Cologne Re

General Re is a reinsurance company. It is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation.

Business

General Reinsurance Corporation, often called General Re, is one of the world's largest reinsurance corporations. It owns a controlling interest in Kölnische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Cologne Re) and both companies operate together as Gen Re. As a reinsurer, it "insures insurance companies" i.e. it will pay a portion of an insurance company's claims in exchange for a portion of the premium received by the insurance company for policies that cover those claims "Gen Re" is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company run by investor Warren Buffett. In good years, General Re is a large source of cash flow to Berkshire Hathaway and has provided much of the cash that is then used by the company to acquire additional subsidiaries.

External links

• Welcome to Gen Re
• BBC:"Buffett's warns on investment 'time bomb'" 4 March, 2003

Articles

• SEC probes Buffett insurer - Business - www.smh.com.au

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Welcome to Gen Re

Providers of global reinsurance and related risk assessment, risk transfer, risk management, underwriting services.

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Gen Re: Open Positions (Cologne/Germany and ...

Country. City. Unit. Position. China: Shanghai: Global Property Facultative: Property and Engineering Underwriter (m/f) Germany: Cologne: LifeHealth Client Services

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Former Cologne Re executive banned for five years

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) have accepted enforceable undertakings

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General and Cologne Re Launch New Web Site

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Ex-Cologne Re exec was told deal involved no risk ...

HARTFORD, Conn.--Former Cologne Re Dublin Chief Executive Officer John Houldsworth understood from his first conversations with General Re Corp. officials about a proposed ...

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Business Wire; 12/21/1999; 700+ words; ...strength ratings on Koelnische Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Cologne Re), and its subsidiaries General & Cologne Life Re of America Co ...

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Ex-Cologne Re exec was told deal involved no risk ...

Daily breaking news stories written by Business Insurance. ... HARTFORD, Conn.--Former Cologne Re Dublin Chief Executive Officer John Houldsworth understood from his first ...

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