All the headlines from our Travelers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 19 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced that it estimates losses from Hurricane Jeanne to be approximately $93 million, after tax and reinsurance. It apportioned the losses as follows: — Commercial, approximately $26...
Oct 14 2004 // The St. Paul Travelers Cos. announced that it estimates losses from Hurricane Ivan to be about $94 million, after tax and reinsurance. The St. Paul, Minn., insurer said about $49 million of its losses came on its...
Oct 13 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...
Oct 12 2004 // Travelers, a member of St. Paul Travelers, announced it has made it easier for personal lines independent agents to do business by integrating the ordering of auto underwriting reports into its Agent HQ Web site. For auto...
Oct 7 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced that it estimates losses from Hurricane Ivan to be approximately $94 million, after tax and reinsurance. It said the losses were attributable to its business segments as follows: —...
Sep 22 2004 // St. Paul Travelers (SPT) announced the release in book and CD form of a series of popular presentations that Lloyd “Skip” Daigle, Vice President of Agency Development at Travelers, has given to independent...
Sep 15 2004 // As Hurricane Ivan approaches the southeastern U.S. from the Caribbean, anxious travelers have the phones ringing at Travel Guard International.“As the hurricane approaches, causing evacuations and cancelled flights,...
Sep 6 2004 // National • Aug. 18, 2004 “If you divide the huge sum of money by the number of claimants we arrive at a startling fact: each claimant will receive a whopping $741.67. What has been accomplished? A manufacturer has...
Sep 3 2004 // The St. Paul Travelers Cos. announced today that it estimates losses from Hurricane Charley to be about $140 million, after tax and reinsuranc. St. Paul Travelers’ commercial book of business saw about $79 million in...
Sep 2 2004 // St. Paul Travelers and its subsidiary First Floridian have mobilized their Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders who may be affected by Hurricane Frances.Because of the company’s response to Hurricane...
Aug 26 2004 // St. Paul Travelers has announced that Kenneth F. Spence III, 49, has been named senior vice president and general counsel effective immediately. Spence will report directly to Jay Fishman, president and CEO. Most recently,...
Aug 26 2004 // A law firm representing former St. Paul Travelers Cos. shareholders announced it has filed suit against the company relating to the $1.6 billion reserve charge the company took last month to bring St. Paul’s...
Aug 23 2004 // Moody’s Investors Service changed the outlook on the ratings for the legacy St. Paul intercompany pool to negative from positive. The outlook for St. Paul, TPCC, and TIGHI and the legacy Travelers intercompany pool...
Aug 18 2004 // The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has issued an order granting approval of a $500 million settlement of almost all Johns Manville Corp. asbestos-related suits pending against the Travelers...
Aug 11 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced the formation of a dedicated national business unit that will work with retail agents and brokers to provide property and casualty insurance to the entertainment industry, including film,...
Aug 9 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “A+” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Gulf Insurance Co. and the other members of Gulf Insurance Group (Gulf) and removed them...
Aug 2 2004 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:STA) announced that the company reached a conclusion on the accounting treatment for the previously announced reserve adjustments and will record the adjustments as a charge to...
Jul 29 2004 // Accidents involving rented items such as lifts, forklifts, trailers, tents and chairs posed the greatest risks for consumers and were associated with the highest numbers of fatalities, injuries and damages in the equipment...
Jul 26 2004 // St. Paul Travelers Cos. plans to cut 3,000 jobs so it can deliver the savings that executives promised to investors when The St. Paul Cos. merged with the Travelers Property Casualty Corp.Extensive layoffs have been...
Jul 25 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the debt ratings of St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. (St. Paul Travelers) to “a-” from “a” on senior debt, “bbb+” from “a-” on subordinated...