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Shareholders' Equity (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Dividends Declared | The following table presents dividend distributions per Common Share in Swiss francs (CHF) and U.S. dollars (USD):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30 |  | September 30
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
CHF |  | USD |  | CHF |  | USD |  | CHF |  | USD |  | CHF |  | USD
Total dividend distributions per common share | 0.71 |  |  | $ | 0.78 |  |  | 0.73 |  |  | $ | 0.75 |  |  | 2.18 |  |  | $ | 2.31 |  |  | 2.20 |  |  | $ | 2.23 |
Share Repurchase Program [Table Text Block] | The following table presents repurchases of Chubb's Common Shares conducted in a series of open market transactions under the Board authorizations:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |  | October 1, 2020 through October 29, 2020
|  |  | September 30 |  |  |  | September 30 |
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except share data) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
Number of shares repurchased | — |  |  | 3,079,618 |  |  | 2,266,150 |  |  | 8,417,838 |  |  | 52,500 |
Cost of shares repurchased | $ | — |  |  | $ | 478 |  |  | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | 1,221 |  |  | $ | 7 |
Repurchase authorization remaining at end of period | $ | 1,124 |  |  | $ | 258 |  |  | $ | 1,124 |  |  | $ | 258 |  |  | $ | 1,117 |

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