FBIC Exposes Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies Group For Illegal Widespread Fraud, Corruption And
Bad Faith Insurance Practices That Go All The Way To The Topmost Berkshire Executives
To Include Ajit Jain,
Forrest Krutter, Warren Buffett
An FBIC Exclusive Feb. 1, 2010 - Current
FBIC's five year investigation (with help from a Whistleblower) Exposes
And Confirms
Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies Group (BHICG) For Illegal Widespread Fraud, Corruption And Bad Faith Insurance
Practices That Go All The Way To Include The Topmost Berkshire Executives
Exec. V.P. Ajit Jain, General Counsel & Corp. Secretary of Berkshire
Hathaway Inc. Forrest Krutter
And Yes, Chairman & CEO Warren Buffett.
This is an exclusive ongoing investigation
which FBIC started in 2005 and now published for the first time FBIC exposes and confirms
the allegations as fact that were made and submitted to FBIC by a Whistleblower
in 2005 and reveals Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies Group committing illegal bad faith insurance practices,
complicated
and convoluted systemically-driven schemes of frauds as a business-usual standard course of
practices to this very day to intentionally avoid payment of claims while
fraudulently maximizing cash flows and float ...
but the illegal practices don't stop there, they just start there and per the
Whistleblower the substantial number of illegal practices referenced herein are
"just the tip of the iceberg" as there is widespread and an endless number
more that accordingly are not covered herein ... read on and understand that the
extent of the fraudulent practices behind the scenes are endless.
Some of the other illegal schemes
and
conspiracies to commit fraud covered herein include but are not limited to, for example, the looting and
accelerating of depleting the treasuries of non-Berkshire-Hathaway owned companies leaving these
companies that Berkshire Hathaway does/did business with under their control,
deficient and lacking adequate funds to satisfy and pay policyholders
claims ... and more. All-in-all the frauds could involve and
total an estimated 50 billion dollars or more of illegally siphoned off
funds, claims not paid, and/or payments delayed over the past 10 years.
Such
frauds, being perpetrated by Berkshire Hathaway reinsurers-insurers companies,
are
ongoing, growing and presently only getting stronger to this very day and were/are
illegal ill-gotten gains to the benefits of Berkshire
Hathaway ... such repeated illegal acts were and are perpetrated by and involve the senior-most and top level executives at
Berkshire Hathaway starting at the operational
level with Tom Ryan, V.P. Berkshire Hathaway Group Of Insurance Companies,
Vice-President National Indemnity Company of Mid-America, and President Resolute Management
Inc. New England Division, V.P. of National Indemnity (reinsurance) and
under and including a collaboration agreement with Cavell America and Ken
Randall America as applicable in charge of
handling insurance claims
management for One Beacon Insurance Company f/k/a Commercial Union Insurance
Company, Kemper and American Motorist Insurance Company a/k/a AMICO, Stonewall
Insurance Company, Uniguard Insurance Company, Seaton and Transport Insurance
Companies and many
other Companies also to include formerly V.P. National Indemnity Company of Bank America, and presently to further
include V.P. National Fire and Marine Insurance Company leading directly to
Ajit Jain,
Exec. V.P. insurance-reinsurance operations, and continuing all the way up the corporate level ladder
to the top to include Forrest Krutter, General Counsel & Corp. Secretary
of Berkshire
Hathaway Inc., and then leads to the top of of the corporate ladder up to and with the alleged direct knowledge
of Warren Buffett,
Berkshire Hathaway's
Chairman & CEO at the very least per Tom Ryan's
alleged repeated admissions and exaltations of knowledge of their illicit actions internally to staff
being knowingly and known to the "Chief" (Warren Buffett) and with his approval. (Notably: Is this the very reason why
Warren Buffett constantly and repeatedly cites and praises Ajit Jain with his
tiny staff 'solely' praises to
ad-nausea for 'his' over-the-top, awe-inspiring, overwhelming outstanding company
performance as if Ajit was a God, as very simply it is Ajit Jain that knows where all the
following, foregoing and the rest of the
"tip of the iceberg"
that we don't know about reinsurance-insurance 'expose related' frauds
and their bones are buried resulting in the company visibly [and fraudulently] increasing the company's
float from $20 billion to an overwhelming $70+ billion in just the past five (5)
years period?)
