W.R. Berkley Corp’s recently made public that its 10% Owner MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE CO L acquired Company’s shares for reported $24.64 million on Jan 23 ’26. In the deal valued at $66.96 per share,368,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE CO L now holds 54,589,504 shares worth roughly $3.66 billion.
Then, MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE CO L bought 330,000 shares, generating $22,258,665 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $67.45, the 10% Owner now owns 54,221,504 shares.
Before that, MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE CO L bought 320,000 shares. W.R. Berkley Corp shares valued at $21,594,637 were divested by the 10% Owner at a price of $67.48 per share. As a result of the transaction, MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE CO L now holds 53,891,504 shares, worth roughly $3.62 billion.
TD Cowen downgraded its W.R. Berkley Corp [WRB] rating to a Sell from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Evercore ISI’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early January from “an In-line” to “an Underperform”. Mizuho began covering WRB with “Neutral” recommendation on December 16, 2025. UBS revised its rating on November 07, 2025. It rated WRB as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of WRB
On Friday, W.R. Berkley Corp [NYSE:WRB] saw its stock fall -0.59% to $67.12. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.31%. W.R. Berkley Corp shares have risen nearly 16.12% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -4.28% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in W.R. Berkley Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in W.R. Berkley Corp stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -8.36 million shares to a total of 17.51 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 25.87 million shares. There was a decline of -47.77%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
