Chubb Insurance to Pay $110K for Bias

May 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has entered a $110,000 consent decree that resolves a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought against Federal Insurance Company, doing business as Chubb & Son.

A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announcement said the agency charged that Chubb refused to promote Kong Chee Vang, a Hmong employee, in its Milwaukee underwriting office because of her Asian race. The EEOC contended that Chubb failed to stop its managers from using stereotypes and negative assumptions based on race while supposedly considering Vang in 2006 and 2007 for a promotion to underwriter.  

The suit further asserted that Chubb retaliated against Vang after she filed a complaint with EEOC alleging that her Hmong national origin and Asian race were the reasons she did not get the promotion. The retaliation, the EEOC said, consisted of Chubb’s rejecting Vang for a second promotion later in 2007.  

Vang, who still works for Chubb, will receive back wages of $60,000 and compensatory damages of $50,000 for emotional distress.  

The case is Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Insurance Company, d/b/a Chubb & Son, Case No. 10-c-0849 (E.D. Wis.).

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