MARKEL GROUP INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

Aug 12, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MARKEL CORP (MKL)
CIK: 0001096343
Period of Report: 2010-08-12

Reporting Person: Whitt Richard R III (President & Co-COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-08-12	Common Stock	S	200	$329.50	Disposed	8306.7496	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1877.391	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 2,780 Restricted Stock Units awarded pursuant to the Markel Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan. Subject to certain conditions, twenty percent of the restricted stock units will vest on May 10, 2011, and the balance will vest on May 10, 2015. The total also includes 2,933 other restricted stock units granted pursuant to the Markel Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan, of which 365 units will vest on December 31, 2010, 1,204 units will vest on December 31, 2011, and 1,364 units will vest on December 31, 2012.

F2: Holdings under the Markel Corporation 401(K) Plan are reported in units. The information reported herein is based on a plan statement dated as of June 30, 2010 and utilizes the closing stock price on that date of $340.00. As of 6/30/2010, a unit under the Plan represented one share of Common Stock.