S-3ASR

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 2015

Registration No. 333-            

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ACE Limited¹

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Switzerland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   Baerengasse 32 Zurich, Switzerland CH-8001 +41 (0)43 456 76 00 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices) 98-0091805 (IRS Employer Identification No.)   ACE Group Holdings, Inc. 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Attn: Deputy  General Counsel - Corporate Affairs (212) 827-4400 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

ACE INA HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   436 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 (215) 640-1000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices) 58-2457246 (IRS Employer Identification No.)   ACE Group Holdings, Inc. 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Attn: Deputy General Counsel - Corporate Affairs (212) 827-4400 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

ACE CAPITAL TRUST III

ACE CAPITAL TRUST IV

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   c/o ACE INA Holdings Inc. 436 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 (215) 640-1000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices) Not Applicable (IRS Employer Identification No.)   ACE Group Holdings, Inc. 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Attn: Deputy General Counsel - Corporate Affairs(212) 827-4400 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

¹ Additional eligible registrants may be added by automatically effective post-effective amendments pursuant to Rule 462(f).

Copies to:

Joseph F. Wayland General Counsel and Secretary ACE Limited Baerengasse 32 Zurich, Switzerland CH-8001 +41 (0)43 456 76 00 Edward S. Best Mayer Brown LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 782-0600

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. þ

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. þ

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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered*	Amount to be Registered(1)(2) / Proposed maximum aggregate offering price per unit(2) / Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2) /Amount of registration fee
Common Shares of ACE Limited(3)
Warrants to Purchase Common Shares of ACE Limited
Debt Securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc.(4)
Preferred Securities of ACE Capital Trust III
Preferred Securities of ACE Capital Trust IV	(1)(2)
Guarantee of Debt Securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc. by ACE Limited(5)
Guarantee of Preferred Securities of ACE Capital Trust III by ACE Limited and specified backup undertakings(6)
Guarantee of Preferred Securities of ACE Capital Trust IV by ACE Limited and specified backup undertakings(6)

* Additional securities (including securities to be issued by additional registrants) may be added by automatically effective post-effective amendments pursuant to Rule 413.

(1) An indeterminate number or amount of common shares and warrants of ACE Limited, debt securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc. and preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. Certain debt securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc. may be issued and sold to either or both of ACE Capital Trust III or ACE Capital Trust IV (together, the “ACE Trusts” and each an “ACE Trust”) in connection with the issuance of preferred securities by either or both of the ACE Trusts, in which event, these debt securities may later be distributed to the holders of the applicable preferred securities upon a dissolution of ACE Capital Trust III and/or ACE Capital Trust IV and the distribution of the ACE Trust’s assets. Securities registered, referred to as the offered securities, may be sold separately, together or as units with other offered securities. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrants are deferring payment of all of the registration fee.

(2) Unless otherwise indicated in an amendment to this filing, no separate consideration will be received for common shares or debt securities that are issued by ACE Limited or ACE INA Holdings Inc. upon conversion or exchange of debt securities registered under this registration statement.

(3) The common shares are registered shares of ACE Limited of currently CHF 24.15 par value each. Includes shares issued out of authorized share capital and/or conditional share capital. Includes the presently indeterminate number of common shares as may be issued by ACE Limited under its Articles of Association at the time of issuance (a) upon conversion of or exchange for any debt securities that provide for conversion or exchange into common shares or (b) upon exercise of warrants to purchase common shares.

(4) Subject to note (1), an indeterminate principal amount of debt securities, which may be senior or subordinated.

(5) No separate consideration will be received for the guarantees of the debt securities issued by ACE INA Holdings Inc.

(6) No separate consideration will be received for the guarantees of the preferred securities issued by ACE Capital Trust III or ACE Capital Trust IV. The guarantees include the rights of holders of the preferred securities under the guarantees and backup undertakings, comprised of obligations of ACE Limited under the ACE INA subordinated indenture and any supplemental indentures thereto and under the applicable trust agreement to provide indemnities in respect of, and be responsible for certain costs, expenses, debts and liabilities of, each of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV, each as described in this registration statement. All obligations under the applicable trust agreement, including indemnity obligations, are included in the back-up undertakings.

PROSPECTUS

ACE Limited

Common Shares

and

Warrants to Purchase Common Shares

ACE INA Holdings Inc.

Debt Securities

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

ACE Limited

ACE Capital Trust III

ACE Capital Trust IV

Preferred Securities

Guaranteed to the Extent Provided in this Prospectus by

ACE Limited

ACE Limited, ACE INA Holdings Inc., ACE Capital Trust III or ACE Capital Trust IV will provide the specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. The prospectus supplements may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any supplements carefully before you invest.

ACE Limited’s common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ACE.”

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

This prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of offered securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

The date of this prospectus is October 23, 2015.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS	1
ACE LIMITED	4
ACE INA	5
THE ACE TRUSTS	6
USE OF PROCEEDS	7
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES OF ACE	7
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFERED SECURITIES	7
DESCRIPTION OF ACE CAPITAL STOCK	8
DESCRIPTION OF ACE INA DEBT SECURITIES AND ACE GUARANTEE	17
DESCRIPTION OF THE WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON SHARES	31
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SECURITIES	33
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES	42
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION	48
LEGAL OPINIONS	50
EXPERTS	50
ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES UNDER UNITED STATES FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS	50
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION	51

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any supplement. None of ACE Limited (“ACE” and, together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our,” except where it is made clear that the terms mean ACE Limited only), ACE INA Holdings Inc. (“ACE INA”), ACE Capital Trust III or ACE Capital Trust IV (together, the “ACE Trusts” and each an “ACE Trust”) has authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. ACE, ACE INA and the ACE Trusts are offering these securities only in states where the offer is permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

This prospectus and any final terms or prospectus supplement relating to these securities do not constitute an issue prospectus pursuant to Article 652a or Article 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations. These securities will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and, therefore, this prospectus and any final terms or prospectus supplement may not comply with the disclosure standards of the listing rules (including any additional listing rules or prospectus schemes) of the SIX Swiss Exchange. Accordingly, these securities may not be offered to the public in or from Switzerland, but only to a selected and limited circle of investors, which do not subscribe to these securities with a view to distribution and which will be individually approached by any dealer from time to time.

In this prospectus, references to “dollars” and “$” are to United States currency, and the terms “United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America, its states, its territories, its possessions and all areas subject to its jurisdiction. References to CHF are to Swiss francs.

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that ACE, ACE INA and the ACE Trusts filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) utilizing a “shelf” registration process, relating to the common shares, debt securities, debt securities guarantee, warrants, preferred securities and preferred securities guarantees described in this prospectus. Under this shelf process, any or all of ACE, ACE INA and the ACE Trusts may sell the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities ACE, ACE INA or an ACE Trust may offer. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. For additional information regarding ACE, ACE INA, the ACE Trusts and the offered securities, please refer to the registration statement. Each time ACE, ACE INA or an ACE Trust sells securities, it will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements. Any written or oral statements made by us or on our behalf may include forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could, should potential events occur, cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which are described in more detail elsewhere herein and in other documents we file with the SEC, include but are not limited to:

• the inability to complete our planned acquisition (the “Chubb Merger”) of The Chubb Corporation (“Chubb”) in a timely manner;

• the inability to complete the Chubb Merger due to the failure to satisfy the conditions to completion of the Chubb Merger, including receipt of required regulatory approvals;

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• the inability to complete the Chubb Merger due to any other reason;

• the risk that integration of Chubb’s operations with those of ACE will be materially delayed or will be more costly or difficult than expected;

• the challenges of integrating and retaining key employees;

• the effect of the announcement of the Chubb Merger on ACE’s, Chubb’s or the combined company’s respective business relationships, operating results and business generally;

• the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the Chubb Merger (including synergies and cost savings) will not be realized, or will not be realized within the expected time period;

• the possibility that the Chubb Merger may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events;

• diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities as a result of the Chubb Merger;

• general competitive, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations;

• actions taken or conditions imposed by the United States and foreign governments and regulatory authorities;

• losses arising out of natural or man-made catastrophes such as hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, floods, climate change (including effects on weather patterns; greenhouse gases; sea; land and air temperatures; sea levels; and rain and snow), nuclear accidents, or terrorism which could be affected by:

• the number of insureds and ceding companies affected;

• the amount and timing of losses actually incurred and reported by insureds;

• the impact of these losses on our reinsurers and the amount and timing of reinsurance recoverable actually received;

• the cost of building materials and labor to reconstruct properties or to perform environmental remediation following a catastrophic event; and

• complex coverage and regulatory issues such as whether losses occurred from storm surge or flooding and related lawsuits;

• actions that rating agencies may take from time to time, such as financial strength or credit ratings downgrades or placing these ratings on credit watch negative or the equivalent;

• the ability to collect reinsurance recoverables, credit developments of reinsurers, and any delays with respect thereto and changes in the cost, quality, or availability of reinsurance;

• actual loss experience from insured or reinsured events and the timing of claim payments;

• the uncertainties of the loss-reserving and claims-settlement processes, including the difficulties associated with assessing environmental damage and asbestos-related latent injuries, the impact of aggregate-policy-coverage limits, the impact of bankruptcy protection sought by various asbestos producers and other related businesses, and the timing of loss payments;

• changes to assessments as to whether an other-than-temporary impairment is required to be recorded;

• infection rates and severity of pandemics and their effects on our business operations and claims activity;

• developments in global financial markets, including changes in interest rates, stock markets, and other financial markets, increased government involvement or intervention in the financial services industry, the

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cost and availability of financing, and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations (which we refer to in this report as foreign exchange and foreign currency exchange), which could affect our statement of operations, investment portfolio, financial condition, and financing plans;

• general economic and business conditions resulting from volatility in the stock and credit markets and the depth and duration of potential recession;

• global political conditions, the occurrence of any terrorist attacks, including any nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical events, or the outbreak and effects of war, and possible business disruption or economic contraction that may result from such events;

• judicial decisions and rulings, new theories of liability, legal tactics, and settlement terms;

• the effects of public company bankruptcies and/or accounting restatements, as well as disclosures by and investigations of public companies relating to possible accounting irregularities, and other corporate governance issues, including the effects of such events on:

• the capital markets;

• the markets for directors and officers (“D&O”) and errors and omissions (“E&O”) insurance; and

• claims and litigation arising out of such disclosures or practices by other companies;

• uncertainties relating to governmental, legislative and regulatory policies, developments, actions, investigations, and treaties, which, among other things, could subject us to insurance regulation or taxation in additional jurisdictions or affect our current operations;

• the actual amount of new and renewal business, market acceptance of our products, and risks associated with the introduction of new products and services and entering new markets, including regulatory constraints on exit strategies;

• the competitive environment in which we operate, including trends in pricing or in policy terms and conditions, which may differ from our projections and changes in market conditions that could render our business strategies ineffective or obsolete;

• acquisitions made by us performing differently than expected, our failure to realize anticipated expense-related efficiencies or growth from acquisitions, the impact of acquisitions on our pre-existing organization, or announced acquisitions not closing;

• risks associated with being a Swiss corporation, including reduced flexibility with respect to certain aspects of capital management and the potential for additional regulatory burdens;

• the potential impact from government-mandated insurance coverage for acts of terrorism;

• the availability of borrowings and letters of credit under our credit facilities;

• the adequacy of collateral supporting funded high deductible programs;

• changes in the distribution or placement of risks due to increased consolidation of insurance and reinsurance brokers;

• material differences between actual and expected assessments for guaranty funds and mandatory pooling arrangements;

• the effects of investigations into market practices in the property and casualty (“P&C”) industry;

• changing rates of inflation and other economic conditions, for example, recession;

• the amount of dividends received from subsidiaries;

• loss of the services of any of our executive officers without suitable replacements being recruited in a reasonable time frame;

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• the ability of our technology resources, including information systems and security, to perform as anticipated such as with respect to preventing material information technology failures or third-party infiltrations or hacking resulting in consequences adverse to ACE or its customers or partners; and

• management’s response to these factors and actual events (including, but not limited to, those described above).

The words “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “hope,” “feel,” “foresee,” “will likely result,” or “will continue,” and variations thereof and similar expressions, identify forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

ACE LIMITED

ACE Limited is the Swiss-incorporated holding company of the ACE Group of Companies. ACE Limited, which is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries make up one of the world’s largest multiline property and casualty insurance organizations. ACE and its direct and indirect subsidiaries operate in 54 countries and territories. The affiliated insurance companies of the ACE Group of Companies provide distinct insurance and reinsurance products and services to a diverse group of clients ranging from multinational corporations to consumers. ACE serves multinational corporations and local businesses with property and casualty insurance and services; companies and affinity groups providing or offering accident and health insurance programs and life insurance to their employees or members; insurers managing exposures with reinsurance coverage; and individuals purchasing life, personal accident, supplemental health, homeowners, automobile, valuables, umbrella liability and other specialty insurance coverage. We have grown our business through increased premium volume, expansion of product offerings and geographic reach, and acquisition of other companies. At June 30, 2015, we had total assets of approximately $100 billion and shareholders’ equity of approximately $30 billion. ACE opened its first business office in Bermuda in 1985 and continues to maintain operations in Bermuda.

On July 1, 2015, we announced that we entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Chubb Merger Agreement”), dated as of June 30, 2015, with The Chubb Corporation (“Chubb”) pursuant to which we will acquire Chubb (the “Chubb Merger”). We currently expect that the closing of the Chubb Merger will occur in the first quarter of 2016, subject to certain closing conditions, including (i) receipt of required governmental approvals, including insurance regulatory approvals, (ii) the ACE common shares to be issued in connection with the Chubb Merger being approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange and (iii) other customary closing conditions.

We operate through five business segments: Insurance — North American P&C, Insurance — North American Agriculture, Insurance — Overseas General, Global Reinsurance, and Life.

The Insurance — North American P&C segment includes our retail divisions: ACE USA (including ACE Canada), ACE Commercial Risk Services and ACE Private Risk Services; our wholesale and specialty divisions, ACE Westchester and ACE Bermuda; and various run-off operations, including Brandywine Holdings Corporation. Our retail products and services include property, general liability, umbrella and excess liability, workers’ compensation, commercial marine, automobile liability, professional lines D&O and E&O, surety, medical liability, environmental, inland marine, aerospace, accident and health (“A&H”) coverages, as well as claims and risk management products and services. The run-off operations do not actively sell insurance products, but are responsible for the management of certain existing policies and settlement of related claims.

The Insurance — North American Agriculture segment comprises Rain and Hail Insurance Service, Inc. (“Rain and Hail”), which provides comprehensive Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (“MPCI”) and crop-hail insurance, and ACE Agribusiness, which offers farm and ranch coverages as well as specialty P&C coverages for companies that manufacture, process and distribute agriculture products. The MPCI program is offered in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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The Insurance — Overseas General segment comprises ACE International, ACE Global Markets (“AGM”) and the international supplemental A&H business of Combined Insurance. ACE International comprises our retail commercial P&C, A&H, and personal lines businesses serving territories outside the U.S., Bermuda, and Canada. AGM, our London-based international specialty and excess and surplus lines business, includes Lloyd’s of London (“Lloyd’s”) Syndicate 2488 (“Syndicate 2488”), a wholly-owned ACE syndicate. ACE provides funds at Lloyd’s to support underwriting by Syndicate 2488, which is managed by ACE. The reinsurance operation of AGM is included in the Global Reinsurance segment.

The Global Reinsurance segment represents ACE’s reinsurance operations comprising ACE Tempest Re Bermuda, ACE Tempest Re USA, ACE Tempest Re International, and ACE Tempest Re Canada. The Global Reinsurance segment also includes AGM’s reinsurance operations. Global Reinsurance markets reinsurance products worldwide under the ACE Tempest Re brand name and provides solutions for small to mid-sized clients and multinational ceding companies including licensed reinsurance capabilities, property and workers’ compensation catastrophe, loss-warranty, stop-loss cover, marine and aviation programs.

The Life segment comprises ACE’s international life operations, ACE Tempest Life Re, and the North American supplemental A&H and life business of Combined Insurance.

Our product and geographic diversification differentiates us from the vast majority of our competitors and has been a source of stability during periods of industry volatility. Our long-term business strategy focuses on sustained growth in book value achieved through a combination of underwriting and investment income. By doing so, we provide value to our clients and shareholders through the use of our substantial capital base in the insurance and reinsurance markets.

We are organized along a profit center structure by line of business and territory that does not necessarily correspond to corporate legal entities. Profit centers can access various legal entities, subject to licensing and other regulatory rules. Profit centers are expected to generate underwriting income and appropriate risk-adjusted returns. Our corporate structure has facilitated the development of management talent by giving each profit center’s senior management team the necessary autonomy within underwriting authorities to make operating decisions and create products and coverages needed by its target customer base. We are focused on delivering underwriting profit and strive to achieve underwriting income by only writing policies which we believe adequately compensate us for the risk we accept.

Our insurance and reinsurance operations generate gross revenues from two principal sources: premiums and investment income. Cash flow is generated from premiums collected and investment income received less paid losses and loss expenses, policy acquisition costs, and administrative expenses. Invested assets are substantially held in liquid, investment grade fixed income securities of relatively short duration. Claims payments in any short-term period are highly unpredictable due to the random nature of loss events and the timing of claims awards or settlements. The value of investments held to pay future claims is subject to market forces such as the level of interest rates, stock market volatility, and credit events such as corporate defaults. The actual cost of claims is also volatile based on loss trends, inflation rates, court awards, and catastrophes. We believe that our cash balance, our highly liquid investments, credit facilities, and reinsurance protection provide sufficient liquidity to meet unforeseen claim demands that might occur under most loss scenarios for the near term.

ACE was incorporated in August 1985. ACE’s principal executive offices are located at Baerengasse 32, Zurich CH-8001, Switzerland, and its telephone number is +41 (0)43 456 76 00.

ACE INA

ACE INA is an indirect subsidiary of ACE Limited that was formed in December 1998. ACE INA is a U.S. holding company and has no direct insurance operations. ACE INA’s principal asset is the capital stock of its insurance subsidiaries, which includes the companies that make up ACE USA, ACE Commercial Risk Services, ACE Private Risk Services, Rain and Hail, ACE Agribusiness, Combined Insurance and ACE International. At June 30, 2015, ACE INA had shareholders’ equity of approximately $12.2 billion.

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The principal executive offices of ACE INA are located at 436 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, and its telephone number is (215) 640-1000.

THE ACE TRUSTS

ACE Capital Trust III is a statutory trust created under Delaware law pursuant to (1) a trust agreement executed by ACE, as original depositor of ACE Capital Trust III, and the ACE trustees for the ACE Capital Trust III and (2) the filing of a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 19, 1999. On August 5, 1999, ACE assigned its rights and obligations as depositor of ACE Capital Trust III to ACE INA. ACE Capital Trust IV is a statutory trust created under Delaware law pursuant to (1) a trust agreement executed by ACE INA, as depositor of ACE Capital Trust IV, and the ACE trustees for ACE Capital Trust IV and (2) the filing of a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 14, 2002. Each trust agreement will be amended and restated in its entirety substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Each restated trust agreement will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Each ACE Trust exists for the exclusive purposes of:

• issuing and selling the preferred securities and common securities that represent undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the ACE Trust,

• using the gross proceeds from the sale of the preferred securities and common securities to acquire a particular series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities, and

• engaging in only those other activities necessary, convenient or incidental to the issuance and sale of the preferred securities and common securities and purchase of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities.

ACE INA will directly or indirectly own all of the common securities of each ACE Trust. The common securities of an ACE Trust will rank equally, and payments will be made thereon pro rata, with the preferred securities of that ACE Trust. However, if an event of default under the restated trust agreement resulting from an event of default under the ACE INA subordinated debt securities held by the ACE Trust has occurred and is continuing, the rights of the holder of the common securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the preferred securities. Unless otherwise disclosed in the applicable prospectus supplement, ACE INA will, directly or indirectly, acquire common securities in an aggregate liquidation amount equal to at least 3 percent of the total capital of each ACE Trust. Each of the ACE Trusts is a legally separate entity, and the assets of one are not available to satisfy the obligations of the other.

The following is true for each ACE Trust unless otherwise disclosed in the related prospectus supplement:

• each ACE Trust has a term of approximately 55 years but may dissolve earlier;

• each ACE Trust’s business and affairs will be conducted by the trustees, referred to collectively as the ACE trustees, appointed by ACE INA, as the holder of all of the common securities;

• ACE INA, as the holder of the common securities, will be entitled to appoint, remove or replace any of, or increase or reduce the number of, the ACE trustees;

• the duties and obligations of the ACE trustees will be governed by the amended and restated trust agreement of the ACE Trust;

• two of the ACE trustees, referred to as the administrative trustees, of each ACE Trust will be persons who are employees or officers of or affiliated with ACE INA;

• one ACE trustee of each ACE Trust will be a financial institution that is not affiliated with ACE INA and has a minimum amount of combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000, and is referred to as the property trustee. The property trustee shall act as both the property trustee and as indenture trustee for the purposes of compliance with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act;

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• one ACE trustee of each ACE Trust, which may be the property trustee if it otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law, will have its principal place of business or reside in the State of Delaware and is referred to as the Delaware trustee; and

• we will pay all fees and expenses related to each ACE Trust and the offering of the preferred securities and common securities.

The office of the Delaware trustee for each ACE Trust in the State of Delaware is located at BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, 301 Bellevue Parkway, 3^rd Floor, Wilmington, Delaware 19809. The principal executive offices for each of the ACE Trusts are located at c/o ACE INA Holdings Inc., 436 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106. The telephone number of each of the ACE Trusts is (215) 640-1000.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise disclosed in the applicable prospectus supplement, ACE and ACE INA intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the offered securities for general corporate purposes, which may include repayment of indebtedness, expansion of our net underwriting capacity and acquisitions. Each ACE Trust will invest all proceeds received from the sale of its preferred securities and common securities in a particular series of subordinated debt securities of ACE INA. ACE INA will use these funds for general corporate purposes, which may include repayment of indebtedness, expansion of our net underwriting capacity and acquisitions.

The proceeds from the sale of the offered securities, other than common shares, shall be used outside of Switzerland unless otherwise stated in the applicable prospectus supplement.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES OF ACE

For purposes of computing the following ratios, earnings consist of net income before income tax expense, plus fixed charges to the extent that these charges are included in the determination of earnings. Fixed charges consist of interest costs, plus the portion of rental expense deemed to be interest.

Six  Months Ended June 30, 2015

Fiscal Year Ended December 31

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(1)

12.8x

11.8x

14.4x

11.4x

8.1x

15.5x

(1) We recognize accruals for interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense (i.e. excluded from interest expense).

The ACE Trusts had no operations during the periods set forth above.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFERED SECURITIES

ACE may, from time to time, offer under this prospectus, separately or together:

• registered shares, currently of CHF 24.15 par value each, of ACE, referred to as common shares or registered shares, issued out of authorized share capital and/or conditional share capital, and

• warrants to purchase common shares.

ACE INA may from time to time offer unsecured senior or subordinated debt securities, which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ACE.

Each of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV may offer preferred securities representing undivided beneficial interests in their respective assets, which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the extent described in this prospectus by ACE.

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DESCRIPTION OF ACE CAPITAL STOCK

The following is a summary of the material provisions of ACE’s Articles of Association and selected legal provisions that are related thereto. You should refer to ACE’s Articles of Association for complete information regarding its provisions, a copy of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

ACE’s Capital Structure

ACE’s common shares are registered shares with a par value of currently CHF 24.15 each. The common shares rank pari passu in entitlement to dividends, liquidation proceeds in case of a liquidation of ACE and pre-emptive rights. ACE does not have any shares carrying preferential rights. As of September 10, 2015, ACE had 323,927,846 common shares outstanding.

ACE’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ACE.” Its common shares currently issued and outstanding are fully paid and non-assessable, which means that its common shares are paid for in full at the time they are issued, and, once its common shares are paid for in full, there is no further liability for further assessment or taxation. Any of ACE’s common shares offered by a prospectus supplement will also be fully paid and non-assessable once they are issued to the purchaser in exchange for the full purchase price.

Authorized Share Capital.    At the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of ACE held on October 22, 2015, ACE shareholders approved an amendment to ACE’s Articles of Association authorizing the Board of Directors to increase the share capital from time to time until October 22, 2017 by an amount not exceeding CHF 3,984,750,000 through the issuance of up to 165,000,000 fully paid up registered shares with a nominal par value of CHF 24.15. The amendment is expected to become effective on or shortly after the date of this prospectus. In addition, at such meeting, ACE shareholders approved the issuance of ACE common shares pursuant to the Chubb Merger Agreement with no opportunity for the exercise of preemptive rights or specific shareholder approval for such issuance.

Conditional Share Capital.    ACE’s Articles of Association provide for increases of the share capital as follows:

• a share capital increase not exceeding CHF 796,950,000 through the issue of a maximum of 33,000,000 registered shares, payable in full, through the exercise of conversion and/or option or warrant rights granted in connection with bonds, notes or similar instruments, issued or to be issued by ACE or by subsidiaries of ACE, including convertible debt instruments; and

• a share capital increase not exceeding CHF 613,673,935.35 through the issue from time to time of a maximum of 25,410,929 registered shares, payable in full, in connection with the exercise of option rights granted to any employee of ACE or a subsidiary, and any consultant, director, or other person providing services to ACE or a subsidiary.

There are no provisions of Swiss law or ACE’s Articles of Association which impose any limitation on the rights of its shareholders to hold or vote common shares by reason of their not being residents of Switzerland.

Dividend Rights

Under Swiss law, shareholders must approve in advance dividend distributions, though the determination of the record and payment dates may be delegated to the Board of Directors. In order to maintain the practice of quarterly dividends that ACE established many years ago prior to becoming a Swiss company, ACE asks its shareholders annually to approve an annual dividend distribution to be paid in four quarterly installments on dates determined by its Board of Directors. In recent years, ACE has paid dividend distributions made as a share capital decrease in the form of a par value reduction or out of capital contribution reserves (additional paid in capital), in either case in four quarterly installments. ACE currently intends, subject to the discretion of its Board of Directors and the needs of its business, to propose at each annual general meeting a dividend distribution using

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one of these methods. At its 2015 annual general meeting, ACE’s shareholders approved an annual dividend of up to U.S.$2.68 per share, to be paid in installments as determined by the Board of Directors (currently expected to be paid in U.S. $0.67 per share quarterly dividend installments), and two quarterly installments each in the amount of U.S. $0.67 per share have been paid as of the date of this prospectus.

Although dividend distributions are approved by shareholders as denominated in Swiss francs, payments of such dividend distributions to shareholders are made in U.S. dollars, consistent with ACE’s practices before it redomesticated to Switzerland. To limit shareholder exposure to fluctuations in the U.S. dollar/Swiss franc exchange rate, the per share amount of each quarterly installment is either defined in U.S. dollars or paid pursuant to a formula which ensures that the U.S. dollar amount of such installment remains constant through appropriate adjustment of the Swiss francs amount, in each case subject to a cap expressed in Swiss francs.

Under Swiss law, dividends (other than through reductions in par value) may be paid out only if the corporation has sufficient distributable profits from previous business years, or if the reserves of the corporation are sufficient to allow distribution of a dividend. The board of directors of a Swiss corporation may propose that a dividend be paid, but cannot itself authorize the dividend independently from a shareholders’ authorization of a maximum amount. The company auditors must confirm that the dividend proposal of the Board of Directors conforms with statutory law and the articles of association. Prior to the distribution of dividends, five percent of the annual profits must be allocated to the general reserve until the amount of general reserves has reached twenty percent of the paid-in nominal share capital. ACE’s Articles of Association can provide for a higher general reserve or for the creation of further reserves setting forth their purpose and use. Once this level has been reached and maintained, the shareholders meeting may approve a distribution of each year’s profit within the framework of applicable legal requirements. Unless otherwise resolved, dividends are usually due and payable immediately after the shareholders’ resolution relating to the allocation of profits has been passed. Under Swiss law, the statute of limitations in respect of claims for dividend payments is five years. Distributions in the form of a par value reduction must also be approved by shareholders, require confirmation by an audit expert that the creditors’ claims are fully covered and are subject to a special procedure in which creditors may ask to be satisfied or secured before payment of the distribution. To the extent ACE pays distributions in the form of par value reductions or dividends from its qualifying capital contribution reserves, they will not be subject to Swiss withholding tax under current law.

Voting Rights

Each share is entitled to one vote subject to certain limitations mentioned below. A shareholder of record has the right to grant his voting proxy directly to the independent proxy or to grant a written proxy to any person, who does not need to be a shareholder, or to vote in person at the shareholders’ meeting. The independent proxy is obliged to exercise the voting rights granted by shareholders in accordance with shareholder instructions; absent of such instructions, it must abstain from voting.

Under ACE’s Articles of Association, resolutions generally require the approval of an absolute majority of the votes present at the shareholders’ meeting, each share granting the right to one vote. Shareholders resolutions requiring a vote by absolute majority include amendments to ACE’s Articles of Association, elections of directors and statutory auditors, approval of the annual report and the consolidated financial statements, setting the annual dividend, decisions to discharge directors and management from liability for matters disclosed to the shareholders’ meeting and the ordering of an independent investigation into the specific matters proposed to the shareholders’ meeting (Sonderprüfung).

The approval of at least two-thirds of the votes represented at a shareholders’ meeting will be, however, required for resolutions with respect to:

• a modification of the purpose of ACE;

• creation of privileged voting shares;

• restrictions on the transfer of registered shares and the removal of such restrictions;

• restrictions on the exercise of the right to vote and the removal of such restrictions;

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• an authorized or conditional increase in share capital;

• an increase in share capital through the conversions of capital surplus, through a contribution in kind or in exchange for an acquisition of assets, or a grant of special benefits upon a capital increase;

• restriction or denial of pre-emptive rights;

• a change of the place of incorporation of ACE;

• conversion of registered shares into bearer shares and vice versa;

• dissolution of ACE followed liquidation;

• the dismissal of the members of the Board of Directors according to art. 705 para. 1 of the Swiss Code of Obligations;

• the amendment or elimination of the provisions of article 8 (shareholder’s register, transfer restrictions), article 14 (voting rights and shareholder proxies) and article 15 (resolutions of general meeting) of the Articles of Association; and

• any changes to the two-thirds voting requirement to the extent permitted by mandatory law.

Pursuant to the Swiss Federal Merger Act, special quorum rules apply by law to a merger (Fusion) (including a possible squeeze-out merger), de-merger (Spaltung) or conversion (Umwandlung) of a company.

Except as noted below, ACE’s Articles of Association confer on the holders of shares equal rights, including equal voting and equal financial rights, with each share carrying one vote at ACE’s shareholders’ meetings.

To be able to exercise voting rights, holders of the shares must apply to ACE for enrollment in its share register (Aktienregister) as shareholders with voting rights. Registered holders of shares may obtain the form of declaration from ACE’s transfer agent. Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, will make such declaration with respect to shares held in “street name.” Purchasers of shares will be required to disclose their name and address and that they have acquired their shares in their name and for their account in order to be recorded in ACE’s share register as shareholders with voting rights. As discussed under “Transfer of Shares,” registration with voting rights has some restrictions.

Persons not expressly declaring themselves to be holding shares for their own account in the application for entry in the share register will not be registered as shareholders with voting rights. Certain exceptions exist with regard to nominees.

Legal entities or partnerships or other associations or joint ownership arrangements which are linked through capital ownership or voting rights, through common management or in like manner, as well as individuals, legal entities or partnerships (especially syndicates) which act in concert with intent to evade the entry restrictions are considered as one shareholder or nominee.

Failing registration as shareholders with voting rights, registered shareholders may not participate in or vote at ACE’s shareholders’ meetings, but will be entitled to dividends, preemptive rights and liquidation proceeds. Only shareholders that are registered as shareholders with voting rights on the relevant record date are permitted to participate in and vote at a general shareholders’ meeting.

Notwithstanding the above, if and so long as the Controlled Shares (as defined below) of any individual or legal entity constitute ten percent or more of the registered share capital recorded in the commercial register, such individual or legal entity shall be entitled to cast votes at any ordinary or extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in the aggregate equal to the number (rounded down to the nearest whole number) obtained from following formula: (T ÷ 10) - 1, where “T” is the aggregate number of votes conferred by all the registered share capital recorded in the commercial register. “Controlled Shares” are all shares of ACE directly, indirectly or constructively owned or beneficially by such individual or entity.

ACE’s common shares have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of a majority of its common shares may elect all of its directors, and, in this event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be

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able to elect any directors. ACE’s directors are elected for one-year terms. Directors may be removed without cause at any time and with immediate effect by resolution of the shareholders at an ordinary or extraordinary shareholders’ meeting.

Shareholders’ Meeting

The shareholders’ meeting is ACE’s supreme body. Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders’ meetings may be held. Currently, the following powers will be vested exclusively in the shareholders’ meeting:

• adoption and amendment of the Articles of Association;

• election of directors (individually), the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the members of the compensation committee of the Board of Directors (individually), the independent proxy to whom shareholders may grant proxies or voting instructions to exercise voting rights on their behalf, the auditors, the group auditors and the special auditors;

• approval of the management report and the consolidated financial statements;

• approval of the annual financial statements and decision on the allocation of profits shown on the balance sheet, in particular with regard to dividends;

• granting discharge to the members of the Board of Directors; and

• passing resolutions as to all matters reserved to the authority of the shareholders’ meeting by law or under the Articles of Association or that are submitted to the shareholders’ meeting by the Board of Directors and are not exclusively vested with ACE’s Board of Directors or auditors.

In conjunction with recent changes to Swiss law, beginning with ACE’s 2015 annual general meeting, the annual binding approval of the maximum aggregate compensation of the Board of Directors and ACE’s executive management is vested exclusively in the shareholder meeting.

ACE’s annual shareholders’ meeting must be held within six months after the end of a financial year.

ACE’s extraordinary shareholders’ meetings may be convened by the Board of Directors or, under certain circumstances, by the statutory auditors or the liquidators. The Board of Directors is further required to convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting if so resolved by a shareholders’ meeting or if so requested by shareholders with voting powers who represent at least 10 percent of ACE’s nominal share capital. Shareholders with voting powers whose combined holdings represent shares with a nominal value of at least CHF 1 million have the right to request that a specific proposal be put on the agenda and voted upon at the next shareholders’ meeting. Such request must be made at least 45 days prior to the relevant shareholders’ meeting.

ACE’s shareholders’ meetings will be held at ACE’s place of incorporation, unless the Board of Directors decides otherwise. Notice of an ordinary or extraordinary shareholders’ meeting must be given by the Board of Directors or, if necessary, by the auditors, no later than 20 days prior to the meeting date. Such notice is given by way of an announcement appearing once in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt). The notice period is deemed to have been observed if notice of the meeting is published in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce whereby the date of publication is not calculated when computing the period. Shareholders may in addition be informed by ordinary mail. The notice of a meeting must state the items on the agenda and the proposals of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders who demanded that a shareholders’ meeting be held or that an item be included on the agenda and, in case of elections, the names of the nominated candidates. No resolutions may be passed at a shareholders’ meeting concerning agenda items for which proper notice was not given. This does not apply, however, to proposals made during a shareholders’ meeting to convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting or to initiate a special audit. No previous notification will be required for proposals concerning items included on the agenda, and for debates as to which no vote is taken.

ACE’s annual report and auditor’s report must be made available for inspection by the shareholders at its place of incorporation no later than twenty days prior to the meeting. Each shareholder is entitled to request immediate delivery of a copy of these documents free of charge. Shareholders of record will be notified of this in writing.

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There is no quorum requirement for ordinary or extraordinary shareholders’ meetings.

Shareholder Proposals

Shareholders with voting powers whose combined holdings represent shares with a nominal value of at least CHF 1 million may, according to ACE’s Articles of Association up to 45 days before the date of the meeting, demand that matters be included in the agenda. Such demands shall be in writing addressed to the Chairman and shall specify the items and the proposals to be submitted.

Action without a Meeting

Under Swiss law, resolutions in lieu of a shareholders’ meeting by written consent are not permitted.

Preemptive Rights

Under Swiss law, any increase of ACE’s share capital, whether for cash or non-cash consideration, requires prior shareholder approval. Shareholders of a Swiss corporation have preemptive rights to subscribe for new issues of shares, warrants, convertible bonds, or similar debt instruments with option rights in proportion to the nominal amount of shares held (Bezugsrechte, Vorwegzeichnungsrechte). A resolution adopted at a shareholders’ meeting by a two-thirds majority vote may, however, limit or withdraw such preemptive rights, but only for important and valid reasons (wichtiger Grund) (such as a merger, an acquisition, or participation of employees).

At the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of ACE held on October 22, 2015, ACE shareholders authorized an increase in share capital and the issuance of shares in connection with the Chubb Merger without opportunity for the exercise of preemptive rights, as further described in “Description of ACE Capital Stock — ACE’s Capital Structure — Authorized Share Capital.”

ACE’s Articles of Association provide for the following conditional share capital, which will permit its Board of Directors to increase its share capital and to issue new shares without further shareholder approval within certain parameters:

• First, for bonds and similar debt instruments issued by ACE or one of its subsidiaries convertible into registered shares, as of October 23, 2015 not exceeding CHF 796,950,000 through the issue from time to time of a maximum of 33,000,000 registered shares, payable in full, each with a current par value of CHF 24.15, and

• Second, for employee benefit plans, as of October 23, 2015, not exceeding CHF 613,673,935.35 through the issue from time to time of a maximum of 25,410,929 registered shares, payable in full, each with a current par value of CHF 24.15.

