Latest Chubb Headlines

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New Jersey Based Argo Pro Hires Edsall

Oct 10 2016 // Argo Pro, a Jersey City, N.J., based member of specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., has appointed Richard Edsall to serve as senior vice president of commercial management...

Betting on the Insurance Industry of Tomorrow at InsureTech Conference

Oct 6 2016 // There was a great turnout for the future of the insurance industry this week in Las Vegas. The occasion was the first InsureTech Connect Conference, which brought together an estimated 1,500 tech entrepreneurs, investors...

CoverHound’s Cyber Insurance Site Now Open for Small Businesses

Oct 5 2016 // Two weeks after unveiling insurance offerings for small businesses on its online platform, CoverHound has launched another website—CyberPolicy.com—with cyber protection tools for a similar target market. Initially...

Chubb Rolls Out New Business Owner’s Policy for Small Business

Sep 21 2016 // Chubb is rolling out a new business owner’s policy, Chubb BOP. Crafted for small businesses, Chubb BOP incorporates protection for property and liability exposures, a supporting umbrella liability product, and the...

CNA Appoints Chubb’s Hernandez to Commercial Risk Control Post

Sep 21 2016 // CNA has named Steve Hernandez as senior vice president, Commercial Risk Control. Hernandez succeeds Bill Boyd who announced his retirement earlier this year after 12 years of service at CNA and a 38-year career in the...

Aspen U.S. Appoints Chubb’s Feighan as Head of Accident and Health

Sep 20 2016 // Aspen U.S. Insurance has appointed Michael Feighan as senior vice president and U.S. head of Accident and Health. Feighan joins Aspen from Chubb where he served as chief marketing officer for Accident and Heath from May...

Larson Joins CNA from Chubb, Named Sr. VP – Financial Institutions, Management Liability

Sep 19 2016 // Chicago-based CNA has appointed Paul Larson to senior vice president, Financial Institutions and Management Liability, effective Oct. 3. He will be responsible for driving strategy and profitable growth for both of these...

Chubb Expands Cyber Risk Engineering Offerings Into the U.K., Ireland

Sep 16 2016 // Chubb has expanded its cyber risk engineering capabilities in the U.K. and Ireland, as it continues to invest in building its cyber enterprise risk management proposition in the region. Chubb’s U.K. and Ireland...

Chubb Promotes Navakas to New York Overseas General Insurance Division

Sep 14 2016 // Property and casualty insurance company Chubb has promoted Raimund Navakas to executive vice president of its Overseas General Insurance division based in New York. In this role, Navakas will continue to lead the...

Chubb Promotes Keaney to International High Net Worth Underwriting VP

Sep 12 2016 // Chubb announced that Jamie Keaney, formerly European Personal Risk Services underwriting manager, has been promoted to the new role of vice president and chief underwriting officer for International Personal Risk Services,...

Chubb Plays Role in Recovering, Donating Iconic 9/11 Flag to Memorial

Sep 11 2016 // The iconic American flag three New York City firefighters raised above World Trade Center rubble on 9/11 that later disappeared has been recovered and donated to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, 9/11...

W.R. Berkley Forms Transactional Division; Names Chubb’s Hein President

Sep 7 2016 // W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the formation of Berkley Transactional as a division of Berkley Professional Liability Underwriters (BerkleyPro). Berkley Transactional will underwrite transactional insurance products,...

AIG, Chubb, XL Group Lead in U.S. Cyber Coverage Market Share: Fitch Ratings

Sep 6 2016 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry generated $1 billion in direct written premium volume for cyber insurance in 2015. American International Group (AIG), Chubb and XL Group led the market, according to Fitch...

Cyber Insurance in the Wake of PF Chang’s vs Chubb

Sep 6 2016 // Rebuilding Cyber Insurance in the Wake of P.F. Chang’s vs Chubb Ltd. If the cyber insurance landscape seems like a confusing mess, you are not alone. In fact, the recent case of P.F. Changs v. Federal Insurance Co....

Harris to Head Chubb North America Global Services Division

Sep 2 2016 // Tom Harris has been appointed executive vice president, Global Services, for Chubb North America. In his new role, Harris will have worldwide responsibility for commercial insurance for global clients of all sizes....

AIG, Chubb, XL Lead in $1 Billion U.S. Cyber Insurance Market: Fitch

Aug 29 2016 // About 120 U.S. insurance groups wrote an estimated $1 billion in cyber insurance direct written premiums in 2015, according to Fitch. Fitch aggregated the cybersecurity statutory supplement data for the U.S....

Besnia, Formerly with Chubb, Joins Great American Insurance

Aug 24 2016 // Great American Insurance Group has hired Kerry Besnia as divisional vice president within its Property and Casualty Group. In his new role, Besnia will be focused on developing new distribution sources while utilizing his...

Venture Capital, Traditional Insurer Interest in Insurtech Remains High

Aug 24 2016 // Even though venture capital investments in venture capital-backed financial technology (fintech) companies fell more than 50 percent globally during the second quarter of 2016, interest in insurance technology startups...

Chubb Enhances Cover for Commercial Entertainment Producers in UK & Ireland

Aug 4 2016 // Chubb said it has enhanced insurance policy wording for companies producing television and other advertising commercials in the UK & Ireland, as the creative industry sector continues to grow and its risks evolve. The...

The Hartford Names Chubb’s Ciullo To Lead Bond Business

Aug 3 2016 // The Hartford has appointed Rick Ciullo chief operating officer of Hartford Bond, one of the largest underwriters of surety and fidelity bonds in the U.S. Ciullo will lead The Hartford’s business that provides surety...