secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKLEY W R CORP (WRB)
CIK:        0000011544
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000011544-22-000024
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

W. R. Berkley Q2 net premiums written up 16.9% to record $2.59B; operating income +43%
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- Net premiums written record $2.59B, up 16.9%; gross premiums up 14.7% to $3.05B.
- Operating income $313M, up 43%; underwriting income $268M, up 32.6%.
- Combined ratio 88.6% (cat losses $57.9M); current accident year combined ratio before cat 86.2%.
- Core net investment income grew 29.7%; total capital returned $159.2M (special dividends $132.7M).
- Operating ROE 18.8%; net income $179M ($0.64 diluted EPS), down from $237M ($0.85) due to net investment losses.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154422000024/0000011544-22-000024-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154422000024/wrb-20220721.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000011544-22-000024

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