Conditional share capital for convertible bonds and similar debt instruments issued by ACE or one of its subsidiaries allows that registered shares may be issued upon the exercise of conversion and/or option or warrant rights granted in connection with bonds, notes or similar instruments, issued or to be issued by ACE or by subsidiaries of ACE, including convertible debt instruments.

Shareholders’ advance subscription rights with regard to the new bonds, notes or similar instruments may be restricted or excluded by decision of the Board of Directors in order to finance or refinance the acquisition of companies, parts of companies or holdings, or new investments planned by ACE, or in order to issue convertible bonds and warrants on the international capital markets.

If advance subscription rights are excluded, then:

• the instruments are to be placed at market conditions,

• the exercise period is not to exceed ten years from the date of issue for warrants and twenty years for conversion rights, and

• the conversion or exercise price for the new shares is to be set at least in line with the market conditions prevailing at the date on which the instruments are issued.

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Where such increase of share capital is used for employee benefit plans, shareholders’ pre-emptive rights shall be excluded with regard to these shares. These new registered shares may be issued at a price below the current market price. The Board of Directors shall specify the precise conditions of issue.

The acquisition of registered shares through the exercise of conversion rights or warrants and any further transfers of registered shares shall be subject to the restrictions on registration specified under “Transfers of Shares.”

Transfer Agent

ACE’s registrar and transfer agent for its common shares is Computershare Shareowner Services LLC.

Transfer of Shares

The registered shares are evidenced by way of share certificates or in book-entry form only. Subject to the requirements of any stock exchange on which ACE’s shares are listed, ACE may renounce on the printing and delivery of share certificates. However, any shareholder may demand the issuance of a share certificate evidencing ownership of his shares free of charge. Registered shares evidenced in a share certificate are transferred by delivery to the acquirer combined with an endorsement or a written assignment attached to it. Registered shares not represented by a share certificate may only be transferred by way of written assignment. To be valid, ACE must be notified of the assignment. The right to vote and other rights associated with the common shares (other than financial rights) may only be exercised by a shareholder who is registered in the share register as shareholder with voting rights.

Entry of acquirers of registered shares as shareholders with voting rights in the share register may be refused based on the following grounds:

• No individual or legal entity may, directly or indirectly, formally, constructively or beneficially own (as defined in Article 14 of ACE’s Articles of Association) or otherwise control voting rights with respect to 10 percent or more of the registered share capital recorded in the commercial register. Those associated through capital, voting power, joint management or in any other way, or joining for the acquisition of shares, shall be regarded as one person. Persons holding registered shares exceeding the limit of 10 percent shall be entered in the share register, with respect to such excess shares only, as shareholders without voting rights;

• The limit of 10 percent of the registered share capital also applies to the subscription for, or acquisition of, registered shares by exercising option or convertible rights arising from registered or bearer securities or any other securities issued by ACE or third parties, as well as by means of exercising purchased pre-emptive rights arising from either registered or bearer shares. Persons holding registered shares exceeding the limit of 10 percent shall be entered in the share register with respect to such excess shares only as shareholders without voting rights;

• The Board of Directors shall reject entry of holders of registered shares as shareholders with voting rights in the share register or shall decide on their deregistration as shareholders with voting rights when the acquirer or shareholder upon request does not expressly state that she/he has acquired or holds the shares in her/his own name and for her/his own account.

The Board of Directors may record nominees in ACE’s share register as shareholders with the right to vote without limitation when the nominee undertakes the obligation to disclose at any time to ACE at its written request the names, addresses and share holdings of each person for whom such nominee is holding shares. Beneficial owners of shares who hold their shares through nominees exercise their rights through the intermediation of such nominees.

Conflicts of Interest

Swiss law does not contain any general provision in relation to the handling of conflicts of interest within a company’s organization. However, the Swiss Code of Obligations requires directors and members of senior

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management to apply due care and generally to safeguard the interests of the company in the performance of their respective duties (duty of care and of loyalty). This rule is generally understood as disqualifying directors and members of senior management from participating in decisions that directly affect them. ACE has set out certain principles on how to handle conflicts of interests in its organizational regulations, a copy of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Further, holders of ACE’s signatory powers may in certain circumstances be unable to validly exercise such powers by reason of a conflict of interest. The breach of these provisions entails personal liability of the directors and officers, to ACE in particular. In addition, Swiss law contains provisions under which the members of the Board of Directors and all persons engaged in the management may become liable to the company, to each shareholder and to the company’s creditors for damages caused by an intentional or negligent violation of their duties. Furthermore, Swiss company law contains a provision under which payments made and other benefits granted to a shareholder or a director or any persons associated with them, other than at arm’s length, must be repaid to the company if the recipient thereof was acting in bad faith.

Change of Control

Registration and Voting Rights Restrictions.    ACE’s Articles of Association limit the right of an acquirer to be registered as shareholder with voting rights and the right of its shareholders to exercise their voting rights. See “Transfer of Shares” and “Voting Rights.”

Disclosure of Shareholders’ Identity.    Swiss company law requires that ACE disclose the identity of all of its shareholders who hold more than 5 percent of ACE’s voting rights to the extent that such shareholders are known or should be known to ACE. Such disclosure must be made once a year in the notes to the financial statements published in ACE’s annual report. See also “Limitations Affecting Shareholders — Insurance Regulatory Provisions Concerning Change or Acquisition of Control” and “UK Prudential Regulatory Authority and Lloyd’s Related Requirements.”

Repurchase of Shares

Swiss law limits a Swiss corporation’s ability to hold or purchase its own shares. ACE may only purchase shares if there are sufficient free distributable reserves according to the statutory financial statements of ACE (Switzerland) to pay the purchase price, and if the aggregate nominal value of the purchased shares (and those already held in treasury) does not exceed 10 percent of its nominal share capital. These requirements also apply for shares of ACE (Switzerland) acquired by its subsidiaries. Shares held by ACE are not entitled to vote at shareholders’ meetings, but are entitled to the economic benefits applicable to the shares generally. Furthermore, ACE must create a special reserve on its balance sheet in the amount of the purchase price of the acquired shares. In addition, selective share repurchases are permitted only under certain circumstances.

Certain types of repurchases of shares (buy back for capital reduction purposes, more than 10 percent of share capital, shares held for more than six years unless an exemption rule applies) are subject to Swiss Federal Withholding Tax, currently at a rate of 35 percent. According to an applicable double tax treaty between Switzerland and the tax resident country of the shareholder or if the shareholder is domiciled in Switzerland, a partial or full refund of the Swiss withholding tax may be possible under certain conditions.

Borrowing — Issuance of Debt Securities

Neither Swiss law nor ACE’s Articles of Association restricts in any way its power to borrow and raise funds. The decision to borrow funds, including the issuance of debt securities, is made by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. A shareholders’ resolution will not be required.

Notices

Notices to shareholders are validly made by publication in the Swiss Official Commercial Gazette (Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt). ACE will also provide notices to shareholders in English.

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Duration, Liquidation and Merger

ACE’s Articles of Association do not limit its duration as a legal entity.

ACE may be dissolved by way of liquidation at any time by a shareholders’ resolution passed by at least two-thirds of the votes represented at a shareholders meeting. By a shareholders’ resolution passed by the same majority, ACE may also be dissolved without liquidation in certain cases (for example in a merger where ACE is not the surviving entity). Dissolution by court order is possible if ACE becomes bankrupt, or for cause if shareholders holding at least 10 percent of the share capital so request.

Under Swiss law, any surplus arising out of a liquidation (after the settlement of all claims of all creditors) is distributed to shareholders in proportion to the paid-up nominal value of shares held. The amount of this surplus, to the extent it is not a repayment of the nominal value of the shares, is subject to Swiss Federal Withholding Tax, currently at a rate of 35 percent. According to an applicable double tax treaty between Switzerland and the tax resident country of the shareholder or if the shareholder is domiciled in Switzerland, a partial or full refund of the Swiss withholding tax may be possible under certain conditions.

Statutory Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Birchstrasse 160, CH-8050 Zurich, has been appointed as ACE’s statutory auditors. ACE’s shareholders must elect its auditors at the ordinary shareholders’ meeting on an annual basis.

Limitations Affecting Shareholders

Squeeze-Out Merger — The Swiss Federal Merger Act allows a squeeze-out of minority shareholders by way of a squeeze-out merger. To the extent that the shareholders holding at least 90 percent of the shares outstanding of the target company consent, the target company can be merged into the surviving company and the minority shareholders or the target company can be cashed out instead of receiving shares in the surviving company.

Ownership of Shares by Non-Swiss Persons — Except for the limitation on voting rights described above applicable to shareholders generally, there is no limitation under Swiss law or ACE’s Articles of Association on the right of non-Swiss residents or nationals to own or vote its shares. Shareholders intending to acquire or hold a qualifying participation in ACE’s shares may be subject to applicable local insurance regulations.

Exchange Control — Under current Swiss exchange control regulations, there are no limitations on the amount of payments that may be remitted by a Swiss company to non-residents, other than under government sanctions imposed on certain countries and on persons or organizations with links to such countries or terrorist links.

Insurance Regulatory Provisions Concerning Change or Acquisition of Control — Insurance regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over ACE’s reinsurance and insurance subsidiaries may require prior approval of the acquisition or a change of control of the reinsurance or insurance subsidiary. In many cases, accumulating significantly less than a majority of ACE’s shares may be deemed to be an acquisition or a change of control of one or more of ACE’s regulated reinsurance or insurance subsidiaries. The discussion below describes significant insurance regulatory provisions that may affect the accumulation of ACE’s shares.

For example, some of ACE’s subsidiaries are reinsurance and insurance companies domiciled or commercially domiciled under the respective insurance codes of the states of Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania in the United States. The insurance codes in these states contain generally similar provisions to the effect that the acquisition or change of “control” of a domestic insurer or of any person that controls a domestic insurer cannot be consummated without the prior approval of the relevant insurance regulator. In general, a presumption of “control” arises from the ownership, control, possession with the power to vote or possession of proxies regarding 10 percent or more of the voting securities of a domestic insurer or of a person that controls a domestic insurer. A person seeking to acquire control, directly or indirectly, of a domestic insurance company or of any person controlling a domestic insurance

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company must generally file with the relevant insurance regulatory authority a statement relating to the acquisition of control containing certain information required by statute and published regulations and provide a copy of such statement to the domestic insurer.

In addition, many states’ insurance laws contain provisions that require pre-acquisition notification to state agencies of a change in control of a non-domestic insurance company admitted in that state. While these pre-acquisition notification statutes do not authorize the state agency to disapprove the change of control, these statutes do authorize remedies, including the issuance of a cease and desist order with respect to the non-domestic admitted insurer, if, for example, undue market concentration exists.

Any future transactions involving the acquisition of 10 percent or more of ACE’s outstanding shares would generally require, and any future transactions involving disposition of 10 percent or more of ACE’s outstanding shares may generally require, prior approval by the state insurance departments of the states mentioned above or by certain regulators of other relevant jurisdictions. Similarly, they would generally require the pre-acquisition notification in those jurisdictions that have adopted pre-acquisition notification provisions and may generally require the pre-disposition notification in those jurisdictions that adopt pre-disposition notification provisions. These requirements may deter, delay or prevent transactions affecting the ownership of ACE’s shares by persons seeking to own more than 10 percent of its outstanding shares, or exceeding other relevant thresholds under applicable insurance regulations. See also “UK Prudential Regulatory Authority and Lloyd’s Related Requirements.”

UK Prudential Regulatory Authority and Lloyd’s Related Requirements

A person is prohibited from being a controller of a United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) authorized and, if also applicable, Lloyd’s registered entity unless that person first obtains the permission of the PRA and, if applicable, Lloyd’s. A person would be a controller of a PRA authorized and, if applicable, Lloyd’s registered ACE entity if that person, whether acting alone or in concert, holds 10 percent or more of the shares or voting power in that entity or in its parent undertaking or it holds shares or voting power in that entity or its parent undertaking as a result of which it is able to exercise significant influence over the management of the entity. Accordingly, any person who, whether acting alone or in concert, is a controller of ACE may well also be a controller of a PRA authorized and, if applicable, Lloyd’s registered ACE entity, which means any person considering owning 10 percent of ACE’s shares or voting power must determine if PRA and, if applicable, Lloyd’s advance approval is necessary.

Approval is also required from the PRA and, if applicable, Lloyd’s if a person increases the percentage of shares or voting power which that person holds in the relevant entity or its parent undertaking from less than 20 percent to 20 percent or more, from less than 30 percent to 30 percent or more, or from less than 50 percent to 50 percent or more, or becomes the parent undertaking of that entity.

A person who decides to reduce or cease to have control over a PRA authorized and, if applicable, Lloyd’s registered entity must give the PRA and, if applicable, Lloyd’s notice in writing before making the disposition. This applies where the percentage of shares or voting power which that person holds in the relevant entity reduces from 50 percent or more to less than 50 percent, from 30 percent or more to less than 30 percent, or from 20 percent or more to less than 20 percent, or where the person ceases to be a parent undertaking of that entity.

A prospective controller should notify the PRA and, if applicable, Lloyd’s of its intention to acquire control of that entity. Likewise, an existing controller should notify the PRA and, if applicable, Lloyd’s if it increases its percentage of shares or voting power in the relevant entity from less than 20 percent to 20 percent or more, from less than 30 percent to 30 percent or more or from less than 50 percent to 50 percent or more, if it reduces its percentage of shares or voting power in the relevant entity from 50 percent or more to less than 50 percent, from 30 percent or more to less than 30 percent, or from 20 percent or more to less than 20 percent, or if it ceases to have control of that entity (i.e., it ceases to have 10 percent or more of the shares or voting power in that entity or in its parent undertaking or to have shares or voting power in that entity or its parents undertaking as a result of which it has been able to exercise significant influence over the management of the entity).

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The PRA has 60 working days to consider a person’s application to acquire ‘control’. The PRA and, if applicable, Lloyd’s , may object to a proposed acquisition or increase in control unless it is effectively satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to have, or increase their, control, and the interests of consumers would not be threatened by that person having, or increasing their, control. A person who becomes a controller, or increases their control, of a PRA authorized and, if applicable, Lloyd’s registered entity without first obtaining the prior approval of the PRA and, if applicable, Lloyd’s, may be liable to imprisonment and/or a fine.

DESCRIPTION OF ACE INA DEBT SECURITIES AND ACE GUARANTEE

The following description of the ACE INA debt securities and the ACE guarantee sets forth the material terms and provisions of the ACE INA debt securities and the ACE guarantee to which any prospectus supplement may relate. The ACE INA senior debt securities are to be issued under an indenture, referred to in this prospectus as the ACE INA senior indenture, among ACE INA, ACE and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor), as trustee, dated as of August 1, 1999, a copy of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The ACE INA subordinated debt securities are to be issued under an indenture, referred to in this prospectus as the ACE INA subordinated indenture, among ACE INA, ACE and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor), as trustee, dated December 1, 1999, a copy of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The ACE INA senior indenture and the ACE INA subordinated indenture are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the ACE INA indentures and each individually as an ACE INA indenture. The specific terms applicable to a particular issuance of ACE INA debt securities and any variations from the terms set forth below will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The following is a summary of the material terms and provisions of the ACE INA indentures, the ACE INA debt securities and the ACE guarantee. You should refer to the ACE INA indentures and the ACE INA debt securities for complete information regarding the terms and provisions of the ACE INA indentures, the ACE INA debt securities and the ACE guarantee. The ACE INA indentures are substantially identical, except for the covenants of ACE INA and ACE and provisions relating to subordination.

General

The ACE INA indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of ACE INA debt securities which ACE INA may issue. ACE INA may issue ACE INA debt securities under the ACE INA indenture from time to time in one or more series. The ACE INA indentures do not limit the amount of other indebtedness or ACE INA debt securities, other than secured indebtedness which ACE, ACE INA or their respective subsidiaries may issue.

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, the ACE INA senior debt securities will be unsecured obligations of ACE INA and will rank equally with all of its other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all of ACE INA’s senior indebtedness, which term includes ACE INA senior debt securities, as described below under “Subordination of ACE INA Subordinated Debt Securities.” The ACE INA subordinated debt securities of any series issued to an ACE Trust will rank equally with each other series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to other ACE Trusts.

Because ACE INA is a holding company, its rights and the rights of its creditors, including you as a holder of ACE INA debt securities, to participate in any distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon that subsidiary’s liquidation or reorganization or otherwise would be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary’s creditors, except to the extent that ACE INA is a creditor of the subsidiary. The rights of creditors of ACE INA, including you as a holder of ACE INA debt securities, to participate in the distribution of stock owned by ACE INA in its subsidiaries, including ACE INA’s insurance subsidiaries, may also be subject to the approval of insurance regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the subsidiaries.

If ACE INA subordinated debt securities are issued to an ACE Trust in connection with the issuance of securities by that ACE Trust, those ACE INA subordinated debt securities may subsequently be distributed pro

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rata to the holders of the securities of the ACE Trust under the dissolution of that ACE Trust. This type of distribution would only occur upon the occurrence of specified events, which will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Only one series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities will be issued to an ACE Trust in connection with the issuance of securities by that ACE Trust.

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of the offered ACE INA debt securities:

• the title of the series;

• any limit on the aggregate principal amount;

• the principal payment dates;

• the interest rates, if any, or the method by which the interest rates will be determined, including, if applicable, any remarketing option or similar option. This interest rate may be zero in the case of ACE INA debt securities issued at an issue price representing a discount from the principal amount payable at maturity;

• the date or dates from which interest, if any, will accrue or the method by which the date or dates will be determined;

• the interest payment dates and regular record dates;

• whether and under what circumstances ACE INA will pay additional amounts because of taxes or governmental charges that might be imposed on holders of the ACE INA debt securities and, if so, whether and on what terms ACE will have the option to redeem the ACE INA debt securities in lieu of paying these additional amounts;

• the place or places where the principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to the ACE INA debt securities will be payable, where any of the ACE INA debt securities that are issued in registered form may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where any of the ACE INA debt securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange;

• whether any of the ACE INA debt securities are to be redeemable at the option of ACE INA and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which they may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of ACE INA;

• whether ACE INA will be obligated to redeem or purchase any of the ACE INA debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at your option and, if so, the date or dates and other terms and conditions on which the ACE INA debt securities will be redeemed or purchased pursuant to this obligation, and any provisions for the remarketing of the ACE INA debt securities redeemed or purchased;

• if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000, the denominations in which any ACE INA debt securities to be issued in registered form will be issuable and, if other than a denomination of $5,000, the denominations in which any ACE INA debt securities to be issued in bearer form will be issuable;

• whether the ACE INA debt securities will be convertible into other securities of ACE INA and/or exchangeable for securities of ACE or other issuers and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which the ACE INA debt securities will be convertible or exchangeable;

• if other than the principal amount, the portion of the principal amount, or the method by which this portion will be determined, of the ACE INA debt securities that will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the ACE INA debt securities;

• if other than United States dollars, the currency of payment in which the principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts on the ACE INA debt securities will be payable;

• whether the principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts on the ACE INA debt securities will be payable, at the election of ACE INA or you, in a currency other than that in which the ACE INA debt securities are stated to be payable and the dates and other terms upon which this election may be made;

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• any index, formula or other method used to determine the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts on the ACE INA debt securities;

• whether the ACE INA debt securities are to be issued in the form of one or more global securities and, if so, the identity of the depositary for the global security or securities;

• whether the ACE INA debt securities are senior or subordinated and, if subordinated, the applicable subordination provisions;

• in the case of ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust, the terms and conditions of any obligation or right of ACE INA or you to convert or exchange the ACE INA subordinated debt securities into preferred securities of that ACE Trust;

• in the case of ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust, the specifics of the restated trust agreement and, if applicable, the agreement relating to ACE’s guarantee of the preferred securities of that ACE Trust;

• in the case of ACE INA subordinated debt securities, the relative degree, if any, to which the ACE INA subordinated debt securities of the series and the related ACE guarantee will be senior to or be subordinated to other series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities and the related ACE guarantee(s) or other indebtedness of ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, in right of payment, whether the other series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities or other indebtedness is outstanding or not;

• any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the events of default or covenants of ACE INA or ACE with respect to the ACE INA debt securities;

• whether the provisions described below under “Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” will be applicable to the ACE INA debt securities;

• whether any of the ACE INA debt securities are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for the ACE INA debt securities to be authenticated and delivered; and

• any other terms of the ACE INA debt securities and any other deletions from or modifications or additions to the applicable ACE INA indenture in respect of the ACE INA debt securities. (Section 3.1)

ACE INA will have the ability under the ACE INA indentures to reopen a previously issued series of ACE INA debt securities and issue additional ACE INA debt securities of that series or establish additional terms of that series. ACE INA is also permitted to issue ACE INA debt securities with the same terms as previously issued ACE INA debt securities. (Section 3.1)

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, principal of, premium and interest on and additional amounts, if any, on the ACE INA debt securities will initially be payable at the corporate trust office of the trustee, or any other office or agency designated by ACE INA for this purpose. Interest on ACE INA debt securities issued in registered form:

• may be paid by check mailed to the persons entitled to the payments at their addresses appearing on the security register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States; and

• will be payable on any interest payment date to the persons in whose names the ACE INA debt securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date with respect to the interest payment date.

ACE INA will designate the initial paying agents, which will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement, and may, at any time, designate additional paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying agent or approve a change in the office through which any paying agent acts. However, ACE INA is required to maintain a paying agent in each place where the principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to the ACE INA debt securities are payable.

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, you may present the ACE INA debt securities for transfer, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer if so required by ACE

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INA or the security registrar, or exchange for other ACE INA debt securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount, in each case at the office or agency maintained by ACE INA for these purposes. This office will initially be the corporate trust office of the trustee. Any transfer or exchange will be made without service charge, although ACE INA may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge and any other expenses then payable. ACE INA is not required to:

• issue, register the transfer of, or exchange, ACE INA debt securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any ACE INA debt securities and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing; or

• register the transfer of or exchange any ACE INA debt security selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any ACE INA debt security being redeemed in part. (Section 3.5)

ACE INA has appointed the trustee as security registrar. The security registrar and any transfer agent initially designated by ACE INA will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. At any time, ACE INA may designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts. However, ACE INA is required to maintain a transfer agent in each place where the principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to the ACE INA debt securities are payable. (Section 10.2)

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, ACE INA will only issue the ACE INA debt securities in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. (Section 3.2) If the ACE INA debt securities are issued in bearer form, any restrictions and considerations, including offering restrictions and U.S. Federal income tax considerations applicable to, and to payment on and transfer and exchange of, these securities, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The ACE INA debt securities may be issued as original issue discount securities, which means that they will bear no interest or bear interest at a rate which, at the time of issuance, is below market rates. ACE INA debt securities issued as original issue discount securities will be sold at a substantial discount below their principal amount. U.S. Federal income tax and other considerations applicable to original issue discount securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

If the purchase price, or the principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to, any ACE INA debt securities is payable, or if any ACE INA debt securities are denominated, in one or more foreign currencies or currency units, the restrictions, elections, U.S. Federal income tax considerations, specific terms and other information will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, other than as described below under “— Covenants Applicable to ACE INA Senior Debt Securities — Limitation on Liens on Stock of Designated Subsidiaries,” the ACE INA indentures do not contain any provisions that would limit the ability of ACE INA to incur indebtedness or that would afford holders of ACE INA debt securities protection in the event of a sudden and significant decline in the credit quality of ACE INA or ACE or a takeover, recapitalization or highly leveraged or similar transaction involving ACE INA or ACE. Accordingly, ACE INA or ACE could in the future enter into transactions that could increase the amount of its outstanding indebtedness that could affect its respective capital structure or credit rating.

ACE Guarantee

ACE will fully and unconditionally guarantee all payments on the ACE INA debt securities. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, ACE’s guarantee of the ACE INA senior debt securities will be an unsecured obligation of ACE and will rank equally with all of its other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. ACE’s guarantee of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities will be an unsecured obligation of ACE, subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all ACE senior indebtedness. ACE’s guarantee of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust will rank equally with ACE’s guarantee of each other series of ACE subordinated debt securities issued to other ACE Trusts.

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Since ACE is a holding company, its rights and the rights of its creditors, including you as a holder of the ACE INA debt securities who would be a creditor of it by virtue of its guarantee, and shareholders to participate in any distribution of the assets of any subsidiary upon the subsidiary’s liquidation or reorganization or otherwise would be subject to prior claims of the subsidiary’s creditors, except to the extent that ACE may be a creditor of the subsidiary. The right of ACE’s creditors, including you, to participate in the distribution of the stock owned by ACE in some of its subsidiaries, including ACE’s insurance subsidiaries, may also be subject to approval by insurance regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the subsidiaries.

Conversion and Exchange

The terms, if any, on which ACE INA debt securities are convertible into or exchangeable for, either mandatorily, at your option or at ACE INA’s option, for common shares of ACE or other securities, whether or not issued by ACE, property or cash, or a combination of any of these, will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Payments of Additional Amounts

ACE will make all payments on ACE INA debt securities without withholding of any present or future taxes or governmental charges of Switzerland, the Cayman Islands or Bermuda, each referred to in this prospectus as a taxing jurisdiction, unless ACE is required to do so by applicable law or regulation.

If ACE is required to withhold amounts, it will, subject to the limitations described below, pay to you additional amounts so that every net payment made to you, after the withholding will not be the same amount provided for in the ACE INA debt security and the applicable ACE INA indenture.

ACE will not be required to pay any additional amounts for

• any tax or governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that you:

• were a resident of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or were physically present in, the relevant taxing jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with the relevant taxing jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment on, the ACE INA debt security;

• presented the ACE INA debt security for payment in the relevant taxing jurisdiction, unless the ACE debt security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere; or

• presented the ACE INA debt security for payment more than 30 days after the date on which the payment became due unless you would have been entitled to these additional amounts if you had presented the ACE debt security for payment within the 30-day period;

• any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax or other governmental charge;

• any tax or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld because of your failure to comply with any reasonable request by ACE:

• to provide information concerning your nationality, residence or identity or that of the beneficial owner; or

• to make any claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which in either case is required by the relevant taxing jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of the tax or other governmental charge; or

• any combination of the above items.

In addition, ACE will not pay additional amounts if you are a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of the ACE debt security if the beneficiary or partner or settlor would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had it been the holder of the ACE debt security. (Section 10.4)

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Global Securities

The ACE INA debt securities may be issued, in whole or in part, in the form of one or more global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary identified in the applicable prospectus supplement and registered in the name of the depositary or its nominee. Interests in any global ACE INA debt security will be shown on, and transfers of the ACE INA debt securities will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary and its participants as described below.

The specific terms of the depositary arrangement will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Option to Extend Interest Payment Date

If and as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, ACE INA will have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of any series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust, to defer payment of interest for a number of consecutive interest payment periods, which we refer to in this prospectus as an extension period. However, no extension period may extend beyond the stated maturity of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities. U.S. Federal income tax consequences and other considerations applicable to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. (Section 3.11 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

Covenants Applicable to ACE INA Senior Debt Securities

Limitation on Liens on Stock of Designated Subsidiaries

Under the ACE INA senior indenture, each of ACE INA and ACE will covenant that, so long as any ACE INA senior debt securities are outstanding, it will not, nor will it permit any subsidiary to create, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise permit to exist any indebtedness secured by any security interest on any shares of capital stock of any designated subsidiary, unless ACE INA and ACE concurrently provide that the ACE INA senior debt securities and, if ACE INA and ACE elect, any other indebtedness of ACE INA that is not subordinate to the ACE INA senior debt securities and with respect to which the governing instruments require, or pursuant to which the ACE INA is otherwise obligated, to provide such security, will be secured equally with the indebtedness for at least the time period the other indebtedness is so secured. (Section 10.5 of the ACE INA senior indenture)

The term “designated subsidiary” means any present or future consolidated subsidiary of ACE, the consolidated net worth of which constitutes at least 5 percent of ACE’s consolidated net worth. (Section 1.1 of the ACE INA senior indenture)

For purposes of the ACE INA indentures, the term “indebtedness” means, with respect to any person:

• the principal of and any premium and interest on:

• indebtedness for money borrowed and

• indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which the person is responsible or liable;

• all capitalized lease obligations;

• all obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title retention agreement, but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business;

• all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, generally other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations, other than obligations of the type referred to above, entered into in the ordinary course of business to the extent these letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third business day following receipt by such person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit;

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• all obligations of the type referred to above of other persons and all dividends of other persons for the payment of which, in either case, the person is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise;

• all obligations of the type referred to above of other persons secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance on any property or asset of the person, whether or not the obligation is assumed by the person; and

• any amendments, modifications, refundings, renewals or extensions of any indebtedness or obligation described above. (Section 1.1)

Limitations on Disposition of Stock of Designated Subsidiaries

The ACE INA senior indenture also provides that, so long as any ACE INA senior debt securities are outstanding and except in a transaction otherwise governed by the ACE INA indentures, neither ACE INA nor ACE will issue, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of, securities convertible into, or warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of, capital stock, other than preferred stock having no voting rights, of any designated subsidiary. Similarly, ACE INA will not permit any designated subsidiary to issue, other than to ACE INA or ACE, these types of securities, warrants, rights or options, other than director’s qualifying shares and preferred stock having no voting rights, of any designated subsidiary, if, after giving effect to the transaction and the issuance of the maximum number of shares issuable upon the conversion or exercise of all the convertible securities, warrants, rights or options, ACE would own, directly or indirectly, less than 80 percent of the shares of capital stock of the designated subsidiary, other than preferred stock having no voting rights.

However, ACE INA may issue, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of securities if the consideration is at least a fair market value as determined by ACE INA’s board or if required by law or regulation. ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, may also merge or consolidate any designated subsidiary into or with another direct or indirect subsidiary of ACE, the shares of capital stock of which ACE owns at least 80 percent or, subject to the provisions described under “— Consolidation, Amalgamation, Merger and Sale of Assets” below, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the entire capital stock of any designated subsidiary at one time if the consideration is at least fair market value as determined by ACE INA’s or ACE’s board. (Section 10.6 of the ACE INA senior indenture)

Covenants Applicable to ACE INA Subordinated Debt Securities Issued to an ACE Trust

Each of ACE INA and ACE will also covenant, as to each series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust in connection with the issuance of preferred securities and common securities by that ACE Trust, that it will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to:

• declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the outstanding capital stock of ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, or

• make any payment on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt security of ACE INA or ACE that ranks junior in interest to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities or the related ACE guarantee, as the case may be, or make any payments with respect to any guarantee by ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, of the debt securities of any subsidiary of ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, if the guarantee ranks junior in interest to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities or the related ACE guarantee, as the case may be, other than:

• dividends or distributions on the capital stock of ACE INA paid or made to ACE and dividends or distributions in common stock of ACE INA or common shares of ACE, as the case may be;

• redemptions or purchases of any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan of ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, or the declaration of a dividend of these rights or the issuance of stock under the plans in the future;

• payments under any preferred securities guarantee; and

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• purchases of common stock or common shares related to the issuance of common stock or common shares under any of ACE INA’s or ACE’s benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees if at that time:

• any event of which ACE INA or ACE has actual knowledge that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default and in respect of which ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure shall have occurred,

• ACE shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under the preferred securities guarantee relating to the related preferred securities or

• ACE INA shall have given notice of its election to begin an extension period and shall not have rescinded the notice, or the extension period, or any extension of the extension period, shall be continuing. (Section 10.9 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

If ACE INA subordinated debt securities are issued to an ACE Trust in connection with the issuance of preferred securities and common securities of the ACE Trust, for so long as the ACE INA subordinated debt securities remain outstanding, ACE INA will also covenant:

• to maintain, directly or indirectly, 100 percent ownership of the common securities of the ACE Trust;

• not to voluntarily dissolve, wind-up or liquidate the ACE Trust, except in connection with the distribution of ACE INA subordinated debt securities to the holders of preferred securities and common securities in liquidation of the ACE Trust, the redemption of all of the preferred securities and common securities of the ACE Trust or specified mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the restated trust agreement of the ACE Trust; and

• to use its reasonable efforts, to cause the ACE Trust to remain classified as a grantor trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. (Section 10.9 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

Consolidation, Amalgamation, Merger and Sale of Assets

Each ACE INA indenture provides that ACE INA and ACE may not:

• consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any person, or

• permit any person to consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into ACE INA or ACE, respectively, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to ACE INA or ACE, respectively, unless:

• in the case of ACE INA, the person is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

• in the case of ACE, the person is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the U.S., the District of Columbia, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands or any other country that, on August 1, 1999, was a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;

• the surviving entity expressly assumes, the payment of all amounts on all of the ACE INA or ACE debt securities and the performance of ACE INA’s or ACE’s obligations under the ACE INA indenture and the ACE INA debt securities or ACE indenture and ACE debt securities; and

• the surviving entity provides for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the ACE debt securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable into common shares or other securities; and

• immediately after giving effect to the transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of ACE INA or ACE or a subsidiary as a result of the transaction as having been incurred by

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ACE INA or ACE or the subsidiary at the time of the transaction, no event of default, and no event which after notice or lapse of time or both would become an event of default, will have happened and be continuing. (Sections 8.1 and 8.3)

Events of Default

Each of the following events will constitute an event of default under each ACE INA indenture, whether it be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

• default in the payment of any interest on, or any additional amounts payable with respect to, any ACE INA debt security when the interest or additional amounts become due and payable, and continuance of this default for a period of 30 days;

• default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on, or any additional amounts payable with respect to, any ACE INA debt security when the principal, premium or additional amounts become due and payable either at maturity, upon any redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

• default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when due;

• default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of ACE INA or ACE for the benefit of the holders of the ACE INA debt securities, and the continuance of this default or breach for a period of 60 days after ACE INA has received written notice from the holders;

• if any event of default under a mortgage, indenture or instrument under which ACE or ACE INA may issue, or by which ACE or ACE INA may secure or evidence, any indebtedness, including an event of default under any other series of ACE INA debt securities, whether the indebtedness now exists or is later created or incurred, happens and consists of default in the payment of more than $50,000,000 in principal amount of indebtedness at the maturity of the indebtedness, after giving effect to any applicable grace period, or results in the indebtedness in principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and this default is not cured or the acceleration is not rescinded or annulled within a period of 30 days after ACE INA has received written notice;

• ACE INA or ACE shall fail within 60 days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any uninsured judgment or court order for the payment of money in excess of $50,000,000, which is not stayed on appeal or is not otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith;

• events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of ACE INA or ACE; and

• any other event of default, which will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. (Section 5.1)

If an event of default with respect to the ACE INA debt securities of any series, other than events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25 percent in principal amount of the outstanding ACE INA debt securities of the series may declare the principal amount, or a lesser amount as may be provided for in the ACE INA debt securities, of all outstanding ACE INA debt securities of the series to be immediately due and payable by written notice. In the case of an event of default with respect to a series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust, if the trustee or the holders fail to declare the principal amount, or lesser amount, to be due and payable immediately, the holders of at least 25 percent in liquidation amount of the outstanding preferred securities of the ACE Trust may do so by written notice. At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of money has been obtained by the trustee, generally, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the ACE INA debt securities of the series may rescind and annul the declaration of acceleration. In the case of a series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust, if the holders fail to rescind and annul the declaration, the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding preferred securities of the ACE Trust may, subject to satisfaction of specified conditions, rescind and annul the declaration by written notice. Any event of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization will cause the

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principal amount and accrued interest, or the lesser amount as provided for in the ACE INA debt securities, to become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act by the trustee or any holder. (Section 5.2)

Each ACE INA indenture provides that, within 90 days after the occurrence of any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an event of default the trustee must transmit, notice of the default to each holder of the ACE INA debt securities unless the default has been cured or waived. However, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on or additional amounts or any sinking fund or purchase fund installment with respect to any ACE INA debt security, the trustee may withhold this notice if and so long as the Board of Directors, executive committee or trust committee of directors and/or responsible officers of the trustee determine in good faith that the withholding of the notice is in the best interest of the holders. (Section 6.2)

If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to the ACE INA debt securities of any series, the trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the holders of ACE INA debt securities by all appropriate judicial proceedings. (Section 5.3) Each ACE INA indenture provides that, subject to the duty of the trustee during any default to act with the required standard of care, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the ACE INA indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless the holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity. (Section 6.1) Subject to these indemnification provisions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding ACE INA debt securities of any series will generally have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee, with respect to the ACE INA debt securities of the series. (Section 5.12)

If an event of default with respect to a series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust has occurred and is continuing and this event is attributable to a default in the payment of principal of, any premium or interest on or additional amounts with respect to the related ACE INA subordinated debt securities on the date the principal, premium, interest or additional amounts are otherwise payable, a holder of preferred securities of the ACE Trust may institute directly a legal proceeding against ACE INA or ACE, pursuant to the ACE guarantee, for enforcement of payment to the holder of the principal of, any premium and interest on and additional amounts with respect to the related ACE INA subordinated debt securities having a principal amount equal to the liquidation amount of the holder’s related preferred securities, referred to in this prospectus as a direct action. (Section 5.8 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture) ACE INA and ACE may not amend the ACE INA subordinated indenture to remove this right to bring a direct action without the prior consent of the holders of all of the outstanding preferred securities of the ACE Trust. (Section 9.2 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture) If the right to bring a direct action is removed, the applicable ACE Trust may become subject to the reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. Each of ACE INA and ACE will have the right under the ACE INA subordinated indenture to set-off any payment made to a holder of preferred securities by ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, in connection with a direct action. (Section 3.12 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

The holders of the preferred securities will not be able to exercise directly any remedies other than those set forth in the preceding paragraph available to the holders of the related ACE INA subordinated debt securities.

