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EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 

1411 Broadway, 34th Floor 

New York, New York 10018 

February 23, 2022 
 Joseph P. Brandon 

Dear Joe: 
 This letter agreement will confirm the terms of your
continued employment with Alleghany Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Alleghany”), effective as of December 31, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in Exhibit A hereto. 
 1. Position: Commencing as of the Effective Date, you will serve as
the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alleghany and be appointed as member of the Board. As President and Chief Executive Officer, you will report directly to the Board. In such capacity, you will perform the duties and exercise the powers
usually incident to such office and/or such other duties and powers as may be reasonably assigned to you from time to time by the Board. 

2. Base Salary: During your employment with Alleghany, from and after the Effective Date, Alleghany will pay you an initial base
salary at an annual rate of $1,050,000, payable pursuant to Alleghany’s usual payroll practices for senior executives. Your base salary will be reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee. 

3. Short-Term Incentive: For the 2022 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter during your employment, you will participate in
Alleghany’s Management Incentive Plan, with a target bonus opportunity of 200% of your annualized base salary, with such target bonus opportunity reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee. Your bonuses under the Management Incentive Plan
will be paid to you at the same time as they are generally payable to other senior executives of Alleghany, subject to your continuous employment through the payment date. 

4. Long-Term Incentive: You will receive an annual long-term incentive award under the Plan that has a market value, as of
the date or dates used by the Compensation Committee to set long-term incentive awards to other officers, equal to 300% of your annual base salary, with such long-term incentive opportunity reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee. 

5. Matching Grant: If between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022 (the “Final Purchase Date”),
you purchase shares of Alleghany common stock, you shall be granted a matching performance share for each share purchased in respect of the first $7,500,000 worth of Alleghany common stock that you purchase during such period (“Performance
Share Matching Award”), including, for such purpose, any amounts credited to your deferred account under Alleghany’s Deferred Compensation Plan as of April 1, 2022 that you elect to be notionally invested in Alleghany common
stock. As soon as reasonably practicable after the first to occur of (i) the date by which you have purchased the maximum number of shares of Alleghany common stock eligible for the matching grant, and (ii) the Final Purchase Date, the
Compensation Committee will award you a Performance Share Matching Award under the Plan pursuant to the form of Performance Share Matching Award Agreement attached as Exhibit B hereto. 

 6. Severance Protection: If your employment is terminated by Alleghany without
Cause (other than due to your death or Total Disability), Alleghany will continue to pay your base salary after such termination until such payments aggregate $1,050,000 on a gross basis. Such payments will be subject to normal withholding and other
taxes, and will be paid in accordance with Alleghany’s normal payroll practices applicable to senior executives of Alleghany. In addition, the provision of any such payments will be conditioned upon (i) your timely execution, delivery to
Alleghany, and non-revocation of a general release in favor of Alleghany and its affiliates in a form approved by Alleghany (and the expiration of any revocation period contained in such general release), and
(ii) your continued compliance with the terms of all confidentiality, non-compete, non-solicit, invention assignment,
non-disparagement and similar agreements or arrangements to which you are party with Alleghany or any of its affiliates. 

7. Pro-Rata Vesting of Incentive Awards upon Retirement or Termination Due to Death or Total
Disability: If your employment is terminated by you due to your Retirement or as a result of your death or Total Disability: 
  

	 	(i)	 You will become vested in a number of Unvested RSUs (determined on an award-by-award basis) equal to the product of (A) the total number of Unvested RSUs subject to the award and (B) a fraction, of which (1) the numerator is the number of calendar months during
the period beginning as of the first day of the applicable vesting period and ending on your employment termination date and (2) the denominator is the number of calendar months during the vesting period applicable to such Unvested RSUs (the
“Accelerated RSUs”). Any Accelerated RSUs will be paid to you within thirty days of your termination of employment, subject to any delay period required by Section 409A, and all other RSUs that otherwise vest on the stated
vesting date applicable to such RSUs will be paid to you within thirty days of such stated vesting date; and 

  

	 	(ii)	 With respect to any Unvested Performance Shares, such Retirement or termination due to your death or Total
Disability will be treated the same as a termination of your employment by Alleghany without Cause (other than on account of your death or Total Disability) for purposes of the pro-rata accelerated vesting
provisions under your performance share award agreement(s) (i.e., Section 5(b) of the current form of performance share award agreement under the Plan) and the payment thereof; provided that such
pro-rata acceleration shall be determined on a monthly basis in respect of the relevant performance period. 

8. Cause: For purposes of the Plan or your award agreement(s) thereunder, the term “Cause” (including any
current or future awards) shall have the same meaning as in this letter agreement. 
 9. Benefits: You will continue to be
eligible to participate in Alleghany’s Deferred Compensation Plan, as well as all other employee benefit plans, programs, practices or other arrangements in which other senior executives of Alleghany are generally eligible to participate from
time to time. In addition, you will be entitled to all fringe benefits and perquisites which are generally made available by Alleghany to its senior executives. 

