Hints and tips:
...at rating agency Moody’s....
...His wager is that he can earn higher returns, benefiting policyholders as well as insurers, an approach he says Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway pioneered....
...To avoid these potential landmines, Nuttall said in an interview with the FT that KKR is looking increasingly to conglomerates such as Berkshire Hathaway that have the ability to compound their earnings...
...They said that in their efforts to secure the larger bond they had approached 30 surety companies — including Allianz, Axa, Berkshire Hathaway, Chubb, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Zurich — via four separate brokers...
...Berkshire’s insurance results stood out in an industry that has struggled with higher costs to repair or replace automobiles, and the string of catastrophic storms that caused billions of dollars in property...
...He has already been turned down by 30 entities, including Berkshire Hathaway, Allianz, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Tokio Marine HHC....
...It is one of the biggest-ever investments in the technology and a boon for Occidental, whose largest shareholder is Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway....
...Apollo pays its ‘next generation’ of leaders “Show me the incentive, and I will show you the outcome,” is a memorable line coined by Charlie Munger, the 99-year-old vice-chair of Berkshire Hathaway....
...[MUSIC PLAYING] Joanna Kao Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway released its earnings results on Saturday, and the company is sitting on a lot of cash — $157bn worth — a record for Berkshire....
...For Buffett, Munger’s most important architectural feat is the design of today’s Berkshire, the industrials-to-insurance behemoth....
...The rest of the exposure is held by a group of eight reinsurers including Germany’s Munich Re, France’s Scor and Berkshire Hathaway in the US....
...Microsoft is not alone in seeking partnerships with companies in the space....
...Berkshire Hathaway to pay $12bn for Alleghany Warren Buffett has dipped into Berkshire Hathaway’s $150bn cash pile with a $12bn deal for Alleghany, an insurance-to-toy manufacturing conglomerate. 2....
...Berkshire told investors in February that it owned a 7.7 per cent stake in the company, valued at $7.7bn....
...That has meant Berkshire Hathaway, the sprawling industrials-to-insurance conglomerate he leads, has often avoided investments in Big Tech companies such as Google....
...Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported a 7 per cent increase in profits in the second quarter, with many of the companies it owns benefiting from the economic recovery from the pandemic....
...“Yes, there are elements of Berkshire Hathaway . . . but we are doing something in our own way with our own strategy and with our own rationale.”...
...An endorsement came when Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway invested $500m in June....
...Matt Staton, head of lettings at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay & Co, says many new renters in central London are pushing for longer-term tenancies to protect against rent rises post-pandemic....
...(FT) Berkshire Hathaway opposes climate disclosure calls Warren Buffett’s company urged shareholders to vote down two proposals that would force the nearly $600bn industrials-to-insurance conglomerate to...
...Ma’s retreat forms an island of its own, with a moat of ponds and levees and a couple of guards at the foot of the main bridge leading to it....
...For the 89-year-old’s investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, it was yet another opportunity it passed on and a reminder that Buffett has been gun shy as valuations of blue-chip US companies have surged...
...But he believes that LNG’s problems won’t “magically” disappear with the end of the pandemic. “The smart money like Berkshire Hathaway is pulling back from LNG,” he said....
...Berkshire Hathaway reports fourth-quarter results this coming Saturday....
...Berkshire itself is an insurance powerhouse, using the earnings it generates from policy premiums at its Geico and reinsurance units to invest in stocks or take over companies outright....
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