General Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalent (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020		Dec. 31, 2019		Mar. 31, 2019	[4]	Dec. 31, 2018	[4]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash	$ 1,512	[1]	$ 1,537	[2]
Restricted cash	146		109
Total cash and restricted cash shown in the Consolidated statement of cash flows	$ 1,658	[3]	$ 1,646	[3]	$ 1,393		$ 1,340

[1] Chubb maintains two notional multicurrency cash pools (Pools) with a third-party bank. Various Chubb entities participate in one or the other of the Pools, pursuant to which credit and debit balances in individual Chubb accounts are translated daily into a single currency and pooled on a notional basis. Individual Chubb entities are permitted to overdraw on their individual accounts provided the overall Pool balances do not fall below zero. At March 31, 2020, the cash balance of one or more entities was negative; however, the overall Pool balances were positive.

[2] Chubb maintains two notional multicurrency cash pools (Pools) with a third-party bank. Refer to the 2019 Form 10-K for additional information.

[3] Chubb maintains two notional multicurrency cash pools (Pools) with a third-party bank. Various Chubb entities participate in one or the other of the Pools, pursuant to which credit and debit balances in individual Chubb accounts are translated daily into a single currency and pooled on a notional basis. Individual Chubb entities are permitted to overdraw on their individual accounts provided the overall Pool balances do not fall below zero. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the cash balance of one or more entities was negative; however, the overall Pool balances were positive.

[4] Chubb maintains two notional multicurrency cash pools (Pools) with a third-party bank. Various Chubb entities participate in one or the other of the Pools, pursuant to which credit and debit balances in individual Chubb accounts are translated daily into a single currency and pooled on a notional basis. Individual Chubb entities are permitted to overdraw on their individual accounts provided the overall Pool balances do not fall below zero. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the cash balance of one or more entities was negative; however, the overall Pool balances were positive.