Most Popular Berkshire Hathaway Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Berkshire Hathaway Topic Page over the last year.
#1 New York Fines GEICO $9.75M, Travelers $1.5M Over Auto Insurance Cyber Breaches
Nov 25 2024 // Two auto insurers will pay fines totaling $11.3 million for data breaches of online insurance quoting systems that New York officials say compromised personal information of an estimated 120,000 customers in total. New...
#2 Staff Cuts Help Fuel GEICO Profit; Auto Insurer Not ‘Pouring Money’ Into AI
May 5 2025 // 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...
#3 Berkshire’s GEICO Turns in Strong Q3 but Overall Insurance UW Income Slips
Nov 4 2024 // Third quarter underwriting income with Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance units fell about $1.7 billion to $750 million due to estimated losses of about $565 million from Hurricane Helene and increases in losses from...
#4 Berkshire Hathaway Removes Diversity and Inclusion From Annual Report
Feb 24 2025 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday joined a growing list of American companies to publicly change their approach to discussing their commitment to diversity and inclusion. Berkshire’s annual report...
#5 GEICO Can’t Sue or Void Invoices from Auto Glass Shops, Florida Supreme Court Says
Sep 26 2024 // In the long war between auto insurers and windshield repair shops, the Florida Supreme Court this week sided with glass companies, leaving GEICO with little choice but to ask lawmakers to change the law if it feels repair...
#6 Texas Lawsuit Alleges GEICO Raises Premiums Despite Accident Forgiveness Promise
Mar 4 2025 // A class action lawsuit filed in Texas alleges GEICO doesn’t abide by its Accident Forgiveness program when a driver with an unblemished record gets into a first, at-fault accident. Texas resident Christopher Cude...
#7 Georgia Investment Manager Charged with Siphoning $6M from GEICO
Aug 14 2024 // A Georgia grand jury has indicted an investment manager, charging that he diverted almost $6 million from GEICO Insurance for his own use. Dwayne Peterson Davis, 54, of Atlanta, was a business partner with GEICO in a...
#8 HCI Invested in Tampa Office Site, Now Leasing it to GEICO for 1,000-Job Expansion
Mar 31 2025 // Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO insurance plans to open a new campus in Tampa late this summer, bringing more than 1,000 jobs to the area. The property and auto insurer also plans to open an office in the Dallas area by...
#9 Polished Gem GEICO Fuels Berkshire Hathaway Operating Gains
Feb 25 2025 // The work that GEICO’s chief executive has done to “repolish” Berkshire Hathaway’s “long-held gem” got a special shout-out in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway 2024 annual report...
#10 GEICO Chooses North Texas as Operation Hub for Commercial Insurance Business
Dec 5 2024 // GEICO announced the addition 500 new jobs in North Texas in an expansion of its commercial insurance business. Of these positions, 300 will support GEICO’s commercial operations at its Richardson office, which has...
#11 Judge Mutes GEICO Call Center Workers’ Class-Action Demands Over Unpaid Time
Jul 2 2025 // A federal judge in Georgia has put a block on some GEICO call center employees’ efforts to create a class action against the insurer, which they claim failed to pay for time spent booting up computers and preparing...
#12 Texas Lawsuit Alleges GEICO Raises Premiums Despite Accident Forgiveness
Mar 24 2025 // A class action lawsuit filed in Texas alleges GEICO doesn’t abide by its Accident Forgiveness program when a driver with an unblemished record gets into a first, at-fault accident. Texas resident Christopher Cude...
#13 Asbestos Clinic in Montana Forced to Close to Pay for BNSF Jury Award
May 16 2025 // An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets...
#14 Buffett’s Duracell Sued by BASF Over Lithium Battery Secrets
Apr 11 2025 // Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Duracell battery maker was accused by chemical producer BASF SE of stealing trade secrets about lithium ion battery technology. BASF, the world’s biggest chemical maker by...
#15 People Moves: Arch Insurance Taps Seip From LSM as Head of Fine Art & Specie, Europe; Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes Gormley and Reddin in Ireland
Apr 11 2025 // Arch Insurance Taps Seip From LSM as Head of Fine Art & Specie for Europe Arch Insurance announced the appointment of Paul Seip as head of Fine Art & Specie, European Markets, with immediate effect. Seip joins Arch...
