W. R. Berkley Corporation

Company Overview

W. R. Berkley Corporation (W. R. Berkley) is a provider of commercial lines property casualty insurance products throughout the world. The company underwrites complex and third-party liability risks, principally within excess and surplus lines, and specialty lines of insurance. It mainly focuses on insuring, reinsuring and administering self-insurance programs and other alternative risk transfer mechanisms. Its international operations are carried out in Australia, South America, the UK and Continental Europe. In addition, the company specializes in underwriting property casualty reinsurance on both a treaty and a facultative basis on behalf of Berkley Insurance Company. W. R. Berkley is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, the US.

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