10. Reimbursements: Alleghany will promptly reimburse you for all reasonable business expenses incurred by you in connection with
your duties as an employee, pursuant to Alleghany’s reimbursement policies for similarly situated executive officers. 
 11.
Principal Place of Employment: Following the Effective Date, while you are employed by Alleghany, your principal place of employment will be split between your office in Connecticut and Alleghany’s headquarters in Manhattan, in
accordance with a schedule to be agreed upon by you and the Chair of the Board, subject to any required travel on Alleghany’s business as is necessary to fulfill your obligations hereunder. 

  
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 12. Section 409A: The payments under this letter agreement are intended to
comply with the provisions of Section 409A or an exception to Section 409A. Any payments that qualify for the “short-term deferral” exception under Treasury Regulations Sections
1.409A-1(b)(4), the “separation pay” exception under Treasury Regulations 1.409A-l(b)(9)(iii) or any other exception under Section 409A will be paid under
the applicable exceptions to the greatest extent possible. Each payment of compensation under this letter agreement will be treated as a separate payment, and in no event may you, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any
compensatory payment under this letter agreement. The date of your “separation from service”, as defined in Section 409A and as determined by applying the default presumptions in Treas. Reg. §
1.409A-l(h)(1)(ii), shall be treated as the date of your termination of employment for purposes of determining the time of payment of any amount that becomes payable to you hereunder upon your termination of
employment and that is properly treated as a deferral of compensation subject to Section 409A after taking into account all exclusions applicable to such payment under Section 409A. If on the date your employment is terminated you are a
“specified employee,” then any payments (including the payment of awards under the Plan) that are required to be made to you pursuant to this letter agreement as a result of your employment being terminated that constitute the deferral of
compensation (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-l(b)) and that would in the absence of this paragraph have been paid to you within six months and one day of the date your employment
is terminated shall not be paid to you at the time herein provided, but shall instead be accumulated and paid to you in a lump sum and, other than with respect to awards under the Plan, with interest thereon at a rate equal to the yield per annum on
the six-month Treasury bills (secondary market) on the date your employment is terminated (as reported by the Federal Reserve Board) from the date payment would have been made to you hereunder until the date
paid, such payment to be made on the earlier of (i) the day after the date that is six months from the date your employment terminated and (ii) if you shall die prior to the expiration of such
six-month period, as soon as practicable, but no later than thirty (30) days, following the date of your death (with payment being made to your estate). For these purposes, you will be a “specified
employee” if, on the date your employment is terminated you are an individual who is, under the method of determination adopted by the Compensation Committee designated as, or within the category of employees deemed to be, a “specified
employee” within the meaning and in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-l(i). The Compensation Committee shall determine in its sole discretion all matters relating to who is a
“specified employee” and the application and effect of the change in such determination. All reimbursements provided under this letter agreement will be provided in accordance with and in compliance with the requirements of
Section 409A, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during one calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year;
(ii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made no later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense is incurred; and (iii) the right to any reimbursement will not be subject to
liquidation or exchange for another benefit. 
 13. Withholding: Alleghany may withhold from any amounts payable under this
letter agreement, or any other benefits received pursuant hereto, any Federal, state and/or local taxes as shall be required to be withheld under any applicable law or regulation. 

14. Entire Agreement; Amendment: This letter agreement and any exhibits hereto contain the entire understanding of you and
Alleghany with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and, except as specifically provided herein or therein, cancel and supersede any and all other agreements between you and Alleghany with respect to the subject matter hereof and
thereof, including, without limitation, that certain letter agreement, dated as of November 20, 2011, by and between Alleghany and you. Any amendment or modification of this letter agreement shall not be binding unless in writing and signed by
you and Alleghany. This letter agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 

15. Governing Law: This letter agreement shall be governed by and enforceable in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. 

  
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 16. Miscellaneous: This letter agreement will be binding upon, inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by, as applicable, each of Alleghany and you and each party’s respective personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, heirs, distributees and legatees. This letter agreement is
personal in nature to you and you will not, without the written consent of Alleghany, assign, transfer or delegate any rights or obligations hereunder. Alleghany shall not assign, transfer or delegate any rights or obligations hereunder, other than
as a result of a corporate transaction in which the assignee, transferee or delegate agrees to assume all of Alleghany’s obligations hereunder. 

17. Indemnification: Alleghany will defend, indemnify, advance expenses and hold you harmless in accordance with its certificate
of incorporation and bylaws now or hereafter in force and provide you with directors’ and officers’ liability insurance at the same level as it provides to its other similarly situated senior executive officers. Your rights and
Alleghany’s obligations under this paragraph will survive the termination or expiration of this letter agreement and of your services to the Alleghany hereunder. 

