W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) announced today that its
Board of Directors has voted to increase the cash dividend to an annual
rate of 44 cents per share, representing a 10% increase from the present
rate. The first quarterly dividend at the new rate of 11 cents per share
will be paid on July 1, 2014 to stockholders of record at the close of
business on June 10, 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.
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