secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-193776
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Berkshire Q2 operating earnings $11.6B (+15.5% YoY); net earnings $30.3B
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- Q2 2024 net earnings $30.3B vs $35.9B in Q2 2023, down 15.5% due to lower investment gains.
- Q2 operating earnings $11.6B, up from $10.0B in Q2 2023, a 15.5% increase.
- Insurance underwriting $2,263M in Q2 2024 vs $1,247M in Q2 2023; insurance investment income $3,320M vs $2,369M.
- Share repurchases: $345M in Q2 2024; total $2.9B in first six months of 2024.
- Insurance float at June 30, 2024: approximately $169B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524193776/0001193125-24-193776-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524193776/d876927d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-193776

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