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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1096343	Markel Corp	MKL	Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance (6331)	541959284

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1096933	F Anthony Markel	C/O Markel Corporation 4521 Highwoods Pkwy Glen Allen VA 23060	Vice Chairman	Yes	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-12-01	2,881	$353.12	96,191	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	4,327	Indirect	As Trustee
Common Stock	6,220	Indirect	As Trustee
Common Stock	33,181	Indirect	By Trust
Common Stock	3,366	Indirect	As Trustee
Common Stock	2,850	Indirect	As Trustee
Common Stock	1,961	Indirect	As Trustee
Common Stock	2,443	Indirect	By Trust

Footnotes

Sales were effected in twenty-eight separate transactions at prices ranging from $350.53 to $356.03. Mr. Markel will provide upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
Mr. Markel is Trustee under a charitable lead unitrust in which his children have remainder interests. Beneficial ownership of securities is expressly disclaimed.
Mr. Markel is the Trustee under trusts for the benefit of himself and his children.
Mr. Markel is a Trustee and partial beneficiary of a series of Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts. The total reported herein reflects the aggregate of all such trusts.
Mr. Markel is Trustee of irrevocable trusts for the benefit of his children. Beneficial ownership of securities is expressly disclaimed.
Mr. Markel is the Trustee of a trust for the benefit of his children and their descendants and in which Mr. Markel retains a partial interest. Mr. Markel disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held in the trust except to the extent of his partial interest.