1982

Unit:US'000

Earnings Before Income Tax

After Income Tax

Total

Berkshire Share

Berkshire Share

Earnings from Operation

Insurance Group

Underwriting

(21,558)

(21,558)

(11,345)

Net Investment Income

41,620

41,620

35,270

Berkshire-Waumbec Textiles

(1,545)

(1,545)

(862)

Associated Retail Stores

914

914

446

See's Candies

23,884

14,235

6,914

Buffalio Evening News

(1,215)

(724)

(226)

Blue Chip Stamps-Parent

4,182

2,492

2,472

Wesco Financial Corporation-Parent

6,156

2,937

2,210

Mutual Savings and Loan

(6)

(2)

1,524

Presion Steel

1,035

493

265

Interest on Debt

(14,996)

(12,977)

(6,951)

Other*1

2,631

1,857

1,780

41,102

27,742

31,497

Realized Securities Gain

36,651

21,875

14,877

Total Earnings-all entities

77,753

49,617

46,374

Company Name

Shares

Cost

Market

Unrealized

Affiliated Publications, Inc.

460,560

3,516

16,929

13,413

Crum & Forster

908,800

47,144

48,962

1,818

General Foods, Inc

2,101,244

66,277

83,680

17,403

GEIGO Corporation

7,200,000

47,138

309,600

262,462

Handy & Harman

2,379,200

27,318

46,692

19,374

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc

711,180

4,531

34,314

29,783

Media General

282,500

4,545

12,289

7,744

Ogilvy & Mather Int'l, Inc

391,400

3,709

17,319

13,610

R.J. Reynolds Industries

3,107,675

142,343

158,715

16,372

Time, Inc

1,531,391

45,273

79,824

34,551

The Washington Post Company

1,868,600

10,628

103,240

92,612

All Other Common Stock

21,611

34,058

12,447

Total Common Stock

424,033

945,622

521,589

Yearly Change in

Yearly Change in

Combined Ratio

Premiums Written

Premiums Earned

after Policy-holder Dividends

%

%

%

1972

10.2%

10.9%

96.2%

1973

8.0%

8.8%

99.2%

1974

6.2%

6.9%

105.4%

1975

11.0%

9.6%

107.9%

1976

21.9%

19.4%

102.4%

1977

19.8%

20.5%

97.2%

1978

12.8%

14.3%

97.5%

1979

10.3%

10.4%

100.6%

1980

6.0%

7.8%

103.1%

1981

(Rev.)

3.9%

4.1%

106.0%

1982

(Est.)

5.1%

4.6%

109.5%

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