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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
11544	Berkley W R Corp	WRB	Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance (6331)	221867895

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1236250	P Clement Patafio	W. R. Berkley Corporation 475 Steamboat Road Greenwich CT 06830	Vp - Corporate Controller	No	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	Acquisiton	2010-03-08	30,375	$3.06	117,893	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-03-08	13,725	$26.65	104,168	No	4	S	Direct

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

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2010-03-08	30,375	$0.00	30,375	$3.06

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0		2010-03-16	No	4	M	Direct

Footnotes

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $26.60 to $26.685, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to W. R. Berkley Corporation, any security holder of W. R. Berkley Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.
Includes 53,813 restricted stock units, 20,813 of which have vested (the receipt of which has been deferred), and the balance of which are scheduled to vest as follows: 9,000 on December 5, 2010, 12,000 on December 17, 2012 and 12,000 on March 2, 2015.
This stock option grant was originally reported as covering 6,000 shares with an exercise price of $15.50 per share and has been adjusted to reflect the 3-for-2 stock splits of July 2002, August 2003, April 2005 and April 2006.
Stock option grant vested in four equal installments on March 16, 2003, March 16, 2004, March 16, 2005 and March 16, 2006.