Modification and Waiver

ACE INA, ACE and the trustee may modify or amend either ACE INA indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding ACE INA debt securities of each series affected by the modification or amendment, so long as the modification or amendment does not, without the consent of each affected holder:

• change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any premium or installment of interest on or any additional amounts with respect to any ACE INA debt security;

• reduce the principal amount of, or the rate, or modify the calculation of the rate, of interest on, or any additional amounts with respect to, or any premium payable upon the redemption of, any ACE INA debt security;

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• change the obligation of ACE INA or ACE to pay additional amounts with respect to any ACE INA debt security;

• reduce the amount of the principal of an original issue discount security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the original issue discount security or the amount provable in bankruptcy;

• change the redemption provisions of any ACE INA debt security or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any holder of any ACE INA debt security;

• change the place of payment or the coin or currency in which the principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to any ACE INA debt security is payable;

• impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity of any ACE INA debt security, or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date or, in the case of repayment at the option of any holder, on or after the repayment date;

• reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding ACE INA debt securities, the consent of whose holders is required in order to take specific actions;

• reduce the requirements for quorum or voting by holders of ACE INA debt securities;

• modify any of the provisions relating to the subordination of the ACE INA debt securities or the ACE guarantee in a manner adverse to the holders of ACE INA subordinated debt securities;

• modify or effect in any manner adverse to the holders of ACE INA debt securities the terms and conditions of the obligations of ACE in respect of the due and punctual payment of principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any sinking fund requirements or additional amounts with respect to, the ACE INA debt securities;

• modify any of the provisions regarding the waiver of past defaults and the waiver of specified covenants by the holders of ACE INA debt securities, except to increase any percentage vote required or to provide that other provisions of the ACE INA indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each ACE INA debt security affected by the modification or waiver;

• make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any ACE INA debt security into or for other securities of ACE INA, ACE or other securities, cash or property in accordance with its terms; or

• modify any of the above provisions. (Section 9.2)

In addition, no supplemental indenture may, directly or indirectly, modify or eliminate the subordination provisions of the ACE INA subordinated indenture in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities to senior indebtedness or the subordination of the related ACE guarantee to ACE senior indebtedness, without the prior written consent of the holders of the senior indebtedness or the ACE senior indebtedness, respectively. (Section 9.7 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

ACE INA, ACE and the trustee may modify or amend either ACE INA indenture and the ACE INA debt securities of any series without the consent of any holder in order to, among other things:

• provide for a successor to ACE INA or ACE pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or sale of assets;

• add to the covenants of ACE INA or ACE for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of ACE INA debt securities or to surrender any right or power conferred upon ACE INA or ACE by the applicable ACE INA indenture;

• provide for a successor trustee with respect to the ACE INA debt securities of all or any series;

• cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision in either ACE INA indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under either ACE INA indenture which will not adversely affect the interests of the holders of ACE INA debt securities of any series;

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• change the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of ACE INA debt securities under either ACE INA indenture;

• add any additional events of default with respect to all or any series of ACE INA debt securities;

• secure the ACE INA debt securities;

• provide for conversion or exchange rights of the holders of any series of ACE INA debt securities; or

• make any other change that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of any ACE INA debt securities then outstanding under the applicable ACE INA indenture. (Section 9.1)

The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding ACE INA debt securities of any series may, on behalf of the holders of all ACE INA debt securities of that series, waive compliance by ACE INA and ACE with specified covenants of the applicable ACE INA indenture. (Section 10.8 of the ACE INA senior indenture; Section 10.6 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture) The holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding ACE INA debt securities on behalf of the holders of all ACE INA debt securities of that series and, in the case of any ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust, the holders of not less than a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding preferred securities of the ACE Trust, may waive any past default and its consequences with respect to the ACE INA debt securities of that series, except a default:

• in the payment of principal, any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to ACE INA debt securities of the series; or

• in respect of a covenant or provision of the applicable ACE INA indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding ACE INA debt security of any series affected. (Section 5.13)

Under each ACE INA indenture, each of ACE INA and ACE must annually furnish the trustee a statement regarding its performance of specified obligations and any default in its performance under the applicable ACE INA indenture. Each of ACE INA and ACE is also required to deliver to the trustee, within five days after its occurrence, written notice of any event of default, or any event which after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute an event of default, resulting from the failure to perform or breach of any covenant or warranty contained in the applicable ACE INA indenture or the ACE INA debt securities of any series. (Sections 10.9 and 10.10 of the ACE INA senior indenture; Sections 10.7 and 10.8 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

ACE INA or ACE may discharge their payment obligations on the ACE INA debt securities, which we refer to as defeasance, or elect to be discharged from complying with the covenants in the ACE INA indentures, except for certain ministerial obligations, like registering transfers or exchanges of the ACE INA debt securities, which we refer to as covenant defeasance.

ACE INA or ACE may only do this if, among other things,

• the defeasance or covenant defeasance does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the applicable ACE INA indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which ACE INA or ACE is a party or by which either or them is bound,

• no event of default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an event of default with respect to the ACE INA debt securities to be defeased will have occurred and be continuing on the date of establishment of the trust and, with respect to defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 123rd day after that date and

• ACE INA or ACE has delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the you will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the defeasance or covenant defeasance had

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not occurred. The opinion of counsel, in the case of defeasance, must refer to and be based upon a letter ruling of the I.R.S. received by ACE, a Revenue Ruling published by the I.R.S. or a change in applicable U.S. Federal income tax law occurring after the date of the applicable ACE indenture. (Section 4.2)

Subordination of ACE INA Subordinated Debt Securities

The ACE INA subordinated debt securities will generally be subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all senior indebtedness. (Section 16.1 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of ACE INA of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of ACE INA, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all senior indebtedness will first be paid in full, or payment provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before the holders of ACE INA subordinated debt securities of that series are entitled to receive or retain any payment on account of principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any additional amounts with respect to, the ACE INA subordinated debt securities. This means that the holders of the senior indebtedness will be entitled to receive any payment or distribution, which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of ACE INA being subordinated to the payment of ACE INA subordinated debt securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization or in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceeding. (Section 16.3 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

By reason of this subordination, in the event of liquidation or insolvency of ACE INA, holders of senior indebtedness and holders of other obligations of ACE INA that are not subordinated to the senior indebtedness may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities.

Subject to the payment in full of all senior indebtedness, the rights of the holders of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the senior indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of ACE INA applicable to the senior indebtedness until the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any additional amounts with respect to, the ACE INA subordinated debt securities have been paid in full. (Section 16.4 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

No payment of principal of, including redemption and sinking fund payments, or any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities may be made by ACE INA if:

• any senior indebtedness is not paid when due, any applicable grace period with respect to the default has ended and the default has not been cured or waived or ceased to exist, or

• the maturity of any senior indebtedness has been accelerated because of a default. (Section 16.2 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

The ACE INA subordinated indenture does not limit or prohibit ACE INA from incurring additional senior indebtedness, which may include indebtedness that is senior to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities, but subordinate to other obligations of ACE INA. The ACE INA senior debt securities will constitute senior indebtedness with respect to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities.

The term “senior indebtedness” means, with respect to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities of any particular series, all indebtedness of ACE INA outstanding at any time, except:

• the ACE INA subordinated debt securities of that series;

• indebtedness as to which, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the same, it is provided that the indebtedness is subordinated to or ranks equally with the ACE INA subordinated debt securities;

• indebtedness of ACE INA to an affiliate of ACE INA;

• interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding unless the interest is an allowed claim enforceable against ACE INA in a proceeding under federal or state bankruptcy laws;

• trade accounts payable; and

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• any indebtedness, including all other debt securities and guarantees in respect of those debt securities, initially issued to:

• any ACE Trust or

• any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with ACE which is a financing vehicle of ACE or any affiliate of ACE in connection with an issuance by the entity of preferred securities or other securities which are similar to the preferred securities described under “Description of Preferred Securities” below that are guaranteed by ACE pursuant to an instrument that ranks equally with or junior in right of payment to the preferred securities guarantees described under “Description of the Preferred Securities Guarantees” below.

Senior indebtedness with respect to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of the senior indebtedness. (Sections 1.1 and 16.8 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

The ACE INA subordinated indenture provides that the subordination provisions, insofar as they relate to any particular series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities, may be changed prior to issuance of the applicable ACE INA subordinated debt securities, which change would be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Subordination of ACE Guarantee of ACE INA Subordinated Debt Securities

The ACE guarantee of ACE INA subordinated debt securities will generally be subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all ACE senior indebtedness. (Section 18.1 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of ACE of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of ACE, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all ACE senior indebtedness will first be paid in full, or payment of the ACE senior indebtedness provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before the holders of ACE INA subordinated debt securities are entitled to receive or retain any payment from ACE on account of principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any additional amounts with respect to, the ACE INA subordinated debt securities. This means that the holders of ACE senior indebtedness shall be entitled to receive any payment or distribution by ACE of any kind or character, including any payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by ACE by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of ACE being subordinated to the payment of ACE INA subordinated debt securities, which may be payable or deliverable by ACE in respect of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization or in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceeding. (Section 18.3 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

By reason of this subordination, in the event of liquidation or insolvency of ACE, holders of ACE senior indebtedness and holders of other obligations of ACE that are not subordinated to the ACE senior indebtedness may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities.

Subject to the payment in full of all ACE senior indebtedness, the rights of the holders of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities under the ACE guarantee will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the ACE senior indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of ACE applicable to the ACE senior indebtedness until the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any additional amounts with respect to, the ACE INA senior debt securities have been paid in full. (Section 18.4 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

No payment of principal of, including redemption and sinking fund payments, or any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities of any series may be made by ACE if:

• any ACE senior indebtedness is not paid when due, any applicable grace period with respect to the default has ended and the default has not been cured or waived or ceased to exist, or

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• the maturity of any ACE senior indebtedness has been accelerated because of a default. (Section 18.2 of the ACE INA subordinated indenture)

The ACE INA subordinated indenture does not limit or prohibit ACE from incurring additional ACE senior indebtedness, which may include indebtedness that is senior to the ACE guarantee of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities, but subordinate to other obligations of ACE. The ACE senior debt securities will constitute ACE senior indebtedness with respect to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities.

The term “ACE senior indebtedness” means, with respect to the ACE INA subordinated debt securities of any particular series, all indebtedness of ACE outstanding at any time, except:

• ACE’s obligations under the ACE guarantee in respect of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities of that series;

• indebtedness as to which, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the same, it is provided that the indebtedness is subordinated to or ranks equally with ACE’s obligations under the ACE guarantee in respect of the ACE subordinated debt securities;

• indebtedness of ACE to an affiliate of ACE;

• interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding unless the interest is an allowed claim enforceable against ACE in a proceeding under federal or state bankruptcy laws;

• trade accounts payable;

• ACE’s obligations under the ACE guarantee in respect of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities initially issued to:

• any ACE Trust or

• any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with ACE which is a financing vehicle of ACE or any affiliate of ACE in connection with an issuance by the entity of preferred securities or other securities which are similar to the preferred securities described under “Description of Preferred Securities” below that are guaranteed by ACE pursuant to an instrument that ranks equally with a junior in right of payment to the preferred securities guarantees described under “Description of Preferred Securities Guarantees” below; and

• all preferred securities guarantees and all similar guarantees issued by ACE on behalf of holders of preferred securities of an ACE Trust or other similar preferred securities issued by any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with ACE which is a financing vehicle for ACE or any affiliate of ACE.

The ACE INA subordinated indenture provides that the subordination provisions, insofar as they relate to any particular series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities, may be changed prior to the issuance of that series of ACE INA subordinated debt securities, which change would be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

New York Law to Govern

The ACE INA indentures, the ACE INA debt securities and the ACE guarantee will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York. (Section 1.13)

DESCRIPTION OF THE WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON SHARES

The following summary sets forth the material terms and provisions of the common share warrants which would be issued pursuant to a stock warrant agreement between ACE and a stock warrant agent to be selected at the time of issue. The stock warrant agreement may include or incorporate by reference standard warrant provisions substantially in the form of the standard stock warrant provisions, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

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General

The stock warrants may be issued under the stock warrant agreement independently or together with any other securities offered by a prospectus supplement. If stock warrants are offered, the applicable prospectus supplement will describe the designation and terms of the stock warrants, including, without limitation, the following:

• the offering price, if any;

• the designation and terms of the common shares purchasable upon exercise of the stock warrants;

• if applicable, the date on and after which the stock warrants and the related offered securities will be separately transferable;

• the number of common shares purchasable upon exercise of one stock warrant and the initial price at which shares may be purchased upon exercise of the stock warrant;

• the date on which the right to exercise the stock warrants shall commence and the date on which these rights shall expire;

• a discussion of the material U.S. Federal income tax considerations;

• any call provisions;

• the currency in which the offering price, if any, and exercise price are payable;

• the antidilution provisions of the stock warrants; and

• any other terms of the stock warrants.

The common shares issuable upon exercise of the stock warrants will, when issued in accordance with the stock warrant agreement, be fully paid and nonassessable. This means that the shares will be paid for in full at the time they are issued, and, once they are paid for in full, there will be no further liability for further assessments or taxation.

Exercise of Stock Warrants

The procedures for exercising stock warrants will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Antidilution and Other Provisions

The exercise price payable, the number of common shares purchasable upon the exercise of each stock warrant, and the number of stock warrants outstanding are subject to adjustment if specified events occur. These events include:

• the issuance of a stock dividend to holders of common shares; and

• a combination, subdivision or reclassification of common shares.

In lieu of adjusting the number of common shares purchasable upon exercise of each stock warrant, ACE may elect to adjust the number of stock warrants. No adjustment in the number of shares purchasable upon exercise of the stock warrants will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1 percent in the number of shares purchasable. ACE may also, at its option, reduce the exercise price at any time. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of stock warrants, but ACE will pay the cash value of any fractional shares otherwise issuable. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, in case of any consolidation, merger, or sale or conveyance of ACE’s property as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, you, as a stock warrant holder, shall have the right to the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property, including cash, receivable by a holder of the number of common shares into which your stock warrants were exercisable immediately prior to this event.

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No Rights as Shareholders

You will not be entitled, by virtue of being a stock warrant holder, to vote, to consent, to receive dividends, to receive notice as shareholders with respect to any meeting of shareholders for the election of ACE’s directors or any other matter, or to exercise any rights whatsoever as a shareholder.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SECURITIES

Each ACE Trust will be governed by an amended and restated trust agreement, referred to in this prospectus as a trust agreement, a form of which is an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Under each trust agreement, the ACE Trust may issue, from time to time, only one series of preferred securities with the terms set forth in the trust agreement or made a part of the trust agreement by the Trust Indenture Act, which terms will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of the ACE Trust preferred securities will generally mirror the terms of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities, which the ACE Trust will purchase with the proceeds from the sale of its preferred securities and its common securities. The ACE INA subordinated debt securities issued to an ACE Trust will be guaranteed by ACE on a subordinated basis and are referred to in this prospectus as the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities relating to that ACE Trust.

The following is a summary of the material terms and provisions of each trust agreement and the preferred securities. You should refer to the form of amended and restated trust agreement and to the Trust Indenture Act for complete information regarding the terms and provisions of the trust agreement and of the preferred securities.

Issuance, Status and Guarantee of Preferred Securities

The preferred securities will represent preferred beneficial interests in an ACE Trust and you, as holders of the preferred securities, will be entitled to a preference in specified circumstances, including as regards distributions and amounts payable on redemption or liquidation over the common securities of the applicable ACE Trust. The preferred securities of each ACE Trust will rank equally, and payments will be made on the preferred securities pro rata, with the common securities of that ACE Trust, except as described under “—Subordination of Common Securities” below. The property trustee will hold legal title to the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities in trust for your benefit and for the benefit of the holder of the ACE Trust’s common securities. In this prospectus, we refer to the common securities and the preferred securities of an ACE Trust collectively as the “trust securities” of that ACE Trust.

ACE will guarantee, which we refer to in this prospectus as the preferred securities guarantee, the preferred securities. Under each preferred securities guarantee, ACE will guarantee, on a subordinated basis, payment of distributions on the related preferred securities and amounts payable on redemption or liquidation of the related preferred securities, but only to the extent that the related ACE Trust has funds to make these payments. See “Description of Preferred Securities Guarantees.”

Distributions

Distributions on the preferred securities will accumulate from the original issue date and will be payable on the dates specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. If any date on which these distributions are payable is not a business day, payment of the distribution payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding business day without any additional distributions or other payment in respect of the delay. However, if the next succeeding business day is in the next succeeding calendar year, payment of the distribution will be made on the immediately preceding business day, in each case as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. We refer to each date on which distributions are payable in this prospectus as a distribution date. (Section 4.1) A “business day” is any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the corporate trust office of the property trustee or the trustee for the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities is closed for business. (Section 1.1)

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Distributions on each preferred security will be payable at the rate specified in the applicable prospectus supplement and the amount of distributions payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Distributions to which you are entitled will accumulate additional distributions at the rate per annum if and as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. References to “distributions” include any accumulated or additional distributions unless otherwise stated. (Section 4.1)

If set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, ACE INA will have the right under the ACE INA subordinated indenture to defer the payment of interest on any series of corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities for the period specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. However, no extension period may extend beyond the stated maturity of the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities. See “Description of ACE INA Debt Securities and ACE Guarantee — Option to Extend Interest Payment Date.” As a consequence of any extension, distributions on the corresponding preferred securities would be deferred but would continue to accumulate additional distributions at the rate set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, which rate will match the interest rate payable on the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities during the extension period, by the ACE Trust which issued the preferred securities during any extension period. (Section 4.1)

The funds of each ACE Trust available for distribution to you will be limited to payments under the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities in which the ACE Trust will invest the proceeds from the issuance and sale of its trust securities. If ACE INA or ACE, as the case may be, does not make interest payments on those corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities, the property trustee will not have funds available to pay distributions on the related preferred securities. The payment of distributions, if and to the extent the ACE Trust has funds legally available for the payment of the distributions and cash sufficient to make the payments, is guaranteed by ACE as set forth under “Description of Preferred Securities Guarantees.”

Distributions on the preferred securities will be payable to the holders of the preferred securities as they appear on the register of the applicable ACE Trust on the relevant record dates. As long as the preferred securities remain in book-entry form, the record dates will be one business day prior to the relevant distribution dates. Generally, each distribution payment will be made as described under “Global Preferred Securities.” If any preferred securities are not in book-entry form, the relevant record date will be the date 15 days prior to the relevant distribution date, as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. (Section 4.1)

Redemption or Exchange

Mandatory Redemption.    Upon any repayment or redemption, in whole or in part, of any corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities held by an ACE Trust, the property trustee will simultaneously apply the proceeds from the repayment or redemption, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice to holders of trust securities, to redeem, on a pro rata basis, trust securities having an aggregate stated liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities repaid or redeemed. The redemption price per trust security will be equal to its stated liquidation amount, plus any accumulated and unpaid distributions on the trust security to the redemption date, plus the related amount of premium, if any, and any additional amounts paid by ACE INA or ACE upon the concurrent repayment or redemption of the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities. The amount described in the preceding sentence is referred to in this prospectus as the redemption price. (Section 4.2) If less than all of the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities are to be repaid or redeemed on a redemption date, then the property trustee shall allocate the proceeds from the repayment or redemption to the redemption pro rata of the related trust securities. (Section 4.2)

Generally, ACE INA will have the right to redeem any series of corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities at any time, in whole but not in part, upon the occurrence of a special event and subject to the conditions described under “Description of ACE INA Debt Securities and ACE Guarantee — Redemption.”

Special Event Redemption or Distribution of Corresponding ACE INA Subordinated Debt Securities.    If a special event relating to the trust securities of an ACE Trust occurs and is continuing, within 90 days following

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the occurrence of the special event, ACE INA has the right to redeem the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities, in whole but not in part, and, in doing so, cause a mandatory redemption of the related trust securities, in whole but not in part, at the redemption price. At any time, ACE INA has the right to dissolve the ACE Trust and, after satisfaction of the liabilities of creditors of the ACE Trust, cause the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities to be distributed to the holders of the trust securities in liquidation of the ACE Trust. If ACE INA does not elect to redeem the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities upon the occurrence of a special event, the applicable trust securities will remain outstanding. If a tax event has occurred and is continuing, additional sums may be payable on the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities. For purposes of this section, “additional sums” means the additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the amount of distributions then due and payable by an ACE Trust on its outstanding trust securities shall not be reduced as a result of any additional taxes, duties and other governmental charges to which it has become subject as a result of a tax event. (Section 1.1)

On and from the date fixed for any distribution of corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities upon dissolution of an ACE Trust:

• the trust securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding;

• the depositary or its nominee, as the record holder of the related preferred securities, will receive a registered global certificate or certificates representing the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities to be delivered upon the distribution, upon surrender of the related preferred securities certificates for exchange; and

• any certificates representing the preferred securities, which is not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the preferred securities and accruing interest at the rate provided for in the debt securities, which rate will equal the distribution rate on the preferred securities, until the certificates are presented to the administrative trustees or their agent for exchange. (Section 9.4)

There can be no assurance as to the market prices for the preferred securities or the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities that may be distributed in exchange for preferred securities if a dissolution and liquidation of an ACE Trust were to occur. Accordingly, the preferred securities that you may purchase, and the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities that you may receive on dissolution and liquidation of an ACE Trust, may trade at a discount to the price that you paid to purchase the preferred securities.

Redemption Procedures

The property trustee shall redeem the preferred securities on each redemption date at the redemption price with the applicable proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities. The property trustee will redeem the preferred securities, and shall pay the redemption price, on each redemption date only to the extent that the applicable ACE Trust has funds on hand available for the payment of the redemption price. See also “— Subordination of Common Securities.”

If an ACE Trust gives a notice of redemption, which notice will be irrevocable, in respect of its preferred securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, to the extent funds are available, the property trustee will, so long as the preferred securities are in book-entry-only form, deposit irrevocably with the depositary for the preferred securities funds sufficient to pay the applicable redemption price. The property trustee will also give the depositary irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the redemption price to you, as a holder of the preferred securities. If the preferred securities are no longer in book-entry form, the property trustee, to the extent funds are available, will irrevocably deposit with the paying agent for the preferred securities funds sufficient to pay the applicable redemption price and will give the paying agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the redemption price to you upon surrender of your certificates evidencing the preferred securities. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, distributions payable on or prior to the redemption date for any preferred securities called for redemption shall be payable to you on the relevant record date for the

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related distribution dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then, immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the deposit, all of your rights, as a holder of preferred securities so called for redemption, will cease, except your right to receive the redemption price, but without interest, and your preferred securities will cease to be outstanding. If any date on which any redemption price is payable is not a business day, then payment of the redemption price payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding business day without any interest or other payment in respect of the delay. However, if the next succeeding business day falls in the next calendar year, the payment will be made on the immediately preceding business day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the proper payment date. If that payment of the redemption price is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the ACE Trust or by ACE pursuant to the preferred securities guarantee as described under “Description of Preferred Securities Guarantees,” distributions on the preferred securities will continue to accumulate interest at the then applicable rate, from the redemption date originally established by the ACE Trust for the preferred securities to the date the redemption price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the redemption price.

Generally, ACE or its subsidiaries, including ACE INA, may purchase outstanding preferred securities.

Payment of the redemption price on the preferred securities will be made to the record holders as they appear on the register for the preferred securities on the relevant record date, which will be one business day prior to the relevant redemption date. If any preferred securities are not in book-entry form, the relevant record date for the preferred securities will be a date 15 days prior to the redemption date, as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The property trustee will allocate the aggregate liquidation amount pro rata to the trust securities based upon the relative liquidation amounts of the classes if less than all of the trust securities issued by an ACE Trust are to be redeemed on a redemption date. The property trustee will select on a pro rata basis not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date from the outstanding preferred securities not previously called for redemption the particular preferred securities to be redeemed by any method, including without limitation by lot, as it shall deem fair and appropriate. The property trustee will promptly notify the trust registrar in writing of the preferred securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any preferred securities selected for partial redemption, the liquidation amount of the preferred securities to be redeemed. Generally, for purposes of each trust agreement, all provisions relating to the redemption of preferred securities will relate, in the case of any preferred securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the liquidation amount of preferred securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of trust securities to be redeemed at its registered address. Unless each of ACE INA and ACE defaults in payment of the redemption price on the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the ACE INA subordinated debt securities or portions of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities, and distributions will cease to accrue on the related preferred securities or portions of the related preferred securities, called for redemption. (Section 4.2)

Subordination of Common Securities

Payment on each ACE Trust’s trust securities will be made pro rata based on the liquidation amount of the trust securities. However, if an event of default under the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities occurs and is continuing on any distribution date or redemption date, no payment of any distribution on, or redemption price of, any of the ACE Trust’s common securities, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of the common securities, will be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid distributions on all of the ACE Trust’s outstanding preferred securities for all distribution periods terminating on or prior to that date, or in the case of payment of the redemption price the full amount of the redemption price on all of the ACE Trust’s outstanding preferred securities then called for redemption, have been made or provided for, and all funds available to the property trustee will first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all distributions on, or redemption price of, the ACE Trust’s preferred securities then due and payable.

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If any event of default under the trust agreement resulting from a event of default under the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities occurs, the holder of the ACE Trust’s common securities will be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to that event of default until the effect of all of the events of default with respect to the preferred securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until these events of default have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the property trustee shall act solely on behalf of the holders of the preferred securities and not on behalf of the holder of the ACE Trust’s common securities, and only the holders of the preferred securities will have the right to direct the property trustee to act on their behalf. (Section 4.3)

Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution of ACE Trust

Pursuant to each trust agreement, each ACE Trust will automatically dissolve upon expiration of its term and will dissolve on the first to occur of:

• bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation of ACE INA or ACE;

• the written direction to the property trustee from ACE INA, as depositor, at any time, which direction is optional and wholly within the discretion of ACE INA, to dissolve the ACE Trust and distribute corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the trust securities to the holders of the trust securities in exchange for the trust securities;

• the redemption of all of the ACE Trust’s trust securities following a special event;

• the redemption of all of the ACE Trust’s preferred securities as described under “Description of Preferred Securities — Redemption or Exchange — Mandatory Redemption”; and

• the entry of an order for the dissolution of the ACE Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction. (Section 9.2)

If an early dissolution occurs as described in the first, second and fifth bullets above or upon the date designated for automatic dissolution of the ACE Trust, the ACE Trust will be liquidated by the ACE trustees as expeditiously as the ACE trustees determine to be possible by distributing to the holders of the trust securities, after satisfaction of liabilities to the ACE Trust’s creditors, corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the trust securities. However, if the property trustee determines that this distribution is not practical, the holders will be entitled to receive out of the ACE Trust’s assets available for distribution, after satisfaction of liabilities to the ACE Trust’s creditors, an amount equal to, in the case of holders of preferred securities, the aggregate of the liquidation amount plus accumulated and unpaid distributions on the trust securities to the date of payment, this amount being referred to in this prospectus as the liquidation distribution. If the liquidation distribution can be paid only in part because the ACE Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate liquidation distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the ACE Trust on its preferred securities will be paid on a pro rata basis. The holder of the ACE Trust’s common securities will be entitled to receive distributions upon any liquidation pro rata with the holders of its preferred securities, except that if an event of default under the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities has occurred and is continuing, the preferred securities shall have a priority over the common securities. (Section 9.4)

Events of Default; Notice

The following constitute an event of default under each trust agreement with respect to the applicable preferred securities:

• the occurrence of an event of default on the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities (see “Description of ACE INA Debt Securities and ACE Guarantee — Events of Default”);

• default by the property trustee in the payment of any distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of this default for a period of 30 days;

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• default by the property trustee in the payment of any redemption price of any trust security when it becomes due and payable;

• default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the ACE trustees in the trust agreement, other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or breach those covenants in the preceding two bullets, and continuation of the default or breach for a period of 60 days after the holders of at least 25 percent in aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding preferred securities of the applicable ACE Trust have given written notice specifying the default or breach, requiring it to be remedied and stating that the notice is a “Notice of Default” under the trust agreement, by registered or certified mail to the defaulting ACE trustee(s); and

• the occurrence of specified events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the property trustee and the failure by ACE INA, as depositor, to appoint a successor property trustee within 60 days of the occurrence. (Section 1.1)

Within five business days after the occurrence of any event of default actually known to the property trustee, the property trustee will transmit notice of the event of default to the holders of the applicable preferred securities, the administrative trustees and ACE INA, as depositor, unless the event of default has been cured or waived. (Section 8.2) ACE INA, as depositor, and the administrative trustees are required to file annually with the property trustee a certificate as to whether or not they are in compliance with all the conditions and covenants applicable to them under each trust agreement. (Sections 8.15 and 8.16)

If an event of default under the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities has occurred and is continuing, the preferred securities shall have a preference over the common securities upon dissolution of each ACE Trust as described above. See “— Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution of ACE Trust.” The existence of an event of default under the trust agreement does not entitle the holders of preferred securities to accelerate the maturity of the preferred securities.

Removal of ACE Trustees

Unless an event of default under the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities has occurred and is continuing, any ACE trustee may be removed at any time by the holder of the ACE Trust’s common securities. If an event of default under the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities has occurred and is continuing, the property trustee and the Delaware trustee may be removed by the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding preferred securities. In no event will the holders of the preferred securities have the right to vote to appoint, remove or replace the administrative trustees, which voting rights are vested exclusively in the holder of the ACE Trust’s common securities. No resignation or removal of an ACE trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee shall be effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee in accordance with the provisions of the applicable trust agreement. (Section 8.10)

Co-Trustees and Separate Property Trustee

Unless an event of default shall have occurred and be continuing, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the property of any ACE Trust may at the time be located, ACE INA, as depositor, and the administrative trustees, by agreed action of the majority of such trustees, shall have power, at any time or times, to appoint one or more persons either to act as a co-trustee jointly with the property trustee of all or any part of the property of the ACE Trust or to act as separate trustee of any property, in either case with the powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment. ACE INA, as depositor, and the administrative trustees shall generally also have the power to vest in that person or persons in that capacity any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable. If an event of default under the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities has occurred and is continuing, the property trustee alone shall have power to make this appointment. (Section 8.9)

Merger or Consolidation of ACE Trustees

Any corporation into which the property trustee, the Delaware trustee or any administrative trustee that is not a natural person may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation

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resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the ACE trustee shall be a party, shall be the successor of the ACE trustee under each trust agreement, so long as the corporation is otherwise qualified and eligible. (Section 8.12)

Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the ACE Trusts

An ACE Trust may not merge with or into, convert into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other entity, except as described below or as described in “— Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution of ACE Trust.” An ACE Trust may, at the request of ACE INA, with the consent of only the administrative trustees and without the consent of the holders of the preferred securities, merge with or into, convert into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any state so long as the following conditions are met:

• The successor entity either:

• expressly assumes all of the obligations of the ACE Trust with respect to the preferred securities or

• substitutes for the preferred securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the preferred securities, referred to in this prospectus as the successor securities, so long as the successor securities rank the same as the preferred securities rank in priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;

• ACE INA expressly appoints a trustee of the successor entity possessing the same powers and duties as the property trustee as the holder of the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities;

• The successor securities are listed or traded, or any successor securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or other organization on which the preferred securities are then listed or traded, if any;

• The merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the preferred securities, including any successor securities, to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization;

• The merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the preferred securities, including any successor securities, in any material respect;

• The successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the ACE Trust;

• Prior to the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, ACE INA has received an opinion from independent counsel to the ACE Trust to the effect that:

• the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the preferred securities, including any successor securities, in any material respect; and

• following the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the ACE Trust nor any successor entity will be required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act; and

• ACE INA or any permitted successor or assignee owns all of the common securities of the successor entity and guarantees the obligations of the successor entity under the successor securities at least to the extent provided by the preferred securities guarantee.

Notwithstanding the preceding description, an ACE Trust shall not, except with the consent of holders of 100 percent in liquidation amount of the preferred securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, convert into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to

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any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, convert into, or replace it if the consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the ACE Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. (Section 9.5)

Voting and Preemptive Rights

Except as provided below and under “— Removal of ACE Trustees,” “Description of ACE INA Debt Securities and ACE Guarantee — Events of Default,” “Description of Preferred Securities Guarantees — Amendments and Assignment”, the holders of the preferred securities will generally not have any voting rights. Holders of the preferred securities have no preemptive or similar rights. (Sections 5.14 and 6.1)

Amendment of Restated Trust Agreements

Each trust agreement may be amended by ACE INA and the ACE trustees, without the consent of the holders of the trust securities:

• to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions in the trust agreement that may be inconsistent with any other provision, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the trust agreement, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of the trust agreement, or

• to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the trust agreement to the extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the ACE Trust will be classified for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any trust securities are outstanding or to ensure that the ACE Trust will not be required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.

However, in the case of the first bullet above, that action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of trust securities. Any amendments of a trust agreement adopted in accordance with the two bullet points above will become effective when notice of the amendment is given to the holders of trust securities of the applicable ACE Trust.

Each trust agreement may be amended by the ACE Trustees and ACE INA with the consent of holders representing not less than a majority, based upon liquidation amounts, of the outstanding trust securities and receipt by the ACE trustees of an opinion of counsel to the effect that the amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the ACE trustees in accordance with the amendment will not affect the ACE Trust’s status as a grantor trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes or the ACE Trust’s exemption from status as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. However, without the consent of each holder of trust securities, the trust agreement may not be amended to:

• change the amount or timing of any distribution on the trust securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any distribution required to be made in respect of the trust securities as of a specified date; or

• restrict the right of a holder of trust securities to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the date. (Section 10.2)

So long as any corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities are held by the property trustee, the ACE trustees shall not:

• direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee under the ACE INA subordinated indenture, or executing any trust or power conferred on that trustee with respect to the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities;

• waive any past default that is waivable under the ACE INA subordinated indenture, as described in “Description of the ACE INA Debt Securities and ACE Guarantee — Modification and Waiver”;

• exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the ACE INA subordinated debt securities shall be due and payable; or

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• consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the ACE INA subordinated indenture or the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities, where the consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of all outstanding preferred securities.

However, where a consent under the ACE INA subordinated indenture would require the consent of each holder of the affected corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities, no consent shall be given by the property trustee without the prior consent of each holder of the corresponding preferred securities. The ACE trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the holders of the preferred securities except by subsequent vote of the holders of the preferred securities. The property trustee shall notify each holder of preferred securities of any notice of default with respect to the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities. In addition to obtaining these approvals of the holders of the preferred securities, prior to taking any of these actions, the ACE trustees shall obtain an opinion of counsel to the effect that the ACE Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes on account of that action. (Section 6.1)

Any required approval or action of holders of preferred securities may be given or taken at a meeting of holders of preferred securities convened for that purpose or pursuant to written consent. The property trustee will cause a notice of any meeting at which holders of preferred securities are entitled to vote to be given to each holder of record of preferred securities. (Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.6)

No vote or consent of the holders of preferred securities will be required for an ACE Trust to redeem and cancel its preferred securities in accordance with the applicable trust agreement.

Even though the holders of preferred securities are entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the preferred securities that are owned by ACE INA, the ACE trustees or any affiliate of ACE INA or any ACE trustees shall, for purposes of the vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding.

Global Preferred Securities

The preferred securities of an ACE Trust may be issued, in whole or in part, in the form of one or more global preferred securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the depositary. The depositary and the specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to the preferred securities of an ACE Trust will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Payment and Paying Agency

Payments of distributions in respect of the preferred securities shall be made to the depositary, which shall credit the relevant accounts at the depositary on the applicable distribution dates. However, if any ACE Trust’s preferred securities are not held by the depositary, these payments shall be made by check mailed to the address of the holder entitled to the payments as it shall appear on the register of the ACE Trust. (Section 4.4)

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, the paying agent shall initially be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor) and any co-paying agent chosen by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. and acceptable to the administrative trustees and ACE INA. The paying agent shall be permitted to resign as paying agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the administrative trustees, the property trustee and ACE INA. If The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. shall no longer be the paying agent, the administrative trustees shall appoint a successor, which shall be a bank or trust company acceptable to the administrative trustees and ACE INA, to act as paying agent. (Section 5.9)

Registrar and Transfer Agent

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. will act as registrar and transfer agent for the preferred securities.

