EX-24 5 y61205exv24.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ Zoe Baird -------------------- Name: Zoe Baird Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 13th day of March, 2002. /s/ John C. Beck ----------------------------- Name: John C. Beck Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ Sheila P. Burke ----------------------------- Name: Sheila P. Burke Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ James I. Cash, Jr. ------------------------------- Name: James I. Cash, Jr. Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ Joel J. Cohen --------------------------------- Name: Joel J. Cohen Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 12th day of March, 2002. /s/ James M. Cornelius -------------------------------- Name: James M. Cornelius Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ David H. Hoag ----------------------------- Name: David H. Hoag Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 12th day of March, 2002. /s/ Warren B. Rudman ------------------------------- Name: Warren B. Rudman Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ David G. Scholey ----------------------------- Name: David G. Scholey Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ Raymond G. H. Seitz -------------------------------- Name: Raymond G. H. Seitz Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 12th day of March, 2002. /s/ Lawrence M. Small ----------------------------- Name: Lawrence M. Small Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 12th day of March, 2002. /s/ Karen Hastie Williams -------------------------------- Name: Karen Hastie Williams Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ James M. Zimmerman -------------------------------- Name: James M. Zimmerman Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 14th day of March, 2002. /s/ Alfred W. Zollar ----------------------------- Name: Alfred W. Zollar Title: Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 11th day of March, 2002. /s/ Weston M. Hicks --------------------------------- Name: Weston M. Hicks Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK, DEAN R. O'HARE and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 11th day of March, 2002. /s/ Henry B. Schram ----------------------------- Name: Henry B. Schram Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint HENRY G. GULICK and PHILIP J. SEMPIER, and each of them as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable The Chubb Corporation (the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Securities") which may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Company's Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2001), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign my name to a registration statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, covering said Securities, and any amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement, to be filed with the Commission, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement or any amendments thereto; and I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this 8th day of March, 2002. /s/ Dean R. O'Hare ------------------------------------ Name: Dean R. O'Hare Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director