W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. The Insurance segment underwrites commercial insurance business, including excess and surplus lines, admitted lines, and specialty personal lines. This segment also provides accident and health insurance and reinsurance products; insurance for commercial risks; casualty and specialty environmental products; specialized insurance coverages for fine arts and jewelry exposures; excess liability and inland marine coverage for small to medium-sized insureds; and commercial general liability, umbrella, professional liability, directors and officers, commercial property, and surety products, as well as products for technology, and life sciences and travel industries. In addition, this segment offers cyber risk solutions; crime and fidelity insurance products; medical professional coverages; workers’ compensation insurance products; general insurance; personal lines insurance solutions, including home, condo/co-op, auto, and collectibles; automobile, law enforcement, public officials and educator's legal, and employment practices liability, as well as incidental medical and property and crime insurance products; at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services; professional liability; energy and marine risks; and provides insurance products to the Lloyd's marketplace. The Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment provides treaty and facultative reinsurance solutions; property and casualty reinsurance; facultative reinsurance products include automatic, semi-automatic and individual risk assumed reinsurance; and turnkey products such as cyber, employment practices liability insurance, liquor liability insurance and violent events. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Specialty Insurance Edge | W.R. Berkley's strong position in E&S and specialty insurance markets offers unique growth opportunities and pricing power in niche segments |
Financial Resilience | Explore W.R. Berkley's ability to implement rate increases above loss cost trends, potentially driving improved profitability despite industry challenges |
Navigating Uncertainties | Delve into W.R. Berkley's strategies for managing catastrophe exposure and sustaining investment income growth in a volatile economic environment |
Analyst Perspectives | RBC Capital Markets sets price targets ranging from $57 to $86, reflecting varied views on W.R. Berkley's growth potential and market positioning |
Metrics to compare | WRB | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Financial sector companies | Relationship RelationshipWRBPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 13.9x | 0.0x | 8.7x | |
PEG Ratio | 0.78 | 0.00 | 0.03 | |
Price/Book | 2.8x | 0.0x | 1.0x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 1.7x | 0.0x | 2.7x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 7.8% | 0.0% | 14.1% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 0.0% | 3.5% | Unlock |