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THE CHUBB AMERICA FUND, INC.
Supplement to the Prospectus dated May 1, 1997
Date of Supplement: May 1, 1997
The Chubb Corporation ("Chubb") has entered into an agreement to sell one of its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, Chubb Life Insurance Company of America ("Chubb
Life"), to Jefferson-Pilot Corporation. Jefferson-Pilot Corporation is a
shareholder-owned life insurance holding company which owns, among other
companies, Jefferson-Pilot Life and Alexander Hamilton Life. The sale is subject
to certain regulatory approvals, and is not yet completed.
One of Chubb Life's subsidiaries is Chubb Investment Advisory Corporation
("CIAC"), which serves as investment manager to The Chubb America Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"). As a result of the change of ownership of CIAC, which will occur
as a result of the sale of Chubb Life, the Fund is required by the federal
securities laws to enter into a new Investment Management Agreement with CIAC or
its successor entity and new Sub-Investment Management Agreements between CIAC
and the sub-advisers for each of the Fund's nine series (collectively, "New
Agreements").
The Fund expects to issue a proxy statement containing details about, among
other things, the transaction and the contents of the proposed New Agreements.
Chubb Life will provide copies of the proxy statement to the owners of flexible
premium variable life contracts funded through Separate Account A and will
request that owners of such contracts provide voting Instructions to Chubb Life
concerning these matters.
