A few weeks ago, Berkshire Hathaway said in a regulatory filing that federal investigators had requested information several times dating back more than a year related to dealings between General Reinsurance Corp.—a wholly owned subsidiary of General Re Corp. and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire—and Reciprocal of America, which was placed into receivership in January 2003.
In that filing, Berkshire—the $63.4 billion holding company run by legendary investor Warren Buffett—said that back in October 2003 the company and four of its current and former employees, including its former president, received subpoenas for documents from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division in connection with the U.S. Attorney’s investigation of ROA.
