Berkshire's insurance operations are being less aggressive in writing new business (particularly reinsurance and some primary lines) due to late-cycle conditions and excess competing capital, and the company has accordingly reduced underwriting activity to match reduced capital deployment capacity.

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Chris Meredith

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Berkshire... they're going to write materially less business in reinsurance. They're going to write way less business in some of their primary lines

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Created: 8/12/2026, 6:13:17 PM

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