General Star Management Company provides underwriting, claims and administrative services on behalf of General Star Indemnity Company and General Star National Insurance Company. General Star traces its roots to 1864 in The Eureka Fire & Marine Insurance Company of Ohio, the predecessor company of General Star National Insurance Company. Today, the General Star companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of General Reinsurance Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. General Star underwrites business through five separate departments: