FORM 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 26, 2012

THE CHUBB CORPORATION

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New Jersey   1-8661   13-2595722

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

15 Mountain View Road, Warren, New Jersey   07059
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (908) 903-2000

Not Applicable

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition   
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits   
Signatures   
Exhibit Index to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 26, 2012   
Press release dated January 26, 2012 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)   
Supplementary Investor Information Report (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)   
The Chubb Corporation 2011 Update on Asbestos Reserves (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)   


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The following information, including the text of the exhibits attached hereto, is furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K. On January 26, 2012, The Chubb Corporation (Chubb) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. On January 26, 2012, Chubb also posted on its web site at www.chubb.com the Supplementary Investor Information Report (SIIR) relating to its 2011 fourth quarter and year-end results and The Chubb Corporation 2011 Update on Asbestos Reserves (Asbestos Report). Copies of the press release, the SIIR and the Asbestos Report, all of which are incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02 as if fully set forth herein, are furnished as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3, respectively, to this Form 8-K. In its press release, the SIIR, the Asbestos Report and the conference call to discuss its 2011 fourth quarter and year-end results, scheduled to be webcast at 5:00 P.M. on January 26, 2012, Chubb presents, and will present, its results of operations in the manner that it believes is most meaningful to investors, which includes certain measures that are not prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

  99.1 Press release dated January 26, 2012 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)

 

  99.2 Supplementary Investor Information Report (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)

 

  99.3 The Chubb Corporation 2011 Update on Asbestos Reserves (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    THE CHUBB CORPORATION

Date: January 26, 2012

    By:     /s/ John J. Kennedy
      Name:   John J. Kennedy
      Title:  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Accounting Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX TO CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

DATED JANUARY 26, 2012

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated January 26, 2012 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)
99.2    Supplementary Investor Information Report (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)
99.3    The Chubb Corporation 2011 Update on Asbestos Reserves (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)