All the headlines from our Travelers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 2 2005 // Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez has asked the state insurance commissioner to block a planned merger of MetLife Inc. and Travelers Life & Annuity.Perez said MetLife has not offered a formal commitment to retain jobs and...
May 23 2005 // The Boston Archdiocese has agreed to an $8.5 million settlement with an insurance carrier that disputed the Catholic archdiocese’s claims related to payments to clergy sex abuse victims, the archdiocese announced.The...
May 18 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell announced a public hearing on the proposed acquisition of the Travelers Insurance Company and the Travelers Life and Annuity Company, both Connecticut insurance...
May 17 2005 // St. Paul Travelers has launched a new management liability insurance program for members of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). The program is administered exclusively by Aon Association Services, a division...
May 9 2005 // St. Paul Travelers announced the introduction of the Shipwright Program for specialty ship repairers and marine contractors with annual gross receipts of $350,000 or less.Now, a single policy combines marine general...
May 8 2005 // Property/casualty insurer St. Paul Travelers announced Brian MacLean, 51, has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer. He will report to President and CEO Jay Fishman. The appointment is effective...
May 6 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “a” to St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company Limited (St. Paul) (United Kingdom). Both ratings...
May 5 2005 // St. Paul Travelers announced Brian MacLean, 51, has been named executive vice president and COO, reporting to Jay Fishman, president and CEO. “Brian MacLean is a seasoned executive manager, with more than 17...
May 4 2005 // St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. on Wednesday reported income from continuing operations of $877 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, or $1.31 per basic share and $1.25 per diluted share, compared to $587...
Apr 27 2005 // Travelers personal lines, a member of St. Paul Travelers, has launched a new campaign to support its network of independent agents with advertising tools they can personalize in their local market.The Helping Agents Grow...
Apr 19 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) of Travelers Property Casualty Pool (Travelers PC Pool) (Hartford, Conn.).Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the debt ratings of “a-”...
Apr 19 2005 // St. Paul Travelers has launched a basic Internet liability policy aimed at small to mid-size technology businesses at the Risk and Insurance Management Society Conference (RIMS) in Philadelphia.Internet Basic Liability...
Apr 14 2005 // Connecticut Attorney general Richard Blumenthal said he would oppose the acquisition of Hartford-based Travelers Life & Annuity by MetLife Inc. because he said it is bad for his state’s economy.“This...
Apr 13 2005 // MetLife Inc., one of the nation’s largest insurers, revealed that it will cut 600 jobs within a year as part of its takeover of Travelers Life and Annuity.One hundred positions will be eliminated immediately and 500...
Apr 11 2005 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. today announced that T. Michael Miller, co-chief operating officer, has resigned to pursue an opportunity outside of the company.Miller is going to OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned...
Apr 3 2005 // MetLife Inc. agreed to sell its Manhattan building above Grand Central Station, formerly called the Pan Am building, for $1.72 billion, its second major real-estate deal this week.The sale to Tishman Speyer Properties LP...
Mar 30 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell said today she is “extremely unhappy” as she learns more about the possibility of significant job losses resulting from MetLife’s planned acquisition of Travelers Life...
Mar 28 2005 // Nuveen Investments, Inc. and The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. announced that St. Paul Travelers is implementing a program to sell its equity interest in Nuveen Investments. The objective of the transactions is for...
Mar 22 2005 // Having decided last year to end its support after four years and $30 million, The St. Paul Travelers Cos. has now agreed to funnel funds one last time into a Maryland insurer it helped start as a model to serve urban...
Mar 16 2005 // St. Paul Travelers is rolling out an enhanced Select Accounts platform for small commercial insurance. The Select platform includes new and expanded products and services designed to re-energize the marketplace for agents...