1 EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF EXECUTIVE RISK INC. CHARTERING PERCENT NAME OF SUBSIDIARY JURISDICTION OWNED - ------------------ ------------ ------- Executive Risk Inc. Subsidiaries -------------------------------- Executive Risk Management Associates* Connecticut 70% (underwriting and claims agency) Executive Risk Capital Trust Delaware 100% Executive Re Inc. Delaware 100% (middle-level holding company) Executive Re Inc. Subsidiaries ------------------------------ - Executive Risk Management Associates* Connecticut 30% - Executive Risk Netherlands 100% International Holdings BV (mid-level holding co.) Executive Risk I.H. BV subsidiary --------------------------------- - Executive Risk N.V. Netherlands 100% (Netherlands insurer) - Executive Risk (Bermuda) Ltd. Bermuda 100% (Bermuda insurer) - Sullivan Kelly Inc. California 100% (underwriting manager) Sullivan Kelly Inc. subsidiary ------------------------------ - Sullivan Kelly of Arizona, Inc. Arizona 100% - Executive Risk Indemnity Inc. Delaware 100% (admitted insurance company) Executive Risk Indemnity Inc. subsidiaries ------------------------------------------ - Executive Risk Specialty Connecticut 100% Insurance Company (surplus lines company) 2 -Quadrant Indemnity Company Connecticut 100% (admitted insurance company) -Talcott Services Corporation Connecticut 100% -Executive Risk Limited United Kingdom 100% - --------------------------------------- *Connecticut general partnership. ALL SUBSIDIARIES HAVE A PRINCIPAL U.S. MAILING ADDRESS OF: 82 HOPMEADOW STREET SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT 06070