MARKEL GROUP INC. — Director's Dealing 2013

May 15, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MARKEL CORP (MKL)
CIK: 0001096343
Period of Report: 2013-05-13

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-13	Common Stock	A	3805	—	Acquired	12973.7496	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2126.802	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock units awarded pursuant to the Markel Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan. Restricted stock units will vest on May 13, 2016.

F2: In addition to the award of 3,805 restricted stock units reported on this Form 4, the total includes 1,267 restricted stock units awarded pursuant to the Markel Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan and the Markel Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan, as applicable, that will vest, subject to certain conditions, on December 31, 2017; 2,224 restricted stock units awarded pursuant to the Markel Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan that will vest, subject to certain conditions, on May 10, 2015; and 1,071 restricted stock units granted pursuant to the Markel Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan which will vest on December 31, 2015.

F3: 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 March 31, 2013 and utilizes the closing stock price on that date of $503.50 per share. As of March 31, 2013, a unit under the Plan represented one share of Common Stock.