Business segment data

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Business segment data

Note 20. Business segment data

Revenues by segment for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014 and 2013 were as follows (in millions).

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2014			2013			2014		2013
Operating Businesses:
Insurance group:
Premiums earned:
GEICO	$	5,203		$	4,730		$	15,168	$	13,726
General Re		1,566			1,454			4,733		4,422
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group		4,809			2,219			8,414		6,918
Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group		1,139			867			3,141		2,396
Investment income		957			1,084			3,409		3,628
Total insurance group		13,674			10,354			34,865		31,090
BNSF		5,881			5,651			17,063		16,257
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company		4,853			3,392			13,344		9,564
McLane Company		12,151			11,547			34,327		33,707
Manufacturing businesses		9,534			8,804			27,788		25,861
Other businesses		3,493			3,179			10,456		9,583
Finance and financial products		1,654			1,539			4,731		4,439
		51,240			44,466			142,574		130,501
Reconciliation of segments to consolidated amount:
Investment and derivative gains/losses		(118	)		2,141			3,770		4,805
Eliminations and other		77			(66	)		70		(205	)
	$	51,199		$	46,541		$	146,414	$	135,101

Earnings before income taxes by segment for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014 and 2013 were as follows (in millions).

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Operating Businesses:
Insurance group:
Underwriting gain (loss):
GEICO	$	264		$	307		$	1,010		$	909
General Re		126			63			322			182
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group		443			(206	)		617			1,159
Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group		143			99			379			228
Net investment income		950			1,078			3,394			3,609
Total insurance group		1,926			1,341			5,722			6,087
BNSF		1,654			1,556			4,295			4,242
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company		1,051			586			2,248			1,574
McLane Company		120			126			361			372
Manufacturing businesses		1,337			1,202			3,774			3,301
Other businesses		355			317			1,095			999
Finance and financial products		453			403			1,247			1,054
		6,896			5,531			18,742			17,629
Reconciliation of segments to consolidated amount:
Investment and derivative gains/losses		(118	)		2,141			3,770			4,805
Interest expense, excluding interest allocated to operating businesses		(79	)		(80	)		(233	)		(226	)
Eliminations and other		51			(214	)		(15	)		(644	)
	$	6,750		$	7,378		$	22,264		$	21,564