Chubb Countersues Owners of Ohio Mansion Gutted by Fire

An insurance company is suing the owners of a $4 million mansion that burned to the ground in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, last year.

Chubb National Insurance Co. recently filed a lawsuit in federal court in Cincinnati in response to one filed earlier this year by mansion owners Jeffrey and Maria Decker.

The Deckers are suing the Warren, N.J.-based insurance company for $60 million, saying it didn’t honor their claims and gave no reasonable justification for the denial.

Chubb’s lawsuit says the Deckers made false statements about their fire losses and financial condition.

The Jan. 10, 2014, fire at the 10,000-square-foot Indian Hill home took hours to extinguish. Authorities haven’t determined the cause of the blaze.

The county auditor’s website had listed the home as worth more than $4 million.