Putting life online, Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska peddles insurance over the Internet. As part of a group of affiliated insurers known as BRKDirect.com, Berkshire Hathaway Life provides retirement planning products (single premium deferred annuities and single premium immediate annuities, also known as a lifetime annuity) and personal quotes through its Web site. Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance is a subsidiary of National Indemnity Company and both are part of the Berkshire Hathaway Group, the insurance operations of Warren Buffett's investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway.