The federal district court for the District of Columbia denied the nonprofit shareholder representative As You Sow’s motion for a preliminary injunction requiring the insurer Chubb Limited (Chubb) to include a shareholder proposal in its proxy materials for Chubb’s 2026 annual shareholder meeting. The proposal requested that Chubb “issue a third-party report assessing if and how pursuing subrogation claims for climate-related losses would benefit the Company and its insureds.” The court found that As You Sow failed to show that the proposal fell outside the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rule allowing companies to exclude proposals that related to a company’s ordinary business operations. The court found that As You Sow did not articulate why the potentially “acute” threat of climate change was the focus of its proposal and not “day-to-day subrogation decisionmaking.” The court declined, however, to dismiss the case either for failure to properly serve Chubb or for failure to state a claim. The court ordered As You Sow to serve Chubb within 120 days.

Lawsuit to compel the insurance company Chubb Limited to include a shareholder proposal in the proxy materials for Chubb’s 2026 shareholder meeting requesting a report on seeking compensation from third parties responsible for climate change.

As You Sow v. Chubb Ltd.

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