E-Applications Make It Easier To Buy Chubb Liability Products

Warren, NJ - The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has launched electronic applications for their professional and management liability insurance products on Chubb.com. Agents, brokers and customers can download and save the editable PDF files on their computers, then complete and submit the applications to Chubb electronically.

"We are committed to making it easier for agents, brokers and customers to do business with Chubb," said Judy Cook, vice president, Chubb & Son, and e-business manager, Chubb Specialty Insurance. "Chubb's new e-applications for professional and management liability insurance products provide agents, brokers and customers with a fast and easy way to complete and submit applications. No password or user ID is required. The application can be completed and saved on the customer's desktop and shared via email. Once the agent or broker and the customer have completed the application, they simply email it to Chubb."

"The release of the e-applications, as well as the recent redesign of our web site, chubb.com, are the direct results of feedback from our agents, brokers and customers," said Kathleen Tierney, senior vice president, Chubb & Son, and director of strategic marketing, Chubb Specialty Insurance. "Both are important components of our on-line services and make it easier for producers and customers to choose Chubb. They also help lay a foundation for future on-line enhancements."

The electronic applications are easily accessible from the new Forms & Applications page on chubb.com (http://search.chubb.com/formresearch/). Adobe Reader Version 6.1 or higher is required to electronically edit and save the applications. E-applications are currently available for:

• CHUBB PROE&O – Errors and omissions liability insurance tailored to individual professions.
  
• D&O Elite – Provides directors and officers with their own dedicated limit of liability.
  
• Executive Protection Portfolio – A package of insurance coverages for publicly owned companies, including directors and officers (D&O) liability, employment practices liability (EPL), crime, fiduciary liability, kidnap/ransom and extortion, and outside directorship liability.
  
• ForeFront Portfolio – Eight insurance coverages from which privately owned companies can select, including D&O liability, professional liability, EPL, fiduciary liability, kidnap/ransom and extortion, outside directorship liability, workplace violence expense, and Internet liability.
  
• ForeFront Portfolio for Community Banks – Six coverages tailored to community banks, including D&O, EPL, fiduciary liability, outside directorship liability, bankers professional liability and lender liability.
  
• ForeFront Security by Chubb – Responds to a variety of other community bank exposures, including financial institution bond, electronic and computer crime, safe depository liability, workplace violence expense, and kidnap/ransom and extortion.
  
• ForeFront Portfolio for Not-For-Profit Organizations – Five insurance coverages designed for not-for-profit organizations and the individuals who serve them, including directors and officers and entity liability, EPL, fiduciary liability, crime, and kidnap/ransom and extortion.

The e-applications can be used for new or renewal business by both retail agents and wholesale brokers and include different versions as required by various states.

SOURCE: Chubb Group of Insurance Companies