# Insurance and Decentralized Operations

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Insurance supplied Berkshire with investable float while exposing it to underwriting risk that required disciplined pricing and reserves. Outside capital allocation and a small headquarters, Berkshire generally left operating decisions to managers of its subsidiaries.

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