Buffett-Owned Chemical Firm Lubrizol Faces Lawsuits After Fire in Rouen, France October 2, 2019 More than 5,250 tonnes of chemicals, oil and fuel additives have burned in a massive fire at U.S. specialty chemical...
Aviation Industry Braces for Double-Digit Premium Hikes After 737 MAX Groundings September 20, 2019 By Allison Lampert and Suzanne Barlyn The aviation industry is bracing for double-digit insurance premium hikes for the first time in about 15 years, as insurers...
GEICO Gets Progressive, Joins Auto Insurers Offering Telematics August 5, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO auto insurer has joined the ranks of carriers using telematics to track and improve driver behavior—after resisting...
Space Insurance Premiums Could Double After European Vega Rocket Crash July 31, 2019 By Carolyn Cohn, Tom Sims and Noor Zainab Hussain Space rockets and satellites are likely to cost more to insure after the European Vega rocket crash this month, which...
Buffett Donates $3.6 Billion of Berkshire Stock to Five Charities July 1, 2019 Warren Buffett agreed to donate $3.6 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to five charities, including the Bill &...
Buffett Has Eyes on Competitor Progressive, Not Car Makers Entering Insurance May 7, 2019 By Susanne Sclafane Berkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett said he isn’t worried about recent assertions by Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk that the...
Berkshire’s Buffett Wants to Do More Business in UK and Europe, Regardless of Brexit May 6, 2019 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jonathan Stempel Billionaire Warren Buffett wants to do more business in the United Kingdom and Europe regardless of how Brexit turns out....
Not All Analysts Still See Berkshire Hathaway As a Buy April 30, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Two longtime analysts of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. appear deeply divided over prospects for the company led since 1965 by billionaire...
Analysis: Warren Buffett Champions an Inferior Product in THREE Policy March 25, 2019 By Christopher J. Boggs Warren Buffett, often ahead of the curve, sounded like a disrupter in a 2004 shareholder letter. Fifteen years ago, Buffett...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Vice Chairmen Jain, Abel Each Made $18 Million in 2018 March 18, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said its newest vice chairmen, Greg Abel and Ajit Jain, were each awarded about $18...