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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - MARKEL CORPFinancial_Report.xls
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - MARKEL CORPmkl03312015ex311.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - MARKEL CORPmkl03312015ex312.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION - MARKEL CORPmkl03312015ex322.htm
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - MARKEL CORPmkl0331201510-q.htm


Exhibit 32.1


CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FURNISHED PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Markel Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Alan I. Kirshner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Alan I. Kirshner
 
Alan I. Kirshner
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 
May 6, 2015