FBIC
announces the results of this continuing five (5) years investigation originating in
2005 from 'allegations' received and provided 'exclusively' to FBIC by a Whistleblower
who provided extensive evidence and allegations exposing
'widespread bad faith insurance practices and extensive systemic frauds' committed and conducted on a
daily business-as-usual basis by
Berkshire Hathaway Insurance
Companies Group specifically their 'Reinsurance'
Company "National Indemnity Company" (NICO) perpetrated against
both small and large-sized Companies which were left with no other choice but to bring lawsuits
potentially involving thousands of people illegally denied, delayed and deprived
on their insurance benefits and payment of their
insurance claims.
The Whistleblower evidence provided FBIC alleges
that Berkshire
Hathaway broke an innumerable and inordinate
number of laws of which the following represent "just the tip of the
iceberg"
and includes:
- Pervasive and Repeated Non-payment Of Claims
In Bad Faith
Widespread Systemic Use Of Bad Faith Insurance Claims Practices And Fraudulent Schemes
- Falsify Financial Records
- Defraud Policyholders, Claimants And Insureds
- Lie And Defraud Insurance Commissions
Maintain Reserves In Cases As Low As 10% Of Established Minimum $$$ Amounts Required
Systemically Strip And Loot The Treasuries, Reserves, Premiums And Cash Flows Of Numerous Companies It Does Business With, Hastening If Not
Responsible For The Insolvency And/Or Demise Of These Companies
- Write Finite Insurance Plans That Were/Are Not Insurance But In Reality Loans
- Commit Illegal Dealings And Become The Party Responsible To Satisfy The
Obligations Of Other Companies Based On Surreptitious Transfer Of Assets And
Other Conduct That Falsely Enriched Berkshire Hathaway Companies And Left These Other
Companies Undercapitalized And Unable To Pay Their Claimants Obligations,
And Causing Berkshire Hathaway Companies To Become In Control And Alter Egos And The Real
Parties-In-Interest Under These Other Companies Policies
- Commit Numerous Other Illegal Acts And Dealings Regarding Tortious Breach
Of The Implied Covenant Of Good Faith And Fair Dealing
Regarding the "Widespread Systemic Use Of Bad Faith Insurance Claims Practices And Fraudulent Schemes", they all had one thing in
common, to put-off and/or do whatever necessary, legally or illegally, not to pay claims ultimately benefiting parent corporation Berkshire, their own company and themselves personally. One such example of the many
alleged examples of outrageous fraudulent schemes and activities committed included
a wide and extremely diverse range of illegal acts which included looting
the treasury(ies) of (non-Berkshire-owned insurance companies i.e. Kemper
Companies [which includes American Motorists Insurance Company (AMICO)] div. Lumbermens Insurance Group in
liquidation (a/k/a 'runoff') which had 'cap cover' reinsurance policies
issued by
Berkshire Hathaway reinsurance company "National Indemnity Company".
In this case much if not most of
Kemper Companies, which includes Parent Lumbermens Group and active entity American Motorists Insurance Company (AMICO), a non-owned Berkshire insurance company group originally with
an estimated total upwards of some $7 billion in entirety in it's treasuries ultimately had a significant portion of upwards of
some $6.7 billion paid out and/or transferred by/through Berkshire
Companies entities (i.e. National Fire & Marine, NICO, NICO Mid-America, Columbia, Randall America
the same "Randall" entity owned by Ken Randall America associated with the ownership
of Randall & Quilter) and before allegedly selling it off
to an entity of UK-based Randall & Quilter, leaving it with inadequate funds left to pay
policyholders outstanding unpaid claims (see Santa Fe Braun court case details
referenced herein).
