Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisitions	Acquisitions Huatai Group Chubb maintains a direct investment in Huatai Insurance Group Co., Ltd. (Huatai Group). Huatai Group is the parent company of, and owns 100 percent of, Huatai Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. (Huatai P&C), approximately 80 percent of Huatai Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Huatai Life), and approximately 82 percent of Huatai Asset Management Co., Ltd. (collectively, Huatai). Huatai Group's insurance operations have more than 600 branches and 17 million customers in China. In November 2020, we completed the purchase of an incremental 0.9 percent ownership interest in Huatai Group for approximately $65 million, which was paid in January 2021. As of March 31, 2021, Chubb's aggregate ownership interest in Huatai Group was approximately 47.1 percent. Chubb applies the equity method of accounting to its investment in Huatai Group by recording its share of net income or loss in Other (income) expense in the Consolidated statements of operations. In 2019, Chubb entered into an agreement to acquire an additional 7.1 percent ownership interest in Huatai Group. The purchase of the additional 7.1 percent ownership interest is contingent upon important conditions. Upon completion of the 7.1 percent purchase, Chubb is expected to obtain majority ownership of Huatai Group and control of Huatai. At that time, Chubb is expected to apply consolidation accounting and discontinue the application of the equity method of accounting.

Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Huatai Group

Chubb maintains a direct investment in Huatai Insurance Group Co., Ltd. (Huatai Group). Huatai Group is the parent company of, and owns 100 percent of, Huatai Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. (Huatai P&C), approximately 80 percent of Huatai Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Huatai Life), and approximately 82 percent of Huatai Asset Management Co., Ltd. (collectively, Huatai). Huatai Group's insurance operations have more than 600 branches and 17 million customers in China. In November 2020, we completed the purchase of an incremental 0.9 percent ownership interest in Huatai Group for approximately $65 million, which was paid in January 2021.

As of March 31, 2021, Chubb's aggregate ownership interest in Huatai Group was approximately 47.1 percent. Chubb applies the equity method of accounting to its investment in Huatai Group by recording its share of net income or loss in Other (income) expense in the Consolidated statements of operations. In 2019, Chubb entered into an agreement to acquire an additional 7.1 percent ownership interest in Huatai Group. The purchase of the additional 7.1 percent ownership interest is contingent upon important conditions. Upon completion of the 7.1 percent purchase, Chubb is expected to obtain majority ownership of Huatai Group and control of Huatai. At that time, Chubb is expected to apply consolidation accounting and discontinue the application of the equity method of accounting.