8-K
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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) February 1, 2005

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, P.O. Box 1615, Warren, New Jersey   07061-1615
     
(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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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
EX-99.1: PRESS RELEASE
EX-99.2: SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTOR INFORMATION REPORT


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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 February 1, 2005, The Chubb Corporation (Chubb) issued a press release announcing its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2004. On February 1, 2005, Chubb also posted the Supplementary Investor Information Report (SIIR) relating to its fourth quarter and year-end results on its web site at www.chubb.com. 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 2004 fourth quarter and year-end results, scheduled to be webcast at 5:00 P.M. on February 1, 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 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 February 1, 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)

 


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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: February 1, 2005  By:   /s/ Henry B. Schram    
    Name:   Henry B. Schram   
    Title:   Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer 
 

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX TO CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2005

     
Exhibit No.   Description
99.1
  Press release dated February 1, 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)