0000916641-01-500514 Sample Contracts

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Underwriting Agreement • June 5th, 2001 • Markel Corp • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • New York

• Contract Type
  Underwriting Agreement
• Filed
  June 5th, 2001
• Company
  Markel Corp
• Industry
  Fire, marine & casualty insurance
• Jurisdiction
  New York

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First Supplemental Indenture • June 5th, 2001 • Markel Corp • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • Virginia

• Contract Type
  First Supplemental Indenture
• Filed
  June 5th, 2001
• Company
  Markel Corp
• Industry
  Fire, marine & casualty insurance
• Jurisdiction
  Virginia

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of the 5th day of June, 2001, between MARKEL CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, having its principal executive office located at 4521 Highwoods Parkway, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (the "Company"), and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its Corporate Trust Office located at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001, as trustee (the "Trustee").