Chubb Limited
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What the filing actually says.
The filings support a picture of strong premium growth and a quarter with lighter catastrophe activity, but this analysis has a clear limit: no Beneish M-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, or Fog Index is on file for CB, so this synthesis gives no forensic score values and does not characterize any score's direction. Readers should treat that as a gap in the available data, not as a clean bill of health. The provided text also has limits. The MD&A excerpt cuts off mid-table, and the risk-factor excerpt is mostly a table of contents, so the risk section is only partly visible. Within what is shown, the company reports total assets of $275 billion and shareholders' equity of $74 billion at March 31, 2026, with operating cash flow of $3.95 billion in the quarter. The business spans six segments, with North America Commercial P&C Insurance at 38 percent of 2025 net premiums earned, which totaled $53.0 billion. Huatai Group, a Chinese financial services holding company in which Chubb held an approximately 87.2 percent interest at December 31, 2025, adds exposure to a different regulatory and market environment. The 2022 acquisition of Cigna's business in several Asian markets expanded personal accident and supplemental health lines. Chubb is a Swiss corporation, which the forward-looking statements flag as a source of reduced capital-management flexibility and potential regulatory burden. Readers may want to look at the full 10-Q and 10-K sections on catastrophe management, loss reserving, and reinsurance recoverables, since those are where the most consequential judgments sit.
Catalyst.Chubb's business is being driven by premium growth and a sharp drop in catastrophe losses. In the three months ended March 31, 2026, net premiums written rose 10.7 percent to $14.01 billion, and net income attributable to Chubb reached $2.3 billion, up from $1.3 billion a year earlier. Management attributes the increase primarily to lower catastrophe losses. Pre-tax catastrophe losses were $500 million, compared with $1.64 billion in the prior year period, which included $1.47 billion from the California wildfires. Life Insurance premiums rose 33.1 percent, and Commercial casualty premiums rose 14.2 percent. For full year 2025, revenues were $59.4 billion, up from $55.75 billion in 2024.
Hidden risk.The quarter's profit gain rests heavily on a comparison with a period that included a large wildfire loss, so a one-quarter improvement may not reflect a steady trend. The risk factors list natural and man-made catastrophes, reserve uncertainty for environmental damage and asbestos-related injuries, and the collectability of reinsurance recoverables as ongoing risks. In the same quarter, net realized losses were $407 million, compared with $116 million a year earlier, and policy benefits rose 45.5 percent. Property and other short-tail premiums fell 0.9 percent, and the filing attributes part of commercial softness to reduced exposure and lower rates in large-account property lines.
What traders are betting.
The metric
Shares that traders have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers report the total to FINRA twice a month. Days to cover divides it by the shares that change hands on a typical day.
- Shares sold short
- 3.1M
- Change since Aug 31
- −3.8%
- Days to cover
- 1.9
What it tells us
Few traders are betting against CB. Levels this low are common for large, widely held companies.
Little changed since the Aug 31 report (−3.8%).
At normal trading volume, short sellers could buy back every borrowed share in under two days.
How investors use it
- Squeeze watching. Some aggressive traders seek out heavily shorted stocks, betting that good news will force short sellers to buy back shares and push the price higher.
- Hedging. Funds short one company to offset risk in another, often owning a stronger business and shorting a weaker one in the same industry.
- Timing. Chart-based traders pair rising short interest with price patterns, such as a break below a level where buyers used to step in, to decide when to enter or exit.
- Warning sign. Some owners treat a sharp rise in short interest as a red flag and respond by tightening stop-loss orders or holding smaller positions.
Annual report, quarterly reports & proxy statement
The annual report (10-K), quarterly reports (10-Q), proxy statement (DEF 14A) and current reports (8-K) Chubb Limited filed in the last 12 months, each linked to the original document on SEC EDGAR.
- Jul 28, 202610-QQuarterly report0EDGAR →
- Jul 21, 20268-KCurrent reportItem 2.02: Results of operations (earnings)0EDGAR →
- Apr 28, 202610-QQuarterly report (2026-03-31)Period: 2026-03-310EDGAR →
- Apr 21, 20268-KCurrent report (2026-04-21)No specific items found in 8-K.0EDGAR →
- Apr 3, 2026DEF 14AProxy statement (2026-05-21)0EDGAR →
- Mar 11, 20268-KCurrent report (2026-03-10)Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw change; fiscal-year change0EDGAR →
- Feb 27, 202610-KAnnual report (2025-12-31)Period: 2025-12-310EDGAR →
- Feb 3, 20268-KCurrent report (2026-02-03)No specific items found in 8-K.0EDGAR →
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