SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BERKOWITZ BRUCE R (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP, LTD 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET (Street) HANOVER NH 03755 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP LTD [ WTM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/03/2006
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares	01/03/2006		J	V	62,000	D	(1)	0(1)	I	By Fairholme Partners L.P.
Common Shares	01/03/2006		J	V	2,958	A	(1)	2,958(2)	D
Common Shares	01/03/2006		J	V	1,479	A	(1)	1,479(3)	I	By East Lane L.L.C.
Common Shares	01/03/2006		J	V	16,785	A	(1)	16,785(4)	I	By Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C.
Common Shares								8,500(5)	I	See Footnote 5

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Mr. Berkowitz has elected to file this voluntary Form 4 to report the distribution (the "Distribution") on January 3, 2006 of 62,000 WTM Common Shares from Fairholme Partners L.P. ("Fairholme Partners") to its partners of which 40,778 shares were distributed to partners other than Bruce Berkowitz or his affiliates. This voluntary report is being made in lieu of reporting such distribution on Form 5 within 45 days after the close of WTM's 2006 fiscal year. Mr. Berkowitz previously reported his indirect beneficial ownership of the 62,000 WTM Common Shares held by Fairholme Partners in prior reports but disclaimed beneficial ownershjp of these Common Shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.

2. In connection with the Distribution, Mr. Berkowitz received 2,958 WTM Common Shares.

3. In connection with the Distribution, East Lane L.L.C., a Berkowitz Family Partnership, received 1,479 WTM Common Shares. Mr. Berkowitz is the Managing Member of East Lane L.L.C.

4. In connection with the Distribution, Fairholme Capital Management L.L.C. ("Fairholme Capital") received 16,785 WTM Common Shares. Fairholme Capital is a registered investment adviser owned by Mr. Berkowitz and East Lane L.L.C. Mr. Berkowitz is the Managing Member of Fairholme Capital.

5. Fairholme Ventures II, LLC ("Fairholme Ventures") is the beneficial owner of 1,500 Common Shares of WTM and Fairholme Funds, Inc./The Fairholme Fund (the "Fairholme Fund") is the beneficial owner of 7,000 Common Shares of WTM. Mr. Berkowitz is the Managing Member of Fairholme Capital which is the Managing Member of Fairholme Ventures and the Investment Adviser to Fairholme Fund. Mr. Berkowitz disclaims beneficial ownership of the WTM Common Shares owned by Fairholme Ventures and Fairholme Fund except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

	Dennis P. Beaulieu, by Power of Attorney	03/21/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Brian Palmer, Chief Accounting
Officer, Robert L. Seelig, General Counsel, and
Dennis P. Beaulieu, Secretary, of White Mountains Insurance
Group, Ltd., 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 White
Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (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 Form 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 rendering legal advice of any form, other than satisfying
regulatory filing requirements, with respect to any transactions
to be reported on Forms 3, 4 and 5 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.
The undersigned hereby grants this Power of Attorney with the
understanding that information provided to each such
attorney-in-fact is strictly confidential and will not be
disclosed to senior management, directors or other third parties
whether affiliated or otherwise and will be used solely to
complete and execute any such Form 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
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 a 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
14th day of May, 2004.

/s/  Bruce Berkowitz