(Signature page follows.) 

  
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 If the foregoing accurately expresses our mutual understanding, please execute the enclosed copy of this
letter agreement in the space provided below, and return it to me. 
  

			
	Sincerely yours,
	
	ALLEGHANY CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jefferson W. Kirby

	Name:	 	Jefferson W. Kirby
	Title:	 	Chairman of the Board

  

	
	AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
	
	 /s/ Joseph P. Brandon

	Joseph P. Brandon

 [Signature Page to J. Brandon Letter Agreement] 

 Exhibit A 

Definitions 
 For purposes of this letter
agreement: 
 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of Alleghany. 

“Cause” shall mean (i) your conviction of a felony (other than a traffic violation), (ii) your willful material failure to
implement reasonable directives of the Board after written notice is delivered to you, which failure is not corrected within ten days following notice thereof, or (iii) willful gross misconduct in connection with the performance of any of your
duties. For purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, your action or inaction shall not be considered “willful” unless done or omitted by you (A) intentionally or not in good faith and (B) without reasonable belief that your
action or inaction was in the best interest of Alleghany or any of its affiliates, and shall not include failure to act by reason of physical or mental incapacity. 

“Compensation Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board. 

“Plan” shall mean the Alleghany Corporation 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan or any successor plan thereto (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, the Alleghany Corporation 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan if approved by Alleghany’s stockholders). 
 “Retirement” shall mean
your retirement from Alleghany that is a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A that occurs after you have attained age 65 and have completed twelve Years of Service; provided that you have not engaged in conduct
that constitutes Cause prior to your retirement. 
 “RSUs” shall mean any then outstanding restricted stock units granted to you under the
Plan, whether or not outstanding on the date hereof. 
 “Section 409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with the regulations issued thereunder and other rulings, notices and other guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service interpreting same. 

“Total Disability” shall mean your inability to discharge your duties hereunder due to physical or mental illness or accident for one or more
periods totaling six months during any consecutive twelve-month period. 
 “Unvested Performance Shares” shall mean any outstanding
performance shares under the Plan (other than your Performance Share Matching Award) that are held by you and for which the applicable performance period has not yet ended as of your employment termination date. 

“Unvested RSUs” shall mean any RSUs that are granted to you after the date hereof and, as of your employment termination date, are
outstanding but have not yet vested. 
 “Years of Service” shall mean the number of whole or fractional periods of twelve consecutive
months (such fraction being computed on the basis of complete months) that are included in the period that begins on the date on which you first became an employee of Alleghany and that ends on the date of your final “separation from
service” within the meaning of Section 409A (including any period while you are Totally Disabled). 

 Exhibit B 

ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 

Performance Share Matching Award Agreement 

This award of Performance Shares (the “Award”) is made as of [ ], 2022 by and between Alleghany Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Corporation”), and Joseph P. Brandon (“Participant”), pursuant to the [Alleghany Corporation 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan] / [Alleghany Corporation 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan] (or a successor thereto) (the
“Plan”) and the following terms and conditions of this agreement (this “Agreement”): 
 Section 1.
Terms and Conditions; Definitions. This Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan. All capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning stated in the Plan. If there is any inconsistency between the
terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control unless this Agreement expressly states that an exception to the Plan is being made. Any interpretation, determination or decision made or taken by the Committee
regarding the Plan or this Agreement shall be final and binding upon the Corporation and Participant. 
 Section 2. Performance
Share Award. The Corporation hereby grants to Participant, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth: 
 [ ] Target Performance
Shares. 
 The number of Target Performance Shares granted hereunder represents a matching grant of Performance Shares, as specified in the
“Matching Grant” paragraph of Participant’s employment letter with the Corporation, dated February 23, 2022, of one Target Performance Share for each share of Common Stock purchased by Participant between October 1, 2021 and
September 30, 2022 for the first $7,500,000 worth of Common Stock that Participant purchases (each, a “Purchased Share”). Amounts credited to Participant’s deferred account under the Corporation’s Deferred
Compensation Plan (as may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Deferred Compensation Plan”) as of April 1, 2022 for which Participant makes a Common Stock Election (as defined in the Deferred
Compensation Plan) during the Purchase Period will be treated as Purchased Shares; provided, however, that with respect to any such amounts under the Deferred Compensation Plan, Participant will not be permitted to change the Common
Stock Election with respect to such amounts, including by making a Book Value Election (as defined in the Deferred Compensation Plan) or causing such amounts to earn interest at the Prime Rate (as defined in the Deferred Compensation Plan) under the
Deferred Compensation Plan during the Performance Period (except as otherwise permitted by Section 6(b) of this Agreement). 
 The
Target Performance Shares awarded to Participant shall be credited to a separate bookkeeping account that the Corporation has established for Participant under the Plan (the “Account”). Each Target Performance Share so credited, and
each Dividend Equivalent Unit, if any, credited to Participant’s Account pursuant to Section 3 below (such Target Performance Shares and Dividend Equivalent Units, collectively referred to herein as Participant’s “Credited
Performance Shares”), shall represent one notional share of Common Stock. All amounts representing the Credited Performance Shares in Participant’s Account shall continue for all purposes to be part of the general assets of the
Corporation and, with respect to Participant’s interest in the Account, Participant shall be only a general, unsecured creditor of the Corporation. 

