Monday, March 28, 2011

Markel: Investors Can Benefit by Imitating Gayner's New Stock Picks

Insider Monkey submits:

Markel is one of the biggest companies in the property & casualty insurance industry, with $1.98 Billion in gross written premiums and $105 Million yearly in net income. Markel is investing its float in the stock market just like Warren Buffett?s Berkshire. Thomas Gayner has been the head of Markel Gayner Asset Management (Markel?s investment division) since 1990. Markel's equity portfolio returned 11.1% annually between 2000 and 2009.

On March 22, 2011 Markel Corporation announced that Ellicott Dredge Enterprises (a Markel Ventures company), has acquired the European and U.S. operations of Rohr Bagger GmbH. ROHR Bagger GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers of automated floating clamshell and bucket ladder dredge systems with more than 500 dredging installations worldwide.

According to 13F filings, Markel Gayner Asset Management Corp. has had at least 83 securities with a total value of $1.8 billion as of December 31st 2010. During the last quarter


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