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Markel Corporation (MKL)

NYSE · Financial Services · 358 insider transactions · 40 congress trades · last filed 10 days ago

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About Markel Corporation

from the company's filings and listing, as of Oct 22, 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Insurance - Property & Casualty
Chief executive
Thomas Sinnickson Gayner
Employees
22,900
Listed since
Dec 12, 1986
Market value
$23.2B
Price to earnings (12 mo)
10.3
Net income per share, as reported (12 mo)
$203.40
Dividend yield
-

www.mklgroup.com

Earnings

6 reported quarters · next on Nov 4, 2026
QuarterEPSEPS expectedRevenueRevenue expectedResult
Q2 FY2026reported Jul 29, 2026$19.51$30.64$5.2B$4.5BEPS missRevenue beat
Q1 FY2026reported Apr 28, 2026$21.61$26.47$2.8B$3.7BEPS missRevenue miss
Q4 FY2025reported Feb 4, 2026$34.45$27.62$4.2B$3.6BEPS beatRevenue beat
Q3 FY2025reported Oct 29, 2025$30.90$24.02$4.4B$3.7BEPS beatRevenue beat
Q2 FY2025reported Jul 30, 2025$25.46$24.97$4.4B$4.8BEPS beatRevenue miss
Q1 FY2025reported Apr 30, 2025$25.72$16.77$3.3B$3.9BEPS beatRevenue miss

Actual against the consensus estimate at the time. A flag marks a beat or a miss of more than 1.5% either way; inside that band the quarter is in line. A flag reads n/a only when a number is missing. Quarterly EPS is the figure set against the consensus, usually adjusted, so the quarters need not add up to the 12-month net income per share above. An estimate is a forecast made by analysts, not a company target.

Executive pay

as filed for fiscal 2025 · proxy filed Apr 2, 2026
ExecutiveSalaryStock awardsOtherTotal
Thomas S. GaynerChief Executive Officer$14.1M$0$0$14.1M
Simon WilsonExecutive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Markel Insurance$4.8M$0$0$4.8M
Richard R. GrinnanSenior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary$3.4M$0$0$3.4M
Brian J. CostanzoChief Financial Officer$2.7M$0$0$2.7M

The summary compensation table from the proxy statement for fiscal 2025, with titles as filed then. 1 executive who has since left the company is named in that filing and not shown here. Read the filing

Institutional holders

13F positions as of Jun 30, 2026
HolderValueSharesShares vs prior qtr% of shares out
BlackRock, Inc.$1.4B697,836-1.8%6.21%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC$1.1B545,650+0.2%4.86%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC$1.0B521,976-0.4%4.65%
Davis Selected Advisers$794.4M406,759+6.1%3.62%
Morgan Stanley$684.8M350,660-1.8%3.12%
Select Equity Group, L.P.$647.8M331,679-12.2%2.95%
State Street Corp$609.7M312,169+1.7%2.78%
Principal Financial Group Inc$601.2M307,791-23.4%2.74%
Boston Partners$600.5M307,500+22.5%2.74%
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V.$450.4M230,637+2.0%2.05%
Geode Capital Management, LLC$418.2M214,799-3.1%1.91%
Davenport & Co LLC$403.2M206,399-0.4%1.84%

A 13F reports long US equity positions and is filed within 45 days of the quarter end, so these are positions as they stood on Jun 30, 2026. For a manager's whole book see the fund directory. What a 13F covers and leaves out is explained in our guide to Form 13F.

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Open-market insider trades

10 filings shown · newest filing first
InsiderActionSharesPriceValueTrade dateDelay
(business days)
Greta J. HarrisDirectorSold · 3 lines76$1847.31$140KMay 22, 2026filed May 27, 20262d
Diane LeopoldDirectorBought50$1789.19$89KMay 7, 2026filed May 8, 20261d
Diane LeopoldDirectorBought100$1792.61$179KMay 6, 2026filed May 8, 20262d
A. Lynne PuckettDirectorBought57$1795.53$102KMay 1, 2026filed May 5, 20262d
Simon WilsonEVP and CEO, Markel InsuranceSold100$2079.48$208KFeb 26, 2026filed Feb 26, 20260d
Steven A. MarkelDirectorSold · scheduled · 14 lines1,200$2117.96$2.5MDec 11, 2025filed Dec 15, 20252d
Steven A. MarkelDirectorSold · scheduled100$2100.00$210KNov 28, 2025filed Dec 1, 20251d
Steven A. MarkelDirectorSold · scheduled70$2100.00$147KNov 26, 2025filed Dec 1, 20252d
Simon WilsonCEO, Markel InsuranceSold75$2072.94$155KNov 25, 2025filed Nov 25, 20250d
Meade P. GrandisCAO and ControllerSold75$1983.78$149KAug 25, 2025filed Aug 27, 20252d

