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BOW vs WRB
Side-by-side comparison of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (BOW) and W.R. Berkley Corporation (WRB): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BOW and WRB operate in Property-Casualty Insurers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- WRB is the larger of the two at $24.31B, about 30.4x BOW ($798.6M).
- Over the past year, BOW is down 33.6% and WRB is down 11.8% - WRB leads by 21.8 points.
- BOW has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for WRB).
- WRB has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for BOW).
- Company
- Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.
- W.R. Berkley Corporation
- Price
- $24.40-5.21%
- $65.31+0.18%
- Market cap
- $798.6M
- $24.31B
- 1M return
- +4.63%
- -1.37%
- 1Y return
- -33.56%
- -11.78%
- Industry
- Property-Casualty Insurers
- Property-Casualty Insurers
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2024
- News (4w)
- 8
- 2
- Recent ratings
- 8
- 25
W.R. Berkley Corporation
W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writer in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. The Insurance segment underwrites commercial insurance business, including premises operations, commercial automobile, property, products liability, and general and professional liability lines. It also provides workers' compensation insurance products; accident and health insurance and reinsurance products; insurance for commercial risks; specialty environmental products for contractors, consultants, and property owners and facilities operators; specialized insurance coverages for fine arts and jewelry exposures; umbrella and excess liability coverage products; and liquor liability and inland marine coverage for small to medium-sized insureds. In addition, this segment offers directors and officers, and surety risk products, as well as products for technology, and life sciences and travel industries; cyber risk solutions; casualty, group life, and crime and fidelity related insurance products; personal lines insurance solutions, including home, condo/co-op, auto, and collectibles; automobile, law enforcement, public officials and educator's legal, and employment practices liability, as well as incidental medical insurance products; and at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services. The Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment provides other insurance companies and self-insureds with assistance in managing their net risk through reinsurance on a portfolio basis through treaty reinsurance or on an individual basis through facultative reinsurance. W. R. Berkley Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Latest BOW
- Amendment: CFO and Treasurer Mulcahey Brad covered exercise/tax liability with 1,027 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.75% to 135,300 units (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
- Amendment: Chief Underwriting Officer Newman David John covered exercise/tax liability with 2,118 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.71% to 295,077 units (SEC Form 4) to cover withholding tax
- Amendment: Chief Accounting Officer Yap Shirley Shek Li covered exercise/tax liability with 679 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.81% to 82,879 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Amendment: CEO and President Sills Stephen Jay covered exercise/tax liability with 13,053 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 850,226 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- Chief Accounting Officer Yap Shirley Shek Li covered exercise/tax liability with 2,353 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 81,205 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- CFO and Treasurer Mulcahey Brad covered exercise/tax liability with 3,506 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 132,821 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- Chief Underwriting Officer Newman David John covered exercise/tax liability with 4,506 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 292,689 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- CEO and President Sills Stephen Jay covered exercise/tax liability with 24,353 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 838,926 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.
- Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
Latest WRB
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Declares Special Dividend, Increases Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend 11.1%, and Increases Share Repurchase Authorization
- SEC Form 13F-HR filed by W.R. Berkley Corporation
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by W.R. Berkley Corporation
- W.R. Berkley downgraded by Argus
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Names R. Christopher DeLauder President of Berkley Environmental
- W.R. Berkley upgraded by BMO Capital Markets with a new price target
- SEC Form DEFA14A filed by W.R. Berkley Corporation
- SEC Form DEF 14A filed by W.R. Berkley Corporation
- W.R. Berkley Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Reports First Quarter 2026 Results