Furthermore in this case through a number and a maze of collaboration agreements, Berkshire
Hathaway (BH) actually
assumed authority ("dominion") of Kemper Companies, [or Kemper
Companies Group under the name American Motorists Insurance Company (aka AMICO)], thereby actually taking over
Kemper Companies, a group of companies they reinsure as well as taking over (the reinsured's)
Kemper Companies' AMICO daily operations and actually becoming 'in complete control'
(an action referred to as 'alter ego') of Kemper Companies and AMICO, the Insured
and Reinsured Company ... in addition to (much more):
- widespread and systemic illegal bad faith insurance practices
and fraud committed regularly by Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies Group
members (incl. National Indemnity Insurance Companies, Columbia Insurance
Co., National Fire And Marine Insurance Co., National Liability & Fire
Insurance Co.,
and other Berkshire Insurance and Reinsurance Companies, etc.) requiring companies with insurance and reinsurance policies issued by
Berkshire Companies to bring
never-ending lawsuits to collect on claims not paid;
- pervasive frauds found within their reinsurance
operations, including finite reinsurance policies written that in reality were
loans;
- systemic as business usual frauds perpetrated in collusion with third
party claims management administrator companies both owned by Berkshire Insurance
Companies Group to include Resolute Management
Inc. (moreso The New England Division of which Tom Ryan is
President) the Company formed in 2006, and Cavell America a/k/a Cavell U.S. owned
by Randall & Quilter (R&Q), a UK-based headquartered Company not
owned by Berkshire working
under a collaboration
agreement which put Cavell U.S. under Berkshire Hathaway's 'complete' (100%) control
utilizing the heavy usage of questionable finite and cap-cover reinsurance
agreements written by Berkshire Hathaway with the other insurance companies they manage
(i.e. Seaton, Stonewall, Transport Insurance Companies, etc. that in reality
were loans.
- along with numerous other frauds as indicated by the Whistleblower
involving fraudulent policies written which were in reality loans, parties working in concert and collusion
to commit improper, bad faith and/or fraudulent claims handling and
other fraudulent acts inclusive in their normal and regular daily
operating activities, and as well as inclusive in their liquidation and 'Runoff' operations
... all of the above effecting insured
and reinsured companies with finite and/or cap cover reinsurance policies issued by "National Indemnity Insurance Companies".
National Indemnity Company is a little known power-house Berkshire-owned reinsurance company
based in
Berkshire headquartered Omaha Nebraska where it can be closely controlled and
monitored and where higher level money decisions
can be and are made regularly related to these activities, by/between Berkshire's top-most corporate executives Ajit
Jain, Forrest Krutter, whether to pay or not pay their reinsurance claims
and thereby controlling and through aforementioned means maximizing the available $$$ float.
Of Note: Warren
Buffett admits to speaking with Ajit Jain at Stamford, CT-based General Reinsurance routinely committing illicit whatever-it-takes systemic schemes to avoid
payment of insurance-reinsurance claims and related expenses most all
attributed to the illegal maneuvering and illicit management of Berkshire
Hathaway's
available $$$ float ... all Berkshire Hathaway illicit acts represented by the Whistleblower as
being just
"the very tip of the iceberg".
The following 2008
media article references and confirms much of FBIC's Whistleblower 2005 allegations
and accusations of
'various frauds, bad faith improper claims handlings' being perpetrated
along with confirming mudslinging and admissions of various wrongdoings
by and between the actual parties involved in the Whistleblower's
allegations as alleged in current ongoing
litigation and arbitration proceedings brought and made by and between
the actual involved parties themselves in their legal court complaints,
"National
Indemnity, Seaton and Stonewall Insurers, Cavell and Ken Randall America/Randall &
Quilter Runoff deals gone bad spark complex legal war",
by actual parties involved in this expose'.
In addition, the following is 'one' of the referenced several
lawsuits between the alleged guilty parties brought November 12, 2008 in
the UK (away from the eyes of the U.S.) referencing and accusing
the other of committing such "frauds"
Cavell USA Inc. and Kenneth Edward Randall vs. Seaton Insurance, Stonewall Insurance Companies.
(Note: There are pertinent accusations of illegal activities
indicated in the referenced lawsuits,
countersuits and counterclaims, some which are reflective and confirm
the Whistleblower's earlier allegations between the parties involved.)
-
(12-16-09) Cavell USA, Kenneth Edward Randall v Seaton
Insurance Co., Stonewall Insurance Co. [2009] EWCA Civ 1363
-
(12-30-09) Cavell USA, Kenneth Edward Randall v Seaton
Insurance Co.,, Stonewall Insurance Co. [2009] EWCA Civ 1363
-
(03-11-10) English courts interpret fraud widely Cavell USA, Ken Randall v Seaton Insurance
Co., Stonewall Insurance Co. [2009] EWCA Civ 1363
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(04-28-10) English High Court Finds Run-Off Insurers' Fraud Claim Extends To Dishonest Abuse Of Fiduciary Position [2009] EWCA Civ 1363
These allegations against Berkshire Hathaway (BH), prompting
and resulting in a five (5) year investigation by FBIC, were leaked to FBIC by a Whistleblower starting
in May 2005. The allegations in 2005 also involved a number of other non-Berkshire Hathaway owned
conspiratorial companies working
in concert to include Cavell U.S. (more on Cavell and Randall & Quilter from
the Whistleblower later). FBIC has spent the greater part of the five years investigation researching and trying to disprove the veracity of the allegations and was
unable to find fault or invalidate the Whistleblower's BH allegations. FBIC pulled all of the
dockets (Courts Register of Actions) of all the listed Whistleblower leaked cases, spoke to some of the court
cases plaintiff attorneys, read key parties court testimonies and court
complaints, etc. and to the best of FBIC's knowledge found the information to be
true.
