C. Edward (Chuck) Chaplin is the Chairman of the Board of Brighthouse Financial, one of the largest providers of life insurance and annuities in the USA. Brighthouse was created by Met Life and was spun off to its shareholders in 2017. He also is a director of MGIC Investment Corp, one of the nation’s largest mortgage insurers, where he chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Securities and Investment Committee. Finally, he served on the Board of Directors of the Rutgers University Foundation for over 12 years and was elected to the Board of Trustees of the University in 2022.
Chuck is a graduate of Rutgers College Class of 1978 but he is also from a Rutgers family. His mother, Dr. Miriam T. Chaplin, was a professor and department head in the English Department at Rutgers Camden for 25 years, and his sister Philippa graduated from Rutgers College in 1981. He established the Miriam T. Chaplin Endowed Scholarship at Rutgers Camden in 2003, and it has approximately 40 alumni today.
While Chuck earned a master’s degree in urban planning at Harvard University and later earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) designation, he credits Rutgers with launching his career. He worked as a planner for the state of NJ from 1980 – 1983 and attended Rutgers Business School from 1983 – 1986. Rutgers filled out his skill set and connection set, facilitating his joining Prudential Financial’s Real Estate Investment Division in August of 1983.
After some 23 years at Prudential, he retired but then became part of the leadership MBIA Inc during the turbulent stock crash period and was elected co-President of the firm in 2008. After helping the company regain an AA credit rating, he retired from MBIA in 2017.