W. R. Berkley Corp operates in the Fire, marine, and casualty insurance sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares W. R. Berkley Corp with three other companies in this sector in UNITED STATES : Cincinnati Financial Corporation (2019 sales of $7.92 billion of which 42% was Commercial lines insurance), Markel Corporation ($7.92 billion of which 52% was U.S.Insurance), and Everest Re Group, Ltd. ($8.25 billion of which 30% was U.S. Reinsurance).

Sales Analysis. W. R. Berkley Corp reported sales of $7.90 billion for the year ending December of 2019. This represents an increase of 2.7% versus 2018, when the company's sales were $7.70 billion. Sales at W. R. Berkley Corp have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2014, sales have increased a total of 11%). Sales of Reinsurance-Global saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 46.1% in 2019, from $600.82 million to $877.55 million. W. R. Berkley Corp also saw significant increases in sales in Corporate and Eliminations (up 5.6% to $506.87 million) . Not all segments of W. R. Berkley Corp experienced an increase in sales in 2019: sales of Net Investment Gains fell 21.9% to $120.70 million. (However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales). W. R. Berkley Corp also experienced decreases in sales in Insurance-Domestic (down 0.9% to $6.40 billion) .