Compare · ESNT vs WRB
ESNT vs WRB
Side-by-side comparison of Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) and W.R. Berkley Corporation (WRB): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ESNT and WRB operate in Property-Casualty Insurers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- WRB is the larger of the two at $27.49B, about 4.6x ESNT ($5.98B).
- Over the past year, ESNT is up 14.8% and WRB is up 6.3% - ESNT leads by 8.5 points.
- ESNT has been more active in the news (16 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for WRB).
- WRB has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 17 for ESNT).
Essent Group Ltd.
Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance for mortgages secured by residential properties located in the United States. Its mortgage insurance products include primary, pool, and master policy. The company also provides information technology maintenance and development services; customer support-related services; underwriting consulting; and contract underwriting services. It serves the originators of residential mortgage loans, such as regulated depository institutions, mortgage banks, credit unions, and other lenders. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
W.R. Berkley Corporation
W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writer in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. The Insurance segment underwrites commercial insurance business, including premises operations, commercial automobile, property, products liability, and general and professional liability lines. It also provides workers' compensation insurance products; accident and health insurance and reinsurance products; insurance for commercial risks; specialty environmental products for contractors, consultants, and property owners and facilities operators; specialized insurance coverages for fine arts and jewelry exposures; umbrella and excess liability coverage products; and liquor liability and inland marine coverage for small to medium-sized insureds. In addition, this segment offers directors and officers, and surety risk products, as well as products for technology, and life sciences and travel industries; cyber risk solutions; casualty, group life, and crime and fidelity related insurance products; personal lines insurance solutions, including home, condo/co-op, auto, and collectibles; automobile, law enforcement, public officials and educator's legal, and employment practices liability, as well as incidental medical insurance products; and at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services. The Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment provides other insurance companies and self-insureds with assistance in managing their net risk through reinsurance on a portfolio basis through treaty reinsurance or on an individual basis through facultative reinsurance. W. R. Berkley Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Latest ESNT
- Chairman, CEO and President Casale Mark sold $1,997,675 worth of shares (30,574 units at $65.34), decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 2,184,143 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chairman, CEO and President Casale Mark sold $244,633 worth of shares (3,763 units at $65.01), decreasing direct ownership by 0.17% to 2,214,717 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Karna Anu
- SEC Form 4 filed by SVP and Chief Risk Officer Bhasin Vijay
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Kasmar Roy James
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Heise Angela L
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Benson David C
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Dutt Aditya
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Spiegel William
- SEC Form 4 filed by SVP and Chief Legal Officer Gibbons Mary Lourdes
Latest WRB
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Names Paul J. Stock President of Carolina Casualty
- W.R. Berkley Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
- AM Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Ratings of W. R. Berkley Corporation and Its Subsidiaries
- SEC Form 11-K filed by W.R. Berkley Corporation
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Names John Enright President of Berkley Specialty London
- W. R. Berkley Corporation to Announce Second Quarter 2026 Earnings on July 20, 2026
- W.R. Berkley Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Names Kirk A. Parker President of Berkley North Pacific
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Announces the Passing of Its Founder and Executive Chairman, William R. Berkley
- W.R. Berkley downgraded by Wells Fargo with a new price target