Markel Corporation

Markel Corporation as of Dec. 31, 2008

Portfolio Holdings for Markel Corporation

Markel Corporation holds 77 positions in its portfolio as reported in the December 2008 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 9.0 $101M 32k 3213.97
Fairfax Financial Holdings Lim (FRFHF) 7.8 $88M 280k 313.41
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 7.7 $87M 898.00 96600.00
Diageo (DEO) 6.3 $71M 1.3M 56.74
General Electric Company 5.2 $59M 3.7M 16.20
Brookfield Asset Management 4.2 $47M 3.1M 15.27
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) 4.1 $46M 818k 56.06
CarMax (KMX) 3.7 $42M 5.3M 7.88
United Parcel Service (UPS) 3.4 $38M 696k 55.16
Rli (RLI) 3.4 $38M 620k 61.16
Walt Disney Company (DIS) 3.0 $34M 1.5M 22.69
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 2.9 $32M 538k 59.83
Fidelity National Financial 2.8 $31M 1.8M 17.75
Exxon Corporation 2.7 $30M 381k 79.83
Marriott International (MAR) 2.4 $27M 1.4M 19.45
White Mountains Insurance Gp (WTM) 2.2 $25M 94k 267.10
Home Depot (HD) 2.0 $23M 987k 23.00
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) 2.0 $23M 394k 57.59
W. P. Carey & Co 1.8 $20M 860k 23.43
SYSCO Corporation (SYY) 1.6 $18M 777k 22.94
Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.A) 1.3 $14M 284k 50.00
International Game Technology 1.2 $14M 1.1M 11.89
Plum Creek Timber 1.1 $12M 356k 34.74
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) 1.1 $12M 306k 39.34
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (ELME) 1.0 $11M 403k 28.30
NuStar GP Holdings 0.9 $10M 585k 17.68
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) 0.9 $10M 710k 14.08
Caterpillar (CAT) 0.8 $9.2M 206k 44.67
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 0.8 $8.5M 243k 35.05
Investors Title Company (ITIC) 0.8 $8.5M 229k 37.35
Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) 0.7 $8.2M 505k 16.17
Brown & Brown (BRO) 0.7 $7.6M 366k 20.90
American Express Company (AXP) 0.7 $7.4M 399k 18.50
Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) 0.7 $7.3M 140k 52.14
Lowe's Companies (LOW) 0.6 $6.5M 301k 21.52
T. Rowe Price (TROW) 0.5 $6.0M 171k 35.45
Emerson Electric (EMR) 0.5 $5.9M 162k 36.61
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) 0.5 $5.9M 206k 28.49
Forest City Enterprises 0.5 $5.7M 845k 6.70
McGraw-Hill Companies 0.5 $5.1M 220k 23.19
Philip Morris International (PM) 0.5 $5.1M 117k 43.51
AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) 0.4 $4.8M 105k 45.84
Leucadia National 0.4 $4.2M 213k 19.80
3M Company (MMM) 0.4 $4.1M 71k 57.53
Accenture 0.3 $4.0M 122k 32.80
Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.B) 0.3 $3.7M 71k 51.49
Intel Corporation (INTC) 0.3 $3.6M 249k 14.67
Sap (SAP) 0.3 $3.5M 98k 36.22
Federated Investors (FHI) 0.3 $3.0M 176k 17.00
Enterprise GP Holdings (EPE) 0.3 $2.9M 166k 17.40
Cme (CME) 0.2 $2.9M 14k 208.00
Manpower (MAN) 0.2 $2.7M 80k 34.00
Nike (NKE) 0.2 $2.6M 50k 51.00
Washington Post Company 0.2 $2.1M 5.4k 390.23
Pepsi (PEP) 0.2 $1.9M 34k 54.76
Altria (MO) 0.2 $1.8M 117k 15.06
International Business Machines (IBM) 0.1 $1.7M 21k 84.20
State Street Corporation (STT) 0.1 $1.6M 40k 39.33
Walgreen Company 0.1 $1.6M 66k 24.67
Cintas Corporation (CTAS) 0.1 $1.6M 70k 23.23
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) 0.1 $1.1M 67k 16.87
Alleghany Corporation 0.1 $1.2M 4.1k 282.11
Fortune Brands 0.1 $1.1M 26k 41.29
Schlumberger (SLB) 0.1 $880k 21k 42.31
Goldman Sachs (GS) 0.1 $844k 10k 84.40
Yum! Brands (YUM) 0.1 $762k 24k 31.49
Progressive Corporation (PGR) 0.1 $689k 47k 14.81
Brookfield Infrastructure Part (BIP) 0.1 $684k 61k 11.25
Covanta Holding Corporation 0.1 $527k 24k 21.97
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) 0.1 $595k 11k 52.40
ConocoPhillips (COP) 0.1 $518k 10k 51.80
First Industrial Realty Trust (FR) 0.0 $387k 51k 7.56
NYSE Euronext 0.0 $274k 10k 27.40
Cemex SAB de CV (CX) 0.0 $274k 30k 9.13
CB Richard Ellis 0.0 $216k 50k 4.32
Peyto Energy Trust (PEY.UN) 0.0 $196k 25k 7.84
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Gro 0.0 $24k 140k 0.17