Latest Chubb Headlines

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ACE USA Names Senior VP of Distribution Management in New York

Jun 27 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has appointed Teresa Black as senior vice president of distribution management. Black returns to ACE in this new role, and will work collaboratively with...

ACE USA Expands International Advantage Coverage

Jun 26 2012 // ACE USA has expanded its International Advantage product to offer enhanced coverages for the risks faced by professional services employees doing business overseas. Three foreign package offerings designed for accountants...

Chubb Expands Wildfire Defense Services in Texas

Jun 20 2012 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has expanded its Wildfire Defense Services to most of Texas less than a year after the state experienced its worst wildfire season on record. The free loss-prevention service is now...

Public Companies Underestimate Risk of Directors and Officers Lawsuit: Survey

Jun 18 2012 // Public company executives may be in for a surprise lawsuit. Despite the odds that they and their directors will be sued in the next 12 months, a new Chubb Public Company Risk Survey has found that more than 80 percent...

Chubb Adds Covert Shipment Tracking to Suite of Security Services

Jun 14 2012 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and FreightWatch International are teaming up against record-high levels of cargo theft. FreightWatch, which reported an 8.3 percent increase in the number of cargo thefts last year,...

ACE USA Enhances International Casualty Coverage

May 25 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has enhanced its international casualty coverage, ACE ATLAS CMP. The coverage is specifically designed to provide coverage for U.S.-based multinational...

People – East

May 21 2012 // Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC, a global risk and reinsurance intermediary division of N.Y.-headquartered Marsh & McLennan Companies, appointed Andrew Marcell as chief executive officer of U.S. operations and Pete...

ACE Westchester Appoints VP in New York

May 8 2012 // ACE Westchester, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused insurance division of the ACE Group, appointed Richard Luca as vice president of management liability for its professional risk division. He is based in the greater New...

ACE Adds Preferred Securities Panel Option to D&O Policies

May 7 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has enhanced its directors & officers liability policy with a non-mandatory panel counsel option. The ACE Preferred Securities Panel consists of law...

Chubb Posts $506M Q1 Income, Bigger Underwriting Profit

May 7 2012 // The Chubb Corporation reported $506 million in net income for the 2012 first quarter, down slightly — 0.59% — from $509 million income reported one year ago. The insurer’s underwriting profit improved...

CEOs Remain Bullish on Firming Rates

May 7 2012 // The 2012 first-quarter corporate earnings season is in a full swing — and that gives us a valuable opportunity to listen to top insurance CEOs and their perspective on pricing. The Travelers Companies CEO Jay Fishman...

ACE USA Enhances Hospice Insurance Products

Apr 27 2012 // ACE USA’s ACE Medical Risk Division now offers an endorsement for hospice care eligibility requirements. This new enhanced hospice care eligibility recertification endorsement serves as an amendment to ACE’s...

Best Affirms Chubb Corp. and Subs ‘A++’ Ratings

Apr 23 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A++’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa+” of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and its property/casualty...

Chubb: $506M Q1 Income, Business Insurance Renewal Prices Edge Up

Apr 19 2012 // The Chubb Corporation reported $506 million in net income for the 2012 first quarter, down slightly — 0.59% — from $509 million income reported one year ago. The insurer’s underwriting profit improved...

ACE USA, RPS Healthcare Expand E&O Coverage for Podiatrists

Apr 16 2012 // ACE USA’s ACE Medical Risk Division now offers increased reimbursement limits for legal expenses incurred because of an action by a federal or state agency arising from a podiatrist’s participation in the...

Chubb’s Petrosino Joins IICF National Board of Governors

Mar 29 2012 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation named Gary C. Petrosino, executive vice president of Chubb & Son and western U.S. territory field officer for Chubb, to the foundation’s national board of...

Chubb Sues Actress Marisa Tomei Over $129K Damage in NYC Apartment

Feb 6 2012 // Three insurance companies have sued Academy Award-winning actress Marisa Tomei in a New York court last week, seeking $128,755 in damages. Pacific Indemnity Company, Federal Insurance Company and Vigilant Insurance Company...

Chubb System Helps Expedite Clinical Trials in China and Brazil

Feb 1 2012 // An online system from Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. can now be used to instantly obtain specimen policy language for trials in many countries where ethics committees require the review of insurance contract terms and...

Chubb Says Commercial Renewal Rates Rose 6% in Q4, Up From 4% in Q3

Jan 30 2012 // Chubb Corporation said its commercial insurance renewal rates were up 6 percent in the 2011 fourth quarter, as the pace of renewal rate increases continues to accelerate. Chubb also said it secured renewal rate hikes in...

Chubb Posts $452M in Q4 Profit, Approves $1.2B Share Buyback

Jan 27 2012 // The Chubb Corporation reported fourth-quarter net income of $452 million, down 27 percent from $620 million net income reported during the same period one year ago. The Warren, N.J.-based insurer said the results were hurt...