Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 12, 2014

 

 

ALLEGHANY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-9371   51-0283071
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
7 Times Square Tower, 17th Floor, New York, New York   10036
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 752-1356

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 12, 2014, at approximately 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time, Weston M. Hicks, President and chief executive officer of Alleghany Corporation (“Alleghany”), will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2014 Insurance Conference. The presentation will include an overview of Alleghany’s businesses, a discussion of its financial condition and its outlook going forward. A copy of the presentation materials is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

A live audio webcast and accompanying presentation materials will be available at http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/baml/insurance2014/id72113192632.cfm. A replay of the webcast will be available on the site beginning approximately one hour after conclusion of the live event and for 90 days thereafter.

The information hereunder shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

          99.1    Presentation, dated February 12, 2014


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    ALLEGHANY CORPORATION
Date: February 12, 2014     By:   /s/ John L. Sennott, Jr.
      Name:   John L. Sennott, Jr.
      Title:  

Senior Vice President and
chief financial officer

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

99.1    Presentation, dated February 12, 2014