---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000011544-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WRB"
cik: "0000011544"
company_name: "BERKLEY W R CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:02:57.578275+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# W.R. Berkley Q4 2023: ROE 23.6%, record underwriting income and net investment income

## Summary
- Q4 net income per diluted share $1.47, operating income $1.45; full-year net $5.05, operating $4.92.
- Q4 net premiums written $2.72B, up 12.0% YoY; combined ratio 88.4% including catastrophes.
- Record Q4 net investment income $313.3M (+52.9% core); full-year record $1.1B (+35.1%).
- Book value per share grew 11.6% in Q4, 25.5% for 2023, before dividends and buybacks.
- $263.8M returned to shareholders in Q4 ($106.7M buybacks, $128.8M special dividend).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000011544-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WRB
- cik: 0000011544
- company_name: BERKLEY W R CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154424000002/0000011544-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154424000002/wrb-20240124.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000011544-24-000002
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000011544-24-000002.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000011544-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BERKLEY W R CORP reported financial results for fourth quarter of 2023.
  - Period: fourth quarter of 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Reference is made to the press release of W. R. Berkley Corporation (the “Company”) relating to the announcement of the Company’s results of operations for the fourth quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154424000002/0000011544-24-000002-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.