Registration of transfers and exchanges of preferred securities will be effected without charge by or on behalf of each ACE Trust. However, the holders must pay any tax or other governmental charges that may be

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imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange. The ACE Trusts will not be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of their preferred securities after the preferred securities have been called for redemption. (Section 5.4)

Information Concerning the Property Trustee

The property trustee undertakes to perform only those duties specifically set forth in each trust agreement. However, the property trustee must exercise the same degree of care as a prudent person would exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to the preceding sentence, the property trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the applicable trust agreement at the request of any holder of preferred securities unless it is offered reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur. If, in performing its duties under the trust agreement, the property trustee is required to decide between alternative causes of action, construe ambiguous provisions in the applicable trust agreement or is unsure of the application of any provision of the applicable trust agreement, and the matter is not one on which holders of preferred securities are entitled under the trust agreement to vote, then the property trustee shall take the action as is directed by ACE INA. Otherwise, the property trustee shall take the action as it deems advisable and in the best interests of the holders of the trust securities and will have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct. (Sections 8.1 and 8.3)

Administrative Trustees

The administrative trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of and to operate the ACE Trusts in such a way that:

• no ACE Trust will be deemed to be an “investment company” required to be registered under the Investment Company Act or classified as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes; and

• the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities will be treated as indebtedness of ACE INA for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.

In this regard, ACE INA and the administrative trustees are authorized to take any action not inconsistent with applicable law, the certificate of trust of each ACE Trust or each trust agreement, that ACE INA and the administrative trustees determine, in their discretion, to be necessary or desirable for these purposes, as long as the action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the related preferred securities.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES

Concurrently with the issuance by each ACE Trust of its preferred securities, ACE will execute and deliver a preferred securities guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the preferred securities. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. will act as the guarantee trustee under each preferred securities guarantee for the purposes of compliance with the Trust Indenture Act, and each preferred securities guarantee will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

The following is a summary of the material provisions of the preferred securities guarantees. You should refer to the form of preferred securities guarantee and the Trust Indenture Act for more complete information regarding the provisions of each preferred securities guarantee. The form of the preferred securities guarantee has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Reference in this summary to preferred securities means the ACE Trust’s preferred securities to which the preferred securities guarantee relates. The guarantee trustee will hold each preferred securities guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the related ACE Trust’s preferred securities.

General

ACE will irrevocably agree to pay in full on a subordinated basis, to the extent described below, the guarantee payments, without duplication of amounts previously paid by or on behalf of the ACE Trust, to the

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holders of the preferred securities as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of setoff or counterclaim that the ACE Trust may have or assert other than the defense of payment. The following payments with respect to the preferred securities, to the extent not paid by or on behalf of the related ACE Trust, are referred to in this prospectus as the guarantee payments:

• any accrued and unpaid distributions required to be paid on the preferred securities, to the extent that the ACE Trust has funds available for payment at that time;

• the redemption price, including all accrued and unpaid distributions to the redemption date, with respect to any preferred securities called for redemption, to the extent that the ACE Trust has funds available for payment at that time; and

• upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the ACE Trust, unless the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities are distributed to holders of the preferred securities, the lesser of:

• the liquidation distribution, to the extent the ACE Trust has funds available for payment at that time; and

• the amount of assets of the ACE Trust remaining available for distribution to holders of preferred securities.

ACE’s obligation to make a guarantee payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by it to the holders of the preferred securities or by causing the ACE Trust to pay these amounts to the holders. (Section 5.1)

Each preferred securities guarantee will be an irrevocable guarantee on a subordinated basis of the related ACE Trust’s payment obligations under the preferred securities, but will apply only to the extent that the applicable ACE Trust has funds sufficient to make the payments. Each preferred securities guarantee is, to that extent, a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection. See “— Status of the Preferred Securities Guarantees.”

If either ACE INA or ACE does not make interest payments on the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities held by an ACE Trust, the ACE Trust will not be able to pay distributions on the preferred securities and will not have funds legally available for payment. Each preferred securities guarantee will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to ACE’s senior indebtedness, including all its debt securities and obligations as guarantor under the ACE INA subordinated indenture, as described below under “— Status of the Preferred Securities Guarantees.”

Because ACE is a holding company, its rights and the rights of its creditors, including the holders of preferred securities who are its creditors by virtue of a preferred securities guarantee, and shareholders to participate in any distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon the subsidiary’s liquidation, reorganization or otherwise would be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary’s creditors, except to the extent that ACE may itself be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary. The right of ACE’s creditors, including the holders of preferred securities who are its creditors by virtue of a preferred securities guarantee, to participate in the distribution of stock owned by ACE in its subsidiaries, including its insurance subsidiaries, may also be subject to approval by insurance regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the subsidiaries. Generally, the preferred securities guarantees do not limit ACE’s ability to incur or issue other secured or unsecured debt, whether under an indenture or otherwise.

ACE’s obligations under preferred securities guarantee, the ACE INA subordinated indenture, including its guarantee of the ACE INA subordinated debt securities, and the expense agreement described below, taken together, constitute a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee by it of payments due on the preferred securities. No single document standing alone or operating in conjunction with fewer than all of the other documents constitute this guarantee. It is only the combined operation of these documents that has the effect of providing a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of the ACE Trust’s obligations under the preferred securities. See “The ACE Trusts,” “Description of Preferred Securities,” and “Description of ACE INA Debt Securities and ACE Guarantee.”

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ACE will also agree to guarantee the obligations of each ACE Trust with respect to the common securities issued by the ACE Trust to the same extent as under the preferred securities guarantee. However, if an event of default under the ACE INA subordinated indenture has occurred and is continuing, the holders of preferred securities under the preferred securities guarantee will have priority over the holders of the common securities under the common securities guarantee with respect to distributions and payments on liquidation, redemption or otherwise.

Status of the Preferred Securities Guarantees

Each preferred securities guarantee will constitute ACE’s unsecured obligation and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to its senior indebtedness, including its debt securities and obligations as guarantor under the ACE INA subordinate indenture. (Section 6.2) For purposes of any preferred securities guarantee, “senior indebtedness” means ACE’s indebtedness, including its obligations as guarantor under the ACE INA subordinated indenture, outstanding at any time, except:

• the indebtedness under the preferred securities guarantee;

• indebtedness as to which, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the same, it is provided that the indebtedness is subordinated to or ranks equally with the preferred securities guarantee or to other indebtedness which is subordinated to or ranks equally with the preferred securities guarantee;

• indebtedness to an affiliate;

• interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding unless the interest is an allowed claim enforceable against ACE in a proceeding under federal or state bankruptcy laws;

• trade accounts payable; and

• similar preferred securities guarantees issued by ACE on behalf of holders of preferred securities of any other ACE Trust or any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with ACE which is a financing vehicle of ACE’s or any of its affiliates in connection with the issuance by the entity of preferred securities or other similar securities that are guaranteed by it pursuant to an instrument that ranks equally with or junior in right of payment to the preferred securities guarantee. “Indebtedness” has the same meaning given to that term under the ACE indentures. (Section 1.1)

Each preferred securities guarantee will rank equally with all other similar preferred securities guarantees issued by ACE on behalf of holders of preferred securities of any other ACE Trust or any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with ACE which is a financing vehicle of it or any affiliate of it in connection with the issuance by the entity of preferred securities or other similar securities that are guaranteed by ACE pursuant to an instrument that ranks equally with or junior in right of payment to the preferred securities guarantee. (Section 6.3). Each preferred securities guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection, which means that the guaranteed party may generally institute a legal proceeding directly against ACE to enforce its rights under the preferred securities guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity, including the applicable ACE Trust. (Section 5.4)

No preferred securities guarantee will be discharged except by payment of the guarantee payments in full to the extent not paid by the ACE Trust or upon distribution to the holders of the preferred securities of the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities. None of the preferred securities guarantees places a limitation on the amount of additional indebtedness that may be incurred by ACE. ACE expects from time to time to incur additional indebtedness that will rank senior to the preferred securities guarantees.

Payments of Additional Amounts

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levied by or on behalf of Switzerland, the Cayman Islands or Bermuda, each referred to in this prospectus as a taxing jurisdiction, or any political subdivision or taxing authority of the taxing jurisdiction, unless the taxes, fees, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required to be withheld or deducted by:

• the laws or any regulations or rulings promulgated under the laws of a taxing jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority of the taxing jurisdiction; or

• an official position regarding the application, administration, interpretation or enforcement of any laws, regulations or rulings, including, without limitation, a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a taxing authority in a taxing jurisdiction or any political subdivision of the taxing jurisdiction.

If a withholding or deduction at source is required, ACE will, subject to limitations and exceptions described below, pay to the holder of any related preferred securities the additional amounts as may be necessary so that every guarantee payment made to the holder, after this withholding or deduction, will not be less than the amount provided for in the preferred securities guarantee to be then due and payable.

ACE will not be required to pay any additional amounts for or on account of:

• any tax, fee, duty, assessment or governmental charge of whatever nature which would not have been imposed but for the fact that you:

• were a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or were physically present in, the relevant taxing jurisdiction or any political subdivision of the taxing jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with the relevant taxing jurisdiction other than by reason of the mere ownership of preferred securities, or receipt of payment under the preferred securities;

• presented the preferred security for payment in the relevant taxing jurisdiction or any political subdivision of the taxing jurisdiction, unless the preferred security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere; or

• presented the preferred security for payment more than 30 days after the date on which the payment in respect of the preferred security first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that you would have been entitled to the additional amounts if you had presented the preferred security for payment on any day within that 30-day period;

• any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

• any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure by you or the beneficial owner of the preferred security to comply with any reasonable request by ACE or the applicable ACE Trust addressed to you within 90 days of the request to:

• provide information concerning your nationality, residence or identity or of the beneficial owner; or

• make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which in either case is required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant taxing jurisdiction or any political subdivision of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of the tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or

• any combination of the above items.

In addition, ACE will not pay you any additional amounts with respect to any guarantee payment if you are a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of the related preferred security, to the extent the payment would be required by the laws of the relevant taxing jurisdiction, or any political subdivision or relevant taxing authority of or in the taxing jurisdiction, to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or partner or settlor with respect to the fiduciary or a member of the partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had it been the holder of the preferred security. (Section 5.8)

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Amendments and Assignment

No preferred securities guarantee may be amended without the prior approval of the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding preferred securities, except with respect to any changes which do not materially adversely affect the rights of holders of the related preferred securities, in which case no consent will be required. (Section 8.2) All guarantees and agreements contained in each preferred securities guarantee will bind ACE’s successors and assigns and will inure to the benefit of the holders of the related preferred securities. (Section 8.1) ACE may not assign its obligations under the preferred securities guarantee except in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation or merger or conveyance, transfer or lease that is permitted under the ACE INA subordinated indenture and under which the person formed by the consolidation or amalgamation or into which ACE is merged or which acquires or leases ACE’s properties and assets agrees in writing to perform ACE’s obligations under the preferred securities guarantee.

Events of Default

An event of default under each preferred securities guarantee will occur upon ACE’s failure to perform any of its payment or other obligations under the preferred securities guarantee. The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the related preferred securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the guarantee trustee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the guarantee trustee. (Section 5.4)

Any holder of the preferred securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against ACE to enforce its rights under the preferred securities guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the ACE Trust, the guarantee trustee or any other person or entity. (Section 5.4)

ACE, as guarantor, is required to file annually with the guarantee trustee a certificate as to whether or not it is in compliance with all the conditions and covenants applicable to it under the preferred securities guarantee. (Section 2.4)

Information Concerning the Guarantee Trustee

The guarantee trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of a default by ACE in performance of any preferred securities guarantee, undertakes to perform only the duties specifically set forth in each preferred securities guarantee. After default with respect to any preferred securities guarantee, the guarantee trustee must exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. (Section 3.1) Subject to the preceding sentence, the guarantee trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by any preferred securities guarantee at the request of any holder of any preferred securities unless it is offered reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses, and liabilities that it might incur. (Section 3.2)

Termination of the Preferred Securities Guarantees

Each preferred securities guarantee will terminate upon:

• full payment of the redemption price of the related preferred securities;

• the distribution of the corresponding ACE INA subordinated debt securities to the holders of the related preferred securities; or

• upon full payment of the amounts payable upon liquidation of the related ACE Trust.

Each preferred securities guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated if, at any time, any holder of the related preferred securities must restore payment of any sums paid with respect to the preferred securities or the preferred securities guarantee. (Section 7.1)

New York Law to Govern

Each preferred securities guarantee will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. (Section 8.5)

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The Expense Agreement

Pursuant to the expense agreement entered into by ACE under each trust agreement, ACE will irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee to each person or entity to whom an ACE Trust becomes indebted or liable, the full payment of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the ACE Trust, other than obligations of the ACE Trust to pay to the holders of the preferred securities or other similar interests in the ACE Trust of the amounts due them pursuant to the terms of the preferred securities or other similar interests, as the case may be.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

ACE, ACE INA and/or any ACE Trust may sell offered securities in any one or more of the following ways from time to time:

• through agents;

• to or through underwriters;

• through dealers; or

• directly to purchasers.

The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the specific terms of the offering of the offered securities, including:

• the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents;

• the purchase price of the offered securities and the proceeds to ACE, ACE INA and/or an ACE Trust from the sale;

• any underwriting discounts and commissions or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation; and

• any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers and any securities exchange on which the offered securities may be listed, any of which initial public offering price, discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

The distribution of the offered securities may be effected from time to time:

• in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;

• at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;

• at prices related to the prevailing market prices; or

• at negotiated prices.

Offers to purchase offered securities may be solicited by agents designated by ACE from time to time. Any agent involved in the offer or sale of the offered securities in respect of which this prospectus is delivered will be named, and any commissions payable by ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust to the agent will be set forth, in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, any agent will be acting on a reasonable best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. Any agent may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is defined in the Securities Act, of the offered securities so offered and sold.

If offered securities are sold to the public by means of an underwritten offering, either through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or directly by the managing underwriters ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust will execute an underwriting agreement with an underwriter or underwriters, and the names of the specific managing underwriter or underwriters, as well as any other underwriters, which will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. In addition, the terms of the transaction, including commissions, discounts and any other compensation of the underwriters and dealers, if any, will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, which prospectus supplement will be used by the underwriters to make resales of the offered securities. If underwriters are utilized in the sale of the offered securities, the offered securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including:

• negotiated transactions;

• at fixed public offering prices; or

• at varying prices determined by the underwriters at the time of sale.

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In addition, unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, the underwriting agreement will provide that the obligations of the underwriters are subject to specified conditions precedent and that the underwriters with respect to a sale of offered securities will be obligated to purchase all of the offered securities of a series if any are purchased.

ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust may grant to the underwriters options to purchase additional offered securities, to cover over-allotments, if any, at the public offering price with additional underwriting discounts or commissions, as may be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. If ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust grants any over-allotment option, the terms of the over-allotment option will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

If a dealer is utilized in the sales of offered securities, ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust will sell the offered securities to the dealer as principal. The dealer may then resell the offered securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. Any dealer may be deemed to be an underwriter of the offered securities so offered and sold. The name of the dealer and the terms of the transaction will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Offers to purchase offered securities may be solicited directly by ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust and the sale of the offered securities may be made by ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust directly to institutional investors or others with respect to any resale of the offered securities. The terms of any of these sales will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Offered securities may also be offered and sold in connection with a remarketing upon their purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms, or otherwise by one or more remarketing firms acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust. Any remarketing firm will be identified and the terms of its agreements, if any, with ACE, ACE INA and/or an ACE Trust and its compensation will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Remarketing firms may be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the offered securities remarketed by them.

Agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms may be entitled, under agreements entered into with ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust, to indemnification by ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust against some civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act that may arise from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in this prospectus, any supplement or amendment hereto, or in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, or to contribution with respect to payments which the agents, underwriters or dealers may be required to make.

ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust may authorize underwriters or other persons acting as ACE’s, ACE INA’s and/or the applicable ACE Trust’s agents to solicit offers by specified institutions to purchase offered securities from ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust, pursuant to contracts providing for payments and delivery on a future date, which will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Institutions with which these contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and others. However, in all cases, these institutions must be approved by ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust. The obligations of any purchaser under any contract will be subject to the condition that the purchase of the offered securities shall not, at the time of delivery, be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which the purchaser is subject. The underwriters and other agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of these contracts.

Each series of offered securities will be a new issue and, other than the common shares, which are listed on the NYSE, will have no established trading market. ACE, ACE INA and/or the applicable ACE Trust may elect to list any series of offered securities on an exchange and, in the case of the common shares, on any additional exchange. However, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, none of ACE, ACE INA or any ACE Trust shall be obligated to do so. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for any of the offered securities.

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Underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing firms may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for, ACE and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

LEGAL OPINIONS

Legal matters with respect to United States and New York law will be passed upon for ACE, ACE INA and the ACE Trusts by Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois. The validity of the preferred securities under Delaware law will be passed upon on behalf of ACE, ACE INA and the ACE Trusts by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware. Certain legal matters with respect to Swiss law will be passed upon for ACE by Bär & Karrer AG, Zurich, Switzerland. Mayer Brown LLP will rely on the opinion of Bär & Karrer AG with respect to Swiss law.

EXPERTS

The financial statements, financial statement schedules and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to ACE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting due to the exclusion of certain elements of the internal control over financial reporting of the large corporate account P&C business of Itaú Seguros, S.A. the registrant acquired during 2014) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited The Chubb Corporation’s (“Chubb”) consolidated financial statements and schedules included in Chubb’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference in this registration statement and related prospectus. Chubb’s financial statements and schedules are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young LLP’s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES UNDER

UNITED STATES FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS

ACE is a Swiss company. In addition, some of its officers and directors, as well as some of the experts named in this prospectus, reside outside the United States, and all or much of ACE’s assets and some of the officers’ and directors’ assets are or may be located in jurisdictions outside the United States. Therefore, investors may have difficulty effecting service of process within the United States upon those persons or recovering against ACE or them on judgments of U.S. courts, including judgments based upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. Federal securities laws. However, investors may serve ACE with process in the United States with respect to actions against it arising out of or in connection with violations of U.S. Federal securities laws relating to offers and sales of the securities covered by this prospectus by serving ACE INA Holdings, its United States agent irrevocably appointed for that purpose.

ACE has been advised by Bär & Karrer AG, its Swiss counsel, that there is doubt as to whether the courts in Switzerland would:

• enforce judgments of U.S. courts based upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. Federal securities laws obtained in actions against it or its directors and officers, as well as experts named in this prospectus, who reside outside the United States; or

• admit original actions brought in Switzerland against these persons or ACE predicated solely upon U.S. Federal securities laws.

ACE has also been advised by Bär & Karrer AG that there is no treaty in effect between the United States and Switzerland providing for such enforcement, and there are certain grounds upon which Swiss courts may not

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enforce judgments of United States courts. Some remedies available under the laws of United States jurisdictions, including some remedies available under the U.S. Federal securities laws, might not be allowed in Swiss courts as contrary to that nation’s public policy.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

ACE

ACE files annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. ACE’s SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may read and copy any materials ACE files with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. You may obtain information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC file number for documents filed by ACE Limited under the Exchange Act is 1-11778. ACE’s SEC filings are also available at the office of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. For further information on obtaining copies of ACE’s public filings at the NYSE, you should call (212) 656-5060.

Incorporation by Reference

ACE is allowed to “incorporate by reference” the information it files with the SEC, which means that ACE can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that ACE files subsequently with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information included and/or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. ACE incorporates by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the initial filing of the registration statement that contains this prospectus and prior to the time that ACE, ACE INA and the ACE Trusts sell all of the securities offered by this prospectus:

• ACE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (including the portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the annual general meeting of shareholders on May 21, 2015 filed on April 8, 2015 incorporated by reference therein) (File No. 1-11778);

• ACE’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 (File No. 1-11778);

• ACE’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed March 16, 2015, March 31, 2015, May 22, 2015, July 1, 2015, July 7, 2015, October 1, 2015, October 14, 2015 and October 22, 2015;

• Description of Common Shares included in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated August 28, 2008 filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (incorporating the description of Common Shares included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (No. 333-150367) filed on May 29, 2008 pursuant to the Securities Act under the captions “Proposal No. 5: APPROVAL OF THE CONTINUATION — Description of Share Capital” and “— Borrowing-Issuance of Debt Securities.”);

• The information in Chubb’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, under Part II-Item 7 (Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations) and Part II-Item 8 (Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data) (File No. 1-08661);

• The information in Chubb’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, under Part I-Item 2 (Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations) and Part I-Item 1 (Financial Statements) (File No. 1-08661); and

• Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements with respect to the Chubb Merger attached as Exhibit 99.1 to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

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You may upon written or oral request obtain a copy of these filings, other than exhibits unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into that filing, at no cost, by contacting ACE via mail, telephone, facsimile or email at:

Investor Relations

ACE Limited

Baerengasse 32

CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland

Telephone: +1 (441) 299-9283

E-mail: investorrelations@acegroup.com

ACE INA

ACE INA is an insurance holding company and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ACE Limited. The obligations of ACE INA under its debt securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ACE. See “Description of ACE INA Debt Securities and ACE Guarantee.” ACE INA has an exemption from the information reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. So long as any guaranteed debt securities of ACE INA are outstanding, ACE will include in the footnotes to its audited consolidated financial statements summarized consolidated financial information concerning ACE INA.

The ACE Trusts

There are no separate financial statements of the ACE Trusts in this prospectus. ACE does not believe the financial statements would be helpful to the holders of the preferred securities of the ACE Trusts because:

• ACE, a reporting company under the Exchange Act, will directly or indirectly own all of the voting securities of each ACE Trust;

• neither of the ACE Trusts has any independent operations or proposes to engage in any activity other than issuing securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the ACE Trust and investing the proceeds in subordinated debt securities issued by ACE INA and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ACE; and

• the obligations of each ACE Trust under the preferred securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ACE. See “Description of ACE INA Debt Securities and ACE Guarantee” and “Description of Preferred Securities Guarantees.”

Neither of the ACE Trusts is currently subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. Each ACE Trust will be exempt from these requirements following the effectiveness of the registration statement that contains this prospectus.

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table sets forth the estimated expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions:

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee	$		(1)
Trustee’s fees and expenses		7,500	(1)(2)
Printing and engraving expenses		15,000	(1)(2)
Rating agency fees			(1)
Accounting fees and expenses		8,000	(1)(2)
Legal fees and expenses		45,000	(1)(2)
Blue Sky fees and expenses			(1)
Miscellaneous		4,500	(1)(2)
Total	$	80,000	(2)(3)

(1) Because an indeterminate amount of securities is covered by this registration statement, the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of securities are not currently determinable. An estimate of the aggregate expenses in connection with each sale of the securities being offered will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement.

(2) Estimated.

(3) Does not include the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee, Trustee’s fees, rating agency fees, Blue Sky fees and expenses and other expenses with respect to the future issuance and distribution of specific securities, which are not currently determinable.

Item 15. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.

ACE

It is generally admissible under Swiss law to agree in a fiduciary agreement to hold a board member harmless for any liabilities that he is confronted with during his term of office, save for gross negligence, willful intent, contradictory action with regard to legitimate instructions, or in respect to the violation of certain corporate law duties. Swiss law permits the company or each board member or officer individually to purchase and maintain insurance for directors, officers and auditors. The coverage of such insurances depends on the individual insurance policy.

The Board members as well as the officers of the company are jointly and severally liable to the company, the shareholders and the creditors for damage caused by violation of their duties.

A resolution passed at shareholders’ meeting discharging the members of the Board of Directors and management for statutory liability covers only matters that have been disclosed to the shareholders’ meeting and is binding only upon the company and upon shareholders that have approved the resolution. The right of the remaining shareholders to claim damages on behalf of the company expires six months after such resolution has been passed.

ACE’s Articles of Association and Organizational Regulations provide that ACE will indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the members of the Board of Directors and officers out of ACE’s assets from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them may incur or sustain by or by reason of any act done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty on behalf of ACE; provided that this indemnity shall not extend to any matter in

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which any of said persons is found, in a final judgment or decree not subject to appeal, to have committed fraud or dishonesty. Without limiting the foregoing, ACE shall advance court costs and attorney’s fees to the members of the Board of Directors and officers, except in cases where ACE itself is the plaintiff. ACE may however recover such advanced cost if a court holds that the member of the Board of Directors or the officer in question has breached relevant duties.

ACE has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreements are in furtherance of ACE’s Articles of Association, which require ACE to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law. The indemnification agreements provide for indemnification arising out of specified indemnifiable events and provide for advancement of expenses. The indemnification agreements set forth procedures relating to indemnification claims.

Swiss law permits a company and each board member or officer individually to purchase and maintain insurance for directors, officers and auditors. ACE maintains directors’ and officers’ insurance for its directors and officers.

Directors and officers of ACE are also provided with indemnification against certain liabilities pursuant to a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy. Coverage is afforded for any loss that the insured persons become legally obligated to pay by reason of any claim or claims first made against the insured persons or any of them during the policy period from any wrongful acts that are actually or allegedly caused, committed or attempted by the insured persons prior to the end of the policy period. Wrongful acts are defined as any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement or act, omission, neglect or breach of duty by the insured persons while acting in their individual or collective capacities as directors or officers of ACE, or any other matter claimed against them by reason of their being directors or officers of ACE. Certain of ACE’s directors may also be provided by their employer with indemnification against certain liabilities incurred as directors of ACE.

The Underwriting Agreements which will be entered into in connection with offerings of securities registered hereunder will provide, among other things, that the underwriters are obligated, under some circumstances, to indemnify directors, specified officers and controlling persons of ACE against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ACE INA

Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts of omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. ACE INA’s Certificate of Incorporation contains such a provision.

Under Article VI of ACE INA’s By-laws as currently in effect, as well as under Section 10 of ACE INA’s Certificate of Incorporation, each person who is or was a director or officer of ACE INA shall be indemnified by ACE INA to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, is made (or threatened to be made) a party to an action other than one brought by or on behalf of the corporation, against reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and settlement payments, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such corporation and, with respect to any criminal actions, also had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of actions on behalf of the corporation, indemnification may extend only to reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and only if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, provided that no such indemnification is

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permitted in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that a court otherwise provides. To the extent that a person has been successful in defending any action (even one on behalf of the corporation), he is entitled to indemnification for reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees).

The indemnification provided for by the Delaware General Corporation Law is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification, and a corporation may maintain insurance against liabilities for which indemnification is not expressly provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law. ACE INA maintains a liability insurance policy providing coverage for its directors and officers.

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

See Exhibit Index included herewith which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 17. Undertakings.

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(a) 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 of 1933;

(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 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 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 (i), (ii) and (iii) 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.

(c) 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.

(d) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) each prospectus filed by a Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be

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deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(e) That, for the purpose of determining liability of a Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, each undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of an undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrants will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of an undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of an undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by an undersigned Registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about an undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of an undersigned Registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by an undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

(f) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of ACE’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.

(g) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,

(i) the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(ii) each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.

(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the provisions set forth or described in Item 15 of this registration statement, or otherwise, the registrants have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the

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securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by them is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(i) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under Subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (“Act”) in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

(j) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period, to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, ACE Limited certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 23rd day of October, 2015.

ACE LIMITED
By:	/s/ Philip V. Bancroft

Name:	Philip V. Bancroft
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 23rd day of October, 2015.

Signature	Title
/s/ Evan G. Greenberg Evan G. Greenberg	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Director
/s/ Philip V. Bancroft Philip V. Bancroft	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Paul Medini Paul Medini	Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
* Michael G. Atieh	Director
* Mary A. Cirillo	Director
* Michael P. Connors	Director
* John A. Edwardson	Director
* Robert M. Hernandez	Director
* Peter Menikoff	Director
* Leo F. Mullin	Director
* Kimberly Ross	Director

Signature	Title
* Robert W. Scully	Director
* Eugene B. Shanks, Jr.	Director
* Theodore E. Shasta	Director
* David H. Sidwell	Director
* Olivier Steimer	Director

*By:	/s/ Philip V. Bancroft
	Philip V. Bancroft
	Attorney-In-Fact

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the undersigned as the duly authorized representative of ACE Limited in the United States.

/s/ Philip V. Bancroft

Philip V. Bancroft

October 23, 2015

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, ACE INA Holdings Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 23rd day of October, 2015.

ACE INA Holdings Inc.
By:	/s/ Kenneth Koreyva

Name:	Kenneth Koreyva
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 23^rd day of October, 2015.

Name	Title
/s/ John J. Lupica John J. Lupica	President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Kenneth Koreyva Kenneth Koreyva	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ John Keogh John Keogh	Office of Chairman and Director
/s/ Philip V. Bancroft Philip V. Bancroft	Director
/s/ Timothy A. Boroughs Timothy A. Boroughs	Director
/s/ Evan G. Greenberg Evan G. Greenberg	Director

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, ACE Capital Trust III certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 23rd day of October, 2015.

ACE Capital Trust III
By:	ACE INA Holdings Inc., as Depositor
By:	/s/ Kenneth Koreyva

Name:	Kenneth Koreyva
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, ACE Capital Trust IV certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 23rd day of October, 2015.

ACE Capital Trust IV
By:	ACE INA Holdings Inc., as Depositor
By:	/s/ Kenneth Koreyva

Name:	Kenneth Koreyva
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

*1.1	Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to common shares and/or warrants of ACE Limited.
*1.2	Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to debt securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc., fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ACE Limited.
*1.3	Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to preferred securities issued of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV and preferred securities guarantees of ACE Limited.
4.1(a)	Articles of Association of ACE Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to ACE Limited’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 21, 2015).
4.1(b)	Articles of Association of ACE Limited reflecting amendments approved at ACE’s extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on October 22, 2015.
4.2	Organizational Regulations of ACE Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to ACE Limited’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 21, 2015).
4.3	Specimen certificate representing Common Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the current report on Form 8-K of ACE Limited filed on July 18, 2008).
4.4	Senior Indenture among ACE INA Holdings Inc., ACE Limited and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor), as trustee dated as of August 1, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited filed December 10, 2014).
4.5	First Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 13, 2013 to the Indenture dated as of August 1, 1999 among ACE INA Holdings, Inc., as Issuer, ACE Limited, as Guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Successor Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to current report on Form 8-K of ACE Limited filed March 13, 2013).
4.6	Subordinated Indenture among ACE INA Holdings Inc., ACE Limited and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor), as trustee, dated as of December 1, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the annual report of Form 10-K of ACE Limited filed on March 29, 2000).
*4.7	Form of Standard Stock Warrant Provisions.
4.8	Certificate of Trust of ACE Capital Trust III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-78841)).
4.9	Certificate of Trust of ACE Capital Trust IV (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-88482)).
4.10	Trust Agreement of ACE Capital Trust III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-78841)).
4.11	Assignment and Assumption Agreement and First Amendment to the Trust Agreement of ACE Capital Trust III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-88482)).
4.12	Amendment No. 2 to the Trust Agreement of ACE Capital Trust III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-88482)).
4.13	Trust Agreement of ACE Capital Trust IV (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.15 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-88482)).
4.14	Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of ACE Capital Trust III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-78841)).
4.15	Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of ACE Capital Trust IV (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-88482)).
4.16	Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement with respect to the preferred securities issued by ACE Capital Trust III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.20 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-78841)).

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4.17	Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement with respect to the preferred securities issued by ACE Capital Trust IV (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-88482)).
4.18	Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust of ACE Capital Trust III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.23 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-130378)).
4.19	Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust of ACE Capital Trust IV (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.24 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-130378)).
4.20	Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust of ACE Capital Trust III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.18 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-156143)).
4.21	Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust of ACE Capital Trust IV (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of ACE Limited (No. 333-156143)).
5.1	Opinion of Bär & Karrer AG as to the legality of securities.
5.2	Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP as to the legality of securities.
5.3	Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. relating to ACE Capital Trust III.
5.4	Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. relating to ACE Capital Trust IV.
12.1	Statement regarding the computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.
23.1	Consent of Bär & Karrer AG (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2	Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.3	Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.3 and Exhibit 5.4).
23.4	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.5	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1	Powers of Attorney with respect to ACE Limited.
24.2	Powers of Attorney with respect to ACE INA Holdings Inc.
25.1	Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. on Form T-1, as trustee for the ACE INA Holdings Inc. and ACE Limited senior indenture, dated as of August 1, 1999.
25.2	Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. on Form T-1, as trustee for the ACE INA Holdings Inc. and ACE Limited subordinated indenture, dated as of December 1, 1999.
25.3	Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. on Form T-1, as trustee for the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement with respect to the preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust III.
25.4	Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. on Form T-1, as trustee for the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement with respect to the preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust IV.
25.5	Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. on Form T-1, as trustee for The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of ACE Capital Trust III.
25.6	Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. on Form T-1, as trustee for The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of ACE Capital Trust IV.
99.1	Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements.

* To be filed, if necessary, subsequent to the effectiveness of this registration statement by an amendment to this registration statement or incorporated by reference pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with an offering of securities.

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EX-4.1.(B)

Exhibit 4.1(b)

STATUTEN der ACE Limited (ACE AG) (ACE SA)	ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION of ACE Limited (ACE AG) (ACE SA)
I. Firma, Sitz und Zweck der Gesellschaft Artikel 1       Firma, Sitz und Dauer der Gesellschaft	I. Name, Domicile and Purpose of the Company Article 1       Corporate Name, Registered Office and Duration
Unter der Firma ACE Limited (ACE AG) (ACE SA) besteht eine Aktiengesellschaft gemäss Artikel 620 ff. OR mit Sitz in Zürich. Die Dauer der Gesellschaft ist unbeschränkt.	Under the corporate name ACE Limited (ACE AG) (ACE SA) a Company exists pursuant to art. 620 et seq. of the Swiss Code of Obligations (hereinafter “CO”) having its registered office in Zurich. The duration of the Company is unlimited.
Artikel 2       Zweck a)     Hauptzweck der Gesellschaft ist der Erwerb, das Halten und der Verkauf von Beteiligungen an Unternehmen, insbesondere, jedoch nicht ausschliesslich, solcher der Direkt- und Rückversicherungsbranche.	Article 2       Purpose a)     The main purpose of the Company is to acquire, hold, manage and to sell equity participations, including in insurance and reinsurance companies as well as in other companies.
Die Gesellschaft kann Finanz- und Management-Transaktionen ausführen. Sie kann Zweigniederlassungen und Tochtergesellschaften im In- und Ausland errichten.	The Company may carry out finance and management transactions and set up branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.

Die Gesellschaft kann im In- und Ausland Grundstücke erwerben, halten und veräussern.	The Company may acquire, hold and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad.
b)     Die Gesellschaft kann alle Geschäfte tätigen, die geeignet sind, den Zweck der Gesellschaft zu fördern und mit dem Zweck im Zusammenhang stehen.	b)     The Company may engage in all types of transactions and may take all measures that appear appropriate to promote the purpose of the Company or that are related to the same.
II. Aktienkapital und Aktien	II. Share Capital and Shares
Artikel 3        Aktienkapital a)     Das Aktienkapital der Gesellschaft beträgt CHF 8’279’402’749.80 und ist eingeteilt in 342’832’412 auf den Namen lautende Aktien im Nennwert von CHF 24.15 je Aktie. Das Aktienkapital ist vollständig liberiert.	Article 3         Share Capital a)     The share capital of the Company amounts to CHF 8,279,402,749.80 and is divided into 342,832,412 registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 24.15 per share. The share capital is fully paid-in.
b)     Auf Beschluss der Generalversammlung können jederzeit Namenaktien in Inhaberaktien und Inhaberaktien in Namenaktien umgewandelt werden.	b)     Upon resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders, registered shares may be converted into bearer shares and bearer shares may be converted into registered shares, at any time.
Artikel 4       Bedingtes Aktienkapital für Anleihensobligationen und ähnliche Instrumente der Fremdfinanzierung a)     Das Aktienkapital der Gesellschaft wird im Maximalbetrag von CHF 796’950’000.00 durch Ausgabe von höchstens 33’000’000 vollständig zu liberierenden Namenaktien mit einem Nennwert von CHF 24.15 je Aktie erhöht, bei und im Umfang der Ausübung von Wandel- und/oder Optionsrechten, welche im Zusammenhang mit von der Gesellschaft oder ihren Tochtergesellschaften emittierten oder noch zu emittierenden Anleihensobligationen, Notes oder ähnlichen Obligationen oder Schuldverpflichtungen eingeräumt wurden/werden, einschliesslich Wandelanleihen.	Article 4       Conditional Share Capital for Bonds and Similar Debt Instruments a)     The share capital of the Company shall be increased by an amount not exceeding CHF 796,950,000.00 through the issue of a maximum of 33,000,000 registered shares, payable in full, each with a nominal value of CHF 24.15 through the exercise of conversion and/or option or warrant rights granted in connection with bonds, notes or similar instruments, issued or to be issued by the Company or by subsidiaries of the Company, including convertible debt instruments.

