Latest Travelers Headlines

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Travelers to Open Technology Office in Atlanta

May 1 2024 // Just as companies worldwide struggle with the office-versus-remote work question, Travelers has decided to open a 2,800-square-foot office site in Atlanta to house its artificial intelligence, data science and other...

Uncertainty Keeps Prices Up; No Prior-Year Loss Development: Travelers

Apr 19 2024 // With its personal lines business benefiting from the impact of rate increases earning into the book, and the commercial lines insurance premium changes staying in double-digits, Travelers reported $1.1 billion in net...

Travelers CEO on Q1 Results: ‘We’re Firing On All Cylinders’ With Net Income Up 16%

Apr 17 2024 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. today reported first quarter net income of $1.123 billion, compared to $975 million in the prior year quarter.Core income in the current quarter was up 14% to $1.096 billion, compared to $970...

Travelers Survey: Distracted Drivers Making US Roads More Dangerous

Apr 12 2024 // Nearly 80% of respondents to a recent Travelers survey said inattentive driving is more of a problem now than it has been in past years.Travelers noted the pandemic triggered a new wave of dangerous habits. The 2024...

5th Circuit Finds Travelers Policy Excluded Waste Dumping by Mississippi Firm

Mar 19 2024 // Courts have found that policy exclusions often fail due to ambiguous wording. In the case of a Mississippi company that allegedly dumped corrosive wastewater into sewer systems, though, Travelers Casualty and Surety...

Miami Labor Supplier Charged With Underreporting Payroll to Travelers

Feb 29 2024 // Florida authorities charged a Miami contractor with vastly underreporting his payroll and skipping out on $253,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums to Travelers Property and Casualty Co. Gustavo Antonio...

Travelers’ Q4 Net Income Skyrockets as Personal Lines Reverses Underwriting Loss

Feb 5 2024 // Net income at The Travelers Cos. for the last quarter of 2023 about doubled compared to the same time in 2022, to $1.6 billion on lower catastrophe losses and a return to profitable results in the personal insurance...

Travelers’ Q4 Net Income Skyrockets as Personal Lines Reverses Underwriting Loss

Jan 19 2024 // Net income at The Travelers Cos. for the last quarter of 2023 about doubled compared to the same time last year to $1.6 billion on lower catastrophe losses and a return to profitable results in the personal insurance...

Because ‘Location’ Is Ambiguous in Marine Cargo Policy, Travelers Must Pay Fire Loss

Jan 8 2024 // A New York-based apparel company is entitled to its claim for the full $600,000 limit on its marine cargo insurance policy because the policy was ambiguous as to whether a warehouse fire that destroyed its goods was at an...

Travelers Completes Acquisition of Corvus Insurance

Jan 3 2024 // The Travelers Cos. completed its previously announced acquisition of Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc., a cyber insurance managing general underwriter.The $435 million acquisition was first announced in November 2023, which...

Travelers Wins CGL v. E&O Battle in Insurance Agency Defamation Case

Dec 8 2023 // Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, CBIZ Borden-Perlman Insurance Agency, Inc., in a tort action in which Republic, as another insurer of B-P, bore the litigation and...

Ending Polarization and Building Future Leaders: Travelers CEO

Nov 20 2023 // Challenges facing today’s business leaders include keeping pace with rapid change, the leader of Travelers said in late October while also going out of his way to cast light on a serious obstacle to forward progress:...

Travelers Webinar Focuses on Connecting Gen Z, Independent Agents

Nov 14 2023 // Members of Generation Z who have worked with insurance agents believe they are knowledgeable and help them make better choices. Nevertheless, Gen Z is under-tapped in the independent agent channel and over-indexes on...

Travelers to Buy Cyber MGU Corvus for $435 Million

Nov 3 2023 // The Travelers Companies today said it has agreed to buy cyber managing general underwriter Corvus Insurance Holdings, Inc. for about $435 million for its middle-market excess and surplus lines presence.“This...

Ending Polarization and Building Future Leaders: Travelers CEO

Nov 1 2023 // Challenges facing today’s business leaders include keeping pace with rapid change, the leader of Travelers said last week while also going out of his way to cast light on a serious obstacle to forward progress:...

Travelers Q3 Net Income Down 11% on Catastrophe Losses, Reserve Development

Oct 18 2023 // Third quarter net income at Travelers Cos. fell 11% compared to the prior-year quarter to $404 million on higher catastrophe losses and unfavorable reserve development.As one of the first insurers to report quarterly...

Markets/Coverages: Digital Lloyd’s Syndicate Ki Partners With Travelers and Aspen to Expand Follow Capacity

Oct 18 2023 // Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s syndicate, announced that Travelers and Aspen will offer additional follow capacity through its digital platform from Jan. 1, 2024.As a result of this...

Appeals Court Dismisses 14 COVID Business Insurance Claims Against Travelers

Aug 31 2023 // The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed lawsuits by 14 businesses seeking insurance coverage from Travelers Insurance for business losses stemming from COVID-19 and the related government shutdown orders.The...

Travelers’ Q2 Profit Plummets on Historic-Level Catastrophe Losses

Jul 20 2023 // Travelers Companies Inc. on Thursday reported a 98% fall in quarterly profit, as severe wind and hailstorms in parts of the United States pushed up its catastrophe losses.Core income of the New York-based company, often...

Travelers Vows Changes to Golf Course After PGA Tournament’s Low Scores

Jul 3 2023 // Changes will be made to the TPC River Highlands after record low scoring during the recent PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship, tournament officials said.Andy Bessette, Travelers’ executive vice president and...