The Whistleblower communicated commissions of the alleged widespread bad faith
insurance practices and outrageous fraudulent schemes and activities by
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies
executives especially in their
Reinsurance and Runoff (liquidation)
operations, are pervasive, systemic and ongoing to this very day and have been going on quietly for
upwards of more than the past decade. Such commissions of alleged illicit and
illegal acts
and activities go
all the way up the corporate executive ladder to the very senior and top-most level executives at
Berkshire Hathaway. The Whistleblower’s allegations of committing and/or
knowingly conspiring in such fraudulent schemes, unlawful business activities
and bad faith insurance practices intended to defraud policyholders amongst the
higher and highest-ups at Berkshire
Hathaway implicated include:
Thomas M. Ryan, Vice President
National Liability and Fire Insurance Company, Vice President National Indemnity
Company (NICO), President Resolute Management, Inc. New England Division, Vice
President National Indemnity Company (NICO) of Mid-America, Vice President
National Fire and Marine Insurance Company and Vice President of The Berkshire
Hathaway Insurance Companies Group and others as previously referenced; (Whistleblower: Berkshire Hathaway
Insurance Companies Group intentionally and repeatedly did not pay
and/or put-off paying claims to increase Berkshire Hathaway's cash flow and
the float which decisions not to pay in many cases went all the way to
the top at Berkshire Hathaway.
You can read the
admissions of illegal bad faith insurance practices committed in current confirming court
allegations and testimonies as indicated in the ongoing 2009 litigation in the
CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION v. ONE BEACON INSURANCE COMPANY
(formerly known as Commercial Union Insurance Company), ETALS.,
Case #SUCV2006-1625-BLS2 from the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, SS Superior Court
in confirming that the FBIC Whistleblower allegations of bad faith claims handling
and fraudulent wrongdoings by the involved parties in 2005 and prior (going back to 1999),
are in fact alive and well, ongoing and growing in this very 2009-2010 day.
READ THE FOLLOWING
(below) Berkshire's Tom Ryan's following court testimonies and the
testimonies of members of his staff (which links follow below
underlined
links in blue), which confirm in agreement their company's inept
excuses in their commission of not paying years overdue claims,
repeatedly in many cases over multi-year periods up to 5 years and more
negligently committing bad faith insurance practices by his Berkshire-owned
insurance Group which the Whistleblower confirms was controlled by Ajit Jain
and Forrest Krutter and which Ryan allegedly told his staff that Buffett was
aware of and okayed:
- Tom Ryan, Grp. V.P. testimonies
01-13-2009
,
01-14-2009;
Robert Burns, staff member testimony 01-21-2009;
Robert Burns Memo
(exhibit)
("Memo" Note: FYI, "ALE" stands for "Allocated Loss Adjustment Expense");
Christy Bresson, staff member testimonies
01-16-2009,
01-20-2009;
Ajit
Jain, located in Stamford, CT offices, is Executive Vice President of Berkshire Hathaway's
Insurance Companies Group, President of Berkshire Hathaway's Reinsurance Companies. Jain also
holds various senior executive-level titles at Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary insurers including Exec. Vice
President of National Indemnity Co (NICO), a little known reinsurance powerhouse
involved in much of the alleged illegal activities. NICO is listed as headquartered
at Berkshire Hathaway corporate headquarters in Omaha, NE that
is alleged to be the vehicle for much of the fraudulent activity. Jain is
alleged to have various and overall direct knowledge and indirect involvement in
the alleged Berkshire Hathaway fraudulent
bad faith insurance companies practices and indirect knowledge of some of the
operational fraudulent schemes ... and authority
and say (per Tom Ryan, etc.) as to whether claims, and other larger decisions, etc. were/are to be paid,
and other larger payments i.e. legal expenses, etc. can be made; Warren Buffett has
frequently and openly reiterated that Ajit Jain is the only executive
at Berkshire that he religiously speaks to everyday 'without fail';
Forrest Krutter, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has various
and overall direct knowledge and indirectly semi-active involvement in the alleged
Berkshire Hathaway fraudulent
bad faith insurance companies practices and fraudulent schemes ... and alleged authority
and say as to whether claims, and other larger decisions, etc. were/are to be paid,
and other larger payments i.e. legal expenses, etc. can be made;