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b)     Das Bezugsrecht der Aktionäre ist für diese Aktien ausgeschlossen. Das Vorwegzeichnungsrecht der Aktionäre in Bezug auf neue Anleihensobligationen, Notes oder ähnlichen Obligationen oder Schuldverpflichtungen kann durch Beschluss des Verwaltungsrates zu folgenden Zwecken eingeschränkt oder ausgeschlossen werden: Finanzierung und Refinanzierung des Erwerbs von Unternehmen, Unternehmensteilen oder Beteiligungen, von durch die Gesellschaft geplanten neuen Investitionen oder bei der Emission von Options- und Wandelanleihen über internationale Kapitalmärkte sowie im Rahmen von Privatplatzierungen. Der Ausschluss des Vorwegszeichnungsrechts ist ausschliesslich unter folgenden kumulativen Bedingungen zulässig: (1) Die Instrumente müssen zu Marktkonditionen emittiert werden, (2) die Frist, innerhalb welcher die Options- und Wandelrechte ausgeübt werden können, darf ab Zeitpunkt der Emission des betreffenden Instruments bei Optionsrechten 10 Jahre und bei Wandelrechten 20 Jahre nicht überschreiten und (3) der Umwandlungs- oder Ausübungspreis für die neuen Aktien hat mindestens dem Marktpreis zum Zeitpunkt der Emission des betreffenden Instruments zu entsprechen.	b)     Shareholders’ pre-emptive rights are excluded. Shareholders’ advance subscription rights with regard to the new bonds, notes or similar instruments may be restricted or excluded by decision of the Board of Directors in order to finance or re-finance the acquisition of companies, parts of companies or holdings, or new investments planned by the Company, or in order to issue convertible bonds and warrants on the international capital markets or through private placement. If advance subscription rights are excluded, then (1) the instruments are to be placed at market conditions, (2) the exercise period is not to exceed ten years from the date of issue for warrants and twenty years for conversion rights and (3) the conversion or exercise price for the new shares is to be set at least in line with the market conditions prevailing at the date on which the instruments are issued.
c)     Der Erwerb von Namenaktien durch Ausübung von Wandel- und Optionsrechten sowie sämtliche weiteren Übertragungen von Namenaktien unterliegen den Übertragungsbeschränkungen gemäss Art. 8 der Statuten.	c)     The acquisition of registered shares through the exercise of conversion rights or warrants and any further transfers of registered shares shall be subject to the restrictions specified in Article 8 of the Articles of Association.
Artikel 5       Bedingtes Aktienkapital für Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen a)     Das Aktienkapital der Gesellschaft wird im Maximalbetrag von CHF 613’673’935.35 durch Ausgabe von höchstens 25’410’929 vollständig zu liberierenden Namenaktien mit einem Nennwert von CHF 24.15 je Aktie erhöht bei und im Umfang der Ausübung von Optionen, welche Mitarbeitern der Gesellschaft oder ihrer Tochtergesellschaften sowie Beratern, Direktoren oder anderen Personen, welche Dienstleistungen für die Gesellschaft oder ihre Tochtergesellschaften erbringen, eingeräumt wurden/werden.	Article 5       Conditional Share Capital for Employee Benefit Plans a)     The share capital of the Company shall be increased by an amount not exceeding CHF 613,673,935.35 through the issue from time to time of a maximum of 25,410,929 registered shares, payable in full, each with a nominal value of CHF 24.15, in connection with the exercise of option rights granted to any employee of the Company or a subsidiary, and any consultant, director, or other person providing services to the Company or a subsidiary.

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b)     Bezüglich dieser Aktien ist das Bezugsrecht der Aktionäre ausgeschlossen. Neue Aktien dieser Art können unter dem aktuellen Marktpreis ausgegeben werden. Der Verwaltungsrat bestimmt bei einer solchen Emission die spezifischen Konditionen, inkl. den Preis der Aktien.	b)     Shareholders’ pre-emptive rights shall be excluded with regard to these shares. These new registered shares may be issued at a price below the current market price. The Board of Directors shall specify the precise conditions of issue including the issue price of the shares.
c)     Der Erwerb von Namenaktien im Zusammenhang mit Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen sowie sämtliche weiteren Übertragungen von Namenaktien unterliegen den Übertragungsbeschränkungen gemäss Art. 8 der Statuten.	c)     The acquisition of registered shares in connection with employee participation and any further transfers of registered shares shall be subject to the restrictions specified in Article 8 of the Articles of Association.
Artikel 6       Genehmigtes Kapital zu allgemeinen Zwecken a)     Der Verwaltungsrat ist ermächtigt das Aktienkapital jederzeit bis zum 22. Oktober 2017 im Maximalbetrag von CHF 3’984’750’000.00 durch Ausgabe von höchstens 165’000’000 vollständig zu liberierenden Namenaktien mit einem Nennwert von CHF 24.15 je Aktie zu erhöhen.	Article 6       Authorized Share Capital for General Purposes a)     The Board of Directors is authorized to increase the share capital from time to time until October 22, 2017 by an amount not exceeding CHF 3,984,750,000.00 through the issue of up to 165,000,000 fully paid up registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 24.15 each.
b)     Erhöhungen auf dem Weg der Festübernahme sowie Erhöhungen in Teilbeträgen sind gestattet. Der Ausgabebetrag, die Art der Einlage, der Zeitpunkt der Dividendenberechtigung sowie die Zuweisung nicht ausgeübter Bezugsrechte werden durch den Verwaltungsrat bestimmt.	b)     Increases through firm underwriting or in partial amounts are permitted. The issue price, the date of dividend entitlement, the type of consideration (including the contribution or underwriting in kind) as well as the allocation of non exercised pre-emptive rights shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
c)     Der Verwaltungsrat ist ermächtigt, Bezugsrechte der Aktionäre auszuschliessen und diese Dritten zuzuweisen, wenn die neu auszugebenden Aktien zu folgenden Zwecken verwendet werden: (1) Fusionen, Übernahmen von Unternehmen oder Beteiligungen, Finanzierungen und Refinanzierungen solcher Fusionen und Übernahmen sowie anderweitige Investitionsvorhaben (unter Einschluss von Privatplatzierungen), (2) Stärkung der regulatorischen Kapitalbasis der Gesellschaft oder ihrer Tochtergesellschaften (unter Einschluss von Privatplatzierungen), (3) zur Erweiterung des Aktionariats oder (4) zum Zwecke der Mitarbeiterbeteiligung.	c)     The Board of Directors is authorized to exclude the pre-emptive rights of the shareholders and to allocate them to third parties in the event of the use of shares for the purpose of (1) mergers, acquisitions of enterprises or participations, financing and/or refinancing of such mergers and acquisitions and of other investment projects (including by way of private placements), (2) to improve the regulatory capital position of the company or its subsidiaries (including by way of private placements), (3) broadening the shareholder constituency or (4) for the purpose of the participation of employees.

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d)     Die Zeichnung sowie der Erwerb von Namenaktien aus genehmigtem Kapital zu allgemeinen Zwecken sowie sämtliche weiteren Übertragungen von Namenaktien unterliegen den Übertragungsbeschränkungen gemäss Art. 8 der Statuten.	d)     The subscription and acquisition of registered shares out of authorized share capital for general purposes and any further transfers of registered shares shall be subject to the restrictions specified in Article 8 of the Articles of Association.
Artikel 7       Aktienzertifikate a)     Die Gesellschaft kann auf Druck und Auslieferung der Aktienzertifikate verzichten sowie bereits gedruckte Zertifikate annullieren. Letzteres setzt die Einlieferung der Zertifikate bei der Gesellschaft sowie das Einverständnis der Aktionäre voraus. Der Aktionär kann jedoch von der Gesellschaft jederzeit kostenlos Druck und Auslieferung der Aktienzertifikate verlangen. Die Gesellschaft kann die Namenaktien ihrerseits jederzeit drucken.	Article 7       Share Certificates a)     The Company may forego the printing and delivery of registered shares and may cancel without replacement already printed shares. Registered shares already issued can only be cancelled when they are returned to the Company and the shareholder agrees. The shareholder may request at any time, without cost, the printing and delivery of his registered shares. The Company may for its part print out the registered shares at any time.
b)     Nicht verurkundete Namenaktien einschliesslich der daraus entspringenden Rechte können nur durch Zession übertragen werden. Die Zession bedarf zur Gültigkeit der Anzeige an die Gesellschaft. Die Berechtigung an den Zertifikaten der übertragenen Aktien wird durch rechtsgültige Zession übertragen und bedarf keiner Zustimmung seitens der Gesellschaft. Die Bank, welche abgetretene Namenaktien für die Aktionäre verwaltet, kann von der Gesellschaft über die erfolgte Zession benachrichtigt werden.	b)     Registered shares not physically represented by certificates and the rights arising therefrom can only be transferred by assignment. Such assignment shall not be valid unless notice is given to the Company. Title to the certificate of the transferred share is passed on to the transferee through legal and valid assignment and does not need the explicit consent of the Company. The bank which handles the book entries of the assigned registered shares on behalf of the shareholders may be notified by the Company of the assignment.
c)     Nicht verurkundete Namenaktien sowie die daraus entspringenden Vermögensrechte können ausschliesslich zugunsten der Bank, welche die Aktien im Auftrag des betreffenden Aktionärs verwaltet, verpfändet werden. Die Verpfändung bedarf eines schriftlichen Pfandvertrags. Eine Benachrichtigung der Gesellschaft ist nicht erforderlich.	c)     Registered shares not physically represented by certificates and the financial rights arising from these shares may only be pledged to the bank handling the book entries of such shares for the shareholder. The pledge must be made by means of a written pledge agreement. Notice to the Company is not required.

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Artikel 8       Aktienregister; Beschränkungen der Übertragbarkeit a)     Für die Namenaktien wird ein Aktienbuch geführt. Darin werden die Eigentümer und Nutzniesser mit Namen und Vornamen, Wohnort, Adresse und Staatsangehörigkeit (bei juristischen Personen mit Sitz) eingetragen.	Article 8       Shareholder’s Register, Transfer Restrictions a)     Registered shares are issued in the name of the owner or the usufructuary. This person shall be entered in the share register with his name, address, domicile and citizenship (domicile in case of legal entities).
b)     Zur Eintragung ins Aktienbuch als Aktionär mit Stimmrecht ist die Zustimmung des Verwaltungsrats notwendig. Die Eintragung als Aktionär mit Stimmrecht kann in den in Art. 8 lit. c), d), e) und f) der Statuten festgehaltenen Fällen abgelehnt werden. Lehnt der Verwaltungsrat die Eintragung des Erwerbers als Aktionär mit Stimmrecht ab, benachrichtig er diesen innerhalb von 20 Tagen seit dem Eingang des Eintragungsgesuchs. Nicht anerkannte Erwerber werden als Aktionäre ohne Stimmrecht ins Aktienbuch eingetragen. Die entsprechenden Aktien gelten in der Generalversammlung als nicht vertreten.	b)     Entry in the share register of registered shares with voting rights is subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. Entry of registered shares with voting rights may be refused based on the grounds set out in Article 8(c), (d), (e) and (f). If the Board of Directors refuses to register the acquirer as shareholder with voting rights it shall notify the acquirer of such refusal within 20 days upon receipt of the application. Non-recognized acquirers shall be entered in the share register as shareholders without voting rights. The corresponding shares shall be considered as not represented in the General Meeting of Shareholders.
c)     Eine natürliche oder juristische Person wird in dem Umfang nicht als Aktionärin mit Stimmrecht im Aktienbuch eingetragen, in welchem die von ihr direkt oder indirekt im Sinne von Art. 14 der Statuten gehaltene oder sonstwie kontrollierte Beteiligung 10% oder mehr des im Handelsregister eingetragenen Aktienkapitals beträgt. Dabei gelten Personen, die durch Absprache, Kapital, Stimmkraft, Leitung, Syndikat oder auf andere Weise miteinander verbunden sind, als eine Person. Im Umfang, in welchem eine derartige Beteiligung 10% oder mehr des Aktienkapitals beträgt, werden die entsprechenden Aktien ohne Stimmrecht ins Aktienbuch eingetragen.	c)     No individual or legal entity may, directly or indirectly, formally, constructively or beneficially own (as defined in Article 14 below) or otherwise control voting rights with respect to 10% or more of the registered share capital recorded in the Commercial Register. Those associated through capital, voting power, joint management or in any other way, or joining for the acquisition of shares, shall be regarded as one person. The registered shares exceeding the limit of 10% shall be entered in the share register as shares without voting rights.
d)     Die oben erwähnte 10% Limite gilt auch bei der Zeichnung oder Erwerb von Aktien, welche mittels Ausübung von Options- oder Wandelrechten aus Namen- oder Inhaberpapieren oder sonstigen von der Gesellschaft oder Dritten ausgestellten Wertpapieren oder welche mittels Ausübung von erworbenen Bezugsrechten aus Namen- oder Inhaberaktien gezeichnet oder erworben werden. Im Umfang, in welchem eine daraus resultierende	d)     The limit of 10% of the registered share capital also applies to the subscription for, or acquisition of, registered shares by exercising option or convertible rights arising from registered or bearer securities or any other securities issued by the Company or third parties, as well as by means of exercising purchased pre-emptive rights arising from either registered

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Beteiligung 10% oder mehr des Aktienkapitals beträgt, werden die entsprechenden Aktien ohne Stimmrecht ins Aktienbuch eingetragen.	or bearer shares. The registered shares exceeding the limit of 10% shall be entered in the share register as shares without voting rights.
e)     Der Verwaltungsrat verweigert die Eintragung ins Aktienbuch als Aktionär mit Stimmrecht oder entscheidet über die Löschung eines bereits eingetragenen Aktionärs mit Stimmrecht aus dem Aktienbuch, wenn der Erwerber auf sein Verlangen hin nicht ausdrücklich erklärt, dass er die Aktien im eigenen Namen und auf eigene Rechnung erworben hat.	e)     The Board of Directors shall reject entry of registered shares with voting rights in the share register or shall decide on their cancellation when the acquirer or shareholder upon request does not expressly state that she/he has acquired or holds the shares in her/his own name and for her/his own account.
f)     Der Verwaltungsrat verweigert die Eintragung natürlicher und juristischer Personen, welche Namenaktien für Dritte halten und dies schriftlich gegenüber der Gesellschaft erklären werden, als Treuhänder/Nominees mit unbeschränktem Stimmrecht ins Aktienbuch oder entscheidet über die Löschung aus dem Aktienbuch , wenn sie sich nicht dazu verpflichten, gegenüber der Gesellschaft auf deren schriftliches Verlangen hin jederzeit die Namen, Adressen und Beteiligungsquote derjenigen Personen offenzulegen, für welche sie die Namenaktien halten.	f)     The Board of Directors shall reject entry of individuals and legal entities, who hold registered shares for third parties and state this in writing to the Company, as nominees in the share register with voting rights without limitation or shall decide on their cancellation when the nominee does not undertake the obligation to disclose at any time to the Company at its written request the names, addresses and share holdings of each person for whom such nominee is holding shares.
g)     Der Verwaltungsrat kann in besonderen Fällen Ausnahmen von den obgenannten Beschränkungen (Art. 8 lit. c), d), e) and f) der Statuten) genehmigen. Sodann kann der Verwaltungsrat nach Anhörung der betroffenen Personen deren Eintragungen im Aktienbuch als Aktionäre rückwirkend streichen, wenn diese durch falsche Angaben zustande gekommen sind oder wenn die betroffene Person die Auskunft gemäss Art. 8 lit. f) verweigert.	g)     The Board of Directors may in special cases approve exceptions to the above regulations (Article 8(c), (d), (e) and (f)). The Board of Directors is in addition authorized, after due consultation with the person concerned, to delete with retroactive effect entries in the share register which were effected on the basis of false information and/or to delete entries in case the respective person refuses to make the disclosers according to Article 8(f).
h)     Solange ein Erwerber nicht Aktionär mit Stimmrecht im Sinne von Art. 8 der Statuten geworden ist, kann er weder die entsprechenden Stimmrechte noch die weiteren mit diesen in Zusammenhang stehenden Rechte wahrnehmen.	h)     Until an acquirer becomes a shareholder with voting rights for the shares in accordance with this Article 8, she/he may neither exercise the voting rights connected with the shares nor other rights associated with the voting rights.

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III. Organisation	III. Organization
A. Die Generalversammlung	A. The General Meeting
Artikel 9       Befugnisse Die Generalversammlung ist das oberste Organ der Gesellschaft. Sie hat die folgenden unübertragbaren Befugnisse:	Article 9       Authorities The General Meeting is the supreme corporate body of the Company. It has the following non-transferable powers:
1.     die Festsetzung und Änderung der Statuten;	1.     to adopt and amend the Articles of Association;
2.     die Wahl und Abwahl der Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrats, des Präsidenten des Verwaltungsrats, der Mitglieder des Vergütungsausschusses, der Revisionsstelle und des unabhängigen Stimmrechtsvertreters;	2.     to elect and remove the members of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the members of the Compensation Committee, the Auditors and the independent proxy;
3.     die Genehmigung des Lageberichts, der Jahresrechnung und der Konzernrechnung sowie die Beschlussfassung über die Verwendung des Bilanzgewinns, insbesondere die Festsetzung der Dividende;	3.     to approve the statutorily required management report, the annual accounts and the consolidated financial statements as well as to pass resolutions regarding the allocation of profits as shown on the balance sheet, in particular to determine the dividends;
4.     die Entlastung der Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrats;	4.     to grant discharge to the members of the Board of Directors;
5.     die Genehmigung der Vergütungen des Verwaltungsrats und der Geschäftsleitung gemäss Art. 25 der Statuten; und	5.     to approve the compensation of the Board of Directors and the Executive Management in accordance with Article 25; and
6.     die Beschlussfassung über die Gegenstände, die der Generalversammlung durch das Gesetz oder die Statuten vorbehalten sind oder welche ihr vom Verwaltungsrat vorgelegt werden.	6.     to pass resolutions regarding items which are reserved to the General Meeting by law or by the Articles of Association or which are presented to it by the Board of Directors.
Artikel 10       Generalversammlungen sowie deren Einberufung a)     Die ordentliche Generalversammlung findet alljährlich innerhalb von	Article 10       Meetings and Convening the Meeting a)     The ordinary General Meeting shall be held annually within

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sechs Monaten nach Abschluss des Geschäftsjahres statt. Zeitpunkt und Ort, welcher im In- oder Ausland sein kann, werden durch den Verwaltungsrat bestimmt.	six months after the close of the business year at such time and at such location, which may be within or outside Switzerland, as determined by the Board of Directors.
b)     Ausserordentliche Generalversammlungen finden satt, wenn es die Generalversammlung, die Revisionsstelle oder der Verwaltungsrat für notwendig erachten. Ausserdem müssen ausserordentliche Generalversammlungen einberufen werden, wenn stimmberechtigte Aktionäre, welche zusammen mindestens 10% des Aktienkapitals vertreten, es verlangen.	b)     Extraordinary General Meetings may be called by resolution of the General Meeting, the Auditors or the Board of Directors, or by shareholders with voting powers, provided they represent at least 10% of the share capital.
Artikel 11       Einberufung Die Generalversammlung wird durch den Verwaltungsrat, nötigenfalls durch die Revisionsstelle oder die Liquidatoren, einberufen. Die Einladung erfolgt mindestens 20 Tage vor der Versammlung durch Publikation im Schweizerischen Handelsamtsblatt.	Article 11       Notice The General Meeting is summoned by the Board of Directors or if necessary by the Auditors or the liquidators. Notice of the General Meeting shall be given by publication in the “Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt” at least 20 days before the date of the meeting.
Artikel 12       Traktanden a)     Der Verwaltungsrat nimmt die Traktandierung der Verhandlungsgegenstände vor.	Article 12       Agenda a)     The Board of Directors shall state the matters on the agenda.
b)     Ein oder mehrere mit Stimmrecht eingetragene Aktionäre können, gemäss den gesetzlichen Bestimmungen, vom Verwaltungsrat die Traktandierung eines Verhandlungsgegenstandes verlangen. Das Begehren um Traktandierung ist schriftlich unter Angabe der Verhandlungsgegenstände und der Anträge an den Präsidenten des Verwaltungsrates mindestens 45 Tage vor der Generalversammlung einzureichen.	b)     One or more registered Shareholders may in compliance with the legal requirements demand that matters be included in the agenda. Such demands shall be in writing and shall specify the items and the proposals and has to be submitted to the Chairman up to 45 days before the date of the meeting.
c)     Über Anträge zu nicht gehörig angekündigten Verhandlungsgegenständen, welche auch nicht im Zusammenhang mit einem gehörig traktandierten Verhandlungsgegenstand stehen, können keine Beschlüsse gefasst werden, ausser in den gesetzlich vorgesehenen Fällen.	c)     No resolution shall be passed on matters proposed only at the General Meeting and which have no bearing on any of the proposed items of the agenda, apart from those exceptions permitted by law.
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Anträge des Verwaltungsrates sowie derjenigen Aktionäre bekanntgegeben, welche die Traktandierung oder die Durchführung einer Generalversammlung verlangt haben.	agenda and the proposals of the Board of Directors and of those shareholders who have demanded that a meeting be called or that matters be included in the agenda.
Artikel 13       Vorsitz und Protokoll a)     Den Vorsitz in der Generalversammlung führt der Präsident des Verwaltungsrates, bei dessen Verhinderung ein anderes vom Verwaltungsrat bezeichnetes Mitglied des Verwaltungsrates oder ein anderer von der Generalversammlung für den betreffenden Tag bezeichneter Vorsitzender.	Article 13       Chair, Minutes a)     The General Meeting shall be chaired by the Chairman, or, in his absence, by another member of the Board of Directors, or by another Chairman elected for that day by the General Meeting.
b)     Der Vorsitzende bezeichnet einen Protokollführer sowie die Stimmenzähler, welche keine Aktionäre sein müssen.	b)     The Chairman designates a Secretary for the minutes as well as the scrutinizers who need not be shareholders.
c)     Der Verwaltungsrat ist verantwortlich für die Protokollführung. Das Protokoll wird vom Vorsitzenden und vom Protokollführer unterzeichnet.	c)     The Board of Directors is responsible for the keeping of the minutes, which are to be signed by the Chairman and by the Secretary.
Artikel 14       Stimmrecht und Vertreter a)     Jede Aktie berechtigt, unter Vorbehalt der Einschränkungen gemäss Art. 8 und Art. 14 lit. b) der Statuten, zu einer Stimme. Jeder stimmberechtigte Aktionär kann seine Aktien durch eine andere von ihm schriftlich bevollmächtigte Person vertreten lassen, welche kein Aktionär sein muss.	Article 14       Voting Rights and Shareholders Proxies a)     Each share is entitled to one vote subject to the provisions of Article 8 and Article 14(b) below. Each shareholder may be represented at the General Meeting by another person who is authorized by a written proxy and who does not need to be a shareholder.

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b)     Ungeachtet lit. a) vorstehend, gilt Folgendes: Sobald und solange eine natürliche oder juristische Person 10% oder mehr des im Handelsregister eingetragenen Aktienkapitals der Gesellschaft kontrolliert, ist diese bei ordentlichen oder ausserordentlichen Generalversammlungen maximal zu den gemäss nachfolgender Formel zu eruierenden Stimmen (abgerundet auf die nächst tiefere, runde Zahl) berechtigt:	b)     Notwithstanding para. a) above, if and so long as the Controlled Shares of any individual or legal entity constitute ten percent (10%) or more of the registered share capital recorded in the Commercial Register, such individual or legal entity shall be entitled to cast votes at any General Meeting or Extraordinary General Meeting in the aggregate equal to the number (rounded down to the nearest whole number) obtained from following formula:
(T ÷ 10) - 1	(T ÷ 10) - 1
Wobei gilt:       “T” ist gleich der Gesamtanzahl der Stimmrechte, welche auf dem im Handelsregister eingetragenen gesamten Aktienkapital der Gesellschaft verliehen werden.	Where:          “T” is the aggregate number of votes conferred by all the registered share capital recorded in the Commercial Register.
c)     Als “kontrolliert” im Sinne dieses Artikels gelten folgende Aktien:	c)     For purposes of this Article 14, “Controlled Shares” in reference to any individual or entity means:
(aa)  alle Aktien der Gesellschaft, welche direkt oder indirekt von einer natürlichen oder juristischen Person gehalten werden, wobei:	(aa)  all shares of the Company directly, indirectly or constructively owned by such individual or entity; provided that
(i)    Aktien, welche direkt oder indirekt von einer Personengesellschaft (Partnership), von einem Trust oder einer anderweitigen Vermögensmasse (z.B. Nachlass) gehalten werden, anteilsmässig auf die hinter diesen Strukturen stehenden Partner oder wirtschaftlich Berechtigten angerechnet werden; und	(i)    shares owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a partnership, or trust or estate will be considered as being owned proportionately by its partners, or beneficiaries; and
(ii)   Aktien, welche direkt oder indirekt von einer körperschaftlich organisierten Gesellschaft gehalten werden als anteilsmässig von den Aktionären solcher Gesellschaften, welche ihrerseits mehr als 50% der ausgegebenen stimmberechtigten Aktien ebensolcher halten, gehalten gelten; und	(ii)   shares owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a corporation will be considered as being owned proportionately by any shareholder owning 50% or more of the outstanding voting shares of such corporation; and
(iii)   Aktien, welche durch die Ausübung von Wandel-, Options- oder ähnlichen Rechten entstehen können, als vom Inhaber des entsprechenden Rechts gehalten gelten; und	(iii)   shares subject to options, warrants or other similar rights shall be deemed to be owned; and
(bb)  alle Aktien der Gesellschaft, welche direkt oder indirekt von einer natürlichen oder juristischen Person als wirtschaftlich Berechtigte gehalten werden, wobei als solche jede Person gilt, die:	(bb)  all Shares of the Company directly, indirectly beneficially owned by such individual or entity; provided that
(i)    direkt oder indirekt, durch jede Art von Vertrag,	(i)    a beneficial owner of a security includes any

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Vereinbarung, anderweitige Rechtsbeziehung oder sonstwie alleine oder zusammen mit anderen derartigen Personen über Folgendes verfügt:	person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise has or shares:
(1)   Einfluss auf das Stimmrecht der betreffenden Aktien, sei dies direkt oder indirekt; und/oder	(1)   voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or
(2)   Einfluss auf die Verfügungsberechtigung an den betreffenden Aktien, sei dies direkt oder indirekt;	(2)   investment power which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security.
(ii)   direkt oder indirekt Trusts, Vollmachten, übrige Vertretungsberechtigungen oder sonstige vertragliche Abreden errichtet oder benutzt in der Absicht, ihre wirtschaftliche Berechtigung an den Aktien zu überdecken, um die einschlägigen Bestimmungen dieser Statuten über die als kontrolliert geltenden Aktien zu umgehen;	(ii)   Any person who, directly or indirectly, creates or uses a trust, proxy, power of attorney, pooling arrangement or any other contract, arrangement, or device with the purpose or effect of divesting such person of beneficial ownership of shares of the Company or preventing the vesting of such beneficial ownership as part of a plan or scheme to evade the provisions of these articles of association shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such shares.
(iii)  die das Recht hat innerhalb von 60 Tagen die wirtschaftliche Berechtigung an Aktien zu erwerben, insbesondere, jedoch nicht abschliessend, durch: (A) Ausübung von Wandel-, Options- oder sonstigen Rechten; (B) durch die Umwandlung eines Wertpapiers; (C) durch die automatische Aufhebung eines Trusts, eines Vermögensverwaltungskontos oder einer ähnlichen Vereinbarung; oder (D) durch Ablauf der Dauer eines Trusts, eines Vermögensverwaltungskontos oder einer ähnlichen Vereinbarung.	(iii)  A person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares if that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such shares within 60 days, including but not limited to any right to acquired: (A) through the exercise of any option, warrant or right; (B) through the conversion of a security; (C) pursuant to the power to revoke a trust, discretionary account, or similar arrangement; or (D) pursuant to the automatic termination of a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement.

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d)     Der Verwaltungsrat hat das Recht die Bestimmungen des Artikels 14 der Statuten auszulegen und die Berechtigung von natürlichen und juristischen Personen an Aktien der Gesellschaft zur Sicherstellung der Umsetzung dieser Bestimmungen festzulegen. Bei der Auslegung kann der Verwaltungsrat Gesetze, Reglemente und übrige Bestimmungen sowie Rechtsprechung aus dem In- und Ausland beiziehen, welche Art. 14 der Statuten ähnlich sind.	d)     The Board of Directors shall have the authority to interpret the provisions of this Article 14 and to determine the ownership of shares by any individual or entity so as to fully implement the provisions of this Article 14. In so interpreting this Article 14, the Board of Directors may look to laws, rules, regulations and court decisions (including of countries outside of Switzerland) having language substantially similar to this Article 14.
e)     Der Verwaltungsrat kann in besonderen Fällen Ausnahmen von den vorerwähnten Stimmrechtsbeschränkungen gewähren.	e)     The Board of Directors may in special cases allow exceptions from this limitation on voting rights.
Artikel 15     Unabhängiger Stimmrechtsvertreter und weitere Vertretungsregeln a)     Die Generalversammlung wählt einen unabhängigen Stimmrechtsvertreter. Die Amtszeit endet jeweils mit Abschluss der nächsten ordentlichen Generalversammlung. Wiederwahl ist möglich.	Article 15     Independent Proxy and Additional Rules on Proxies a)     The General Meeting shall elect an Independent Proxy. The term of office ends in each case at the end of the next ordinary General Meeting. Re-election is permitted.
b)     Jeder stimmberechtigte Aktionär kann seine Aktien durch den von ihm schriftlich oder elektronisch bevollmächtigten unabhängigen Stimmrechtsvertreter oder durch eine andere Person in Übereinstimmung mit Art. 14 lit. a) vertreten lassen. Die Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrates und der Geschäftsleitung dürfen Aktionäre vertreten, sofern es sich nicht um eine institutionalisierte Vertretung handelt. Verwahrungsstellen dürfen Aktionäre vertreten und gelten nicht als Depotvertreter (im Sinne von Art. 689d OR), sofern sie aufgrund einer schriftlichen Vollmacht und nach Massgabe von konkreten oder allgemeinen Weisungen des betreffenden Aktionärs handeln.	b)     Each shareholder may be represented at the General Meeting by the Independent Proxy by way of a written or electronic proxy or by another person in accordance with Article 14(a). The members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Management are allowed to represent shareholders provided that this does not constitute an institutionalized representation of shareholders. Custodians may represent shareholders and shall not be deemed depositary representatives (in the sense of Art. 689d of the Swiss Code of Obligations), provided that they act based on a written proxy and in accordance with specific or general instructions of the relevant shareholder.
c)     Der unabhängige Stimmrechtsvertreter ist verpflichtet, die von ihm vertretenen Stimmrechte weisungsgemäss auszuüben. Hat er keine Weisungen erhalten, so enthält er sich der Stimme. Eine allgemeine oder konkludente Weisung, bei in der Einberufung bekanntgegebenen und/oder	c)     The Independent Proxy is obliged to exercise the represented voting rights in accordance with instructions. If no instructions were obtained, it shall abstain from voting. A general or implied instruction to vote according to the proposal of

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nicht bekanntgegebenen Anträgen jeweils im Sinne des Antrages des Verwaltungsrates zu stimmen, gilt als gültige Weisung zur Stimmrechtsausübung.	the Board of Directors in respect of proposals announced and/or not announced in the invitation shall be considered a valid instruction to exercise voting rights.
d)     Der unabhängige Stimmrechtsvertreter kann sich an der Generalversammlung durch einen Vertreter oder eine untergeordnete Person vertreten lassen. Der unabhängige Stimmrechtsvertreter bleibt für die Erfüllung seiner Pflichten vollumfänglich verantwortlich.	d)     The Independent Proxy may be represented at the General Meeting by a representative or a subordinate person. The Independent Proxy remains fully responsible for fulfilling its duties.
e)     Fällt der unabhängige Stimmrechtsvertreter aus, stellt der Verwaltungsrat ihn nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften in seiner Funktion ein, oder hat die Gesellschaft aus anderen Gründen keinen handlungsfähigen unabhängigen Stimmrechtsvertreter, so ernennt der Verwaltungsrat einen neuen unabhängigen Stimmrechtsvertreter für die nächste Generalversammlung. Bisher abgegebene Vollmachten und Stimmrechtsinstruktionen behalten ihre Gültigkeit für den neuen unabhängigen Stimmrechtsvertreter, solange ein Aktionär nicht ausdrücklich etwas anderes anordnet.	e)     If the Independent Proxy is not available anymore to hold office, if the Board of Directors lawfully suspends him from its office, or if the Company does not have an Independent Proxy capable of acting for other reasons, then the Board of Directors shall appoint a new Independent Proxy for the next General Meeting. Proxies and voting instructions that were already issued remain valid for the new Independent Proxy as long as a shareholder does not explicitly determine otherwise.
f)     Der Verwaltungsrat kann Verfahrensvorschriften im Zusammenhang mit der Teilnahme und Vertretung von Aktionären an der Generalversammlung erlassen und insbesondere die Erteilung von Weisungen an den unabhängigen Stimmrechtsvertreter näher regeln. Er sorgt dafür, dass die Aktionäre dem unabhängigen Stimmrechtsvertreter auch elektronische Vollmachten und Weisungen erteilen können, wobei er ermächtigt ist, vom Erfordernis einer qualifizierten elektronischen Signatur ganz oder teilweise abzusehen.	f)     The Board of Directors may pass procedural provisions in connection with the participation in and the representation at the General Meeting and in particular regulate in more detail the issuing of instructions to the Independent Proxy. It shall make sure that the shareholders are able to grant powers of attorneys and can issue instructions to the Independent Proxy by electronic means. In doing so, it is entitled to waive entirely or in part the requirement of a qualified electronic signature.
Artikel 16       Beschlüsse a)     Die Generalversammlung ist beschlussfähig ohne Rücksicht auf die Zahl der anwesenden Aktionäre oder der vertretenen Aktien.	Article 16       Resolutions a)     The General Meeting may pass resolutions without regard to the number of shareholders present or shares represented.
b)     Die Generalversammlung fasst ihre Beschlüsse und vollzieht ihre Wahlen, soweit das Gesetz oder diese Statuten nichts anderes vorsehen, mit der	b)     Unless otherwise required by law or the Articles of Association, the General Meeting shall pass its resolutions and carry

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einfachen Mehrheit der abgegebenen Stimmen (wobei Enthaltungen, sog. Broker Nonvotes, leere oder ungültige Stimmen für die Bestimmung des Mehr nicht berücksichtigt werden).	out its elections with the simple majority of the votes cast (whereby abstentions, broker non-votes, blank or invalid ballots shall be disregarded for purposes of establishing the majority).
c)     Der Vorsitzende bestimmt das Abstimmungsverfahren. Erfolgen die Wahlen nicht elektronisch haben sie mittels Stimmzettel zu erfolgen, wenn mindestens 50 anwesende Aktionäre dies per Handzeichen verlangen. Die Weisungserteilung via Internet oder Telefon kann durch den Vorsitzenden gestattet werden.	c)     The Chairman of the General Meeting shall determine the voting procedure. Provided that the voting is not done electronically, voting shall be by ballot if more than 50 of the shareholders present so demand by a show of hands. The accord of instructions by using the internet or the telephone can be permitted by the Chairman.
Artikel 17       Quorum Ein Beschluss der Generalversammlung, der mindestens zwei Drittel der vertretenen Stimmen und die absolute Mehrheit der vertretenen Aktiennennwerte auf sich vereinigt, ist erforderlich für:	Article 17       Quorums A resolution of the General Meeting passed by at least two thirds of the represented share votes and the absolute majority of the represented shares par value is required for:
1.     die in Art. 704 Abs. 1 OR aufgeführten Geschäfte, d.h. für:	1.     the cases listed in art. 704 para. 1 CO, i.e.:
(a)    die Änderung des Gesellschaftszwecks;	(a)    the change of the company purpose;
(b)    die Einführung von Stimmrechtsaktien;	(b)    the creation of shares with privileged voting rights;
(c)    die Beschränkung der Übertragbarkeit von Namenaktien;	(c)    the restriction of the transferability of registered shares;
(d)    eine genehmigte oder bedingte Kapitalerhöhung;	(d)    an increase of capital, authorized or subject to a condition;
(e)    die Kapitalerhöhung aus Eigenkapital, gegen Sacheinlage oder zwecks Sachübernahme und die Gewährung von besonderen Vorteilen;	(e)    an increase of capital out of equity, against contribution in kind, or for the purpose of acquisition of assets and the granting of special benefits;
(f)    die Einschränkung oder Aufhebung des Bezugsrechts;	(f)    the limitation or withdrawal of pre-emptive rights;

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(g)    die Verlegung des Sitzes der Gesellschaft;	(g)    the change of the domicile of the Company;
2.     Fusion, Spaltung und Umwandlung der Gesellschaft (zwingende gesetzliche Bestimmungen vorbehalten);	2.     the merger, de-merger or conversion of the Company (subject to mandatory law);
3.     die Lockerung und die Aufhebung von Übertragungsbeschränkungen der Namenaktien;	3.     the alleviating or withdrawal of restrictions upon the transfer of registered shares;
4.     die Umwandlung von Namenaktien in Inhaberaktien und umgekehrt;	4.     the conversion of registered shares into bearer shares and vice versa;
5.     für die Auflösung der Gesellschaft mit Liquidation;	5.     the dissolution of the Company followed by liquidation;
6.     die Abberufung von Mitgliedern des Verwaltungsrates im Sinne von Art. 705 Abs. 1 OR; und	6.     the dismissalof the members of the Board of Directors according to art. 705 para. 1 CO; and
7.     die Änderung oder Aufhebung der Art. 8, 14, 15 und 16 der Statuten.	7.     the amendment or elimination of the provisions of Article 8, Article 14 and Article 15 of the Articles of Association as well as those contained in this Article 16.
B. Der Verwaltungsrat	B. The Board of Directors
Artikel 18      Wahl und Konstituierung a)     Der Verwaltungsrat besteht aus wenigstens 3 und höchstens 20 Mitgliedern. Die Amtsdauer beträgt ein Jahr, zu verstehen als Periode ab Wahl bis zum Ende der nächsten ordentlichen Generalversammlung. Wiederwahl ist möglich.	Article 18      Election and Constitution a)     The Board of Directors shall consist of 3 to 20 members. The term of office shall be one year, understood to be the period from the election until the end of the next ordinary General Meeting. Re-election is possible.
b)     Die Generalversammlung wählt aus den Mitgliedern des Verwaltungsrates den Präsidenten des Verwaltungsrates. Die Amtsdauer beträgt ein Jahr, zu verstehen als Periode ab Wahl bis zum Ende der nächsten ordentlichen Generalversammlung. Wiederwahl ist möglich. Der Präsident hat bei Stimmengleichheit keinen Stichentscheid.	b)     The General Meeting shall elect from the members of the Board of Directors the Chairman. The term of office shall be one year, understood to be the period from the election until the end of the next ordinary General Meeting. Re-election is possible. The Chairman shall have no casting vote.

