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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (923)	8/12/1999 3:19:00 PM
From: Leroyt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1652

Don't quote me on the exact figures but roughtly speaking: Float from GenRe is up near $15-20 Billion. Loss on GenRe operations was about $136 million. I think that was the result of an unusual loss of about $175-200 million of which much was made in the press. Can't find specifics in the quarterly report or news posted online. The COST of the float was less than 1% in the first quarter but that appears to be the exception than the rule. In past years, the GEICO float has cost BRK just about nothing and I'd guess (from what I see) that the GenRE will cost them little to nothing either. later, leroyt