v3.26.1
Market risk benefits
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Market Risk Benefit [Abstract]  
Market Risk Benefits Policyholders' account balances, Separate accounts, and Unearned revenue liabilities
Policyholders' account balances
The following tables present a roll-forward of policyholders' account balances:
Six Months Ended June 30, 2026
(in millions of U.S. dollars)Universal Life
Annuities (3)
Other investment contracts (4)
Total
Balance – beginning of period$1,899 $2,801 $2,531 $7,231 
Premiums received 109 130 449 688 
Policy charges(44) (5)(49)
Surrenders and withdrawals(68)(15)(100)(183)
Benefit payments (1)
(97)(107)(30)(234)
Interest credited24 24 41 89 
Other (including foreign exchange)76 113 (15)174 
Balance – end of period$1,899 $2,946 $2,871 $7,716 
Unearned revenue liability772 
Other (2)
614 
Policyholders' account liability, per consolidated balance sheet$9,102 
(1)Includes payments for survival and death benefits.
(2)Primarily comprises unpaid dividends on certain participating policies.
(3)Relates to Huatai Life.
(4)Primarily comprises policyholder account balances related to investment linked products including endowment and investment contracts, none of which bear significant insurance risk.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
(in millions of U.S. dollars)Universal Life
Annuities (3)
Other investment contracts (4)
Total
Balance – beginning of period$1,809 $2,585 $2,354 $6,748 
Premiums received 105 159 211 475 
Policy charges(56)— (5)(61)
Surrenders and withdrawals(57)(17)(94)(168)
Benefit payments (1)
(19)(77)(46)(142)
Interest credited24 24 33 81 
Other (including foreign exchange)34 22 25 81 
Balance – end of period$1,840 $2,696 $2,478 $7,014 
Unearned revenue liability753 
Other (2)
577 
Policyholders' account liability, per consolidated balance sheet$8,344 
(1)Includes payments for survival and death benefits.
(2)Primarily comprises unpaid dividends on certain participating policies.
(3)Relates to Huatai Life.
(4)Primarily comprises policyholder account balances related to investment linked products including endowment and investment contracts, none of which bear significant insurance risk.

June 30
20262025
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except for percentages)Universal Life
Annuities (3)
OtherUniversal Life
Annuities (3)
Other
Weighted-average crediting rate (1)
3.4 %N/A3.4 %3.5 %N/A3.3 %
Net amount at risk (2)
$10,539 $86 $340 $11,571 $10 $378 
Cash Surrender Value$1,779 $1,974 $2,549 $1,695 $1,774 $2,175 
(1)Calculated using actual interest credited for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
(2)For those guarantees of benefits that are payable in the event of death, the net amount at risk is defined as the current guaranteed minimum death benefit in excess of the current account balance at the balance sheet date.
(3)Annuities do not have an explicit account balance, therefore a crediting rate is not applicable.

The following tables present the balance of account values by range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates and the related range of difference, in basis points, between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimum:

Universal Life
June 30, 2026
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$ $34 $17 $239 $290 
2.01% – 4.00%
449 291 329  1,069 
Greater than 4.00%
19    19 
Fixed rate or no guarantee521 
Total$468 $325 $346 $239 $1,899 
June 30, 2025
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$— $— $49 $145 $194 
2.01% – 4.00%
247 573 352 — 1,172 
Greater than 4.00%
12 — — — 12 
Fixed rate or no guarantee462 
Total$259 $573 $401 $145 $1,840 

Other policyholders' account balances
June 30, 2026
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$2 $52 $28 $76 $158 
2.01% – 4.00%
955  271  1,226 
Greater than 4.00%
     
Fixed rate or no guarantee1,487 
Total$957 $52 $299 $76 $2,871 

June 30, 2025
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$$$133 $27 $170 
2.01% – 4.00%
1,035 52 — — 1,087 
Greater than 4.00%
— — — — — 
Fixed rate or no guarantee1,221 
Total$1,040 $57 $133 $27 $2,478 

Separate accounts

Separate account assets represent segregated funds where investment risks are borne by the customers, except to the extent of certain guarantees made by Chubb. The assets that support variable contracts are measured at fair value and are reported as Separate account assets and corresponding liabilities are reported within Separate account liabilities on the Consolidated balance sheets. Policy charges assessed against the policyholders for mortality, administration, and other services are included in Net premiums earned on the Consolidated statements of operations.
The following table presents the aggregate fair value of Separate account assets, by major security type:
June 30June 30
(in millions of U.S. dollars)20262025
Cash and cash equivalents $121 $131 
Mutual funds 7,284 6,268 
Fixed maturities66 82 
Total$7,471 $6,481 

The following table presents a roll-forward of separate account liabilities:
Six Months Ended
June 30
(in millions of U.S. dollars)20262025
Balance – beginning of period$6,925 $6,231 
Premiums and deposits787 802 
Policy charges(92)(79)
Surrenders and withdrawals(698)(494)
Benefit payments(252)(225)
Investment performance859 (265)
Other (including foreign exchange)(58)511 
Balance – end of period$7,471 $6,481 
Cash surrender value (1)
$6,960 $6,101 
(1)Cash surrender value represents the amount of the policyholder's account balances distributable at the balance sheet date less certain surrender charges.


