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Travelers Cuts N.Y. Auto Rates

Feb 11 2005 // New Yorkers who insure their private passenger automobile through Travelers will see on average a 5.5 percent rate reduction in 2005, resulting in a cumulative savings of almost $33 million, accordign to the New York State...

St. Paul Travelers Reports $303M Q4 Profit

Feb 8 2005 // The St. Paul Travelers Cos. recently reported net income of $303 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2004, or 45 cents per basic share and 44 cents per diluted share, compared to $489 million, or $1.13 per basic share...

Fitch Affirms Rating for St. Paul Travelers Ratings After Asbestos Charge; Outlook is Stable

Jan 31 2005 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A-‘ long-term issuer and senior debt ratings of The St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. (STA), Travelers Property Casualty Corp. and Travelers Insurance Group Holdings. The...

MetLife to Acquire Travelers Life for $11.5 Billion; Firms Also Plan Distribution Partnership

Jan 31 2005 // MetLife, Inc. and Citigroup Inc. today announced an agreement for the sale of Citigroup’s Travelers Life & Annuity, and substantially all of Citigroup’s international insurance businesses, to MetLife for...

Platinum Amends St.Paul/Travelers Share Options

Jan 11 2005 // Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. announced that it has amended the options issued to The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., formerly The St. Paul Companies, Inc. at the time of Platinum’s initial...

Chubb: Medical Emergencies Top Fear for Travelers

Jan 11 2005 // More than 70 percent of Americans surveyed said their greatest concern when traveling is suffering a medical emergency (e.g., broken bones, heart attack, other sudden or serious injury or illness), according to a...

Best Affirms St. Paul Guarantee (Canada) Rating; Withdraws Travelers Canada Rating

Jan 7 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of Toronto, Canada-based St. Paul Guarantee Insurance Company. At the same time Best withdrew the financial strength...

Travelers Seeks Review of Its Liability in Milwaukee Ballpark Case

Dec 22 2004 // MILWAUKEE—An insurance firm has asked the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to review its financial liability in a lawsuit over problems with the retractable roof at Miller Park, postponing the trial on the suit in the...

St. Paul Travelers Risk Control Site

Dec 20 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced the debut of a new Web site housing more than 1,400 risk management resources for customers, agents and brokers. Resources are said to include the latest research reports and news on safety...

St. Paul Travelers to Shrink Board

Dec 16 2004 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. said on Thursday that the company intends to reduce the number of Directors on its Board from the current 23 members to a preliminary target of 13 members. The reduction in the size of...

St. Paul Travelers Subpoenaed Again in N.Y.

Dec 13 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has issued a fourth subpoena to St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc., and officials at the insurance firm said his office is investigating whether they improperly dropped liability...

St. Paul Travelers Notes New Imported Products Program for Special Exposures

Dec 9 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced the introduction of a new Imported Products Program, designed to furnish coverage for the special exposures faced by U.S.-based companies that import foreign products.The policy is...

St. Paul Travelers’ Risk Control

Dec 6 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced the debut of a new Web site housing more than 1,400 risk management resources for customers, agents and brokers. The online resources available include a variety of industry-specific customer...

Best Places St. Paul/Travelers Canadian Guarantee Subs Under Review

Dec 3 2004 // In a brief announcement A.M. Best Co. said it has placed the financial strength ratings of “A” (Excellent) and “A+” (Excellent) of St. Paul Guarantee Insurance Company (Toronto) and Travelers...

Viewers Have Insurers to Thank for Reality TV

Nov 22 2004 // Some Predicted Reality TV Would be Tough to Insure But Insurers Have Reduced the RisksJon Paulsen was one of millions of TV viewers watching as contestants on the NBC reality show Fear Factor went bobbing in a vat of lard...

St. Paul Travelers Acknowledges Receipt of Subpoena on Loss Mitigation Insurance Products

Nov 17 2004 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. has issued the following bulletin: “In connection with a widely reported, industry-wide investigation, St. Paul Travelers has received a subpoena from the Office of the Attorney...

St. Paul Travelers Launches Risk Control Web Site

Nov 17 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced the debut of a new Web site housing more than 1,400 risk management resources for customers, agents and brokers.Resources are said to include the latest research reports and news on safety...

St. Paul Travelers Looks to Bring Top Line in Commercial Up as it Unveils Q3 Report

Oct 28 2004 // The St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc. (NYSE:STA) has reported net income of $340 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, or $0.51 per basic share and $0.50 per diluted share, compared to $426 million, or $0.98 per...

Viewers Have Insurers to Thank for Airing of Reality TV

Oct 25 2004 // Some Predicted Reality TV Would be Tough to Cover But Insurers Have Reduced the RisksJon Paulsen was one of millions of TV viewers watching as contestants on the NBC reality show Fear Factor went bobbing in a vat of lard...

St. Paul Travelers Specialists Keep Reality TV Alive

Oct 25 2004 // Jon Paulsen was one of millions of TV viewers watching as contestants on the NBC reality show Fear Factor went bobbing in a vat of lard for cow tongues.But gross-out entertainment wasn’t the reason why Paulsen stared...