Columbia Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ( NYSE:BRK.A )( NYSE: BRK.B ), made what many confirmed was a vote of confidence in Home Capital in June 2017, offering Home Capital a $2 billion loan (at what appears to have been an exhorbitant rate, in hindsight), as well as an equity investment of 20% at the time with the option to buy another 20% at a later date. This option was voted down by shareholders, as it became clear the only winner in this transaction was Buffett and his companies.