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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Wednesday revealed a new, $6.72 billion stake in the insurer Chubb, confirming months of speculation that it had made a big new investment.

Berkshire owned 25.92 million Chubb shares as of March 31, according to a regulatory filing detailing Berkshire’s US-listed holdings as of that date.

The disclosure sent Chubb’s share price to a record high in after-hours trading, rising 6.3% to $268.96.

Shares often rise when Berkshire reveals new holdings, reflecting what investors believe is Buffett’s seal of approval.

“Chubb is an attractive equity investment for Berkshire because it operates in a business Berkshire knows well: property-casualty insurance,” Cathy Seifert, a CFRA Research analyst who covers Berkshire, said in an email.

Seifert would not speculate whether Berkshire might buy all of Chubb, but said Chubb’s focus on commercial lines specialty coverage and high-end homeowners’ protection would be a “good fit” in Berkshire’s insurance and reinsurance portfolio.

Berkshire ended March with $189 billion of cash and equivalents.

At Berkshire’s annual meeting on May 4, Buffett said the cash stake could reach $200 billion by June, and that cash looked “quite attractive” relative to high-priced stocks and in light of “what’s going on in the world.” Chubb and Berkshire did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Berkshire began buying Chubb in last year’s third quarter, and had obtained Securities and Exchange Commission permission to temporarily keep its purchases confidential.

Buffett occasionally requests such permission to keep investors from piggybacking on him before he’s done buying.

In recent years, Berkshire obtained similar SEC permission for its investment in Chevron and former investments in Exxon Mobil, IBM and Verizon.

The Chubb investment was revealed 10 days after Berkshire unexpectedly disclosed it had sold about 115 million Apple shares in the first quarter.

That reduced its holdings in the iPhone maker to $135.4 billion, or 40% of its $335.9 billion equity portfolio.

Apple accounted for most of the $20 billion in stock that Berkshire sold in the first quarter.

Berkshire also pared holdings of several other stocks, including Louisiana Pacific and Sirius XM, and exited its investment in computer maker HP. It bought just $2.7 billion of stocks in the quarter.

Wednesday’s filing does not identify which investments were made by Buffett or his portfolio managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler.

Buffett, 93, has run Berkshire since 1965.

The conglomerate also owns dozens of businesses including the Geico car insurer, BNSF railroad, energy and industrial companies, and consumer brands such as Benjamin Moore, Dairy Queen, Duracell, Fruit of the Loom and See’s Candies.

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A Nearby Planet May Have Formed the Moon Following a Collision With Early Earth: Study

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A new analysis of Apollo samples and Earth rocks suggests that a nearby rocky planet, not a distant object, collided with early Earth and formed the moon. The study argues that this lost planet, Theia, originated in the inner solar system and shared Earth’s early neighbourhood, offering fresh insight into one of the most important events in our planet’s history.

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International Space Station Makes History As Eight Visiting Spacecraft Simultaneously Dock

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In December 2025, the ISS reached a historic milestone with eight visiting spacecraft docked simultaneously for the first time. The lineup included Soyuz crew vehicles, Progress cargo ships, Japan’s HTV-X1, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus, and two SpaceX Dragons. The rare configuration highlighted intense crew rotation operations and the ISS’s role as a global hub for…

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‘Never-before-seen’ images of Jeffrey Epstein’s island released – showing ‘disturbing look into his world’

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'Never-before-seen' images of Jeffrey Epstein's island released - showing 'disturbing look into his world'

Images and video of Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island have been released by politicians in the US.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said on X that they were “a harrowing look behind Epstein’s closed doors”.

“We are releasing these photos and videos to ensure public transparency in our investigation and to help piece together the full picture of Epstein’s horrific crimes,” said representative Robert Garcia.

“We won’t stop fighting until we deliver justice for the survivors.”

The images show empty courtyards, bedrooms and other rooms from his villa.

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Mr Garcia said: “It’s time for President Trump to release all the files, now.”

President Trump recently approved their release after US Congress voted overwhelmingly in favour.

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The US Department of Justice now has until mid-December to release thousands of files linked to civil and criminal cases involving Epstein.

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It could shed more light on the paedophile financier, who socialised with figures including Donald Trump, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson.

Their connections have already been revealed in more than 20,000 other files disclosed last month.

But much more is set to follow as the Epstein Files Transparency Act demands release of all files relating to Epstein, including investigations, prosecutions and custodial matters, as well as records connected to Ghislaine Maxwell.

Politicians have said the files’ release is critical to uncovering whether powerful figures have received special treatment or protection.

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