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) December 4, 2014
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.)
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| Exhibit Index to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 5, 2014 |
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| Notice, dated as of December 4, 2014, by and between The Chubb Corporation and John D. Finnegan |
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
| (b) | As previously disclosed, John D. Finnegan, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chubb Corporation (Chubb), and the Board of Directors of Chubb have agreed that Mr. Finnegan will retire from Chubb on December 31, 2016. |
In order to effect Mr. Finnegan’s retirement at the end of 2016 under the terms of his existing employment agreement with Chubb (the Employment Agreement), Chubb’s Board of Directors, at its regularly scheduled meeting on December 4, 2014, approved Chubb’s delivery of the notice required under the Employment Agreement so that Mr. Finnegan’s employment under the Employment Agreement will end concurrent with his expected retirement effective on December 31, 2016. Subsequently, the notice was executed and delivered by Chubb and agreed to by Mr. Finnegan. Chubb and Mr. Finnegan agreed to the delivery of the notice at this time in order to comply with the provisions of the Employment Agreement requiring two years’ prior notice of the end of his employment under the Employment Agreement.
The notice is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| 99.1 | Notice, dated as of December 4, 2014, by and between The Chubb Corporation and John D. Finnegan |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| THE CHUBB CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: December 5, 2014 | By: | /s/ Maureen A. Brundage | ||||
| Name: Maureen A. Brundage | ||||||
| Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX TO CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
FILED ON DECEMBER 5, 2014
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Notice, dated as of December 4, 2014, by and between The Chubb Corporation and John D. Finnegan | |