MARKEL GROUP INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

May 19, 2010

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MARKEL CORP (MKL)
CIK: 0001096343
Period of Report: 2010-05-10

Reporting Person: Waleski Anne G (Vice Pres., Treasurer and CFO)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	889.9879	Direct
Common Stock	859.142	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: 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 May 10, 2010, and utilizes the closing stock price on that date of $355.80. As of May 10, 2010, a unit under the Plan represented one share of Common Stock.