GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
By STOCKMANMARC. Markel Corp. ( MKL ) which is a property and casualty insurance company that specializes in specialty insurance products such as wind and earthquake exposed commercial properties, high valued motorcycles, personal, watercrafts, even horse related risks is becoming more and more like Berkshire Hathaway(BRKA, BRKB) as time passes on. Read more » »
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
By STOCKMANMARC. Markel Corp. ( MKL ) which is a property and casualty insurance company that specializes in specialty insurance products such as wind and earthquake exposed commercial properties, high valued motorcycles, personal, watercrafts, even horse related risks is becoming more and more like Berkshire Hathaway(BRKA, BRKB) as time passes on. Read more » »
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
By insider. Vice Chairman of Markel Corp. ( MKL ) Steven A Markel sells 2,700 shares of MKL on 11/18/2009 at an average price of $327.47 a share. Read more » »
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
By insider. Vice Chairman of Markel Corp. ( MKL ) Steven A Markel sells 2,000 shares of MKL on 11/17/2009 at an average price of $329.73 a share. Read more » »
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
By guruek. (GuruFocus, November 8, 2009) Investment Guru Tom Gayner manages the portfolio for Insurance Company Markel Corp. ( MKL ). Markel Corporation markets and underwrites specialty insurance products and programs to a variety of niche markets. Read more » »
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Markel Corp's CIO Tom Gayner is looking for silver medal winner, he is worrying about inflation. He likes WalMart because it sells the things people need. This is his Q3 portfolio update. Tom Gayner owns 77 stocks with a total value of $1.3 billion. Read more » »
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
November 2, 2009 (FinancialWire) Markel Corp. (NYSE: MKL) said that its Markel Ventures subsidiary had acquired Panel Specialists, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Texas-based Panel Specialists is a privately held firm that manufactures panels, wall systems, casework, furniture, and countertops and other stone-related products. Rickmond, Virginia-based Markel...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
By 10qk. Markel Corp. ( MKL ) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Read more » »
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Specialty insurer Markel Corp. on Wednesday posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year ago loss, as the company benefited from market gains, a mild hurricane season and strong international operations.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
RICHMOND, Va. -- Specialty insurer Markel Corp. on Wednesday posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year ago loss, as the company benefited from market gains, a mild hurricane season and strong international operations.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Specialty insurer Markel Corp. on Wednesday posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year ago loss, as the company benefited from market gains, a mild hurricane season and strong international operations.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Specialty insurer Markel Corp. on Wednesday posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year ago loss, as the company benefited from market gains, a mild hurricane season and strong international operations. For the three months ended Sept. 30, Markel reported... Tropical cyclone - Earth Sciences - Meteorology - Weather Phenomena - Hurricanes
Stockerblog - The Stock Market Blog (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... 8.8% St. Joe (JOE) 6.7% Americredit (ACF) 5% Forest Labs (FRX) 4.6% Minimum investment is $2500. Markel Corp. (MKL) is an insurance company that many consider to be a mini-Berkshire, especially since it has over $90 million worth of Berkshire Hathaway, a little over 4% of their net worth. There are other funds that have around two percent of their portfolio in Berkshire, such as Legg...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
By Buffetteer. Tom Gayner is the Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Of Markel Corp and President of Markel Gayner Asset Management, Inc. since December of 1990. The asset under management is about $2 billion. Markel Corp. has a market cap of $3.21 billion; its shares were traded at around $327.41 with a P/E ratio of 13.16 and P/S ratio of 1.69....