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c)     Der Verwaltungsrat konstituiert sich selber, sofern das Gesetz oder die Statuten nichts anderes bestimmen. Er bezeichnet einen Sekretär; dieser braucht nicht dem Verwaltungsrat anzugehören.	c)     The Board of Directors shall constitute itself unless provided otherwise by law or the Articles of Association. It appoints a Secretary who does not need to be a member of the Board of Directors.
d)     Fällt der Präsident aus oder hat die Gesellschaft aus anderen Gründen keinen handlungs- und funktionsfähigen Präsidenten, so ernennt der Verwaltungsrat eines seiner Mitglieder zum Präsidenten bis zur nächsten ordentlichen Generalversammlung; die Einberufung einer Generalversammlung nach Art. 726 Abs. 2 OR bleibt vorbehalten.	d)     If the Chairman is not available to continue to hold office or if the Company does not have a Chairman capable of acting and of holding office for other reasons, then the Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members as Chairman until the next ordinary General Meeting; the calling of a General Meeting in accordance with Art. 726 para. 2 CO is reserved.
Artikel 19      Zuständigkeit und Delegation a)     Der Verwaltungsrat hat die Oberleitung der Gesellschaft sowie die Aufsicht über die Geschäftsleitung. Er vertritt die Gesellschaft gegenüber Dritten und kann in allen Angelegenheiten Beschluss fassen, welche nicht gemäss Gesetz, Statuten oder Organisationsreglement einem anderen Organ zugewiesen sind.	Article 19      Ultimate Direction, Delegation a)     The Board of Directors is entrusted with the ultimate direction of the Company as well as the supervision of the management. It represents the Company towards third parties and attends to all matters which are not delegated to or reserved for another corporate body of the Company by law, the Articles of Association or the regulations.
b)     Der Verwaltungsrat kann aus seiner Mitte Ausschüssen bestellen oder einzelne Mitglieder bestimmen, welche mit der Vorbereitung und/oder Ausführung seiner Beschlüsse oder der Überwachung bestimmter Geschäfte betraut sind. Der Verwaltungsrat erlässt hierzu die notwendigen organisatorischen Weisungen. Mit Ausnahme der unübertragbaren Befugnisse kann der Verwaltungsrat die Geschäftsführung ganz oder teilweise an ein Mitglied oder mehrere Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrats oder an andere natürliche Personen, welche keine Aktionäre zu sein brauchen, übertragen. Der Verwaltungsrat erlässt hierzu die notwendigen Organisationsreglemente und erstellt die erforderlichen Vertragsdokumente.	b)     The Board of Directors may delegate preparation and/or implementation of its decisions and supervision of the business to committees or to individual members of the Board of Directors. The organizational regulations will be defined by the Board of Directors. While reserving its non-transferable powers, the Board of Directors may further delegate the management of the business or parts thereof to one or more members of the Board of Directors or other natural persons who need not be shareholders. The Board of Directors shall record all such arrangements in a set of regulations for the Company and set up the necessary contractual framework.

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Artikel 20      Einzelne Befugnisse Der Verwaltungsrat hat folgende unübertragbare und unentziehbare Befugnisse:		Article 20      Duties The Board of Directors has the following non-transferable and inalienable duties:
1.	die Oberleitung der Gesellschaft und die Erteilung der nötigen Weisungen;	1.	to ultimately oversee the Company and issue the necessary directives;
2.	die Festlegung der Organisation;	2.	to determine the organization;
3.	die Ausgestaltung des Rechnungswesens, der Finanzkontrolle sowie der Finanzplanung, sofern diese für die Führung der Gesellschaft notwendig ist;	3.	to organize the accounting, the financial control, as well as the financial planning;
4.	die Ernennung und Abberufung der mit der Geschäftsführung und der Vertretung betrauten Personen, sowie die Erteilung der Zeichnungsberechtigungen;	4.	to appoint and remove the persons entrusted with the management and representation of the Company and to grant signatory power;
5.	die Oberaufsicht über die mit der Geschäftsführung und der Vertretung betrauten Personen, namentlich im Hinblick auf die Befolgung der Gesetze, Statuten, Reglemente und Weisungen;	5.	to ultimately supervise the persons entrusted with the management, in particular with respect to compliance with the law and with the Articles of Association, regulations and directives;
6.	die Erstellung des Geschäftsberichtes, des Vergütungsberichtes sowie die Vorbereitung der Generalversammlung und die Ausführung ihrer Beschlüsse;	6.	to prepare the business report, the compensation report as well as the General Meeting and to implement the latter’s resolutions;
7.	die Benachrichtigung des Richters im Falle der Überschuldung;	7.	to inform the judge in the event of overindebtedness;
8.	die Beschlussfassung über die nachträgliche Liberierung von nicht vollständig liberierten Aktien;	8.	to pass resolutions regarding the subsequent payment of capital with respect to non-fully paid-in shares;
9.	die Beschlussfassung über die Feststellung von Kapitalerhöhungen und die entsprechenden Statutenänderungen;	9.	to pass resolutions confirming increases in share capital and regarding the amendments to the Articles of Association entailed thereby;

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10.    Überwachung der Fachkenntnisse der Spezialrevisionsstelle in den Fällen, in denen das Gesetz den Einsatz einer solchen vorsieht.	10.   to examine the professional qualifications of the specially qualified Auditors in the cases in which the law foresees the use of such Auditors.
Artikel 21      Vergütungsausschuss a)     Der Vergütungsausschuss besteht aus mindestens 3 Mitgliedern. Die Generalversammlung wählt aus den Mitgliedern des Verwaltungsrats die Mitglieder des Vergütungsausschusses. Die Amtsdauer beträgt ein Jahr, zu verstehen als Periode ab Wahl bis zum Ende der nächsten ordentlichen Generalversammlung. Wiederwahl ist möglich.	Article 21      Compensation Committee a)     The Compensation Committee shall consist of at least 3 members. The General Meeting shall elect from the members of the Board of Directors the members of the Compensation Committee. The term of office is one year, understood to be the period from the election to the end of the next ordinary General Meeting. Re-election is possible.
b)     Jedes Mitglied des Vergütungsausschusses hat die anwendbaren Unabhängigkeitsanforderungen der New York Stock Exchange zu erfüllen, wie sie vom Verwaltungsrat nach billigem Ermessen interpretiert werden. Zur Konkretisierung dieser Anforderungen kann der Verwaltungsrat kategorische Unabhängigkeitsstandards festsetzen.	b)     Each member of the Compensation Committee shall satisfy the applicable independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, as such requirements are interpreted by the Board of Directors in its reasonable judgment. The Board of Directors may adopt categorical independence standards in order to specify these requirements.
c)     Der Vergütungsausschuss hat folgende Befugnisse und Zuständigkeiten: 1.     die Festlegung und Überwachung der Vergütungspolitik der Gesellschaft für Führungskräfte;	c)     The Compensation Committee shall have the following powers and responsibilities: 1.     to establish and oversee the Company’s executive compensation policies;
2.     die periodische Beurteilung der Vergütungsstruktur der Gesellschaft für die Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung und, wo der Vergütungsausschuss die Aufnahme in die Beurteilung als angemessen erachtet, anderer leitender Mitarbeiter;	2.     to periodically assess the Company’s pay structure for the members of Executive Management and, where it deems their inclusion in such assessment is appropriate, other senior officers;
3.     die Genehmigung der Vergütung (i) des Chief Executive Officers und (ii) des Präsidenten des Verwaltungsrats (sofern der Präsident nicht auch der Chief Executive Officer ist), und, sofern angemessen, die Empfehlung an die unabhängigen Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrats, diese Vergütung zu bestätigen;	3.     to approve the compensation of (i) the chief executive officer and (ii) the Chairman of the Board of Directors (if the Chairman is not also the chief executive officer), and, if appropriate, to recommend such compensation to the independent members of the Board for ratification;

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4.     die Überprüfung der Empfehlungen des Chief Executive Officers betreffend die Vergütung der anderen Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung sowie gegebenenfalls anderer leitender Mitarbeiter und die Festsetzung der angemessenen Höhe der Vergütung;	4.     to review the chief executive officer’s recommendations regarding the compensation of the other members of Executive Management and other senior officers (if applicable) and to determine appropriate compensation levels;
5.     die Empfehlung der Gesamtvergütungen der Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung, die der Generalversammlung gemäss Art. 25 zur Genehmigung vorzulegen sind, zuhanden des Verwaltungsrats;	5.     to recommend to the Board of Directors the total aggregated amounts of compensation for the members of Executive Management to be submitted for approval by the General Meeting pursuant to Article 25;
6.     die Überprüfung und Genehmigung von Arbeitsverträgen des Chief Executive Officers, der anderen Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung und, wo der Vergütungsausschuss die Aufnahme in die Überprüfung und Genehmigung als angemessen erachtet, anderer leitender Mitarbeiter der Gesellschaft;	6.     to review and approve employment agreements of the chief executive officer, the other members of Executive Management and, where the Compensation Committee deems their inclusion in such review and approval is appropriate, other senior officers of the Company;
7.     die Überprüfung und Empfehlung des Inhalts des Vergütungsberichts zuhanden des Verwaltungsrates, und die Überprüfung und Genehmigung des Berichts, welcher gemäss den Bestimmungen der U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission im jährlichen Proxy Statement der Gesellschaft enthalten sein muss;	7.     to review and recommend to the Board of Directors the contents of the compensation report, and to review and approve the report required by the Rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement;
8.     sonstige Aufgaben und Zuständigkeiten, welche ihm die Statuten oder der Verwaltungsrat im Reglement des Vergütungsausschusses oder anderweitig zuweisen.	8.     any other duties and responsibilities which are assigned to it by the Articles of Association or by the Board of Directors in its charter or otherwise.
d)     Der Vergütungsausschuss hat die Befugnis, Vergütungsberater, unabhängige Rechtsberater oder andere Berater beizuziehen.	d)     The Compensation Committee shall have the authority to retain any compensation consultant, independent legal counsel or other adviser.
e)     Der Verwaltungsrat bestimmt unter den Mitgliedern des Vergütungsausschusses dessen Vorsitzenden und erlässt ein Reglement für den Vergütungsausschuss. Er kann ihm zusätzliche Aufgaben zuweisen sowie die statutarischen Aufgaben und Zuständigkeiten spezifizieren.	e)     The Board of Directors shall appoint among the members of the Compensation Committee its chairman and adopt regulations for the Compensation Committee. It may assign additional duties and responsibilities to it and specify the duties and responsibilities contained in the Articles of Association.

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f)     Ist der Vergütungsausschuss mit weniger als 3 handlungs- und funktionsfähigen Mitgliedern besetzt, so ernennt der Verwaltungsrat ad interim unter seinen Mitgliedern im entsprechenden Umfang Mitglieder des Vergütungsausschlusses bis zur nächsten ordentlichen Generalversammlung; die Einberufung einer Generalversammlung nach Art. 726 Abs. 2 OR bleibt vorbehalten.	f)     If the Compensation Committee consists of less than 3 members capable of acting and holding office, then the Board of Directors shall appoint among its members, to the extent required, members of the Compensation Committee until the next ordinary General Meeting; the calling of a General Meeting in accordance with Art. 726 para. 2 CO is reserved.
C. Revisionsstelle und Spezialrevisionsstelle	C. Auditors and Special Auditor
Artikel 22      Amtsdauer, Befugnisse und Pflichten	Article 22      Term, Powers and Duties
a)     Die Revisionsstelle wird von der Generalversammlung gewählt. Rechte und Pflichten der Revisionsstelle bestimmen sich nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften.	a)     The Auditors shall be elected by the General Meeting and shall have the powers and duties vested in them by law.
b)     Die Generalversammlung kann eine Spezialrevisionsstelle ernennen, welche die vom Gesetz für Kapitalerhöhungen mit Sacheinlage oder Verrechnungsliberierung verlangten Prüfungsbestätigungen abgibt.	b)     The General Meeting may appoint a special auditing firm entrusted with the examinations required by applicable law in connection with share capital increases against contribution in kind or set-off.
c)     Die Amtsdauer der Revisionsstelle und (falls eingesetzt) der Spezialrevisionsstelle beträgt ein Jahr. Die Amtsdauer beginnt mit dem Tag der Wahl und endet mit der ersten darauffolgenden ordentlichen Generalversammlung.	c)     The term of office of the Auditors and (if appointed) the special auditors shall be one year. The term of office shall commence on the day of election, and shall terminate on the first annual ordinary General Meeting following their election.

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IV. Vergütungen und damit im Zusammenhang stehende Bestimmungen	IV. Compensation and Related Provisions
Artikel 23      Vergütungselemente	Article 23      Elements of Compensation
a)     Die Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrates erhalten eine fixe Vergütung. In besonderen Fällen und nach vorgängiger Genehmigung durch die Generalversammlung kann der Verwaltungsrat einen zusätzlichen Ermessensbonus erhalten. Der Verwaltungsrat oder einer seiner Ausschüsse kann bestimmen, dass die fixe Vergütung aller oder einzelner Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrats teilweise oder ganz in der Form von Aktien ausbezahlt wird, die entweder frei handelbar oder für einen bestimmten Zeitraum für den Handel gesperrt sind. Solche Aktien sind zu ihrem Fair Value am Zuteilungsdatum zu bewerten, wie vom Verwaltungsrat oder Vergütungsausschuss festgelegt.	a)     The members of the Board of Directors shall receive fixed compensation. In exceptional cases the Board of Directors may receive an additional discretionary bonus upon prior approval by the General Meeting. The Board of Directors or a committee thereof may determine that the fixed compensation of all or individual members of the Board of Directors be paid in part or in full in the form of shares that are either freely tradable or blocked for trading for a specific period. Such shares shall be valued at their fair value at the date of grant as determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee.
b)     Die Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung erhalten eine fixe Vergütung bestehend aus einer Grundvergütung und gewissen weiteren Zahlungen und Leistungen aus dem Arbeitsverhältnis sowie eine variable Vergütung in bar und/oder Beteiligungsrechte gemäss Art. 24.	b)     The members of the Executive Management shall receive fixed compensation consisting of a base salary and certain other employment payments and benefits, as well as variable compensation in cash and/or equity pursuant to Article 24.
c)     Rechtseinheiten, die durch die Gesellschaft direkt oder indirekt kontrolliert werden, dürfen Vergütungen an die Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrates oder der Geschäftsleitung für deren Dienste ausrichten, sofern solche Vergütungen durch einen genehmigten Gesamtbetrag oder einen Zusatzbetrag nach Art. 25 gedeckt sind.	c)     Legal entities which are directly or indirectly controlled by the Company may pay compensation to members of the Board of Directors or of the Executive Management for their services, provided that such compensation is covered by an approved aggregate amount or an additional amount pursuant to Article 25.
d)     Insbesondere die folgenden Leistungen gelten nicht als Vergütungen, Darlehen oder Kredite und werden nicht zu den Beträgen hinzugezählt, die gemäss Art. 25 der Genehmigung durch die Generalversammlung unterliegen:	d)     In particular, the following items are not deemed compensation, loans or credits and shall not be added to the amounts subject to approval according to Article 25:
1.     Auslagenersatz und steuerlich abzugsfähige Spesenpauschalen;	1.     Reimbursement of expenses and tax-deductible lump-sum expenses;
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Vergütungsausschusses im Interesse der Gesellschaft liegen; 3.     Geringfügige Sachleistungen, allgemeine Mitarbeitervergünstigungen und andere ähnliche Fringe Benefits; 4.     Entschädigungen, Vorschüsse und Versicherungen gemäss Art. 23 lit. e).	2.     premiums for insurance which are in the view of the Compensation Committee entered into in the interest of the Company; 3.     insignificant benefits in kind, general employee benefits and other similar fringe benefits; 4.     indemnification, advances and insurances according to Article 23(e).
e)     Soweit es das Gesetz zulässt, werden die gegenwärtigen und früheren Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrates sowie der Geschäftsleitung aus dem Gesellschaftsvermögen schadlos gehalten für Forderungen, Kosten, Verluste, Schäden, Bussen, und sonstige Auslagen, welche ihnen im Zusammenhang mit ihrer Tätigkeit für die Gesellschaft entstanden sind bzw. gegen diese erhoben worden sind oder möglicherweise entstehen bzw. gegen diese erhoben werden, es sei denn, ein rechtskräftiger Entscheid eines Gerichts oder einer anderen Behörde stelle fest, dass die betreffende Person die obgenannten Auslagen und Verpflichtungen aufgrund einer vorsätzlichen oder grobfahrlässigen Pflichtverletzung verursacht hat.	e)     The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the current and former members of the Board of Directors and officers out of the assets of the Company from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them have incurred or sustained or may incur or sustain by or by reason of any act done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty on behalf of the Company; provided that this indemnity shall not extend to any matter in which any of said persons is found, in a final judgement or decree not subject to appeal, to have committed fraud or dishonesty.
Unabhängig von vorstehender Bestimmung schiesst die Gesellschaft den Mitgliedern des Verwaltungsrats sowie der Geschäftsleitung die im Zusammenhang mit oben erwähnten Angelegenheiten entstehenden Gerichts- und Anwaltskosten vor. Ausgenommen sind jene Fälle, in denen die Gesellschaft selbst gegen die betreffenden Personen vorgeht. Die Gesellschaft kann die aufgewendeten Auslagen zurückfordern, wenn ein Gericht oder eine andere zuständige Behörde rechtskräftig feststellt, dass die betreffende Person gegenüber der Gesellschaft eine Pflichtverletzung begangen hat.	Without limiting the foregoing paragraph, the Company shall advance court costs and attorney’s fees to such current and former members of the Board of Directors and officers, except in cases where the Company itself is plaintiff. The Company may however recover such advanced cost if a court or another competent authority holds that the member of the Board of Directors or the officer in question has breached its duties to the Company.
Die Gesellschaft kann Versicherungen gegen jegliche Haftung, die gegen die Mitglieder des Verwaltungsrates und die leitenden Angestellten in ihrer Eigenschaft als solche geltend gemacht wird, abschliessen und aufrechterhalten.	The Company may purchase and maintain insurance against any liability asserted against the members of the Board of Directors and officers in their capacity as such.

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f)     Im Rahmen dieses Abschnitts IV umfasst der Begriff “Geschäftsleitung” auch jedes Mitglied des Verwaltungsrats, welches gleichzeitig ein Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung ist (Delegierte des Verwaltungsrats).	f)     Within this section IV, the term “Executive Management” shall also encompass any member of the board of directors who is a member of the Executive Management at the same time (Managing Director).
Artikel 24      Anreiz- und Beteiligungspläne	Article 24      Incentive and Equity Plans
a)     Variable Vergütungen, die Mitgliedern der Geschäftsleitung im Zusammenhang mit einem bestimmten Jahr bezahlt oder gewährt werden, können aus einem Bonus in bar gemäss Art. 24 lit. c) und aus Zuteilungen von Beteiligungsrechten (aktienbasierten Awards) mit langfristiger Anreizwirkung gemäss Art. 24 lit. d) bestehen, zuzüglich gegebenenfalls Beiträgen des Arbeitsgebers für die Pensionskasse und Sozialversicherungen. In besonderen Fällen und nach vorgängiger Genehmigung durch die Generalversammlung können die Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung einen zusätzlichen Ermessensbonus erhalten. Des Weiteren kann der Verwaltungsrat oder der Vergütungsausschuss bestimmen, dass die Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung berechtigt sind, am Mitarbeiterbeteiligungsplan der Gesellschaft teilzunehmen, welcher von der Generalversammlung mittels konsultativem oder bindendem Beschluss, wie nach anwendbarem Recht (inklusive den US-Wertschriftengesetzen) verlangt, genehmigt wurde.	a)     Variable compensation paid or granted to the members of the Executive Management in relation to a certain year may consist of a cash bonus pursuant to Article 24(c) and long-term incentive equity awards pursuant to Article 24(d), plus, if applicable, social security and pension plan contributions on the part of the employer. In exceptional cases the members of the Executive Management may receive an additional discretionary bonus upon prior approval by the General Meeting. Furthermore, the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee may determine that the members of Executive Management are eligible to participate in the Company’s employee share purchase plan that has been approved by the General Meeting by a binding or advisory vote as required by applicable law (including U.S. securities laws).
b)     Variable Vergütungen beruhen auf Performancekriterien, welche die Performance der ACE Gruppe und/oder von deren Geschäftseinheiten und/oder individuelle Zielen berücksichtigen. Der Verwaltungsrat oder der Vergütungsausschuss setzen Performancekriterien, Zielwerte und deren Erreichung fest (wobei die Bestimmung von individuellen Zielen und deren Erreichung in Bezug auf jedes andere Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung an den Chief Executive Officer delegiert werden kann). Wenn der Verwaltungsrat oder der Vergütungsausschuss es als zweckmässig erachtet, kann er auch Zuteilungen mit langfristiger Anreizwirkung gewähren, welche unabhängig von der Erreichung von Zielen in der Vergangenheit an die zukünftige Performance geknüpft sind.	b)     Variable compensation shall be based on performance criteria that take into account the performance of the ACE Group and/or operating units thereof, and/or individual targets. The Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee determines performance criteria, target levels, and their achievement (it being understood that the determination of individual targets and their achievement may be delegated to the chief executive officer in respect to any other member of Executive Management). If deemed appropriate, the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee may also grant long-term incentive awards that are linked to future performance independently from the achievement of targets in the past.

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c)     Der Bonus in bar wird unter Anwendung der obengenannten Kriterien und Rahmenbedingungen basierend auf Leistungen ausbezahlt, die grundsätzlich unter Zugrundelegung des einjährigen Zeitraums gemessen werden, auf den sich der Bonus in bar bezieht.	c)     The cash bonus is paid out based on achievements which are generally measured based on the one-year period to which the cash bonus relates, applying the above criteria and framework.
d)     Der Umfang der Zuteilungen von Beteiligungsrechten (aktienbasierten Awards) mit langfristiger Anreizwirkung (long-term incentive) wird durch den Verwaltungsrat oder den Vergütungsausschuss festgelegt. Er kann aus Aktienoptionen, Aktien mit Veräusserungssperre, Performance-Aktien und sonstigen Beteiligungsinstrumenten bestehen, die gemäss einem Beteiligungsplan zulässig sind, welcher von der Generalversammlung mittels konsultativem oder bindendem Beschluss, wie vom anwendbaren Recht (inklusive den US-Wertschriftengesetzen) verlangt, genehmigt wurde.	d)     The amount of long-term incentive equity awards granted shall be determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee and may consist of stock options, restricted stock, performance shares or any other equity instruments permitted by an equity plan that has been approved by the General Meeting by a binding or advisory vote as required by applicable law (including U.S. securities laws).
e)     Zuteilungen von Beteiligungsrechten (aktienbasierte Awards) stellen grundsätzlich Vergütungen im Jahr dar, in der gegebenenfalls die Performance zum Zwecke der Festlegung des Umfangs der Zuteilung gemessen wurde (d.h. wenn eine Zuteilung im Zusammenhang mit der Beurteilung der Performance im Vorjahr erfolgt, stellt diese Zuteilung Vergütung in Bezug auf dieses Vorjahr dar), oder andernfalls Vergütungen am Tag der Zuteilung dar. Sie sind grundsätzlich zu ihrem Fair Value am Zuteilungsdatum zu bewerten, wie vom Verwaltungsrat oder Vergütungsausschuss festgelegt. Wenn der Verwaltungsrat oder der Vergütungsausschuss es unter den gegebenen Umständen als angemessen erachtet, kann er bestimmen, dass eine Zuteilung oder ein Teil einer Zuteilung eine Vergütung in einem anderen Jahr darstellt und an einem anderen Datum bewertet wird (soweit dies nach anwendbarem Recht, inklusive den US-Wertschriftengesetzen, zulässig ist).	e)     Any equity awards generally constitute compensation for the year during which performance was measured in order to determine the size of the award, if applicable (i.e., if an award is granted in connection with review of prior-year performance, then such award shall constitute compensation with respect to such prior year), and otherwise at the date of grant. They shall be generally valued at their fair value at the date of grant as determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee. If the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee deems it reasonable under the circumstances, it may determine that all or part of an award shall constitute variable compensation in a different year and be valued at a different date (to extent permitted by applicable law, including U.S. securities laws).
f)     Der Verwaltungsrat oder der Vergütungsausschuss ist autorisiert, die näheren Vorschriften und Bedingungen von variablen Vergütungen zu spezifizieren, sei dies in Bonus- und Beteiligungsplänen, Arbeits- oder Zuteilungsverträgen oder anderweitig. Sie bestimmen die Bedingungen	f)     The Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee is authorized to specify any further terms and conditions of variable compensation, be it in bonus and equity incentive plans, employment or award agreements or otherwise. They

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der Gewährung, der Unverfallbarkeit (Vesting), der Sperrung, der Ausübung und des Verfalls von aktienbasierten Awards und können Mechanismen zur Anpassung oder Rückforderung von variablen Vergütungen vorsehen. Sie können insbesondere vorsehen, dass gewisse variable Vergütungen oder deren Äquivalent in bar während einer Freistellung ausbezahlt oder gewährt werden (wobei in diesem Fall die Ausrichtung auf dem im letzten Jahr bzw. in den letzten Jahren ausgerichteten durchschnittlichen Bonus bzw. Incentive oder dem Zielbonus bzw. -incentive basieren kann) und dass aktienbasierte Awards (i) im Falle eines Kontrollwechsels betreffend die Gesellschaft und (ii) im Falle der Beendigung der Anstellung eines Mitgliedes der Geschäftsleitung unverfallbar werden (vesten) und Sperrfristen aufgehoben werden.

shall determine grant, vesting, blocking, exercise and forfeiture conditions of any equity awards and may provide for mechanisms for adjustment or clawback of variable compensation. In particular, they may provide that certain variable compensation or their cash equivalent is paid or granted during garden leave (in which case the payout may be based on the average bonus or incentive paid in the last year(s) or on the target bonus or incentive), and that equity awards will vest and any blocking periods will be waived (i) in the event of a change in control regarding the Company and (ii) in the event of termination of employment of a member of the Executive Management.

g)     Der Verwaltungsrat oder der Vergütungsausschuss ist dafür verantwortlich, für jedes Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung das proportionale Verhältnis der jährlichen Grundvergütung und der Komponenten der variablen Vergütung zu bestimmen. Dies erfolgt unter Berücksichtigung der vorstehend umschriebenen Performancekriterien und individuellen Ziele und des proportionalen Verhältnisses der Vergütungsstruktur in vergleichbaren Unternehmen, welche den Aktionären auf jährlicher Basis mitgeteilt und veröffentlicht werden (wobei der Verwaltungsrat oder der Vergütungsausschuss jedoch von der Norm oder den Praktiken anderer Gesellschaften abweichen kann, wenn er es für Zwecke des Geschäfts, der Rekrutierung oder der Mitarbeiterbindung für angemessen hält). In Übereinstimmung mit, und unter Vorbehalt von, Art. 25 der Statuten darf die gesamte Vergütung (einschließlich der festen und variablen Vergütung), welche allen Mitgliedern der Geschäftsleitung in Bezug auf ein Kalenderjahr ausgerichtet wird, in keinem Fall den Gesamtbetrag übersteigen, welcher vorgängig durch die Generalversammlung für die Vergütung der Geschäftsleitung für dieses Kalenderjahr genehmigt wurde.

g)     The Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee shall be responsible for determining for each member of Executive Management the proportional balance of base annual salary and the components of variable compensation, following consideration of the performance criteria and individual targets described above, and the proportional balance of compensation structures at peer group companies that shall be published and disclosed to shareholders on an annual basis (provided the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee may deviate from the norm or other companies’ practices if it deems appropriate for business, recruitment or retention purposes). In accordance with, and subject to, Article 25 below, in no event shall the aggregate compensation (including fixed and variable compensation) paid with respect to any calendar year to all members of Executive Management exceed the total aggregate amount previously approved by the General Meeting for the compensation of the Executive Management for such calendar year.

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Artikel 25      Genehmigung von Vergütungen	Article 25      Approval of Compensation
a)     Die ordentliche Generalversammlung genehmigt jedes Jahr je den maximalen Gesamtbetrag:	a)     Each year the ordinary General Meeting shall approve separately the maximum aggregate amount each of:
1.     der Vergütungen für den Verwaltungsrat bis zur nächsten ordentlichen Generalversammlung; und	1.     the compensation of the Board of Directors until the next ordinary general meeting; and
2.     der Vergütungen für die Geschäftsleitung für das nächste Kalenderjahr.	2.     the compensation of the Executive Management for the next calendar year.
b)     Genehmigt die Generalversammlung einen Gesamtbetrag nach Art. 25 lit. a) nicht, so berücksichtigt der Verwaltungsrat die Ergebnisse der Abstimmung, andere Aktionärsrückmeldungen sowie weitere Aspekte nach eigenem Ermessen und er kann anschliessend an einer nachfolgenden (ordentlichen oder ausserordentlichen) Generalversammlung einen neuen Antrag für einen solchen Gesamtbetrag stellen, und die Gesellschaft darf Vergütungen unter Vorbehalt der nachträglichen Genehmigung durch die Generalversammlung ausrichten. Der Verwaltungsrat darf auch Genehmigungsanträge aufteilen, indem er Anträge in Bezug auf einzelne Vergütungselemente, kürzere Zeitperioden oder einen engeren Personenkreis stellt.	b)     If the General Meeting does not approve an aggregate amount pursuant to Article 25(a), the Board of Directors shall consider the results of the vote, other shareholder feedback and other matters in its discretion and it may thereafter submit a new proposal for such aggregate amount at a subsequent (extraordinary or ordinary) General Meeting, and the Company may pay compensation subject to the subsequent approval. The Board of Directors may also split proposals for approval by submitting proposals in respect to particular elements of compensation, shorter periods of time, or a more limited group of persons.
c)     Die Generalversammlung kann jederzeit eine nachträgliche Erhöhung eines genehmigten Gesamtbetrags oder zusätzliche Beträge für gewisse Vergütungselemente genehmigen. Sie kann insbesondere einen möglichen ausserordentlichen Bonus genehmigen, der auszurichten ist: (i) an den Verwaltungsrat in bar oder Aktien für in einer vorangehenden Periode geleistete ausserordentliche und zusätzliche Arbeit, oder (ii) an die Geschäftsleitung für die Leistung im vorherigen Kalenderjahr ausserhalb und zusätzlich zu einem Bonus, der im Rahmen von Art. 25 lit. a) Ziff. 2 der Statuten ausgerichtet wurde.	c)     The General Meeting may at any time approve a subsequent increase of an approved aggregate amount or approve additional amounts for certain elements of compensation. In particular, it may approve a possible extraordinary bonus payable (i) to the Board of Directors in cash or shares for extraordinary and additional work performed in a preceding period or (ii) to the Executive Management for the performance in the prior calendar year outside of and in addition to any bonus paid within the scope of Article 25(a)(2) above.
d)     Die Gesellschaft ist berechtigt, eine Vergütung (einschließlich Entschädigung für den Verlust von Vergütung oder für finanzielle Nachteile im Zusammenhang mit dem Arbeitswechsel) an solche Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung zu bezahlen, die nach dem relevanten Genehmigungsbeschluss der Generalversammlung (i) in die Geschäftsleitung eintreten oder (ii) innerhalb der Geschäftsleitung zum	d)     The Company is authorized to pay compensation (including indemnification for loss of compensation or for financial disadvantages in connection with the change of employment) to such members of the Executive Management who after the relevant approval resolution by the General Meeting (i) join the Executive Management or (ii) are promoted

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Chief Executive Officer befördert werden; dies selbst dann, wenn der durch die Generalversammlung bereits genehmigte Betrag nicht ausreichend ist. Diese Zusatzbeträge müssen nicht durch die Generalversammlung genehmigt werden, sofern ihre Summe in jeder einzelnen relevanten Zeitspanne 40% des genehmigten maximalen Gesamtbetrags (vollständig, nicht pro rata temporis) der Vergütung für die Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung für diesselbe Zeitspanne nicht überschreitet, für welche die Genehmigung durch die Generalversammlung bereits erteilt wurde.	within the Executive Management to Chief Executive Officer, even if the total amount already approved by the General Meeting is not sufficient. These supplementary amounts do not need to be approved by the General Meeting, provided that their sum in each single relevant period of time does not exceed 40% of the approved maximum aggregate amount (in full not pro rata temporis) of the compensation of the members of the Executive Management for the same period of time for which approval by the General Meeting has already be obtained.
e)     Eine Überschreitung der genehmigten maximalen Gesamtbeträge aufgrund von Wechselkursschwankungen ist unbeachtlich.	e)     Any excess of the approved maximum aggregate amounts due to exchange rate fluctuations shall be disregarded.
Artikel 26      Zulässige zusätzliche Tätigkeiten a)     Ein Mitglied des Verwaltungsrats darf nicht mehr als die folgende Anzahl zusätzlicher Mandate (wie nachstehend definiert) halten:	Article 26      Permitted Additional Activities a)     Any member of the Board of Directors shall hold no more than the following numbers of additional mandates (as defined below):
1.     bis zu 4 Mandate in börsenkotierten Unternehmen;	1.     up to 4 mandates in publicly-traded companies;
2.     bis zu 10 Mandate in nichtkotierten Unternehmen;	2.     up to 10 mandates in privately-held companies; and
3.     bis zu 10 Mandate in Stiftungen, Vereinen, wohltätigen Organisationen und anderen Rechtseinheiten.	3.     up to 10 mandates in foundations, associations, charitable organizations and other entities.
b)     Die Begrenzungen in Art. 26 lit. a) der Statuten gelangen auch für Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung zur Anwendung, wobei die maximale Anzahl zusätzlicher Mandate in börsenkotierten Unternehmen (Ziff. 1 vorstehend) jedoch bei 2 liegt.	b)     The limitations set forth in Article 26(a) above shall also apply to members of the Executive Management provided, however, that the maximum number of additional mandates in publicly-traded companies (no. 1 above) shall be 2.
c)     Mandate, die in verschiedenen Rechtseinheiten ein und desselben Konzerns oder auf Anordnung der Gesellschaft oder einer anderen Rechtseinheit gemäss Art. 26 lit. a) der Statuten gehalten werden (einschliesslich in Vorsorgeeinrichtungen und	c)     Mandates held in different legal entities of the same group or by order of the Company or of another legal entity pursuant to Article 26(a) above (including in pension funds and joint ventures) shall not count as separate mandates. It is admissible

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Gemeinschaftsunternehmen), zählen nicht als separate Mandate. Eine kurzfristige Überschreitung der in diesem Artikel geregelten Begrenzungen ist zulässig.	to exceed the limitations set forth in this Article for a short period of time.
d)     Ein “Mandat” im Sinne dieses Artikels ist ein Mandat in den obersten Leitungs- oder Verwaltungsorganen von Rechtseinheiten, die verpflichtet sind, sich ins Handelsregister oder in ein entsprechendes ausländisches Register eintragen zu lassen, mit Ausnahme der Gesellschaft und Rechtseinheiten, die durch die Gesellschaft kontrolliert werden oder diese kontrollieren.	d)     A “mandate” within the meaning of this Article shall mean a mandate in superior governing or administrative bodies of legal entities that are obliged to register themselves in the commercial registry or any comparable foreign register except for the Company and any entity controlled by, or controlling, the Company.
Artikel 27     Vereinbarungen mit der Geschäftsleitung und dem Verwaltungsrat	Article 27     Agreements with Executive Management and the Board of Directors
a)     Arbeits- und Dienstleistungsverträge mit Mitgliedern der Geschäftsleitung und, falls anwendbar, mit Mitgliedern des Verwaltungsrates sind in der Regel unbefristet und können eine Kündigungsfrist von bis zu 12 Monaten vorsehen. Falls der Verwaltungsrat oder einer seiner Ausschüsse zum Schluss gelangt, dass eine befristete Vertragsdauer angemessen ist, so übersteigt diese nicht 12 Monate. b)     Die Gesellschaft kann mit Mitgliedern der Geschäftsleitung entschädigte Konkurrenzverbote für eine Dauer von bis zu 2 Jahren nach der Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses vereinbaren. Die Entschädigung, die pro Jahr des Konkurrenzverbots zu entrichten ist, beträgt maximal die Summe (i) der letzten jährlichen Grundvergütung des Mitglieds, (ii) des Durchschnitts der letzten drei tatsächlichen Jahresboni des Mitglieds, und (iii) der Prämienzahlungen für Kranken- und/oder Zahnversicherung basierend auf der Wahl des Mitglieds zur Zeit der Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses. Zudem kann die Gesellschaft die Ausrichtung bestimmter Vergütungselemente, die mit in der Vergangenheit erbrachten Leistungen eines Mitglieds im Zusammenhang stehen, vom Abschluss und der Einhaltung eines Konkurrenzverbots abhängig machen, so insbesondere (i) die Ausrichtung eines pro rata Bonusbetrags für das Jahr, in welchem das Arbeitsverhältnis mit dem Mitglied beendet wurde,	a)     Any employment or service agreements of the members of the Executive Management and, if applicable, with members of the Board of Directors are as a general rule without fixed term and may provide for notice periods of up to 12 months. If the Board of Directors or any of its Committees comes to the conclusion that a fixed term is appropriate, the fixed term shall not exceed 12 months. b)     The Company may enter into compensated non-competition agreements with members of the Executive Management with a duration of up to 2 years after termination of the employment. The compensation payable for each year of the non-compete obligation shall not exceed the sum of (i) the last annual base salary of the member, (ii) the average of the member’s last three actual annual bonuses, and (iii) health and/or dental premium payments based upon the member’s elections in effect as of the termination. Furthermore, the Company may condition the payment of certain compensation items related to a member’s past services on the entering into and compliance with a non-competition agreement, including without limitation the payment of (i) a pro rata bonus amount for the year in which the member is terminated

