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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
1225185	S Ira Lederman	W. R. Berkley Corporation 475 Steamboat Road Greenwich CT 06830	Svp, General Counsel & Sec.	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
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-03-19	46,954	$11.39	189,495	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-03-19	3,791	$36.28	185,704	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-03-19	20,660	$35.82	165,044	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	F	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	2012-03-19	46,954	$0.00	46,954	$11.39

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0		2012-04-03	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	66,702	Indirect	By The Ira S. Lederman Living Trust
Common Stock	73,797	Indirect	By The Carol J. Lederman Living Trust

Footnotes

This stock option grant, dated April 3, 2002, was originally reported as covering 15,000 shares with an exercise price of $57.67 and has been adjusted to reflect the 3-for-2 stock splits of July 2002, August 2003, April 2005 and April 2006.
Represents payment of exercise price by delivering such shares incident to the exercise of the stock option grant.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $35.78 to $35.88, 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 sepaerate price within the range set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.
Includes 128,750 restricted stock units, 78,750 of which have vested (the receipt of which has been deferred), and the balance of which are scheduled to vest as follows: 25,000 on December 17, 2012; and 25,000 on March 2, 2015. Also reflects the distribution of 3,791 shares of common stock from the Ira S. Lederman Living Trust to the Reporting Person since the date of the Reporting Person's last report.
Stock option grant vested in four equal installments on April 3, 2005, April 3, 2006, April 3, 2007 and April 3, 2008.