“This is the first crack in Chubb Insurance’s shield of denial, deceit, and refusal to pay. Chubb Insurance has been a belligerent impediment and has been a source of delays and compounded suffering to survivors. This decision will bleed blood into Chubb’s intractable denial in the Archdiocese of New York litigation.” – Jeff Anderson
(Morristown, NJ) – After nearly six years of litigation battles concerning sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese of New York, Chubb Insurance is being held accountable by a New Jersey Court. The Superior Court of New Jersey in Morris County found that Chubb Insurance’s subsidiary, Atlantic Employers Insurance Company, is financially liable in over 25 Chartwell Manor School sex abuse cases dating back to the early 1980s. Burns Bair led the insurance litigation in these Chartwell Manor cases and has dedicated themselves exclusively to advocating for survivors across the country in legal battles against insurers. This is the first time that Chubb has been held accountable, in sex abuse cases, to this level.
“Chubb Insurance group has been the most combative and belligerent insurer among all the insurers of sex abuse cases across this country, including the Catholic Church cases.” – Jeff Anderson
This victory for Chartwell Manor survivors follows nearly six years of Chubb refusing to pay survivors across the nation – but perhaps most notably in the Archdiocese of New York. Archdiocese of New York survivors are now in negotiations for an $800 million proposed settlement in which the Archdiocese is going to pay. The proposed settlement gives survivors an opportunity to pursue recoveries from the Archdiocese’s major insurance company, Chubb.
“This goes far beyond Chartwell. Too often, big insurance companies wage scorched-earth defense campaigns to exhaust survivors and ignore obligations to their insureds. This case forms a path for similar cases across the country to get real justice for survivors.” – Jack Boyd