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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant T
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ACE Global
17 Woodbourne Avenue<br>
Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On October 3, 2005, ACE
Limited issued a press release announcing its intention, subject to market and
other conditions, to commence a public offering of $1.25 billion of its
ordinary shares, plus up to an additional $187.5 million of ordinary shares
subject to a 30-day option granted to the underwriters of the offering.&#160;&#160; ACE expects to use the net proceeds of the
offering of the ordinary shares for growth opportunities in the global
insurance and reinsurance markets.&#160; The
press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information under Item
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being furnished and shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section. The information under Item 7.01 in this Current
Report on Form 8-K will not be incorporated by reference into any registration
statement or other document filed by the Company under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated
by reference.&#160; The furnishing of the
information under Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K is not intended
to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Company that
the information under such Item in this Current Report on Form 8-K is material
or complete, or that investors should consider this information before making
an investment decision with respect to any security of the Company.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Paul B. Medini</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DATE: October 3, 2005</font></p>
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99.1</font></b></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ACE Limited</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PO Box HM 1015</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hamilton HM DX</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17 Woodbourne Avenue</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hamilton HM 08</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bermuda</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">441 295-5200 <i><font style="font-style:italic;">main</font>
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limited</font></b></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">441 292-8675
<i><font style="font-style:italic;">fax</font></i></font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">www.acelimited.com</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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Contact:</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Helen
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(441)
299-9283</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">helen.wilson@ace.bm</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(212) 621-8684</font></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">robert.grieves@ace-ina.com</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ACE LI
TO ISSUE ORDINARY SHARES</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">HAMILTON, Bermuda &#150; October 3, 2005 &#151; ACE Limited (N
today that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to commence a
public offering of $1.25 billion of its ordinary shares, plus up to an
additional $187.5 million of ordinary shares which are subject to a 30-day
option&#160; granted to the underwriters of
the offering. Citigroup Global markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. will
act as joint book-runners of the offering.</font></p>
<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ACE expects to use the net proceeds of the offering of the ord
shares for growth opportunities in the global insurance and reinsurance
markets.</font></p>
<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies of the prospectus related to the offering may be obtain
Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 (212) 902-1171 or
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58<sup>th</sup>
Street, 8<sup>th</sup> Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220.</font></p>
<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or th
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such state.&#160; A shelf registration
statement relating to the ordinary shares that ACE intends to offer, has
previously been filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and
Exchange Commission.&#160; Any offer, if at
all, will be made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus
supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement.</font></p>
<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="color:windowtext;font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">One of the ACE Group of Insurance &amp;
Reinsurance Companies</font></i></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
ACE Group of Companies is a global leader in insurance and reinsurance serving
a diverse group of clients.&#160; Headed by
ACE Limited, a component of the Standard &amp; Poor&#146;s 500 stock index, the ACE
Group conducts its business on a worldwide basis with operating subsidiaries in
more than 50 countries.&#160; Additional
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