3 March 2014News

Buffett criticises traditional reinsurance model

In his much-anticipated and widely read annual letter to shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett has sparked much debate about the future of the reinsurance industry and its competing models after criticising the business model of some of its oldest and most established players.

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