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VIA EDGAR

May 13, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20549
Attn:  Jim B. Rosenberg, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
          Division of Corporation Finance

Re:
 
W. R. Berkley Corporation
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014
Filed February 27, 2015
File No. 001-15202
 
Dear Mr. Rosenberg:

I refer to your letter to me dated April 17, 2015, containing comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to the above-referenced filing of W. R. Berkley Corporation (the “Company”), and our responses thereto, sent on our behalf concurrently with this letter.   In connection with such responses to the Staff’s comments, on behalf of the Company, I acknowledge that:
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the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in such filing with the SEC;
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Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
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the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the SEC or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,

/s/ Eugene G. Ballard

Eugene G. Ballard
Senior Vice President -- Chief Financial Officer

cc:
Rolf Sundwall (SEC)
 
Ira S. Lederman (Berkley)
 
Matthew Ricciardi (Berkley)
 
Jeffrey S. Hochman (Willkie Farr)