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Ajit Jain on CNBC
Berkshire Hathaway shocked the world when it jumped into the bond insurance business, and Ajit Jain, president of the reinsurance and specialty risk division at Berkshire Hathaway, discusses the new venture. (Video)
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The Audible Daily Deal looks like an interesting course from The Great Courses (for $3.95): How Ideas Spread (The lecturer also wrote a book on these ideas: Contagious: Why Things Catch On) Follow Buffett Reinsurance Guru’s Sage Advice...
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Jain Feeds Buffett’s Hunger
I'm a bit late getting to this, but thanks to those who passed the link along. The first signs of a new Ajit Jain came at the January 2012 renewals, when the potential heir to Buffett played big on Australasian cat and international retro. Jain took...
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Berkshire Hathaway Introduces Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Thanks to Will for passing this along. Berkshire Hathaway announced today that Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, its recently formed commercial property casualty insurance group, has commenced operations, underwriting property, casualty, professional...
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Buffett Awards Wall Street-sized Pay Praised By Dimon
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett, who has said banker greed helped deepen the U.S. financial crisis, attracts the workers he wants with compensation that competes with Wall Street awards. Berkshire gave $17.4 million...
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Buffett Buys Reinsurer; Bond Venture Rumored
The Oracle of Omaha is picking up a Dutch reinsurance business on the cheap.-Dutch financial services firm ING on Friday announced the sale of its NRG reinsurance unit to billionaire investor Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway for 300 million euros...
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