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Markel - >>> Markel is a specialty insurer, choosing to insure unusual risks, which is a much-needed business in both strong economies and recessions. Not only does Markel typically run a nice underwriting profit, but the company has an interesting investment strategy.


https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/market-sectors/financials/insurance-stocks/


Instead of solely focusing on safe investments, such as high-grade bonds, Markel puts about one-third of invested assets in publicly traded stocks and also buys entire businesses through its Markel Ventures segment. For this reason, Markel is often described as a smaller-scale version of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRK.B), which happens to be Markel's largest stock investment.

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