 Section 3. Dividend Equivalent Units. Unless and until payment is made with
respect to Participant’s Credited Performance Shares pursuant to Section 6 below, additional Performance Shares (a “Dividend Equivalent Unit”) will be credited to Participant’s Account on each date on which the
Corporation pays a dividend on its Common Stock (a “Dividend Payment Date”). To the extent the Corporation’s dividend is in the form of cash, the number of Dividend Equivalent Units that will be credited to Participant’s
Account will be determined by dividing (A) the product of (i) the total number of Credited Performance Shares in Participant’s Account immediately prior to the Dividend Payment Date, and (ii) the
per-share amount of the dividend paid on the Dividend Payment Date, by (B) the closing price per share of the Corporation’s Common Stock on the Dividend Payment Date. To the extent the
Corporation’s dividend is in the form of Common Stock, the number of Dividend Equivalent Units that will be credited to Participant’s Account will be equal to the product of (A) the total number of Credited Performance Shares in
Participant’s Account immediately prior to the Dividend Payment Date, and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock paid as a dividend per share of Common Stock. 

Section 4. Performance Goal. 
  

	(a)	 Subject to Section 5, the actual number of Performance Shares that Participant shall be entitled to
receive following the Performance Period may be different from the number of Credited Performance Shares, depending upon the Corporation’s Adjusted Book Value Per Common Share, as follows: 

 

			
	Adjusted Book Value Per	  	 
	 Common Share
	  	 Adjustment Multiple

	less than 4%	  	0%
	4%	  	50%
	7%	  	100%
	10% or more	  	200%

 An Adjustment Multiple between percentages indicated in the table above will be calculated using straight-line
interpolation. 
  

	(b)	 If a minimum Adjusted Book Value Per Common Share of at least 4% is not achieved by the last day of the
Performance Period, Participant shall forfeit all Credited Performance Shares without consideration. The maximum number of Performance Shares that may be earned by Participant pursuant to this Award shall be equal to 200% of the number of Credited
Performance Shares in Participant’s Account. 

  

	(c)	 The Committee will determine whether the Adjusted Book Value Per Common Share has been met for the Performance
Period and the total number of Participant’s Credited Performance Shares shall be multiplied by the Adjustment Multiple, and the result shall be the number of Performance Shares awarded under this Agreement (the “Actual
Performance Shares”). All calculations shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Actual Performance Share; no payment shall be made in respect of fractional Actual Performance Shares. 

  
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 Section 5. Termination of Employment. 

 

	(a)	 Subject to Section 5(b) of this Agreement, if Participant incurs a Termination of Employment for any
reason prior to the January 1st of the calendar year following the end of the Performance Period, Participant shall forfeit, without consideration, all rights to, or interests in, the Credited
Performance Shares in Participant’s Account. 

  

	(b)	 Notwithstanding Section 5(a) of this Agreement, if, prior to the end of the Performance Period,
Participant incurs a Termination of Employment on or after December 31, 2024 that either (x) occurs by action of the Corporation without Cause or on account of Participant’s death or Total Disability or (y) is due to
Participant’s Retirement, Participant shall become vested in a number of Credited Performance Shares equal to the product of (i) the Actual Performance Shares determined based on the table in Section 4 and the achievement of Adjusted
Book Value Per Common Share as of (A) the December 31st immediately preceding the date of Participant’s Termination of Employment as if such December 31st was the last day of the Performance Period or (B) the date of such Termination of Employment in the event that such Termination of Employment occurs on December 31st, and (ii) a fraction, of which the numerator is the number of calendar months during the period beginning as of the first day of the Performance Period and ending on the date of
Participant’s Termination of Employment, and the denominator is sixty. 

 Section 6. Payment. 

 

	(a)	 Subject to Section 5, Section 6(b) and the terms of the Plan, Participant’s Actual Performance
Shares will be paid to Participant in either cash or whole shares of Common Stock, as elected by Participant in accordance with the rules and procedures established by the Committee. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued. Payment
shall be made to Participant upon the earlier of (a) Participant’s Termination of Employment that results in accelerated vesting under Section 5(b) of this Agreement or (b) in the calendar year following the last day of the
Performance Period. 

