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Court Says Trial Must Decide Travelers, Reinsurers Asbestos Case

Feb 8 2013 // New York state’s highest court on Thursday said a trial must determine whether Travelers Cos. deliberately structured a nearly $1 billion asbestos settlement to force its reinsurers to pay more than their fair...

Court Considers Travelers Case Limiting Class Actions

Jan 28 2013 // The U.S. Supreme this month weighed whether to impose new limits on class-action lawsuits, as it reviewed whether a homeowner’s lawsuit against his insurer belonged in a state court considered friendly to...

Travelers Insurance Finds Customers Stay Despite Rising Prices

Jan 23 2013 // Travelers Cos. Inc.’s quarterly profit handily beat Wall Street expectations as it charged more for insurance coverage while holding on to its customers, sending its shares up as much as 5 percent to an all-time...

Travelers Q4 Profit Down, Hurt by $669M Sandy Loss; Full-Year Profit Up

Jan 22 2013 // The Travelers Companies Inc. today reported net income of $304 million for the 2012 fourth quarter, down 51 percent compared to $618 million net income posted during the same period in 2011.Still, the 2012 full-year net...

Travelers Adds Cyber Protection Tailored to Small Businesses

Jan 22 2013 // Small businesses may not think they are at risk for cybercrime, but almost 72 percent of the 855 data breaches worldwide analyzed by Verizon’s forensic analysis unit were at companies with 100 employees or less*....

Supreme Court Considers Travelers Insurance Case on Limiting Class Actions

Jan 7 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether to impose new limits on class-action lawsuits, as it reviewed whether a homeowner’s lawsuit against his insurer belonged in a state court considered friendly to...

Travelers Increases Stake in Brazil’s J. Malucelli Joint Venture

Dec 6 2012 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. announced that it has increased its ownership stake in J. Malucelli Participações em Seguros e Resseguros S.A., its joint venture in Brazil, by exercising a pre-existing option to purchase...

Travelers Cos.’ Preliminary Estimate: $650M Net Loss From Sandy

Dec 5 2012 // The Travelers Companies Inc. announced its preliminary estimate of net losses relating to Superstorm Sandy is approximately $650 million after tax and after estimated recoveries from reinsurance.This $650 million estimate...

Travelers Profit Soars to $864M in Q3

Nov 5 2012 // The Travelers Companies Inc. reported $864 million net profit for the third quarter — up 159 percent from the same period a year ago when the insurer posted a $333 million profit.Travelers’ latest earnings,...

Travelers Will Continue to Seek Improved Pricing: CEO Fishman

Oct 19 2012 // The Travelers Companies Inc. said its Business Insurance segment pricing continued to rise in the third quarter — led by workers’ compensation and commercial auto. Rates also continued to climb in the Personal...

Travelers Profit Soars to $864M in Q3 as Catastrophe Losses Fall

Oct 18 2012 // The Travelers Companies Inc. reported today $864 million net profit for the third quarter — up 159 percent from the same period a year ago when the insurer posted a $333 million profit.Travelers’ latest...

Travelers CEO Fishman: Rate Hikes Continuing

Sep 24 2012 // Insurance rates continued to rise in the third quarter for both businesses and individual customers, extending the pricing power that developed late last year, insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. said this month.In a slide...

Travelers’ CEO Fishman: Rate Increases Continuing

Sep 11 2012 // Insurance rates continued to rise in the third quarter for both businesses and individual customers, extending the pricing power that developed late last year, insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. said on Tuesday.In a slide...

Travelers Says Home Association Policy Excludes Trayvon Martin’s Mother’s Claim

Sep 10 2012 // Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton is asking for at least $75,000 from the homeowners’ association of the gated community where her teenage son was fatally shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George...

Travelers Sues NFL Over Ex-Players’ Brain Injury Lawsuits

Aug 22 2012 // Several subsidiaries of Travelers Companies Inc. sued the National Football League and a host of other insurers, seeking to avoid paying to defend the league against a wave of brain injury-related claims by thousands of...

Travelers Insurance Says Policy Excludes Trayvon Martin’s Mother’s Claim

Aug 8 2012 // Trayvon Martin’s mother is asking for at least $75,000 from the homeowners’ association of the gated community where her teenage son was fatally shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, court...

Travelers Reports More Rate Gains in Q2

Aug 6 2012 // The Travelers Companies said renewal rates are continuing to trend up across its business segments.“In business insurance, renewal rate change exceeded 7 percent, with stable retentions, which demonstrates the...

Court Rules for Travelers in Penn. Kickback Case

Jul 23 2012 // A federal appeals court said recently Travelers Property Casualty Co. doesn’t have to pay $1.75 million in damages as part of a settlement involving privately owned juvenile detention facilities in...

Travelers Reports More Rate Gains, Seeks Higher Homeowners Deductibles

Jul 20 2012 // The Travelers Companies, which reported its second-quarter results yesterday, said renewal rates are continuing to trend up across its business segments.Company executives emphasized, however, that rate hikes are a...

Travelers Insurance Reports Q2 Profit Despite Disaster Losses

Jul 19 2012 // Travelers Cos Inc. reported a second-quarter profit on Thursday but missed Wall Street expectations, as the insurer’s catastrophe losses fell from a year before but were still higher than historical norms.Travelers,...