Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

(12)  Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

(a)  Chubb Financial Solutions (CFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Chubb, participated in derivative financial instruments and has been in runoff since 2003. At December 31, 2013, CFS’s remaining derivative contracts were insignificant.

CFS’s aggregate exposure, or retained risk, from its derivative contracts is referred to as notional amount. Notional amounts are used to calculate the exchange of contractual cash flows and are not necessarily representative of the potential for gain or loss. Notional amounts are not recorded on the balance sheet. The notional amount of future obligations under CFS’s derivative contracts at December 31, 2013 and 2012 was approximately $80 million and $90 million, respectively.

Future obligations with respect to the derivative contracts are carried at fair value at the balance sheet date and are included in other liabilities. The fair value of future obligations under CFS’s derivative contracts at both December 31, 2013 and 2012 was approximately $2 million.

(b)  A property and casualty insurance subsidiary issued a reinsurance contract to an insurer that provides financial guarantees on debt obligations. At December 31, 2013, the aggregate principal commitments related to this contract for which the subsidiary was contingently liable amounted to approximately $380 million. These commitments expire by 2023.

(c)  The Corporation occupies office facilities under lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2029; such leases are generally renewed or replaced by other leases. Most facility leases contain renewal options for increments ranging from two to ten years. The Corporation also leases data processing, office and transportation equipment. All leases are operating leases.

Rent expense was as follows:

	Years Ended December 31
	2013		2012		2011
	(in millions)
Office facilities	$	71	$	71	$	73
Equipment		13		11		10
	$	84	$	82	$	83

At December 31, 2013, future minimum rental payments required under non-cancellable operating leases were as follows:

Years Ending December 31	(in millions)
2014	$	67
2015		59
2016		47
2017		37
2018		32
After 2018		74
	$	316

(d)  The Corporation had commitments totaling $660 million at December 31, 2013 to fund limited partnership investments. These commitments can be called by the partnerships (generally over a period of 5 years or less) to fund certain partnership expenses or the purchase of investments.