  

	(b)	 It is a condition to payment in respect of Participant’s Actual Performance Shares that Participant shall
maintain unencumbered beneficial ownership of the Vested Securities continuously throughout the Performance Period, and that Participant shall not (i) have sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or hypothecated the Vested Securities, including
any stock dividend shares paid in respect thereof, or (ii) have engaged in any short sale or other transaction that would have the effect of decreasing his economic risk with regard to the Vested Securities, including any stock dividend shares
paid in respect thereof, at any time during the Performance Period (any such action in subsection (i) or (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “disposition”); provided, that the Committee in its discretion may approve
such a disposition via written consent in the event of a hardship or a proposed disposition by Participant to a member of his family, to his foundation or to a 

  
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charitable organization. In the event of an unapproved disposition of any of the Vested Securities, or related dividend shares, during the Performance Period, Participant’s Account shall be
debited in an amount equal to one Performance Share for each Vested Security so disposed (the “Disposed Vested Security”), together with the investment experience and dividends and distributions theretofore credited from the date of
purchase of the Disposed Vested Security. Participant shall provide such evidence and certification of continued satisfaction of such continuous ownership requirement (including certification that he has not effected a disposition of any Vested
Securities) from time to time as requested by the Corporation. Evidence of continued satisfaction of the continuous ownership requirement requested by the Corporation may include certification of ownership by a brokerage or other financial
institution. Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in this Section 6(b), the Vested Securities, except with respect to any notional shares credited under the Deferred Compensation Plan (which shall be subject to the terms thereof), and
related dividend shares, shall at all times throughout the Performance Period remain the property of Participant and be subject to his exclusive control and, with respect to applicable Vested Securities, Participant shall have all rights of a
stockholder of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of Participant’s termination of employment for any reason, including Participant’s death and Total Disability, and in connection with a merger approved by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation effectuated by a tender offer, or other major corporate transaction approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation with respect to the Common Stock, the Performance Period applicable to the Vested
Securities and related dividend shares shall terminate and such Vested Securities shall become freely transferable (subject to the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, with respect to any notional shares credited thereunder). 

Section 7. Rights as a Stockholder. Subject to the otherwise applicable provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, Participant
shall have no rights of a stockholder of shares of Common Stock in respect of the Credited Performance Shares in Participant’s Account. 

Section 8. Taxes. 
  

	(a)	 The Corporation shall have the right to deduct from any portion of the Award hereunder paid in cash any
federal, state, local or foreign taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments and, with respect to any portion of the Award paid in Common Stock, to require the payment by Participant (through withholding from
Participant’s salary or otherwise) of any such taxes, but the Committee may make such arrangements for the payment of such taxes as the Committee in its discretion shall determine, including payment with shares of Common Stock (including net
payments of awards paid in Common Stock). 

  

	(b)	 This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”) and shall be administered in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. In no event may Participant, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, in the event that Participant is a Specified Employee as of his Termination of Employment, Participant’s Actual Performance Shares, if any, will be

  
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settled and paid on the first business day after the date that is six months following Participant’s Termination of Employment; provided that, if Participant’s Termination of
Employment is on account of Participant’s death or Participant dies following Participant’s Termination of Employment and prior to the payment of the Actual Performance Shares, such Actual Performance Shares shall be paid to the personal
representative of Participant’s estate within thirty days after the date of Participant’s death. 

 Section 9.
Definitions. As used herein, each of the following terms shall have the following respective meaning: 

“Adjusted Book Value Per Common Share” means the average annual compound growth in Book Value Per Common Share
achieved by the Corporation during the Performance Period, measured from a base equal to the Book Value Per Common Share on December 31, 2021, as reported in the Corporation’s 2021 Annual Report to Stockholders, provided that,
Adjusted Book Value Per Common Share shall exclude (a) the costs arising from the 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Plan and any successor or new incentive plan (including, without limitation, the Alleghany Corporation 2022 Long-Term Incentive
Plan), (b) all acquisition related costs incurred in any business combination (as such terms are interpreted and applied under ASC 805) and (c) all expenses or benefits arising from the after-tax
amortization of intangible assets or liabilities from business combinations (as such terms are interpreted and applied under ASC 805). 

