Berkshire Hathaway Looks to Be Buying Back More of Its Own Stock June 25, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. appears to have extended its drive to repurchase its own stock, even with its share...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Takes Big Stake in Aon May 17, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said on Monday it has taken a $943 million stake in insurance brokerage Aon Plc and sold...
Buffett Says Non-Insurance Executive Abel Is His Likely Successor May 3, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel and Niket Nishant Warren Buffett ended long-running speculation about his successor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc by saying Greg Abel, who oversees the conglomerate’s...
Buffett Extols U.S. Economic Recovery, Laments SPACs, Shrugs Off Tax Hike May 3, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel and John McCrank Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is being lifted by a U.S. economy faring far better than...
In His Own Words: Q&A with Applied Underwriters’ Menzies on Buffet, California and ‘Pumping Entrepreneurial Power’ May 3, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Steve Menzies, founder and chairman of Applied Underwriters Inc., is a busy man. Since he reacquired his company from Warren...
Berkshire Hathaway Opposes Climate Change, Diversity Reporting Proposals March 16, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Monday urged the rejection of shareholder proposals that annual reports be produced about its...
GEICO Drives Up Berkshire 2020 Underwriting Profit March 1, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane With GEICO’s 2020 underwriting profit more than doubling above the level recorded in 2019, Berkshire Hathaway’s full-year property/casualty underwriting income...
Berkshire Hathaway Discloses $499M Investment in Marsh & McLennan February 17, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday announced two major new investments, revealing an $8.6 billion stake in the phone...
Buffett’s Duracell Countersues Energizer, Alleging False Ads Over Battery Life Claims September 9, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Duracell, the battery unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., sued the maker of Energizer batteries on Tuesday, accusing it...
Buffett Says Berkshire Would Write Pandemic Insurance. That Is, If the Price Is Right. May 7, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said that while his insurance units aren’t heavily exposed to underwriting losses from the COVID-19...