One row is one filing, newest filing first. A filing that reported its trade in several tranches is summed, priced at the weighted average, and marked with its line count. Scheduled: set up in advance under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The delay counts business days from the trade to the filing, the unit of Form 4's two business day deadline: weekends and federal holidays are skipped. How the filing itself works is explained in our guide to Form 4.

Other Form 4 activity (20)
InsiderEventSharesDate
Brian J. CostanzoChief Financial OfficerOther (see filing)2.061Sep 30, 2026
Andrew G. CrowleyEVP & Pres., Markel VenturesOther (see filing)2.817Jun 30, 2026
Andrew G. CrowleyEVP & Pres., Markel VenturesOther (see filing)7.481Jul 15, 2026
Brian J. CostanzoChief Financial OfficerOther (see filing)2.164Jun 30, 2026
Michael OreillyDirectorOther (see filing)90Jun 15, 2026
A. Lynne PuckettDirectorOther (see filing)66Jun 15, 2026
Lawrence A. CunninghamDirectorOther (see filing)33Jun 15, 2026
Harold Lawrence Morrison Jr.DirectorOther (see filing)33Jun 15, 2026
Jonathan E. MichaelDirectorOther (see filing)66Jun 15, 2026
Diane LeopoldDirectorOther (see filing)66Jun 15, 2026
Morgan E. HouselDirectorOther (see filing)66Jun 15, 2026
Mark BescaDirectorOther (see filing)81Jun 15, 2026
Diane LeopoldDirectorStock award89May 20, 2026
A. Lynne PuckettDirectorStock award89May 20, 2026
Morgan E. HouselDirectorStock award89May 20, 2026
Michael OreillyDirectorStock award89May 20, 2026
Lawrence A. CunninghamDirectorStock award89May 20, 2026
Greta J. HarrisDirectorStock award89May 20, 2026
Mark BescaDirectorStock award89May 20, 2026
Harold Lawrence Morrison Jr.DirectorStock award89May 20, 2026

Awards, option exercises, shares withheld to cover tax and gifts all file on the same form as a purchase or a sale. None of them is a decision to trade, so they sit here rather than beside the ones that are.

Congress trades in MKL

20 disclosures of 40 on record · median 26d of the 45 allowed

Since the trade: the stock's move from the trade date to the latest close we hold (figures as of Oct 24, 2026), not the member's result. Not investment advice.

