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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;28, 2009
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Chubb Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-2595722</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>15 Mountain View Road<BR>
Warren, New Jersey 07059</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Chubb Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (2009)</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>W.
Andrew Macan<BR>
Vice President and Corporate Secretary<BR>
The Chubb Corporation<BR>
15 Mountain View Road<BR>
Warren, New Jersey 07059</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(908)&nbsp;903-2000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $1.00 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,800,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$115,108,000 (2)</TD>
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    <TD>Consists of shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to The Chubb Corporation Long-Term
Incentive Plan (2009) (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be
issuable pursuant to the recapitalization provisions under the Plans is hereby also
registered.</TD>
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    <TD>Computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
determining the registration fee, based upon an assumed price of $41.11 per share, which was
the average of the high and low prices of The Chubb Corporation common shares on April&nbsp;24,
2009, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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    <TD>The prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement also relates to 6,384,935 shares
of common stock of the Registrant that were previously registered pursuant to Registration
Statement No.&nbsp;333-117120 and have not yet been issued pursuant to the Plan; a filing fee of
$52,500 was paid with respect to those shares.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The information called for in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 is not being prepared with or included in this
Form S-8 (by incorporation or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated by reference in this registration statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) are
the following documents filed by The Chubb Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Commission pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;):
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
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    <TD>All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual
report referred to in a. above; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
registration statement filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, including any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all such
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, and, therefore, the
description of the securities is omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Commission.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W.&nbsp;Andrew Macan who prepared the opinion on the validity of the securities being registered is
an officer and employee of the Company and holds a substantial interest in the Company as defined
under Item&nbsp;509 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The New Jersey Business
Corporation Act, as amended (the &#147;NJBCA&#148;), provides that a New Jersey corporation has the power
generally to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and other agents against expenses and
liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving such person by reason of his or her being
or having been a corporate agent, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, such
person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an
action brought by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification of directors, officers,
employees and other agents against expenses is permitted if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation; however, no indemnification is permitted in respect of any claim, issue or matter as
to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to
the extent that the New Jersey Superior Court, or the court in which such proceeding was brought,
shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnification.
Expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee or other agent in connection with a proceeding
may be, under certain circumstances, paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of
the proceeding as authorized by the board of directors. The power to indemnify and advance
expenses under the NJBCA does not exclude other rights to which a director, officer, employee or
other agent of the corporation may be entitled to under the certificate of incorporation, by-laws,
agreement, vote of stockholders, or otherwise, provided that no indemnification is permitted to be
made to or on behalf of such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such
person establishes that his or her acts or omissions were in breach of his or her duty of loyalty
to the corporation or its shareholders, were not in good faith or involved a violation of the law,
or resulted in the receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the NJBCA, a New Jersey corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any director, officer, employee or other agent against any expenses incurred in any
proceeding and any liabilities asserted against him or her by reason of his or her being or having
been a corporate agent, whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify him or her
against such expenses and liabilities under the NJBCA. All of the foregoing powers of
indemnification granted to a New Jersey corporation may be exercised by such corporation
notwithstanding the absence of any provision in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws
authorizing the exercise of such powers. However, a New Jersey corporation may, with certain
limitations, provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director or officer shall not be
personally liable, except in the case of liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or
omission (i)&nbsp;in breach of such director&#146;s or officer&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders, (ii)&nbsp;not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (iii)&nbsp;resulting in
receipt by such director or officer of an improper personal benefit
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to Sections&nbsp;14A:3-5 and 14A:2-7(3) of the NJBCA in connection with the above
summary of indemnification, insurance and limitation of liability.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;TWELFTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company reads as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TWELFTH:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION A. A Director or Officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Corporation or its
stockholders, except for liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (i)&nbsp;in
breach of such Director&#146;s or Officer&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;not
in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (iii)&nbsp;resulting in receipt by such
Director or Officer of an improper personal benefit. The provisions of this section shall be
effective as and to the fullest extent that, in whole or in part, they shall be authorized or
permitted by the laws of the State of New Jersey. No repeal or modification of the foregoing
provisions of this Section&nbsp;A nor, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any modification of law
shall adversely affect any right or protection of a Director or Officer of the Corporation which
exists at the time of such repeal or modification.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION B.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;As used in this Section&nbsp;B:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) &#147;corporate agent&#148; means any person who is or was a director, officer, or employee of the
Corporation and any person who is or was director, officer, trustee or employee of any other
enterprise, serving, or continuing to serve, as such at the written request of the Corporation,
signed by the Chairman or the President or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, or
the legal representative of any such person;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) &#147;other enterprise&#148; means any domestic or foreign corporation, other than the Corporation,
and any partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, whether or not for profit, served by a corporate agent;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) &#147;expenses&#148; means reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel fees;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) &#147;liabilities&#148; means amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments,
fines and penalties;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) &#147;proceeding&#148; means any pending, threatened or completed civil, criminal, administrative or
arbitrative action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation
which could lead to such action, suit or proceeding, and shall include any proceeding as so defined
existing at or before, and any proceedings relating to facts occurring or circumstances existing at
