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		aaronsw on Oct 31, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Homepage of Berkshire Hathaway, 17th biggest compa... I didn't know this, but "GEICO is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc." As are a surprising number of others: http://www.geico.com/about/corporate/corporate-ownership/

tptacek on Oct 31, 2009 [–]

Seriously, Aaron? GEICO accounts for almost half of Berkshire's insurance revenue (after their Re operation).

What was it you thought BRK did?

fnid on Oct 31, 2009 | [–]

I switched to geico after progressive said they couldn't get my rate below $100/mo and GEICO did it for about $60 a month.

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