secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKLEY W R CORP (WRB)
CIK:        0000011544
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000011544-26-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

W.R. Berkley Q1 net income up 23.4% to $515.2M; operating income record $514.3M
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- Diluted EPS $1.31 net / $1.30 operating; annualized ROE of 21.2%.
- Net premiums written $3.17B (+1.3% YoY); gross premiums $3.79B (+2.8%).
- Net investment income record $404.3M, up 12.2% on higher assets and portfolio yields.
- Combined ratio 90.7% (accident year ex-cat 88.3%); average rate increase ex-WC +7.2%.
- Returned $336.1M to shareholders via $302.4M buybacks and $33.7M dividends.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154426000008/0000011544-26-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154426000008/wrb-20260421.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000011544-26-000008

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