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Travelers Offers Enhancements for Boat Repairers Policy

Sep 25 2008 // Specialty boat repairers involved in woodworking, deck and hull repair, engine maintenance, canvas and sail repair and many other marine services face the challenge of obtaining affordable insurance that addresses both...

Travelers, Chubb Stop AIG Surety Business: Marsh

Sep 24 2008 // Insurers Travelers Cos Inc and Chubb Corp will no longer issue surety bonds with American International Group Inc as a co-participant, according to insurance brokerage Marsh Inc.Surety contracts guarantee the performance...

Travelers Unveils Sting Trailer to Combat Cargo Theft

Sep 9 2008 // Cargo theft accounts for up to $25 billion in direct merchandise losses each year, according to the National Cargo Security Council. With more than 675,000 registered interstate motor carriers moving 65 percent of the...

Combined Group Offers Agent Direct Express Service for Travelers Select Agents

Aug 21 2008 // The Combined Group now offers a fully automated service for Travelers Select commercial insurance lines. Combined’s Agent Direct Express™ and Quantum’s Real Time Express™ service offerings now...

Insurance Agents, Travelers, Nationwide Urge Coastal Wind Policy

Aug 4 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...

Insurance Agents, Travelers, Nationwide Urge Coastal Wind Policy

Aug 4 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...

Travelers Weathers Q2 Catastrophe Losses; Combined Ratio at 89%

Jul 23 2008 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. reported net income of $942 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared to $1.254 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2007.Operating income in the current quarter was $918 million...

Travelers Introduces First Electric Boat Discount

Jul 22 2008 // Travelers recently launched a “first” in the insurance industry with its premium discount of up to 10 percent for those owning electrically powered boats.Whether boaters are interested in a quieter boating...

Insurance Agents, Travelers, Nationwide Urge Coastal Wind Policy

Jul 16 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...

Travelers Hires Woodward

Jun 16 2008 // The Travelers Cos. Inc. has named Joan Kois Woodward executive vice president for public policy, effective immediately.Woodward, who will be based in Washington, D. C., joins the company from Goldman Sachs & Co.,...

Travelers Promotes MacLean to President

Jun 12 2008 // The Travelers Companies Inc. reported that Chief Operating Officer Brian W. MacLean has been promoted from executive vice president to president. Jay S. Fishman, chairman and chief executive officer, made the...

Best Affirms Travelers ‘A+’ Ratings

Jun 4 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Travelers Insurance Companies and its P/C members. Best also affirmed...

Travelers Forecasts 2008 Operating Earnings at Lower Range

May 23 2008 // Travelers Companies Inc., one of the largest U.S. property insurers, said Thursday that a a “fine tuning” of its investment outlook gives it a bias towards the lower end of a previous forecast for operating...

Ratings Roundup: Panther Re, Travelers (Canada), Montpelier Re

May 12 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has withdrawn its ‘BBB+’ counterparty credit rating on Panther Re Bermuda Ltd.’s senior secured Term A loan and its ‘BB+’ rating on Panther...

Ratings Roundup: Travelers, Haulers

May 12 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned it’s ‘A-‘ rating to Travelers Cos.Inc.’s $500 million senior notes maturing in 2018. The company intends to use the proceeds for general...

Travelers Personal Lines Consolidation Hits N.J., Mass., N.Y.

May 5 2008 // Travelers Insurance is consolidating some of its personal lines business center activities across the country, a plan that will mean fewer jobs in Massachusetts and New Jersey but more in upstate New York.Travelers...

Travelers Increases Aviation Insurance Coverage Capacity to $50 Million

Apr 29 2008 // Catering to the growing demand for expanded aviation insurance and coverage for larger general aviation aircraft, Travelers Aviation reported that it is increasing its capacity to insure aircraft for hull coverage values...

Travelers Earnings Drop 11% in 1Q

Apr 24 2008 // Travelers Cos. Inc., one of the largest property insurers in the United States, said Thursday that earnings fell 11 percent in the first quarter, as catastrophe losses in the quarter more than doubled and investment income...

Travelers Personal Lines Consolidation Affects N.J., Mass., N.Y.

Apr 15 2008 // Travelers Insurance is consolidating some of its personal lines business center activities across the country, a plan that will mean fewer jobs in Massachusetts and New Jersey but more in upstate New York.Travelers...

Ratings Recap: Travelers, Am. Capital, Fairmont, Univ. American, Fireman’s Fund (Mo.), ACE (Ill.) CIGNA, Conseco

Mar 19 2008 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed its ratings on The Travelers Companies, Inc (TRV). as follows: –Issuer Default Rating (IDR) ‘A+’; –Senior unsecured notes ‘A’ –subordinated notes...