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ESNT vs WRB
Side-by-side comparison of Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) and W.R. Berkley Corporation (WRB): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ESNT and WRB operate in Property-Casualty Insurers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- WRB is the larger of the two at $25.42B, about 4.1x ESNT ($6.20B).
- ESNT has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for WRB).
- WRB has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 17 for ESNT).
Essent Group Ltd.
Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance for mortgages secured by residential properties located in the United States. Its mortgage insurance products include primary, pool, and master policy. The company also provides information technology maintenance and development services; customer support-related services; underwriting consulting; and contract underwriting services. It serves the originators of residential mortgage loans, such as regulated depository institutions, mortgage banks, credit unions, and other lenders. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
W.R. Berkley Corporation
W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writer in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. The Insurance segment underwrites commercial insurance business, including premises operations, commercial automobile, property, products liability, and general and professional liability lines. It also provides workers' compensation insurance products; accident and health insurance and reinsurance products; insurance for commercial risks; specialty environmental products for contractors, consultants, and property owners and facilities operators; specialized insurance coverages for fine arts and jewelry exposures; umbrella and excess liability coverage products; and liquor liability and inland marine coverage for small to medium-sized insureds. In addition, this segment offers directors and officers, and surety risk products, as well as products for technology, and life sciences and travel industries; cyber risk solutions; casualty, group life, and crime and fidelity related insurance products; 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 insurance products; and at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services. The Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment provides other insurance companies and self-insureds with assistance in managing their net risk through reinsurance on a portfolio basis through treaty reinsurance or on an individual basis through facultative reinsurance. W. R. Berkley Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Latest ESNT
- Director Pauls Douglas J gifted 2,625 shares, received a gift of 2,625 shares and sold $174,250 worth of shares (2,500 units at $69.70), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 144 filed by Essent Group Ltd.
- Chairman, CEO and President Casale Mark sold $2,934,867 worth of shares (41,853 units at $70.12), decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 2,039,691 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 144 filed by Essent Group Ltd.
- SVP and Chief Risk Officer Bhasin Vijay sold $992,250 worth of shares (14,175 units at $70.00), decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 184,274 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP and Chief Risk Officer Bhasin Vijay sold $33,810 worth of shares (483 units at $70.00), decreasing direct ownership by 0.24% to 198,449 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Essent Group Ltd.
- Essent Group Ltd. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Essent Group Ltd. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results and Declares Quarterly Dividend
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Essent Group Ltd.
Latest WRB
- Amendment: SEC Form 13F-HR/A filed by W.R. Berkley Corporation
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Forms Berkley Meridian
- SEC Form 13F-HR filed by W.R. Berkley Corporation
- EVP & Secretary Welt Philip S was granted 14,086 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 592 shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 214,033 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CFO Baio Richard Mark was granted 14,086 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 650 shares, increasing direct ownership by 6% to 227,611 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chairman, President and CEO Berkley William R Jr was granted 98,593 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 4,139 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 4,650,314 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP - Investments Shiel James G was granted 14,086 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 650 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 810,633 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by W.R. Berkley Corporation
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Names Christopher L. Moede President of Berkley Risk
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Announces Senior Executive Appointments