Lawsuits arising from corporate mergers and acquisitions and “creative theories of liability” are reducing Chubb Limited’s appetite to insure directors’ and officers’ liability. Since 2016, there has been an increase in the frequency of lawsuits against directors and officers, said…
Ciara Brady, who previously worked in Toronto for both Swiss Re and Chubb, becomes head of global liability for Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty effective Jan. 1, AGCS announced Tuesday. Brady will work out of Zurich and succeed Michael Hohmann…
Chubb Ltd. is willing to lose customers if they are not willing to pay higher prices for insurance. “We sacrifice market share (though not happily) in order to maintain an underwriting profit,” Evan Greenberg, chairman and CEO of Chubb Ltd.,…
Companies in Canada and the United States can expect one week of downtime as a result of a ransomware attack, speakers said at NetDiligence’s recent Cyber Risk Summit in Toronto. “A decryption effort, even in the best case scenario, is…
Chubb announced on Tuesday the launch of its Cyber Alert mobile app, designed to offer Canadian and U.S. commercial cyber customers “rapid incident response options and resources in the event of a cyber incident.” The Cyber Alert app provides policyholders…
Chubb Limited has reported a P&C combined ratio of 110.8% for the third quarter of 2017, up 24.8 points from the same quarter last year and “driven by significant catastrophe losses.” “While it was a tough quarter for cats, it’s…
Chubb announced on Wednesday that it has broadened its enterprise risk management solutions for Chubb commercial cyber policyholders in the United States and Canada. Two new policy forms, Cyber Enterprise Risk Management and DigiTech Enterprise Risk Management, combine cyber insurance…
For the 18th consecutive summer, Chubb held its Charity Challenge golf tournaments across North America. The three-city Canadian contingent raised a combined $67,500 for various charities. Congratulations to the winning broker foursomes, who represented Lussier Dale Parizeau Inc. (Montreal), Jones…
Chubb Limited has reported a P&C combined ratio of 88% for the second quarter of 2017 ending June 30, down 3.2 points from 91.2% in the same quarter last year. Chubb released its financial results on Tuesday. The insurer reported…
Chubb’s newly launched multi-line industry practice will focus on providing insurance products, service and risk management solutions for best-in-class large risk transportation clients in both the United States and Canada. The formalization of the practice, within the insurer’s Major Accounts…
Chubb Limited announced Monday it will offer “new increased capacity,” up to US$150 million or 150 million euros, covering terrorism political risk and war risks. “Chubb has increased its terrorism and political violence capacity per account by 300% in the…
On June 5, Chubb hosted an exclusive Insurance Thought Forum, featuring Evan Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Chubb Limited/Group, and the company’s executive team. Approximately 100 Chubb clients and brokers attended the session at Toronto’s Four Seasons Hotel, where Greenberg…