“Book Value Per Common Share” means, as of the close of business on any date, the stockholders’ equity,
as publicly reported by the Corporation, divided by the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and other equity of the Corporation, as publicly reported by the Corporation. In the event of any subdivision or combination of the
outstanding shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, split-off, recapitalization, capital reorganization, liquidation,
reclassification of shares of Common Stock, merger or consolidation in which shares of Common Stock are converted or changed into cash, securities or other property, cash or other distribution, stock repurchases or redemptions at prices in excess of
Book Value Per Common Share, stock issuances or sales at prices less than Book Value Per Common Share, sale, lease or transfer of substantially all the assets of the Corporation or other event similar in type or effect to an event herein listed (a
“Transaction”), the Committee shall make such equitable adjustments as is appropriate in the base from which growth in Book Value Per Common Share is to be measured, the Adjusted Book Value Per Common Share growth requirements, the
Book Value Per Common Share, the length of the Performance Period, and the making of payment on account thereof, so that the Credited Performance Shares payable to a participant following the Transaction shall equal, as nearly as possible, the
Credited Performance Shares which would have been payable in the absence of such Transaction. 

  
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 “Cause” means Participant’s (a) conviction of a
felony (other than a traffic violation); (b) willful material failure to implement reasonable directives of the Board after written notice is delivered to Participant, which failure is not corrected within ten days following notice thereof; or
(c) willful gross misconduct in connection with the performance of any of Participant’s duties. For purposes of clauses (b) and (c) above, Participant’s action or inaction shall not be considered “willful” unless done
or omitted by Participant (i) intentionally or not in good faith and (ii) without reasonable belief that Participant’s action or inaction was in the best interest of the Corporation or any of its affiliates, and shall not include
failure to act by reason of physical or mental incapacity. 
 “Performance Period” means the five year
period commencing January 1, 2022 and ending December 31, 2026. 
 “Retirement” means
Participant’s retirement from the Corporation that is a Termination of Employment that occurs after Participant has attained age 65 and has completed twelve Years of Service; provided that Participant has not engaged in conduct that
constitutes Cause prior to Participant’s retirement. 
 “Specified Employee” means a “specified
employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Corporation as in effect on the Termination of Employment. 

“Termination of Employment” means Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code. 
 “Total Disability” means Participant’s inability to discharge his
duties due to a physical or mental illness or accident for one or more periods totaling six months during any consecutive twelve-month period. 

“Vested Securities” means (i) all shares of Common Stock held by Participant as of the date hereof and
(ii) all Purchased Shares, including any notional shares applied to the Matching Grant under the Deferred Compensation Plan, but does not include (x) any shares of Common Stock issued to Participant after the date hereof as payment under
any current or future restricted stock unit or performance share award or (y) shares of Common Stock purchased by Participant after the date hereof that are not treated as Purchased Shares hereunder. 

“Years of Service” means the number of whole or fractional periods of twelve consecutive months (such fraction
being computed on the basis of complete months) that are included in the period that begins on the date on which Participant first became an employee of the Corporation and that ends on the date of Participant’s final Termination of Employment
(including any period while Participant is Totally Disabled). 
 Section 10. Limits on Transferability. Neither the Award nor
any rights or interests herein shall be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to, or in favor of, or be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of Participant to, any party, other than the Corporation or any subsidiary, nor shall the Award or
any rights or interests herein be assignable or transferable by Participant except in the event of Participant’s death. 

Section 11. No Right of Employment. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon Participant any right to continue as an employee
of the Corporation or its subsidiaries to interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or its subsidiaries to terminate Participant’s employment at any time. 

  
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 Section 12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding
of the Corporation and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and, except as specifically provided herein, cancel and supersede any and all other agreements between the Corporation and Participant with respect to the
subject matter hereof. Except as specifically provided herein or in the Plan, any amendment or modification of this Agreement shall not be binding unless in writing and signed by the Corporation and Participant. 

Section 13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and enforceable in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. 
 Section 14. Severability. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and each other provision of this Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent permitted by
law. 
 Section 15. Bound by the Plan. By signing this Agreement, Participant acknowledges that he has received a copy of the
Plan and has had an opportunity to review the Plan and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Plan. 
 Section 16.
Headings. The headings of the Sections hereof are provided for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement. 

Section 17. Signature in Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the
same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Participant has duly executed this Agreement and the Corporation
has duly caused this Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of [ ], 2022. 
  

			
	ALLEGHANY CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	              

		 	Raymond L.M. Wong
		 	Chair of the Compensation Committee
	
	PARTICIPANT
	
	  

	Joseph P. Brandon

 [Signature Page to J. Brandon Performance Share Matching Award Agreement]Document

Exhibit 10.1

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
under the
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 2017 INCENTIVE PLAN

