Company Description
W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial line writer worldwide.
The company operates in two segments, Insurance, and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. The Insurance segment underwrites commercial insurance business, including excess and surplus lines, admitted lines, and specialty personal lines.
This segment also provides accident and health insurance and reinsurance products; insurance for commercial risks; casualty and specialty environmental products; insurance coverages for fine arts and jewelry exposures; excess liability and inland marine coverage for small to medium-sized insureds; and commercial general liability, umbrella, professional liability, directors and officers, commercial property, and surety products, as well as products for technology, and life sciences and travel industries.
In addition, it offers cyber risk solutions; crime and fidelity insurance products; medical professional coverages; workers’ compensation insurance products; management liability and general insurance products; personal lines insurance solutions, including home, condo/co-op, auto, fine arts and collectibles, liability, collector vehicle, and recreational marine; law enforcement, public officials and educator's legal, and employment practices liability, as well as incidental medical, property, and crime insurance products; at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services; professional liability; energy and marine risks; and insurance products to the Lloyd's marketplace.
The Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment provides treaty and facultative reinsurance solutions; property and casualty reinsurance products; facultative reinsurance products include automatic, semi-automatic, and individual risk assumed reinsurance; and turnkey products, such as cyber, employment practices liability insurance, liquor liability insurance and violent events.
The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Industry | Insurance - Property & Casualty |
| Sector | Financials |
| Employees | 8,606 |
| CEO | William Berkley |
Contact Details
Address: 475 Steamboat Road Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 United States | |
| Phone | 203 629 3000 |
| Website | berkley.com |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | WRB |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Stock Type | Common Stock |
| Fiscal Year | January - December |
| Reporting Currency | USD |
| CIK Code | 0000011544 |
| CUSIP Number | 084423102 |
| ISIN Number | US0844231029 |
| Employer ID | 22-1867895 |
| SIC Code | 6331 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| William Robert Berkley Jr. | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| William Robert Berkley | Executive Chairman of the Board |
| Richard Mark Baio | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| James Gerald Shiel | Executive Vice President of Investments |
| Lucille T. Sgaglione | Executive Vice President |
| Karen A. Horvath | Vice President of Investor Relations |
| A. Scott Mansolillo | Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer |
| Liberatore John Iannarone | Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
| Jonathan M. Levine | Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer |
| Carol Josephine LaPunzina | Senior Vice President of Human Resources |
Latest SEC Filings
| Date | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2025 | 8-K | Current Report |
| Feb 24, 2025 | 10-K | Annual Report |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 13F-HR | Quarterly report filed by institutional managers, holdings |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 8-K | Current Report |
| Nov 14, 2024 | 13F-HR | Quarterly report filed by institutional managers, holdings |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 10-Q | Quarterly Report |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 8-K | Current Report |
| Aug 20, 2024 | N-PX | Annual Report of proxy voting record of management investment companies |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 13F-HR | Quarterly report filed by institutional managers, holdings |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 10-Q | Quarterly Report |