All the headlines from our Travelers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 31 2016 // On Halloween, homeowners have more to worry about than running out of candy for trick-or-treaters. The Travelers insurance company says there are 24 percent more property crime-related claims on Halloween than an average...
Oct 20 2016 // Travelers Cos., the sole property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted its fourth-straight profit decline as weather-related costs climbed and investment income slipped. The stock had the biggest...
Oct 3 2016 // The Rapides Parish Police Jury has hired a law firm to try to recover money they say was stolen from the District Attorney’s Office by an employee.The police jury, which is the governing authority for the parish,...
Aug 24 2016 // Allied World U.S. has appointed Jason Glasgow as vice president and practice lead for Technology, Privacy & Network Security Professional Liability. In this role, Glasgow will be responsible for the strategy,...
Aug 21 2016 // Jay Fishman, executive chairman and former CEO of The Travelers Companies, has died. The company he transformed into a major industry player and led for years disclosed the news on Aug. 19.“We are greatly saddened by...
Jul 21 2016 // The Travelers Companies reported an 18 percent drop in net profit for the second quarter largely due to a 50 percent rise in losses from catastrophes.Catastrophe losses of $333 million, up from $221 million for the same...
Jul 18 2016 // How should an agent or broker approach selling travel medical insurance to those heading to Brazil? The answer is simple: know what potential dangers they face, provide them with the information to reduce their risk, and...
Jul 18 2016 // Jay Fishman finds it more comfortable these days to use a wheelchair to get around, and has begun getting some help breathing from a portable ventilator.The former Travelers CEO says he’s in “the final...
Jun 27 2016 // Problems with vendors amounted to 30 percent of claim payments for all wedding claims, according to Travelers Companies, Inc. which announced the findings of its recent analysis of wedding insurance claims from...
Jun 22 2016 // The Travelers Cos. Inc. announced it will offer insurance directly to UK small businesses with fewer than 10 employees and less than £2.5 million ($3.7 million) in revenues.The online platform will initially be available...
Jun 6 2016 // The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has filed a federal lawsuit against Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, accusing the insurers of violating local and federal housing...
May 27 2016 // Two insurers, Travelers and Novae, have joined the Construction Consortium at Lloyd’s to offer greatly increased underwriting capacity for the largest construction risks in the world across all major onshore...
May 26 2016 // The Travelers Companies Inc. announced that Greg Toczydlowski, executive vice president, has been promoted to president of Business Insurance.Toczydlowski most recently served as executive vice president and president,...
May 25 2016 // A jury has awarded more than $500,000 to a motorcyclist in South Charleston, W. Va., who was injured in a lumber spill wreck.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports jurors reached the verdict last week in Larry Keeling...
May 23 2016 // The former lawyer for a car crash victim accused an auto insurance company of hiding a $1 million policy that could have paid for his client’s medical bills during testimony in court.Attorney Jeff Cole testified in...
May 23 2016 // Experts are cautioning insurance buyers and sellers not to overreact to the recent federal court decision finding data breach defense coverage under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy.Buyers would be mistaken to...
May 18 2016 // The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, accusing the insurers of engaging in actions that...
May 13 2016 // As the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma exploded into the hundreds in the last few years, nearly a dozen insurance companies moved to limit their exposure, often at the expense of homeowners, a Reuters examination has...
May 2 2016 // The workers’ compensation market is healthy and robust. It’s both competitive and profitable.That’s good news for business owners, the insurance industry and injured workers. Beneath the positive news,...
Apr 25 2016 // U.S. health and safety officials issued new guidelines on Friday to help protect workers from exposure to Zika, a mosquito-borne and sexually-transmitted virus that causes the birth defect microcephaly and other...