Company Overview
General Reinsurance Corporation, commonly known as Gen Re, is an American reinsurance group writing property, casualty and life reinsurance for insurance company clients worldwide. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and operates from offices across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
The company is a treaty and facultative reinsurer, meaning it takes on risk both through portfolio arrangements with primary insurers and on an individual risk basis, and it has long been a training ground for underwriting talent that moves into senior roles at primary carriers.
Recent Leadership News
A. Morris Tooker, a former president of General Reinsurance Corporation's global property and casualty reinsurance business, was named chief executive officer of The Hartford Insurance Group in September 2026.
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