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3 November 2025Reinsurance

Berkshire Hathaway triples Q3 insurance profits after 2024’s woes

Berkshire Hathaway tripled its third quarter underwriting earnings on a surging return to profits for primary and reinsurance divisions where claims, costs and prior year issues fell away, more than sufficient to overcome a slip in margins in the automotive carrier Geico.

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