X. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall (including due to the exercise of Statutory Loss Absorption Powers described in Section 17 hereof) fail at the Closing Time to purchase the Underwritten Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under the applicable Terms Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), then the Representative(s) shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative(s) shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Underwritten Securities to be purchased on such date pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations under such Terms Agreement bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Underwritten Securities to be purchased on such date pursuant to such Terms Agreement, such Terms Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter (or any Underwriter no longer obligated to purchase the Underwritten Securities in accordance with the exercise of Statutory Loss Absorption Powers described in Section 17 hereof) from liability in respect of its failure or default.
In the event of any such failure or default which does not result in a termination of the applicable Terms Agreement, either the Representative(s) or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
XI. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative(s) at the address specified in the applicable Terms Agreement; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 436 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, attention of Global Treasurer, with a copy to Chubb Group Holdings Inc., 550 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, attention of General Counsel; and notices to the Guarantor shall be directed to it at Bärengasse 32, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland, attention of General Counsel and Secretary, with a copy to Chubb Group Holdings Inc., 550 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, attention of General Counsel.
XII. Parties. This Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Guarantor and, upon execution of such Terms Agreement, any Underwriters named therein and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Underwriting Agreement or such Terms Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than
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