Warren Buffett, Chairman where there is strong evidence, (much of
which is alleged by the Whistleblower), that conclude that through Ryan, Jain
and Krutter, Buffett had direct knowledge as
well as limited indirect involvement in his company's alleged committed systemic
looting of customers treasuries, bad faith
insurance practices and fraudulent schemes and activities that have
reaped Berkshire Hathaway Inc. billions of dollars at the expense of many thousands of
policyholders and claimants;
Also implicated in the alleged fraudulent Berkshire Hathaway reinsurance runoff schemes higher-ups at other companies include:
Pam Hoelsken, Chief
Operating Officer of Cavell America a/k/a Cavell USA (owned by Randall &
Quilter headquartered in the U.K.), whose owners Ken E. Randall
and Alan Kevin Quilter are also implicated as they are alleged to have direct knowledge
if not involvement of
the illicit activities. (As of 2005 - 2010),
Cavell America aka Cavell USA (owned by UK-based Randall & Quilter aka R&Q entities) are
alleged to either manage and/or have the same illegal questionable business
claims management relationships, involved in many of the same and similar
lawsuits and allegations against it include: Seaton Insurance, Stonewall Insurance, Transport
Insurance, OneBeacon Insurance, Kemper Insurance or aka American Motorists
Insurance Company (AMICO) div. Lumbermens Group, GEICO Insurance, Republic
Insurance, Ken Randall America, ACE Brandywine (previously sold in 2006
to R&Q under major opposition and protest by other major U.S. insurers for
the reason that R&Q was not adequately financed to handle the much larger
run-off of ACE Brandywine),
Equitas (UK) aka Equitas Management,
Resolute Management, and other entities all
have or are alleged to use or have such
cap
covers-finite reinsurance policies that (per the Whistleblower) are
in reality "loans", and related business relationships with Berkshire
Hathaway Insurance-Reinsurance Companies and/or are owned by Berkshire
Hathaway (i.e. Resolute
Management, formed o/a 2006 to expand and grow these same related illicit operations
beyond the U.S. and UK to other countries) or may be/are under Berkshire
Hathaway's control.
Randall & Quilter entities and
related other entities are defendants in several lawsuits alleging
the same related business practices intended to defraud policyholders).
FYI, reinsurance is simply insurance for your insurance company in the event you
make a claim or bring a lawsuit to be able to collect on a claim denied. It is important to note and for policyholders to know that it is primarily
reinsurers that control and pay much if not most of all policyholders and third parties insurance claims (and not insurance companies
that policyholders buy insurance from, send premiums to and have insurance policies with).
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has grown to be among the
largest, if not the largest, reinsurers (i.e. General Reinsurance Company,
National Indemnity Insurance Co., etc.), run-off and third party claims
management administrators
with significant operations (e.g. Resolute Management, etc.) in the United States
and working in concert with other non-Berkshire-owned companies outside the U.S.. In addition,
Berkshire Hathaway owns a multitude of insurance and
reinsurance companies in the U.S. Berkshire Hathaway owns upwards of
40-50 insurance, reinsurance, runoff and third party
claims administrator companies, many
working 'very closely' together. Berkshire Hathaway is among the U.S. largest group insurers and insurance industry operators.
We realize that there is some redundancy in our expose' which is not intentional. In most cases it is because there are numerous cases where the same
illegal activities are involved in many and such cases where the defendants and
parties are
repeated and the same defendants and parties are named in many cases and with the same allegations. As evident by the Whistleblower allegations which will be published and
announced here on this website and which will follow, FBIC's ongoing investigation
and expose includes a significant number of legal cases, legal
testimony and involves many companies with questionable reinsurance and
cap-covers reinsurance illegal activities which comprises
a substantial amount (truck-loads) of information too much to publish here but that which we will expose
and condense to take as little time as possible to
put up here on the website and make as easily readable as possible. Yet with all FBIC has learned about
Berkshire Hathaway's alleged illegal bad faith insurance, reinsurance, runoff
and third party claims administrator operations and
alleged illicit fraudulent schemes and activities, we know they "represent just the very tip
of the iceberg".
