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Vice Chairman: Hard Property Cat Reinsurance Market Tempts Berkshire Hathaway to Take on Billions in Florida Exposure

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stormed back into a hardened property catastrophe reinsurance market this year, taking on disproportionate risk in Florida. It could incur $15 billion of losses across its . . .

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