Chubb Charity Challenge Golfers Try to Drive $1 Million to Favorite Causes
--Winners of 44 Regional Events to Advance to Nationals in September--
Tampa, FL, May 4, 2005 - The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies kicked off its Sixth Annual Chubb Charity Challenge with the first of 44 regional
tournaments that collectively are expected to raise $1 million for charity this year.
“Over the next five months, the Chubb Charity Challenge will bring together more than 1,000 insurance agents and customers
from across the United States and Canada to play in one of the biggest golf fund-raisers of the year,” said Jon Bidwell, managing
director in Chubb’s strategic marketing department. “Chubb is pleased to organize and provide the financial support for the
regional and national tournaments. Every dollar donated during the tournaments goes to charity. Already, the Chubb Charity
Challenge has helped hundreds of organizations in communities all over the United States and Canada to achieve their missions.”
Since it began in 2000, the Chubb Charity Challenge has raised nearly $3 million for U.S. and Canadian charities. In its first
year, the tournament raised $350,000, and it raised more than $800,000 last year. This year, four-player teams of insurance
agents and customers will compete in regional tournaments near Chubb branches in the United States and Canada from May to
August. Each team will donate $2,500 and play for a charity of its choice. Several regional tournaments will award prizes
to the charities of their top winners.
On September 26, the first-place team from each regional tournament will compete for the grand prize of a $50,000 donation
in the national championship in Half Moon Bay, CA. Last year’s winning team, J. Rolfe Davis Insurance of Maitland, FL, also
will compete.
Other regional tournaments this year are planned for Albany, NY, Atlanta, Austin, TX, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham, MI, Boston,
Charlotte, NC, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Des Moines, IA, New York, Florham Park, NJ, Harrisburg, PA,
Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, MO, Long Island, NY, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Montreal, Nashville, TN, New
Haven, CT, Newport Beach, CA, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Pleasanton, CA, Portland, OR, Richmond, VA, Rochester, NY,
San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Toronto, Tulsa, OK, Washington, DC, and Westchester, NY.
The member insurers of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies form a multi-billion dollar organization providing property
and casualty insurance for personal and commercial customers worldwide through 8,000 independent agents and brokers. Chubb’s
global network includes branches and affiliates in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia.
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