---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001096343-23-000084"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKL"
cik: "0001096343"
company_name: "MARKEL GROUP INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:11:56.614196+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Markel Corporation to change name to Markel Group Inc. effective May 26, 2023

## Summary
- Name change from Markel Corporation to Markel Group Inc., effective May 26, 2023.
- Stock ticker MKL unchanged; no structural or organizational impacts.
- Outstanding stock certificates remain valid; no need to exchange.
- Global specialty insurance business continues as Markel; new website mklgroup.com.
- CEO Tom Gayner cites need for clarity as holding company with three engines.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001096343-23-000084
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKL
- cik: 0001096343
- company_name: MARKEL GROUP INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096343/000109634323000084/0001096343-23-000084-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096343/000109634323000084/mkl-20230515.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001096343-23-000084
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001096343-23-000084.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001096343-23-000084.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  MARKEL GROUP INC.: Amended articles of incorporation to change corporate name from Markel Corporation to Markel Group Inc., effective May 26, 2023 (effective 2023-05-26).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-26
  source text: On May 15, 2023, the Company filed Articles of Amendment (the Articles of Amendment) with the Virginia State Corporation Commission to amend the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (as amended) to effect the Name Change. The Articles of Amendment will become effective on May 26, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096343/000109634323000084/0001096343-23-000084-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  MARKEL GROUP INC.: Amended bylaws to update corporate seal from Markel Corporation to Markel Group Inc., effective May 26, 2023 (effective 2023-05-26).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-26
  source text: In connection with the Name Change, the Company will amend the Company's Bylaws (the Bylaws), also effective as of May 26, 2023, to update its corporate seal to replace "Markel Corporation" with "Markel Group Inc." No other changes will be made to the Bylaws.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096343/000109634323000084/0001096343-23-000084-index.htm

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