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Travelers Announces MacLean, President and COO, to Retire Next March
Dec 18 2017 // The Travelers Companies announced that Brian MacLean, president and chief operating officer, will retire after 30 years with the company, effective March 31, 2018. As a result of MacLean’s retirement, Travelers said...
Travelers Comfortable with Its ‘Prudent’ Cyber Insurance Position
Nov 14 2017 // Travelers Cos. Inc. plans to stick to its recent growth pace for sales of cyber insurance, which protects businesses against hacking and other liabilities, despite potential to boost it, as the insurer assesses risks in...
Travelers Insurance Reports Solid Q3 Results Despite $700M Cat Losses
Oct 19 2017 // The Travelers Companies today reported $293 million in net income for the third quarter despite absorbing more than $700 million in catastrophe claims. The $293 million in net income was a 59 percent decline from the $716...
Cyber Was Focus of California Symposium for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
Oct 13 2017 // There are more than 4,000 cyber-attacks each year aimed at small- to mid-sized businesses, many of which are exposed because they haven’t given cyber security a high enough priority, according to Stephanie...
Willis Towers Watson’s Insurance Consulting & Tech Team Taps Bruce from Travelers, Rourke from LV=
Oct 10 2017 // Willis Towers Watson said it has strengthened its Insurance Consulting and Technology business with two new senior appointments. Based in London, Neil Bruce joins the UK P&C Insurance Consulting and Technology team...
Argo Taps Eccles from Travelers as International Chief Underwriting Officer
Oct 6 2017 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of Steve Eccles to serve as the chief underwriting officer for its international...
Travelers Institute Hosts Cybersecurity Event in Santa Monica for Businesses
Oct 5 2017 // Santa Monica, CA, October 4, 2017- WHAT: The Travelers Institute will bring its Cyber: Prepare, Prevent, Mitigate, Restore℠ educational series to Santa Monica, joined by public and private sector professionals who will...
New Online Tool From Travelers Helps Contractors Spot Vibration Damage Potential
Sep 25 2017 // Travelers has introduced a new online tool, ZoneCheck, to help contractors identify areas surrounding a jobsite that could be affected by vibrations from heavy equipment – a common cause of construction-related damage...
Travelers’ Cunningham Joins Liberty Mutual to Lead National Insurance Property
Sep 19 2017 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Gregg Cunningham as executive vice president, National Insurance, and general manager, National Insurance Property. Cunningham, who has 25 years of commercial insurance experience,...
Travelers Insurance Expects Hurricane Harvey Losses Between $375M-$750M
Sep 12 2017 // The Travelers Companies Inc. estimates that its catastrophe losses relating to Hurricane Harvey, including estimated recoveries from reinsurance, will be in the range of $375 million to $750 million pre-tax ($245 million...
Update: Claims Teams Begin Handling Onslaught of Harvey Claims
Aug 31 2017 // Hurricane Harvey has set a U.S record, according to the National Weather Service, dumping 51.88 inches of rain in parts of Texas. As the tropical storm moves over southern Louisiana, claims catastrophe teams are moving in...
Travelers Completes Purchase of UK Small Business Insurer, Simply Business
Aug 7 2017 // The Travelers Cos. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Simply Business, a provider of small business insurance cover in the United Kingdom, which offers products online on behalf of a broad panel of...
Travelers CEO Schnitzer Adds Chairman Title
Aug 3 2017 // The Travelers Companies’ CEO Alan Schnitzer has added the title of “chairman” to his nameplate, ending a management structure put in place after the company’s former leader, Jay Fishman, died of Lou...
Travelers Says It’s ‘Where It Needs to Be’ to Compete; Q2 Results Dampened by Weather
Jul 20 2017 // Small business insurance leader Travelers Companies is well-positioned to continue to compete in the small commercial insurance space that is attracting new entries including technology-driven start-ups, according to CEO...
Travelers Launches Usage-Based Insurance App for Personal Auto Customers
Jul 18 2017 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. has launched IntelliDrive smartphone app, which gives customers insights into their driving habits and auto insurance priced according to how they drive. Customers who use the app and drive...
XL’s Reynolds, Travelers’ Rea Join Hiscox USA Professional Risks Unit
Jul 12 2017 // Specialty insurer Hiscox USA announced two senior executive appointments to its Professional Risks division. Joseph Reynolds has been appointed vice president, Architects and Engineers (A&E) product head, and Thomas...
Travelers Launches Online System in UK, Providing Quick Mgmt Liability Quotes
Jun 19 2017 // Travelers Insurance Co. Ltd. in the UK has launched a new online system that enables UK brokers to receive management liability quotes and bind coverage for their clients in a matter of minutes. Accessed through the My...
Travelers’ Drone Program Is Shaping the Way Claims Reps Do Business
Jun 5 2017 // Travelers’ Claim University, founded in 2007, is working to change the way its claims professionals do business through the use of drones to assist in property inspection and claims analysis. The nearly...
Nationwide Names Travelers’ Stueber as Vice President of Construction
May 15 2017 // Linda Stueber has joined Nationwide as the new vice president of Construction for Standard Commercial, the insurer announced. Stueber has 25 years of experience in commercial lines— with the past 20 years focused...
Travelers’ Drone Program Is Changing the Way Its Claims Reps Do Business
May 11 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Travelers’ Claim University, founded in 2007, is working to change the way its claims professionals do business through the use of drones to assist in property inspection and claims...
