Company Description
W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial line writer worldwide.
The company operates through Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segments. 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 | 8,804 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Shasi Gangadharan | Chief Executive Officer of Berkley Insurance Asia |
| Michael Paul Fujii | Chief Executive Officer and President of Berkley Custom Insurance Managers |
| Bradley T. London | President of Berkley Agribusiness |
| Richard B. Vincelette | President of Berkley Public Entity Managers LLC |
| Stephen Lawrence Porcelli | President of Berkley Alliance Managers |
| Andrea Carol Kanefsky | Vice President and Corporate Controller |
| Tracey Vispoli | President of Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions |
| David R. Lockhart AIAF, AU, C.P.C.U. | President of Carolina Casualty Operations |
| Joseph G. Shores | President of Berkley Select |
| Gregg A. Piltch | President of Berkley Healthcare |
Latest SEC Filings
| Date | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | 8-K | Current Report |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 11-K | Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 8-K | Current Report |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 8-K | Current Report |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 8-K | Current Report |
| Jun 4, 2026 | SCHEDULE 13D/A | Filing |
| May 15, 2026 | 13F-HR | Quarterly report filed by institutional managers, holdings |
| May 1, 2026 | 10-Q | Quarterly Report |
| Apr 30, 2026 | SCHEDULE 13G | Filing |
| Apr 22, 2026 | ARS | Filing |