …