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<LEGEND>
                      THE CHUBB CORPORATION
                    Financial Data Schedule(*)
(*) This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Balance Sheets and the Consolidated Statements of Income and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                                    9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1998
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                               SEP-30-1998
<DEBT-HELD-FOR-SALE>                            11,090<F1>
<DEBT-CARRYING-VALUE>                            2,046<F2>
<DEBT-MARKET-VALUE>                              2,195<F3>
<EQUITIES>                                       1,002
<MORTGAGE>                                           0
<REAL-ESTATE>                                        0
<TOTAL-INVEST>                                  14,698
<CASH>                                              17
<RECOVER-REINSURE>                                  72<F4>
<DEFERRED-ACQUISITION>                             720
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                  20,630
<POLICY-LOSSES>                                 10,331<F5>
<UNEARNED-PREMIUMS>                              2,884<F6>
<POLICY-OTHER>                                       0
<POLICY-HOLDER-FUNDS>                                0
<NOTES-PAYABLE>                                    638<F7>
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<COMMON>                                           176
<OTHER-SE>                                       5,367<F8>
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                    20,630
<PREMIUMS>                                       3,967
<INVESTMENT-INCOME>                                614
<INVESTMENT-GAINS>                                 127
<OTHER-INCOME>                                      71<F9>
<BENEFITS>                                       2,589
<UNDERWRITING-AMORTIZATION>                      1,096
<UNDERWRITING-OTHER>                               277
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                    669
<INCOME-TAX>                                       120
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                549
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                       549
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     3.29
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     3.24
<RESERVE-OPEN>                                       0<F10>
<PROVISION-CURRENT>                                  0<F10>
<PROVISION-PRIOR>                                    0<F10>
<PAYMENTS-CURRENT>                                   0<F10>
<PAYMENTS-PRIOR>                                     0<F10>
<RESERVE-CLOSE>                                      0<F10>
<CUMULATIVE-DEFICIENCY>                              0<F10>
<FN>
<F1>DEBT-HELD-FOR-SALE REPRESENTS FIXED MATURITY INVESTMENTS CLASSIFIED AS
    AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE AND CARRIED AT MARKET VALUE AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS NO. 
    115.
<F2>DEBT-CARRYING-VALUE REPRESENTS FIXED MATURITY INVESTMENTS CLASSIFIED AS
    HELD-TO-MATURITY AND CARRIED AT AMORTIZED COST AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS NO. 
    115.
<F3>DEBT-MARKET-VALUE REPRESENTS THE RELATED MARKET VALUE OF FIXED MATURITIES
    CLASSIFIED AS HELD-TO-MATURITY.
<F4>RECOVER-REINSURE REPRESENTS REINSURANCE RECOVERABLE ON PAID CLAIMS.
<F5>POLICY-LOSSES EXCLUDE THE REDUCTIONS FOR REINSURANCE RECOVERABLES ON UNPAID
    CLAIMS ($1,304), AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS NO. 113. SUCH AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN
    TOTAL ASSETS.
<F6>UNEARNED-PREMIUMS EXCLUDE THE REDUCTION FOR PREPAID REINSURANCE PREMIUMS ($133)
    AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS NO. 113. THIS PREPAID AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN TOTAL 
    ASSETS.
<F7>NOTES-PAYABLE INCLUDES LONG-TERM DEBT OF $638.
<F8>OTHER-SE INCLUDES PAID IN SURPLUS; RETAINED EARNINGS; FOREIGN CURRENCY
    TRANSLATION LOSSES, NET OF INCOME TAX; UNREALIZED APPRECIATION OF 
    INVESTMENTS, NET; RECEIVABLE FROM ESOP AND TREASURY STOCK.
<F9>OTHER-INCOME REPRESENTS REVENUES FROM REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS.
<F10>AMOUNTS FOR SECURITIES ACT INDUSTRY GUIDE 6 AND EXCHANGE ACT INDUSTRY 
     GUIDE 4 DISCLOSURES ARE REQUIRED FOR ANNUAL FILINGS ONLY. ACCORDINGLY, 
     NO AMOUNTS WILL BE REPORTED FOR INTERIM FILINGS.
</FN>