Allegations made by the whistleblower to FBIC starting five years ago involve billions of dollars of illegal
and ill-gotten bad faith insurance gains to Berkshire Hathaway and other
co-conspirators at the expense of America's policyholders and claimants ... and even more importantly as a result
the subsequent losses to "hundreds of thousands" moreso "millions" of Americans and victims, and the loss of their well-being,
the loss of wealth and the annual loss of millions of U.S. jobs annually,
FBIC submits
this proposal for jobs creation and
solution to Americans loss of wealth retention due to widespread bad faith
insurance practices and claimants being denied and not being paid on their
claims properly if at all ... and asks The President to consider and help.
The FBIC-Whistleblower story highlights in detail
and summarizes when possible the real behind the scenes goings-on and illicit operations
supported and confirmed
with numerous court cases, documents and
testimonies, contributing to further expose just how widespread the frauds and illegal bad faith insurance activities are within
Berkshire Hathaway operations and the U.S. insurance and limitedly regulated but mostly
unregulated reinsurance, third party claims administrators and runoff segments of the
insurance industry today.
FBIC, which operates mainly on donations from the Public made on this website,
with limited means knew it did not have the adequate resources to have
undertaken such a daunting and enormous investigative task. Even though it has spent the better part of five years investigating the veracity of the
Whistleblower's allegations being limited without having the benefit of subpoena
power. FBIC's investigations are presently continuing and ongoing. FBIC has
learned enough on its own investigations that it agrees with the Whistleblower
that the many court cases and testimonies in FBIC's possession represent just
"the very tip of the iceberg".
Note: FBIC are not lawyers ... FBIC is a non-profit consumer insurance advocacy and we let
the American People be the judge and make their own decisions on related insurance issues esp. since we have
learned over the years and gotten to the point not to expect the questionably corrupt
as well as grossly understaffed state
insurance regulatory agencies to do any meaningful investigations and the
states' attorneys offices are understaffed to handle such investigations on
their own ... in this case the federal investigative authorities are needed and
essential to investigate the widespread bad faith insurance practices, fraud and
corruption that exists 'herein' and is so pervasive and prevalent in our country today and
for the past
several decades. To the best of FBIC's knowledge and due-diligence, and limited without having
subpoena power in its investigations toolbox, and with FBIC's ongoing
investigations, FBIC has confirmed as much of the information as was possible and of note was
unable to disprove any of the Whistleblower's allegations.
The Whistleblower's allegations will start and be cited here shortly followed
by supporting court cases of illegal bad faith insurance practices and
fraudulent activities. (Note: There will be frequent updates, many more exposed court cases
and testimonies to follow in the weeks and months ahead).
(Attention
Plaintiff Insurance Attorneys: FBIC's investigation into Berkshire
Hathaway-National Indemnity-Cavell-Resolute Management bad faith insurance and
fraudulent practices continues and is ongoing as there are many more cases being
fought in court rooms. The investigation was initiated as a result of
information received by FBIC from a Whistleblower. FBIC is a consumer insurance
advocacy and not lawyers. FBIC requests whistleblowers and/or plaintiff lawyers to please send FBIC
more related court cases, court case complaints, supporting documentation and court
testimonies by clicking:
FbicLawyerInquiry@badfaithinsurance.org, or
Whistleblowers,
... (anonymously if you wish so as not to get involved or be referenced ... that is unless you and/or your law firm wish to be referenced and
cited for your lawyerly contribution to the U.S. and help in this significant investigative expose
'mentioned' with your published materials which we are glad to do with your permission).
Most Americans don't believe for a minute and suspect that the 2008-2009 felony convictions of five (5)
top and senior level Berkshire Hathaway owned
General Reinsurance executives which includes
Ron Ferguson,
Christopher Garand,
Elizabeth Monrad,
Robert Graham,
John Houldsworth,
and one (1) AIG
executive Christian Milton could not possibly represent a one-off solo occurrence
of fraudulent activity by Berkshire Hathaway and General Re ... rather Berkshire
Hathaway Insurance-Reinsurance Companies Group appear to be consumed with systemic fraud practices perpetrated by bad faith
insurance, reinsurance and related by Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies
(and AIG). In addition, in spite of committing a $500 million fraud, these
convicted felons not only received extremely light beyond the court sentencing guidelines, but
they are not in prison for various reasons ... which this decade pretty much follows the
usual court leniency and non-prison legal chicanery which occurs when
white-collared top level
insurance executives are found guilty of committing fraudulent crimes ... which
should be a real embarrassment by the U.S. to the rest of the world.