Unearned revenue liabilities

Unearned revenue liabilities represent policy charges for services to be provided in future periods. The charges are reflected as deferred revenue and are generally amortized into income over the expected life of the contract using the same methodology, factors, and assumptions used to amortize deferred acquisition costs. Unearned revenue liabilities pertaining to both policyholders' account balances and separate accounts are recorded in Policyholders' account balances in the Consolidated balance sheets. The following table presents a roll-forward of unearned revenue liabilities:
Six Months Ended
June 30
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
2026
2025
Balance – beginning of period$758 $711 
Deferred revenue61 69 
Amortization(40)(38)
Other (including foreign exchange)(7)11 
Balance – end of period$772 $753 
Market risk benefits
Our reinsurance programs covering variable annuity guarantees, comprising guaranteed living benefits (GLB) and guaranteed minimum death benefits (GMDB), meet the definition of Market risk benefits (MRB). The following table presents a roll-forward of MRB:

Six Months Ended
June 30
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
2026
2025
Balance – beginning of period $659 $607 
Balance, beginning of period, before effect of changes in the instrument-specific credit risk636 592 
Interest rate changes(22)41 
Effect of market movements (1)
(78)(50)
Effect of changes in volatilities(2)19 
Actual policyholder behavior different from expected behavior9 28 
Effect of timing and all other(48)(31)
Balance, end of period, before effect of changes in the instrument-specific credit risk$495 $599 
Effect of changes in the instrument-specific credit risk10 10 
Balance – end of period$505 $609 
Weighted-average age of policyholders (years)7574
Net amount at risk (2)
$1,189 $1,479 
(1)     Market movements are predominantly driven by changes in equities.    
(2)     The net amount at risk is defined as the present value of future claim payments assuming policy account values and guaranteed values are fixed at the valuation date, and reinsurance coverage ends at the earlier of the maturity of the underlying variable annuity policy or the reinsurance treaty. No withdrawals, lapses, and mortality improvements are assumed in the projection. GLB-related risks contain conservative mortality and annuitization assumptions.

Excluded from the table above are MRB losses of $121 million and $103 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, reported in the Consolidated statements of operations, relating to the market risk benefits' economic hedge and other net cash flows. There is no reinsurance recoverable associated with our liability for MRB.

For MRB, Chubb estimates fair value using an internal valuation model which includes a number of factors including interest rates, equity markets, credit risk, current account value, market volatility, expected annuitization rates and other policyholder behavior, and changes in policyholder mortality. All reinsurance treaties contain claim limits, which are also factored into the valuation model.
Valuation TechniqueSignificant Unobservable Inputs
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
Ranges
Weighted Average(1)
Ranges
Weighted Average(1)
MRB (1)
Actuarial modelLapse rate
0.5% – 27.3%
3.5%
0.5% – 27.3%
3.4%
Annuitization rate
0% – 100%
4.7%
0% – 100%
4.6%
(1)The weighted-average lapse and annuitization rates are determined by weighting each treaty's rates by the MRB contract's fair value.

The most significant policyholder behavior assumptions include lapse rates for MRBs, and GLB annuitization rates. Assumptions regarding lapse rates and GLB annuitization rates differ by treaty, but the underlying methodologies to determine rates applied to each treaty are comparable.

A lapse rate is the percentage of in-force policies surrendered in a given calendar year. All else equal, as lapse rates increase, ultimate claim payments will decrease.

The GLB annuitization rate is the percentage of policies for which the policyholder will elect to annuitize using the guaranteed benefit provided under the GLB. All else equal, as GLB annuitization rates increase, ultimate claim payments will increase, subject to treaty claim limits.
The effect of changes in key market factors on assumed lapse and annuitization rates reflect emerging trends using data available from cedants. The model and related assumptions are regularly re-evaluated by management and enhanced, as appropriate, based upon additional experience obtained related to policyholder behavior and availability of updated information such as market conditions, market participant assumptions, and demographics of in-force annuities. For detailed information on our lapse and annuitization rate assumptions, refer to Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2025 Form 10-K.