W.R. Berkley Corp. (WRB) Sr.V.P.- CFO Eugene G Ballard sells 6,328 Shares

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Aug 07, 2009
Sr.V.P.- CFO of W.R. Berkley Corp. (WRB, Financial) Eugene G Ballard sells 6,328 shares of WRB on 08/07/2009 at an average price of $23.67 a share.

W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company which through its subsidiaries operates in all segments of the property casualty insurance business: regional property casualty insurance; reinsurance; specialty lines of insurance; alternative markets; and international. The company\'s regional insurance operations are conducted primarily in the Midwestern Southern and Northeastern sections of the United States. Reinsurance specialty insurance and alternative markets operations are conducted nationwide. W.R. Berkley Corp. has a market cap of $3.76 billion; its shares were traded at around $23.53 with a P/E ratio of 10.7 and P/S ratio of 0.8. The dividend yield of W.R. Berkley Corp. stocks is 1%. W.R. Berkley Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 23.5% over the past 5 years.

WRB is in the portfolios of Robert Olstein of Olstein Financial Alert Fund, John Keeley of Keeley Fund Management, Ruane Cunniff of Ruane & Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc.

Recent Trades of W.R. Berkley Corp. by Directors and Officers:
  • Buy: Director Mary C Farrell bought 2,000 shares of WRB stock on 05/21/2009 at the average price of $22.41; the price of the stock has increased by 5% since.

  • Sell: SVP - Alt. Mkts. Operations Robert Daly Stone sold 3,106 shares of WRB stock on 08/05/2009 at the average price of $24.23; the price of the stock has decreased by 2.89% since.

  • Sell: SVP - Information Technology Kevin H Ebers sold 500 shares of WRB stock on 06/29/2009 at the average price of $21.74; the price of the stock has increased by 8.23% since.