April 01, 2014
A Nebraska federal court on Tuesday tossed a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary's lawsuit challenging Transatlantic Reinsurance Co.'s efforts to pull it into arbitration over reinsurance agreements covering legacy asbestos and environmental liabilities, finding the battle would be better resolved in Illinois and New York.
March 06, 2014
A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary slapped Transatlantic Reinsurance Co. with an amended complaint in Nebraska federal court Thursday, resisting TransRe's efforts to pull it into a yearlong arbitration with Continental Insurance Co. based on its reinsurance agreement covering Continental's legacy asbestos and environmental liabilities.