There's more, much more ... and just the tip of the iceberg.
Berkshire Hathaway has shown more and more to be overwhelmingly consumed with
pervasive and widespread fraudulent activities as Americans grow to learn, now with the
FBIC-Whistleblower expose', that the GenRe-AIG case is not just a one-off but is part
of a pattern of a larger number of many
other similar and various other illegal and criminal insurance-reinsurance based activities
as supported by the further fraudulent activities such as in the 2009
former Ex-Chief of GenRe British Unit, Milan Vukelic,
whose illegal activities put him in prison in the U.S. for 18 months in 2000, then got him fired at GenRe
in the U.S. in 2005 and now in 2009 got him banned from ever holding a position of trust in the financial-services industry in
Britain and Australia after he was found to have helped companies illegally conceal losses.
The pervasive frauds and widespread bad faith insurance companies practices
destroys hundreds of thousands companies and individuals victims and the loss of
ultimately upwards of millions of jobs annually throughout all industries ...
lost forever and never to be regained to the sole benefit of the bad faith
insurance companies and their executives ... just the tip of the iceberg.
The following mainstream media articles about Berkshire Hathaway Insurance-Reinsurance Companies
related crimes internationally (and it's Chairman Warren
Buffett), specifically selected now to recap in retrospect as written previously.
Since the U.S. insurance industry is so powerful and among the U.S. largest
advertisers, most of the time their illegal activities don't reach the U.S.
mainstream media but have to be read via international mainstream media. Even though these criminal, illegal and illicit insurance activities have proven
to be widespread, state regulators, as recently proven, repeatedly do little and
repeatedly decline to investigate. Federal investigatory
authorities, such as The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI although they say
they are very much interested, need someone in charge to order and focus on a
sweeping investigation ... (see following selective pertinent articles of the
time which illegal activities are unaffected and still widespread
now such just as they were back in 2004 and 2005):
Insurance companies illegal activities destroy companies, jobs and kill
people. There are many more cases supporting Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies Group
primarily reinsurance related bad
faith insurance practices and other related activities of fraud that will follow along with supporting
court testimonies, to name a few to include with Whistleblower comments as may
be indicated ... just the tip of the iceberg:
- Santa Fe Braun Inc., f/k/a C.F. Braun & Co. Versus Insurance Company of North America, Etal.
CG-04-428686 (CA, San Francisco Superior Court)
(Click on the following to read The "Third Amended Complaint"
abbreviated here down to 21 pages to spare you reading time from the total 208 number of pages
comprised in the whole document ... you can read just the sections "Facts Pertinent to the Liability of the Berkshire
Companies" (paragraphs 93-107) and the 4th – 8th Causes of Action (paragraphs 125-143) court document details
and best confirms some of the alleged fraudulent activities involved.
ITT Industries, Inc. and ITT Gilfillan, Inc., currently a division of ITT Industries, Inc. versus Fireman's Fund Insurance
Company Etal BC322546 CA, Los Angeles (WB Comment: We have yet to see the final amended complaint, but we are reliably informed that it contains the same
allegations as C.F. Braun. Randall &
Quilter and
various repeat and related other entities are defendants in several lawsuits alleging
business practices intended to defraud policyholders).
"ITT vs. Fireman's Fund Etals First Amended Complaint". J. T. Thorpe versus Texas Property and Casualty, (TX,
Austin, Travis
County) and J. T. Thorpe versus Federal Insurance Company 9814361
(CA, Los Angeles) (WB Comment: Again, Mr.
Ryan is delaying and avoiding payment as it does not fit his payment schedule).
J T Thorpe v. Federal Insurance Company;
JT Thorpe v. Texas Property & Casualty.
I. C. Industries: Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London Etal versus Pneumo Abex Corporation Etal
02CV8053A (NY), 6024932002 (NY) (two cases: - WB
Comment: The 1999 settlement agreement stipulated a payment in 2002 for $9.5M. Mr. Ryan feels that he should only have to pay $8.5M,
and has withheld payment).
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London v. Pneumo Abex Corp, Etal Complaint Notice Of Removal To Federal
Court 02CV8053A;
Lloyds London v. Pneumo Abex Corp., Etal. 6024932002 Complaint.