MemberTypeActionAmount disclosedStock since the tradeTrade dateDisclosedDelay
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockSale$100,001 - $250,000+3.4%After the saleS&P 500 -0.8% · +4.2 pts vs S&P 500Aug 25, 2026Sep 9, 202615d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockSale$1,001 - $15,000-6.2%After the saleS&P 500 +2.9% · -9.1 pts vs S&P 500Jul 24, 2026Aug 3, 202610d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockSale$1,001 - $15,000-7.2%After the saleS&P 500 +2.8% · -10.0 pts vs S&P 500Jul 27, 2026Aug 3, 20267d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockSale$1,001 - $15,000-8.3%After the saleS&P 500 +2.6% · -10.9 pts vs S&P 500Jul 28, 2026Aug 3, 20266d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockSale$1,001 - $15,000-7.2%After the saleS&P 500 +4.2% · -11.4 pts vs S&P 500Jul 29, 2026Aug 3, 20265d
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.StockSale$1,001 - $15,000+4.6%After the saleS&P 500 +0.1% · +4.6 pts vs S&P 500Jun 2, 2026Jul 15, 202643d
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.StockSale$1,001 - $15,000-4.4%After the saleS&P 500 +2.6% · -7.0 pts vs S&P 500Jun 29, 2026Jul 15, 202616d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$1,001 - $15,000+5.1%S&P 500 +5.4% · -0.3 pts vs S&P 500May 1, 2026Jun 5, 202635d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$1,001 - $15,000+5.5%S&P 500 +5.8% · -0.2 pts vs S&P 500Apr 30, 2026May 6, 20266d
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.StockSale$15,001 - $50,000-7.8%After the saleS&P 500 +10.2% · -18.1 pts vs S&P 500Jan 23, 2026Feb 19, 202627d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$1,001 - $15,000-4.3%S&P 500 +11.2% · -15.5 pts vs S&P 500Nov 3, 2025Dec 8, 202535d
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.StockSale$15,001 - $50,000-4.3%After the saleS&P 500 +15.6% · -19.9 pts vs S&P 500Sep 12, 2025Oct 14, 202532d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$15,001 - $50,000-3.1%S&P 500 +22.3% · -25.3 pts vs S&P 500Aug 1, 2025Sep 2, 202532d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$1,001 - $15,000-1.5%S&P 500 +20.2% · -21.7 pts vs S&P 500Aug 7, 2025Sep 2, 202526d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$15,001 - $50,000-5.0%S&P 500 +19.6% · -24.6 pts vs S&P 500Aug 21, 2025Sep 2, 202512d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$1,001 - $15,000-6.4%S&P 500 +21.8% · -28.2 pts vs S&P 500Jul 9, 2025Aug 5, 202527d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$1,001 - $15,000-7.7%S&P 500 +19.3% · -27.0 pts vs S&P 500Jul 25, 2025Aug 5, 202511d
J. French HillSpouseStockPurchase$15,001 - $50,000-5.8%S&P 500 +26.2% · -32.0 pts vs S&P 500Jun 23, 2025Jul 24, 202531d
J. French HillStockPurchase$50,001 - $100,000-5.8%S&P 500 +26.2% · -32.0 pts vs S&P 500Jun 23, 2025Jul 24, 202531d
April McClain DelaneyDependent childStockPurchase$1,001 - $15,000-4.8%S&P 500 +26.9% · -31.6 pts vs S&P 500Jun 6, 2025Jul 2, 202526d

Since the trade is an estimate, set beside the S&P 500 over the same window, with the gap between the two in percentage points. The filing carries a band, not a fill, and a sale keeps the stock's sign, so a positive figure after a sale means the stock kept rising after it. An option row carries the underlying stock's move. A row marked n/a is one we hold no figure for.

Every Congress trade in MKL, filterable by party, chamber, type and account.

Members of Congress reporting a position

2 members · estimate, as of Oct 21, 2026

2 members report a position (estimated). The largest estimated position is in the $250,001 - $500,000 band.

MemberParty, chamberEstimated positionShare of their portfolio
J. French HillRepublican · House$250,001 - $500,0001.8%
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.Republican · House$100,001 - $250,0002.4%

Estimate, as of Oct 21, 2026. Each position is modelled from the member's disclosed transactions and annual filings: the midpoint of each disclosed band, moved with the stock's price since the trade. It is a rough estimate of a reported position, not a figure from a filing, which is why it is shown as a band. Share of portfolio sets that estimate against the member's whole estimated public-stock portfolio.

Questions

Are insiders buying or selling MKL?

Across the 10 most recent open-market filings shown here, 3 were purchases and 7 were sales. 3 were scheduled in advance under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Which members of Congress have traded MKL?

April McClain Delaney, Thomas H. Kean, Jr. and J. French Hill disclosed MKL transactions in the filings shown here.

Which members of Congress hold MKL?

2 members of Congress report a position in MKL in the estimate we hold as of Oct 21, 2026. The estimated positions belong to J. French Hill and Thomas H. Kean, Jr. The estimate is built from disclosed transactions and annual filings, so it is shown as a band rather than a figure from a filing.

How quickly are MKL trades disclosed?

Insider filings on this page reached the public a median of 2 business days after the transaction (weekends and federal holidays skipped), against the two business days Form 4 allows. Congressional disclosures took a median of 26 days, against the 45 the STOCK Act allows.

How to read a Form 4

A DECISION THE INSIDER MADE

POpen-market purchase. Bought with their own money at the market price.
SOpen-market sale. Sold on the market. A sale marked scheduled was set up in advance under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, often months before.

COMPENSATION PLUMBING

AStock award. Granted as pay, not bought.
MOption exercise. Converting options already held into shares.
FTax withholding. Shares handed back to the company to pay the tax on a grant.
GGift. Given away, with no money changing hands.

Congress rows disclose a value range rather than an exact amount, and the STOCK Act allows up to 45 days to report. Full sourcing and the limits of this data are on the methodology page. A filing is a record of a transaction, not a signal, and nothing here is investment advice.

Data as of Oct 26, 2026.

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