1
Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
2/23/98 /s/ John C. Beck
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
John C. Beck
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
2/28/98 /s/ Sheila P. Burke
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Sheila P. Burke
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
3
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
2/23/98 /s/ James I. Cash, Jr.
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
James I. Cash, Jr.
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
4
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
18 February 1998 /s/ Percy Chubb
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Percy Chubb
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
5
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
February 23, 1998 /s/ Joel Cohen
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Joel Cohen
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
6
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
February 23, 1998 /s/ David H. Hoag
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
David H. Hoag
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
7
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
February 25, 1998 /s/ Thomas C. MacAvoy
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Thomas C. MacAvoy
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
8
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
2/19/98 /s/ Dean R. O'Hare
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Dean R. O'Hare
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
9
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
2/24/98 /s/ Warren B. Rudman
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Warren B. Rudman
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
10
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
23rd February '98 /s/ David G. Scholey
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Sir David G. Scholey
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
11
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
February 25, 1998 /s/ Raymond G. H. Seitz
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Raymond G. H. Seitz
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
12
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
2/23/98 /s/ Lawrence M. Small
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Lawrence M. Small
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
13
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
February 26, 1998 /s/ Richard D. Wood
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Richard D. Wood
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
14
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
2/17/98 /s/ David B. Kelso
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
David B. Kelso
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)
15
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Henry G. Gulick, Dean
R. O'Hare and Philip J. Sempier, each of them with full power to act without
the others, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign (i) a Form 10-K Annual Report of The Chubb
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 pursuant to the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) registration
statements, amendments and post-effective amendments to registration statements
including but not limited to registration statements, amendments and
post-effective amendments to registration statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, or cause the same to be
filed, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I further grant unto said
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 in
the exercise of the powers herein granted, as fully as I could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by the powers herein granted.
2/19/98 /s/ Henry B. Schram
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
(Date) (Signature)
Henry B. Schram
------------------------------------
(Please Print or Type Name)