Berkshire has done many retroactive reinsurance transactions, a multiple of the number and amount of such policies entered into by any other insurer.

True: industry data or credible analysis as of 2007 shows Berkshire's retroactive reinsurance transactions were numerous, and that both their count and their total premium or limit were several times (at least about twice) those of any other single insurer. Mostly true: Berkshire clearly led on both measures by a large margin, but the 'multiple' falls slightly short on one of them. Mixed: Berkshire led by a multiple on only one of the two measures (number or amount). Mostly false: Berkshire was a leading retroactive writer, but not by a multiple, or another insurer was comparable. False: another insurer matched or exceeded Berkshire on both measures.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 2007ar.pdf Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Own record

   “7,708 Retroactive reinsurance”

2. E2 2007ar.pdf Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Own record

   “Last year I told you in detail about the Equitas transfer of huge, but capped, liabilities to Berkshire for a single premium of $7.1 billion.”

E1 is a bare figure (7,708) beside the label "Retroactive reinsurance" from Berkshire's 2007 annual report. It does not say what that figure measures or which period it covers. E2 describes the $7.1 billion Equitas transfer to Berkshire but does not compare it with any other insurer's retroactive business. No independent industry data or analysis compares Berkshire's number or volume of retroactive transactions with other insurers', so the criteria cannot be applied.