Alleghany Corporation

company
Organization business Q151670
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 14 annual filings
Revenue
$3.79B
▲ 50.3% YoY FY2021
Net Income
$1.03B
▲ 917.1% YoY FY2021
Assets
$32.27B
▲ 11.6% YoY FY2021
EPS (diluted)
$74.66
▲ 960.5% YoY FY2021
$0.00$1.69B$3.37B$5.06B$6.74B FY2008: $989.10M · NI $147.97M (15.0% margin)FY2009: $1.18B · NI $271.00M (22.9% margin)FY2010: $985.35M · NI $198.50M (20.1% margin)FY2011: $981.84M · NI $143.25M (14.6% margin)FY2012: $4.75B · NI $702.24M (14.8% margin)FY2013: $4.97B · NI $628.42M (12.6% margin)FY2014: $5.23B · NI $679.24M (13.0% margin)FY2015: $5.00B · NI $560.32M (11.2% margin)FY2016: $6.13B · NI $456.92M (7.5% margin)FY2017: $928.30M · NI $90.13M (9.7% margin)FY2018: $1.64B · NI $39.54M (2.4% margin)FY2019: $2.33B · NI $857.80M (36.8% margin)FY2020: $2.52B · NI $101.75M (4.0% margin)FY2021: $3.79B · NI $1.03B (27.3% margin) '08'10'12'14'16'18'20'21
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2021-12-31 · accession 0000950170-22-001798

Summary

Alleghany Corporation is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (840 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alleghany Corporation is in the country of United States[3].
  • Alleghany Corporation's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Alleghany Corporation's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • Alleghany Corporation's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Alleghany Corporation's instance of is recorded as holding company[7].
  • Alleghany Corporation's founder is recorded as Van Sweringen brothers[8].
  • Alleghany Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Times Square Tower[9].
  • Alleghany Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[10].
  • Alleghany Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Chesapeake and Ohio Railway[11].
  • Alleghany Corporation's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[12].
  • Alleghany Corporation's industry is recorded as insurance[13].
  • January 1, 1929 marks the founding of Alleghany Corporation[14].
  • Alleghany Corporation's official website is recorded as http://www.alleghany.com[15].
  • Alleghany Corporation's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/alleghany-corporation-history/[16].
  • Alleghany Corporation's product or material produced is recorded as title insurance[17].
  • Alleghany Corporation's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[18].
  • Alleghany Corporation's P14750 is recorded as B06E-4879-F714-7AFE-A168[19].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DCJE6AYX159479[20]

  • Registered legal name: Alleghany Corporation[21]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[22]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[23]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[24]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[25]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[26]

  • Entity created: 1984-11-16[27]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-09-05[28]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-07-27[29]

  • LEI next renewal: 2023-02-03[30]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[31]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[32]

  • Authority entity ID: 2048563[33]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[34]

Body

Founding

Alleghany Corporation's founder is recorded as Van Sweringen brothers[8]. January 1, 1929 marks the founding of it[14].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Times Square Tower[9], a skyscraper[35], in United States[36], founded in 2004[37] and New York City[10], a global city[38], in United States[39], founded in 1624[40]. Alleghany Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Chesapeake and Ohio Railway[11].

Industry

Alleghany Corporation's industry is recorded as insurance[13].

Ownership

Alleghany Corporation's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[12]. Its product or material produced is recorded as title insurance[17].

Why It Matters

Alleghany Corporation ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (840 views/month).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . Polygon.io. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fa', 'sv', 'ur']
    Gnd id → 1072248999
    Sitelink count → 5
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  2. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → B06E-4879-F714-7AFE-A168
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  3. 17w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Permid → —
    Headquarters location → Times Square Tower, New York City
    Legal form → Delaware corporation
    Wikirate company id → 49330
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