or before, the adoption of this Section&nbsp;B.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Each corporate agent shall be indemnified by the Corporation against his expenses and
liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving the corporate agent by reason of his having
been such corporate agent to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as the same exists or
may hereafter be amended or modified. The right to indemnification conferred by this paragraph 2
shall also include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in connection with
any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the fullest extent authorized by applicable law as the same exists or may hereafter be amended
or modified. The right to indemnification conferred in this paragraph 2 shall be a contract right.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any corporate agent
against any expenses incurred in any proceedings and any liabilities asserted against him by reason
of his having been a corporate agent, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify him against such expenses and liabilities under applicable law as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended or modified. The Corporation may purchase such insurance from, or such
insurance may be reinsured in whole or in part by, an insurer owned by or otherwise affiliated with
the Corporation, whether or not such insurer does business with other insureds.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The rights and authority conferred in this Section&nbsp;B shall not exclude any other right to
which any person may be entitled under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, any
agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise. No repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions
of this Section&nbsp;B nor, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any modification of law, shall
adversely affect any right or protection of a corporate agent which exists at the time of such
repeal or modification.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is insured against certain liabilities which it may incur by reason of Article
TWELFTH of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation. In addition, directors and officers
of the Company are insured at the expense of the Company against certain liabilities which might
arise out of their service and for which they may not be entitled to indemnification.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An Exhibit&nbsp;Index, containing a list of all exhibits filed with this Registration Statement, is
included on page E-1.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;<U>Rule&nbsp;415 Offering</U>. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 9%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 7%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 7%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">Provided however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to
any purchaser:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Subsequent Exchange Act Documents</U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <U>Indemnification</U>. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><U>SIGNATURES</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Registrant</B>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Warren, New Jersey on the 28th day of
April&nbsp;2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">THE CHUBB CORPORATION<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  W. Andrew Macan
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">W. Andrew Macan&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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John D. Finnegan
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Executive Officer (Principal
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard G. Spiro
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Richard G. Spiro
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Chief Financial Officer
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John J. Kennedy
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Zo&#235; Baird</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sheila P. Burke</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James I. Cash, Jr.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joel J. Cohen</DIV></TD>
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S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2009
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
The Chubb Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey
13-2595722
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
15 Mountain View Road
Warren, New Jersey 07059
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
The Chubb Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (2009)
(Full title of the Plan)
W.
Andrew Macan
Vice President and Corporate Secretary
The Chubb Corporation
15 Mountain View Road
Warren, New Jersey 07059
(Name and address of agent for service)
(908) 903-2000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered (1)
registered
price per unit
price
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $1.00 per
share
2,800,000
$41.11
$115,108,000 (2)
$6,423
(1)
Consists of shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to The Chubb Corporation Long-Term
Incentive Plan (2009) (the "Plan"). Such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be
issuable pursuant to the recapitalization provisions under the Plans is hereby also
registered.
(2)
Computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
determining the registration fee, based upon an assumed price of $41.11 per share, which was
the average of the high and low prices of The Chubb Corporation common shares on April 24,
2009, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
The prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement also relates to 6,384,935 shares
of common stock of the Registrant that were previously registered pursuant to Registration
Statement No. 333-117120 and have not yet been issued pursuant to the Plan; a filing fee of
$52,500 was paid with respect to those shares.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-24.1
EX-24.2
EX-24.3
EX-24.4
EX-24.5
EX-24.6
EX-24.7
EX-24.8
EX-24.9
EX-24.10
EX-24.11
EX-24.12
EX-99.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being prepared with or included in this
Form S-8 (by incorporation or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Incorporated by reference in this registration statement (the "Registration Statement") are
the following documents filed by The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") with the Commission pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"):
a.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008;
b.
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual
report referred to in a. above; and
c.
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
registration statement filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, including any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all such
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and, therefore, the
description of the securities is omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Commission.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
W. Andrew Macan who prepared the opinion on the validity of the securities being registered is
an officer and employee of the Company and holds a substantial interest in the Company as defined
under Item 509 of Regulation S-K.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The New Jersey Business
Corporation Act, as amended (the "NJBCA"), provides that a New Jersey corporation has the power
generally to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and other agents against expenses and
liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving such person by reason of his or her being
or having been a corporate agent, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, such
person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an
action brought by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification of directors, officers,
employees and other agents against expenses is permitted if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation; however, no indemnification is permitted in respect of any claim, issue or matter as
to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to
the extent that the New Jersey Superior Court, or the court in which such proceeding was brought,
shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnification.
Expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee or other agent in connection with a proceeding
may be, under certain circumstances, paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of
the proceeding as authorized by the board of directors. The power to indemnify and advance
expenses under the NJBCA does not exclude other rights to which a director, officer, employee or
other agent of the corporation may be entitled to under the certificate of incorporation, by-laws,
agreement, vote of stockholders, or otherwise, provided that no indemnification is permitted to be
made to or on behalf of such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such
person establishes that his or her acts or omissions were in breach of his or her duty of loyalty
to the corporation or its shareholders, were not in good faith or involved a violation of the law,
or resulted in the receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.
