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Shareholders' equity Shareholders' Equity (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Dividends Declared [Table Text Block] | The following table presents dividend distributions per Common Share in Swiss francs (CHF) and U.S. dollars (USD):
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
| June 30 |  |  | June 30 |
| 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
CHF |  |  | USD |  |  | CHF |  |  | USD |  |  | CHF |  |  | USD |  |  | CHF |  |  | USD |
Total dividend distributions per common share | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 0.71 |  |  | 0.68 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | 1.38 |  |  | $ | 1.40 |  |  | 1.34 |  |  | $ | 1.36 |
Share Repurchase Program [Table Text Block] | Repurchases of Chubb's Common Shares conducted in a series of open market transactions from January 1, 2017 through August 2, 2017 under the Board authorization are as follows:
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except share data) | Three Months Ended June 30, 2017 |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 |  |  | July 1, 2017 through August 2, 2017 |
Number of shares repurchased | 2,381,566 |  |  | 3,417,630 |  |  | 501,872 |
Cost of shares repurchased | $ | 335 |  |  | $ | 475 |  |  | $ | 72 |
Repurchase authorization remaining at end of period | $ | 525 |  |  | $ | 525 |  |  | $ | 453 |

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