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Insurer Chubb Readies $350M Payout Tied to Baltimore Bridge Collapse

May 2 2024 // Chubb, which had insured Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, is getting ready to pay $350 million to the state of Maryland, in what could be the first major payout tied to the collapsing of the bridge in March.The...

Chubb CEO Greenberg: Some Financial Lines Underwriting Practices ‘Simply Dumb’

Apr 25 2024 // According to Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg, the insurance industry’s underwriting practices for a number of financial lines are “simply dumb.”In a call with analysts to discuss Chubb’s earnings for...

Chubb Wins Latest Battle With New York Diocese in Bid to Avoid Sex Abuse Claims

Apr 24 2024 // A New York state appeals court has reinstated Chubb insurance companies’ bid for judgments declaring that they are not obligated to cover thousands of sex abuse lawsuits brought against the Archdiocese of New York...

Chubb Records 13.3% Uptick in Q1 Net Income on Underwriting

Apr 23 2024 // Chubb started 2024 off with first quarter net income up 13.3%, compared to the same time a year ago, to about $2.1 billion.The first three months of 2024 followed a year Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg called the “best...

Chubb to Acquire MGA Healthy Paws From Aon

Apr 23 2024 // Chubb said it is acquiring managing general agent Healthy Paws from Aon plc.Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based Chubb has been the exclusive underwriter of Healthy Paws’ pet insurance program for Aon since 2013....

People Moves: Chubb Names Scheffler COO of Personal Risk Services; AXIS Appoints Morley Head of US E&O

Apr 19 2024 // Chubb said it has promoted Melissa Scheffler to chief operating officer of Personal Risk Services (PRS). Currently, Scheffler serves as regional executive officer for the Mid-Atlantic region.In a corresponding move, Bryce...

Middle-Market Companies Post Record Gains: Chubb

Apr 15 2024 // Middle-market companies posted record economic growth and revenue gains in the second half of 2023, according to a recent indicator survey by Chubb.A record 77% of companies reported performance improvement in the last six...

5th Circuit: Chubb Must Cover SXSW in Suit Over Cancelled 2020 Festival

Mar 26 2024 // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Chubb must cover restitution claims paid to ticket holders of the 2020 South by Southwest film festival cancelled due to COVID-19.A three-judge panel reversed a summary...

Chubb: Middle Market Companies Post Record Gains

Mar 26 2024 // Middle-market companies posted record economic growth and revenue gains in the second half of 2023, according to a recent indicator survey by Chubb.A record 77% of companies reported performance improvement in the last six...

Chubb Launches Global Transactional Risk Platform to Grow International Footprint

Mar 18 2024 // Chubb announced the launch of a global transactional risk platform to provide transactional risk liability insurance products across international markets.Chubb has appointed Josh Cowen as senior vice president,...

Chubb’s Greenberg Defends Issuing Appeal Bond to Trump: ‘We Don’t Take Sides’

Mar 13 2024 // Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg, recognizing the criticism swirling around his company’s involvement in recently providing Donald Trump with a $91.6 million appeal bond, penned a letter to explain.“When Chubb issues...

Trump Posts $91.6M Bond From Chubb Subsidiary in Carroll Case

Mar 8 2024 // Donald Trump secured a $91.6 million bond from insurer Chubb in order to allow the former president to appeal an $83.3 million verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.The surety bond contract with...

Chubb Writing More Personal E&S but CEO Greenberg Doesn’t Like the Trend

Feb 19 2024 // Chubb is writing more North American personal excess and surplus lines business, but the insurer’s chief executive is not exactly celebrating.While he reminded analysts during a fourth-quarter 2023 earnings...

People Moves: AXA XL Names Chia Cyber CUO, Americas; Chubb Appoints Gillston Head of North America Industry Practices; Sheckells to Lead Alera HR Team

Feb 1 2024 // AXA XL Names Chia Cyber as Chief Underwriting Officer in the AmericasAXA XL named Michelle Chia as chief underwriting officer for cyber in the Americas. Based in New York, Chia assumes her new role on Feb. 12. Chia joins...

Chubb Writing More Personal E&S but CEO Greenberg Doesn’t Like the Trend

Feb 1 2024 // Chubb is writing more North American personal excess and surplus lines business, but the insurer’s chief executive is not exactly celebrating.While he reminded analysts during a fourth-quarter earnings conference...

Record Q4 at Chubb Ends Historic, ‘Blowout Year’

Jan 31 2024 // Record fourth quarter 2023 net income of $3.3 billion, a huge increase over net income of about $1.3 billion during the same period a year ago, ended what Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg called a “blowout...

People Moves: Aventum Promotes Eldridge to MD; Aon Names Dando as EMEA Head of Strategy, Technology Group; Chubb Taps WTW’s Källs as Country Mgr, Sweden/Finland

Jan 25 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the re/insurance group Aventum, the broker Aon, and insurer Chubb.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aventum Promotes Eldridge to MDAventum, the...

Climate Change, Nuclear Verdicts Worry Wealthy North Americans: Chubb Survey

Jan 9 2024 // A new Chubb report has found that 76% of wealthy Americans and Canadians believe exposure to extreme weather due to climate change is among the biggest threats to their homes.Sixty-three percent of respondents to the...

Judge Blocks Chubb Exit From New York Diocese’s Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Suits

Dec 19 2023 // A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover the Archdiocese of New York parishes and schools as they contend with thousands of sex abuse...

Tech Update: Chubb and NetSPI Launch Cyber Protection Partnership

Dec 13 2023 // Chubb announced a collaboration with NetSPI, a global provider proactive security. The pairing is designed to strengthen clients’ cyber-risk profiles with enhanced attack surface management and penetration testing...