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basierend auf der Arbeitsdauer in diesem Jahr und dem Durchschnitt der letzten drei tatsächlichen Jahresboni des Mitglieds, und (ii) das fortgesetzte Vesting von aktienbasierten Awards, die ab dem Zeitpunkt der Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses nicht gevestet (unverfallbar) sind, sowie, falls anwendbar, die fortgesetzte Möglichkeit, bestimmte aktienbasierte Awards (wie Optionen) auszuüben, beides gleich wie während dem Arbeitsverhältnis. Wenn jedoch bis zur Beendigung gemäss Art. 27 lit. a) eine Freistellung gewährt wurde, wird der maximale Zeitraum von 2 Jahren (oder die maximale Entschädigung, die gestützt auf diesen Zeitraum berechnet wird) für ein entschädigtes Konkurrenzverbot entsprechend reduziert.	based upon time worked during such year and the average of the member’s last 3 actual annual bonuses and (ii) continued vesting of the member’s equity awards that are unvested as of the date of termination and, if applicable, continued ability to exercise the member’s equity awards (such as options), each as during employment. If, however, any garden leave was granted until termination under Article 27(a), then the maximum period of 2 years (or the maximum compensation that is calculated based on such period) for any compensated non-compete agreement shall be reduced accordingly.
Artikel 28      Vorsorgeleistungen a)     Die Gesellschaft kann eine oder mehrere unabhängige Vorsorgeeinrichtungen für die berufliche Vorsorge errichten oder sich solchen anschliessen. Arbeitgeberseitige Beiträge an solche Vorsorgeeinrichtungen, nicht aber die von solchen Vorsorgeeinrichtungen ausgerichteten reglementarischen Leistungen, gelten als Bestandteil der Vergütung. Aufgrund anwendbarer Regelungen (inklusive unter qualifizierten und nichtqualifizierten beitragsorientierten Plänen) für die berufliche Vorsorge direkt vom Arbeitgeber geäufnete bzw. ausgerichtete Vorsorgeleistungen werden gleich behandelt wie Beiträge an und Leistungen von Vorsorgeeinrichtungen.	Article 28      Retirement Benefits a)     The Company may establish one or more independent pension funds for occupational pension benefits or may join such funds. Contributions to such pension funds on the part of the employer, but not benefits which are paid out by such pension funds, are deemed part of the compensation. Retirement benefits accumulated or paid directly by the employer based on applicable regulations on occupational pension benefits (including under qualified and non-qualified defined contribution plans) are treated the same way as contributions to and benefits by pension funds.
b)     Die Gesellschaft und ihre Tochtergesellschaften können Mitgliedern der Geschäftsleitung anstelle oder zusätzlich zu den Leistungen nach Art. 28 lit. a) direkt Vorsorgeleistungen (wie Renten, Kauf von Krankenversicherungen und dgl.) ausserhalb der beruflichen Vorsorge in Aussicht stellen und nach ihrem Ausscheiden ausbezahlen. Solche Renten sollen pro Jahr die letzte an dieses Mitglied ausbezahlte jährliche Grundvergütung nicht übersteigen. Bei Kapitalabfindungen wird der Wert einer Vorsorgeleistung aufgrund anerkannter versicherungsmathematischer Methoden ermittelt. Die Zahlung von Überbrückungs- bzw. Zwischenleistungen zwischen Frühpensionierung und regulärem Rentenalter ist möglich. Zudem können die Mitglieder der	b)     Instead or in addition to benefits pursuant to Article 28(a), the Company and its subsidiaries may directly offer retirement benefits (such as pensions, purchase of health care insurances etc.) outside of the scope of occupational pension benefit regulations to members of the Executive Management and may pay them out after retirement. Such retirement benefits shall not exceed the last paid out annual base salary of the respective member per year. In the case of lump-sum settlements, the value of a pension shall be determined based on recognized actuarial methods. The payment of bridge or interim annuities between early retirement and the regular

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Geschäftsleitung an den von der Gesellschaft unterhaltenen Krankenversicherungsprogrammen teilnehmen.	retirement age is possible. In addition, the members of the Executive Management may participate in the health plans maintained by the Company.
Artikel 29      Rechtsnatur	Article 29      Legal Nature
Die Bestimmungen dieses Abschnitts sind gesellschaftsrechtlicher Natur und begründen keine individuellen Leistungsansprüche.	The provisions of this section are of a company-law nature and do not create individual claims for benefits.
V. Liquidation	V. Liquidation
Artikel 30      Auflösung und Liquidation a)     Die Generalversammlung kann jederzeit in Übereinstimmung mit den gesetzlichen und statutarischen Bestimmungen die Auflösung und die Liquidation der Gesellschaft beschliessen.	Article 30      Dissolution and Liquidation a)     The General Meeting may at any time resolve the dissolution and liquidation of the Company in accordance with the provisions of the law and of the Articles of Association.
b)     Die Liquidation wird durch den Verwaltungsrat besorgt, sofern sie nicht durch einen Beschluss der Generalversammlung anderen Personen übertragen wird.	b)     The liquidation shall be carried out by the Board of Directors to the extent that the General Meeting has not entrusted the same to other persons.
c)     Die Liquidation ist gemäss Art. 742 ff. OR durchzuführen. Dabei können die Liquidatoren über das Vermögen der Gesellschaft (einschliesslich Immobilien) durch privaten Rechtsakt verfügen.	c)     The liquidation of the Company shall take place in accordance with art. 742 et seq. of the Swiss Code of Obligations. The liquidators are authorized to dispose of the assets (including real estate) by way of private contract.
d)     Das Vermögen der aufgelösten Gesellschaft wird nach Tilgung ihrer Schulden unter die Aktionäre nach Massgabe der einbezahlten Beträge verteilt.	d)     After all debts have been satisfied, the net proceeds shall be distributed among the shareholders in proportion to the amounts paid-in.

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VI. Mitteilungen und Sprache der Statuten	VI. Notices and Language of the Articles of Association
Artikel 31      Mitteilungen und Bekanntmachungen a)     Das Schweizerische Handelsamtsblatt ist das offizielle Publikationsmittel der Gesellschaft.	Article 31      Communications and Announcements a)     The official means of publication of the Company shall be the “Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt”.
b)     Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft an die Aktionäre sowie andere Bekanntmachungen erfolgen durch Publikation im “Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt”.	b)     Shareholder invitations and communications of the Company shall be published in the “Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt”.
Artikel 32      Sprache der Statuten Im Falle eines Widerspruchs zwischen der deutschen und jeder anderen Fassung dieser Statuten ist die deutsche Fassung massgeblich.	Article 32      Language of the Articles of Association In the event of deviations between the German version of these Articles of Association and any version in another language, the German authentic text prevails.

Zürich, 22. Oktober 2015 / Zurich, October 22, 2015

Theodore E. Shasta

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EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

To

ACE Limited

Baerengasse 32

8001 Zurich

Switzerland

Zurich, 23 October 2015

ACE Limited – Registration Statement for Common Shares, Warrants and Guarantees

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have been asked to render this opinion letter in our capacity as Swiss counsel to ACE Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland (the “Company”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an unspecified aggregate offering price or number of registered shares of currently CHF 24.15 par value each (the “Common Shares”) and warrants to purchase Common Shares (the “Warrants”). In connection with the registration of debt securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc. and preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV, respectively, the Company has also registered a guarantee of such debt securities, and a guarantee of such preferred securities, respectively.

Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning attributed to them in the Registration Statement.

I Documents Reviewed

For the purpose of this opinion letter we have only reviewed and relied on copies of the following documents:

a) a copy of the registration statement on Form S-3 dated 23 October, 2015 to be filed on or about 23 October 2015 (the “Registration Statement”);

Bär & Karrer Rechtsanwälte Zürich Bär & Karrer AG Brandschenkestrasse 90 CH-8027 Zürich Phone: +41 58 261 50 00 Fax:     +41 58 261 50 01 zuerich@baerkarrer.ch Genf Bär & Karrer SA 12, quai de la Poste CH-1211 Genève 11 Phone: +41 58 261 57 00 Fax:     +41 58 261 57 01 geneve@baerkarrer.ch Lugano Bär & Karrer SA Via Vegezzi 6 CH-6901 Lugano Phone: +41 58 261 58 00 Fax:     +41 58 261 58 01 lugano@baerkarrer.ch Zug Bär & Karrer AG Baarerstrasse 8 CH-6301 Zug Phone: +41 58 261 59 00 Fax:     +41 58 261 59 01 zug@baerkarrer.ch www.baerkarrer.ch

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b) a certified extract from the commercial register of the Canton of Zurich regarding the Company certified to be up-to-date as of 21 October 2015 (the “Extract”);

c) a copy of the articles of association (Statuten) of the Company certified by the competent commercial register to be up-to-date as deposited with such register as of 21 October 2015, in their version of 21 May 2015 (the “Articles of Association”); and

d) a copy of a public deed on the resolutions of the extraordinary general meeting of 22 October 2015 concerning the increase of the authorized share capital, including the articles of association (Statuten) of the Company as amended by such meeting (the “Amended Articles of Association”).

II Scope and Assumptions

1 This opinion letter is confined to and given on the basis of the laws of Switzerland in force at the date hereof as currently applied by Swiss courts. In the absence of explicit statutory law or established case law, we base our opinion solely on our independent professional judgement.

2 We express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction. The opinions given in this opinion letter are strictly limited to the matters stated in section III below and do not extend, by implication or otherwise, to any agreement or document referred to in the Registration Statement or any other matter.

3 The opinions given herein are made on the basis of the following assumptions:

a) We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to the originals of all documents reviewed by us as copies, the authenticity and completeness of all original documents reviewed by us in original or copy form and the legal competence of each individual executing any document.

b) The Common Shares will be duly authorized by the general meeting of shareholders of the Company and the board of directors of the Company, fully paid up (liberiert) by their respective subscribers and registered in the competent commercial register in Switzerland and all other requirements under Swiss law in connection with the creation and issuance of such Common Shares will have been complied with.

c) The Warrants to purchase Common Shares will be duly authorized by the general meeting of shareholders of the Company and the board of directors of the Company, all other requirements of Swiss law in connection with the creation and issuance of such Warrants to purchase Common Shares will have been complied with and their terms will be in compliance with Swiss

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law. The Common Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants will be authorized by the general meeting of shareholders of the Company and board of directors of the Company, fully paid up (liberiert) by their respective subscribers and registered in the competent commercial register in Switzerland and all other requirements under Swiss law in connection with the creation and issuance of such Common Shares will have been complied with.

d) If and to the extent Common Shares are to be issued out of the conditional share capital for the purpose of converting debt instruments into Common Shares as provided for in article 4 of the Articles of Association, such Common Shares at their time of their issuance can and will be (i) issued and (ii) fully paid up (liberiert) in cash in compliance with the laws of Switzerland.

e) There are no intervening changes to the Articles of Association, the Extract or the laws of Switzerland or any other relevant matter.

f) There is nothing under any law (other than the law of Switzerland) which would or might affect the opinions set out in section III below.

g) In addition to any action already taken by the board of directors of the Company, the issuance and the amount of (i) the guarantee of debt securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc. by the Company guaranteeing debt securities to be issued by ACE INA Holdings Inc. and (ii) the guarantee of preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV, respectively, by the Company, guaranteeing preferred securities to be issued by ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV, respectively, will be authorized by the board of directors of the Company or an authorized committee thereof in compliance with Swiss law and all action required under Swiss law to approve the terms of any specific issuance of any guarantee described above will be duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company, or, to the extent lawfully delegated, by an authorized committee thereof or by officers authorized by the board of directors of the Company or an authorized committee thereof.

h) The parties to the transactions referred to in the Registration Statement entered into or will be entered into, as applicable, such transactions for bona fide commercial reasons and on arm’s length terms, and none of the directors or officers of any party to such transactions has or had a conflict of interest with such party in respect of such transactions, or otherwise lacked capacity, that would preclude such director or officer from validly representing (or granting a power of attorney in respect of such transactions for) such party.

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III Opinions

Based upon the foregoing, in reliance thereon, and subject to the limitations and assumptions set out in section II above and the qualifications set out in section IV below, we are of the following opinion:

a) ACE Limited is as a corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) duly existing under the laws of Switzerland. Pursuant to the Extract its current share capital amounts to CHF 8,279,402,749.80 divided into 342,832,412 registered shares of CHF 24.15 par value each.

b) The Common Shares will, if and when issued by the Company, be authorized, validly issued, paid up (liberiert) to their nominal value in accordance with the laws of Switzerland and non-assessable.

c) The Warrants to purchase Common Shares will, if and when issued by the Company, be authorized by the Company and validly issued in accordance with the laws of Switzerland.

d) The guarantee of debt securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc. by the Company guaranteeing debt securities to be issued by ACE INA Holdings Inc. will, if and when issued, be authorized in accordance with the laws of Switzerland.

e) The guarantee of preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV, respectively, by the Company, will, if and when issued, be authorized by the Company in accordance with the laws of Switzerland.

IV Qualifications

1 This opinions given in this opinion letter are subject to the following qualifications:

a) The opinions set out above are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, liquidation, moratorium, civil procedure and other similar laws and regulations as applicable to creditors, debtors, claimants and defendants generally as well as principles of equity (good faith) and the absence of a misuse of rights.

b) Our opinions expressed herein are limited solely to the laws of Switzerland and we express no opinion herein concerning the laws of any other jurisdiction.

c) The Articles of Association contain in article 6 an authorized share capital which authorizes the board of directors of the Company to issue up to 140,000,000 Common Shares until 15 May 2016. The Amended Articles of Association, which still need to be duly registered with the competent

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commercial register, contain in article 6 an authorized share capital which authorizes the board of directors of the Company to issue up to 165,000,000 Common Shares until 22 October 2017. The issuance of Common Shares (i) in excess of such maximum amount or (ii) after such date requires the prior approval of the general meeting of shareholders of the Company.

d) The Articles of Association contain in article 4 a conditional share capital which permits the Company to issue up to 33,000,000 Common Shares in connection with certain convertible debt instruments. The issuance of Common Shares (i) in excess of such maximum amount or (ii) in connection with convertible debt instruments outside of the scope of the conditional share capital described in article 4 of the Articles of Association requires the prior approval of the general meeting of shareholders of the Company.

e) Shares out of conditional capital are issued upon compliance with the relevant legal requirements. The issuance of such shares, however, has only to be reflected in the articles of association and the extract from the commercial register, respectively, within three months after the close of the financial year. Hence, the actual amount of share capital and conditional capital, respectively, may diverge from the amounts shown in the Articles of Association and the Extract.

f) In relation to opinion III c) above it should be noted that prior to the issuance of Warrants to purchase Common Shares a resolution by the general meeting of shareholders of the Company will be required to create the necessary conditional share capital to service share delivery obligations under such Warrants.

g) Our scope of review did not include the terms of the guarantee of debt securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc. and the guarantee of preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV, respectively, and the documents enclosed to the Registration Statement, including the respective indenture.

h) The scope of this opinion does not extend to the issuance of Common Shares for employee benefit plans out of conditional share capital under article 5 of the Articles of Association.

i) We express no opinion as to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in the Registration Statement.

j) We express no opinion as to insurance regulatory matters or as to any commercial, accounting, calculating, auditing or other non-legal matters. Also, we express no opinion as to tax matters.

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k) The opinions expressed herein are as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in applicable law which may hereafter occur.

2 In this legal opinion, Swiss legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original German language; the concepts concerned may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions; this legal opinion may, therefore, only be relied upon under the express condition that any issues of interpretation or liability arising hereunder will be governed by Swiss law and be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the City of Zurich, Switzerland, venue being Zurich 1.

3 This legal opinion is rendered solely for the purpose of the transactions herein referred to. It may not be used, circulated, quoted, referred to or relied upon for any other purpose without our written consent in each instance. We hereby consent to the filing of this legal opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder. This legal opinion is strictly limited to the matters stated in it and does not apply by implication to other matters.

Yours sincerely,

Bär & Karrer AG

/s/ Urs Kägi

Dr. Urs Kägi

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EX-5.2

Exhibit 5.2

Mayer Brown LLP

71 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606-4637

Main Tel. (312) 782-0600

Main Fax (312) 701-7711

www.mayerbrown.com

October 23, 2015

ACE Limited

Baerengasse 32

Zurich CH-8001

Switzerland

ACE INA Holdings Inc.

436 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

Re: ACE Limited

ACE INA Holdings Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-3

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have represented ACE Limited (“ACE”), a Swiss company in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to ACE’s Common Shares and Warrants to Purchase Common Shares (the “Warrants”), and guarantees (the “Guarantees”) of debt securities of ACE INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ACE INA”) and of preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust III and ACE Capital Trust IV. We have also represented ACE INA in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Registration Statement relating to ACE INA’s Debt Securities (the “Debt Securities”), which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ACE. All such securities are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.” Certain terms of the Securities will be established by or pursuant to resolutions of ACE’s Board of Directors and/or ACE INA’s Board of Directors, as applicable, (the “Corporate Proceedings”).

The ACE INA Debt Securities are to be issued under a senior indenture among ACE INA, ACE and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor), as trustee, dated as of August 1, 1999, as amended by the first supplemental indenture among ACE INA, ACE and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor), as trustee, dated as of March 13, 2013 (as so amended, the “ACE INA Senior Indenture”) or a subordinated indenture (the “ACE INA Subordinated Indenture” and, together with the ACE INA Senior Indenture, the “ACE INA Indentures”) among ACE INA, ACE and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor), as trustee, dated as of December 1, 1999, with certain terms of the ACE INA Debt Securities to be established by or pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of ACE and ACE INA as part of the corporate action taken and to be taken relating to the issuance of the ACE INA Debt Securities.

The Warrants are to be issued pursuant to the terms of one or more warrant agreements (the “Warrant Agreements”) to be entered into prior to the issuance of the Warrants, with certain terms of the Warrants to be established by or pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of ACE as part of the Corporate Proceedings and to be taken relating to the issuance of the Warrants. We have assumed that the Warrant Agreements, when executed, will have terms that are in compliance with applicable New York and Swiss law.

Mayer Brown LLP operates in combination with other Mayer Brown entities with offices in Europe and Asia

and is associated with Tauil & Chequer Advogados, a Brazilian law partnership.

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In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have examined and are familiar with (i) the Registration Statement as an exhibit to which this opinion will be filed, (ii) the ACE INA Senior Indenture and (iii) the ACE INA Subordinated Indenture, both incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We have also examined such other documents and instruments and have made such further investigations as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with this opinion.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and having regard for legal considerations which we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

(i) ACE INA is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(ii) The ACE INA Senior Indenture, assuming the due authorization thereof by ACE and the trustee, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of ACE INA, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to court decisions with respect thereto and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(iii) The ACE INA Senior Notes, assuming the due authorization thereof, the completion of the Corporate Proceedings with respect thereto and the consistency of the terms thereof with the description of the ACE INA Debt Securities contained in the Registration Statement and any applicable prospectus supplement, when duly executed and delivered and authenticated in accordance with the ACE INA Senior Indenture and when payment therefor is received, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of ACE INA entitled to the benefits provided by the ACE INA Senior Indenture.

(iv) The ACE INA Subordinated Indenture, assuming the due authorization thereof by all parties thereto, and when duly executed and delivered, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of ACE INA, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to court decisions with respect thereto and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(v) The ACE INA Subordinated Notes, assuming the due authorization thereof, the completion of the Corporate Proceedings with respect thereto and the consistency of the terms thereof with the description of the ACE INA Debt Securities contained in the Registration Statement and any applicable prospectus supplement, when duly executed and delivered and authenticated in accordance with the ACE INA Subordinated Indenture and when payment therefor is received, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of ACE INA entitled to the benefits provided by the ACE INA Subordinated Indenture.

(vi) The Guarantees, assuming the due authorization thereof, the completion of the Corporate Proceedings with respect thereto, the consistency of the terms thereof with the description of the Guarantees contained in the Registration Statement and any applicable prospectus supplement and the due authorization of the ACE INA Debt Securities or preferred securities of ACE Capital Trust III or ACE Capital Trust IV that is guaranteed by ACE, when duly executed and delivered and endorsed on an ACE INA Senior Note or ACE INA Subordinated Note, or with respect to a preferred security of ACE Capital Trust III or ACE Capital Trust IV, will constitute valid and binding obligations of ACE, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to court decisions with respect thereto and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

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(vii) The Warrant Agreements, assuming the due authorization thereof, the completion of the Corporate Proceedings with respect thereto, the consistency of the terms thereof with the description of the Warrants contained in the Registration Statement and any applicable prospectus supplement and the due authorization of any common shares of ACE underlying the Warrants, when duly executed and delivered, will constitute valid and binding obligations of ACE, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(viii) The Warrants, assuming the due authorization thereof, the completion of the Corporate Proceedings with respect thereto, the consistency of the terms thereof with the description of the Warrants contained in the Registration Statement and any applicable prospectus supplement and the due authorization of any common shares of ACE underlying the Warrants, when duly executed, delivered and countersigned in accordance with the Warrant Agreements and when payment therefor is received, will constitute valid and binding obligations of ACE and will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Warrant Agreements.

We are admitted to practice in the States of Illinois and New York and our opinions expressed herein are limited solely to the Federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the States of Illinois and New York, and we express no opinion herein concerning the laws of any other jurisdiction.

The opinions and statements expressed herein are as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in applicable law which may hereafter occur.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to this firm in such Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Mayer Brown LLP

MAYER BROWN LLP

ESB: CMS

EX-5.3

Exhibit 5.3

[Letterhead of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.]

October 23, 2015

ACE Capital Trust III

c/o ACE Limited

Baerengasse 32

Zurich, Switzerland CH-8001

Re: ACE Capital Trust III

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Delaware counsel for ACE INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ACE Limited, a Swiss company (“ACE Limited”), and ACE Capital Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), in connection with the matters set forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.

For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or copies of the following:

(a) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, dated as of May 19, 1999, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on May 19, 1999, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment thereto, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on December 14, 2005, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment thereto, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on December 9, 2008, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment pursuant to Section 3807(e) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on December 30, 2009, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment pursuant to Section 3807(e) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 6, 2014, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment pursuant to Section 3807(e) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 27, 2014 (as so amended, the “Certificate”);

(b) The Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of May 19, 1999 (the “Original Trust Agreement”), among ACE Limited and the trustees of the Trust named therein, as amended by the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and First Amendment to the Original Trust Agreement, dated as of August 5, 1999, among the Company, ACE Limited and the trustees of the Trust named therein, and as amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Original Trust Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2002, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named therein;

(c) The Removal and Appointment of Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee of the Trust, dated as of December 14, 2005, by the Company, and acknowledged and agreed to by JPMorgan Trust Company, National Association, and Chase Bank USA, National Association;

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October 23, 2015

Page 2

(d) The Removal and Appointment of Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee of the Trust, dated as of December 9, 2008, by the Company, and acknowledged and agreed to by The Bank of New York Mellon, and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware;

(e) A form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust (including Exhibits A-1, A-2, C and E, the “Trust Agreement”), to be entered into among the Company, as depositor, the trustees of the Trust named therein, and the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as defined below);

(f) The Registration Statement on Form S-3, as proposed to be filed by the Trust, the Company and others with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about October 23, 2015 (the “Registration Statement”), including a related prospectus (the “Prospectus”), relating to the Preferred Securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a “Preferred Security” and collectively, the “Preferred Securities”); and

(g) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated October 22, 2015, obtained from the Secretary of State.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the Trust Agreement.

For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (g) above. In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (g) above) that is referred to in or incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.

For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the Trust Agreement and the Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) except to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due creation or due organization or due formation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its creation, organization or formation, (iii) the legal capacity of each natural person who is a party to the documents examined by us, (iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties

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thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each Person to whom a Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (collectively, the “Preferred Security Holders”) of a Preferred Securities Certificate for such Preferred Security and the payment for the Preferred Security acquired by it, in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the Preferred Securities are issued and sold to the Preferred Security Holders in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement. We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no responsibility for its contents.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.

Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Trust has been duly created and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq.

2. The Preferred Securities will represent validly issued and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the Trust Agreement.

We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In addition, we hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Opinions” in the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of Persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

BJK

EX-5.4

Exhibit 5.4

[Letterhead of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.]

October 23, 2015

ACE Capital Trust IV

c/o ACE Limited

Baerengasse 32

Zurich, Switzerland CH-8001

Re: ACE Capital Trust IV

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Delaware counsel for ACE INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ACE Limited, a Swiss company, and ACE Capital Trust IV, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), in connection with the matters set forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.

For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or copies of the following:

(a) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, dated as of May 14, 2002, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on May 14, 2002, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment thereto, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on December 14, 2005, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment thereto, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on December 9, 2008, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment pursuant to Section 3807(e) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on December 30, 2009, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment pursuant to Section 3807(e) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 6, 2014, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment pursuant to Section 3807(e) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 27, 2014 (as so amended, the “Certificate”);

(b) The Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of May 14, 2002, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named therein;

(c) The Removal and Appointment of Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee of the Trust, dated as of December 14, 2005, by the Company, and acknowledged and agreed to by JPMorgan Trust Company, National Association, and Chase Bank USA, National Association;

(d) The Removal and Appointment of Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee of the Trust, dated as of December 9, 2008, by the Company, and acknowledged and agreed to by The Bank of New York Mellon, and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware;

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(e) A form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust (including Exhibits A, C and E, the “Trust Agreement”), to be entered into among the Company, as depositor, the trustees of the Trust named therein, and the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as defined below);

(f) The Registration Statement on Form S-3, as proposed to be filed by the Trust, the Company and others with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about October 23, 2015 (the “Registration Statement”), including a related prospectus (the “Prospectus”), relating to the Preferred Securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a “Preferred Security” and collectively, the “Preferred Securities”); and

(g) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated October 22, 2015, obtained from the Secretary of State.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the Trust Agreement.

For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (g) above. In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (g) above) that is referred to in or incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.

For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the Trust Agreement and the Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) except to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due creation or due organization or due formation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its creation, organization or formation, (iii) the legal capacity of each natural person who is a party to the documents examined by us, (iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each Person to whom a Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (collectively, the “Preferred Security

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Holders”) of a Preferred Securities Certificate for such Preferred Security and the payment for the Preferred Security acquired by it, in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the Preferred Securities are issued and sold to the Preferred Security Holders in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement. We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no responsibility for its contents.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.

Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Trust has been duly created and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. §3801, et seq.

2. The Preferred Securities will represent validly issued and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the Trust Agreement.

We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In addition, we hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Opinions” in the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of Persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

BJK

EX-12.1

Exhibit 12.1

ACE Limited

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(in millions of U.S. dollars except ratios)

											Six Months Ended
	Fiscal Year Ended December 31										June 30
	2014		2013		2012		2011		2010		2015
Earnings per Financial Statements	$	2,853	$	3,758	$	2,706	$	1,540	$	3,085	$	1,623
Add:
Provision for income taxes		634		480		270		502		553		263
Fixed charges		322		318		287		288		251		160
Earnings for Computation	$	3,809	$	4,556	$	3,263	$	2,330	$	3,889	$	2,046
Fixed Charges
Interest Expense(1)	$	280	$	275	$	250	$	250	$	224	$	139
Portion of rental expense deemed to be interest		42		43		37		38		27		21
Total Fixed Charges	$	322	$	318	$	287	$	288	$	251	$	160
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges		11.8		14.4		11.4		8.1		15.5		12.8

⁽¹⁾  ACE Limited recognizes accruals for interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense (i.e., excluded from interest expense).

EX-23.4

Exhibit 23.4

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 27, 2015 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in ACE Limited’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

October 23, 2015

EX-23.5

CONSENT

Exhibit 23.5

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related prospectus and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 26, 2015, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of The Chubb Corporation, included in The Chubb Corporation’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York

October 23, 2015

EX-24.1

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned directors and officers of ACE Limited, a Swiss company (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Evan G. Greenberg, Philip V. Bancroft and Joseph F. Wayland, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of such undersigned, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of such undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) to effect the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of common shares, debt securities, guarantees, warrants, preferred securities and other securities of the Company (and any Company subsidiary or trust) and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and any registration statement relating to any offerings covered by such registration statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated: October 23, 2015

Name	Title
/s/ Evan G. Greenberg Evan G. Greenberg	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Director
/s/ Philip V. Bancroft Philip V. Bancroft	Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Paul Medini Paul Medini	Chief Accounting Officer
/s/ Michael G. Atieh Michael G. Atieh	Director
/s/ Mary A. Cirillo Mary A. Cirillo	Director
/s/ Michael P. Connors Michael P. Connors	Director
/s/ John A. Edwardson John A. Edwardson	Director

Name	Title
/s/ Robert M. Hernandez Robert M. Hernandez	Director
/s/ Peter Menikoff Peter Menikoff	Director
/s/ Leo F. Mullin Leo F. Mullin	Director
/s/ Kimberly Ross Kimberly Ross	Director
/s/ Robert W. Scully Robert W. Scully	Director
/s/ Eugene B. Shanks, Jr. Eugene B. Shanks, Jr.	Director
/s/ Theodore E. Shasta Theodore E. Shasta	Director
/s/ David H. Sidwell David H. Sidwell	Director
/s/ Olivier Steimer Olivier Steimer	Director

EX-24.2

Exhibit 24.2

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned directors and officers of ACE INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Evan G. Greenberg, Philip V. Bancroft and Joseph F. Wayland, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) to effect the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of debt securities and other securities of the Company (and of ACE Limited and its subsidiaries and trusts) and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by such registration statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated: October 23, 2015

Name	Title
/s/ Evan G. Greenberg Evan G. Greenberg	Director
/s/ John J. Lupica John J. Lupica	President and Director
/s/ Kenneth Koreyva Kenneth Koreyva	Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
/s/ John Keogh John Keogh	Chairman and Director
/s/ Philip V. Bancroft Philip V. Bancroft	Director
/s/ Timothy A. Boroughs Timothy A. Boroughs	Director

EX-25.1

Exhibit 25.1

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

	95-3571558
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
400 South Hope Street Suite 400 Los Angeles, California	90071
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

ACE INA HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware	58-2457246
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
436 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	19106
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

ACE Limited

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Switzerland	98-0091805
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
Baerengasse 32 Zurich, Switzerland CH-8001
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Senior Debt Securities

and Guarantee of Senior Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, CA 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, DC 20429

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 16^th day of October, 2015.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/s/    Teresa Petta
Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

At the close of business June 30, 2015, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

	Dollar amounts in thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin		25,706
Interest-bearing balances		215,394
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities		0
Available-for-sale securities		661,987
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell		0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income		0
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance		0
Trading assets		0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)		12,228
Other real estate owned		0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies		0
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures		0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill		856,313
Other intangible assets		90,615
Other assets		126,234
Total assets	$	1,988,477

1

LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices	520
Noninterest-bearing	520
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased	0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	0
Trading liabilities	0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	0
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures	0
Other liabilities	279,598
Total liabilities	280,118
Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus	0
Common stock	1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)	1,122,352
Not available
Retained earnings	584,561
Accumulated other comprehensive income	446
Other equity capital components	0
Not available
Total bank equity capital	1,708,359
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total equity capital	1,708,359
Total liabilities and equity capital	1,988,477

I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Matthew J. McNulty     )         CFO

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Antonio I. Portuondo, President    )

William D. Lindelof, Director       )                    Directors (Trustees)

Alphonse J. Briand, Director         )

2

EX-25.2

Exhibit 25.2

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

	95-3571558
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
400 South Hope Street Suite 400 Los Angeles, California	90071
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

ACE INA HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware	58-2457246
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
436 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	19106
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

ACE Limited

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Switzerland	98-0091805
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
Baerengasse 32 Zurich, Switzerland CH-8001
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Subordinated Debt Securities

and Guarantee of Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, CA 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, DC 20429

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 16^th day of October, 2015.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/s/    Teresa Petta
Name:    Teresa Petta
Title:      Vice President

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

At the close of business June 30, 2015, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

	Dollar amounts in thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin		25,706
Interest-bearing balances		215,394
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities		0
Available-for-sale securities		661,987
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell		0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income		0
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance		0
Trading assets		0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)		12,228
Other real estate owned		0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies		0
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures		0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill		856,313
Other intangible assets		90,615
Other assets		126,234
Total assets	$	1,988,477

1

LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices	520
Noninterest-bearing	520
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased	0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	0
Trading liabilities	0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	0
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures	0
Other liabilities	279,598
Total liabilities	280,118
Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus	0
Common stock	1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)	1,122,352
Not available
Retained earnings	584,561
Accumulated other comprehensive income	446
Other equity capital components	0
Not available
Total bank equity capital	1,708,359
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total equity capital	1,708,359
Total liabilities and equity capital	1,988,477

I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Matthew J. McNulty     )         CFO

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Antonio I. Portuondo, President    )

William D. Lindelof, Director       )                    Directors (Trustees)

Alphonse J. Briand, Director         )

2

EX-25.3

Exhibit 25.3

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

	95-3571558
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

400 South Hope Street Suite 400 Los Angeles, California	90071
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

ACE Limited

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Switzerland	98-0091805
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

Baerengasse 32 Zurich, Switzerland CH-8001
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Guarantee of Preferred Securities of ACE Capital Trust III

and specified backup undertakings

(Title of the indenture securities)

1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, CA 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, DC 20429

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 16^th day of October, 2015.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/s/ Teresa Petta

Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

At the close of business June 30, 2015, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

	Dollar amounts in thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin		25,706
Interest-bearing balances		215,394
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities		0
Available-for-sale securities		661,987
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell		0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income		0
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance		0
Trading assets		0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)		12,228
Other real estate owned		0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies		0
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures		0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill		856,313
Other intangible assets		90,615
Other assets		126,234
Total assets	$	1,988,477

1

LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices	520
Noninterest-bearing	520
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased	0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	0
Trading liabilities	0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	0
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures	0
Other liabilities	279,598
Total liabilities	280,118
Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus	0
Common stock	1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)	1,122,352
Not available
Retained earnings	584,561
Accumulated other comprehensive income	446
Other equity capital components	0
Not available
Total bank equity capital	1,708,359
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total equity capital	1,708,359
Total liabilities and equity capital	1,988,477

I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Matthew J. McNulty     )         CFO

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Antonio I. Portuondo, President    )

William D. Lindelof, Director       )                    Directors (Trustees)

Alphonse J. Briand, Director         )

2

EX-25.4

Exhibit 25.4

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

	95-3571558
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

400 South Hope Street Suite 400 Los Angeles, California	90071
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

ACE Limited

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Switzerland	98-0091805
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

Baerengasse 32 Zurich, Switzerland CH-8001
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Guarantee of Preferred Securities of ACE Capital Trust IV

and specified backup undertakings

(Title of the indenture securities)

1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, CA 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, DC 20429

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 16^th day of October, 2015.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/s/ Teresa Petta

Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

At the close of business June 30, 2015, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

	Dollar amounts in thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin		25,706
Interest-bearing balances		215,394
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities		0
Available-for-sale securities		661,987
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell		0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income		0
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance		0
Trading assets		0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)		12,228
Other real estate owned		0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies		0
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures		0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill		856,313
Other intangible assets		90,615
Other assets		126,234
Total assets	$	1,988,477

1

LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices	520
Noninterest-bearing	520
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased	0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	0
Trading liabilities	0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	0
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures	0
Other liabilities	279,598
Total liabilities	280,118
Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus	0
Common stock	1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)	1,122,352
Not available
Retained earnings	584,561
Accumulated other comprehensive income	446
Other equity capital components	0
Not available
Total bank equity capital	1,708,359
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total equity capital	1,708,359
Total liabilities and equity capital	1,988,477

I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Matthew J. McNulty     )         CFO

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Antonio I. Portuondo, President    )

William D. Lindelof, Director       )                    Directors (Trustees)

Alphonse J. Briand, Director         )

2

EX-25.5

Exhibit 25.5

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

	95-3571558
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

400 South Hope Street Suite 400 Los Angeles, California	90071
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

ACE CAPITAL TRUST III

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware	Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
c/o ACE INA Holdings Inc. 436 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	19106
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Preferred Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, CA 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, DC 20429

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 16^th day of October, 2015.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/s/	Teresa Petta
Name:		Teresa Petta
Title:		Vice President

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

At the close of business June 30, 2015, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

	Dollar amounts in thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin		25,706
Interest-bearing balances		215,394
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities		0
Available-for-sale securities		661,987
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell		0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income		0
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance		0
Trading assets		0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)		12,228
Other real estate owned		0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies		0
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures		0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill		856,313
Other intangible assets		90,615
Other assets		126,234
Total assets	$	1,988,477

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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices	520
Noninterest-bearing	520
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased	0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	0
Trading liabilities	0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	0
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures	0
Other liabilities	279,598
Total liabilities	280,118
Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus	0
Common stock	1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)	1,122,352
Not available
Retained earnings	584,561
Accumulated other comprehensive income	446
Other equity capital components	0
Not available
Total bank equity capital	1,708,359
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total equity capital	1,708,359
Total liabilities and equity capital	1,988,477

I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Matthew J. McNulty     )         CFO

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Antonio I. Portuondo, President    )

William D. Lindelof, Director       )                    Directors (Trustees)

Alphonse J. Briand, Director         )

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EX-25.6

Exhibit 25.6

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

	95-3571558
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
400 South Hope Street Suite 400 Los Angeles, California	90071
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

ACE CAPITAL TRUST IV

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware	Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
c/o ACE INA Holdings Inc. 436 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	19106
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Preferred Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, CA 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, DC 20429

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 16^th day of October, 2015.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/s/	Teresa Petta
Name:		Teresa Petta
Title:		Vice President

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

At the close of business June 30, 2015, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

	Dollar amounts in thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin		25,706
Interest-bearing balances		215,394
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities		0
Available-for-sale securities		661,987
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell		0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income		0
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance		0
Trading assets		0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)		12,228
Other real estate owned		0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies		0
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures		0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill		856,313
Other intangible assets		90,615
Other assets		126,234
Total assets	$	1,988,477

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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices	520
Noninterest-bearing	520
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased	0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	0
Trading liabilities	0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	0
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures	0
Other liabilities	279,598
Total liabilities	280,118
Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus	0
Common stock	1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)	1,122,352
Not available
Retained earnings	584,561
Accumulated other comprehensive income	446
Other equity capital components	0
Not available
Total bank equity capital	1,708,359
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total equity capital	1,708,359
Total liabilities and equity capital	1,988,477

I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Matthew J. McNulty     )         CFO

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Antonio I. Portuondo, President    )

William D. Lindelof, Director       )                    Directors (Trustees)

Alphonse J. Briand, Director         )

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following unaudited pro forma combined financial statements are based on the separate historical consolidated financial statements of ACE Limited (“ACE”) and The Chubb Corporation (“Chubb”) after giving effect to ACE’s acquisition of Chubb (the “Chubb Merger”) and the assumptions and adjustments described in the accompanying notes to the pro forma combined financial statements. The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 is presented as if the Chubb Merger had occurred on June 30, 2015. The unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the six months ended June 30, 2015 are presented as if the Chubb Merger had occurred on January 1, 2014. The historical consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect factually supportable items that are directly attributable to the Chubb Merger and, with respect to the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations only, expected to have a continuing impact on the results of operations of the combined company.

