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S&P Raises Chubb’s Ratings to ‘A+’

Dec 16 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its counterparty credit rating on Warren, N.J.-based Chubb Corp. to ‘A+’ from ‘A’, “to reflect reduced notching...

Seven Sentenced in New York for $1M Insurance Fraud Scheme

Dec 16 2008 // Four insurance adjusters and three contractors were ordered to forfeit $248,000 after pleading guilty to kickbacks made possible by inflating insurance claims on properties in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten...

California Wildfires May Take Longer to Settle

Nov 30 2008 // Industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires that burned Southern California in mid-November will range from $600 million to $800 million. Comparatively, those losses are...

Survey: Women Business Owners Optimistic on 2009 Despite Liability Risk

Nov 17 2008 // Nearly three in five (58 percent) women business owners anticipate that their organizations’ revenues will grow in 2009, and nearly one-half (44 percent) do not expect difficulty in obtaining access to credit,...

Survey: Americans Worry Economy Poses Increased Risk to Crime

Nov 11 2008 // More than four in 10 Americans are worried that the current economic environment can expose their families to crime, according to a nationwide survey of 1,000 people. Many survey respondents also indicated that economic...

Travelers, Chubb Protest U.S. Aid for Insurers; Life Insurers Welcome Help

Oct 28 2008 // Property/casualty insurers Travelers Cos. Inc. and Chubb Corp. said they do not need federal financial assistance and chided other insurers pushing to be included in the $700 billion bailout.“Most companies in the...

Loews to Inject $1.25 Billion Into CNA Insurance; CEO to Step Down Early

Oct 27 2008 // The nation’s seventh largest commercial lines insurer, CNA Financial Corp., reported a $331 million net loss for the third quarter chiefly due to catastrophe claims and investment losses and said it will receive...

Hurricane, Investment Losses Cut Into Chubb’s Q3 Profit

Oct 24 2008 // Like many of its property/casualty competitors, Chubb Corp. saw its third quarter profit cut by investment losses and Hurricane Ike but the New Jersey-based insurer still emerged with $264 million in net income, $300...

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Oct 20 2008 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Lionheart Insurance Services hired Pat Piccinonno and Joe Weckerle Jr. to head its newly opened Irvine, Calif., office.Piccinonno, appointed president, has 35 years of insurance management and...

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Oct 6 2008 // Erie Insurance Group named Terrence W. Cavanaugh president and CEO, and an elected member of the firm’s board of directors.Cavanaugh joins Erie from Chubb Corp. where he most recently was senior vice president and...

Travelers, Chubb Stop AIG Surety Business: Marsh

Sep 24 2008 // Insurers Travelers Cos Inc and Chubb Corp will no longer issue surety bonds with American International Group Inc as a co-participant, according to insurance brokerage Marsh Inc.Surety contracts guarantee the performance...

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Sep 22 2008 // The Des Plaines, Ill.-based the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) announced that Robert M. “Bear” Bryant retired as NICB president and CEO, on Sept. 2, 2008.At NICB, Bryant was the force behind the...

Sep 22 2008 // Austin, Texas-based insurance education provider, The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, selected Kathleen G. Speer as director of national business for the not-for-profit organization. Prior to...

Chubb Expands Multinational Insurance Coverage Capabilities

Sep 10 2008 // The Chubb Group announced that it has”expanded its multinational insurance group to encompass both Chubb’s standard P/C products and specialty coverage, such as directors and officers liability insurance.Chubb...

Spiro Is Elected CFO of Chubb

Sep 9 2008 // Richard G. Spiro has been named to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Chubb Corporation.Spiro, 44, will join Chubb as executive vice president on Oct. 1 and will assume the CFO...

Lessons in Globalizing an Insurance Brand

Sep 1 2008 // Chubb Insurance, founded in 1882 in New York, today sells in 28 countries and has about 120 offices throughout North America, Europe, South America and the Pacific Rim, serving its property and casualty customers.While...

Soft Market Exposes Value of Risk Control for Golf Insurers

Aug 28 2008 // For the golf industry, 2008 business is at best a bogey — probably worse. And for the agents, carriers and program managers who cater to the golf and country club world, that’s made for a rough market,...

Burma Rights Group Says XL, Chubb to Withdraw; Chubb Cites ‘Inaccuracies’

Aug 21 2008 // The Burma Campaign UK, a human rights group, has issued a bulletin stating that XL and Chubb have separately announced their withdrawals from the Burmese market. The Campaign said the move was prompted by a bulletin it had...

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Aug 21 2008 // Ruby Chan has joined the Needham, Mass.-based Provider Insurance Co. as director of Internet marketing.Chan has worked for Hewlett Packard and was one of the founding members of the Alta Vista search engine. She moved on...

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Aug 21 2008 // The Chubb Corp. has made four executives appointments:John J. Degnan has been named vice chairman and chief operating officer. Degnan, a former attorney general of New Jersey who joined Chubb nearly 18 years ago, was...