Item 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

In 2022, the Board declared regular quarterly cash dividends of $0.09 per share in the first quarter, and $0.10 per share in each of the remaining three quarters, and special dividends of $0.50 per share in the second quarter. Subject to availability, the Board currently expects to continue such regular quarterly cash dividends.

The approximate number of record holders of the common stock on February 15, 2023 was 323.

The chart below shows a comparison of 5 year cumulative total return.

Comparison of 5 Year Cumulative Total Return

Assumes initial investment of $100 on January 1, 2017, with dividends reinvested.

As of December 31, 2022, the S&P 500® Property and Casualty Insurance Index consists of Allstate Corporation, Arch Capital Group Ltd. (added Nov. 2022), Chubb, Ltd., Cincinnati Financial Corporation, Progressive Corporation, The Travelers Companies, Inc., and W. R. Berkley Corporation (added Dec. 2019).


		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
W. R. Berkley Corporation	Cum $	100.00	104.61	150.46	145.72	185.56	240.56
S&P 500 Index - Total Returns	Cum $	100.00	95.61	125.70	148.81	191.48	156.69
S&P 500 Property and Casualty Insurance Index	Cum $	100.00	95.31	119.97	127.56	149.90	178.27

Set forth below is a summary of the shares repurchased by the Company during the fourth quarter of 2022 and the remaining number of shares authorized for purchase by the Company during such period.


	Total Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number of Shares that may yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
October 2022	325,596	$	69.22	325,596	14,568,100
November 2022	938,494	69.29		938,494	13,629,606
December 2022	—	—		—	13,629,606

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