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:
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| 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 | |||||||
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Presentation, dated February 12, 2014 | |