Under the NJBCA, a New Jersey corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any director, officer, employee or other agent against any expenses incurred in any
proceeding and any liabilities asserted against him or her by reason of his or her being or having
been a corporate agent, whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify him or her
against such expenses and liabilities under the NJBCA. All of the foregoing powers of
indemnification granted to a New Jersey corporation may be exercised by such corporation
notwithstanding the absence of any provision in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws
authorizing the exercise of such powers. However, a New Jersey corporation may, with certain
limitations, provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director or officer shall not be
personally liable, except in the case of liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or
omission (i) in breach of such director's or officer's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders, (ii) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (iii) resulting in
receipt by such director or officer of an improper personal benefit
Reference is made to Sections 14A:3-5 and 14A:2-7(3) of the NJBCA in connection with the above
summary of indemnification, insurance and limitation of liability.
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Article TWELFTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company reads as follows:
TWELFTH:
SECTION A. A Director or Officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Corporation or its
stockholders, except for liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (i) in
breach of such Director's or Officer's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or stockholders, (ii) not
in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (iii) resulting in receipt by such
Director or Officer of an improper personal benefit. The provisions of this section shall be
effective as and to the fullest extent that, in whole or in part, they shall be authorized or
permitted by the laws of the State of New Jersey. No repeal or modification of the foregoing
provisions of this Section A nor, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any modification of law
shall adversely affect any right or protection of a Director or Officer of the Corporation which
exists at the time of such repeal or modification.
SECTION B.
1. As used in this Section B:
(a) "corporate agent" means any person who is or was a director, officer, or employee of the
Corporation and any person who is or was director, officer, trustee or employee of any other
enterprise, serving, or continuing to serve, as such at the written request of the Corporation,
signed by the Chairman or the President or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, or
the legal representative of any such person;
(b) "other enterprise" means any domestic or foreign corporation, other than the Corporation,
and any partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, whether or not for profit, served by a corporate agent;
(c) "expenses" means reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel fees;
(d) "liabilities" means amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments,
fines and penalties;
(e) "proceeding" means any pending, threatened or completed civil, criminal, administrative or
arbitrative action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation
which could lead to such action, suit or proceeding, and shall include any proceeding as so defined
existing at or before, and any proceedings relating to facts occurring or circumstances existing at
or before, the adoption of this Section B.
2. Each corporate agent shall be indemnified by the Corporation against his expenses and
liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving the corporate agent by reason of his having
been such corporate agent to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as the same exists or
may hereafter be amended or modified. The right to indemnification conferred by this paragraph 2
shall also include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in connection with
any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to
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the fullest extent authorized by applicable law as the same exists or may hereafter be amended
or modified. The right to indemnification conferred in this paragraph 2 shall be a contract right.
3. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any corporate agent
against any expenses incurred in any proceedings and any liabilities asserted against him by reason
of his having been a corporate agent, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify him against such expenses and liabilities under applicable law as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended or modified. The Corporation may purchase such insurance from, or such
insurance may be reinsured in whole or in part by, an insurer owned by or otherwise affiliated with
the Corporation, whether or not such insurer does business with other insureds.
The rights and authority conferred in this Section B shall not exclude any other right to
which any person may be entitled under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, any
agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise. No repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions
of this Section B nor, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any modification of law, shall
adversely affect any right or protection of a corporate agent which exists at the time of such
repeal or modification.
* * *
The Company is insured against certain liabilities which it may incur by reason of Article
TWELFTH of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation. In addition, directors and officers
of the Company are insured at the expense of the Company against certain liabilities which might
arise out of their service and for which they may not be entitled to indemnification.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
An Exhibit Index, containing a list of all exhibits filed with this Registration Statement, is
included on page E-1.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
Rule 415 Offering
. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change
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in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement.
Provided however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to
any purchaser:
(b)
Subsequent Exchange Act Documents
. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c)
Indemnification
. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
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successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Warren, New Jersey on the 28th day of
April 2009.
THE CHUBB CORPORATION
By:
/s/  W. Andrew Macan
W. Andrew Macan
Vice President and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ John D. Finnegan
John D. Finnegan
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
April 28, 2009
/s/ Richard G. Spiro
Richard G. Spiro
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 28, 2009
/s/ John J. Kennedy
John J. Kennedy
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
April 28, 2009
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Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Zoë Baird
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Sheila P. Burke
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
James I. Cash, Jr.
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Joel J. Cohen
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Klaus J. Mangold
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Martin G. McGuinn
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Lawrence M. Small
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Jess Søderberg
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Daniel E. Somers
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Karen Hastie Williams
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
James M. Zimmerman
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Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ *
Director
April 28, 2009
Alfred W. Zollar
* By:
/s/ W. Andrew Macan
W. Andrew Macan, Attorney-in-Fact
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Index to Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Legal Counsel (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
24.1 — 24.12
Powers of Attorney for the directors of The Chubb Corporation in their capacity as
directors (filed herewith).
99.1
The Chubb Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (2009) (filed herewith).
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