W. R. Berkley Corporation

2019 ANNUAL REPORT

Financial Highlights

By taking advantage of challenging opportunities and bringing together talented people and capital, we feel confident we will be able to continue to deliver outstanding returns.

  • Combined ratio
    averaged 94.7% over the past 5 years.. 94.8%

  • TOTAL RETURN
    GROWTH IN STOCK PRICE PLUS DIVIDENDS OUTPACED THE 33% S&P 500®TOTAL RETURN IN 2019 43.7%

  • TOTAL REVENUES
    INCREASED 11% OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS
    $7.9B

  • RETURN ON STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    AVERAGED 12% OVER THE PAST 5 YEAR 12.5%

Financial Results
AT-A-GLANCE

TOTAL REVENUES
(dollars in billions)
INVESTMENTS
Market Value
(dollars in billions)
RESERVES FOR LOSSES AND LOSS EXPENSEs
(dollars in billions)
COMMON STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY*
(dollars in billions)

* Net of $1.4 billion in special dividends and shares repurchased from 2015–2019.