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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(22) Business segment data (Continued)
Capital expenditures
Depreciation
of tangible assets
2009 2008 2007 2009 2008 2007
Operating Businesses:
Insurance group ............................................. $ 50 $ 72 $ 52 $ 71 $ 70 $ 69
Finance and financial products ................................. 148 185 322 219 228 226
Marmon ................................................... 436 553 — 521 361 —
McLane Company ........................................... 172 180 175 120 109 100
MidAmerican .............................................. 3,413 3,936 3,513 1,246 1,128 1,157
Shaw Industries ............................................. 186 173 144 149 150 144
Other businesses ............................................ 532 1,039 1,167 801 764 711
$4,937 $6,138 $5,373 $3,127 $2,810 $2,407
Goodwill
at year-end
Identifiable assets
at year-end
2009 2008 2009 2008
Operating Businesses:
Insurance group:
GEICO ......................................................... $ 1,372 $ 1,372 $ 22,996 $ 18,699
General Re ...................................................... 13,532 13,532 30,894 28,953
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance and Primary Groups ................... 589 578 98,815 85,584
Total insurance group ................................................. 15,493 15,482 152,705 133,236
Finance and financial products .......................................... 1,024 1,024 28,017 22,918
Marmon ............................................................ 706 682 9,768 9,757
McLane Company .................................................... 155 154 3,505 3,477
MidAmerican ....................................................... 5,334 5,280 39,437 36,290
Shaw Industries ...................................................... 2,256 2,258 3,068 2,924
Other businesses ..................................................... 9,004 8,901 19,820 21,323
$33,972 $33,781 256,320 229,925
Reconciliation of segments to consolidated amount:
Corporate and other ............................................... 6,845 3,693
Goodwill ....................................................... 33,972 33,781
$297,137 $267,399
Insurance premiums written by geographic region (based upon the domicile of the insured or reinsured) are summarized
below. Dollars are in millions.
Property/Casualty Life/Health
2009 2008 2007 2009 2008 2007
United States ............................................ $19,280 $19,267 $18,589 $1,095 $1,119 $1,092
Western Europe .......................................... 5,236 4,145 9,641 761 749 706
All other ................................................ 737 797 588 774 720 681
$25,253 $24,209 $28,818 $2,630 $2,588 $2,479
Insurance premiums written and earned in 2007 included $7.1 billion from a single reinsurance transaction with Equitas.
See Note 14 for additional information. Premiums attributable to Western Europe were primarily in Switzerland, Luxembourg
and Germany. In 2009, insurance premiums earned included approximately $4.6 billion from Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.
and its affiliates.
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