All the headlines from our Travelers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 24 2012 // Travelers Companies Inc. reported a smaller profit for the fourth quarter, as it released less money from its reserves than a year earlier, though it also reported its biggest rate increases in eight years as the industry...
Jan 17 2012 // Travelers Oil & Gas has enhanced its EnergyPro Control of Well Care, Custody and Control coverage by increasing limits and broadening coverage. More contracts for specialized oil and gas field services, such as...
Jan 13 2012 // A tree lays in a yard after a possible tornado roared through Icard, N.C,. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.Damaging hailstorms in Australia. Unprecedented tornadoes in the southeastern United States. Constant windstorms in...
Dec 27 2011 // The insurer of a trucking company whose tanker leaked sticky black goo onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike in November says in court filings that its $1 million policy likely won’t be enough to cover roughly 1,000 claims...
Dec 14 2011 // An insurance company says its liability for a pre-Thanksgiving asphalt spill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike should be limited to $1 million. Hundreds of vehicles were reportedly damaged when a leaking valve on a tanker...
Dec 7 2011 // The Travelers Companies CEO Jay Fishman said at a financial conference yesterday that his company raised rates for business insurance customers by 5.2 percent in October, followed by 5.8 percent in November, according to a...
Nov 23 2011 // A New York State court ruled last Friday that an asbestos defendant is entitled to full defense from its primary insurer for certain asbestos liabilities, with the primary insurer paying all defense costs for covered...
Nov 16 2011 // New car purchases in Massachusetts are on pace to exceed the 2010 year-end total of 310,547 by more than seven percent, according to data from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. In response to increasing new car...
Nov 14 2011 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. have formed the Clean Energy & Technology Practice. This new practice offers clean energy and technology-focused insurance products, and risk and claim management resources.The practice...
Oct 26 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a+” of the UK-based Travelers Insurance Company Limited...
Oct 19 2011 // Travelers Cos. is the latest large insurance company to say the asbestos problem, which the industry was supposed to have put behind it long ago, has not gone away and may be getting worse.Travelers put 25 percent more...
Oct 19 2011 // Travelers Companies reported a $333 million net profit after taxes for the third quarter, down from $1.05 billion in the third quarter last year.Hurricane Irene and weaker investment returns hurt results. Its pre-tax...
Oct 18 2011 // Travelers has launched a program to help low-mileage drivers reduce annual vehicle expenses with its mileage-based auto insurance product, IntelliDrive. Travelers IntelliDrive customers may receive an immediate discount of...
Oct 18 2011 // The iconic Travelers Insurance red umbrella was recently showcased in an educational event on the role trademarks play in the economy.Travelers participated as an exhibitor at the National Trademark Expo in Alexandria,...
Oct 17 2011 // “It was like I gave her a million dollars.”That’s how Sean Ramalho of Travelers described the reaction from a woman to whom he gave a blanket on a bitterly cold winter day while he was volunteering at The...
Oct 12 2011 // The Protector Plan for Events, underwritten by Travelers, has been expanded to go beyond weddings and deliver specific coverages for private special events including parties for anniversaries, birthdays, sweet sixteen...
Oct 7 2011 // Travelers has launched a new insurance product for the plastics industry that will provide a range of commercial covers including property damage, business interruption, employers’ liability, public and products...
Oct 3 2011 // State Auto Insurance’s previously announced Austin, Texas, claims facility is now operational, the company reported. The following individuals serve on the claims team at the Austin facility:Sandra Robinson, claims...
Oct 3 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there. Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...
Sep 19 2011 // State Auto Insurance’s previously announced Austin, Texas, claims facility is now operational, the company reported.The following individuals serve on the claims team at the Austin facility: Sandra Robinson, claims...