Berkshire Hathaway reports insurance and reinsurance results at end-September 2026

Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance and reinsurance operations closed the first nine months of 2026 with a technical profit of 4.8 billion USD, down 15.7% year-over-year.

GEICO, the conglomerate’s motor insurance subsidiary, recorded a pre-tax underwriting profit of 3.392 billion USD, representing a 41.2% decline year-over-year. Gross written premiums increased by 0.8% to 34.512 billion USD.

Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group more than doubled its pre-tax technical profit to 868 million USD, compared with 425 million USD in the same period of 2025.

Meanwhile, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group reported a 52.2% increase in pre-tax technical profit, which reached 1.868 billion USD as at 30 September 2026.