At a Glance

Berkley Re writes a broad range of reinsurance business on both a Treaty and Facultative basis. The lines of business we cover include:

We believe in building strong long-term cross-class relationships with our clients and brokers, offering meaningful lead capacity coupled with an innovative and collaborative underwriting approach. Superior service and flexibility are at the core of our offering and we are dedicated to working with our trading partners to develop products and solutions to support their businesses and help them improve their offerings to customers.

About Berkley Re

Berkley Re is a specialty P&C reinsurer that provides solutions for insurers with a successful business model built upon specialization in the products they underwrite. Our experienced underwriting staff partners closely with clients to provide innovative reinsurance solutions that support profitable growth and financial stability over time. We are able to leverage deep institutional knowledge built up over 50 years of specialty underwriting and prudent capital management to expertly serve our clients’ needs.

Custom Turnkey Solutions

Berkley Re also partners with clients to build Custom Turnkey Solutions in both commercial and personal lines.

We provide rates, forms, rules, training and implementation support and up to 100% quota share reinsurance to help our clients build new products and become more valuable to their clients.

About W. R. Berkley

W. R. Berkley Corporation founded in 1967, is one of the US’s premier commercial lines property casualty insurance providers. Each of the operating units in our group participates in a niche market requiring specialized knowledge about a territory or product. Our competitive advantage lies in our long-term strategy of decentralized operations, allowing each of our units to identify and respond quickly and effectively to changing market conditions and local customer needs. This decentralized structure provides financial accountability and incentives to local management and enables us to attract and retain the highest caliber professionals. We have the expertise and resources to utilize our strengths in the present environment and the flexibility to anticipate, innovate and respond to whatever opportunities and challenges the future may hold.

Financial Stability

Berkley Re is an underwriting manager operated by Berkley Insurance Company, which is part of the W.R. Berkley Corporation and rated:

A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best
A+ (Strong) by Standard & Poor’s