13F-HR 1 d13fhr.txt FORM 13F-HR UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter: June 30, 2010 Check here if Amendment [_]; Amendment Number: ------- This Amendment (Check only one.): [_] is a restatement. [_] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Markel Corporation Address: 4521 Highwoods Pkwy Glen Allen, VA 23060 Form 13F File Number: 28-6647 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Thomas S. Gayner Title: President and Chief Investment Officer Phone: 804-527-3806 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Thomas S. Gayner Richmond, VA 8/9/2010 ---------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [_] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [_] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) 1 Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 1 -------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 109 -------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 1,484,687 -------------- (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. No. Form 13F File Number Name -- -------------------- ------------------------------------------ 1 28-6056 Markel Gayner Asset Management Corporation

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VOTING AUTHORITY VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER -------------------------- NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------ --------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- 3M Company COM 88579y101 2370 30000 SH SOLE 30000 8215 104000 SH DEFINED 01 101000 3000 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 3275 70000 SH DEFINED 01 69000 1000 Accenture COM G1151C101 386 10000 SH SOLE 10000 4371 113100 SH DEFINED 01 100000 13100 Air Products & Chemicals COM 009158106 363 5600 SH DEFINED 01 5600 Alleghany Corporation COM 017175100 1245 4244 SH SOLE 4244 Altria COM 02209S103 2339 116700 SH DEFINED 01 114500 2200 American Express COM 025816109 397 10000 SH SOLE 10000 15410 388173 SH DEFINED 01 339000 49173 Anheuser-Busch Inbev ADR COM 03524A108 5761 120000 SH DEFINED 01 120000 Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 16430 408100 SH DEFINED 01 395700 12400 Bank of New York Mellon Corp COM 064058100 75 3019 SH SOLE 3019 5509 223130 SH DEFINED 01 204907 18223 Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670702 30689 385100 SH SOLE 385100 94444 1185140 SH DEFINED 01 1114900 70240 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. COM 084670108 33000 275 SH SOLE 275 74520 621 SH DEFINED 01 585 36 Brookfield Asset Management COM 112585104 6786 300000 SH SOLE 300000 63423 2803824 SH DEFINED 01 2595548 208276 Brown & Brown COM 115236101 3445 180000 SH SOLE 180000 3553 185628 SH DEFINED 01 185628 Brown Forman Class A COM 115637100 16515 283760 SH DEFINED 01 281000 2760 Brown-Forman Class B COM 115637209 4058 70915 SH DEFINED 01 70250 665 Calumet COM 131476103 454 25700 SH DEFINED 01 25000 700 Campbell Soup Co COM 134429109 2666 74400 SH DEFINED 01 70000 4400 Carmax COM 143130102 3184 160000 SH SOLE 160000 101709 5110999 SH DEFINED 01 4803070 307929 Caterpillar Inc COM 149123101 14201 236400 SH DEFINED 01 230000 6400 Charles Schwab COM 808513105 10269 724200 SH DEFINED 01 665000 59200 Coca Cola Co COM 191216100 3268 65200 SH DEFINED 01 60000 5200 Comcast COM 20030N101 201 11550 SH DEFINED 01 11550 Costco COM 22160K105 274 5000 SH SOLE 5000 1966 35850 SH DEFINED 01 34000 1850 DENTSPLY COM 249030107 1059 35400 SH DEFINED 01 35000 400 Diageo PLC COM 25243Q205 20610 328500 SH SOLE 328500 58190 927471 SH DEFINED 01 861500 65971 Disney COM 254687106 6300 200000 SH SOLE 200000 40650 1290489 SH DEFINED 01 1202500 87989 EOG Resources, Inc. 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Carey COM 92930Y107 26733 967200 SH DEFINED 01 950200 17000 Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 5597 116425 SH SOLE 116425 36865 766910 SH DEFINED 01 693575 73335 Walgreen COM 931422109 5934 222260 SH DEFINED 01 220000 2260 Washington Post Co COM 939640108 2217 5400 SH DEFINED 01 5200 200 Washington Real Estate Investm COM 939653101 11242 407475 SH DEFINED 01 390300 17175 White Mountains COM G9618E107 10846 33456 SH SOLE 33456 15586 48074 SH DEFINED 01 48074 Level 3 Communications CONV 52729NBM1 16687 15000000 PRN SOLE 15000000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REPORT SUMMARY 109 DATA RECORDS 1484687 1 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED.