W. R. Berkley Corporation Declares Special Dividend

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

W. R. Berkley Corporation WRB announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of $1.00 per share. The special dividend will be paid on December 30, 2014 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 18, 2014. The special dividend is in addition to the previously announced regular quarterly cash dividend of 11 cents per share to be paid on December 18, 2014 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 2, 2014.

Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates in three segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance-Domestic, Insurance-International and Reinsurance-Global.