-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SepWmEI8XVniOTymeh5T8KGQ6F+GndN2T/CdFm04p8Wyf5c1L1L6nv2oW9piF/iW uOmtsfUxICVNYLYoGwYzwQ== 0000899140-01-500066.txt : 20010517 0000899140-01-500066.hdr.sgml : 20010517 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899140-01-500066 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010515 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20010516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKLEY W R CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000011544 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 221867895 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-07849 FILM NUMBER: 1641857 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 165 MASON ST STREET 2: P O BOX 2518 CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06836-2518 BUSINESS PHONE: 2036293000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 165 MASON ST STREET 2: PO BOX 2518 CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06836-2518 8-K 1 berk900176b.txt CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2001 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2001 W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 0-7849 22-1867895 - --------------- ---------------- ------------------- (State or other (Commission File (IRS Employer jurisdiction of Number) Identification No.) incorporation) 165 Mason Street, P.O. Box 2518, Greenwich, CT 06836-2518 ---------------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 629-3000 -------------- Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Item 5. Other Events Reference is made to the press release of W. R. Berkley Corporation (the "Company") relating to the announcement of the Company's newly elected directors. The press release was issued on May 15, 2001. A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired: None. (b) Pro forma financial information: None. (c) Exhibits: 99.1 Press Release dated May 15, 2001 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION By: /s/ Eugene G. Ballard ------------------------------ Name: Eugene G. Ballard Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Date: May 16, 2001 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit: - -------- 99.1 Press Release dated May 15, 2001 EX-99.1 2 berk900176c.txt PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99.1 - --------------------------------- W. R. Berkley Corporation NEWS 165 Mason Street, P.O. Box 2518 RELEASE Greenwich, Connecticut 06836-2518 (203) 629-3000 - --------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Eugene G. Ballard Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 203-629-3000 W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Greenwich, CT, May 15, 2001 - W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: BER) announced that, at its annual meeting held here today, its stockholders elected three new directors to three-year terms. The new members of the Company's board are: W. Robert Berkley, Jr., Ronald E. Blaylock, and Mark E. Brockbank. Two former directors, Henry Kaufman and Martin Stone, reached mandatory retirement age and accordingly did not stand for re-election. W. R. Berkley Corporation now has nine board members. Mr. Berkley, Jr. serves as a vice president of W. R. Berkley Corporation and as president of Berkley International, LLC. Mr. Blaylock is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Blaylock & Partners, L.P., a full service investment banking firm in New York City, and is a director of American General Life Insurance Company of New York. Mr. Brockbank, an insurance consultant, previously served as chief executive officer and director of XL Brockbank LTD, an underwriting management agency at Lloyd's of London, and was a founder of XL Brockbank LTD's predecessor firm. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that operates in five segments of the property casualty insurance business: specialty insurance, alternative markets, reinsurance, regional property casualty insurance and international. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----