• No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Like literally chubb dogded a bullet lending this money earlier rather than having to be available for the next big payout. If you ask me is a small price to pay for salvation

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      8 months ago

      They still loaned him a fuck ton of money that they sure won’t ever see again. So I don’t know how they dodged a bullet.

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        8 months ago

        Chubb did a fully collateralized bond. Meaning they got something of actual value, not just trump’s word. In this case a Schawb brokerage account full of stocks and bonds for (I believe) more than the value of the bond. Plus Chubb probably added a fee on top of the value of the bond to service the transaction. When trump loses the E Jean Carroll appeal, Chubb will hand over cash and sell off the assets in the Schawb account and pocket their service fee.

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          8 months ago

          Why would they do it this way instead of just directly selling what’s in the account? I get that it takes time to unwind stuff like that, but surely it can be done in the time the judge gave?