Item  2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
     Reference is made to the press release of W. R. Berkley Corporation (the “Company”) relating to the announcement of the Company’s results of operations for the third quarter of 2009. The press release was issued on October 26, 2009. A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
     The information contained herein shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
  99.1   Press Release dated October 26, 2009