Latest Chubb Headlines

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People

Apr 17 2006 // Palisades Safety and Insurance Management Corporation, a New Jersey private passenger automobile insurer, announced that Ed Fernandez has assumed the role of president and CEO, effective immediately. Fernandez succeeds...

Report AXA May Sell Reinsurance Units to Stone Point Capital

Apr 6 2006 // According to a report in the French financial daily Les Echos the AXA Group is close to concluding a deal to sell its reinsurance activities to the Greenwich, Conn.-based investment firm Stone Point Capital. Neither AXA...

Katrina not enough to cause many homeowners to buy flood coverage

Apr 3 2006 // Despite Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, a new survey says that most Americans are not very concerned about buying flood insurance for their homes. Only 14 percent of Americans say they have purchased flood insurance...

Kristin Wall

Apr 3 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation named Kristin Wall, president and chief operating officer, to replace Steve Cavanaugh as chief executive officer. Cavanaugh tendered his resignation at the March 16 Board...

Katrina not enough to cause many homeowners to buy flood coverage

Apr 3 2006 // Despite Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, a new survey says that most Americans are not very concerned about buying flood insurance for their homes. Only 14 percent of Americans say they have purchased flood insurance...

Survey Finds Private Companies Acting More Like Public Companies; At Increased Risk of a Liability Lawsuit

Mar 31 2006 // “Many private companies are planning activities that may increase their exposure to management liability risks,” said Lisa McGee, vice president, Chubb & Son, during the Inc. 500 Conference. According to...

ACE Westchester Appoints Casey as SVP, Management Liability

Mar 28 2006 // ACE Westchester Specialty Group, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused property and casualty operation of the ACE Group of Companies, appointed Joseph Casey as senior vice president, Management Liability for its Professional...

Chubb Increases Limits on Law Firm Package Policy

Mar 27 2006 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has enhanced its Customarq for Law Firms policy to included increased limits and key policy enhancements at no extra cost. Chubb has increased Customarq’s automatic blanket...

Financial Planners Pay More Attention to P/C Insurance and Risk Management

Mar 21 2006 // Property/casualty insurance and risk management increasingly play a role in financial planning, according to a survey by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. Fifty-seven percent of the 102 financial planners surveyed...

People and Places

Mar 20 2006 // Seven Main Street America Group employees were inducted March 9 in Jacksonville, Fla. into the Circle of Excellence, an annual employee recognition program established in 1985. The winners were selected for their 2005...

People and Places

Mar 20 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco Insurance Companies has appointed Michael LaRocco as president and chief operating officer. In that expanded role, LaRocco will bring together the company’s property and casualty operations, and...

People

Mar 19 2006 // Seven Main Street America Group employees were inducted March 9 in Jacksonville, Fla. into the Circle of Excellence, an annual employee recognition program established in 1985. The winners were selected for their 2005...

ACE USA Names Malloy SVP and Southwest Regional Executive Officer

Mar 15 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, announced that James J. Malloy has been appointed senior vice president and regional executive officer for ACE USA’s Southwest...

Biotech Group Renews Endorsement of Chubb Life Sciences Program

Mar 14 2006 // The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has renewed its endorsement of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies’ life sciences program. BIO first endorsed Chubb’s general property and casualty insurance for...

Stevens Named Branch Manager of ACE USA in Tampa, Fla.

Mar 3 2006 // Tony Stevens has been named branch manager of the Tampa, Fla. office of ACE USA of Philadelphia, Pa., the U.S.-based operating division of the ACE Group of Companies. In this newly-created position, Stevens will work...

Survey Reports Katrina Doesn’t Move Many Homeowners to Protect Their Investment

Mar 2 2006 // Despite Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, a new survey says that most Americans are not very concerned about buying flood insurance for their homes. Only 14 percent of Americans say they have purchased flood insurance...

Best Affirms FSR for Chubb

Mar 2 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A++ (Superior) of the property/casualty subsidiaries of The Chubb Corporation (Chubb) and has affirmed the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-”...

Survey of Agents Finds No Immediate Crisis in N.Y. Homeowners Market

Feb 28 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. reported that a week-long survey of its members regarding the current conditions of the homeowners market in downstate New York found there is no immediate crisis in...

New Markets

Feb 20 2006 // Employment Practices LiabilityNuts & Bolts: CNA has introduced a stand-alone employment practices liability product. The new coverage, EPL Solutions, targets publicly traded commercial companies, financial...

New Markets

Feb 19 2006 // New Markets Nuts & Bolts: CNA has introduced a stand-alone employment practices liability product. The new coverage, EPL Solutions, targets publicly traded commercial companies, financial institutions and financial...