W.R. Berkley Direct premiums earned increased by 0.7% to $3.42B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 5.9%, from $3.23B to $3.42B. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Growth in direct premiums indicates an expanding customer base and strong competitive positioning.
This reflects the total premiums earned by the company on policies it directly underwrote and issued to policyholders, b...
Used by analysts to assess the underlying size of the insurance portfolio before accounting for risk-sharing strategies.
other_direct_premiums_earned| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $2.15B | $2.28B | $2.40B | $2.51B | $2.62B | $2.67B | $2.73B | $2.83B | $2.94B | $3.05B | $3.14B | $3.23B | $3.34B | $3.40B | $3.42B |
| QoQ Change | — | +5.8% | +5.6% | +4.4% | +4.2% | +1.9% | +2.2% | +3.7% | +3.9% | +3.8% | +3.1% | +2.9% | +3.1% | +2.0% | +0.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | +16.7% | +15.0% | +10.9% | +8.5% | +7.9% | +10.1% | +11.9% | +11.2% | +10.1% | +9.4% | +8.3% | +5.9% |