8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

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) – March 28, 2006

 


ACE LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Cayman Islands   1-11778   98-0091805

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

ACE Global Headquarters

17 Woodbourne Avenue

Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (441) 295-5200

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


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Item 8.01 Other Events.

ACE Limited filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K on March 16, 2006. Within the section entitled “Item 7 —Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Unpaid Losses and Loss Expenses” (appearing on page 68 of the Form 10-K as filed), the table segregating loss reserves by components incorrectly classified the first subtotal as “Casualty” when it should have been classified as “Property and other” and the second subtotal as “Property” when it should have been classified as “Casualty”. The complete table, as corrected, appears below.

The following table segregates the reserves by components including property and other, casualty and personal accident at December 31, 2005.

 

     Gross    Ceded    Net
     (in millions of U.S. dollars)

Property and other

        

Case reserves

   $ 2,961    $ 952    $ 2,009

Expenses

     157      23      134

IBNR

     3,120      1,701      1,419
                    

Subtotal

     6,238      2,676      3,562
                    

Casualty

        

Case reserves

     9,581      3,697      5,884

Expenses

     2,368      1,152      1,216

IBNR

     16,054      6,814      9,240
                    

Subtotal

     28,003      11,663      16,340
                    

Personal accident

        

Case reserves

     335      65      270

Expenses

     20      —        20

IBNR

     459      193      266
                    

Subtotal

     814      258      556
                    

Total

        

Case reserves

     12,877      4,714      8,163

Expenses

     2,545      1,175      1,370

IBNR

     19,633      8,708      10,925
                    

Total

   $ 35,055    $ 14,597    $ 20,458
                    


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.

 

ACE LIMITED
By:  

/s/    Philip V. Bancroft        

  Philip V. Bancroft
  Chief Financial Officer

DATE: March 28, 2006