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Profile - W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:BER)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
165 Mason Street
Greenwich, CT 06836
Phone: (203) 629-3000
Fax: (203) 629-8336
Employees (last reported count): 4,426
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 43%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 10.0K shares
 · 7 insider sells; 45.0K shares
  (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 84% (147% of float)
(230 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 362.0K shares (+1.46%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that, through its subsidiaries, operates in five segments of the property casualty insurance business. They consist of specialty lines of insurance (including excess and surplus lines and commercial transportation); alternative markets (including the management of alternative insurance market mechanisms); reinsurance; regional property casualty insurance, and international. The Company's specialty insurance, alternative markets and reinsurance operations are conducted nationwide. Regional insurance operations are conducted primarily in the Midwest, New England, South and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. International operations are conducted primarily in Argentina and the Philippines.
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Financial Summary
W.R. Berkley is an insurance holding company whose subsidiaries provide regional property casualty insurance, reinsurance, specialty lines of insurance, alternative markets services and international insurance. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 10% to $940.2 million. Net income rose 81% to $19.8 million. Results reflect increased premiums earned in the specialty segment and a lower combined ratio due to the impact of pricing actions.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

William Berkley, 55
Chairman, Pres, CEO, Chief Operating Officer
$3.4M
Eugene Ballard, 48
CFO, Sr. VP, Treasurer
411K
Ira Lederman, 47
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel Insurance Operations, Assistant Sec.
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Robert Cole, 50
Sr. VP - Regional Operations
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H. Lankford, Jr., 58
Sr. VP - Alternative Markets Operations
415K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BERAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 6-Sep-2000
$25.75 
Recent Price$38.10 
52-Week High
on 12-Mar-2001
$48.75 
Beta0.07 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)102.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)82.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+45.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+95.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.11B
Shares Outstanding29.1M
Float16.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.52 
Dividend Yield1.36%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 19-Sep-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$28.52 
Earnings (ttm)$1.64 
Earnings (mrq)$0.32 
Sales (ttm)$67.46 
Cash (mrq)$0.63 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.34 
Price/Earnings (ttm)23.22 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.56 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.87B
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$45.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.97%
Return on Equity (ttm)6.33%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.45 
Total Cash (mrq)$18.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short253.0K
Percent of Float1.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
159.0K
Short Ratio2.06 
Daily Volume123.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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