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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
WENTZ Sidney F.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
One White Deer Lane
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(Street)
Morristown NJ 07960
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ACE Limited (NYSE:ACL)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
September 1998
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ X ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable line)
[ X ] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of
2. 3. ----------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Transaction (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) & 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Ordinary Shares 2/6/98 A(1) 12 A (1)
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Ordinary Shares 2/6/98 A(1) 356 A (1)
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Ordinary Shares 5/7/98 A(1) 33 A (1)
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Ordinary Shares 8/5/98 A(1) 35 A (1) 6,128 (2) D
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Ordinary Shares 6,000 (2) I By spouse
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* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 5 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)Represents Ordinary Shares granted as a director retainer award or committee chairman award pursuant to the ACE Limited 1995
Outside Directors Plan, which plan meets the requirements of Rule 16b-3. Such Ordinary Shares will vest on February 4, 1999
assuming the reporting person is a director of ACE Limited on such date.
(2)On February 17, 1998, the Ordinary Shares of ACE Limited split 3-for-1. As the February 6, 1998 transaction occurred prior
to that date, it is reported on a pre-split basis. The totals in column 5 have been adjusted, however, to give effect to
the stock split.
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Signed for Sidney F. Wentz pursuant to
a power of attorney on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
/s/ Peter N. Mear November 12, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Alternatively, this Form is permitted to be submitted to the Commission in
electronic format at the option of the reporting person pursuant to Rule
101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
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