BERKLEY W R CORP WRB
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 084423102 · ISIN US0844231029
Commercial lines property & casualty insurance holding company organized in Delaware and based in Greenwich, Connecticut
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryFire, Marine & Casualty Insurance
- HeadquartersGreenwich, CT
- Founded1967
- Websitewrberkley.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($90.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 260.8m as of 2023-04-27, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $62.00. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($3.8m notional), 6 hold puts ($3.1m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 667 |
| Q4 2022 | 715 |
| Q1 2023 | 692 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 345 | 281 |
| Q1 2023 | 338 | 340 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $3.2m | $1.2m | 0.38 |
| Q4 2022 | $6.5m | $2.4m | 0.38 |
| Q1 2023 | $3.8m | $3.1m | 0.82 |
Biggest buyers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +2.4m |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +1.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +925.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +915.8k |
| Man Group plc | New | +833.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +696.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +478.3k |
| CHILTON INVESTMENT CO INC. | Added | +456.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +435.1k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC | Added | +414.2k |
Biggest sellers
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -2.0m |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -1.7m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -960.4k |
| SAMLYN CAPITAL, LLC | Sold out | -949.4k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Sold out | -608.7k |
| BloombergSen Inc. | Reduced | -446.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -444.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -420.8k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -405.4k |
Biggest calls
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.6m25.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $778.2k12.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $747.1k12.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $577.0k9.3k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $93.4k1.5k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.2m19.6k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $784.5k12.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $660.0k10.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $372.0k6.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $49.0k800 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
BERKLEY WILLIAM R JR
13D · may seek influence
filed 2026-07-21
Stated purposeItem 4 is hereby amended by replacing the first paragraph with the following: Calculations of the Reporting Persons' beneficial ownership on the cover pages and in Item 5(a) of this Statement are based on 372,276,732 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 27, 2026, as reported in the Issuer's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2026. Full filing |
25.7% |
BERKLEY WILLIAM R
13D · may seek influence
+0.4 pts · filed 2026-03-05
Stated purposeItem 4 is hereby amended by replacing the first paragraph with the following: Calculations of the Reporting Persons' beneficial ownership on the cover pages and in Item 5(a) of this Statement are based on 374,490,856 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 23, 2026, as reported in the Issuer's Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2026. However, when calculating MSI's percentage ownership for certain purposes under the Framework Agreement and LLC Agreement, MSI uses as its denominator 391,869,666 shares of Common Stock, which comprises such number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 23, 2026 and 17,378,810 shares of Common Stock held in a grantor trust as of December 31, 2025, each as reported in the Issuer's Form 10-K filed… Full filing |
25.5% |
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE CO LTD
13D · may seek influence
+0.1 pts · filed 2026-06-04
Stated purposeItem 4 is hereby amended by replacing the second to last paragraph of Item 4 with the following: In connection with MSI's acquisition of fifteen percent (15%) of the Outstanding Agreement Shares, MSI designated Andrew Carrier, an executive officer of MSI, to serve as a director of the Issuer. Mr. Carrier was nominated to the slate of directors up for election to the Issuer's Board at the Issuer's 2026 annual meeting by the Issuer's Board following the recommendation of the Issuer's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to the Board. On June 3, 2026, Mr. Carrier was elected to the Board at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Issuer. Mr. Carrier was designated by MSI pursuant to the terms of the Framework Agreement. Full filing |
15.8% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.8% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: BlackRock, Inc. (4.6%, 2026-10-27), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 1 | $706 | 1 | $2.0m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 2 | $372.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q1 2023.
