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John J. Degnan was promoted to the position of vice chairman and chief administrative officer of The Chubb Corporation in December 2002. He has held various titles since joining Chubb & Son in 1990 as a senior vice president and general counsel. A year later he became a managing director. In September 1996 he was elected president of The Chubb Corporation and also became president of Chubb & Son in 1998.
Mr. Degnan is responsible for the claim general counsel human resources information technology and administrative services departments as well as Chubb’s communications compliance and external affairs functions.
Currently Mr. Degnan is chairman of the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and serves on the boards of The School of Risk Management Insurance and Actuarial Science St. John's University; Saint Vincent College; St. Benedict’s Preparatory School; Saint Barnabas Medical Center; RAND Institute for Civil Justice; and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. He is also a member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Disciplinary Oversight Committee.
After working as a law secretary for the late New Jersey Supreme Court Justice John Francis Mr. Degnan joined the Newark NJ law firm of Clapp & Eisenberg. In 1974 he was appointed assistant counsel to Brendan T. Byrne governor of New Jersey becoming chief counsel to the governor in 1977. He was appointed attorney general of the state of New Jersey in 1978 and served until 1981 when he became a senior partner with Shanley & Fisher specializing in administrative law.
Mr. Degnan graduated from Saint Vicent College magna cum laude in 1966 and from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1969. He received honorary degrees from the College of St. Elizabeth in 1978 and from Seton Hall University in 1979. | 