13 Apr 2011 Fairfax Financial: Underappreciated Insurance Holdings ( Portfolio )
Fairfax Financial is an insurance holding company that has followed a path to success similar to Berkshire Hathaway. When investing in Fairfax, you are really investing in CEO Prem Watsa’s abilities to allocate capital (the insurance float) into investments that are profitable. It is precisely Watsa’s ability to do this that has generated such above-average returns for shareholders over the past 25 years...