Berkshire Hathaway Inc. operates in the Fire, marine, and casualty insurance sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Berkshire Hathaway Inc. with three other insurance companies in North America: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (2019 sales of $242.16 billion of which 80% was Health Care Services), Cigna Corp ($153.74 billion of which 71% was Health Services), and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China Ltd ($174.77 billion of which 60% was Life and health insurance).

Sales Analysis. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported sales of $254.62 billion for the year ending December of 2019. This represents an increase of 2.7% versus 2018, when the company's sales were $247.84 billion. Sales at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2014, sales have increased a total of 31%). Sales of Reconciliation saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 147.6% in 2019, from $250.00 million to $619.00 million. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. also saw significant increases in sales in Insurance Group (up 7.6% to $67.69 billion) . Not all segments of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. experienced an increase in sales in 2019: sales of Bnsf fell 1.4% to $23.52 billion.