secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKLEY W R CORP (WRB)
CIK:        0000011544
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000011544-21-000043
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

W.R. Berkley Q2 net premiums up 27.2%; ROE 15.0%; record underwriting income $202.2M
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- Net premiums written $2.21B, up 27.2% YoY; combined ratio 89.7%.
- Record quarterly underwriting income of $202.2M; net income $237.2M ($1.27 diluted EPS).
- Net investment income up 96.9% to $168.2M; average rate increases ~9.7% ex-workers' comp.
- Returned $112M to shareholders: $89M special dividends + $23M regular dividends.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154421000043/0000011544-21-000043-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154421000043/wrb-20210722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000011544-21-000043

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