Item  2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
     On November 5, 2009, Alleghany Corporation issued a press release on the subject of its 2009 third quarter consolidated earnings. A copy of such release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The information hereunder shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
  99.1   2009 Third Quarter Earnings Release, dated November 5, 2009

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
Date: November 5, 2009  ALLEGHANY CORPORATION
 		  
  By:   /s/ Roger B. Gorham    
    Name:   Roger B. Gorham   
    Title:   Senior Vice President and chief financial officer   
 

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Index to Exhibits
     
Exhibit Number   Exhibit Description
99.1
  2009 Third Quarter Earnings Release, dated November 5, 2009

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