All the headlines from our Travelers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 23 2010 // Weather-related claims of nearly $440 million dragged down profits by 9 percent at Travelers, which reported second quarter net income of $670 million, down from the $740 million the insurer earned in the year-ago...
Jul 19 2010 // Texas AG: Travelers Must Stop Airing Deceptive TV AdTravelers Insurance said it will comply with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s order to stop airing a television advertisement that the AG says is deceptive....
Jul 12 2010 // Travelers Insurance has indicated it will comply with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s order to stop airing a television advertisement that the AG says is deceptive.According to the AG’s cease and desist...
Jun 21 2010 // Risk management ranks relatively low on the priorities list for small business owners, according to a recent survey by Travelers. And that outlook could mean trouble down the road when problems arise for those firms, the...
Jun 10 2010 // According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a fourfold increase in demand for and production of solar photovoltaic (PV) is expected between 2008 and 2012. To help protect its clients who are installing solar...
Jun 9 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “aa” from “aa-” of Travelers Group, its P/C members and affiliate, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (TCSA) and...
Jun 8 2010 // Risk management ranks relatively low on the priorities list for small business owners, according to a recent survey by Travelers. And that outlook could mean trouble down the road when problems arise for those firms, the...
May 10 2010 // Heightened eruptions from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused periodic closures of a number of European airports, as flights were cancelled, delayed or rerouted. Transatlantic air traffic between Europe and the...
May 3 2010 // The day of the national golf tournament arrives – the weather balmy, the greens inviting, and the crowds respectfully attentive. Every golf facility manager knows, however, that beneath the smooth exterior of a...
May 3 2010 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., hired Keith W. Newell as senior vice president, Southern California Construction Practice Leader in its Los Angeles office. Newell will expand...
Apr 23 2010 // The Travelers Cos. Inc. reported net income for the first quarter 2010 dropped just $15 million, to $647 million in Q1 2010, compared to $662 million in Q1 2009. Operating income in the current quarter declined as well to...
Mar 29 2010 // Travelers Construction Insurance has developed a new IndustryEdge product for tile contractors to help manage the need for additional insurance coverage and related services.The new IndustryEdge products include insurance...
Mar 7 2010 // Thomas J. Schaffler has been named president of Lockton Cos. employee benefits practice in Chicago. He joined Lockton more than 10 years ago as executive vice president and producer and serves on the Chicago executive...
Mar 7 2010 // The Main Street America Group announced that Steve Peeters, who most recently was president and chief operating officer of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Zurich Insurance Services, has joined The Main Street America Group as...
Feb 18 2010 // Travelers Construction Insurance and Travelers Bond & Financial Products have teamed together to offer the Wrap+ Fidelity and Crime coverage to the construction industry. The policy will help protect construction...
Feb 9 2010 // Travelers has promoted Bill Cunningham to executive vice president of its Business Insurance segment effective March 1.Cunningham began his career with Travelers in 1987 in Commercial Accounts and has held a number of...
Jan 26 2010 // The Travelers Cos. saw its fourth-quarter profits climb 60 percent, driven largely by investment gains.The insurer posted record net income for the quarter of $1.285 billion and full year net income of $3.622 billion. It...
Dec 3 2009 // A New Jersey municipality cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars by awarding an insurance contract to a favored public insurance fund over the low-bid private insurer, a state audit claims.A report released by...
Nov 4 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Bermuda-based reinsurer Harbor Point Re Ltd. and its U.S.-based subsidiary Harbor Point Reinsurance U.S. Inc. to stable from negative. S&P also...
Nov 3 2009 // Travelers Insurance Co. is targeting a new product toward what it says is a growing market: The insurance needs — other than medical malpractice — of medium-sized health care firms.The new product, which will...