As of the _____ day of _______________, 20___, Albemarle Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), and «Name» (“Participant”), hereby agree to the terms of this “Award Agreement” which reflects the terms and provisions of the Award (as defined below) made pursuant to and subject to the provisions of the Company’s 2017 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  All terms that are used herein that are defined in the Plan shall have the same meanings given them in the Plan.
Contingent Restricted Stock Units
1.Grant Date.  Pursuant to the Plan, the Company, on the ____ day of ____________, 20___ (the “Grant Date”), granted Participant an incentive award (“Award”) in the form of «# of Units» Restricted Stock Units, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
2.Value.  The value of each Restricted Stock Unit on any date shall be equal to the value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock on such date; and the value of the Company’s Common Stock is the Fair Market Value of the Stock (as defined in the Plan) on the relevant date.
Vesting of Restricted Stock Units
3.Restrictions.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Restricted Stock Units shall remain nonvested, nontransferable and subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture as provided in paragraph 7.
4.Vesting.  Subject to Participant’s continued employment with the Company (except as otherwise provided herein), Participant’s interest in the Restricted Stock Units shall become vested and non-forfeitable on the third anniversary of the Grant Date.
5.Vesting Upon a Qualifying Termination Event.  Notwithstanding anything in this Notice of Award to the contrary, if, prior to the forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Units under paragraph 7, Participant experiences a Qualifying Termination Event (as defined in paragraph 8), Restricted Stock Units that are forfeitable shall become vested as to a pro-rata portion of the Award, as determined in accordance with the following sentence.  The pro-rata portion of the Award that shall vest pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be equal to 1/36th of the Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award, for each full month of service performed by Participant after the Grant Date and prior to the Qualifying Termination Event, up to 36 months.  The non-vested portion of the Award shall be forfeited.
6.Effects of a Change in Control.  In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) prior to the forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Units under paragraph 7, the provisions of this paragraph 6 shall apply in addition to the provisions of Article 17 (and related provisions) of the Plan.
(a)If, upon a Change in Control, a Participant receives a new award which qualifies as a Replacement Award (as defined below), the Replacement Award shall replace this Award and continue subject to the Replacement Award’s terms.
(i)    A “Replacement Award” is an award that substitutes for this Award and meets the following requirements:  (i) it has a value at least equal to the value of this 

