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Buffett picks up ING reinsurance arm

Dutch financial services firm ING Group has completed the sale of its run-off reinsurance unit NRG to Columbia Insurance Company.

The subsidiary of US billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has paid €272 million ($447 million) for the inactive reinsurer.

The sale results in a total capital loss of €144 million ($237 million) after tax for ING.