0000775368-13-000043.txt : 20130812 0000775368-13-000043.hdr.sgml : 20130812 20130812181502 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000775368-13-000043 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130809 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130812 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130812 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLEGHANY CORP /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000775368 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 271354706 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 TIMES SQUARE TOWER STREET 2: 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-752-1356 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 TIMES SQUARE TOWER STREET 2: 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLEGHANY FINANCIAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870115 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gorham Roger Bryce CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09371 FILM NUMBER: 131030844 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLEGHANY CORPORATION STREET 2: 375 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10152 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2013-08-09 0000775368 ALLEGHANY CORP /DE Y 0001324731 Gorham Roger Bryce ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 7 TIMES SQUARE TOWER, 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10036 0 1 0 0 SVP, Head of Fixed Income Common Stock 2013-08-09 4 S 0 500 407.51 D 6232 D Common Stock 2013-08-09 4 S 0 300 405.10 D 5932 D Common Stock 2013-08-09 4 S 0 500 406.75 D 5432 D Common Stock 2013-08-09 4 S 0 350 407.00 D 5082 D /s/ Stela Burghart, Attorney-in-Fact 2013-08-12 EX-24 2 powerrbg5913.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY



 Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

each of Christopher K. Dalrymple and Stela Burghart, signing singly, the undersigned's

true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



 1.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as

an officer and/or director of Alleghany Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5

in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules

thereunder;



 2.  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which

may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5,

complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form

with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or

similar authority; and



 3.  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing

which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,

or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed

by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney

shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary

or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as

fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally

present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all

that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall

lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and

powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-

fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is

the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section

16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned

is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings

of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the

undersigned in signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.









IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to

be executed as of this 19th day of May, 2013.







       /s/ Roger B. Gorham

       Roger B. Gorham

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