Fuller Austin Insulation Company versus Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
BC116835 (CA, Los Angeles) (WB Comment: Could have been settled with a structured payment scheme
totaling $18M over 3 years. Mr. Ryan would not pay this as it exceeded his cash flow projections and went to trial, resulting in a
verdict of $55M. Currently dragging out the appeal process to avoid payment.
Fuller Austin vs. Fireman's Fund Etal Seventh Amended Complaint
court document details and also best
confirms some of the alleged fraudulent activities involved.
Fuller-Austin Insulation Company v. Highlands Insurance Company Etal.
B170079 (CA Appellate Ct, 2nd Dist.). (FBIC: reference Fuller
Austin vs. Fireman's Fund above:
Fuller Austin vs. Fireman's Fund Etal Seventh Amended Complaint).
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Versus OneBeacon America Insurance Company, Seaton Insurance Company, And Cavell USA Inc
05CV4244
(NY, US Southern Dist.) Breach of contract, etc. Non-payment
of insured-reinsured legal defense coverage.
Complaint - CWT v OneBeacon-Seaton-Cavell (04-28-2008),
Docket - CWT v OneBeacon-Seaton-Cavell (04-28-2005);
State of California versus Underwriters At Lloyd's 239784 (CA,
Riverside) and State of California versus Allstate RIC381555
(CA, Riverside) (two cases, WB
Comment: Mr. Ryan has created an artificially low number to settle. By sticking with this amount he is delaying timely settlement
of funds owed.)
State of California versus Allstate, Etals.,
State of California versus Underwriters At Lloyd's, Etals..
Continental Casualty Etal v. Borg Warner 04CH01708
(IL-Circuit Court Cook Cty)
(WB Comment: The complaint sets the total claim value at $50M, but Ms. Hoelsken
has only set up a reserve of $5M because of the effect that a full reserve would have on the financials. If the reserves were set
at prudent levels there would be no justification for a dividend to shareholders. As an example, in the case of Borg Warner the total
claim value is $50 million. Ms. Hoelsken will not post that number in reserve, and has instead posted $5 million. She has stated that
she would rather "stairstep" the reserve in order to keep the financial position where it was planned. This allows the shareholders
of these three companies to take dividends, as they are reported as having a surplus of $15 million. This effectively defrauds the
policy holders of the funds necessary to pay the claims and will cause the companies to go insolvent sooner than necessary. That is
the principal reason they have redomesticated these companies to Rhode Island, as they can take advantage of the State's schemes of
insolvency to then walk away from any remaining liability. Another example of this reserving practice is the Occidental Petroleum case.
Continental Casualty Etal v. Borg Warner Complaint
Celanese Intl v
One Beacon America Etal. f/k/a Commercial Union Insurance
Etal. SUCV2006-1625-BLS (Boston, Suffolk County, MA) (WB Comment: There is a coverage-in-place agreement
stating that payments would be made upon submission of bills. However, bills are submitted but not paid, and over $5M has been held
for over 1 year. A DJ action in respect of the breach is currently in the works.) (FBIC:
2009 trial testimonies by Berkshire
Hathaway's Tom Ryan, V.P., Berkshire Hathaway Staff Members: Robert Burns and Christy Bresson referenced and included above herein).
Celanese v One Beacon Original Complaint;
Celanese v One Beacon First Amended Complaint;
Celanese v One Beacon Second Amended Complaint.
Read trial testimonies of:
Tom Ryan, Grp. V.P. (01-13-2009),
(01-14-2009);
Robert Burns, Staff Member (01-21-2009);
Christy Bresson, Staff Member (01-16-2009),
(01-20-2009).
Read more evidence:
Robert Burns Memo (Memo Note: "ALE"
= "Allocated Loss Adjustment Expense" ... to our knowledge such lawyer
and related expense are separate from standard claims related expenses involved
in and paid as part of reinsurance claims related expenses, and along with
consulting fees could potentially be one of many illegal ways of siphoning
moneys off from treasuries let alone a way to not pay claims.)
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read what the Whistleblower says in his own words in exposing Berkshire Hathaway
frauds NICO,
Cavell, Resolute Management, Etal. other related Berkshire Hathaway reinsured insurers)
all with business usual schemes to defraud policyholders, not pay claims and related criminal
activities, supported by court case documents that confirm the
Whistleblower allegations on third party claims management administrator co-conspirator Cavell America a/k/a
Cavell USA Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance fraud and related bad faith insurance
practices as confirmed by published court cases, court documents and court
testimonies. ......
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