Over the past two decades Berkshire's insurance business generated $32 billion of after-tax underwriting profits, about 3.3 cents per dollar of sales after income tax.
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Warren Buffett, “Over the past two decades Berkshire's insurance business generated $32 billion of after-tax underwriting profits, about 3.3 cents per dollar of sales after income tax.” (said 2025). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_250e7d1d2d97, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_250e7d1d2d97
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