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-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HHAbKln2Y6D4ZxipfAWSaUFqGl9kNYYEWAIcD9DuR6vbbmDpEJGo8f5ToCmOQ/4w uwvoLLpccBDHua06QGV7JA== <SEC-DOCUMENT>0000902561-02-000373.txt : 20020814 <SEC-HEADER>0000902561-02-000373.hdr.sgml : 20020814 <ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20020814115927 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000902561-02-000373 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020813 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20020814 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL INDEX KEY: STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: IRS NUMBER: STATE OF INCORPORATION: FISCAL YEAR END: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: FILM NUMBER: BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: STREET 2: CITY: STATE: ZIP: BUSINESS PHONE: MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CITY: STATE: ZIP: </SEC-HEADER> <DOCUMENT> <TYPE>8-K <SEQUENCE>1 <FILENAME>form8k.txt <TEXT> 8-K 1934 Act 001-11778 02732877 ACE BLDG 30 WOODBOURNE AVE HAMILTON HM 08 BERMU D0 00000 8092955200 P O BOX HM 1015 HAMITON BERMUDA D0 00000 ACE LTD 0000896159 FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] 000000000 D0 1231

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) - August 13, 2002

Commission File No. 1-11778

I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 98-0091805

ACE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands) ACE Global Headquarters 17 Woodbourne Avenue Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda

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Telephone 441-295-5200 <PAGE>

Item 7.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

All exhibits are submitted pursuant to Item 9 hereof and are not to be deemed "filed" for any purpose under the Securities Exchamge Act of 1934. Exhibit Number Description - -------------99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 Item 9. Certification Certification Sworn written Sworn written of Brian Duperreault pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 of Philip V. Bancroft pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 statement of Brian Duperreault statement of Philip V. Bancroft

Regulation FD Disclosure

Prior to the filing of this Form 8-K, ACE Limited filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") its quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ender June 30, 2002, accompanied by the certifications of Brian Duperreault, Chief Executive Officer, and Philip V. Bancroft, Chief Financial Officer, required pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Conformed copies of such certifications are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2. In order to voluntarily comply with the Order issued by the Commission on June 27, 2002, ("Order Requiring the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934," File No. 4-460), Brian Duperreault, principal executive officer of ACE Limited, and Philip V. Bancroft, principal financial officer of ACE Limited, have attached their sworn written statements pursuant to such Order as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4. <PAGE> SIGNATURES 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. ACE LIMITED

By: /s/ Philip V. Bancroft -------------------------------Philip V. Bancroft Chief Financial Officer DATE: <PAGE> EXHIBIT INDEX Number - -----99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 Description ---------Certification of Brian Duperreault pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 Certification of Philip V. Bancroft pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 Sworn written statement of Brian Duperreault Sworn written statement of Philip V. Bancroft Method of Filing ---------------Furnished herewith Furnished herewith Furnished herewith Furnished herewith August 13, 2002

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Exhibit 99.1 Certification The undersigned officer of ACE Limited (the "Corporation") hereby certifies that the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,2002, fully complies with the applicable reporting requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a)) and that the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of ACE Limited.

Dated:

August 13, 2002

/s/ Brian Duperreault ------------------------------Brian Duperreault Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 99.2 Certification The undersigned officer of ACE Limited (the "Corporation") hereby certifies that the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,2002, fully complies with the applicable reporting requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a)) and that the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of ACE Limited.

Dated:

August 13, 2002

/s/ Philip V. Bancroft --------------------------Philip V. Bancroft Chief Financial Officer

</TEXT> </DOCUMENT> <DOCUMENT> <TYPE>EX-99.3 <SEQUENCE>5 <FILENAME>ex-993.txt <TEXT> Exhibit 99.3 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings I, Brian Duperreault, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of ACE Limited, and except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material

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fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2) (3)

I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o o Report of ACE Limited on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001; All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of ACE Limited filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and Any amendments to any of the foregoing. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August, 2002. Notary Public /s/ David W. J. Astwood ---------------------------------My Commission Expires: Upon Death

/s/ Brian Duperreault - ---------------------Brian Duperreault August 13, 2002

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Exhibit 99.4 Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings I, Philip V. Bancroft, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of ACE Limited, and except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2) (3)

I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o o Report of ACE Limited on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001; All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of ACE Limited filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

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Any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/ Philip V. Bancroft - ----------------------Philip V. Bancroft August 13, 2002

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August, 2002. Notary Public /s/ David W. J. Astwood ---------------------------------My Commission Expires: Upon Death

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