BER Berkley W R Cp

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: BER) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 5 cents per share to be paid on April 1, 2008 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 19, 2008. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates in five segments of the property casualty insurance business: specialty insurance, regional property casualty insurance, alternative markets, reinsurance, and international.