On the Record · Berkley W R
Berkley W R acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Berkley W R bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
property and casualty insurance services division of Breckenridge IS, Inc.Word for word“In June 2023, the Company completed a sale of the property and casualty insurance services division of Breckenridge IS, Inc. and recognized a pre-tax net realized gain on investment of $89 million.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | June 2023 | pre-tax net realized gain on investment of $89 million |
aviation-related business and commercial and residential textile businessWord for word“The increase mainly relates to aviation-related business and the commercial and residential textile business, which we acquired in 2022, partially offset by the decrease of promotional merchandise and existing textile business.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | 2022 | — |
part of an insurance distribution businessWord for word“The Company earns fees from an insurance distribution business (part of which was sold in June 2023), a third-party administrator, and as a servicing carrier of workers' compensation assigned risk plans for certain states.” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | June 2023 | — |
insurance distribution businessWord for word“Insurance service fees increased to $109 million in 2024 from $106 million in 2023 due to an acquisition in the insurance distribution business in late 2023.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | late 2023 | — |
seven businesses added through acquisitionWord for word“Of our 58 businesses, 51 have been organized and developed internally and seven have been added through acquisition.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | — | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) |
|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $53.5 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $70.6 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $6.6 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $0 |
| 2020-12-31 | $0 |
| 2021-12-31 | $0 |
| 2022-12-31 | $49.6 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $11.6 million |
| 2024-12-31 | $0 |
| 2025-12-31 | $0 |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-06-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-04-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-09-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-09-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-03-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-03-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-02-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-02-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-05-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-05-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-12-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-12-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-03-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-03-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-05-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-05-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-03-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-02-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Berkley W R’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-27. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.