The CEO of the Chubb insurance company on Wednesday defended providing former President Donald Trump with a $91.6 million appeal bond in the civil case where he was found liable for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of rape. Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg, in a letter to investors, customers, and brokers who expressed concerns about the bond, wrote that the decision to issue it to Trump "has nothing to do with the underlying merits" of the appeal, "or with favoring any of the parties in the case." "When Chubb issues an appeal bond, it isn't making judgments about the claims, even when the claims involve alleged reprehensible conduct," Greenberg wrote in the letter, which was obtained by CNBC. "As the surety, we don't take sides, he said. "It would be wrong