The preparation of the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements and related adjustments required ACE’s management to make certain assumptions and estimates. The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements should be read together with:

• the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements;

• ACE’s audited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in ACE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014;

• Chubb’s audited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in Chubb’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014;

• ACE’s unaudited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in ACE’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015; and

• Chubb’s unaudited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in Chubb’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015.

The Chubb Merger will be accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations pursuant to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, “Business Combinations,” (“ASC 805”) with ACE identified as the acquirer. The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements set forth below primarily give effect to the following:

• application of the acquisition method of accounting in connection with the Chubb Merger to reflect the aggregate purchase consideration;

• the issuance of ACE common shares to the shareholders of Chubb as a portion of the Merger Consideration;

• the issuance of equity replacement awards to holders of Chubb’s outstanding equity awards;

• borrowings under new debt facilities to fund part of the cash consideration for the Chubb Merger;

• liquidation of certain ACE investments to fund part of the cash consideration for the Chubb Merger;

• liquidation of certain Chubb investments to fund part of the cash consideration for the Chubb Merger; and

• transaction costs in connection with the Chubb Merger.

The unaudited pro forma adjustments, which ACE believes are reasonable under the circumstances, have been made solely for the purpose of providing unaudited pro forma combined financial statements. The unaudited pro forma adjustments are preliminary and based upon available information and certain assumptions described in the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.

Under ASC 805, assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at fair value. The fair value of identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed from the Chubb Merger are based on a preliminary estimate of fair value. Any excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be recognized as goodwill. Such a valuation requires estimates and assumptions including, but not limited to, estimating future cash flows and direct costs in addition to developing the appropriate discount rates. ACE management believes the fair values recognized for the assets to be acquired and the liabilities to be assumed are based on reasonable estimates and assumptions currently available. The final determination of the acquisition consideration and fair values of Chubb’s assets and liabilities will be based on the actual net tangible and intangible assets of Chubb that exist as of the date of completion of the Chubb Merger. Consequently, the amounts allocated to goodwill and intangible assets could change significantly from those allocations used in the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements presented below and could result in a material change in amortization of acquired finite lived intangible assets.

The adjustments that will be recorded at the effective time of the Chubb Merger may differ materially from the information presented in these unaudited pro forma combined financial statements including, but not limited to, as a result of:

• the occurrence of natural or man-made catastrophic events which trigger losses on catastrophe-exposed insurance contracts written by ACE or Chubb;

• changes in the fair value of ACE’s or Chubb’s investment portfolios due to market volatility;

• changes in market volatility impacting financing assumptions;

• changes in the trading price for ACE common shares;

• net cash used or generated in ACE’s or Chubb’s operations between the signing of the Merger Agreement and completion of the Chubb Merger;

• the timing of the completion of the Chubb Merger; and

• other changes in Chubb’s net assets that occur prior to completion of the Chubb Merger.

The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements have been prepared by ACE management in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC and are not necessarily indicative of the combined financial position or results of operations that might have been achieved had the transaction been completed as of the dates indicated, nor are they meant to be indicative of any anticipated combined financial position or future results of operations that the combined company will experience after the transaction. In addition, the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations do not include any pro forma adjustments to reflect expected revenue synergies, expected cost savings or restructuring actions that may be achievable or the impact of any non-recurring activity and one-time transaction related costs.

Certain financial information of Chubb, as presented in its historical consolidated financial statements, has been reclassified to conform to the historical presentation in ACE’s consolidated financial statements, for purposes of preparing the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements. Refer to note 4 of the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements for an explanation of these reclassifications.

Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet

As of June 30, 2015

(unaudited)

(in millions)	Historical ACE Limited			Historical Chubb(1)			Acquisition Adjustments			Ref.	Financing Adjustments			Ref.	Pro Forma As Adjusted
Assets
Investments
Fixed maturities available for sale, at fair value	$	48,701		$	37,880		$	—			$	(9,169	)	(6t)	$	77,412
Fixed maturities held to maturity, at amortized cost		8,676			—			—				—				8,676
Equity securities, at fair value		498			1,957			—				—				2,455
Short-term investments, at fair value and amortized cost		2,062			1,411			—				—				3,473
Other investments		3,328			1,429			—				—				4,757
Total investments		63,265			42,677			—				(9,169	)			96,773
Cash		790			50			(14,385	)	(6a)		14,432		(6u)		887
Securities lending collateral		1,080			—			—				—				1,080
Accrued investment income		534			415			—				—				949
Insurance and reinsurance balances receivable		5,757			2,603			(22	)	(6b)		—				8,338
Reinsurance recoverable on losses and loss expenses		11,775			1,672			(130	)	(6c)		—				13,317
Reinsurance recoverable on policy benefits		203			—			—				—				203
Deferred policy acquisition costs		2,806			1,308			(1,308	)	(6d)		—				2,806
Value of business acquired		434			—			—				—				434
Goodwill and other intangible assets(2)		5,969			467			17,360		(6e)		—				23,796
Prepaid reinsurance premiums		2,238			240			(42	)	(6f)		—				2,436
Deferred tax assets		285			130			(415	)	(6g)		—				—
Investments in partially-owned insurance companies		638			—			—				—				638
Other assets		4,066			1,164			(30	)	(6h)		(19	)	(6v)		5,181
Total assets	$	99,840		$	50,726		$	1,028			$	5,244			$	156,838
Liabilities
Unpaid losses and loss expenses	$	38,230		$	22,506		$	560		(6i)	$	—			$	61,296
Unearned premiums		8,879			6,633			(42	)	(6j)		—				15,470
Future policy benefits		4,835			—			—				—				4,835
Insurance and reinsurance balances payable		4,602			400			(37	)	(6k)		—				4,965
Securities lending payable		1,081			—			—				—				1,081
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities		6,090			1,969			16		(6l)		—				8,075
Deferred tax liabilities		—			—			1,387		(6m)		(56	)	(6w)		1,331
Short-term debt		2,102			—			—				—				2,102
Long-term debt		4,157			3,300			564		(6n)		5,300		(6x)		13,321
Trust preferred securities		309			—			—				—				309
Total liabilities		70,285			34,808			2,448				5,244				112,785
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity
Common shares		7,833			372			3,130		(6o)		—				11,335
Common shares in treasury		(1,999	)		(9,442	)		9,442		(6p)		—				(1,999	)
Additional paid-in capital		4,847			156			10,880		(6q)		—				15,883
Retained earnings		18,267			24,125			(24,165	)	(6r)		205		(6y)		18,432
Accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI)		607			707			(707	)	(6s)		(205	)	(6z)		402
Total shareholders’ equity		29,555			15,918			(1,420	)			—				44,053
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	99,840		$	50,726		$	1,028			$	5,244			$	156,838

(1) Historical Chubb after conforming reclassifications. Refer to note 4.

(2) Goodwill and other intangible assets are gross of tax. Acquisition adjustment of $17,360 million is gross of $2,818 million of deferred taxes.

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.

Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

(unaudited)

(in millions, except for per share data)	Historical ACE Limited			Historical Chubb(1)			Acquisition Adjustments			Ref.	Financing Adjustments			Ref.	Pro Forma As Adjusted
Revenues
Net premiums written	$	8,860		$	6,415		$	—			$	—			$	15,275
Increase in unearned premiums		(573	)		(177	)		—				—				(750	)
Net premiums earned		8,287			6,238			—				—				14,525
Net investment income		1,113			643			(157	)	(7a)		(105	)	(7h)		1,494
Net realized gains (losses):
Other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) losses gross		(27	)		(23	)		—				—				(50	)
Portion of OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive income (OCI)		6			—			—				—				6
Net OTTI losses recognized in income		(21	)		(23	)		—				—				(44	)
Net realized gains (losses) excluding OTTI losses		58			28			—				—				86
Total net realized gains (losses)		37			5			—				—				42
Total revenues		9,437			6,886			(157	)			(105	)			16,061
Expenses
Losses and loss expenses		4,539			3,627			(4	)	(7b)		—				8,162
Policy benefits		295			—			—				—				295
Policy acquisition costs		1,434			1,278			—				—				2,712
Administrative expenses		1,132			748			(72	)	(7d)		—				1,808
Amortization of intangibles		—			—			50		(7e)		—				50
Interest expense		139			104			(6	)	(7f)		104		(7i)		341
Other (income) expense		12			(31	)		—				—				(19	)
Total expenses		7,551			5,726			(32	)			104				13,349
Income before income tax		1,886			1,160			(125	)			(209	)			2,712
Income tax expense (benefit)		263			291			(45	)	(7g)		(48	)	(7j)		461
Net income	$	1,623		$	869		$	(80	)		$	(161	)		$	2,251
Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share	$	4.97		$	3.75										$	4.82
Diluted earnings per share	$	4.91		$	3.74										$	4.77
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic		326.8			232.0			(91.6	)	(8)						467.2
Diluted		330.2			232.6			(90.6	)	(8)						472.2

(1) Historical Chubb after conforming reclassifications. Refer to note 4.

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.

Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014

(unaudited)

(in millions, except for per share data)	Historical ACE Limited			Historical Chubb(1)			Acquisition Adjustments			Ref.	Financing Adjustments			Ref.	Pro Forma As Adjusted
Revenues
Net premiums written	$	17,799		$	12,592		$	—			$	—			$	30,391
Increase in unearned premiums		(373	)		(264	)		—				—				(637	)
Net premiums earned		17,426			12,328			—				—				29,754
Net investment income		2,252			1,342			(314	)	(7a)		(209	)	(7h)		3,071
Net realized gains (losses):
Other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) losses gross		(75	)		(7	)		—				—				(82	)
Portion of OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive income (OCI)		7			—			—				—				7
Net OTTI losses recognized in income		(68	)		(7	)		—				—				(75	)
Net realized gains (losses) excluding OTTI losses		(439	)		227			—				—				(212	)
Total net realized gains (losses)		(507	)		220			—				—				(287	)
Total revenues		19,171			13,890			(314	)			(209	)			32,538
Expenses
Losses and loss expenses		9,649			6,985			1		(7b)		—				16,635
Policy benefits		517			—			—				—				517
Policy acquisition costs		3,075			2,548			245		(7c)		—				5,868
Administrative expenses		2,245			1,437			(31	)	(7d)		—				3,651
Amortization of intangibles		—			—			(29	)	(7e)		—				(29	)
Interest expense		280			209			(13	)	(7f)		208		(7i)		684
Other (income) expense		(82	)		(150	)		—				—				(232	)
Total expenses		15,684			11,029			173				208				27,094
Income before income tax		3,487			2,861			(487	)			(417	)			5,444
Income tax expense (benefit)		634			761			(171	)	(7g)		(97	)	(7j)		1,127
Net income	$	2,853		$	2,100		$	(316	)		$	(320	)		$	4,317
Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share	$	8.50		$	8.65										$	9.07
Diluted earnings per share	$	8.42		$	8.62										$	8.98
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic		335.6			242.9			(102.5	)	(8)						476.0
Diluted		339.0			243.5			(101.7	)	(8)						480.8

(1) Historical Chubb after conforming reclassifications. Refer to note 4.

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA

COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Description of the Transaction

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Chubb, with Chubb continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ACE. In the Chubb Merger, each share of Chubb common stock owned by a Chubb shareholder (except for certain shares held by ACE, Chubb, or their subsidiaries) will be converted into the right to receive 0.6019 of an ACE common share and $62.93 in cash. For each fractional share that would otherwise be issued, ACE will pay cash in an amount equal to the fraction of an ACE common share which the holder would otherwise be entitled to receive multiplied by the average closing price of ACE common shares on the NYSE as reported by The Wall Street Journal for the five full trading days ending on the day immediately preceding the date the Chubb Merger is consummated. No interest will be paid or will accrue on cash payable to holders in lieu of fractional shares.

2. Basis of Presentation

The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 and the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the six months ended June 30, 2015 are based on the historical consolidated financial statements of ACE and Chubb after giving effect to the completion of the Chubb Merger and the assumptions and adjustments described in the accompanying notes. Such pro forma adjustments are (1) factually supportable, (2) directly attributable to the Chubb Merger and (3) with respect to the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations, expected to have a continuing impact on the results of operations of the combined company.

The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements were prepared using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, which requires, among other things, that assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination be recognized at their fair values as of the merger date.

The acquisition method of accounting uses the fair value concepts defined in ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” as “the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.” This is an exit price concept for the valuation of an asset or liability. Market participants are assumed to be buyers or sellers in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. Fair value measurement for an asset assumes the highest and best use by these market participants. Fair value measurements can be highly subjective and it is possible the application of reasonable judgment could develop different assumptions resulting in a range of alternative estimates using the same facts and circumstances.

At this preliminary stage, the estimated identifiable finite lived intangible assets include unearned premiums reserves (“UPR”), agency distribution relationships and renewal rights, and internally developed technology. The estimated identifiable indefinite lived identifiable intangible asset represents the Chubb trademark, which is not amortized, but will be subject to periodic impairment testing and is subject to the same risks and uncertainties noted for the identifiable finite lived intangible assets. In addition, unpaid losses and loss expenses represent the estimated fair value of Chubb’s reserve balance. Goodwill represents the excess of the estimated purchase price over the estimated fair value of Chubb’s assets and liabilities, including the fair value of the estimated identifiable finite and indefinite lived intangible assets, and will not be amortized, but will be subject to periodic impairment testing.

Upon consummation of the Chubb Merger and the completion of a formal valuation study, the estimated fair value of the assets and liabilities will be updated, including the estimated fair value and useful lives of the identifiable intangible assets and allocation of the excess purchase price to goodwill.

The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements are presented solely for informational purposes and are not necessarily indicative of the combined financial position or results of operations that might have been achieved had the transaction been completed as of the dates indicated, nor are they meant to be indicative of any anticipated combined financial position or future results of operations that the combined company will experience

after the transaction. In addition, the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations do not reflect expected revenue synergies, expected cost savings or restructuring actions that may be achievable or the impact of any non-recurring activity and one-time transaction related costs.

3. Accounting Policies

As part of preparing the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements, ACE conducted a review of the accounting policies of Chubb to determine if differences in accounting policies require restatement or reclassification of results of operations or reclassification of assets or liabilities to conform to ACE’s accounting policies and classifications. During the preparation of these unaudited pro forma combined financial statements, ACE did not become aware of any material differences between accounting policies of ACE and Chubb, except for certain reclassifications necessary to conform to ACE’s financial presentation, and accordingly, these unaudited pro forma combined financial statements do not assume any material differences in accounting policies between ACE and Chubb. The results of this review are included in note 4. Upon consummation of the Chubb Merger, a more comprehensive review of the accounting policies of Chubb will be performed, which may identify other differences among the accounting policies of ACE and Chubb that, when conformed, could have a material impact on the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.

4. Historical Chubb Conforming Adjustments

Financial information of Chubb in the “Historical Chubb” column of the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements represents the historical reported balances of Chubb reclassified to conform to the historical presentation in ACE’s consolidated financial statements as set forth below (in millions). Unless otherwise indicated, defined line items included in the notes have the meanings given to them in the historical financial statements of Chubb.

Reclassification and classification of the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2015

	Before Reclassification		Reclassification Amount			Ref.	After Reclassification
Assets:
Reinsurance recoverable on losses and loss expenses		1,550		122		(1)		1,672
Other assets		1,286		(122	)	(1)		1,164
Liabilities:
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		2,238		(2,238	)	(2)		—
Insurance and reinsurance balances payable		—		400		(2)		400
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities		—		1,969		(2), (3)		1,969
Dividend payable to shareholders		131		(131	)	(3)		—

1 Adjustment to reclassify components of “Other assets” to “Reinsurance recoverable on losses and loss expenses” to conform with ACE presentation.

2 Adjustment to disaggregate “Accrued expenses and other liabilities” into “Insurance and reinsurance balances payable” of $400 million and “Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities” of $1,838 million to conform with ACE presentation.

3 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Dividend payable to shareholders” to “Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities” to conform with ACE presentation.

Reclassifications and classification in the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2015

	Before Reclassification		Reclassification Amount			Ref.	After Reclassification
Net investment income		673		(30	)	(1), (5)		643
Other (income) expense		—		(31	)	(1), (2), (3), (7)		(31	)
Other revenues		4		(4	)	(2)		—
Net realized gains (losses) excluding OTTI losses		54		(26	)	(3)		28
Other insurance operating costs and expenses		700		(700	)	(4)		—
Administrative expenses		—		748		(4), (6)		748
Investment expenses		23		(23	)	(5)		—
Corporate expenses		152		(152	)	(6)		—
Interest expense		—		104		(6)		104
Other expenses		6		(6	)	(7)		—

1 Adjustment to reclassify components of “Net investment income” of $7 million to “Other (income) expense” to conform with ACE presentation.

2 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Other revenues” to “Other (income) expense” to conform with ACE presentation.

3 Adjustment to reclassify components of “Net realized gains (losses) excluding OTTI losses” of $26 million to “Other (income) expense” to conform with ACE presentation.

4 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Other insurance operating costs” to “Administrative expenses” to conform with ACE presentation.

5 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Investment expenses” to “Net investment income” to conform with ACE presentation.

6 Adjustment to disaggregate “Corporate expenses” into “Interest expense” of $104 million and “Administrative expenses” of $48 million to conform with ACE presentation.

7 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Other expenses” to “Other (income) expense” to conform with ACE presentation.

Reclassifications and classification in the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014

	Before Reclassification		Reclassification Amount			Ref.	After Reclassification
Net investment income		1,394		(52	)	(1), (5)		1,342
Other (income) expense		—		(150	)	(1), (2), (3), (7)		(150	)
Other revenues		7		(7	)	(2)		—
Net realized gains (losses) excluding OTTI losses		376		(149	)	(3)		227
Other insurance operating costs and expenses		1,397		(1,397	)	(4)		—
Administrative expenses		—		1,437		(4), (6)		1,437
Investment expenses		42		(42	)	(5)		—
Corporate expenses		249		(249	)	(6)		—
Interest expense		—		209		(6)		209
Other expenses		16		(16	)	(7)		—

1 Adjustment to reclassify components of “Net investment income” of $10 million to “Other (income) expense” to conform with ACE presentation.

2 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Other revenues” to “Other (income) expense” to conform with ACE presentation.

3 Adjustment to reclassify components of “Net realized gains (losses) excluding OTTI losses” of $149 million to “Other (income) expense” to conform with ACE presentation.

4 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Other insurance operating costs” to “Administrative expenses” to conform with ACE presentation.

5 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Investment expenses” to “Net investment income” to conform with ACE presentation.

6 Adjustment to disaggregate “Corporate expenses” into “Interest expense” of $209 million and “Administrative expenses” of $40 million to conform with ACE presentation.

7 Adjustment to reclassify the balance of “Other expenses” to “Other (income) expense” to conform with ACE presentation.

5. Preliminary Purchase Consideration

Upon completion of the Chubb Merger, each Chubb common share (other than the exception shares defined in the Merger Agreement) shall be canceled and converted, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Merger Agreement, into the right to receive (i) 0.6019 of an ACE common share and (ii) $62.93 in cash. In addition, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, replacement equity awards will be issued by ACE to the holders of Chubb’s outstanding stock-based awards (stock options, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, deferred unit obligations and performance units). The estimated fair value of the replacement equity awards attributable to service periods prior to the Chubb Merger is included in purchase consideration.

The preliminary estimate of the purchase consideration has been calculated using the number of Chubb’s common shares outstanding and outstanding equity based awards as of June 30, 2015 and the closing price of ACE’s common shares as of August 27, 2015.

	Amount (in millions)
	Except for share price data
Purchase consideration
ACE common shares
Chubb common shares outstanding		227
Per share exchange ratio		0.6019
Common shares issued by ACE		137
Common share price of ACE as of August 27, 2015	$	103.64
Preliminary estimate of fair value of common shares issued by ACE to common shareholders of Chubb	$	14,199
Cash consideration
Chubb common shares outstanding	$	227
Agreed cash price per share paid to common shareholders of Chubb	$	62.93
Preliminary estimate of cash consideration paid by ACE to common shareholders of Chubb	$	14,285
Stock-based awards
Preliminary estimate of fair value of equity awards issued (total fair value of replacement awards is $487)	$	339
Fair value of purchase consideration	$	28,823
Preliminary estimate of assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Cash	$	—
Investments		42,677
Accrued investment income		415
Insurance and reinsurance balances receivable		2,581
Reinsurance recoverable on losses and loss expenses		1,542
Indefinite lived intangible assets		2,950
Finite lived intangible assets		5,100
Prepaid reinsurance premiums		198
Other assets		1,124
Unpaid losses and loss expenses		(23,066	)
Unearned premium		(6,591	)
Insurance and reinsurance balances payable		(363	)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities		(1,985	)
Deferred tax liabilities		(1,672	)
Long-term debt		(3,864	)
Total identifiable net assets acquired		19,046
Goodwill		9,777
Estimated purchase price	$	28,823

Intangible assets were identified that met either the separability criterion or the contractual-legal criterion described in ASC 805. The unearned premium reserves (UPR) intangible represents the profits inherent in the acquired in-force policies and was estimated using the income approach. Agency distribution relationships and renewal rights represent the network through which Chubb conducted its operations and existing Chubb policyholder relationships. The fair value of this intangible asset was estimated using the income approach. Critical

inputs into the valuation model for agency distribution relationships and renewal rights include estimates of expected premium and retention rates. Internally developed technology relates to Chubb’s internally developed software and was estimated using the relief-from-royalty approach. The Chubb trademark was also estimated using the relief-from-royalty approach. The preliminary allocation to intangible assets is as follows:

(in millions)	June 30, 2015
UPR		1,500
Agency distribution relationships and renewal rights		3,500
Internally developed technology		100
Trademark and licenses		2,950
Total identified intangible assets		8,050

The expected amortization related to the preliminary fair value of the acquired finite lived intangible assets for the five years following the acquisition is reflected in the table below:

			Year following the acquisition
(in millions)	Estimated remaining useful life (years)		Year 1			Year 2			Year 3			Year 4			Year 5
Policy acquisition costs:
UPR		1	$	1,500		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Amortization of intangibles:
Agency distribution relationships and renewal rights		24		112			219			271			324			287
Internally developed technology		5		20			20			20			20			20
Benefit of the fair value adjustment to acquire reserves		10		(161	)		(138	)		(101	)		(78	)		(68	)
Total expected amortization, pre-tax				1,471			101			190			266			239
Total expected amortization, after-tax				956			66			124			173			155

The actual purchase price will fluctuate until the closing date of the Chubb Merger and the final valuation could differ significantly from the current estimate. The effect of using ACE’s annual historical stock price volatility of 21 percent would have the following impact on certain components of the purchase consideration and goodwill:

	21% increase in ACE share price		21% decrease in ACE share price
Goodwill Sensitivity Analysis
Preliminary fair value of consideration to common shareholders		17,180		11,217
Preliminary fair value of stock-based awards issued		373		297
Goodwill		12,792		6,753

6. Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet Adjustments

Adjustments included in the “Acquisition Adjustments” column in the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 are as follows:

Acquisition Adjustments

(in millions)			Increase (decrease) as of June 30, 2015
Assets
	(6a)	Adjustments to cash:
		To reflect the cash consideration paid by ACE to Chubb common shareholders to effect the Chubb Merger funded by available cash resources		(14,285	)
		To reflect estimated transaction costs to be paid by ACE		(50	)
		To reflect estimated transaction costs to be paid by Chubb (total estimated transaction costs are $58 million, of which $8 million is included in footnote (6l) below)		(50	)
				(14,385	)
	(6b)	Adjustment to eliminate intercompany transactions between ACE and Chubb related to insurance and reinsurance balances receivable		(22	)
	(6c)	Adjustment to eliminate intercompany transactions between ACE and Chubb related to reinsurance recoverable on losses and loss expenses		(130	)
	(6d)	Adjustment to eliminate Chubb’s deferred acquisition costs		(1,308	)
	(6e)	Adjustments to goodwill and other intangible assets:
		Eliminate Chubb’s historical goodwill		(467	)
		To record goodwill determined as the preliminary acquisition consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger in excess of the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired		9,777
		To record finite lived intangible assets acquired		5,100
		To record indefinite lived intangible assets acquired		2,950
				17,360
	(6f)	Adjustment to eliminate intercompany transactions between ACE and Chubb related to prepaid reinsurance premiums		(42	)
	(6g)	Adjustment to reclassify ACE’s and Chubb’s historical deferred tax asset to deferred tax liability		(415	)
	(6h)	Adjustments to other assets:
		To eliminate historical Chubb software assets		(35	)
		To reflect income tax effect of transaction costs		20
		To eliminate historical Chubb deferred financing costs		(15	)
				(30	)
		Total adjustments to assets		1,028
Liabilities
	(6i)	Adjustments to unpaid losses and loss expenses:
		To eliminate intercompany transactions between ACE and Chubb related to unpaid loss and loss expenses		(115	)
		To reflect unpaid losses and loss expenses reserve at fair value, reflecting an increase for a market based risk margin which represents the estimated cost of capital required by a market participant. This increase is partially offset by a deduction due to the present value calculation based on an estimated payout of unpaid losses and loss expenses		675
				560
	(6j)	Adjustment to eliminate intercompany transactions between ACE and Chubb related to unearned premiums		(42	)
	(6k)	Adjustment to eliminate intercompany transactions between ACE and Chubb related to insurance and reinsurance balances payable		(37	)
	(6l)	Adjustments to accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities:
		Adjustment to eliminate the historical unamortized discount of Chubb deferred financing costs		8

(in millions)			Increase (decrease) as of June 30, 2015
		Adjustment to reflect transaction costs expected to be incurred by Chubb		8
				16
	(6m)	Adjustments to deferred tax liabilities:
		Adjustment to reclassify ACE’s and Chubb’s historical deferred tax asset to deferred tax liability		(415	)
		To reflect deferred tax asset associated with an increase in unpaid loss and loss expenses		(236	)
		To record deferred tax asset associated with replacement equity awards (excluding incentive stock options)		(113	)
		To record deferred tax asset associated with the fair value adjustment of Chubb’s long-term debt		(197	)
		Adjustment to record the deferred tax liabilities for the intangible assets being acquired.		2,818
		To eliminate the deferred tax liability relating to Chubb’s internally developed software assets		(12	)
		Adjustment to eliminate Chubb’s historical deferred tax liability associated with deferred policy acquisition costs		(458	)
				1,387
	(6n)	To record the estimated fair value adjustment in relation to Chubb’s existing long-term debt that will be assumed by ACE in the transaction		564
		Total adjustments to liabilities		2,448
Shareholders’ equity
	(6o)	Adjustments to common shares:
		To record the par value (CHF 24.15 converted to USD) of ACE common shares issued as part of the consideration to effect the Chubb Merger		3,502
		To reflect the elimination of the par value of Chubb’s common shares outstanding		(372	)
				3,130
	(6p)	Adjustment to eliminate Chubb’s historical common shares in treasury		9,442
	(6q)	Adjustments to additional paid-in capital:
		To reflect additional paid-in capital from ACE common shares issued as part of the consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger.		10,697
		To reflect additional paid-in capital from the replacement equity awards.		339
		To eliminate Chubb’s historical additional paid-in capital.		(156	)
				10,880
	(6r)	Adjustments to retained earnings:
		To reflect the elimination of Chubb’s historical retained earnings		(24,125	)
		To reflect estimated transaction costs to be paid by ACE, net of tax.		(40	)
				(24,165	)
	(6s)	Adjustment to eliminate Chubb’s accumulated other comprehensive income.		(707	)
		Total adjustments to shareholders’ equity		(1,420	)
		Total adjustments to liabilities and shareholders’ equity		1,028

Adjustments included in the “Financing Adjustments” column in the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 are as follows:

Financing Adjustments

(in millions)			Increase (decrease) as of June 30, 2015
Assets
	(6t)	To reflect the fixed maturity investment sale to fund the portion of the cash consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger.		(9,169	)
	(6u)	Adjustments to cash:
		To reflect the cash inflow from the debt issuance to fund part of the cash consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger.		5,300
		To reflect the cash inflow from the investment sale to fund part of the cash consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger.		9,169
		To reflect debt issuance costs to be paid by ACE in connection with the debt issuance.		(37	)
				14,432
	(6v)	Adjustments to other assets:
		To reflect decrease of current tax receivable associated with the fixed maturity investment sale to fund the portion of the cash consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger.		(56	)
		To reflect debt issuance costs in other assets to be paid by ACE in connection with the debt issuance.		37
				(19	)
		Total adjustments to assets		5,244
Liabilities
	(6w)	To remove the deferred tax liability associated with the fixed maturity investment sale to fund the portion of the cash consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger.		(56	)
	(6x)	To reflect the debt issuance to fund the portion of the cash consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger.		5,300
		Total adjustments to liabilities		5,244
Shareholders’ equity
	(6y)	To realize the gains/losses that were previously presented in accumulated other comprehensive income.		205
	(6z)	To eliminate accumulated other comprehensive income related to unrealized gains/losses from the investment sale to fund part of the cash consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger.		(205	)
		Total adjustments to shareholders’ equity		—
		Total adjustments to liabilities and shareholders’ equity		5,244

7. Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statements of Operations Adjustments

Adjustments included in the “Acquisition Adjustments” column in the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations are as follows:

Acquisition Adjustments

(in millions)		Increase (decrease) for the six months ended June 30, 2015			Increase (decrease) for the year ended December 31, 2014
Revenues:
(7a)	Adjustment to net investment income to amortize the fair value adjustment to Chubb’s investments		(157	)		(314	)
	Total adjustments to revenues		(157	)		(314	)
Expenses:
(7b)	Adjustments to losses and loss expenses to reflect the change in stock based compensation expense for the replacement equity awards issued in connection with the Chubb Merger		(4	)		1
(7c)	Adjustments to policy acquisition costs:		—			(1,255	)
	Adjustment to amortize UPR intangible asset		—			1,500
			—			245
(7d)	Adjustments to administrative expenses:
	Adjustment to record incremental stock-based compensation expense for replacement awards issued in connection with the Chubb Merger		(20	)		4
	To reverse transaction costs that have been incurred by ACE and Chubb in connection with the Chubb Merger		(20	)		—
	To record adjustment in relation to Chubb’s historical amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service cost and other related to the pension obligation that will be assumed by ACE in the transaction		(32	)		(35	)
			(72	)		(31	)
(7e)	Adjustments to amortization of intangibles:
	Adjustment to amortize the difference between the estimated fair value and the historical value of Chubb’s unpaid losses and loss expenses		(69	)		(161	)
	Adjustment to amortize certain identifiable finite lived intangible assets (agency distributor relationships and renewal rights and internally developed technology)		119			132
			50			(29	)
(7f)	To reflect interest expense as a result of the fair value adjustment related to Chubb’s historical long-term debt assumed by ACE in the transaction		(6	)		(13	)
	Total adjustments to expenses		(32	)		173

(in millions)		Increase (decrease) for the six months ended June 30, 2015			Increase (decrease) for the year ended December 31, 2014
(7g)	Adjustment to reflect the income tax impact on the unaudited pro forma adjustments using the U.S. statutory tax rate of 35%		(45	)		(171	)
	Total adjustments to net income		(80	)		(316	)

Adjustments included in the “Financing Adjustments” column in the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations are as follows:

Financing Adjustments

(in millions)		Increase (decrease) for the six months ended June 30, 2015			Increase (decrease) for the year ended December 31, 2014
Revenues:
(7h)	Adjustment to reflect the impact on historical net investment income based on the average annual yield of the investments which will be sold to fund part of the cash consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger		(105	)		(209	)
	Total adjustments to revenues		(105	)		(209	)
Expenses:
(7i)	To record the estimated interest expense on the new debt raised to fund part of the consideration paid to effect the Chubb Merger		104			208
	Total adjustments to expenses		104			208
(7j)	Adjustment to reflect the income tax impact on the related financing pro forma adjustments using weighted average tax rate of 23% due to the jurisdictions from which the investments will be sold		(48	)		(97	)
	Total adjustments to net income		(161	)		(320	)

A 0.125 percent change in the assumed interest rates of the new debt would change pro forma interest expense by approximately $7 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015.

8. Earnings per Share

The unaudited pro forma combined basic and diluted earnings per share calculations are based on ACE’s consolidated basic and diluted weighted average number of shares. The pro forma weighted average number of shares outstanding reflects the following adjustments assumed to occur on January 1, 2014:

• elimination of Chubb historical common shares;

• the estimated issuance of ACE common shares to Chubb common shareholders, calculated using the 0.6019 exchange ratio based on Chubb’s common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2015; and

• the effects of the replacement equity awards issued to the holders of Chubb’s outstanding stock awards.

The following represents earnings per share as of June 30, 2015:

	Historical ACE Limited		Historical Chubb		Pro Forma
Numerator:
Net income		1,623		869		2,251
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share:
Weighted-average shares outstanding		326.8		232.0		467.2
Denominator for diluted earnings per share:
Share-based compensation plans		3.4		0.6		5.0
Weighted-average shares outstanding and assumed conversions		330.2		232.6		472.2
Basic earnings per share		4.97		3.75		4.82
Diluted earnings per share		4.91		3.74		4.77

The following represents earnings per share as of December 31, 2014:

	Historical ACE Limited		Historical Chubb		Pro Forma
Numerator:
Net income		2,853		2,100		4,317
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share:
Weighted-average shares outstanding		335.6		242.9		476.0
Denominator for diluted earnings per share:
Share-based compensation plans		3.4		0.6		4.8
Weighted-average shares outstanding and assumed conversions		339.0		243.5		480.8
Basic earnings per share		8.50		8.65		9.07
Diluted earnings per share		8.42		8.62		8.98