Award as determined under applicable law and by the Committee in its sole discretion; (ii) it relates to publicly traded equity securities of the Company or its successor in the Change in Control or another entity that is affiliated with the Company or its successor following the Change in Control; and (iii) its other terms and conditions are not less favorable to Participant than the terms and conditions of this Award (including the provisions that would apply in the event of a subsequent Change in Control).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Replacement Award may take the form of a continuation of this Award if the requirements of the preceding sentence are satisfied.  The determination of whether the conditions of a Replacement Award are satisfied shall be made by the Committee, as constituted immediately before the Change in Control, in its sole discretion.  With respect to this Award, any Replacement Award made to Participant must provide that if Participant is either (1) terminated by the Company other than for Cause or (2) voluntarily resigns for Good Reason (as defined in paragraph 8) concurrent with or within two (2) years after the date of the Change in Control, the unvested Replacement Award shall become immediately vested and payable at the time of the termination or resignation.  For purposes of paragraphs 6 and 8, references to the Company or an Affiliate shall also include any successor entity.
(b)If, following a Change in Control, the Company’s shares continue to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange or another established securities market, this Award shall continue in effect and be treated as a Replacement Award, provided, however, that if Participant is either (1) terminated by the Company other than for Cause or (2) voluntarily resigns for Good Reason, in either case, concurrent with or within two (2) years after the date of the Change in Control, the unvested Award shall become immediately vested and payable at the time of the termination or resignation.
(c)If, upon a Change in Control that results in the Company’s shares no longer being traded on the New York Stock Exchange or another established securities market and no Replacement Award is granted to Participant, the unvested portion of this Award shall become vested immediately prior to the consummation of the Change in Control.
(d)Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Change in Control, the Committee may determine that this Award shall be canceled and terminated for consideration in accordance with Article 17 of the Plan.
7.Forfeiture of Unvested Restricted Stock Units.  Except as provided in paragraph 6 with respect to terminations of employment occurring within two (2) years after the date of a Change in Control, all Restricted Stock Units that are forfeitable shall be forfeited if Participant’s employment with the Company or an Affiliate terminates for any reason except a Qualifying Termination Event.
8.Definitions.
(a)For purposes of this Award, “Qualifying Termination Event” shall mean a Participant’s death, Disability, Retirement while in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, or termination by the Company or an Affiliate other than for Cause.
(i)“Disability” shall mean a Participant’s permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(ii)“Retirement” shall mean termination of employment after having attained age 55 and completed at least 10 years of service, or age 60 and completed at least 5 years of service with the Company or an Affiliate.
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(b)“Good Reason” for purposes of paragraph 6 shall mean:
(i)a change in Participant’s position which in Participant’s reasonable judgment does not represent a promotion of Participant’s status or position immediately prior to the Change in Control or the assignment to Participant of any duties or responsibilities, or diminution of duties or responsibilities, which in Participant’s reasonable judgment are inconsistent with Participant’s position in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control;
(ii)a reduction by the Company in the annual rate of Participant’s base salary as in effect immediately prior to the date of a Change in Control;
(iii)the Company’s requiring Participant’s office nearest to Participant’s principal residence to be located at a different place which is more than thirty-five (35) miles from where such office is located immediately prior to a Change in Control;
(iv)the failure by the Company to continue in effect compensation or benefit plans in which Participant participates, which in the aggregate provide Participant compensation and benefits substantially equivalent to those prior to a Change in Control; or
(v)the failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any applicable successor entity to assume and agree to perform under any Severance Compensation Agreement.
In order for one of the foregoing events to constitute Good Reason, (i) Participant must notify the Company in writing no later than 90 days after the relevant event stating which Good Reason event has occurred, and (ii) the Company shall not have corrected the Good Reason event within thirty (30) days after Participant’s notice.
(c)If the events described in paragraph 6 or a Qualifying Termination Event occur after the date that Participant is advised that their employment is being, or will be, terminated for Cause, on account of performance or in circumstances that prevent them from being in good standing with the Company, accelerated vesting shall not occur and all rights under this Award shall terminate, and this Award shall expire on the date of Participant’s termination of employment.  The Committee shall have the authority to determine whether Participant’s termination from employment is for Cause or for any reason other than Cause.
Payment of Awards
9.Time of Payment.  Payment of Participant’s Restricted Stock Units shall be made as soon as practicable after the Units have vested, but in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year after the year in which the Units vest.
10.Form of Payment.  The vested Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in whole shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
11.Death of Participant.  If Participant dies prior to the payment of their non-forfeitable Restricted Stock Units, such Units shall be paid to their Beneficiary.  Participant shall have the right to designate a Beneficiary in accordance with procedures established under the Plan for such purpose.  If Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary, or if at the time of Participant’s death there is no surviving Beneficiary, any amounts payable will be paid to Participant’s estate.
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12.Taxes.  The Company will withhold from the Award the number of shares of Common Stock necessary to satisfy Federal tax-withholding requirements and state and local tax-withholding requirements with respect to the state and locality designated by Participant as their place of residence in the Company's system of record at the time the Award becomes taxable, except to the extent otherwise determined to be required by the Company, subject, however, to any special rules or provisions that may apply to Participants who are non-US employees (working inside or outside of the United States) or US employees working outside of the United States. It is Participant's responsibility to properly report all income and remit all Federal, state, and local taxes that may be due to the relevant taxing authorities as the result of receiving this Award.
General Provisions
13.Accounts.  Restricted Stock Units granted to Participant shall be credited to an account (the “Account”) established and maintained for Participant.  A Participant’s Account shall be the record of Restricted Stock Units granted to Participant under the Plan, is solely for accounting purposes and shall not require a segregation of any Company assets.
14.No Right to Continued Employment.  Neither this Award nor the granting or vesting of Restricted Stock Units shall confer upon Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company or an Affiliate, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate Participant’s employment at any time.
15.Change in Capital Structure.  In accordance with the terms of the Plan, the terms of this Award shall be adjusted as the Committee determines is equitable in the event the Company effects one or more stock dividends, stock split-ups, subdivisions or consolidations of shares or other similar changes in capitalization.
16.Governing Law.  This Award shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and applicable Federal law.  All disputes arising under this Award shall be adjudicated solely within the state or Federal courts located within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
17.Participant Bound by Non-Compete Agreement.   Participant acknowledges that they have signed the separate EMPLOYEE NON-SOLICITATION, NON-COMPETE AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT (the “Non-Compete Agreement”) entered between them and the Company concurrently with entering into this Award Agreement.  Participant further acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a breach of any of the terms of the Non-Compete Agreement on their part, before or after the vesting and/or payment of this Award, in addition to any and all consequences otherwise set forth in the Non-Compete Agreement, Participant shall immediately forfeit any and all rights under this Award, and to the extent any portion of the Award shall have already been paid to Participant, the Company shall have the right to recoup such Award in full.
18.Conflicts.
(a)In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan as in effect on the Grant Date and the provisions of this Award, the provisions of the Plan shall govern. All references herein to the Plan shall mean the Plan as in effect on the Grant Date.
(b)In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Award and the provisions of any separate Agreement between the Company and Participant, including, but not limited to, any Severance Compensation Agreement entered between Participant and the Company, the provisions of this Award shall govern.
19.Binding Effect.  Subject to the limitations stated above and in the Plan, this Award shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the legatees, distributees, and personal representatives of Participant and the successors of the Company.
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20.Recoupment.  In addition to any other applicable provision of the Plan, this Award is subject to the terms of the separate Albemarle Corporation Recoupment Policy, as such Policy may be amended from time to time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Participant have each caused this Award to be signed on their behalf, effective as of the date noted in the first paragraph of this Award Agreement.

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION

By: ______________________________

PARTICIPANT:

_______________________________
«Name»
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