Charlie Munger, Who Helped Buffett Build Berkshire, Dies at 99 November 28, 2023 By Noah Buhayar Charles Munger, the alter ego, sidekick and foil to Warren Buffett for almost 60 years as they transformed Berkshire Hathaway...
Rebuilding in Wildfire Zones: A One-Stop Shop for Wildfire Victims October 6, 2020 By Noah Buhayar and Sophie Alexander California is on fire. Already this year, thousands of people have lost their homes, and communities are struggling to figure...
Wildfire Crisis is Roiling California’s Insurance Market November 27, 2019 By Katherine Chiglinsky, Prashant Gopal and Noah Buhayar Lauris Bye, a homebuilding industry veteran who moved to Southern California’s wildfire-prone hills decades ago, felt confident about the newly...
Housing Crunch in California’s Pushing Developers Deeper into Wildfire Zones November 25, 2019 By Prashant Gopal and Noah Buhayar The Santa Ana winds were blowing as Greg Medeiros ducked behind his Chevy Tahoe on a remote hillside 25 miles...
Crane Collapse Casts Pall Over Seattle’s Rapid Growth April 29, 2019 By Noah Buhayar and Dina Bass The crane collapse in the heart of Seattle’s tech hub Saturday ended four lives, cast a pall on the city’s...
New Accounting Rule Could Serve Up Surprises at Buffet’s Berkshire Annual Meet May 4, 2018 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Noah Buhayar Berkshire Hathaway Inc. investors should get ready for a bumpy ride. Warren Buffett’s company is scheduled to report earnings Saturday...
Insurance Chief Jain’s Berkshire Hathaway Shares Top $100 Million January 19, 2018 By Noah Buhayar One of Warren Buffett’s top deputies has amassed a stake in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. valued at more than $100 million....
Berkshire Likely to Report Big Q3 Claims Costs – and Reduced Insurance ‘Float’ November 1, 2017 By Noah Buhayar The insurance business has been good to Warren Buffett. For decades, his stable of carriers at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have...
Irma’s Shift Westward Caught Some by Surprise September 10, 2017 By Sonali Basak, Noah Buhayar and Bailey Lipschultz Hurricane Irma’s westward shift will probably inflict heightened damage on people and businesses unable to adjust to its new path...
As Irma Looms, This Small Insurer Has an Outsized Bet on Florida September 7, 2017 By Noah Buhayar and Sonali Basak As Hurricane Irma edges closer to Florida, investors on Wall Street are watching a small insurer with an unusually big...