ACE USA and ACE Westchester Specialty Group's Architects & Engineers Coverage Goes Online; New Real-time Web-based Tool Offers Producers Ability to Rate, Quote and Bind

April 20, 2006

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2006--ACE USA and ACE Westchester Specialty Group, both part of the ACE Group of Companies, today announced that the ACE Online(SM) division has introduced an online application that provides selected producers with the ability to obtain rates, quotes and binders for qualified Architects & Engineers Professional Liability coverage through a new website: www.aceonline.com. The ACE USA and ACE Westchester Specialty Group Professional Risk Architects & Engineers Liability Policy offers coverage to help protect design professionals from possible financial loss and unexpected claims that could damage the reputation they have worked so hard to build. This new website offers brokers valuable benefits, including the ability to: Quickly obtain multiple quotes based on selected coverage options; deliver system-produced application; quote and binder documents; provide fast turnaround for referred submissions; manage submission activity from the online work list. The ACE USA and ACE Westchester Specialty Group's--Architect's and Engineers Professional Liability policy offers the following benefits: Admitted policies available in most states; retention mediation provision; worldwide territory; CPL available for design professions; Supplemental coverage provided for pre-claims experience; Supplemental coverage provided for ADA, FFHA and OSHA fines, sanctions or penalties; Supplemental coverage provided for claims-related expense of the insureds; coverage provided for claims-related expense of the insureds; coverage provided for punitive and exemplary damages, where insurable under law.

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