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W.R. Berkley Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates in the property casualty insurance business primarily in the United States. It operates in five segments: Specialty, Regional, Alternative Markets, Reinsurance, and International. The Specialty segment underwrites third-party liability risks, including excess and surplus lines, premises operations, commercial automobile, property, products liability, and professional liability lines. The Regional segment provides commercial insurance products to small-to-mid-sized businesses, and state and local governmental entities primarily in the United States and the District of Columbia. It sells its products through a network of non-exclusive independent agents. The Alternative Markets segment engages in insuring, reinsuring, and administering self-insurance programs and other alternative risk transfer mechanisms to commercial and governmental entities employers, employer groups, insurers, and other groups or entities seeking alternative ways to manage their exposure to risks. It offers workersÂ’ compensation insurance products. This segment also provides claims, administrative, and consulting services. The Reinsurance segment underwrites property casualty reinsurance on both a treaty and a facultative basis, including professional liability, umbrella, workersÂ’ compensation, commercial automobile, and trucking. The International segment offers professional indemnity, directorsÂ’ and officersÂ’ liability, medical malpractice, general liability, construction risks, personal accident and travel products, and commercial and personal property casualty insurance products, as well as property and casualty reinsurance products. It also has operations in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, South America, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	35.86
Volume	679484
Volume Avg	564085
52 Week High	36.79
52 Week Low	27.26
PE	13.39
PE (group average)	N/A
EPS Year	2.71
EPS change Q/Q	-5.68%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	7.79%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	36.07%
EPS change Y/Y	-8.12%
REV change Q/Q	0%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	0%
EPS next Q est	0.61
EPS next Y est	2.66
Divident Annual	0.31
Dividend Yield	0.86%