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Ace Sells $5.3 Billion of Bonds for Chubb Deal

Oct 28 2015 // Ace Ltd. yesterday sold $5.3 billion of bonds to finance its acquisition of Chubb Corp.The debt sale, which will help close a deal valued at about $30 billion, was issued in four parts, with the longest portion, a 30-year...

Ace Group $5.3 Billion Bond to Help Finance $28.3 Billion Acquisition of Chubb

Oct 27 2015 // Ace Group on Tuesday announced a $5.3 billion four-part bond to help finance its acquisition of Chubb, Reuters reported this morning.The Chubb deal is expected to be priced later today. Ace filed its preliminary prospectus...

Chubb Shareholders Say No to Finnegan’s $80M Golden Parachute

Oct 22 2015 // Chubb Corp. shareholders opposed an $80 million golden parachute payment for Chief Executive Officer John Finnegan, who struck a deal to sell the insurer to Ace Ltd.About 61 percent of voting shareholders said no to the...

Chubb Shareholders Approve Merger with Ace

Oct 22 2015 // The Chubb Corp. said its shareholders approved the previously announced $28.3 billion merger agreement with Ace Limited today.The proposal to approve the merger agreement received support from approximately 98 percent of...

Ace’s Greenberg Says Chubb Integration Will Take Years

Oct 22 2015 // Ace Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg said it would be a mistake to start celebrating his agreement to buy Chubb Corp. for more than $28 billion, because the real test will be to integrate the...

Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Adds New All Risk Property Program in 50 States

Oct 19 2015 // San Diego, CA, October 19 2015 – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead), one of the largest program administrators in the country, announced today the addition of a new Commercial All Risk property...

People – Southeast

Oct 5 2015 // George Rogers has been promoted to senior vice president at GEICO. Rogers’ new responsibilities include oversight for GEICO’s Southeast and Midwest operations in addition to his current duties as vice president...

ACE-Chubb Deal Clears Antitrust Hurdle

Oct 1 2015 // The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has given the green light to ACE Limited’s $28 billion acquisition of rival insurer Chubb Corp.In a regulatory filing, ACE reported that it received notice on Sept. 30 from the FTC...

ACE to Appoint Andrade to Head Future Int’l. Non-Life Insurance Operations

Sep 28 2015 // ACE Ltd. announced that it intends to appoint Juan C. Andrade, as executive VP of the new Chubb Group and President of the International Non-life Insurance division, which encompasses operations with both retail broker and...

ACE Takes 24% Stake in CoverHound’s Online Commercial Insurance Plans

Sep 22 2015 // CoverHound has raised $33.3 million in a financing round led by ACE Group, which the company plans to use to build an online commercial insurance platform starting with businessowners policy insurance offerings that could...

U.S. Taxes Push Insurance Start-Ups Offshore: Fishman

Sep 17 2015 // Jay Fishman, who built New York-based Travelers Cos. into one of the world’s biggest insurers, lamented that disparities in tax rates are pushing established rivals and industry newcomers outside the U.S.Over the...

ACE Names Leaders for New Chubb Business Units, Major Product Lines

Sep 8 2015 // ACE Limited today revealed the leadership teams for the company’s North American business units, including national accounts, middle market, small commercial, high net worth personal lines, wholesale/excess and...

ACE Reveals New Chubb Field Management Team, 8 Regional Executives

Sep 8 2015 // ACE Limited announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the company’s North America field organization that will take over upon completion of the acquisition of Chubb, which ACE said is expected in the...

QBE Appoints Lingafelter as Managing Director of Asia Pacific Region

Aug 31 2015 // QBE Insurance has appointed Mark Lingafelter as managing director of its Asia Pacific region with effect from September 1, 2015.Based in Singapore, Lingafelter will be accountable for the ongoing execution of the QBE Asia...

Chubb’s Stephenson Joins CNA Commercial as Chief Underwriting Officer

Aug 24 2015 // CNA has appointed Julie Stephenson as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer for CNA Commercial. In this role, Stephenson will be responsible for underwriting oversight and governance for all business written...

People – East

Aug 17 2015 // ACE Limited, which announced plans to acquire Chubb for $28 billion in July, has designated a post-merger leadership team for the North American insurance operations of the combined company.The North America leadership...

AIG Sees Opportunity in ACE-Chubb Marriage

Aug 17 2015 // ACE Limited’s acquisition of Chubb Insurance could create opportunity for American International Group (AIG), which is already a major player in the high net worth market along with both ACE and Chubb.Asked during an...

AIG Insurance Results Down in Q2; CEO Sees Opportunity in ACE-Chubb

Aug 4 2015 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) today reported net income of $1.8 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to $3.1 billion, for the second quarter of 2014. Second quarter net income declined primarily...

Chubb Did Not Seek Competing Offers Prior to ACE Deal

Aug 3 2015 // Chubb Corp. and its bankers at Guggenheim Securities opted against seeking competing offers before the insurer agreed to be purchased by ACE Ltd. for more than $28 billion.“It was not asked by the Chubb board to, and...

The New Chubb Will Preserve Old Chubb’s Agency Culture, Says ACE’s Greenberg

Aug 3 2015 // The new company formed as a result of ACE Limited’s $28 billion acquisition of The Chubb Corp. will continue the Chubb practices that have made it a favorite among independent insurance agents, ACE CEO Evan Greenberg...