Berkshire Hathaway: insurance and reinsurance H1 2025 results

Berkshire Hathaway's insurance and reinsurance operations have generated a net technical profit of 3.328 billion USD as at 30 June 2025, marking a 31.5% decline year-on-year.

GEICO, the US conglomerate's motor insurance subsidiary, closed the first half of the current financial year with a turnover of 22.509 billion USD and a pre-tax technical result of 3.994 billion USD.

For its part, Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group posted written premiums totaling 9.243 billion USD and a pre-tax technical loss of 81 million USD.

During the reporting period, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group's non-life insurance premium volume reached 11.157 billion USD, and its life and health insurance premium volume amounted to 2.59 billion USD. The pre-tax technical result stood at 343 million USD.

Losses related to the California wildfires are estimated at 850 million USD.