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W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION

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Commencing May 17, 2013, W. R. Berkley Corporation sent the following communication to certain of its stockholders.

Attached is the additional graph we discussed, which shows how W. R. Berkley has outperformed its peers in total value creation over the long term. This graph was prepared by a well respected equity analyst in the insurance space. We believe that long term performance is the essential benchmark, especially for a property casualty insurance company, and measurement over a singular time period, could be misleading.

Sources: Citibank, SNL, CIRA estimates, company reports
Data from 2003 to 2011, for all except AWH where starting date is 7/12/06
Commencing on May 17, 2013, W. R. Berkley Corporation made the following additional solicitation materials available (which can be found on
page 16 of the Company’s presentation materials from the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference on September 5, 2012 and is available on
the Company’s website at www.wrberkley.com).
Strong correlation between tangible book value 
growth and total return