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 25.4m $1.6bn | Added +23.4k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 14.4m $894.4m | Reduced -1.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.08% of their portfolio | 11.8m $736.2m | Added +925.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 10.3m $639.8m | Reduced -444.2k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 6.7m $418.0m | Reduced -334.3k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.17% of their portfolio | 6.4m $398.6m | Reduced -2.0m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.5m $279.9m | Added +7.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.7m $229.9m | Reduced -1.1m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.25% of their portfolio | 3.6m $225.4m | Reduced -405.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 2.9m $183.1m | Added +2.4m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.8m $173.0m | Added +94.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.8m $172.9m | Added +33.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.7m $166.7m | Reduced -376.3k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 2.3m $144.6m | Added +31.9k |
| Capital World Investors 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.2m $138.0m | Added +1.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.0m $38.1m | Added +1.3m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.0m $124.5m | Added +22.5k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.24% of their portfolio | 2.0m $113.7m | Reduced -160.9k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.84% of their portfolio | 1.8m $114.4m | Reduced -50.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $112.6m | Added +174.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $107.5m | Added +9.3k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.21% of their portfolio | 1.6m $101.3m | Reduced -286.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $100.8m | Reduced -3.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $100.4m | Reduced -28.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $97.0m | Added +837 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $94.3m | Reduced -377.4k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 1.4m $90.0m | Reduced -1.7m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $85.0m | Added +915.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $84.3m | Added +334.2k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.2m $74.0m | Added +696.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $73.7m | Added +190.7k |
| BloombergSen Inc. 5.67% of their portfolio | 1.1m $67.1m | Reduced -446.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $66.5m | Reduced -420.8k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.0m $62.4m | Added +308.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 923.8k $57.5m | Reduced -43.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 906.0k $56.4m | Reduced -14.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 896.1k $55.8m | Added +105.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 846.0k $52.7m | Added +83.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.04% of their portfolio | 842.9k $52.5m | Reduced -19.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.19% of their portfolio | 833.6k $51.9m | New |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 828.9k $51.6m | Added +49.8k |
| CHILTON INVESTMENT CO INC. 1.48% of their portfolio | 771.0k $48.0m | Added +456.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 751.0k $46.8m | Reduced -127.5k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 742.0k $46.2m | Added +66.9k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 737.7k $45.9m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.26% of their portfolio | 728.8k $45.4m | Added +435.1k |
| BOSTON FINANCIAL MANGEMENT LLC 1.72% of their portfolio | 708.2k $44.1m | Reduced -217.9k |
| EULAV Asset Management 1.72% of their portfolio | 701.5k $43.7m | Added +48.0k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 671.0k $41.8m | Added +13.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 647.5k $40.3m | Reduced -238.8k |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.58% of their portfolio | 630.0k $39.2m | Reduced -16.0k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 627.3k $39.1m | Added +407.0k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 624.0k $38.8m | Added +221.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.03% of their portfolio | 614.1k $38.2m | Reduced -143.5k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 609.5k $38.0m | Added +328.9k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 602.0k $37.5m | Added +84.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 574.1k $35.7m | Added +478.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.07% of their portfolio | 568.9k $35.4m | Added +124.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 537.6k $33.5m | Reduced -101.4k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 532.5k $33.2m | Added +342.2k |
| CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. 0.71% of their portfolio | 532.3k $33.1m | Added +545 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 532.3k $33.1m | Added +140.3k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 529.0k $32.9m | Added +414.2k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.08% of their portfolio | 500.2k $31.1m | Reduced -82.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.11% of their portfolio | 498.1k $31.0m | Reduced -41.7k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 476.2k $29.6m | Reduced -106.9k |
| FIL Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 466.6k $29.1m | Reduced -95.5k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 449.4k $28.0m | Added +67.3k |
| Dundas Partners LLP 2.91% of their portfolio | 447.4k $27.9m | Added +5.7k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 436.3k $27.2m | Added +8.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 414.2k $25.8m | Reduced -88.7k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 401.5k $25.0m | Reduced -83.8k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.15% of their portfolio | 400.6k $24.9m | Reduced -81.9k |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 6.09% of their portfolio | 397.3k $24.7m | Added +30.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 391.9k $24.4m | Reduced -10.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 390.5k $24.3m | Reduced -102.4k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.07% of their portfolio | 381.2k $23.7m | Added +201.5k |
| National Pension Service 0.04% of their portfolio | 378.0k $23.4m | Added +49.5k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 365.6k $22.8m | Reduced -169.3k |
| KBC Group NV 0.10% of their portfolio | 361.4k $22.5m | Added +15.8k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.10% of their portfolio | 353.8k $22.0m | Reduced -18.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 348.2k $21.7m | Reduced -3.2k |
| CWM, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 345.8k $21.5m | Added +6.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 331.7k $20.7m | Added +72.5k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.14% of their portfolio | 322.3k $20.1m | Added +60.0k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.67% of their portfolio | 305.9k $19.0m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 305.6k $19.0m | Reduced -5.1k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.36% of their portfolio | 301.5k $18.8m | Added +40.9k |
| Brookfield Corp /ON/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 290.3k $18.1m | Added +140.6k |
| America First Investment Advisors, LLC 5.13% of their portfolio | 287.7k $17.9m | Reduced -1.0k |
| CRAMER ROSENTHAL MCGLYNN LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 285.1k $17.7m | Reduced -113.6k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 275.4k $17.1m | Added +232.1k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 270.4k $16.8m | Added +176.8k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 269.5k $16.8m | Added +26 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 266.7k $16.6m | Added +4.1k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.19% of their portfolio | 265.8k $16.5m | Added +111.7k |
| Wallington Asset Management, LLC 3.28% of their portfolio | 263.2k $16.4m | Reduced -234 |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 258.0k $16.1m | Added +4.4k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 256.8k $16.0m | Added +5.5k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 251.3k $15.6m | Added +1 |