UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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)
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July 26, 2005 | |
THE CHUBB CORPORATION
| New Jersey | 1-8661 | 13-2595722 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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| 15 Mountain View Road, P.O. Box 1615, Warren, New Jersey | 07061-1615 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
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(908) 903-2000 | |
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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 July 26, 2005, The Chubb Corporation (Chubb) issued a press release announcing its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. On July 26, 2005, Chubb also posted on its web site at www.chubb.com the Supplementary Investor Information Report (SIIR) relating to its 2005 second quarter results. Copies of the press release and the SIIR are attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively. In its earnings release, the SIIR and in the conference call to discuss its 2005 second quarter results, scheduled to be webcast at 5:00 P.M. on July 26, 2005, 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 based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, as more fully described in the press release and the SIIR furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02 as if fully set forth herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (c) | Exhibits. |
| 99.1 | Press release dated July 26, 2005 (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) | |||
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: | July 26, 2005 | By: | /s/ Henry B. Schram | |||||||||
| Name: | Henry B. Schram | |||||||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | |||||||||||