WRB - Dividend announcements

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on July 2, 2026 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 23, 2026. In addition, its Board of Directors has voted to increase its regular quarterly cash dividend to 10 cents per share, representing an 11.1% increase from the present rate. This dividend will be paid on July 2, 2026 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 23, 2026. Including the dividends announced today, the special and regular quarterly cash dividends paid year-to-date, and shares repurchased through March 31, 2026,

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 9 cents per share to be paid on March 4, 2026 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 23, 2026. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/h

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a leading specialist investment bank to the financial services and fintech sectors, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE:SF), announces the upcoming index rebalancing for the fourth quarter of 2025. This quarter, there are constituent changes within six of our indexes: KBW Nasdaq Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KIX), KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking Index (Index Ticker: KRX, ETF Ticker: KBWR), KBW Nasdaq Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDX, ETF Ticker: KBWD), KBW Nasdaq Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (Index Ticker: KYX, ETF Ticker: KBWY), KBW Nasdaq Property and Casualty Ins

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of $1.00 per share to be paid on December 29, 2025 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2025. Together with the 50 cents per share special dividend that was paid on June 30, 2025, this will bring special cash dividends paid during 2025 to $1.50 per share. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 9 cents per share to be paid on December 29, 2025 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2025. Including the dividends announced today, the spe

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 9 cents per share to be paid on September 30, 2025 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 22, 2025. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/

AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of "a-" (Excellent) of W. R. Berkley Corporation (W. R. Berkley) (Greenwich, CT) (NYSE:WRB) and all associated Long-Term Issue Ratings (Long-Term IRs) and indicative Long-Term IRs for securities issued by W. R. Berkley. At the same time, AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term ICRs of "aa-" (Superior) of Berkley Insurance Company (Wilmington, DE) and its reinsured subsidiaries and affiliates, collectively referred to as W. R. Berkley Insurance Group (Berkley Group). AM Best also has affirmed the FSR of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term ICR of "aa-" (Superior) of Berkley

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on June 30, 2025 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 23, 2025. In addition, its Board of Directors has voted to increase the regular cash dividend to an annual rate of 36 cents per share, representing a 12.5% increase from the present rate. The first regular quarterly dividend at the new rate of 9 cents per share will be paid on June 30, 2025 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 23, 2025. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is amon

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 8 cents per share to be paid on March 12, 2025 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 3, 2025. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on December 27, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 16, 2024. The special dividend announced today is the third in 2024. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 8 cents per share to be paid on December 27, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 16, 2024. Including the dividends announced today, the special and regular quarterly cash dividends paid year-to-date, and shares repurchased through Septem

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 25 cents per share to be paid on September 30, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 23, 2024. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 8 cents per share to be paid on September 30, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 23, 2024. The per share dividend amount reflects the 3-for-2 common stock split effected on July 10, 2024. Including today's announced special and regular quarterly cash dividends and shares repurchased throug

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on June 28, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 24, 2024. In addition, its Board of Directors has voted to increase the regular cash dividend to an annual rate of 48 cents per share, representing a 9.1% increase from the present rate. The first regular quarterly dividend at the new rate of 12 cents per share will be paid on June 28, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 24, 2024. The Board of Directors has also approved a 3-for-2 common stock split to be paid in the

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 11 cents per share to be paid on March 13, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 4, 2024. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/hom

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on December 27, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 18, 2023. Together with the 50 cents per share special dividend that was paid on January 24, 2023 and the 50 cents per share special dividend that was paid on October 4, 2023, this will bring special cash dividends paid during 2023 to $1.50 per share. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 11 cents per share to be paid on December 27, 2023 to stockholders of record at the

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on October 4, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 25, 2023. Together with the 50 cents per share special dividend that was paid on January 24, 2023, this will bring special cash dividends paid during 2023 to $1.00 per share. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 11 cents per share to be paid on October 4, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 25, 2023. Including today's announced special a

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has voted to increase the regular cash dividend to an annual rate of 44 cents per share, representing a 10% increase from the present rate. The first regular quarterly dividend at the new rate of 11 cents per share will be paid on June 30, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 26, 2023. In addition, the Board of Directors has increased the Company's share repurchase authorization to 15 million shares of common stock. Repurchases may be made by the Company from time to time at prevailing prices in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions an

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 10 cents per share to be paid on March 23, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 9, 2023. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.c

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on January 24, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 13, 2023. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/ne

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 10 cents per share to be paid on December 28, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 19, 2022. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.busines

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 10 cents per share to be paid on October 3, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 26, 2022. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.business

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has voted to increase the regular cash dividend to an annual rate of 40 cents per share, representing a 15.3% increase from the present rate. The first regular quarterly cash dividend at the new rate of 10 cents per share will be paid on July 7, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 27, 2022. The per share dividend amounts above reflect the 3-for-2 common stock split effected on March 23, 2022. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on July 7, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a 3-for-2 common stock split to be paid in the form of a stock dividend to holders of record on March 9, 2022. The additional shares are expected to be issued on March 23, 2022 (immediately subsequent to the payment of the regular quarterly cash dividend referred to below). The Board of Directors has also declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its pre-split common stock of 13 cents per share, also to be paid on March 23, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 9, 2022. At February 17, 2022, W. R. Berkley Corporation had 176,790,914 shares of common stock outstandin

Increases Share Repurchase Authorization W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of $1.00 per share to be paid on December 22, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 7, 2021. Together with the 50 cents per share special dividend that was paid on July 6, 2021, this will bring special dividends paid during 2021 to $1.50 per share. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 13 cents per share to be paid on December 22, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 7, 2021. Including

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 13 cents per share to be paid on September 29, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2021. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.busin

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has voted to increase the regular cash dividend to an annual rate of 52 cents per share, representing an 8% increase from the present rate. The first regular quarterly cash dividend at the new rate of 13 cents per share will be paid on July 6, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 25, 2021. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on July 6, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 25, 2021. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is amon

First Quarter Gross Premiums Written Grew 11.4% and Return on Equity of 14.5% W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) today reported its first quarter 2021 results.   Summary Financial Data (Amounts in thousands, except per share data)     First Quarter     2021   2020           Gross premiums written   $ 2,484,712   $ 2,231,372 Net premiums written   2,050,038   1,845,846           Net income (loss) to common stockholders   229,525   (4,418) Net income (loss) per diluted share   1.23   (0.02)           Operating income (1)  

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 12 cents per share to be paid on March 24, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 10, 2021. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com.

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) today reported its fourth quarter and full year 2020 results. Summary Financial Data (Amounts in thousands, except per share data)     Fourth Quarter   Twelve Months     2020   2019   2020   2019                   Gross premiums written   $ 2,221,484   $ 2,033,078   $ 8,847,647   $ 8,262,219 Net premiums written   1,797,457   1,660,528   7,262,437   6,863,499                   Net income to common stockholders   312,150